Recaps

The Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty and Tranquil Heart Imperial Dynasty deployed armies of over a hundred million to the Arena, where their demon aura and Buddhist light clashed. As the Myriad Demon Army unleashed a coordinated assault, the Myriad Buddha Army sat down together and began forming hand seals and chanting.

• Liu Zheng swept out a hand, and over a hundred million soldiers from the Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty flew to the Arena.
• The Myriad Demon Army and Tranquil Heart Imperial Dynasty's Myriad Buddha Army faced off as their demon aura and Buddhist light collided.
• The Myriad Demon Army formed a battle array led by five Quasi-Saints, with its ranks launching demon lightning, fire, and wind at the Buddhists.
• As the attack descended, the Myriad Buddha Army sat cross-legged together, formed hand seals, and chanted true words.

The Myriad Demon Army attacked the Myriad Buddha Army’s golden barrier with five Quasi-Saints leading the assault. The barrier held for the moment, but the combined attacks were wearing it down and threatening to break through.

• The Myriad Buddha Army raised a golden barrier that dissolved the Myriad Demon Army’s first wave of demonic lightning, fire, and wind.
• Five Quasi-Saints—the Flood Dragon, Golden-Winged Roc, Primordial Demon Ape, Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, and Heaven-Devouring Python—attacked the barrier together.
• The Buddhist soldiers chanted and poured their Buddhist light into the barrier, stabilizing it against the Quasi-Saints’ assault.
• Millions of Primordial Unity Golden Immortals and tens of millions of True Immortals joined the attack, overwhelming the barrier with combined demonic powers.
• The barrier shook as its mantras shattered and its light dimmed, prompting the Myriad Demon Army to claim it was about to break.

The Buddhist quasi-Saints and their forces broke out of the barrier and unleashed a devastating counterattack on the Myriad Demon Army. The chapter ended with the five Demon Race quasi-Saints struggling to overcome the Buddhist soldiers’ seemingly inexhaustible ocean of Buddhist light.

• The five Buddhist quasi-Saints broke through the barrier’s protection with a Vajra Seal that wounded and drove back the five Demon Race quasi-Saints.
• The five Buddhist quasi-Saints and hundreds of thousands of Buddhist Daluo Golden Immortals charged into the Myriad Demon Army, killing large numbers of demons.
• The Buddhist quasi-Saints shielded their forces from the Demon Army’s overwhelming barrage with a golden barrier.
• The hundreds of millions of seated Buddhist soldiers formed an ocean of Buddhist light that pursued the demons and purified the demon qi of millions of them.
• The five Demon Race quasi-Saints repeatedly blasted gaps in the Buddhist light, but it quickly flowed back together as their saintly power was rapidly depleted.

The Buddhist forces used the Ten Thousand Buddhas Worship the Sect Grand Formation to weaken the Myriad Demon Army and empower their own fighters. The Demon Race was overwhelmed, and Liu Zheng realized the battle was lost.

• The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox realized the Tranquil Heart Imperial Dynasty had used the Five Venerables and Buddhist Daluo Golden Immortals to distract the Demon Race while the Buddhist army formed its grand formation.
• The Buddhist light weakened the Myriad Demon Army, and the Five Buddhist quasi-saints began attacking the Demon Race's five quasi-saints.
• A Buddhist quasi-saint struck the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox and another wounded the Heaven-Devouring Python as the other duels turned against the Demon Race.
• Several hundred thousand Buddhist Daluo Golden Immortals charged into the weakened Myriad Demon Army, killing Demon Race fighters in great numbers.
• Liu Zheng watched from the spectators' platform and realized the battle was lost.

The Tranquil Heart Imperial Dynasty’s Buddhist forces wiped out the Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty’s army in the second match, killing all five Demon Race quasi-saints. Liu Zheng accepted the defeat and feared facing the Emperor after the dynasty’s devastating losses.

• The Buddhist quasi-saints killed the five Demon Race quasi-saints, including the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox and the Heaven-Devouring Python.
• The Buddhist Daluo Golden Immortals routed the Myriad Demon Army, leaving over thirty million dead or wounded and the rest unable to fight.
• The Buddhist forces returned to their formation and began recovering as the Arena fell silent.
• Liu Zheng realized that the Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty had lost the match and mourned the loss of five quasi-saints.
• A Buddhist representative told Liu Zheng that his cultivators were fine men, and Liu Zheng could not bring himself to answer.

After the Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty suffered two crushing defeats, Nie Zhao and Ye Lin decided to keep targeting it. Liu Zheng accepted Nie Zhao’s challenge to let their soldiers fight next, despite the danger to his already shattered morale.

• The Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty’s soldiers and experts lost confidence after defeats by the Heavenward and Tranquil Heart Imperial Dynasties.
• Nie Zhao and Ye Lin agreed to continue attacking the Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty.
• Nie Zhao challenged Liu Zheng to a fight between their soldiers, promising that they would stop short of taking lives.
• Liu Zheng accepted because refusing would further destroy his army’s morale.

Liu Zheng challenged Nie Zhao to a duel between marshals, wagering that the winner would decide the outcome of the fifth match. Nie Zhao accepted, and the two Quasi-Saints of the Third Heaven took their places in the Arena as the armies cheered.

• Liu Zheng interrupted Nie Zhao and proposed a duel that would count as the fifth match for whichever side lost.
• Liu Zheng said he was staking everything on the duel to break the deadlock between the imperial dynasties.
• Nie Zhao accepted Liu Zheng's challenge and stepped onto the Arena, releasing a terrifying aura.
• Liu Zheng appeared on the Arena, and the two marshals exchanged courteous words before the fight began.
• Ye Lin watched the duel with interest as the armies cheered for their marshals.

Nie Zhao and Liu Zheng began their duel in the arena, unleashing the auras of two Third Heaven Quasi-Saints. The chapter left their first attacks about to collide.

• Nie Zhao and Liu Zheng stepped into the arena and faced each other across a hundred miles.
• Nie Zhao released his golden Dao of the Blade, while Liu Zheng unleashed dense demonic energy that shook the viewing platforms.
• Nie Zhao drew the Heaven-Sundering Blade and sent a swift slash toward Liu Zheng.
• Liu Zheng met the blade light with a punch, and the force of his fist surged toward it.

Liu Zheng and Nie Zhao fought to a standstill in a fierce exchange of blade techniques and fists. After hundreds of moves, Liu Zheng warned Nie Zhao to be careful as his demonic energy gathered into the shadow of a colossal black dragon.

• Liu Zheng and Nie Zhao praised each other's strength after their first clash ended evenly matched.
• Liu Zheng attacked again, and he and Nie Zhao traded increasingly powerful blows across the Arena.
• The spectators struggled to follow the fight, while a few quasi-Saints watched in shock.
• After exchanging hundreds of moves, both fighters retreated and praised the battle.
• Liu Zheng's demonic energy surged and its dragon phantoms merged into a colossal black dragon.

Liu Zheng revealed his terrifying true form and fought Nie Zhao in the Arena. Their clash left both combatants pushed back, while the Arena’s formation struggled to contain their power.

• Liu Zheng transformed into a colossal mutated Black Dragon of Chaos, stunning the soldiers watching from the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty’s platform.
• Liu Zheng struck at Nie Zhao with a claw, but Nie Zhao broke free of the surrounding restraint and dodged the blow.
• Nie Zhao summoned his saber soul and unleashed a law-powered slash at Liu Zheng.
• Liu Zheng countered with destructive dragonfire, and the clash sent Nie Zhao hundreds of li back and forced Liu Zheng’s dragon body several steps away.

Nie Zhao fought Liu Zheng in dragon form, but Liu Zheng burned his bloodline to gain overwhelming strength. Nie Zhao’s final slash wounded Liu Zheng’s claws but shattered his blade and left him unable to rise, leaving Liu Zheng the victor.

• Liu Zheng struck Nie Zhao with his dragon tail, sending him flying and making him spit blood.
• Nie Zhao used Stellar Slash, but Liu Zheng’s wounds healed as he tore through the attack.
• Liu Zheng burned his bloodline and challenged Nie Zhao to withstand three moves.
• Liu Zheng’s first bloodline-enhanced claw strike overwhelmed Nie Zhao, who then unleashed Extinction Slash with his long blade.
• Nie Zhao’s final slash wounded Liu Zheng’s claws down to the bone, but shattered his blade and left him collapsed on the arena as Liu Zheng declared his victory.

Liu Zheng defeated Nie Zhao in the Arena but was badly injured, and Wuchen seized the opportunity to challenge the weakened marshal. Nie Zhao tried to accept, but he collapsed before he could stand, leaving Wuchen to offer to fight someone else instead.

• Liu Zheng admitted his defeat, and Liu Zheng won their contest after burning his bloodline but spared Nie Zhao.
• Liu Zheng returned to the Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty and had his vice marshal secretly suppress his injuries.
• Wuchen stepped into the Arena and challenged the injured Nie Zhao, provoking angry protests from the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty.
• Nie Zhao tried to rise and accept Wuchen's challenge, but he collapsed back into his seat as his soldiers urged him to concede.
• Wuchen noted Nie Zhao's poor condition and offered to fight someone else instead.

Ye Lin, the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty’s previously unknown Deputy Marshal, accepted Wuchen’s challenge after Nie Zhao warned him of the monk’s strength. Wuchen began a display of profound Buddhist power that nearly subdued the soldiers watching, leaving the duel poised to begin.

• Ye Lin stepped forward to play with Wuchen, and Nie Zhao warned him that the monk’s Buddhist cultivation was formidable.
• Nie Zhao introduced Ye Lin as the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty’s Deputy Marshal, surprising Wuchen, who could not sense Ye Lin’s strength.
• Wuchen and Ye Lin exchanged courtesies over who would strike first, and Wuchen took the Arena.
• Wuchen filled half the Arena with pure Buddhist light, golden lotuses, and visions of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats.
• Wuchen’s invocation nearly dissolved the Heavenward soldiers’ will to fight until a Quasi-Saint expert jolted them back to their senses.
• Liu Zheng watched Wuchen from the Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty’s platform with a grave expression.

Ye Lin faced Wuchen in the Arena after Wuchen tried to persuade him to abandon killing and embrace Buddhist teachings. As Ye Lin revealed a faint sword light containing the pure Law of the Sword, Wuchen sensed true death in it.

• Liu Zheng recognized that Wuchen’s Buddhist Dharma had reached a realm where all things were Buddha and admitted he would not have been confident of beating him at his peak.
• Wuchen offered to expound the scriptures for Ye Lin and dissolve his karmic sins, but Ye Lin said he wanted only to kill Wuchen.
• Wuchen accepted Ye Lin’s challenge and invited him to attack.
• Ye Lin raised two fingers like a sword, making the laws of heaven and earth tremble.
• A faint sword light appeared at Ye Lin’s fingertips, and Wuchen sensed the absolute Law of the Sword and the threat of true death.

Wuchen summoned his strongest Buddhist defense against Ye Lin, hoping to survive a single sword strike. Ye Lin’s slow, unavoidable sword light touched the Buddha phantom and began to shatter it.

• Wuchen realized Ye Lin’s cultivation surpassed his and prepared to face the attack.
• Wuchen condensed his Buddha-light into a gigantic phantom and formed the Immovable Fundamental Seal to defend himself.
• Ye Lin casually sent a sword light toward Wuchen, which Wuchen found impossible to evade.
• Wuchen poured all his power into the Buddha phantom as Ye Lin’s sword light descended.
• The sword light touched the phantom, and a crack spread through it.

Ye Lin defeated Wuchen with a single faint sword light, shattering his phantom Buddha and leaving him badly injured. Wuchen admitted defeat and bowed to Ye Lin, while the spectators realized how far Ye Lin’s swordsmanship surpassed their expectations.

• Wuchen’s phantom Buddha cracked apart and exploded after Ye Lin’s sword light passed through it.
• The blast sent Wuchen flying across the arena, where he landed bloodied and unable to continue.
• Nie Zhao and Liu Zheng watched in shock, with Liu Zheng recognizing that Ye Lin’s sword laws surpassed his understanding.
• Wuchen struggled to his feet, addressed Ye Lin as a senior, and admitted that he was utterly convinced by Ye Lin’s swordsmanship.
• Ye Lin withdrew his hand, dispersed the sword light, and told Wuchen that he was too courteous.

Ye Lin defeated Wuchen with one sword and told him he was a Quasi-Saint First Heaven from the Origin Continent. His claim stunned Wuchen and the spectators, while Nie Zhao realized Ye Lin had been telling the truth.

• Ye Lin praised Wuchen's Buddhist teachings but said he had been born in the wrong place and left the Origin Continent unexplained.
• Wuchen admitted defeat and asked Ye Lin what realm he had reached.
• Ye Lin said he was a Quasi-Saint First Heaven, leaving Wuchen, Liu Zheng, and the vice marshal shocked.
• Nie Zhao congratulated Ye Lin for misleading Wuchen, but Ye Lin insisted he had told the truth.
• Nie Zhao froze and said he would not be able to sleep that night.

Ye Lin used his overwhelming strength to secure first place for the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty and let the other dynasties compete for the remaining ranks. He then sat out the coming battles because of his agreement with Su Cheng, leaving Nie Zhao to handle the Great Frost Dynasty.

• Ye Lin told Wuchen and Liu Zheng that the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty should take first place and challenged their forces to fight for the remaining positions.
• Wuchen agreed, and Liu Zheng followed, unwilling to risk angering Ye Lin while he was injured.
• Ye Lin sat down and told Nie Zhao he would not directly fight the Great Frost Dynasty because of his agreement with Su Cheng.
• Nie Zhao accepted and said he would personally deal with the Great Frost Dynasty.

The court learned that Ye Lin had become the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty’s Deputy Marshal, prompting Su Tao to consider what that meant for the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty. After the arena results put the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty first, Nie Zhao proposed a joint campaign against the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty one month later.

• A minister reported that Ye Lin was serving as the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty’s Deputy Marshal and had defeated Wuchen with one sword strike.
• Su Tao wondered whether Ye Lin would help the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty destroy the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty, then resolved to spare him if they met in battle.
• The Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty overturned its disadvantage and defeated the Tranquil Heart Imperial Dynasty, leaving the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty first, the Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty second, and the Tranquil Heart Imperial Dynasty last.
• The three imperial dynasties accepted a division of the Southern Region that gave the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty three-fifths, with the other two dynasties receiving one-fifth each.
• Nie Zhao proposed that the three dynasties jointly raise their armies against the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty one month later.

After the contest, Ye Lin explored the Southern Region and contemplated the world’s Great Daos while the three grand marshals recovered and prepared to attack the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty. In a mysterious space, Su Cheng and two others watched Ye Lin’s reflection and discussed his strength and the secret he might carry.

• Ye Lin wandered the Southern Region after completing his mission and reflected on how the Great Daos differed from those of the Origin Continent.
• Over the next month, the three grand marshals recovered from their injuries, reorganized their armies, and set their sights on the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty.
• Ye Lin chose not to intervene in the coming battle, believing he had already secured enough benefits for the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty and that he should honor his own judgment.
• In a mysterious space, a stern-faced middle-aged man asked Su Cheng about Ye Lin after seeing his reflection in a mirror.
• Su Cheng praised Ye Lin for defeating Wuchen with one sword and said the victory had helped secure a favorable outcome for the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty.
• A bald man in white monk’s robes said Ye Lin came from beyond this world and speculated that his secret might let them advance further.

Su Cheng rejected Tranquil Heart’s plan to capture Ye Lin, warning that they could provoke someone even more powerful. The emperors considered uniting their dynasties to enter the Central Region, but their rivalry over who would lead left that hope out of reach.

• Su Cheng told Tranquil Heart that attacking Ye Lin could bring retaliation from someone behind him.
• Tranquil Heart asked whether they would remain trapped in their world forever and urged the emperors to seek a way out.
• Su Cheng proposed that the four Imperial Dynasties unite and enter the Central Region instead of targeting Ye Lin.
• Tranquil Heart asked who would lead the alliance, and Su Cheng claimed leadership for the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty.
• The Emperor of the Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty laughed, recognizing that none of the rulers would agree to become another’s subject.
• Su Cheng warned Tranquil Heart not to provoke Ye Lin and risk drawing an enemy they could not defeat.

Jingxin proposed that the three imperial dynasties invade the Central Region, but Su Cheng argued that they would be destroyed before gaining anything. As the army surrounded the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty and demanded Su Tao’s surrender, Su Tao rose to confront the three marshals.

• Jingxin suggested that the three great imperial dynasties unite and seize territory from the collapsing Holy Dynasty in the Central Region.
• Su Cheng rejected the plan, and Jingxin and the other two lamented that they were trapped and unable to advance their cultivation.
• The armies surrounded the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty, whose national fortune shield appeared to protect it.
• Nie Zhao demanded that Su Tao take his own life to spare the dynasty’s people, threatening to destroy the capital if he refused.
• Su Tao called the three marshals dogs, then rose into the air as a terrifying pressure swept across the Eight Wastelands.

Su Tao revealed a terrifying golden aura filled with countless struggling faces, shocking the three marshals. Nie Zhao, Liu Zheng, and Wuchen joined forces to attack him, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Su Tao rose into the void, surrounded by brilliant golden light containing countless imprisoned faces.
• Liu Zheng and Wuchen recoiled at the aura, which filled them with fear and suppressed Wuchen’s Buddhist arts.
• Nie Zhao dismissed the display as a bluff and urged the marshals to attack Su Tao together.
• Nie Zhao, Liu Zheng, and Wuchen charged Su Tao and struck simultaneously with a star-like punch, a black dragon-shaped punch, and a golden swastika seal.

Su Tao effortlessly overwhelmed the attacks of three third-level quasi-Saints and killed Liu Zheng, Nie Zhao, and Wuchen. After the three opponents perished, the chapter ended with a site notice about a new bookshelf grouping feature.

• Su Tao's golden light swallowed the full-force attacks from Liu Zheng, Nie Zhao, and Wuchen.
• Su Tao pierced Liu Zheng's brow with golden light, killing him.
• Su Tao's attack tracked Nie Zhao and pierced his heart, killing him.
• Wuchen summoned a Buddha phantom for protection, but Su Tao's golden light pierced it and killed him.
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Su Tao annihilated the three imperial dynasties’ marshals, then began draining the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty of its people’s lives and cultivation and its accumulated fortune. The slaughter continued across the dynasty as its inhabitants and even powerful Quasi-Saints proved unable to resist.

• Su Tao killed the three third-heaven Quasi-Saints who marshaled the imperial dynasties in three breaths.
• Su Tao turned his attention to the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty and commanded the draining to begin.
• Golden light spread across the dynasty, freezing its inhabitants and threading into them to drain their vitality, cultivation, and souls.
• Cities and immortal sects were emptied, while cultivators and powerful figures died despite trying to flee, fight, or self-destruct.
• A first-heaven Quasi-Saint attacked Su Tao but was overwhelmed by the golden threads and drained to death.
• The golden threads spread throughout the dynasty and began extracting its national, popular, and Dao fortune.