Recaps

Jiang Lu and her companions returned safely to the Immortal Cultivation Realm, where she discovered that the Mortal Realm had become an independent world and that she had gained abundant Merit Power. She sent word to Ye Qing and began settling into her return, while the chapter ended with Ye Qing delighted by his disciple’s message.

• The Mortal Realm’s Heavenly Dao repaired the spatial rifts after Jiang Lu and the others departed, leaving the Mortal Realm isolated as an independent small world.
• Jiang Lu woke in the Immortal Cultivation Realm and roused Senior Sister Liu, Senior Brother Lu, and Senior Brother Xi, who gradually recovered their memories and recognized that they had returned.
• Jiang Lu left the others, sent Ye Qing a message that she was safe, and entered her portable space, where she released You Meng.
• Jiang Lu noticed Merit Power surrounding the Myriad Souls Banner and flowing through her body, and she sat down to absorb it.
• Ye Qing received Jiang Lu’s message, laughed with joy, and praised his disciple.

Jiang Lu returned to the Immortal Cultivation Realm after two years in the Mortal Realm and reunited with Ye Qing, recounting her experiences and confirming she was safe. With the Heaven's Chosen Ranking only months away, she resolved to study and cultivate in preparation.

• Ye Qing told Shi Yan that his disciple had safely returned, and Shi Yan hurried off before Ye Qing could finish speaking.
• Jiang Lu arrived at Void City and reunited with Ye Qing, then described her Mortal Realm experiences, including Black Wind Stronghold, the flood, and her time as a cat.
• Jiang Lu told Ye Qing that Liu Qingqing seemed to have changed, and Ye Qing said Liu Qingqing could remain a personal disciple if she kept to the right path.
• Ye Qing took Jiang Lu to report to the pavilion master, while Ye Qingluan considered taking Jiang Lu as her own disciple and messaged the Grand Elder.
• Ye Qing warned Jiang Lu that the Heaven's Chosen Ranking was near, and Jiang Lu confidently set off for the Scripture Pavilion to prepare.

Jiang Lu spent months studying the hundred arts and devised ways to combine them into deadly techniques, then brought her ideas to Ye Qing for practical training. Her proposals stunned Ye Qing and renewed Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder’s anger at his teaching.

• Ye Qing directed Jiang Lu to strengthen her theoretical foundation before the Heaven's Chosen Ranking, and she studied the hundred arts throughout the Medicine King Pavilion.
• Jiang Lu realized that cultivation disciplines could be combined, developing lethal applications for alchemy, formations, music, artifact forging, and Gu Arts.
• Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder confronted Ye Qing, arguing that he was unprepared to guide Jiang Lu’s exceptional talent.
• Jiang Lu visited Ye Qing and calmly explained her integrated techniques, expecting his praise.
• Ye Qing was horrified by Jiang Lu’s killing schemes, while Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder blamed him for the disciple he had taught.

Ye Qing panicked as Jiang Lu mistakenly credited him with teaching her unusual ideas, and Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder took over her cultivation guidance. As they left the courtyard, Ye Qingluan began assessing Jiang Lu’s abilities by asking about her pill refinement and sword skills.

• Ye Qing froze under Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder’s scrutiny while trying to stop Jiang Lu from explaining her ideas.
• When Ye Qingluan asked how she had developed those ideas, Jiang Lu credited Ye Qing’s excellent guidance, despite his frantic attempts to deny it.
• Ye Qingluan praised Jiang Lu and announced that she and the Grand Elder would personally guide her cultivation.
• Jiang Lu agreed and left with Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder, leaving Ye Qing alone and devastated in the courtyard.
• Ye Qingluan asked Jiang Lu about the highest grade of pills she could refine and requested a demonstration of her sword skills.

Jiang Lu demonstrated her alchemy and sword skills to Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder, earning their approval. Ye Qingluan then explained how Jiang Lu should prepare for the Heaven's Chosen Ranking while keeping her true strength and abilities concealed.

• Jiang Lu refined ten supreme-grade fourth-grade Origin-Restoring Pills in one furnace, impressing Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder.
• Jiang Lu displayed her sword technique with Qianming, and the two elders praised her foundation and discipline.
• Ye Qingluan told Jiang Lu to study the Heavenly Prodigies of the Five Great Domains before the Heaven's Chosen Competition and to keep her trump cards hidden.
• Jiang Lu realized that her Chaos Spirit Root would be exposed through the rankings and could attract demonic and evil cultivators.
• Ye Qingluan revealed that the Medicine King Pavilion had kept Jiang Lu's origins and background secret, intending for her to become a hidden asset of the Crimson Reed Domain.
• Jiang Lu decided to conceal her Gu Arts, hidden weapons, talismans, formations, and other killing moves from outsiders.

Jiang Lu learned about the powerful Heaven’s Chosen from factions across the Five Great Domains and recorded their strengths. The Heaven’s Chosen Ranking appeared across the Immortal Cultivation Realm, and ten days later Jiang Lu watched as the Divine Weapon Ranking was about to be revealed.

• Qin Yaner brought Jiang Lu into the great hall, where the Medicine King Pavilion disciples greeted her.
• The Second Elder used a Spirit Mirror to display the known strengths and battle records of Heaven’s Chosen from across the Five Great Domains, warning that their hidden strength could be greater.
• Jiang Lu recorded the information and studied it alone in her courtyard.
• A disturbance shook the Immortal Cultivation Realm as a heavenly voice announced the arrival of the Heaven’s Chosen Ranking and said the Divine Weapon Ranking would be revealed in ten days.
• Ten days later, Jiang Lu watched the first ranking as the words [Divine Weapon Ranking] appeared on it.

The Divine Weapon Ranking opened, revealing the Azurewood Spirit-Rhino Flute and Redflame Sword among its first entries. Miao Yuzhang received a bottle of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Spring, while Xue Yin’s weapon was ranked ninth and the crowd waited to learn what ranked higher.

• A youth asked his master whether their holy land’s treasures would make the ranking, and the old man warned that its reveal could spark conflict before the Heaven’s Chosen Competition.
• The ranking revealed Miao Yuzhang’s Azurewood Spirit-Rhino Flute in tenth place and described its wood-based abilities.
• The ranking awarded Miao Yuzhang a bottle of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Spring that could reliably advance Spiritual Roots to Supreme-Grade.
• An elder told Miao Yuzhang that the ranking’s publicity could intimidate rival powers, and the gathered cultivators reacted with envy to his reward.
• The ranking revealed Xue Yin’s Redflame Sword in ninth place and described its undying Li Fire and Xue Yin’s fearsome strength.

As the Divine Weapon Ranking revealed its eighth-place treasure, Jiang Lu realized the Myriad Souls Banner had transformed into the Divine Soul Banner and feared it might appear on the list. The seventh-place entry confirmed that Wan Xiantian was alive, forcing rival clans to reconsider their plans against the Wan Family.

• Jiang Lu discovered that the Myriad Souls Banner had absorbed merit and soul power, becoming the self-aware Divine Soul Banner, and worried it might ascend to the ranking.
• Xue Yin received three Earthcore Fire Crystals for the Redflame Sword’s ninth-place ranking and considered how they could strengthen it.
• The Thousand-Thread Spirit-Binding Sash of the Hundred Blossoms Sacred Ground and Le Ziyan ranked eighth, and Le Ziyan received an immortal-grade cultivation method.
• The Myriad-Jin Soul-Suppressing Seal, held by Wan Xiantian of the Wan Family, ranked seventh.
• The Ling Shuo Domain’s clans realized Wan Xiantian was still alive and halted their schemes against the Wan Family.

The Heaven's Chosen Ranking awarded the Wan Family's Old Family Head a Gravity Stone Mother and revealed Sheng Xiao's Moon-Chasing Blade and reward. Jiang Lu and Linglong wondered about the hidden strength of the Divine Soul Banner before the ranking announced Ye Qingluan in fifth place, relieving the Crimson Reed Domain cultivators.

• The Wan Family's Old Family Head received the Gravity Stone Mother, recalling how a past ranking reward had helped his family rise to prominence.
• The ranking revealed Sheng Xiao of the Shadow Tower in sixth place with his Moon-Chasing Blade and awarded him the Shadow-Scattering Art.
• Jiang Lu noticed that the ranking's rewards suited each Heavenly Prodigy's abilities, while the Myriad Souls Banner briefly stirred in her storage space.
• Linglong questioned the Divine Soul Banner about its unfathomable strength, and the banner responded with aggrieved, proud cries.
• The ranking revealed Ye Qingluan of the Medicine King Pavilion in fifth place with the Withered Bones, Spring Rebirth Cauldron, easing the Crimson Reed Domain cultivators' anxiety.

Ye Qingluan’s Withered Bones, Spring Rebirth Cauldron ranked fifth, while Heavenly Sound Sect’s Nine Heavens Glazed Zither ranked fourth and received its lost cultivation manual. The Divine Weapon Ranking then revealed the third-ranked Star-Shattering Godslayer Spear, owned by Shao Yang of Desolate Qian Domain’s Heaven-Seizing Sect.

• Ye Qingluan accepted the ancient pill formula Record of Life and Death Reincarnation after her pill furnace ranked fifth, and the furnace’s artifact spirit appeared and called her Master.
• The ranking named Ke Yinxue’s Nine Heavens Glazed Zither of Heavenly Sound Sect fourth, stunning the ceremony because Xuancheng Domain’s weapon had fallen outside the top three.
• Ke Yinxue told the Grand Elder to keep watching, then accepted the complete fifty-four forms of the Heavenly Sound Heart Manual as the zither’s reward.
• The ranking revealed the third-place Star-Shattering Godslayer Spear, owned by Shao Yang of Desolate Qian Domain’s Heaven-Seizing Sect.

The Divine Weapon Ranking revealed the Star-Shattering Godslayer Spear as third place and awarded its owner a Star Body-Tempering Formation. It then named Zhu Miao’s Xuelai Sword second and bestowed the complete Ethereal Sword Technique, before the ranking fell into darkness as it prepared to reveal first place.

• The ranking named Shao Yang’s Star-Shattering Godslayer Spear third and awarded him the Star Body-Tempering Formation.
• Shao Yang and the Shao household head discussed the spear’s placement and wondered what could rank above it.
• The Divine Weapon Ranking named Zhu Miao’s Xuelai Sword second, astonishing cultivators across the Five Great Domains.
• The Xuelai Sword’s phantom made swords throughout the Immortal Cultivation Realm tremble, and Zhu Miao received the complete Ethereal Sword Technique.
• As everyone awaited first place, black mist poured from the darkened Divine Weapon Ranking and engulfed the world.

The Divine Soul Banner transformed into a Semi-Divine Artifact and took first place on the Divine Weapon Ranking, revealing Jiang Lu as its owner to the Five Domains. The ranking left Jiang Lu resigned to the attention her treasure would bring, while Shi Yan regretted that she had once belonged to the Flowing Cloud Sect.

• The Divine Soul Banner revealed its evolution to Jiang Lu, who soothed it and worried that her cautious life was over.
• A golden, soul-crushing pressure spread across the Five Domains as the ranking unveiled the Divine Soul Banner in first place and named Jiang Lu of the Medicine King Pavilion as its owner.
• Cultivators across the Immortal Domain reacted with shock and fear at the banner’s power as a Semi-Divine Artifact that could suppress souls and protect its master.
• The Three Upper Sects assumed Ye Qing had concealed Jiang Lu’s extraordinary talent and the artifact from them.
• Shi Yan confirmed with Fu Yao that the ranked Jiang Lu was his junior disciple and lamented that Ye Qing had taken her from the Flowing Cloud Sect without telling him.

Shi Yan and Lu Lingfeng tried to persuade the Flowing Cloud Sect to take Jiang Lu as a disciple, while Fu Yao and the others reacted to their scheme. The Divine Weapon Ranking announced a trial in the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain, drawing a startled reaction from a black-clad figure in Xuancheng Domain.

• Lu Lingfeng argued that Jiang Lu belonged in the Flowing Cloud Sect and listed reasons she would benefit from joining his lineage.
• Shi Yan praised Lu Lingfeng and took him into the hall to discuss the matter, while Fu Yao, Xi Siyu, and Liu Qingqing reacted to his proposal.
• The Divine Weapon Ranking announced that those on the ranking would receive an opportunity to undergo a trial in the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain.
• A black-clad figure in Xuancheng Domain saw the announcement and clutched her banner in astonishment.

Jiang Lu recounted how she had entered the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain and claimed the Divine Soul Banner, while the Heaven's Chosen Ranking announcement was set for ten days later. Ye Qingluan faced a flood of questions from other sects and ordered Ye Qing to guard Jiang Lu until the ranking was revealed.

• The Heaven's Chosen Ranking announced that its power ranking would be revealed in ten days, and cultivators across the world began searching for information about Jiang Lu.
• Ye Qingluan, Ye Qing, and Great Elder Jiang Xuan burst into the courtyard and demanded that Jiang Lu explain what had happened.
• Jiang Lu told them the story, leaving the three astonished by her extraordinary fortune and the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain.
• Ye Qingluan read messages from sect leaders accusing her of hiding Jiang Lu's talent, then shut them off without replying.
• Worried that Jiang Lu would become a target if she appeared on the next ranking, Ye Qingluan ordered Ye Qing to stay by her side until it was announced.

As the Power Ranking appeared, Ye Qing explained to Jiang Lu why the Heavenly Dao ranking’s recognition and rewards outweighed the risks of revealing a sect’s strength. The ranking named Crimson Flame Hall’s Shi Yu tenth and awarded her the complete Departing Fire Heart-Burning Art.

• Ye Qingluan and Jiang Xuan told Jiang Lu to remain in the courtyard while they handled the troubles surrounding her, and Jiang Lu settled into meditation as Ye Qing worried about her lack of combat experience.
• Ten days later, the Power Ranking appeared over the Five Great Domains, drawing the attention of cultivators across the realm.
• Jiang Lu asked Ye Qing why major powers revered the Heaven's Chosen Ranking despite its revealing their foundations, and he explained its recognition, deterrence, and rare rewards.
• The Power Ranking announced Crimson Flame Hall's Shi Yu in tenth place, with early Tribulation Transcendence strength and the complete Departing Fire Heart-Burning Art as her gift.
• Shi Yu was surprised to rank only tenth but welcomed the complete art, hoping it would help her comprehend the Departing Fire Grand Dao and grow stronger.

The Power Ranking revealed rewards for the ninth through sixth-ranked great powers, including rare treasures and a trial-ground opportunity. As the recipients considered how the rewards could help them advance, the ranking continued to unveil the strongest powers.

• Shi Yu and Xue Yin watched the ranking together, while Shi Yu’s revealed Tribulation Transcendence strength deterred factions plotting against Crimson Flame Hall.
• The ranking placed Wen Zhanqiong of the Wen Family ninth and awarded him a Heart-Demon Barrier-Breaking Pill that could help him advance from Early to Mid Tribulation Transcendence.
• The ranking placed Le Ziyan of Hundred Blossoms Sacred Ground eighth and awarded her a bottle of Hundred Flowers Immortal Elixir to help her break through her bottleneck.
• The ranking placed Zhuge Jin of Sunrise Sect seventh and awarded him Earth-Vein Spirit Spring Elixir to treat his old injuries and restore his cultivation prospects.
• The ranking placed Zhao Youqi of Heaven-Seizing Sect sixth and awarded him three months of secluded cultivation in the Starfall Trial Grounds, astonishing cultivators across the Five Great Domains.

The Power Ranking revealed its top five cultivators and their rewards, with Mo Qi taking first place and receiving a Heavenly Dao Enlightenment Jade Marrow. Ye Qing told Jiang Lu about Zang, a mysterious prodigy who had once surpassed Ye Qingluan and taken first place in the Heaven's Chosen Competition, before trailing off at his fate.

• Zhou Nuo ranked fifth and received a Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill, while Ke Yinxue ranked fourth and received three months of secluded cultivation in the Phantom Sound Ancient Mirror.
• Ye Qingluan ranked third with Peak Late Tribulation Transcendence strength and received an Astral Origin Body-Tempering Pill, delighting Great Elder Jiang Xuan and Ye Qingluan.
• Lü Shilan ranked second and received a wisp of Great Dao Origin.
• Mo Qi of the Qingyan Sect ranked first and received a Heavenly Dao Enlightenment Jade Marrow, astonishing cultivators across the Immortal Realm.
• Jiang Lu asked Ye Qing why he was not surprised by Ye Qingluan's ranking, and Ye Qing explained that Zang had once appeared from nowhere and taken first place in the Heaven's Chosen Competition before trailing off with regret.

Ye Qing told Jiang Lu how Zang rose to prominence before mysteriously vanishing at the brink of ascension, while Jiang Lu worried about the coming competition. Ten days later, the Potential Ranking appeared and named You Xi tenth and Fu Yao ninth.

• Ye Qing recounted how Zang won the Heaven's Chosen Competition, reached Late Tribulation Transcendence, then vanished when his spiritual power dissipated at the final step of ascension.
• Jiang Lu considered Zang's strange rise and disappearance, then worried that the Crimson Reed Domain would face its rivals without allies.
• After ten days, the Heavenly Bell rang and the Potential Ranking emerged, listing cultivators under one hundred by age and strength.
• You Xi of Xuancheng Domain's Spirit Taming Sect was named tenth at thirty-six years old and the Third Layer of the Golden Core.
• Fu Yao of Crimson Reed Domain's Flowing Cloud Sect was named ninth at thirty-six years old and the Fourth Layer of the Golden Core.

The Potential Ranking placed Jiang Lu first, drawing attention from cultivators across the Five Great Domains. Its reward sent her into a powerful enlightenment, and she awoke with her cultivation understanding enhanced while Ye Qing remained unsure why this ranking’s gift worked differently from the earlier ones.

• Lu Lingfeng and Xi Siyu celebrated when Fu Yao appeared on the Potential Ranking, while Liu Qingqing held on to hope that she would still make one of the remaining rankings.
• The Potential Ranking named Jiang Lu first at age sixteen and in the First Layer of the Golden Core, prompting other factions to regard her as a formidable rival.
• Ye Qing and the others were relieved that Jiang Lu already belonged to the Medicine King Pavilion, while Shi Yan lamented to Fu Yao that they had not fought to take her in.
• Jiang Lu received the Enlightenment Divine Sense and began cultivating as Ye Qing sealed the courtyard and guarded her for several days.
• After Jiang Lu awoke, she asked Ye Qing why the reward had entered her body as an aura, and he said it was likely a Heavenly Dao gift meant to enhance her potential.

Ye Qing told Jiang Lu how Mu Xiaoqing and Lingyun Venerable’s forbidden relationship led to their punishment by the Jade Void Sect. Jiang Lu questioned the age gap and their choices, then wondered whether she was living out a story of her own before Ye Qing told her to stop overthinking.

• Jiang Lu asked Ye Qing why the Great Elder had never discussed Mu Xiaoqing, the Jade Void Sect prodigy on the Talent Ranking.
• Ye Qing explained that Lingyun Venerable had found Mu Xiaoqing in the Mortal Realm and taken her as his sole inner disciple, but they had fallen in love despite their master-disciple bond.
• Ye Qing said Lingyun Venerable bore the Heavenly Dao’s punishment for them, losing his black hair and much of his cultivation, while Mu Xiaoqing was confined to Reflection Cliff and he was imprisoned in Purgatory City.
• Ye Qing told Jiang Lu that Lingyun Venerable was over five thousand years old and explained how rare Mahayana cultivators were and how their lifespans were limited without further breakthroughs.
• Jiang Lu condemned the relationship and wondered if she, too, was caught up in some kind of story, so Ye Qing pressed her shoulder with spiritual force and told her to stop thinking nonsense.

The Spirit Body Ranking appeared and revealed its tenth through third places, prompting cultivators to discuss the ranked figures and their abilities. Zhao Youqi questioned why his Eternal Body placed third, while the two highest-ranked spirit bodies remained unrevealed.

• Cultivators across the streets discussed the final rankings, and some headed to the Treasure Pavilion to place bets.
• The golden ranking announced its rewards and named Bu Yi of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion tenth with a Stellar Body; Bu Yi divined something troubling and declined to explain it to his disciple.
• The ranking named Lü Shilan ninth with an Illusory Dream Body, and Jiang Lu asked Ye Qing whether the ranked figures were mostly from the Power Ranking.
• The ranking named Le Ziyan eighth with a Myriad Wood Body, Shi Yu seventh with a Spirit-Communing Body, and Wen Zhanqiong sixth with a Pure Spirit Body.
• The ranking named Zhou Nuo fifth with a Lunar Yin Body and Mo Qi fourth with a Void Body.
• The ranking placed Zhao Youqi third with an Eternal Body, and Zhao Youqi wondered what two spirit bodies could surpass it.

The Heaven's Chosen Ranking revealed Mu Xiaoqing as the Creation Body, prompting shock and regret over how her forbidden love had damaged her path. It then named Jiang Lu as the Chaos Body, while Shi Yan set off to recruit her as a disciple.

• The ranking identified Mu Xiaoqing of the Jade Void Sect as the second-ranked Creation Body, and the Sect Master questioned whether Lin Yun had known about it.
• Mu Xiaoqing learned of her constitution at Reflection Cliff and broke down in regret over her forbidden feelings and lost immortal path.
• Ye Qing and Jiang Lu concluded that Mu Xiaoqing's mortal entanglements had obstructed her Great Dao and wondered whether Lin Yun had known her constitution.
• The ranking named Jiang Lu of the Medicine King Pavilion as the first-ranked Chaos Body, stunning cultivators across the five domains.
• Shi Yan cried over Jiang Lu being taken by another master, then rushed off to persuade them to let him become one of her masters.

After Jiang Lu topped the Heaven's Chosen Ranking, Ye Qingluan learned that Jiang Lu might be a Gu cultivator but held back from questioning her. The Talent Ranking then appeared and granted every ranked cultivator a five percent increase in comprehension, while Jiang Lu considered how to stabilize her rapidly improving cultivation.

• Ye Qingluan and the others saw Jiang Lu ranked first, and Ye Qingluan restrained herself from confronting Jiang Lu about rumors that she was a Gu cultivator.
• The Spirit Beasts and Cutie discussed the strange ranking before Chi Li and Cangchen started fighting in the courtyard.
• Jiang Lu sensed that the Heavenly Dao Blessing had greatly increased her absorption of spiritual energy and cautioned herself to stabilize her Dao foundation.
• The four existing Heavenly Dao Rankings shifted aside as the Talent Ranking appeared above the Five Domains.
• The Talent Ranking announced a five percent increase in comprehension for all ranked individuals, and Ye Qing explained the value of improving innate comprehension.

Jiang Lu worried that she had not made the Talent Ranking as cultivators across the Five Domains watched its top names appear. Chen Cheng took second place with level-ten Saintly Insight, leaving everyone wondering what talent the still-unrevealed first-place cultivator possessed.

• Ye Qing explained the Talent Ranking’s talent levels to Jiang Lu, describing level ten as Saintly Insight and level eleven or higher as legendary.
• The ranking revealed Fu Yao in seventh place, Liu Qingqing in fourth, and several other cultivators, while Jiang Lu’s name had yet to appear.
• Liu Qingqing celebrated her fourth-place ranking with Xi Siyu and Lu Lingfeng, then said she expected Jiang Lu to take first place.
• Jiang Lu despaired at the Medicine King Pavilion as the Spirit Beasts quietly stayed out of her way.
• The ranking named Mu Xiaoqing third and Chen Cheng second, both with level-nine or level-ten talent, stunning cultivators across the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
• The Qingyan Sect celebrated Chen Cheng’s level-ten Saintly Insight as Ye Qing and other cultivators awaited the first-place result.

The Heaven's Chosen Ranking named Jiang Lu first in talent, revealing her Level Twelve Heavenly Evolution Spiritual Root and astonishing the Immortal Cultivation Realm. After the rankings bestowed their promised rewards and vanished, factions prepared for the upcoming Heaven's Chosen Competition and treated Jiang Lu as a major threat.

• The Heaven's Chosen Ranking revealed Jiang Lu of the Medicine King Pavilion as first place with Level Twelve talent, causing a heavenly phenomenon and stunning Jiang Lu and Ye Qing.
• Ye Qingluan rushed to Jiang Lu and embraced her, celebrating the surprise she had brought to the Medicine King Valley.
• At the Flowing Cloud Sect, the Supreme Elder warned Shi Yan to prepare for the Heaven's Chosen Competition and cautioned him about facing Ye Qingluan.
• Zhuge Xiuyun, Yin Yue, and other factions recognized Jiang Lu as a threat and warned their disciples to be cautious around her.
• The Heaven's Chosen Ranking announced rewards for ranked cultivators and their spiritual domains, then disappeared after urging cultivators to pursue their Dao.
• After a month of discussion, cultivators began seeking ways to watch the upcoming competition in Xuancheng Domain, including through live-broadcast spiritual artifacts.