Recaps

Origin Continent suffered more deaths in the arena, though Nangong Yue secured a hard-won victory over Crimson Refinement. After Song Ting and Blood Baleful died and collapsed from their battle, Ye Lin focused on his own coming fight as observers argued over the competition.

• Shi Poxiao fought Shadow Fiend, whose spatial techniques wore him down before he killed him and destroyed his Primordial Spirit.
• Nangong Yue faced Crimson Refinement and used Supreme Ultimate: Limitless to defeat her, then killed her before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Ye Lin carried Nangong Yue from the Arena, and her father said he would consider her marriage to Ye Lin if Ye Lin survived his own battle.
• Song Ting fought Blood Baleful with a series of transformations, but Blood Baleful pierced his Divine Dragon form and killed him.
• Blood Baleful survived the battle but collapsed when the Killing Intent’s backlash overwhelmed him, while Origin Continent’s spectators grieved Song Ting’s death.
• Yan Ting counted four losses and four fallen geniuses, while Ye Lin set aside the others’ despair and focused on winning his battle.
• An Endless Void expert said Blood Baleful had sacrificed his future by drawing Killing Intent into his body, while a Daoist-robed elder defended the decision to hold the competition.

Yan Ting, Silver Dragon, and Wang Xiuyuan faced the Chaos Ancient Clan in successive Arena matches, while Ye Lin emerged as the Origin Continent’s strongest apparent hope. The next battle began with Qingran and Wu Yan testing their control over the laws.

• Yan Ting nearly defeated Annihilation with heavenly lightning, but Annihilation transformed into a monster, killed him, and attacked the spectators’ island until Ye Lin killed him with one sword strike.
• Silver Dragon defeated his old rival Flowing Wind with Dragonfall: Star Extinction, then collapsed from his wounds as the Origin Continent carried him away for treatment.
• Chaisang overwhelmed Wang Xiuyuan despite his Taiji defenses, killed him, and crushed his Primordial Spirit before leaving the Arena and promising to kill Ye Lin.
• The cultivators mourned Wang Xiuyuan as the Chaos Ancient Clan reacted with alarm to the return of a monster once banished to the Netherworld.
• Qingran entered the Arena with her white jade fan and attacked Wu Yan with a ray that devoured law structures, but Wu Yan rewrote its nature and dispersed it.

Liu Qingran and Wu Yan killed each other in a contest awarded to Origin Continent, then Mu Yunyao defeated Phantom Shadow without killing her. Iron Hammer died after a final clash with Zhurong, and Zhao Zhaoxue was called for the next battle.

• Liu Qingran and Wu Yan unleashed their strongest techniques, and Liu Qingran forged her foundation into a sword that pierced Wu Yan before both fighters died.
• The referee awarded the match to Origin Continent because Liu Qingran died second, and Mu Yunyao was drawn to face Phantom Shadow.
• Mu Yunyao wounded Phantom Shadow with his peach blossom Sword Intent and won when she recognized the flower mark on her scale, sparing her because she bore the mark.
• Iron Hammer faced Zhurong and countered his fire attacks with the smithing forms he had learned from his master.
• Zhurong and Iron Hammer exchanged their strongest attacks, and Iron Hammer’s ninth form destroyed Zhurong’s flame armor while Zhurong’s final strike pierced Iron Hammer’s chest.
• Zhurong survived and left the Arena, while Origin Continent mourned Iron Hammer and the Chaos Ancient Clan argued over his strength.
• The next draw selected Number Twenty-Eight, and Zhao Zhaoxue entered the Arena to avenge the fallen.

Zhao Zhaoxue and Zhao Guangyin fought powerful Chaos Ancient Clan opponents, winning at great personal cost. As the matches continued, Xue Wuhen faced the Devil Ancestor Yuan Sha and saw his demonic arts overwhelmed by Yuan Sha’s origin power.

• Walker used Chaos energy and decay techniques against Zhao Zhaoxue, but she broke his Chaos Void and killed him with Spear Dao Law: Calamity Annihilation.
• Wounded and still resisting the decay in her body, Zhao Zhaoxue left the Arena after calling for the next challenger.
• Zhao Guangyin fought Phantom Spirit with temporal techniques, but Phantom Spirit’s spatial laws forced him to burn his remaining time laws to win.
• Zhao Guangyin dissolved into fragments of light, and the cultivators mourned his death as the Arena announced another match.
• Xue Wuhen faced Yuan Sha, who revealed the power of the Devil Ancestor’s origin and attacked with demonic laws.
• Xue Wuhen summoned a bone wall and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, but Yuan Sha shattered the wall and burned through the incoming spirits and remnants.