Recaps

Old Wang worried that the prodigies were hiding instead of cooperating, so he searched for a reward that would motivate them to hunt savage beasts. He proposed using a Holy Spring as a prize, hoping to prepare them for the slaughterhouse of the third region.

• Old Wang watched the prodigies hide or flee and complained that the competition was no fun.
• Old Wang realized the leading prodigies had no reason to risk their positions for more points.
• Old Wang rejected offering a top-grade Supreme Artifact or a Limitless Artifact because the prodigies were already wealthy and the items were too precious.
• The Golden Immortal experts remained silent as Old Wang considered how to encourage the prodigies to unite.
• Old Wang proposed that the experts pool their resources and offer his Holy Spring as a reward.

An old man wagered precious resources on the remote lands' young cultivators, hoping one would become a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal and help their region rise. Other Golden Immortals joined his effort, and Luo Yao added three giant chicken legs as her contribution.

• The old man decided to stake his treasure on the young cultivators despite the risk that they might never enter the Central Star Domain.
• He explained that prejudice and poverty had isolated the remote lands and weakened its cultivators.
• A Golden Immortal offered four Dao Seeds, while others contributed Enlightenment Cushions, Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid, and forging promises.
• Other Golden Immortals from the Mist Map Star Region also offered resources to show their support.
• Luo Yao announced that she would contribute three giant chicken legs, and the old man laughed and praised her.

An aged voice announced valuable rewards for the prodigies who ranked highly, including Dao Seeds tied to four Half-Step Golden Immortal realm savage beasts. Ye Lin and the other contestants abandoned their plans to lie low and prepared to pursue the prizes.

• An aged voice declared that each of the four Half-Step Golden Immortal realm savage beasts represented a Dao Seed that could help its bearer lay the foundation for the Dao.
• The voice announced rewards for the top-ranked contestants, including Enlightenment Cushions, Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Liquid, Immortal Artifact Master services, and Holy Spring water.
• Prodigies who had planned to lie low became eager to compete and set out in pursuit of the Dao Seeds.
• Ye Lin, hiding in a mountain cave, felt stirred by the rewards and especially wanted the Enlightenment Cushion.

Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable set out as the rankings began shifting and fellow prodigies became a new danger. The announcement of Luo Yao’s first-place reward—three big chicken drumsticks—left the competitors convinced the food hid a rare treasure.

• Ye Lin prepared to leave, but Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable criticized him for talking about lying flat and urged him to pursue cultivation.
• Poison Venerable noticed the rankings changing and warned that the competitors had become a danger alongside the beasts and monsters.
• Dugu Feng rushed into the forest, and Ye Lin and Poison Venerable followed him.
• The aged voice announced that Luo Yao would give three big chicken drumsticks to the first-place finisher.
• The prodigies speculated that the drumsticks were a disguised medicinal treasure and vowed to claim them.

Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable spotted a Half-Step Golden Immortal realm savage beast that drew the prodigies into a battle. Ye Lin saw that the first group had coordinated their attack and held back, leaving the others to face the danger.

• Dugu Feng found a Half-Step Golden Immortal realm savage beast surrounded by Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm beasts.
• Ye Lin noticed numerous prodigies watching the savage beast, whose death would yield a Dao Seed and one million points.
• The first group of prodigies attacked together and called for others to join them against the savage beast.
• Dugu Feng prepared to charge in, but Ye Lin stopped him and warned that the coordinated group was trapping the others.
• Poison Venerable agreed that the first attackers had been too coordinated, and the three chose to wait and watch.

Ye Lin watched as the prodigies trapped in battle with the Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beast realized the first batch had schemed to make them take the brunt of its attacks. The second batch turned on the first, leaving the battlefield in chaos.

• Dugu Feng held back in the grass after noticing that no one else was advancing.
• The savage beast overwhelmed the second batch of prodigies, seriously injuring several and preventing the trapped fighters from escaping.
• Ye Lin realized the first batch had positioned the later arrivals as the savage beast’s main targets while they waited to exploit an opening.
• The second batch abandoned their attack on the savage beast and charged at the first batch to take revenge.
• The first batch called for retreat as the furious second batch pursued them.

Ye Lin and two companions joined the battle against the savage beast after the first group of prodigies fled, and the other onlookers followed. The fighters organized an assault on the beast and revealed their true forms to draw its attention, while others sought its purple crystal weakness.

• The first group of prodigies fled after their scheme was exposed, leaving those targeted by the savage beast trapped under its pressure.
• Ye Lin told his two companions it was time to act, and they rushed to help the besieged prodigies, who explained that the purple crystal in the beast’s abdomen was its source of power.
• More prodigies joined the fight, easing the pressure as they combined their strength against the savage beast.
• An experienced prodigy organized the fighters into groups to draw the beast’s attention, harass it from the sides, deal with nearby herds, and attack its abdomen.
• The body-refining prodigies drawing the beast’s attention transformed into enormous beasts, including an ape wreathed in blue flames, a Flood Dragon, a five-clawed golden dragon, and a winged Tiger.

Ye Lin, Poison Venerable, and Dugu Feng entered the savage beast’s abdomen to attack the purple crystal that powered it. Dugu Feng found a way to cut through its tough tentacles, and the savage beast howled in pain.

• The prodigies revealed their true forms and attacked the savage beast, but they could not inflict substantial damage.
• Ye Lin led Poison Venerable and Dugu Feng into the savage beast’s abdomen to reach its power source.
• Ye Lin asked whether they could break the purple crystal’s tentacles, which had resisted even a Limitless Artifact.
• Dugu Feng used Yin-Yang Severance to form enormous scissors from his black and white swords and cut through the tentacles.
• The savage beast roared in pain as Dugu Feng continued cutting.

Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable exploited the savage beast’s tentacles to expose the purple crystal while the giant beasts kept it occupied. Just as Ye Lin prepared to destroy the crystal, the savage beast unleashed a Half-Step Golden Immortal aura that blasted everyone away.

• A giant ape forced the savage beast to raise its head, letting Ye Lin and the others escape its attack as the giant beasts charged in to restrain it.
• Ye Lin urged Dugu Feng to keep cutting the savage beast’s tentacles, while the prodigies attacked its eyes and drew its attention.
• Dugu Feng cut off all the tentacles protecting the purple crystal, and Ye Lin told him to smash it.
• The savage beast roared and released a Half-Step Golden Immortal aura, sending Ye Lin, his companions, and the surrounding giant beasts flying.

Ye Lin urged the prodigies to attack the savage beast after its abdominal tentacles were torn off, exposing the purple crystal that was its weakness. The prodigies rushed in to compete for the kill and its one million points as the enraged beast fought back.

• The Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beast went berserk and roared, prompting the prodigies to consider retreating as it called for its kin.
• Ye Lin revealed that the beast's abdominal tentacles had been torn off and urged everyone to shatter the purple crystal in its abdomen.
• The prodigies stopped retreating and charged the beast, attacking its exposed abdomen.
• The savage beast struck a five-clawed golden Dragon into the ground with one blow.
• Ye Lin told the others to compete for the one million points, and Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable agreed.

Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable joined the prodigies in attacking a savage beast to shatter the purple crystal powering it. The crystal broke, and the beast collapsed as its strength faded.

• The prodigies circled and harassed the savage beast, trying to wear it down while keeping away from its attacks.
• Ye Lin approached with Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable and struck the purple crystal in the beast’s abdomen with Thunder Break.
• The surrounding prodigies restrained the beast, allowing Ye Lin’s lightning Sword Qi to hit the crystal and crack it.
• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable followed up with their attacks, shattering the purple crystal.
• The savage beast’s energy poured out, and it collapsed, its aura fading until it vanished.

Ye Lin and the other prodigies prepared to strike the weakened savage beast for a chance at its million points, but a group of opportunists emerged to steal the spoils. Ye Lin led the exhausted fighters in attacking them, and the two sides clashed.

• The prodigies agreed to attack the weakened savage beast together, leaving the reward to whoever the Golden Immortals judged had dealt the final blow.
• As one prodigy began counting down, the group gathered strength for their strikes while injured fighters joined them.
• Opportunists emerged from the ground and mocked the prodigies, intending to claim the savage beast for themselves.
• Ye Lin ordered everyone to attack the intruders and unleashed the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, prompting the other prodigies to join him.
• The opportunists counterattacked, and the two sides began fighting as they argued over whether the exhausted prodigies could stop them.

Ye Lin broke off his duel with a young prodigy and rushed to attack the dying savage beast before it expired. He unleashed a powerful sword technique as other fighters gathered around the beast.

• The prodigies argued over the spoils of war but avoided killing one another during their fight.
• A young man recognized Ye Lin's strength, and the two traded barbs as they fought.
• Ye Lin realized the savage beast was rapidly losing its life force and turned away from the young man to attack it.
• The young man hurried after Ye Lin, and the others stopped fighting when they saw that more than a dozen people were attacking the beast.
• Ye Lin summoned a river of sword qi and unleashed the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, Nine Luminaries Across the Sky, and Sword Nine, Heaven-Sundering.

Ye Lin killed the savage beast, pushing his score above a million points ahead of the rest and making himself a target. The surrounding prodigies protected him from hostile outsiders, then left to pursue more points.

• Ye Lin unleashed four attacks that shattered the savage beast's head and killed it.
• Ye Lin's score rose to 1,113,509 points, putting him more than a million points ahead of second place.
• The prodigies gathered around Ye Lin and warned hostile outsiders to leave, causing them to retreat.
• Blood Baleful thanked the prodigies, who cautioned him that others would target him for his points before departing.

Ye Lin remained alone after Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable left to hunt savage beasts and pursue more points. Surrounded by hidden watchers hoping to kill him for his million points, Ye Lin drew the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and challenged them to attack.

• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable told Ye Lin they were leaving separately to hunt savage beasts, and Poison Venerable warned him that enemies were watching from the shadows.
• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable departed, leaving Ye Lin alone among the savage beast corpses.
• Ye Lin warned the hidden watchers that attacking him would be a waste of time and threatened to kill anyone who tried.
• Half of the watchers withdrew, while the rest stayed hidden and waited for Ye Lin to reveal a weakness.
• Ye Lin summoned the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and challenged the remaining watchers to risk their rankings by fighting him.

Ye Lin tricked the Heavenly Geniuses watching him into revealing themselves, then escaped without fighting. He used the month that followed to build his lead, reaching 1.34 million points while second place had only 230,000.

• Ye Lin waited for most of his pursuers to leave, then attacked the remaining nine with lightning Sword Qi as a feint.
• Ye Lin burrowed underground and escaped, leaving the pursuers to abandon their chase.
• Ye Lin decided to pursue more points so he could aim for the top three or even first place.
• A month passed, and Ye Lin's score rose to 1.34 million while second place had 230,000 points.

Ye Lin spent the month hunting savage beasts and kept a commanding lead in the rankings while other prodigies struggled against the remaining Half-Step Golden Immortal beasts. He found one surrounded by savage beasts and Wind Eagles, leaving the prodigies unable to attack and spotting an opportunity for himself.

• Ye Lin hunted savage beasts across the wilderness for a month, accumulating enough points to remain in first place even if one million points were deducted.
• Ye Lin heard explosions and sensed a Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beast nearby, then went to investigate.
• Ye Lin discovered that the savage beast was protected by packs of Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal beasts and Wind Eagles led by a Wind Eagle he had encountered before.
• The prodigies secretly followed the savage beast but stayed back because they could not get close without facing its guards.
• Ye Lin hid in the shadows and concluded that the prodigies' inability to kill the beast suited him.

Ye Lin left the hunting grounds confident that his first-place position was secure, while Bao Xiaotou worked on an Illusion Formation for the test. The chapter ended with Bao Xiaotou asleep beside a Formation Disk whose formations had begun operating on their own.

• Ye Lin slipped into the dense forest as a savage beast advanced, believing the other contestants could not catch up and worrying only about Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian.
• Ye Lin decided he would not wait ten thousand years for Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian if they failed to secure their slots.
• Bao Xiaotou spent two months creating an Illusion Formation that he believed was unmatched in the Star River Cosmos.
• Bao Xiaotou declared that first place was his, then lay down and fell asleep beside his Formation Disk.
• The Formation Disk glimmered as its intricate formations activated one another while Bao Xiaotou slept.

Wang Tian refined five eight-pattern Clear Mind Pills but remained frustrated that he could not reach the nine-pattern level. He decided to seek guidance from Bao Xiaotou about the gap in his alchemy understanding.

• Wang Tian opened the furnace and found five lustrous eight-pattern Clear Mind Pills inside.
• Wang Tian regretted that he had not refined nine-pattern pills and recognized that the Nine Provinces Cauldron alone would not overcome his lack of understanding.
• Wang Tian stopped himself from destroying the pills and starting over because he lacked time.
• Wang Tian concluded that only a second-tier Dao Pill Master had a chance of refining nine-pattern pills and decided to seek guidance from Bao Xiaotou.

Ye Lin stayed ahead of the rankings as the hunting game neared its end, while other competitors surged into second and third place after killing Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beasts. When the game ended, the old man announced its conclusion and everyone’s suppressed strength returned.

• Ye Lin stopped hunting with a lead of more than 100,000 points over second place and waited out the final days.
• Second place climbed to 1.4 million points, but Ye Lin remained first with 1.51 million.
• On the final day, second and third place reached 1.25 million and 1.23 million points after killing Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beasts.
• Ye Lin left his cave and wondered how Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable had fared, though the rankings showed only code names.
• A Golden Immortal aura covered the continent, and the old man declared the game over.
• Ye Lin felt his full strength return and said he could now face a Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beast directly.

After the trial ended, Ye Lin reunited with Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable, who had won second and third place. Bao Xiaotou discovered that his Illusion Formation had taken the form of a little boy and called him its master.

• The old man ended the game and said the point rewards and spots would be announced in ten hours.
• Ye Lin left the world and met Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable, who revealed they had taken second and third place.
• Ye Lin and Dugu Feng planned to find Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian and see how they had done.
• Bao Xiaotou finished his task, searched for his Formation Disk, and found a little fat boy instead.
• The little fat boy told Bao Xiaotou that he was the Illusion Formation.

Bao Xiaotou discovered that the little fatty was the Illusion Formation he had refined, transformed into a person who served as the formation’s core. He told the old man overseeing the test that the formation was the little fatty, leaving the old man suspicious of his explanation.

• Bao Xiaotou inspected the little fatty with his divine sense and recognized the formation runes he had inscribed in the Illusion Formation.
• The little fatty hugged Bao Xiaotou’s leg and called him Master, but Bao Xiaotou denied being his master and tossed him aside.
• The old man appeared and asked Bao Xiaotou whether he had finished setting up the formation.
• Bao Xiaotou explained that the Illusion Formation was the little fatty, and the old man looked at him as though he were an idiot.

Bao Xiaotou proved himself to be a Dao Formation Master, and the old man asked to take the formation disk spirit he had created. Elsewhere, Wang Tianyi admitted his pill-refining attempt had failed, while insisting his own furnace would have produced a nine-pattern holy pill.

• The old man examined Bao Xiaotou and discovered the intricate formation runes within him, recognizing Bao Xiaotou as at least a Dao Formation Master.
• The old man declared Bao Xiaotou the formation Dao competition’s first-place winner and asked for the formation disk spirit.
• Bao Xiaotou agreed to give the little fatty to the old man, and the three of them left the area together.
• The old man approached Wang Tianyi and asked how his alchemy attempt had gone.
• Wang Tianyi said he had refined only an eight-pattern pill, then claimed his own furnace could have produced a nine-pattern holy pill.

Wang Tian’s eight-pattern pills stunned the old man, while the other prodigies’ results fell short of the standards set by him and Bao Xiaotou. The selection results were announced, eliminating everyone outside the top twenty thousand on the Golden Ranking, and the surviving prodigies prepared to receive rewards and travel to the third region.

• The old man saw Wang Tian’s five eight-pattern pills and took him away without comment.
• The old man heard a young man boast about refining three three-pattern pills, but chose not to discourage him.
• The old man announced that thirty thousand prodigies would advance: ten thousand from noncombat paths and the top twenty thousand on the Golden Ranking.
• Prodigies ranked below twenty thousand were eliminated, and many stayed in the Mist Map Star Region to await the next selection.
• The old man distributed the promised treasures and said the grand teleportation array would open for travel to the third region.

Ye Lin collected his rewards and asked an Immortal Artifact Refiner to repair the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor, hoping it might be raised to the level of a Limitless Artifact. The old man accepted the materials and promised to return the sword within a day, while Ye Lin’s companions came forward for their own artifact work.

• Ye Lin swept his rewards into his Spatial Ring and put away a Dao Seed for later study.
• Ye Lin presented the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and prepared materials, asking the old man to repair it and attempt to make it a Limitless Artifact.
• The old man agreed to repair the sword but warned that he could not guarantee it would become a Limitless Artifact, and promised to return it within a day.
• Ye Lin stepped aside as Dugu Feng and the other nine prodigies came forward to meet the old man's offer.