Recaps

Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi built a city and trained the human race to survive in the Illusionary World, then passed the third trial’s hidden hundred-year development test. The simulation ended with a prosperous nation of Demonic Cultivators, and they received three trial rewards.

• Su Yuan subdued the nine Golden Crows and used their feathers to help the human race hunt, preserve food, and tame blood beasts.
• Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi led the people to a plain, where they built a city and fought repeated floods until Chen Nuoyi lured Wuzhiqi onto land and Su Yuan killed it.
• After teaching the people a breathing technique, Su Yuan learned from Long Bai that the trial would simulate the human race’s development for a hundred years.
• The human race survived attacks, grew into a nation called Twin Saints City, and developed a tradition of Demonic Cultivation, satisfying the trial’s hidden condition.
• Long Bai took Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi out of the Sea of Consciousness, and they received three rewards, including a Golden Apple and seven days to prepare for the next trial.

Su Yuan gave Purple Gold Dragon Venerable’s Golden Apple to Chen Nuoyi, who gained the Prismatic Battle Victorious Emperor ability. Long Bai explained that the fourth trial would let them speak with her father’s divine sense about the future, and she transported them to her Dragon Pearl to begin.

• Su Yuan insisted that Chen Nuoyi eat the Golden Apple, and she accepted after they agreed that the final trial’s reward would go to him.
• Chen Nuoyi gained the Prismatic Battle Victorious Emperor ability, which made her stronger as she approached death.
• Long Bai explained that the fourth trial would let Purple Gold Dragon Venerable’s divine sense hear their views of the future before deciding whether to pass on the inheritance.
• Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi chose to enter the fourth trial despite their nervousness about meeting a Spirit Transmutation Demon Saint.
• Long Bai used spatial power to take them into the trial, where Su Yuan realized they stood on her Dragon Pearl.

Su Yuan, Chen Nuoyi, and Long Bai met Purple Gold Dragon Venerable’s projection, who warned them that the Immortal Tribulation would return once the cultivation world reached certain population thresholds. He urged the two humans to inherit his legacy and help save the world, leaving Chen Nuoyi wary after he offered Long Bai as Su Yuan’s reward.

• Purple Gold Dragon Venerable appeared from the Dragon Pearl and questioned Su Yuan about human rule and his demonic arts.
• Purple Gold Dragon Venerable revealed that the Immortal Tribulation would descend when the world held five thousand Nascent Soul Cultivators and one million Golden Core Cultivators.
• Chen Nuoyi estimated that the rapidly growing civilizations might reach those thresholds within a century, perhaps even ten years or less.
• Su Yuan agreed that he and Chen Nuoyi would try to save the world, and Purple Gold Dragon Venerable urged them to inherit his legacy.
• When Su Yuan asked about the fourth trial’s reward, Purple Gold Dragon Venerable offered Long Bai, prompting Chen Nuoyi to react with suspicion.

Purple Gold Dragon Venerable entrusted Long Bai and the treasures of the Dragon King Secret Realm to Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi, then revealed the hidden danger behind the Immortal Tribulation. Su Yuan learned that Spirit Transformation Cultivators could defect to survive the tribulation, leaving the Cultivation World unsure how many ancient enemies it would face.

• Purple Gold Dragon Venerable explained that Long Bai's True Spirit had been preserved and asked Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi to take her in with the Secret Realm's treasures; Chen Nuoyi agreed, and Su Yuan promised Long Bai he would never abandon her.
• Purple Gold Dragon Venerable exposed Su Yuan's earlier eavesdropping and intrusion into Long Bai's Sleeping Palace, prompting Long Bai to scold and stomp on him before her favorability rose and his Cave Explorer quest was completed.
• Su Yuan asked how the Immortal Tribulation could be delayed, and Purple Gold Dragon Venerable explained that it could be prevented by keeping the numbers of Golden Core and Nascent Soul Cultivators below their thresholds.
• Su Yuan proposed raising many Spirit Transformation Cultivators, but Purple Gold Dragon Venerable revealed that forty-nine of them could trigger the Immortal Tribulation regardless of other conditions.
• Purple Gold Dragon Venerable privately told Su Yuan that Spirit Transformation Cultivators could defect to survive the tribulation, and that thirty-six human Spirit Transformation Cultivators had defected during the previous calamity.
• Su Yuan realized the ancient Spirit Transformation Heavenly Lords might be enemies and learned that defectors from even earlier tribulations might also still be alive.

Su Yuan reflected on Purple Gold Dragon Venerable’s warning about the coming Immortal Tribulation and comforted Long Bai after her father’s farewell. Ten days later, Chen Nuoyi emerged from the Dragon Pearl with a Unique Dragon Emperor True Body and overwhelming new power, leaving her eager to face the future alongside Su Yuan.

• Purple Gold Dragon Venerable told Su Yuan to temper his Dao Heart and vanished, assuring Long Bai that his true body had not fallen and that they would meet again.
• Su Yuan comforted Long Bai, then waited with her as Chen Nuoyi absorbed the Dragon King Inheritance from the Dragon Pearl.
• After ten days, the Dragon Pearl shattered and Chen Nuoyi emerged with blue hair, golden eyes, and sixth-layer Foundation Establishment cultivation.
• Su Yuan inspected Chen Nuoyi’s ability panel and discovered her Unique Dragon Emperor True Body, which combined all dragon-clan talents and could summon a divine dragon by sacrificing seven talents.
• The System confirmed that Su Yuan could acquire Dragon Emperor True Body’s component abilities through the Human Pill method.
• Chen Nuoyi told Su Yuan that she had become strong enough not to fear being left behind by him.

Su Yuan tested the Dragon Prince Consort title and discovered that Chen Nuoyi's Dragon Emperor Bloodline greatly increased its cultivation bonus. After they returned from the Dragon King Secret Realm, Su Yuan tried to spank Long Bai, but she recovered quickly and sent him flying; she demanded an explanation.

• Su Yuan equipped the Dragon Prince Consort title and found it sharply increased his cultivation speed near Chen Nuoyi and Long Bai, with Chen Nuoyi providing the larger bonus.
• Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi agreed to study together, and Chen Nuoyi explained how she planned to develop her Dragon Emperor Bloodline while continuing her human studies.
• Su Yuan called Long Bai and returned with her and Chen Nuoyi to Long Bai's Sleeping Palace.
• Su Yuan approached Long Bai's bed and spanked her, while Chen Nuoyi considered pinching her cheek.
• Long Bai revealed she had rehearsed using her new body and headbutted Su Yuan into a wall before demanding to know why he had spanked her.

Su Yuan returned from the Dragon King Secret Realm with Long Bai and reported the Immortal Tribulation’s secrets to True Lord Wuluo, who revealed the Federation’s plan to unite the starry sky before the crisis arrived. Su Yuan left reassured about the Federation’s preparations and secured Hidden Points for himself and Chen Nuoyi.

• Long Bai joined the Yuan Sect as a guest elder, and Su Yuan discovered her perfect loyalty, high King's Aide Devil Index, and powerful Talents.
• Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi emerged from the Dragon King Secret Realm after nearly two months and reunited with True Lord Wuluo and Qi Hanyua.
• Su Yuan told True Lord Wuluo and Qi Hanyua what Purple Gold Dragon Venerable had revealed about the Immortal Tribulation.
• True Lord Wuluo explained that the Federation had already investigated earlier Immortal Tribulations and planned to conquer the starry sky rather than restrict its own development.
• Su Yuan asked whether his intelligence could earn Hidden Points, and True Lord Wuluo awarded him and Chen Nuoyi two hundred points each.

Su Yuan returned from the Dragon King Secret Realm with Long Bai, the daughter of Purple Gold Dragon Venerable, and brought her into his family. After Long Bai and Taihua Yu Xi’s tense first meeting ended in a candy-and-gem exchange, Taihua Tianji told Su Yuan that a Son of Spirit Transmutation would soon arrive in Ten Immortal City to hold a Sword Trial Tournament.

• True Lord Wuluo agreed that Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi could raise Long Bai, and arranged for her to stay in Chen Nuoyi and Qi Hanyua’s dorm room.
• Long Bai shrank the Dragon Corpse into a bracelet containing her treasury, and True Lord Wuluo teleported the group out of the Dragon King Secret Realm.
• Su Yuan reunited with Taihua Tianji in Evil Slaying University City and introduced Long Bai, prompting Taihua Yu Xi to confront her over Su Yuan.
• Taihua Yu Xi offered Long Bai a strawberry lollipop, and Long Bai paid her with a valuable gem while insisting that she not take Su Yuan.
• Taihua Tianji told Su Yuan that a Son of Spirit Transmutation would soon arrive in Ten Immortal City and hold a Sword Trial Tournament against peerless geniuses of his age.

Su Yuan learned that the Heavenly Evolution Divine Son, Xuan Haoran, would arrive for the Sword Trial Tournament and spent the month preparing while advancing his cultivation and training. At Evil Slaying University’s departure gathering, he met the formidable fourth-year Guo Zhengyi, the school’s undisputed top student and the Federation’s second-strongest university student.

• Taihua Tianji told Su Yuan that twenty-year-old Xuan Haoran had reached Foundation Establishment Peak and warned him to stay alert because Xuan Haoran and True Lord Wuluo were arriving around the same time.
• Su Yuan spent the next month handling Yuan Sect affairs, recruiting Chi Lean, cultivating to the fifth layer of Foundation Establishment, and mastering two Spirit Transmutation Inheritances.
• Chen Nuoyi mastered the Heaven Shaking Star Shattering Sword, while Qi Hanyua used donated resources to learn the first stage of the Blood Corrupting Sword; both qualified for the tournament.
• On April 11, Xuan Haoran arrived at Guantian Pavilion, and Evil Slaying University’s selected School Team members gathered to travel there for the Sword Trial Tournament.
• Su Yuan joined Qi Hanyua and Chen Nuoyi at the school plaza, where he recognized several fellow students and observed the powerful upperclassmen competing for the team’s top spots.
• Guo Zhengyi, a fourth-year student and the university’s undisputed First in School, approached Su Yuan and introduced himself.

Su Yuan and Evil Slaying University’s School Team arrived at Guantian University for the Sword Trial Tournament, where he learned why their strongest seniors feared Xuan Haoran’s unique inheritance. Su Yuan encountered the world’s number-one Foundation Establishment Devilish Talent, and Xuan Haoran opened his ordinary-looking eyes and greeted the gathered teams.

• Su Yuan met Guo Zhengyi, Jiang Taibai, and Lu Tianqiao, who explained that their university’s Spirit Transmutation Inheritances could not match the unique true teachings passed down by the Ten Great Heavenly Lords.
• Taihua Tianji brought the School Team, Taihua Yu Xi, and Long Bai to Guantian University, where Ye Muyu warned Su Yuan that the world’s fate was increasingly tied to him.
• Su Yuan entered the Guantian Department’s plaza and saw Xuan Haoran sitting atop a nine-story Exquisite Pagoda as the School Teams of the Ten Great Immortal Sects gathered.
• The Dog System revealed that Xuan Haoran had devoured his twin in the womb, rejected his exceptional talent for a time, and embodied the True Demon before finally opening his eyes.
• Xuan Haoran opened his ordinary-looking eyes, scratched his head, and remarked that everyone had arrived quickly.

Xuan Haoran announced the Sword Trial Tournament’s rules, giving the school teams fifteen days to prepare the Nine-Story Pagoda before he climbed it, and revealed his Future Foresight ability. After learning the tournament was part of the Guantian Pavilion Master’s plan to select talented youths, Su Yuan formed a team and agreed to compete; the Federation’s top prodigies assigned tower floors according to their rankings.

• Xuan Haoran gave the Ten Great School Teams fifteen days to prepare the pagoda floors, then announced he could see twenty seconds into the future.
• Jiang Taibai, Guo Zhengyi, and Lu Tianqiao discussed countering Xuan Haoran and allocating the floors, while Su Yuan suspected Future Foresight might not be his strongest technique.
• Qi Hanyua suggested giving up, but True Lord Wuluo told Su Yuan the tournament was a pretext for the Guantian Pavilion Master to select youths for an important plan and urged him to clear a floor with his team.
• Su Yuan agreed to try, contacted Zhu Tianqing, and formed a team with her, Chen Nuoyi, and Qi Hanyua.
• The twenty-three Federation prodigies agreed to assign tower floors by Federation ranking, with Guo Zhengyi, Jiang Taibai, and Lu Tianqiao taking the eighth floor.

Su Yuan chose the Eighth Floor of the High Tower, intending to use Evil Slaying University’s battlefield environments to strengthen his team and eventually challenge Xuan Haoran. There, Chen Nuoyi began fighting Tu Kun, whose Corrupting Profound Light transformed the Snow Flood Dragon’s icy attack into flesh, leaving Su Yuan determined to learn the technique.

• Su Yuan chose the Eighth Floor with Chen Nuoyi, Zhu Tianqing, and Qi Hanyua, explaining that he knew Evil Slaying University’s inheritances and could use their battlefield environments to build strength.
• Su Yuan’s team arrived in the Eighth Floor’s Small World and headed toward the center while taming Demon Beasts, planning to find the entrance to the Ninth Floor before establishing a base.
• At a mountain lake, the team encountered Tu Kun, a third-year Evil Slaying Department student who used the Blood Corrupting Sword to stain the water and attack a Snow Flood Dragon.
• Su Yuan told Chen Nuoyi to fight Tu Kun, and she stepped onto the Snow Flood Dragon’s head, whose instincts made it submit to her dragon emperor aura.
• Tu Kun used Corrupting Profound Light to turn the Snow Flood Dragon’s icy beam into flesh, and Su Yuan decided he had to learn the technique.

Su Yuan’s team captured Tu Kun, extracted his Corrupting Profound Light, and used it to spread a vast Flesh and Blood Carpet across the Eighth Floor. As the group headed toward the Ninth Floor and prepared to pursue more Spirit Transmutation Inheritances, they finally spotted another member of the School Team.

• Chen Nuoyi struck Tu Kun from a distance with Vibration Force, gravely injuring him without triggering his elimination.
• Su Yuan extracted a Corrupting Profound Light Pill from Tu Kun, and Zhu Tianqing used Spirit Enslavement to keep him captive and recovering.
• Su Yuan consumed a Corrupting Profound Light Pill and transformed the surrounding landscape into a Flesh and Blood Carpet, intending to use it to power his Boundless Dao Seed.
• Su Yuan told Chen Nuoyi and Zhu Tianqing that he planned to collect the second stages of the Heaven Shaking Star Shattering Sword and the Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Great Law before facing Guo Zhengyi’s group and Xuan Haoran.
• Su Yuan’s team traveled toward the Ninth Floor, with Su Yuan corrupting the land and Zhu Tianqing subduing Demon Beasts along the way.
• After more than two hours, Su Yuan’s team spotted the second member of the School Team.

Su Yuan sent Qi Hanyua to fight Yue Lan, a third-year Sword Dao student whose hidden Vibration Force trap battered her. Qi Hanyua used her Boundless Dao Seed to draw on the people’s support, overcame the trap, and defeated Yue Lan, while Su Yuan turned his attention to investigating Yue Lan’s sword technique.

• Su Yuan ordered Qi Hanyua to challenge Yue Lan, and Qi Hanyua nervously accepted the fight.
• Yue Lan’s concealed Vibration Force trap struck Qi Hanyua when she entered the area within one kilometer, but Qi Hanyua got back up and charged again.
• Qi Hanyua invoked the Boundless Dao Seed’s Sea of People and Mountains, using the will of the people across her mother’s worlds to restore herself and amplify her strength.
• Qi Hanyua charged through Yue Lan’s trap and defeated her in a sword clash, then knocked her unconscious with a punch.
• Zhu Tianqing used Spirit Enslavement to wake Yue Lan and have her dispel the Vibration Force in Qi Hanyua’s body.
• Su Yuan praised Qi Hanyua and turned to examine the unconscious Yue Lan to learn how the second stage of the Heaven Shaking Star Shattering Sword worked.

Su Yuan gained the Star-Shattering Static Domain ability and confronted Lu Tianqiao, who attacked him with the Artifact Refining Department’s inheritance. After her sword-shaped tree began draining his vitality, Su Yuan used his Demonic Arts to target Lu Tianqiao and her transformed weapon.

• Su Yuan extracted Star-Shattering Static Domain Pills, gave one to Chen Nuoyi, and consumed one himself.
• Lu Tianqiao confronted Su Yuan’s team over their enslavement of Tu Kun and Yue Lan, then merged with her wooden sword and struck at Su Yuan.
• Su Yuan used Deceive Sword Physique to evade Lu Tianqiao’s first sword strike.
• Lu Tianqiao transformed her sword into a towering tree whose branches attacked Su Yuan and drained vitality from his arm.
• Su Yuan used Demonic Art: Finger Artifact on Lu Tianqiao, then activated Demonic Art: Finger Beast: Enslave on the sword-shaped tree.

Su Yuan defeated Lu Tianqiao by exploiting her vulnerability while she was naked, then enslaved her and extracted her complete Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Great Law inheritance. He ended the chapter holding the golden Human Pill containing Divine Imperial.

• Su Yuan's Finger Beast: Enslavement ensnared Lu Tianqiao's Sword Spirit, but she escaped when the spirit took the effect in her place.
• Lu Tianqiao announced she would unleash the complete Artifact Refining Department inheritance, Divine Imperial, and began gathering power.
• Chen Nuoyi hurled Su Yuan toward Lu Tianqiao, and he used Night Raid Must Succeed to teleport behind her and stab her with a crimson sword.
• Su Yuan weakened Lu Tianqiao with the sword's draining and poisoning effects, then subdued her and brought her to Zhu Tianqing.
• Su Yuan activated Spirit Enslavement on Lu Tianqiao and extracted her complete inheritance with Finger Spirit: Human Pill, condensing it into a golden pill.

Su Yuan obtained Divine Imperial by extracting Lv Tianqiao’s Spirit Transmutation Inheritance and led his companions to the center of the Eighth Floor. There, he challenged Guo Zhengyi and Jiang Taibai together, provoking them to attack.

• Su Yuan learned that Divine Imperial could extract nearby Heavenly Daos and use them to empower magical treasures after sacrificing life force.
• Su Yuan set out with Chen Nuoyi, Qi Hanyua, and Zhu Tianqing, connecting his path to the Flesh and Blood Carpet as they rushed toward the center of the Eighth Floor.
• Su Yuan’s group found Guo Zhengyi and Jiang Taibai contesting control of the center, while Jiang wondered why Lv Tianqiao had not arrived.
• Su Yuan told Guo Zhengyi and Jiang Taibai he had come to challenge them both, then revealed the weakened Lv Tianqiao and extracted her Divine Imperial inheritance.
• Guo Zhengyi and Jiang Taibai condemned Su Yuan and drove their Flesh and Blood Carpet and Star-Shattering Static Domain toward him.

Su Yuan used Divine Imperial to unleash the Jieyue Pearl and trap Guo Zhengyi and Jiang Taibai, then Chen Nuoyi used the Dragon Emperor Coin to steal their treasures and Su Yuan sealed them inside the blood moon. With the two enemies subdued, Su Yuan considered taking their Spirit Transmutation Inheritance and stealing a nine-story Exquisite Pagoda.

• Su Yuan connected Divine Imperial to the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea and used the Jieyue Pearl to pull Guo Zhengyi and Jiang Taibai into its inner realm, leaving their domains outside.
• Su Yuan deployed the Secret Realm of Severing Heaven to disrupt the two men's cultivation, but Guo Zhengyi and Jiang Taibai used Golden Core Realm treasures to counter its effects.
• Su Yuan gave Chen Nuoyi the Dragon Emperor Coin, and she used it to take every magic treasure from Guo Zhengyi and Jiang Taibai, including their Natal Swords.
• Su Yuan activated Moon Chant and trapped both disarmed men in the blood moon, sealing their cultivation and movement.
• Su Yuan reflected on how Divine Imperial and his magic treasures had enabled his victory, then decided to wait until the captives were unconscious before approaching them for their Spirit Transmutation Inheritance.
• Su Yuan considered using the Dragon Emperor Coin to steal a nine-story Exquisite Pagoda.

Su Yuan planned to seize control of the Nine-Story Pagoda and use its floors to gain an advantage in the Sword Trial Tournament. After capturing everyone on the eighth floor, he extracted Guo Zhengyi’s complete Corrupting Devil Lord inheritance and began examining Jiang Taibai’s inheritance.

• Su Yuan proposed borrowing the Nine-Story Pagoda with Dragon Emperor Coin, and Chen Nuoyi agreed after hearing how he planned to use it to shape the tournament battlefield and raid the other floors.
• Su Yuan explained that he intended to seize opponents’ magical treasures and Spirit Transmutation Inheritances to prepare for Xuan Haoran, while Zhu Tianqing and Qi Hanyua watched to see how far he would go.
• Su Yuan led his team through the eighth floor and captured all its occupants, including Chou Tianze, Zhuo Lixin, and Mu Shouzhen, before anyone outside could learn what had happened.
• Su Yuan returned to Jieyue Space, found Guo Zhengyi and Jiang Taibai nearly overcome by the Jieyue Pearl’s erosion, and extracted Guo Zhengyi’s Human Pill.
• Su Yuan learned that the Corrupting Devil Lord’s complete inheritance could create a spreading Corrupting Divine Kingdom that teleported its master and corrupted intruders into powerful followers.
• Su Yuan extracted Jiang Taibai’s Human Pill and saw that it was the Blessing of Star Shattering Pill.

Su Yuan explained the effects of the completed Divine Abilities, claimed the tower for his team, and began spreading the Corrupting Divine Kingdom. A day later, Black Mud surged into Yang Hong’s carefully prepared arena on the seventh floor.

• Su Yuan gave Chen Nuoyi and Qi Hanyua the Blessing of Star Shattering Pills, kept the Corrupting Divine Kingdom Pill, and promised Zhu Tianqing pills from the Myriad Beast Demonic Sect’s students.
• Su Yuan said he would corrupt and dominate the other School Teams, and Zhu Tianqing agreed to help conquer the remaining floors.
• Su Yuan swallowed the Corrupting Divine Kingdom Pill, turning the Corrupting Fungal Carpet into Black Mud that began spreading across the eighth floor.
• Chen Nuoyi used the Dragon Emperor Coin to temporarily take control of the tower, opening the passages between floors.
• Twenty-four hours later, Yang Hong prepared a seventh-floor arena with extreme gravity, suppressed spiritual energy, and a vacuum, but a flood of Black Mud surged toward him from the eighth floor.

Guo Zhengyi, Jiang Taibai, and Lu Tianqiao overwhelmed and corrupted Yang Hong, revealing that Su Yuan controlled the Corrupting Divine Kingdom. The corruption spread across all eight lower floors, and Su Yuan prepared to target the Ninth Floor.

• Guo Zhengyi attacked Yang Hong with Corrupting Profound Light while Black Mud tendrils restrained them both.
• Jiang Taibai and Lu Tianqiao joined Guo Zhengyi, and their combined attacks broke Yang Hong’s Impervious Golden Body.
• The Black Mud corrupted Yang Hong, who learned that Su Yuan controlled the Corrupting Divine Kingdom.
• The Black Mud overran the Seventh Floor and then corrupted the other seven floors in succession.
• Su Yuan, Chen Nuoyi, Qi Hanyua, and Zhu Tianqing stood on the Eighth Floor’s spiral staircase to the Ninth Floor and inspected the remaining School Team members.

Su Yuan led the Black Mud onto the Ninth Floor, where Star River University's team had prepared a coordinated battlefield. Leng Qianliu countered the invasion with a copied demonic force, and the chapter ended as Su Yuan received a system notice identifying her as one of the five greatest Foundation Establishment Realm devilish talents under heaven.

• Su Yuan opened the Ninth Floor and found Star River University's team working together to build a combat network and prepare the terrain.
• Su Yuan sent the Black Mud into the Ninth Floor, and Chen Nuoyi used the Dragon Emperor Coin to make Tang Jingcheng's base stations and Zhuang Ze's Dao Soldiers vanish.
• The Black Mud corrupted several students before Leng Qianliu summoned seven spiritual-energy base stations and used a scarlet storm to stall and weaken it.
• Leng Qianliu explained that she had analyzed the Black Mud and created a similar force with the All-Knowing Eye, though she could not stop it if it spread.
• Qi Hanyua warned Su Yuan about Leng Qianliu's abilities, and a system notice identified Leng Qianliu as one of the five greatest Foundation Establishment Realm devilish talents under heaven.

Su Yuan’s followers and Chen Nuoyi overwhelmed Star River University’s team, leaving Leng Qianliu as the only defender against the Black Mud. Su Yuan discovered that taking away her glasses disabled her All-Knowing Eye, then learned that using the divine ability had severely damaged her eyesight.

• Su Yuan sent all nineteen followers to attack Leng Qianliu, but she used the All-Knowing Eye and the Ninth Floor’s spiritual energy to counter their techniques and hold the Black Mud back.
• Zhuang Ze and Tang Jingcheng charged Su Yuan, but Chen Nuoyi used Wealth Connects to God to form a False Core and combined it with Blessing of Star Shattering to immobilize them.
• The Black Mud engulfed Zhuang Ze and Tang Jingcheng and turned them into followers of the Corrupting Divine Kingdom, leaving Leng Qianliu alone to defend Star River University.
• Su Yuan used Speedrun Cultivator of Demonic Arts to identify Leng Qianliu’s weakness, borrowed the Dragon Emperor Coin from Chen Nuoyi, and took her glasses through a forced transaction.
• Without her glasses, Leng Qianliu lost the ability to use the All-Knowing Eye and could not defend herself, so Su Yuan stopped the attacks and left her unharmed.
• Qi Hanyua realized that using the All-Knowing Eye had nearly blinded Leng Qianliu and that losing her glasses had crippled her in battle.

Su Yuan defeated Leng Qianliu and recruited her into the Yuan Sect by offering her access to rare Spirit Transmutation knowledge. After taking control of the Ninth Floor and renovating it, he prepared for the Sword Trial Tournament’s main event, Xuan Haoran’s tower challenge.

• Qi Hanyua explained that Leng Qianliu’s All-Knowing Eye could eventually leave her blind and prevent her from advancing to Spirit Transmutation.
• Su Yuan helped Leng Qianliu see without her glasses, then offered her forbidden demonic knowledge and Spirit Pills; she accepted and joined the Yuan Sect.
• Su Yuan gave Leng Qianliu a Spirit Pill containing Xuan Art University’s Spirit Transmutation Inheritance, while Star River University students mistakenly believed he had forced her to submit.
• Su Yuan ordered the Black Mud to consume the Ninth Floor, sparing Leng Qianliu, and organized renovations throughout the tower.
• The fifteen-day deadline passed, and students from all ten immortal academies gathered to watch Xuan Haoran challenge the tower.

As Xuan Haoran began the High Tower challenge, he discovered that Su Yuan’s allies had transformed the first floor into a corrupted landscape and appointed Zhu Tianqing as its guardian. Zhu Tianqing revealed that Su Yuan’s alchemy had given her three complete Spirit Transmutation Inheritances, but Xuan Haoran bypassed her fused beast and declared that he could control other people’s fates.

• Taihua Tianji and the spectators watched as Xuan Haoran approached the tower and a surge of black mud and Corrupting Divine Kingdom energy spilled through its doors.
• Xuan Haoran entered the tower, and the live broadcast showed the first floor covered in black mud, flesh, and tentacles.
• Zhu Tianqing appeared as the first-floor guardian and told Xuan Haoran that the tower no longer belonged to him and that Su Yuan was behind the changes.
• Zhu Tianqing explained that Su Yuan’s special alchemy method had let her temporarily master three complete Spirit Transmutation Inheritances, then fused a hundred corrupted spirit beasts into a powerful monster.
• Xuan Haoran evaded the fused beast’s attacks, reached Zhu Tianqing, and revealed that he could control other people’s fates as well as use Future Foresight.