Recaps

Jiang Jingnian led Lin'an’s Grandmasters to Heavenbright Peak, where Huo Jiang’s overwhelming aura made the coming battle seem perilous and exposed wavering among their allies. As the factions gathered, Huo Jiang confronted Jiang Jingnian, who insulted her appearance and questioned why the Red Jade Sect recruited Demon Wraiths.

• Gong Xin told Jiang Jingnian that Abbot Youming had built a road to Heavenbright Peak and had wanted to join the fight, while townspeople along the route cheered the convoy and others watched with doubt.
• In a car behind the convoy, Ye Xing and Meng Qin criticized Jiang Jingnian’s attack on the Red Jade Sect, and Ye Xing said his stargazing showed an ill omen for Lin'an.
• At the foot of Heavenbright Peak, Jiang Jingnian sensed Huo Jiang’s killing intent, used Greater Yin Form-Shifting to transfer calamity, and detected treacherous intentions from Le Qinghong and Li Yue as well as uncertainty among other Grandmasters.
• The gathered factions reacted to Huo Jiang’s scorching Grandmaster Momentum, while Le Qinghong regretted Jiang Jingnian’s conflict with the Red Jade Sect and Hu Wen and Lin Rong prepared to fight.
• Atop Heavenbright Peak, Huo Jiang recognized Jiang Jingnian, and Jiang pointed at her and asked why the Red Jade Sect recruited Demon Wraiths.

Jiang Jingnian rejected Huo Jiang’s offer to surrender the Mountain Cloud Sect’s legacy and stood with Lin’an’s Grandmasters as the deathmatch began. When Le Qinghong and Li Yue betrayed their side, Jiang Jingnian broke free of their attack, stopped Huo Jiang’s flaming strike, and killed Le Qinghong.

• Jiang Jingnian matched Huo Jiang’s Crimson Flame Divine Fist and learned that the Red Jade Sect wanted the Mountain Cloud Sect’s legacy.
• Huo Jiang offered to spare Jiang Jingnian if he joined the Red Jade Sect and surrendered the legacy, but he refused and vowed to reclaim what the sect had taken.
• Lu Min chose ten Grandmasters for Eastwater, while Jiang Jingnian’s side entered the deathmatch with eight; Le Qinghong and Li Yue secretly decided to defect.
• When the match began, Huo Jiang attacked the Lin’an Grandmasters with Flame Strike Shakes Heaven and Earth, and they gathered their divine abilities to counter her.
• Le Qinghong and Li Yue turned on Jiang Jingnian and bound him with their divine abilities, but he broke free, stopped Huo Jiang’s flaming meteor, and crushed Le Qinghong’s head.

Jiang Jingnian turned Lin'an's betrayal into a rout, killing Le Qinghong and Li Yue while holding off Huo Jiang and helping Lin'an's outnumbered Grandmasters endure. The battle continued with Jiang Jingnian suppressing Huo Jiang, who admitted she had underestimated him.

• As Huo Jiang attacked and Lin'an's Grandmasters countered, Li Yue and Le Qinghong betrayed Jiang Jingnian, but he blocked Huo Jiang's strike and crushed Le Qinghong's head.
• Jiang Jingnian pursued Le Qinghong, overcame his escape and Wood Virtue abilities, and tore him apart while fighting off Huo Jiang.
• Li Yue turned back to aid Eastwater Prefecture, but Jiang Jingnian's Moonlight Essence Clone pierced his chest and helped kill him; Jiang Jingnian then used Le Qinghong's remains as weapons against Huo Jiang.
• With Li Yue and Le Qinghong dead, spectators recognized Jiang Jingnian's four-hundred-meter Grandmaster Momentum, while Gong Xin and four allies held off Ding Huo and Eastwater's eight Grandmasters.
• Jiang Jingnian and Huo Jiang traded more than a hundred blows, with Jiang Jingnian gaining the upper hand and battering her despite her Crimson Flame Divine Fist and powerful physique.

Jiang Jingnian fought Huo Jiang on Heavenbright Peak, overcoming her End-of-the-Road transformation and overpowering her with his Extreme Yin Six Demon Arms. Huo Jiang then prepared the Crimson Flame Divine Fist’s final mutual-destruction strike, forcing the surrounding fighters to flee.

• Jiang Jingnian and Huo Jiang’s battle devastated Heavenbright Peak, forcing spectators and younger martial artists to retreat from the summit.
• Huo Jiang transformed into a lava giant and used [Crimson Bright Flame] to destabilize Jiang Jingnian’s [Frost Palace Gold], injuring him and warning him about the dangers of impure momentum.
• Jiang Jingnian questioned Huo Jiang about the Greater Yin Furnace and the Blood Moon, then asked whether the Red Jade Sect sought Cloud Mountain’s legacy or the Foreigners.
• Jiang Jingnian crushed Huo Jiang’s lava head and transformed into a Black Muscular Beast, then battered her with the Extreme Yin Six Demon Arms.
• Huo Jiang recovered repeatedly with [Ten Thousand Fires Wind] but shrank under Jiang Jingnian’s relentless attacks.
• Huo Jiang entered a Heat-Death State and prepared the seventh form, Heaven and Earth Reduced to Ashes, prompting Lü Tongguang and Huo Li to order the Eastwater Prefecture’s Allies to retreat.

Huo Jiang unleashed the seventh form of the Crimson Flame Divine Fist, distorting the Void and devastating Heavenbright Peak, but Jiang Jingnian disrupted it by disarming her Dao Armament. He then battered Huo Jiang into the shattered summit, though she still had an unrevealed ultimate move as the chapter ended.

• Huo Jiang used Void Heat Death, a mutual-destruction technique that drew away heat and trapped the fleeing Grandmasters in calamities and Moonlight Essence.
• Jiang Jingnian charged Huo Jiang and used [Fivefold Spirit-Stacked Gold] to disarm her Yellow Jade Knuckle Duster, interrupting the seventh form and ending its destruction.
• Huo Jiang lost her giant form and attacked Jiang Jingnian at greatly increased speed, while the distorted flames continued to hinder his healing.
• Jiang Jingnian repeatedly struck Huo Jiang, pinned her in a crater, and demanded that she reveal what she knew.
• A bloody arm burst from the crater as Huo Jiang remained alive beneath Jiang Jingnian's foot.

Jiang Jingnian defeated Huo Jiang at Heavenbright Peak and forced her to surrender twenty secret treasures, while learning that the Red Jade Sect had sought his fortune and information about Great Sun Origin Mountain. Huo Jiang agreed to make peace for now, and the chapter ended with Lü Tongguang returning to find her negotiating with Jiang Jingnian and getting scolded.

• Jiang Jingnian crushed Huo Jiang beneath his enormous foot until she yielded, then watched her regenerate into a petite form and reclaim her severed head.
• Huo Jiang asked for her Dao Weapon, [Heavenfire Flame Fingers], but Jiang Jingnian refused to return it and stored it away as his trophy.
• Huo Jiang explained that the Red Jade Sect had come to repay the Lu Family's favor, watch foreign movements, and seize Jiang Jingnian's supposed legacy; she also revealed plans tied to Great Sun Origin Mountain's disintegration.
• Jiang Jingnian demanded twenty secret treasures as compensation, and Huo Jiang handed him her storage bag so he could choose them.
• Lü Tongguang returned to the summit, saw Huo Jiang giving treasures to Jiang Jingnian, and was scolded by Huo Jiang for retreating and questioning her settlement.

Jiang Jingnian forced Huo Jiang and Lü Tongguang to reconcile and compensate him, then recovered from their battle with Huo Jiang’s help. As Eastwater’s Grandmasters withdrew, Jiang Jingnian prepared to pursue them, warning that the fight for Lin’an had only just begun.

• Jiang Jingnian demanded compensation from Lü Tongguang, who handed over twenty items after Huo Jiang agreed to reconciliation.
• Huo Jiang explained that she had settled her debt to the Lu Family and judged Jiang Jingnian too dangerous to fight again unless she became a Martial Saint first.
• Jiang Jingnian removed the lingering Moonlight Essence calamity from Huo Jiang and Lü Tongguang, then asked Huo Jiang to help treat his injuries and reclaim her scattered flames.
• Gong Xin, Zhou Qinglong, and the other returning Grandmasters discovered Huo Jiang’s true appearance; Huo Jiang blasted Ye Xing from the summit after he revealed her identity.
• Jiang Jingnian finished recovering with Huo Jiang’s help and learned that the Eastwater Grandmasters had withdrawn from Heavenbright Peak.
• Jiang Jingnian told Gong Xin and the others to prepare, then declared that he would pursue Lu Min and the other Eastwater Grandmasters because the battle for Lin’an had only begun.