Recaps

Ye Lin and the other prodigies left a ruined temple to hunt savage beasts in a sealed, dangerous forest, where their powers and perception were suppressed. After Bao Xiaotou vanished without anyone noticing, the group realized someone was manipulating them.

• Dugu Feng identified their location as a ruined temple, and Ye Lin led the group outside to inspect the area.
• A golden ranking board appeared, while Poison Venerable discovered that dense Golden Immortal power prevented flight and suppressed their strength.
• Ye Lin led the group into the forest to search for savage beasts and other monsters.
• After the prodigies entered the woods, the ruined temple's shattered Buddha statue began glowing red, unnoticed by the group.
• Dugu Feng sensed that someone was missing, and Ye Lin and the others realized Bao Xiaotou had disappeared.

Ye Lin set the mountaintop ablaze and exposed a monster that had been impersonating Wang Tianyi. Li Xiaoyao killed it, leaving the group safe from the hidden threat.

• Ye Lin unleashed lightning fire that engulfed the forest and mountaintop.
• Ye Lin ordered Li Xiaoyao to attack Wang Tianyi, despite Wang Tianyi's protests.
• Li Xiaoyao struck Wang Tianyi into a boulder, revealing that he was a monster in disguise.
• The monster vanished from Li Xiaoyao's sight, but Li Xiaoyao used lightning to force it back into view.
• Li Xiaoyao struck the monster with the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers and killed it.

Ye Lin and Dugu Feng’s group searched a monster lair after realizing Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian had been replaced, while Bao Xiaotou was taken to a separate formation contest. The chapter left Bao Xiaotou with three months to build an Illusion Formation and earn one of the limited advancement slots.

• Ye Lin told Dugu Feng he could not say where the real Wang Tian and Bao Xiaotou had gone, and the group agreed to use a code phrase against infiltrating monsters.
• The group split up to search the lair, while Shangguan Wanyu carried Luo Yao behind Ye Lin.
• Bao Xiaotou found himself in a strange place and met an old man who said his formation talent qualified him for a separate contest.
• The old man gave Bao Xiaotou three months to build an Illusion Formation, with only one thousand slots available to hundreds of thousands of formation prodigies.

Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian prepared to claim first place in their respective trials, while Ye Lin and his companions fought through a monster-filled lair. After clearing the surrounding area, Ye Lin saw he was still ranked beyond ten thousand, unaware that the trial only had twenty thousand qualifying slots.

• Bao Xiaotou received formation materials and resolved to claim true first place rather than merely enter the top thousand.
• Wang Tian received medicinal treasures and a Supreme-tier pill furnace, then decided to refine Nine-Pattern Clear Mind Pills.
• Ye Lin, Shangguan Wanyu, Luo Yao, and Li Xiaoyao fought the swift monsters in their lair while their strength was suppressed.
• After fighting for a day and night, Ye Lin and his companions killed every monster within ten thousand li.
• Ye Lin checked the ranking board and saw he was ranked somewhere past ten thousand, then stayed alert.
• The trial secretly limited advancement to the top twenty thousand, eliminating contestants who aimed only to make the top thirty thousand.

Ye Lin and his companions left the ruined temple and discussed the risks of the ranking trial, aiming for a high placement rather than merely entering the top thirty thousand. They suspected Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian had separate competitions, which could reduce the number of available slots, and continued searching for opponents.

• Ye Lin planned to have Shangguan Wanyu and Luo Yao claim points by delivering the final blows against weakened prodigies, while keeping Luo Yao from unleashing her overwhelming Great River.
• Ye Lin and his companions left the area, and the Buddha statue in the ruined temple exploded after they departed.
• Ye Lin complained about the enormous trial world as the group searched for savage beasts and monsters without encountering anyone.
• Dugu Feng suggested Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian had separate competitions because their talents lay in formations and alchemy rather than combat.
• Poison Venerable warned that the ranking list might have fewer than thirty thousand places, and Ye Lin urged the group to aim for the top ten thousand or higher.
• Li Xiaoyao remained confused by the discussion of rankings, while Shangguan Wanyu and Luo Yao nodded as though they understood.

Xue Feng spotted Ye Lin and his companions in the forest and ordered his followers to attack them so he could avenge his earlier humiliation. His companions dismissed his warning about Li Xiaoyao as the fifteen followers leaped from the cliff toward the group below.

• Young men from the Mist Map Star Region mocked Xue Feng for being frightened off by a prodigy from a minor star region.
• Xue Feng recognized Ye Lin and his group moving through the forest below the cliff.
• Xue Feng ordered the fifteen followers to cripple the group and bring them up to him.
• Xue Feng urged the others to join the fight, but his three companions mocked his caution and promised to handle the group themselves.
• The fifteen followers jumped from the cliff and shot toward Ye Lin and his companions.

Ye Lin and his companions were ambushed by fifteen trained fighters, and Ye Lin faced four of them. His attacks with the Time Measuring Ruler were countered by chains that absorbed even law energy, leaving him retreating from an iron net.

• Ye Lin noticed an approaching threat and told Shangguan Wanyu to hide with Luo Yao.
• Ye Lin, Li Xiaoyao, Poison Venerable, and Dugu Feng split up to fight the fifteen attackers.
• Ye Lin slowed and froze four opponents with the Time Measuring Ruler, then struck them with thunderous Sword Qi.
• The four fighters used purple chains to absorb the ruler's lightning and interwove their chains into an iron net.
• Ye Lin drew the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and retreated as the attackers drove the iron net toward him.

Ye Lin and his companions struggled against the Godbinding Sect followers’ God-Suppressing Lock, which drained their strength and blunted their attacks. Xue Feng regained his confidence and joined the fight, declaring that Ye Lin’s group would die in the Mist Map Star Region.

• Ye Lin used Thunderfall and a sword strike to break free of the iron net’s immediate pressure and create distance from the four attackers.
• Li Xiaoyao, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable also found their strength and coordination hampered by the iron net.
• Three Godbinding Sect followers encouraged Xue Feng, claiming their God-Suppressing Lock had subdued Ye Lin’s group.
• Xue Feng regained his confidence and followed his three companions to watch the battle from a tall tree.
• Xue Feng recognized Ye Lin and declared that he and his companions would be buried in the Mist Map Star Region.

Ye Lin broke free of the chains that had trapped him and turned them against Xue Feng and his companions. As Li Xiaoyao grabbed an incoming chain to challenge its strength, the fight continued.

• Xue Feng mocked Ye Lin as his followers tightened an iron net around him.
• Ye Lin used his physical strength to break free, fling the four followers away, and strike Xue Feng with the chains.
• Ye Lin discovered that the ownerless chains absorbed immortal power, Sword Qi, and even the power of laws, and he used them to knock down the four men again.
• Li Xiaoyao released the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers and grabbed an incoming chain with both hands.

Ye Lin turned the God-Suppressing Locks against the Godbinding Sect’s fighters and learned that Xue Feng was the son of Xue Zhongjian. He ignored Xue Feng’s threat and killed him, leaving the conflict with the Snow Mountain Sword Sect unresolved.

• Ye Lin and the other three used the God-Suppressing Locks as weapons, exploiting their own body cultivation.
• Xue Feng crawled from the crater and threatened Ye Lin with his father, Xue Zhongjian.
• Ye Lin dismissed Xue Feng as a spoiled heir and decided to kill him.
• Ye Lin struck Xue Feng with the chain until his body was split apart and his Primordial Spirit shattered.

After Ye Lin killed Xue Feng, Xue Zhongjian refused to avenge his son and warned his eldest son against letting family matters provoke wider resentment. He silenced the experts mocking him, asserting his authority across the Starry Sky.

• Experts taunted Xue Zhongjian as a screen showed Ye Lin killing Xue Feng.
• Xue Zhongjian said Xue Feng had brought his death upon himself by seeking trouble.
• Xue Zhongjian refused his eldest son’s offer to avenge Xue Feng and warned him against provoking the small star regions and their Golden Immortals.
• Xue Zhongjian’s eldest son accepted his father’s decision and stood silently behind him.
• Xue Zhongjian challenged the experts criticizing him from the shadows to come debate the Dao, and the Starry Sky fell silent.

After Ye Lin killed Xue Feng, he sent Li Xiaoyao and the others after the three fleeing young men. He searched Xue Feng’s Spatial Ring and found little of value before discovering a collection of books that darkened his expression.

• Ye Lin ordered Li Xiaoyao and the others to stop the three young men from escaping, while he stayed behind.
• Ye Lin reflected that Xue Feng had brought about his own death by returning to provoke him.
• Ye Lin broke the restrictions on Xue Feng’s Spatial Ring and took its supreme-grade Sovereign-level sword, immortal stones, and other valuables.
• Ye Lin found a large number of books in the Spatial Ring and opened one to see a drawing of a scantily clad woman, making his expression darken.

Ye Lin and his companions decided to hunt Heaven's Prides for points, but a powerful voice announced a deadly new challenge. Five Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beasts had been released, and each was worth one million points.

• Ye Lin checked the ranking list and saw that he had climbed to somewhere above fifth thousand.
• The three who had pursued their enemies returned, and Shangguan Wanyu emerged from the grass carrying Luo Yao.
• Ye Lin proposed hunting Heaven's Prides for points, and his companions approved.
• A massive explosion shook the world as a vast Golden Immortal pressure spread across it.
• A powerful voice ordered the Heaven's Prides to hunt five Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beasts, forbade them from using trump cards, and offered one million points for each beast killed.
• Ye Lin and the others turned grim, while Heaven's Prides across the world cursed the challenge.

The gathered prodigies cursed the Golden Immortal powerhouses for forcing them to fight a Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beast, then reluctantly agreed they had to join forces. Ye Lin decided to take part for the million points and told Shangguan Wanyu and Luo Yao to hide, leaving Luo Yao to protect her.

• The gathered prodigies cursed the Golden Immortal powerhouses for putting them in danger and agreed that they had to attack the savage beast together.
• The prodigies avoided discussing their points, knowing that arguing over them would destroy their fragile alliance.
• Dugu Feng asked Ye Lin whether they should join the fight, and Ye Lin said they had to go after the million points.
• Ye Lin told Shangguan Wanyu to hide with Luo Yao and promised to find a way to sort out her points afterward.
• Luo Yao promised Ye Lin she would protect Shangguan Wanyu, leaving Shangguan Wanyu bewildered.

Ye Lin left Luo Yao with Shangguan Wanyu, trusting Luo Yao to protect her, then led three companions toward the explosion. They reached a plain where tens of thousands of experts were fighting a powerful flame-covered savage beast, and Ye Lin saw that the battle was still unresolved.

• Ye Lin reassured Shangguan Wanyu that Luo Yao would protect her, then departed with three companions.
• Ye Lin and his companions traveled toward the explosion alongside other prodigies rushing to the same destination.
• On a vast plain, tens of thousands of experts attacked a huge, flame-covered savage beast but could not pierce its defenses.
• The beast wounded many prodigies, who withdrew from the fight, while others continued to arrive and battle it.
• Ye Lin observed the battlefield and concluded that the beast was overwhelmingly strong, though the experts' cooperation had kept anyone from dying so far.

Ye Lin joined the attack on the savage beast but found its defenses too strong to penetrate. As prodigies searched for a weakness, Ye Lin began studying the beast’s movements, hoping to claim its million-point reward.

• Ye Lin urged Li Xiaoyao and the others to conserve their strength, then led them into the attack.
• Ye Lin struck at the savage beast with the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor, but its flames blasted him away without harming him.
• The prodigies struggled against the beast’s powerful defenses and discussed whether it had a weakness.
• Ye Lin realized the beast could not be perfect and began watching its attacks for a flaw.

Ye Lin discovered a purple crystal beneath the savage beast’s abdomen and suspected it was the source of the creature’s power. He shared the weakness with the other prodigies, who prepared to join forces, but they still needed a way through the crystal’s tough tendrils.

• Ye Lin charged toward the savage beast’s abdomen, drawing the other prodigies after him.
• The savage beast stomped the ground and unleashed flames and a shockwave that sent Ye Lin and many prodigies flying.
• As he was thrown back, Ye Lin spotted a purple crystal beneath the beast’s abdomen, surrounded by tendrils that glowed when it attacked.
• Ye Lin told several injured young men about the crystal and his suspicion that it was the beast’s power source.
• The prodigies agreed to work together, and Ye Lin announced that they needed to break the crystal despite the tendrils’ durability.

Ye Lin revealed the savage beast’s weak point, and the gathered prodigies organized a coordinated attack. As the battle began, the beast’s aura slowed everyone’s movements.

• A young man asked Ye Lin for his name, and Ye Lin introduced himself as Blood Baleful.
• The prodigies thanked Blood Baleful and devised a plan to distract the savage beast, restrain it, and attack its weak point.
• The prodigies split into groups, with over a thousand assigned to the frontal feint and Li Xiaoyao leading them.
• Ye Lin joined the group preparing to sneak beneath the savage beast and attack its weak point.
• The front group unleashed attacks on the savage beast’s head, provoking it to roar and release an aura that slowed everyone down.

Li Xiaoyao broke free from the savage beast’s pressure and struck it with the Third Form of the Three Heaven-Opening Forms, but its beam shattered his attack and left him gravely injured. His companions rescued him and fed him precious pills, while the battle against the beast continued.

• The savage beast’s pressure trapped the attacking prodigies and prevented them from dodging its approaching attack.
• Li Xiaoyao soared into the air and used the Third Form of the Three Heaven-Opening Forms, summoning a giant axe to strike the savage beast’s beam.
• The beam shattered Li Xiaoyao’s axe, smashed him into the ground, and left him badly injured, but its force ended the pressure holding the others in place.
• The prodigies rushed to save Li Xiaoyao while the others resumed attacking the savage beast.
• Three young men helped Li Xiaoyao up and poured several bottles of precious pills into his mouth, hoping he would survive.

Several young men poured dozens of pills into Li Xiaoyao after he survived a Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beast’s blow. White light then emerged from his body as his injuries and Primordial Spirit rapidly recovered.

• One young man argued that Li Xiaoyao had survived the beast’s attack and began feeding him pills.
• Another young man added valuable healing, Primordial Spirit, and other pills, saying he had plenty more made by his family’s alchemy masters.
• The first two young men continued pouring in pills, and one snatched the last youth’s two bottles and added those as well.
• After running out of pills they were willing to give, the two young men left Li Xiaoyao’s recovery to fate.
• White light appeared around Li Xiaoyao as his mangled body healed and his aura and Primordial Spirit grew stronger.

After the three geniuses healed Li Xiaoyao, they waited beside him as white vapor rose from his body and he remained unconscious. Elsewhere, Ye Lin and dozens of fighters entered the savage beast’s abdomen and attacked the purple crystal that powered it, but its tentacle resisted even the Measureless Artifact.

• The three geniuses saw Li Xiaoyao’s injuries heal but grew concerned when he did not wake and white vapor began rising from his skin.
• The three geniuses decided against feeding Li Xiaoyao more pills and stayed beside him while others held the battlefield.
• As the savage beast retreated, Ye Lin led dozens of people into its abdomen and showed them the purple crystal.
• The fighters attacked the crystal, but the tentacle guarding it deflected the Measureless Artifact and proved too hard to break.
• The fighters admitted they had no Dao artifact and resolved to keep attacking until they wore the tentacle down.

Ye Lin and the other prodigies continued wearing down the savage beast while its flames failed to break through Ye Lin’s Beginningless True Flame. After the beast summoned help, the group hurried to destroy the purple crystal in its abdomen, but the hundreds of tentacles protecting it left them facing a seemingly impossible task.

• The savage beast spewed flames from its abdomen, and Ye Lin shielded everyone with the Beginningless True Flame as they attacked its tentacles with Limitless Artifacts.
• The savage beast howled to summon other savage beasts, and the prodigies realized they had to kill it before reinforcements arrived.
• The prodigies agreed to press on rather than flee, despite the danger of being overwhelmed by gathered savage beasts.
• Five young men severed one tentacle but despaired at the hundreds remaining around the purple crystal, which could absorb every form of power.
• One prodigy urged the others to keep fighting because the people outside had not given up.

Ye Lin held back the enraged Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beast while the prodigies prepared to wear it down, but he warned them that he could only last another hundred breaths. When countless Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal savage beasts arrived as reinforcements, Ye Lin and the others abandoned the fight and fled.

• The prodigies gave Ye Lin pills, immortal stones, and a Sovereign Artifact to help him withstand the savage beast’s flames.
• Ye Lin warned the prodigies that he could hold the line for only another hundred breaths against the Half-Step Golden Immortal beast.
• Ye Lin spotted countless savage beasts charging toward them and shouted for everyone to run.
• Ye Lin dispelled his Beginningless True Flame and raced through the herd with the prodigies following close behind.
• The prodigies fled without looking back, abandoning their plan to kill the savage beast.

As the prodigies fled the savage beast horde, Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable realized Li Xiaoyao was missing and began searching for him. Ye Lin spotted a mountain of beasts gathered around something and feared Li Xiaoyao might be beneath them.

• The young men guarding Li Xiaoyao fled from the approaching beasts, and the last one left him behind because he could not carry him.
• Ye Lin contacted Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable, and they realized none of them had seen Li Xiaoyao.
• Ye Lin told Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable to search for Li Xiaoyao while staying safe, and both agreed.
• Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable rushed through the beast horde, searching for Li Xiaoyao as the other prodigies fled.
• After searching without finding Li Xiaoyao, Ye Lin spotted a mound of beasts gathered around something and feared it might be Li Xiaoyao's corpse.

Powerful figures debated whether to keep the prodigies under pressure from five savage beasts, arguing that the trial would build solidarity among the remote star domains. As attention shifted to an intriguing figure at the assessment grounds, Ye Lin charged toward him but was blasted away.

• An aged voice defended using the five savage beasts to force the prodigies to adapt to the dangers of the Central Star Domain.
• Other voices warned that the beasts had left more than a million prodigies seriously injured and discussed removing the cultivation suppression.
• The voices agreed that the trial would continue because it could teach the remote-domain prodigies to unite against the contempt they faced in the Central Star Domain.
• A voice noticed an interesting figure at the assessment grounds, prompting others to wonder whether it was Li Xiaoyao.
• Ye Lin rushed forward with the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor to find out, but an enormous force sent him flying before he could get close.