Recaps

Li Xiaoyao refused to leave the Arena because he had promised Wang Tian he would win, while Shi Yunxin pitied him and felt trapped between her sympathy and her duty. Wang Tian begged Ye Lin to end the performance and offered both fighters five eight-mark Enlightenment Pills, leaving Shi Yunxin unsure how to proceed.

• Shi Yunxin introduced herself to Li Xiaoyao and urged him to step down from the Arena, offering to treat him to a meal.
• Li Xiaoyao told Shi Yunxin that he owed Wang Tian his life and had promised to win, though he feared losing control of his power.
• Shi Yunxin blamed Wang Tian for exploiting Li Xiaoyao's sense of gratitude but felt unable to intervene.
• Wang Tian pleaded with Ye Lin to stop the act and offered five eight-mark Enlightenment Pills each to Li Xiaoyao and Ye Lin if they won the round.
• Ye Lin agreed to tell Li Xiaoyao to rein in his performance, while Shi Yunxin remained caught between her obligation to fight and her reluctance to harm him.

Li Xiaoyao ended his act by revealing his laws, prompting Shi Yunxin to concede and face the Wang Family’s anger. Mad Python entered the arena for the final match and demanded that Li Xiaoyao reveal his cultivation.

• Ye Lin sent Li Xiaoyao a voice transmission, and Li Xiaoyao told Shi Yunxin to leave the arena.
• Shi Yunxin realized Li Xiaoyao possessed laws, conceded, and stepped down.
• The Wang Family spectators blamed Shi Yunxin’s softheartedness, while the woman in white severed ties with her and the White Cloud Sect.
• The Fourth Branch ordered Mad Python to kill Li Xiaoyao in the final match, and Mad Python promised to leave no intact corpse.
• Mad Python landed in the arena and challenged Li Xiaoyao to reveal his cultivation, and Li Xiaoyao agreed.

Li Xiaoyao revealed that he was a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal, terrifying Mad Python into surrendering and begging for mercy. After Wang Feng introduced himself and treated Li Xiaoyao as an equal, Li Xiaoyao returned to Ye Lin's side.

• Li Xiaoyao revealed his Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal cultivation and challenged Mad Python to make him budge within three moves.
• Mad Python dropped to his knees, begged Li Xiaoyao to spare him, then fled after Li Xiaoyao let him go.
• Wang Feng descended onto the Arena, introduced himself as the Wang Family clan chief, and asked Li Xiaoyao's name.
• Li Xiaoyao gave his name, then left the Arena after Wang Feng dismissed him.
• Li Xiaoyao flashed to Ye Lin's side as Wang Tian watched, speechless.

Li Xiaoyao collected the five jade boxes Wang Tian owed him after revealing his strength and winning the battle for the Third Branch. Wang Chenfeng questioned how his grandson had gained the loyalty of a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal, while Wang Dong failed to see why it was suspicious.

• Li Xiaoyao held out his hand, and Wang Tian handed over five jade boxes.
• The spectators accused Li Xiaoyao of acting to weaken the Fourth Branch, and the Wang Family patriarch announced the Third Branch's victory.
• The crowd condemned the Third Branch instead of celebrating its win.
• Wang Chenfeng wondered how Wang Tian had befriended a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal and doubted that Wang Tian could have paid him.
• Wang Dong called Wang Tian's connection a good thing, but Wang Chenfeng rebuked him for ignoring Li Xiaoyao's bizarre behavior.

After Li Xiaoyao’s victory, the Wang Family Grand Competition continued, and the Second and Fifth Branches began scrambling for Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal allies to challenge Wang Tian. The Fifth Branch and Second Branch’s brief battle ended without injuries, while Wang Tian’s Third Branch received a bye.

• Wang Dong dismissed his father’s suspicions and trusted that his son’s connections and the Wang Family’s strength would protect him.
• The competition eliminated the Fourth, First, and Sixth Branches, then drew the Fifth Branch against the Second Branch while the Third Branch received a bye.
• Wang Tian sighed in relief at avoiding another battle and worried that Ye Lin might raise his price for the precious Enlightenment Pills.
• A young man from the Second Branch decided to seek a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal expert so his branch could keep pursuing the family-head position.
• The Fifth Branch also resolved to pool its resources to hire an outside Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal, since family members could not compete as allies.
• The Second and Fifth Branches’ True Immortal fighters finished their match quickly, with neither side suffering injuries.

Wang Tian agreed to pause the Grand Competition for half an hour so the Second and Fifth Branches could seek help, despite the risk that they might find a powerful Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal. He then checked with Ye Lin, while privately convincing himself that his opponents could not possibly recruit a peak expert.

• The Second and Fifth Branches requested a half-hour pause, and clan head Wang Feng asked Wang Tian for his opinion.
• Wang Tian agreed to the pause and challenged the branches to find whoever they could.
• Wang Family disciples debated whether Wang Tian was confident in Li Xiaoyao or had made a rash mistake.
• Wang Tian asked Ye Lin whether his decision was acceptable, and Ye Lin pointed out that he had already agreed.
• Wang Tian felt awkward about agreeing so quickly but reassured himself that the other branches could not invite a peak Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal.

The Wang Family Grand Competition resumed after the Second Branch and Fifth Branch brought in powerful outside cultivators. The Heavenly Martial Sage and Blood Demon Child faced each other in the arena, preparing to fight.

• Wang Feng announced that the Grand Competition would continue as the Heavenly Martial Sage and an unknown powerhouse arrived for the Second Branch and Fifth Branch.
• The Second Branch juniors thanked the Heavenly Martial Sage, who agreed to do his utmost and appeared atop the arena.
• Blood Demon Child arrived on the lightning and mocked the Heavenly Martial Sage.
• The Heavenly Martial Sage recognized Blood Demon Child and traded taunts with him over the Mountain Sea Sword Sect.
• The Heavenly Martial Sage challenged Blood Demon Child to demonstrate his techniques.

Heavenly Martial Sage and Blood Demon Child clashed on the Arena after Heavenly Martial Sage suggested capturing him for the Mountain Sea Sword Sect. Their battle remained hidden from the watching disciples as Ye Lin and the others observed, and the two old rivals recognized each other’s growing strength.

• Heavenly Martial Sage proposed capturing Blood Demon Child and handing him over to the Mountain Sea Sword Sect, angering Blood Demon Child.
• The Wang Family disciples discussed Blood Demon Child’s ties to their family and dismissed the risk of provoking the Mountain Sea Sword Sect.
• Li Xiaoyao complained that the duel was taking too long, while Wang Tiangang urged him to learn from the seniors’ use of laws.
• Ye Lin watched as Heavenly Martial Sage and Blood Demon Child acknowledged that each had grown stronger since their last meeting.

Heavenly Martial Sage and Blood Demon Child staged a brief, showy fight in the Wang Family Arena, which Wang Feng shielded to protect the disciples. Heavenly Martial Sage left after insisting that the Second Branch pay the full promised reward, despite their dissatisfaction.

• Heavenly Martial Sage and Blood Demon Child agreed to settle their staged contest with one decisive exchange rather than fight seriously.
• Wang Feng raised a barrier as their attacks shattered the Arena and threatened the Wang Family disciples.
• The two Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal powerhouses ended the battle unharmed and exchanged compliments.
• The Second Branch disciples promised Heavenly Martial Sage the full reward, though some were unhappy that he had not fought in earnest.
• Heavenly Martial Sage rebuked them for expecting a discount and left, bewildering the Wang Family disciples.

After Blood Demon Child defeated Li Xiaoyao, the Fifth Branch celebrated its victory while the Second Branch rushed to repair its relationship with the departing Heavenly Martial Sage. Wang Feng announced a half-hour break before the Third Branch faced the Fifth Branch, and Blood Demon Child asked whether the competition could continue.

• The Second Branch hurried after the Heavenly Martial Sage and offered to double his promised share to keep him from turning against them.
• The Fifth Branch celebrated Blood Demon Child's victory and prepared lavish gifts for him.
• Wang Feng declared the Fifth Branch the winner of the match against the Second Branch, prompting cheers from the crowd.
• Wang Feng announced a half-hour rest before the Third Branch faced the Fifth Branch.
• Blood Demon Child asked Wang Feng whether the Grand Competition could continue.

Wang Feng offered to mediate Blood Demon Child’s feud with the Mountain Sea Sword Sect, but Blood Demon Child refused to owe the Wang Family a favor and wanted to leave for Blood Demon Cave. Wang Tian called on Ye Lin, who appeared masked as Blood Baleful to help him.

• Blood Demon Child told Wang Feng that the Mountain Sea Sword Sect had learned he was at the Wang Family and was likely waiting outside for him.
• Wang Feng offered to persuade Wu Xie to settle the Mountain Sea Sword Sect’s long-running grudge, but Blood Demon Child declined his help.
• Wang Feng asked Wang Tian what he thought, and Wang Tian looked to Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin agreed to help, vanished from Wang Tian’s side, and appeared on the arena platform.
• Blood Demon Child asked the masked newcomer who he was, and Ye Lin introduced himself as Blood Baleful.

At the clan head Grand Competition, Wang Tian’s second Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal ally startled the crowd, but Ye Lin revealed his flawless Destruction Sword Dao and made Blood Demon Child retreat. The Third Branch versus the Fifth Branch contest ended without a fight, leaving Ye Lin to wonder at the deep fear Flawless Taiyi inspired.

• Wang Feng and the crowd reacted with shock when Blood Demon Child appeared as Wang Tian’s second Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal ally.
• Wang Feng announced the start of the Third Branch versus the Fifth Branch contest.
• Blood Demon Child suggested settling the match in one move, but Ye Lin declared that victory and defeat had already been decided.
• Ye Lin revealed his flawless Destruction Sword Dao, and Blood Demon Child recognized him as a Flawless Taiyi.
• Blood Demon Child bowed to Ye Lin, declined to fight, and vanished from the arena.
• Ye Lin wondered why Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals feared Flawless Taiyi so deeply.

Ye Lin let the Wang Family believe he was one of the Five Venerables, whose reputation and power had made even Wang Feng defer to them. The Wang Family erupted in disbelief and speculation over Ye Lin’s connection to Wang Tian.

• The chapter explained that Flawless Taiyis were revered as Venerables in the Anlan Great World after Wind Venerable slew five powerful opponents.
• Wang Feng bowed to Ye Lin and asked which Venerable he was.
• Ye Lin said he could not reveal his identity and let Wang Feng continue believing he was one of the Five Venerables.
• The Wang Family members panicked and speculated that Wang Tian might be connected to a Venerable.
• Some Wang Family members refused to believe a Venerable would come to their Grand Competition because of Wang Tian.

Ye Lin displayed Flawless Taiyi strength, leaving the Wang Family disciples and Wang Chenfeng and Wang Dong stunned and wondering about Wang Tian’s connections. Wang Chenfeng decided they would question Wang Tian after the Grand Competition and find out which Venerable had helped him.

• The Wang Family disciples doubted that Li Xiaoyao could have invited five Venerables to help Wang Tian.
• Ye Lin returned to Wang Tian, who handed him five jade boxes.
• Wang Chenfeng and Wang Dong fell silent after witnessing Ye Lin reveal Flawless Taiyi strength.
• Wang Chenfeng asked whether Wang Tian was really Wang Dong’s child, and Wang Dong angrily defended his son’s bloodline.
• Wang Chenfeng said they would question Wang Tian after the Grand Competition and learn which Venerable was present.

The Wang Family Grand Competition began its second stage, where the winner would become clan leader by remaining on the Arena for half an hour. Wang Tian stepped into the chaotic melee, hinting that he planned to end the Wang Family’s long humiliation.

• Wang Dong worried that Wang Tian would be unable to lead the family if he lacked the strength to win the competition.
• Wang Feng announced that the second stage would test combat strength and award the clan leader position to whoever stayed standing on the Arena for half an hour.
• Wang Feng left the square to prepare to hand over the position, and the young geniuses began climbing onto the Arena to fight.
• Ye Lin realized that the Wang Family did not know Wang Tian’s cultivation level and moved Li Xiaoyao aside to watch him show off.
• Wang Tian declared that the Wang Family head’s position should change hands and that its tens of thousands of years of humiliation should end, then flashed onto the Arena and disrupted the melee.

Wang Tianyi stepped onto the True Immortal Battlefield, prompting Wang Family disciples to mock him and his opponents to hesitate because of the clan’s rules against harming kin. He asked his cousins to leave the stage, leaving the battle’s next move unresolved.

• Wang Family disciples mocked Wang Tianyi for joining the True Immortal Battlefield as an Earth Immortal, though some guessed he had reached the Heavenly Immortal level.
• The Wang Family disciples fighting on the stage stopped when Wang Tianyi arrived, worried they might injure him and incur the Third Branch’s retaliation.
• Wang Tianyi’s cousins urged him to leave the stage, explaining that they could not fight freely while he remained there.
• Wang Tianyi asked all his cousins to leave the stage.

Wang Tian revealed that he had reached the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm and claimed the position of Wang Family head. The disciples who had urged him to leave the arena were stunned as he asked whether anyone objected.

• Wang Family disciples tried to persuade Wang Tian to step down, promising to let him vent his resentment after the competition.
• Wang Tian stopped pretending and revealed the powerful alchemy Dao law surrounding him.
• The Wang Family disciples realized Wang Tian had reached the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm and were terrified by his power.
• Wang Tian declared that he was taking the position of family head and asked who objected.

Wang Tian’s victory as a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal secured his position as the Wang Family’s next clan chief and brought his father and grandfather overwhelming joy. His Third Branch disciples arrived to pay their respects after learning he had won.

• Wang Dong celebrated Wang Tian’s achievement as Flawless Taiyi and cried as Wang Chenfeng watched quietly.
• Wang Family disciples congratulated Wang Tian, then left to cultivate after realizing they could not compete with a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal.
• Wang Tian stood as the Wang Family’s true clan chief, gaining authority to mobilize the family’s resources while major decisions still required deliberation.
• Wang Biao, Wang Damao, and Wang Ye led Third Branch disciples to pay respects to Wang Tian after learning of his victory and cultivation realm.

Wang Tian became the Wang Family’s clan head after revealing that he was a Flawless Taiyi, and he used his new authority to order preparations for war against the Yin-Yang Sacred Land. The chapter ended with the Wang Family facing an all-out war scheduled to begin in one month.

• Wang Feng celebrated Wang Tian’s breakthrough to Flawless Taiyi and declared that the Wang Family could become a power rivaling the Five Venerables.
• Wang Feng handed Wang Tian the clan head’s Jade Talisman and entrusted the entire Wang Family to him.
• Wang Family disciples and elders appeared and bowed to Wang Tian as their new clan head.
• Wang Tian ordered the entire Wang Family to prepare for war and attack the Yin-Yang Sacred Land in one month, aiming to sever its inheritance.

Wang Tian declared war on the Yin-Yang Sacred Land after the Wang Family ancestor approved his plan. The Wang Family began preparing for an assault one month later.

• Wang Feng urged Wang Tian to make secret plans before provoking the Yin-Yang Sacred Land, but Wang Tian insisted he could not wait any longer.
• Wang Tian told Wang Feng to obey his orders as clan head and said the month-long delay was only to allow preparations.
• The Wang Family ancestor approved the war, surprising the family elders and disciples.
• Wang Tian assigned each branch its role in the campaign against the Yin-Yang Sacred Land.
• The Wang Family mobilized its disciples and resources to prepare for the war.

Wang Tian and Ye Lin reaffirmed their trust as news of the Wang Family’s war on the Yin-Yang Sacred Land spread across the Anlan Great World. At the Heavenly Dao’s source, the five Flawless Taiyis debated whether to exploit the great era by creating a larger catastrophe, and one proposed deciding the matter by vote.

• Wang Tian brought Ye Lin the Jade Talisman, and the two shared a laugh after exchanging a deep look.
• News of the Wang Family declaring war on the Yin-Yang Sacred Land spread across the Anlan Great World, alarming factions that shut their mountain gates.
• Five Flawless Taiyis gathered at the source of the Anlan Great World’s Heavenly Dao and discussed the great era’s spread.
• The five debated whether to stay out of the coming tribulation or provoke greater chaos to strengthen the Heavenly Dao and pursue the Golden Immortal realm.
• One venerable proposed a vote, with the minority to obey the majority.

The five beings agreed to merge with the Anlan Great World’s Heavenly Dao, gaining great power within its boundaries while tying their fates to the world. Elsewhere, Yan Yu learned that Ye Lin was an Invincible One and ordered his people to stop investigating him.

• Three of the five raised their hands, winning the vote to merge with the Anlan Great World’s Heavenly Dao.
• The five prepared to begin, knowing their power would depend on the world and that they would perish if it shattered.
• A disciple told Yan Yu that Ye Lin came from the Starry Sky and was an Invincible One who cultivated the Invincible Art.
• The disciple reported that Ye Lin had flattened the Central Domain and that cultivators across the Demon Domain Starry Sky were hunting him.
• Yan Yu recalled the dangers of a great age, shattered his teacup, and ordered his people to withdraw and stop investigating Ye Lin.

Yan Yu learned that Wang Tian had returned as a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal and declared war on the Yin-Yang Sacred Land, a crisis tied to Yan Yu’s earlier investigation. Yan Yu ordered the sect to prepare for battle and went to question the Stowaways as war drew near.

• A disciple reported that the man in the portrait had appeared in Windwhisper City, completing Yan Yu’s task.
• The disciple revealed that Wang Tian had become a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal, taken over as Wang Family patriarch, and declared war on the Yin-Yang Sacred Land.
• Yan Yu regretted accepting the investigation request for four Yin-Yang Sacred Stones, fearing the conflict would destroy his sect.
• Yan Yu ordered the Yin-Yang Sacred Land to recall its disciples and prepare to fight the Wang Family.
• Yan Yu changed his mind and went to the Stowaways’ former residence to learn more about the situation.

As the Anlan Great World plunged into conflict, Ye Lin urged Wang Tian to look beyond revenge and the Wang Family toward a wider world. Wang Tian began to reconsider his plan to settle down after taking revenge, while Ye Lin believed he had sparked the ambition he needed.

• An old man welcomed the coming war between the Wang Family and the Yin-Yang Sacred Land, as factions across the Anlan Great World began fighting amid the Five Venerables’ restraint.
• Wang Tian told Ye Lin and Li Xiaoyao that the Wang Family would bear the Yin-Yang Sacred Land’s pressure when they attacked it.
• Ye Lin asked Wang Tian to join them after his revenge, arguing that the Anlan Great World was too small for his potential.
• Wang Tian recalled how revenge had sustained him and realized Ye Lin’s words had stirred his buried ambition.
• Ye Lin watched Wang Tian’s reaction and concluded that he had won him over.

Ye Lin tried to recruit Wang Tianyi and considered how to secure the Nine Provinces Cauldron for him. After Wang Tianyi left to tell his family about the planned attack on the Yin-Yang Sacred Land, Ye Lin and Li Xiaoyao began cultivating with Enlightenment Pills.

• Wang Tianyi said he would consider Ye Lin’s offer and agreed to join the attack on the Yin-Yang Sacred Land in one month.
• Wang Tianyi left to inform the Wang Family, whose elders had supported him despite his years of being called trash.
• Ye Lin saw Wang Tianyi’s fate and learned that he would find the Nine Provinces Cauldron in the Snake Water Region three years later.
• Ye Lin decided to find the cauldron first and give it to Wang Tianyi to win his allegiance.
• Ye Lin discovered that Li Xiaoyao had already swallowed an Enlightenment Pill, so he took one himself and began cultivating beside him.