Recaps

Chu Zeming pursued treasures and cultivation through the Extreme Sea Secret Realm and the Joint Grand Tournament, while his entanglements with Yue Lian and the mysterious sealed man continued. The Divine Wood trial left Chu Zeming among the elves, where Yue Lian presented him as their holy maiden and brought him to the Sacred Spring for a restoration ritual.

• Chu Zeming bonded with a red-glowing egg that hatched into Xiao Hei, then led exhausting training sessions and helped Xuan Mo stand up to Ling Tian.
• Chu Zeming entered the Extreme Sea Secret Realm, claimed the Azure-Blue Pearl and a broken sword, and encountered a black-lotus-marked young man whom he stabbed while escaping.
• Chu Zeming reforged the Luminous Glaze Sword with the broken sword, advanced his cultivation, and traveled with the sect disciples to the Joint Grand Tournament.
• Chu Zeming staged a farcical match against Chang Wei, then returned from Devil Forest and defeated Dai Shanghu before surviving tribulation lightning and reaching the Golden Core peak.
• Chu Zeming discovered Yue Lian had left him an ancient dual-cultivation manual, beat him over the bedroom secret arts, and prepared his disciples for the Divine Wood trial.
• Chu Zeming entered the Divine Wood Realm, claimed Scarlet Scale Fruits, rode a Crimson Serpent Python, and teamed up with Fu Hongchen to escape the Ancient Battlefield.
• Yue Lian imprisoned Fu Hongchen and presented Chu Zeming to the elves as their holy maiden, explaining that the story would let them approach the sleeping Spirit of the Divine Wood.
• An elf attendant brought Chu Zeming to the Sacred Spring before the restoration ritual, and Yue Lian entered the spring as more than twenty elves urged Chu Zeming to accept the holy son's blessing.