Recaps

Ling Juehan and Hong Xiao introduced themselves before their duel on the Arena. Ling Juehan attacked first with an ice-blue bell, freezing the space and Arena as he unleashed its frost beam.

• Ling Juehan and Hong Xiao introduced themselves as they faced each other on the Arena.
• Hong Xiao eagerly asked whether they should begin, and Ling Juehan agreed.
• Ling Juehan lifted his ice-blue bell and fired a beam imbued with the ultimate law of ice.
• The beam froze the space above the Arena and spread permafrost across its floor.

Ling Juehan used the Cold Bell’s Ice Law to freeze the Arena and meet Hong Xiao’s attack. The chapter ended with the second chime’s ice wall holding against Hong Xiao’s chain, though cracks spread across it.

• Ling Juehan rang the bell, sending waves of Ice Law across the Arena and freezing the ground around Hong Xiao.
• Hong Xiao unleashed his bloodline power, shattered the advancing frost, and strode toward Ling Juehan.
• Hong Xiao hurled a crimson chain at Ling Juehan, tearing open space as it rushed toward him.
• Ling Juehan rang the Cold Bell’s second ring and raised an ice wall that stopped the chain, though the impact cracked it.

Ling Juehan and Hong Xiao exchanged powerful attacks in the Arena, with Ling Juehan using the Cold Bell to counter Hong Xiao’s chains and fist. The battle continued as Ling Juehan’s ninth ice barrier stopped Hong Xiao’s punch.

• Hong Xiao shattered the ice coating on his chains and sent all ten chains at Ling Juehan.
• Ling Juehan rang the Cold Bell’s third chime, sending an ice-blue sound wave that collided with the chains and shattered them.
• Hong Xiao charged through the falling light and struck with Void Shatter Tyrant Fist.
• Ling Juehan formed nine ice walls with All Things Freeze, and Hong Xiao’s punch broke seven before stopping at the eighth.

Hong Xiao and Ling Juehan traded powerful attacks in the arena, with Ling Juehan’s giant icy bell surviving Hong Xiao’s chain strike. The clash left Hong Xiao eager to continue fighting.

• Hong Xiao mocked Ling Juehan for defending himself behind the bell and noticed a slight twitch in Ling Juehan’s finger.
• Hong Xiao gathered his chains into a huge scarlet ball and hurled it down with Tyrannical Chain Star-Shattering Hammer.
• Ling Juehan channeled his power into the bell and summoned a giant icy bell to block the attack.
• The collision shook the arena and injured some cultivators, but Ling Juehan’s bell healed its cracks as Hong Xiao’s chains rebounded.
• Hong Xiao landed, shook out his numb hands, and praised Ling Juehan for enduring the blow.

Ling Juehan and Hong Xiao exchanged attacks in the Arena as Hong Xiao’s bloodline chains repeatedly regenerated. Hong Xiao endured Ling Juehan’s strongest bell strike, then unleashed his bloodline power in a blaze of dark red and purple flames.

• Hong Xiao sent bloodline chains bursting from the Arena floor to ensnare Ling Juehan.
• Ling Juehan rang the great bell, and its ice-blue sound waves severed the chains, but they regenerated immediately.
• Hong Xiao pulled the chains taut and caught Ling Juehan’s ankle, scorching his robe.
• Ling Juehan struck the bell three times and blasted Hong Xiao with a wide beam of Ice Law, driving him back.
• Hong Xiao shattered his chain shield, advanced, and set his purple markings alight as dark red and purple flames engulfed him.

Hong Xiao unleashed his Tyrant Blood Heaven Incineration: Dragon-Locking Break, and Ling Juehan countered with Ultimate Frost Bell: Ice Age. Their powers collided in a destructive struggle that left neither fighter with the upper hand.

• Hong Xiao shattered his chains and gathered them into a massive crimson chain before attacking Ling Juehan with Dragon-Locking Break.
• Ling Juehan poured his saintly breath into his bell and sent it skyward with Ice Age, forming a vast frozen river domain.
• Hong Xiao’s crimson chain and Ling Juehan’s frozen river phantom collided, shaking the arena and damaging its floor and barrier.
• The chain and the bell’s ice law repeatedly crushed and consumed each other within a sphere of destructive light, with neither fighter gaining the advantage.

Hong Xiao tore Ling Juehan’s great bell away with his chains, leaving Ling Juehan to sacrifice his essence, vitality, and spirit to awaken the Innate Spirit Treasure. The enormous ice-blue bell descended over Hong Xiao as the Arena trembled.

• Hong Xiao drove his crimson chain underground, hooked Ling Juehan’s great bell, and hurled it against the Arena barrier.
• The bell shrank and rolled away, leaving Ling Juehan without control of it.
• Ling Juehan gathered the remaining Saintly Breath in his body and began sacrificing his essence, vitality, and spirit to the bell.
• Ling Juehan’s sacrifice awakened the Innate Spirit Treasure, which expanded into a three-thousand-foot ice-blue bell and engulfed Hong Xiao.

Hong Xiao broke free of Ling Juehan’s Innate Spirit Treasure and defeated him in the Arena. Ling Juehan accepted his loss as he closed his eyes, while Hong Xiao remained standing despite his wounds.

• Ling Juehan used the Chaos frost mist and Ice Law to trap Hong Xiao inside the enormous bell.
• Hong Xiao unleashed his bloodline power, shattered the bell, and struck it away until it shrank and went dark.
• Drained of his vitality, energy, and spirit, Ling Juehan could not dodge Hong Xiao’s crimson chains, which struck his chest and sent him flying.
• Hong Xiao told Ling Juehan he had lost, and Ling Juehan accepted the defeat before slowly closing his eyes.

Hong Xiao defeated Ling Juehan through sheer strength, winning another match for the Chaos Ancient Clan. An Innate Spirit Treasure vanished before Hong Xiao could claim it, and the Origin Continent’s cultivators mourned their loss as the remaining contestants awaited the next battle.

• Hong Xiao confirmed Ling Juehan was dead and approached the Innate Spirit Treasure, but it repelled him and vanished into the void.
• Hong Xiao left the arena, and the Origin Continent’s cultivators accepted Ling Juehan’s defeat and bid him farewell.
• The remaining contestants acknowledged that Hong Xiao had won through strength rather than underhanded tricks.
• The Chaos Ancient Clan’s experts praised Hong Xiao and sent him to rest.

The Origin Continent faced another crucial match after a string of losses, and its contestants hoped to stop the Chaos Ancient Clan’s dominance. Murong Zhuangning stepped forward as fighter number seven, leaving the next match about to begin.

• The announcement called for the draw for the next match as the Origin Continent’s contestants resolved that they could not afford another defeat.
• The announcement named number seven as the next fighter, while the contestants waited to learn who would step forward.
• Murong Zhuangning declared that she was number seven and left the group.
• Murong Zhuangning entered the Arena as the leader of the Central Region’s Bamboo Bee Sword Dao.

Murong Zhuangning entered the Arena with absolute confidence, and Ye Lin watched her as a fellow sword cultivator. A formidable, scaled figure from the Chaos Ferry Ancient Clan then entered, leaving the two opponents facing each other in silence.

• Murong Zhuangning confidently promised the cultivators victory and vanished into the center of the Arena.
• Ye Lin opened his eyes to watch Murong Zhuangning, interested in her swordsmanship and confident in his own mastery.
• A short, heavily scaled figure from the Chaos Ferry Ancient Clan stepped toward the Arena, warping the space around him.
• Murong Zhuangning and the scaled figure silently studied each other across the Arena.

Murong Zhuangning and Qu Ming began their arena battle, trading sword and claw techniques. Qu Ming blocked her attacks with a deep blue claw phantom and a protective film, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Murong Zhuangning drew her longsword and faced Qu Ming in silence before they agreed to make the first move.
• Murong Zhuangning appeared before Qu Ming and slashed at him with purple sword light filled with sword dao law.
• Qu Ming advanced and crushed the purple sword light with an enormous deep blue claw phantom.
• Murong Zhuangning reformed the fragments into tiny sword rays that attacked Qu Ming from every direction.
• Qu Ming covered himself in a deep blue, rune-covered film that blocked the sword rays, then dismissed her attacks as petty tricks.

Murong Zhuangning and Qu Ming traded powerful attacks in the Arena, with each breaking through the other's defenses. Murong Zhuangning then invoked Purple Lotus Sword Art: Phoenix Cry Across the Nine Heavens, summoning a purple phoenix above herself.

• Qu Ming launched five spatial-rending claw slashes at Murong Zhuangning, who blocked them with a vortex of Sword Qi and retreated.
• Murong Zhuangning sent hundreds of silver sword threads at Qu Ming, but he countered them with a dark-blue gale filled with water blades.
• Qu Ming dismissed her sword threads and challenged Murong Zhuangning to show him everything she had.
• Murong Zhuangning charged her sword with silver-violet Sword Qi and summoned a phoenix phantom with Purple Lotus Sword Art: Phoenix Cry Across the Nine Heavens.

Murong Zhuangning and Qu Ming clashed with their strongest techniques in the Arena, each pushing through mounting injuries as their powers battled. Murong Zhuangning fed her essence blood into her sword and unleashed a new Purple Lotus Sword Art technique.

• Murong Zhuangning sent a Purple Phoenix of Sword Qi diving at Qu Ming.
• Qu Ming answered with Abyss-Devouring Claw: Sky-Splitting, and the attacks collided in a destructive blast that shook the Arena.
• The Purple Phoenix and Qu Ming’s claw repeatedly damaged and regenerated against each other as both fighters’ injuries worsened.
• Qu Ming taunted Murong Zhuangning, who spat her essence blood onto her sword to restore and strengthen it.
• Murong Zhuangning unleashed Purple Lotus Sword Art: Phoenix Dances Across the Nine Heavens.

Murong Zhuangning’s Purple Phoenix sword attack shattered Qu Ming’s shield and wounded him, but he answered with a devastating Abyssal technique. As his dark blue vortex bore down on her, Murong Zhuangning unleashed a sword art fueled by her soul and conviction.

• Murong Zhuangning expanded the Purple Phoenix phantom and sent a storm of sword-feathers at Qu Ming.
• Qu Ming’s Dark Blue Shield broke, and the feathers pierced his armor and wounded him.
• Qu Ming revealed his dark gray skin and enlarged fins, then created a devouring orb and unleashed Abyssal Devourer: Swallow the Heavens.
• Murong Zhuangning raised her sword and burned her Sword Qi to fuel Purple Lotus Sword Art: Eternal Moment.

Murong Zhuangning and Qu Ming unleashed their ultimate attacks against each other in the Arena. As their powers collided again, both fighters were grievously wounded, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Murong Zhuangning's purple sword light collided with Qu Ming's deep-blue vortex, forming a towering column of intertwined energy.
• Murong Zhuangning and Qu Ming endured the clash, both badly injured, while Qu Ming told her she could not defeat him.
• Murong Zhuangning enlarged her sword light into a purple heavenly sword and thrust it toward the vortex.
• Qu Ming expanded his body, formed deep-blue armor, and compressed the vortex into a dense sphere of darkness.
• Murong Zhuangning's heavenly sword pierced the vortex, and the two forces collided again at the center of the Arena.

Qu Ming defeated Murong Zhuangning in a brutal Arena battle, leaving her dead and himself gravely wounded. The Origin Continent suffered another loss as the fight ended in stunned silence.

• Murong Zhuangning’s sword and Qu Ming’s vortex clashed for twenty breaths before her Long Sword broke.
• Qu Ming’s attack sent Murong Zhuangning flying, and she died after her purple phoenix eyes faded.
• Qu Ming praised Murong Zhuangning, declared that he had won, and collapsed from his injuries.
• The Origin Continent’s side watched in silence as Qu Ming’s victory confirmed another loss.

Murong Zhuangning was killed after losing her match to a stronger Chaos Ferry Ancient Clan opponent, leaving the spectators enraged but the contestants and powerful figures silent. A day later, the drawing resumed, and a young monk stepped forward for the next match.

• Murong Zhuangning lost her fight and died at the hands of her Chaos Ferry Ancient Clan opponent.
• The spectators grew furious, while the remaining contestants and powerful figures watched in silence.
• A day passed before the drawing of lots resumed.
• The organizers drew number six for the next match.
• A young monk with a strand of Buddha Beads announced his turn and walked toward the Arena.

A monstrous figure from the Chaos Ancient Clan stepped forward to fight in the Arena, radiating demonic energy and killing intent. The cultivators watched in fear as he approached, and the matchup was described as a demon against a Buddha.

• A black-energy-wreathed figure from the Chaos Ancient Clan declared that he would go ahead and win the battle.
• The figure advanced toward the Arena, his demonic energy swallowing the light around him.
• His terrifying appearance and aura caused nearby cultivators to hold their breath, and weaker ones grew dizzy and felt pressure on their chests.
• Onlookers remarked that a demon against a Buddha would make an interesting battle.

Wuxin and Wan Shan began their Buddha-versus-demon battle in the Arena. Wuxin countered Wan Shan’s opening attacks with Buddhist techniques, and the fight continued amid clashes of golden light and demonic energy.

• Cultivators in the stands expected Wuxin to defeat Wan Shan because Buddhist arts countered demonic cultivation.
• Wan Shan introduced himself and charged at Wuxin with his Demon Devouring Claw.
• Wuxin formed a Buddha Lotus Seal that dissolved Wan Shan’s claw rays and pushed back his demonic energy.
• Wan Shan attacked again with ten claw rays, and Wuxin sent three Buddha Beads forward as golden swastika seals.
• Wuxin’s seals collided with Wan Shan’s attacks in a series of explosions, and Wan Shan praised his technique.

Wan Shan unleashed powerful demonic attacks against Wuxin, who countered with Buddhist techniques and escaped his restraints. Wan Shan then cast an immense, layered Demon Net over Wuxin, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Wan Shan hurled a massive ball of demonic qi at Wuxin, whose Buddha Beads formed a Buddhist Formation that destroyed most of its force.
• Wan Shan sent ten Demonic Qi Pillars erupting beneath Wuxin and sealed off his escape routes.
• Wuxin broke one pillar with his Vajra Finger and three swastika seals, then slipped through the opening.
• Wan Shan wove a huge Demon Net covered in multiplying green flames and cast it down over Wuxin.

Wuxin and Wan Shan clashed in the Arena as Buddhist light broke through Wan Shan’s Demon Net, but neither fighter gained a decisive advantage. Wan Shan unleashed a demonic technique that filled the sky with multiplying demon phantoms, leaving Wuxin facing an overwhelming swarm.

• Wuxin used the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra to tear apart Wan Shan’s Demon Net, though demonic energy blackened the golden Buddha apparition.
• Wan Shan attacked with Demon Descends Upon the World, and Wuxin blocked his claw before countering with Buddha’s Light Shines Everywhere.
• Wuxin and Wan Shan were both blasted back by the collision, each sustaining signs of injury.
• Wan Shan plunged his claws into his chest and summoned a black demonic cloud with Demonic Path True Form: Ten Thousand Demons Devour the Heart.
• Wan Shan’s demon phantoms multiplied to fifty thousand and swarmed toward Wuxin, filling the Arena’s sky with darkness.

Wuxin and Wan Shan’s attacks collided in a destructive stalemate that left both of them badly injured. Wan Shan then unleashed a demonic vortex to swallow Wuxin, whose fate remained uncertain.

• Wuxin poured his Buddhist power into his beads and formed a vast golden lotus to meet Wan Shan’s demonic shadows.
• The golden lotus and black shadows battled for twenty breaths before their combined force exploded, blasting both fighters back and injuring them.
• Wan Shan praised Wuxin’s resistance, then gathered spectral green light into an orb.
• Wan Shan unleashed his World-Annihilating Demonic Might, creating a vortex that devoured space, light, and sound as it advanced on Wuxin.

Wuxin sacrificed his Buddhist power to unleash Infinite Nirvana against Wan Shan, but Wan Shan survived the attack and killed him. Wan Shan won the Arena battle in a critically wounded state, knowing he had come close to defeat.

• Wuxin used his broken Buddha Beads to form a Buddhist Formation and dissolve most of Wan Shan's demonic vortex.
• Wan Shan charged the weakened Wuxin and crushed his head with his claw.
• Wuxin's Buddha Beads scattered across the Arena as he fell in battle.
• Wan Shan, badly injured and missing an arm and both wings, collapsed to his knees after declaring victory.

After Wuxin’s death, the Origin Continent’s cultivators feared the stakes of losing the round as their remaining contestants faced overwhelming odds. The next match was drawn, and Madman went to the battlefield, leaving everyone hoping he could win.

• The spectators cursed the Chaos Ancient Clan and mourned Wuxin’s defeat, fearing what the Origin Continent might have to surrender if it lost the round.
• The remaining contestants realized they had to win every fight from then on but lacked confidence they could do so.
• The Arena fell silent as everyone waited for the next draw.
• The draw selected match number nine, and Madman walked toward the battlefield.
• The spectators expressed hope in Madman’s strength but admitted they could not guarantee his victory.