Recaps

Tang Tian entered the Azure Wood Profound Thunder’s thunder pool and used its leaked lightning power to cultivate the Nine-Turn Heavenly Thunder Art. After three days, he emerged with a body strengthened by the thunder’s destructive and restorative power.

• Fan Siren identified the Spirit Lightning as Azure Wood Profound Thunder and stored it in the Primordial Unity Tower for Tang Tian to fuse with later.
• Fan Siren told Tang Tian to enter the thunder pool and absorb its remaining lightning power before it dissipated.
• Tang Tian jumped into the pool, endured the lightning’s destruction and restoration, and began circulating the Nine-Turn Heavenly Thunder Art.
• After three days of cultivation, Tang Tian stood up with azure lightning in his eyes and newfound vitality in his body.
• Tang Tian realized he was naked, changed clothes, and reflected on the benefits of tempering his body with Azure Wood Profound Thunder.

Tang Tian refined five peak-grade Thunder Essence Blood-Burning Pills and swallowed one to break through to the Blood-Burning Realm. As his blood burned and began turning dark gold, the process continued, leaving both Tang Tian and Fan Siren uncertain what form it would take.

• Tang Tian carefully refined the Thunder Essence Blood-Burning Pills over several days, producing five peak-grade pills.
• After resting until he had recovered, Tang Tian swallowed a pill and used the Nine-Turn Heavenly Thunder Art and Primordial Star Scripture to refine its power.
• The pill's thunder power coursed through Tang Tian's meridians and made his blood burn as he advanced toward the Blood-Burning Realm.
• Tang Tian's blood grew purer and gradually turned dark gold, but it continued burning, surprising Tang Tian and keeping Fan Siren on edge.

Tang Tian’s blood transformed into a purple-gold hue as he cultivated, and Fan Siren recognized the hidden significance of his awakened bloodline. Unable to summon his exceptionally powerful Life Soul, Tang Tian focused on strengthening his foundation and learning techniques for survival before the coming battle.

• Tang Tian’s blood turned gold and then purple-gold, which Fan Siren secretly identified as the Heavenly Emperor Bloodline.
• Tang Tian spent a day trying to summon his Life Soul, but Fan Siren explained that it was too powerful for Tang Tian’s current strength.
• Fan Siren explained that Tang Tian’s purple-gold blood resulted from his physique, cultivation arts, and the Azure Wood Profound Thunder, while keeping the Tang Family bloodline’s history to himself.
• With five days until the appointed battle, Tang Tian set aside the Astral Sword Art and decided to draw upon star power to cultivate the Primordial Star Scripture.
• Tang Tian moved the Thunder Cherry Blossoms and Heavenly Thunder Vines into the Primordial Unity Tower, then began learning the Breath-Concealing Art and Thousand Transformations Art.

Tang Tian absorbed the power of the stars with the Primordial Star Scripture, but it clashed with the thunder force in his dantian and injured him. After Fan Siren urged him to think and cultivate independently, Tang Tian realized he could divide the two forces into Yin and Yang, leaving him to test his theory by nurturing his dantian.

• Tang Tian mastered the Concealing Breath Art and Thousand-Face Technique, then used an ordinary-looking appearance for his journey back.
• While cultivating in the Heavenly Thunder Valley, Tang Tian sensed the power of the stars and drew it into his dantian, where it collided with the thunder force and made him cough up blood.
• Fan Siren scolded Tang Tian for depending on his guidance and told him to learn to reason through cultivation problems himself.
• Tang Tian pondered why different forces could coexist in the world and concluded that they followed the rules of the Heavenly Dao.
• Tang Tian divided the starlight and thunder force in his dantian into Yin and Yang, seeking to make the opposing forces coexist.

Tang Tian mastered the balance between stellar and thunder power and advanced into the Initial Bone-Forging Realm. He returned to the Tang Family with three days left before his deadline, where a familiar voice mocked him.

• Tang Tian used stellar power and thunder power together to build the foundation of his dantian, and Fan Siren praised his insight.
• Tang Tian absorbed stellar power and broke through into the Initial Bone-Forging Realm, gaining star patterns on his bones.
• Tang Tian concealed his cultivation and appearance as he left Starfall Forest and returned to Starfall City.
• Tang Tian restored his appearance near the Tang Family and was greeted nervously by the two guards.
• An unidentified man mocked Tang Tian as a family trash and accused him of having run away.

Tang Tian returned to the Tang Family, effortlessly defeated Tang Li, and told Tang Lingyun he was confident about the coming life-and-death battle. The Ye Family Head arrived to visit just as Tang Lingyun wondered what had brought him there.

• Tang Li attacked Tang Tian at the Tang Family gates, but Tang Tian slapped him flying and entered the family compound.
• Elder Li summoned Tang Tian to Tang Lingyun’s study, and Fan Siren warned Tang Tian to be cautious around Elder Li.
• Tang Lingyun noticed Tang Tian’s improved cultivation, and Tang Tian claimed he had reached the Initial Blood-Burning Realm.
• Tang Lingyun urged Tang Tian to cancel the battle against Lin Yichen, but Tang Tian refused and said he was ninety percent certain of victory.
• Elder Li announced that the Ye Family Head had come to visit, puzzling Tang Lingyun.

Ye Qingyuan visited the Tang Family with Ye Ruxue and presented Tang Tian with two Mid-Grade Spirit Artifacts refined from the Heavenly Thunder Python he had killed. After Ye Ruxue explained their history, Tang Lingyun realized his son was not a good-for-nothing, while Tang Tian and Ye Ruxue were left alone together.

• Tang Lingyun brought Tang Tian to meet Ye Qingyuan and Ye Ruxue, and Ye Qingyuan remarked on Tang Tian's vigorous blood and vitality.
• Ye Qingyuan presented Tang Tian with a lightning-patterned robe and a sharp white sword, both Mid-Grade Spirit Artifacts refined from the Heavenly Thunder Python.
• Tang Lingyun tried to stop Tang Tian from accepting the artifacts, but Ye Qingyuan explained that Tang Tian had supplied the materials.
• Ye Ruxue recounted how Tang Tian had killed the python and provided its remains, leaving Tang Lingyun stunned and convinced his son had been strengthening his foundation.
• Tang Lingyun and Ye Qingyuan left to share a drink, leaving Tang Tian and Ye Ruxue alone as their eyes met.

Tang Tian and Ye Ruxue admired the Spirit Artifacts forged from the Heavenly Thunder Python and discussed his upcoming fight with Lin Yichen. The chapter ended with someone angrily shouting for Tang Tian to come outside.

• Tang Tian awkwardly flirted with Ye Ruxue, and she told him to try the Spirit Artifacts her father had forged.
• Tang Tian named the armor the Thunder Python Robe and learned that it could withstand powerful attacks, then offered it to Ye Ruxue, who refused because they had each received one.
• Tang Tian examined the Thunder Python Sword and learned that Ye Ruxue's Wind-Snow Sword had become a High-Grade Spirit Artifact after her father fused in the python's bones.
• Ye Ruxue asked whether Tang Tian had reached the Organs-Hiding Realm after he wielded the sword, and Tang Tian concealed his cultivation.
• Ye Ruxue warned Tang Tian that Lin Yichen might have reached the Organs-Hiding Realm, but Tang Tian welcomed the challenge.
• Someone outside angrily shouted for Tang Tian to come out.

Tang Tian confronted Tang Feng after defeating Tang Li, then overpowered Tang Feng in one move when he attacked. Tang Tian warned Tang Feng against betraying the Tang Family, but an unknown figure stepped in before he could act further.

• Tang Tian and Ye Ruxue met Tang Feng and the injured Tang Li in the courtyard.
• Tang Feng demanded that Tang Tian answer for hurting Tang Li and threatened to cripple him, while Tang Tian mocked his hesitation.
• Tang Li taunted Tang Feng for failing to defend him, prompting Tang Feng to attack Tang Tian.
• Tang Tian seized Tang Feng's wrist and slammed him into the ground in one move.
• Tang Feng warned Tang Tian that Lin Yichen would kill him, and Tang Tian pinned him down and threatened him over possible betrayal.
• An unknown figure appeared before Tang Tian and ordered him to stop.

Tang Tian defeated Tang Feng and stood up to Tang Xiaohai, ending the Tang Family’s younger generation’s bullying of him. After the family learned of his victory, attention turned to his scheduled battle with Lin Yichen, and the crowds gathered in Starfall City as the fight’s day arrived.

• Tang Xiaohai tried to attack Tang Tian, but Elder Li stepped in to protect him, and Tang Xiao arrived and told Tang Li to return to cultivation.
• Tang Tian confronted Tang Xiaohai over his favoritism, then released Tang Feng and warned his uncle not to provoke him again.
• Tang Tian left with Ye Ruxue, while Tang Feng resolved to avenge his humiliation and the Tang Family’s younger generation stopped bullying Tang Tian.
• Tang Lingyun and Ye Qingyuan discussed Tang Tian’s victory and his chances against Lin Yichen, while Tang Lingyun worried about his son’s path of cultivation.
• On the day of Tang Tian’s battle with Lin Yichen, crowds streamed toward the plaza in the heart of Starfall City.

Tang Tian arrived late to the arena for his life-and-death battle with Lin Yichen, dismissing the crowd’s mockery and calmly questioning whether the Lin Family or Falling Star Sect would retaliate if Lin Yichen died. Lin Yichen lost patience and prepared to fight.

• The spectators mocked Tang Tian for failing to appear by noon while the family heads argued over his delay.
• Tang Lingyun warned Lin Changdong against interfering in the younger generation’s duel, and Lin Changdong replied that he hoped Tang Lingyun would remain calm.
• Tang Tian finally arrived at the arena, and Ye Ruxue watched with confidence that he could defeat Lin Yichen.
• Tang Tian joked about missing meals and asked whether the Lin Family or Falling Star Sect would seek revenge if Lin Yichen died.
• Lin Yichen roared at Tang Tian to stop talking, and Tang Tian told him to come fight.

Tang Tian overwhelmed Lin Yichen in their duel, dodging his opening strike and countering the Falling Star Sword Technique with the Astral Sword Art. The chapter ended with Tang Tian’s attack breaking Lin Yichen’s sword and leaving the venue stunned.

• Lin Yichen attacked Tang Tian, but Tang Tian dodged his sword and forced him onto the defensive with a punch.
• Lin Yichen unleashed the Falling Star Sword Technique, and Tang Tian answered with Meteor Beyond the Heavens from the Astral Sword Art.
• Tang Tian’s sword move destroyed Lin Yichen’s Sword Qi stars and drove him backward.
• Tang Tian followed up with a thrust, and his longsword snapped Lin Yichen’s sword in two.

Lin Yichen revealed his Organs-Hiding Realm cultivation, but Tang Tian dropped his disguise and showed he had reached the Initial Bone-Forging Realm. Their battle continued with powerful sword techniques until Lin Yichen drew his Azure Leaf Sword, and a streak of white light suddenly flashed before him.

• Lin Yichen blocked Tang Tian’s Meteor Beyond the Heavens by revealing his Organs-Hiding Realm cultivation.
• Tang Tian withdrew the Breath-Concealing Art and revealed his Initial Bone-Forging Realm cultivation, shocking the crowd.
• Lin Yichen and Tang Tian traded sword techniques, and Tang Tian’s longsword shattered as their attacks collided.
• Lin Yichen drew the Lower-Grade Spirit Artifact Azure Leaf Sword and prepared to attack Tang Tian.
• A streak of white light flashed before Lin Yichen, and everyone cried out in alarm.

Tang Tian revealed a Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact and overwhelmed Lin Yichen, while the Lin and Qin families tried to intervene. Tang Tian pierced Lin Yichen’s chest, but another figure arrived and shouted for him to stop.

• Tang Tian showed the crowd his Thunder Python Sword, a Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact, and dismissed Lin Yichen’s complaints that the fight was unfair.
• Lin Yichen threatened Tang Tian with the Falling Star Sect and the destruction of the Tang Family, but Tang Tian charged at him with Meteor Beyond the Heavens.
• Lin Changdong tried to attack Tang Tian, but Tang Lingyun blocked him, while Ye Qingyuan stopped Qin Tiande from intervening.
• Qin Yuexi rushed toward Tang Tian, but Ye Ruxue stopped her and warned her not to approach.
• Tang Tian pierced Lin Yichen’s chest with the Thunder Python Sword, and a figure descended into the stands and shouted for him to stop.

Tang Tian killed Lin Yichen after defeating him in their death match, provoking Lin Changdong and Weng Yuan. Xing Zhan intervened to protect Tang Tian and defend the Heavenly Dragon Empire’s authority, then attacked Weng Yuan when he refused to leave Starfall City.

• Weng Yuan arrived and demanded that Tang Tian release Lin Yichen, but Tang Tian refused and killed Lin Yichen with the lightning from his Thunder Python Sword.
• Lin Changdong vowed to make the Tang Family pay for his sons’ deaths and attacked Tang Lingyun.
• Jia Shiming stepped in to stop Weng Yuan from attacking Tang Tian, but Weng Yuan threatened the Heavenly Dragon Empire.
• Xing Zhan arrived, ordered Weng Yuan to leave Starfall City, and told Jia Shiming not to interfere.
• Tang Tian collected Lin Yichen’s belongings while Xing Zhan attacked Weng Yuan for refusing to leave.

Xing Zhan drove Weng Yuan away after wounding him, protecting Tang Tian from the Falling Star Sect elder. Lin Changdong and Tang Lingyun continued fighting, and Tang Lingyun ordered the Tang Family to destroy the Lin Family, leaving Tang Tian charging into the battle.

• Xing Zhan pierced Weng Yuan's shoulder with his spear, forcing the Falling Star Sect elder to retreat after he vowed to remember the humiliation.
• Tang Tian thanked Xing Zhan, who warned him to watch out for Weng Yuan and said the Falling Star Sect would not seek revenge over Lin Yichen's death.
• Lin Changdong refused Tang Lingyun's appeal to stop fighting, insisting their feud would end only when one of them died.
• Tang Lingyun ordered the Tang Family to fight the Lin Family to the death, and Tang Xiao and Tang Xiaohai accepted his command.
• Xing Zhan allowed the families to settle their conflict, while Jia Shiming agreed not to interfere.
• Tang Tian summoned a Mortal Artifact longsword and charged toward the Lin Family crowd.

Tang Tian and the Tang Family fought the Lin Family as Ye Qingyuan blocked Qin Tiande from intervening. After Qin Yuexi was killed by Ye Ruxue, Qin Tiande battled Ye Qingyuan, while Ye Ruxue rushed toward the bloodied Tang Tian, who faced a sudden saber attack.

• Tang Tian slaughtered Lin Family fighters as Lin Changdong pleaded with Qin Tiande to save the Lin Family.
• Qin Tiande ordered the Qin Family to attack and fought Ye Qingyuan, who drew a Top-Grade Spirit Artifact.
• Ye Ruxue stabbed Qin Yuexi and told her she was unworthy to speak of Tang Tian.
• Ye Qingyuan condemned Qin Tiande for insulting Ye Ruxue, and the two fought fiercely.
• Ye Ruxue rushed toward Tang Tian as he continued fighting amid the four-family battle.
• An attacker swung a saber at Tang Tian and shouted for him to die.

Tang Tian killed Qin Xingyao, and Ye Qingyuan defeated Qin Tiande, triggering the Qin Family's flight as the Ye Family pursued them. Tang Tian and Ye Ruxue fought side by side, but her sudden warning left him facing an unseen danger.

• Qin Xingyao ambushed Tang Tian over Qin Yuexi's death, and Tang Tian killed him with a sword strike.
• Qin Tiande lost focus after seeing his son die, and Ye Qingyuan stabbed him in the chest.
• Qin Tiande tried to self-destruct, but Ye Qingyuan struck his acupoints and killed him before he could explode.
• The Qin Family members fled after their Patriarch died, and Ye Qingyuan ordered the Ye Family to hunt them down.
• Tang Tian and Ye Ruxue agreed to fight side by side and attacked the Lin Family and Qin Family disciples.
• Ye Ruxue suddenly cried out a warning to Tang Tian as he looked toward Tang Lingyun's battle with the Lin Family Patriarch.

As the Lin Family’s experts pursued Tang Tian and Ye Ruxue, the Tang Family rallied to protect him, stirring Tang Tian to accept the family as his home and lineage. He returned to the battle with Ye Ruxue, and his conviction transformed his sword technique as Fan Siren watched in shock.

• Tang Tian grabbed Ye Ruxue’s hand and ran from the Lin Family experts pursuing them.
• Tang Xiaohai led the Tang Family experts to Tang Tian’s aid, and Tang Feng and Tang Li fought alongside them.
• Watching the Tang Family risk their lives for him, Tang Tian accepted that he belonged to the Tang Family and resolved to fight for them.
• Tang Tian released Ye Ruxue’s hand, drew the Thunder Python Sword, and charged back into battle with her beside him.
• Tang Tian unleashed Meteor Beyond the Heavens against a Lin Family Initial Organs-Hiding Realm expert, and Fan Siren was startled by the technique’s new power.

Tang Tian learned that he had unexpectedly comprehended Sword Momentum and asked Fan Siren how to pursue sword cultivation. Fan Siren identified Elder Li as a powerful Sword Cultivator and warned Tang Tian that learning from him could entangle him in dangerous karma, as an explosion sounded above the plaza.

• Tang Tian killed a Lin Family expert with the Thunder Python Sword, and Fan Siren recognized his Sword Momentum.
• Fan Siren explained Sword Momentum and its power, while Tang Tian continued killing Lin Family and Qin Family pursuers.
• Fan Siren told Tang Tian he could not teach sword cultivation and advised him to start with basic sword arts under a powerful Sword Cultivator.
• Fan Siren revealed that Elder Li was a powerful Sword Cultivator who might teach Tang Tian, but warned that doing so could draw him into Elder Li's karma.
• Ye Ruxue deflected an attack aimed at Tang Tian and killed the attacker as he reacted to Fan Siren's revelation.
• Tang Tian accepted Fan Siren's guidance, and an earth-shattering explosion sounded above the plaza.

Tang Lingyun killed Lin Changdong, and Xing Zhan intercepted and killed the Lin Family elder who tried to escape. With the Qin and Lin family heads dead, the Tang and Ye families’ victory was nearly complete, and the fighting gradually subsided.

• Tang Lingyun overwhelmed Lin Changdong and killed him with a sword through the brow.
• The Lin Family elder fled after seeing Lin Changdong die, abandoning his clansmen.
• Xing Zhan blocked the elder’s escape and killed him with a spear thrust.
• Tang Lingyun thanked Xing Zhan for his help, and Xing Zhan made clear that he supported the Tang Family.
• The remaining resistance faded, leaving the Qin and Lin families defeated.

Tang Tian met with Falling Star Sect Grand Elder Zhang Kairong, who offered him a place in the sect or a dangerous trial in exchange for sparing his family. Tang Tian rejected the offer because the sect had threatened the Tang Family, leaving his relatives shocked by his decision.

• Tang Tian and Ye Ruxue discussed the threat from the Falling Star Sect before Elder Li summoned them to the main hall.
• Tang Tian met Zhang Kairong and Weng Yuan in the Tang Family hall, where Weng Yuan showed hostility toward him.
• Zhang Kairong offered Tang Tian a choice between joining the Falling Star Sect or surviving a half-month hunt in Starfall Forest to secure his freedom and his family's safety.
• Tang Tian refused to join the sect because it had used his family as leverage.
• Tang Xiaohai rebuked Tang Tian for turning down the opportunity to enter the Falling Star Sect.

Tang Tian refused to join the Falling Star Sect under pressure and agreed to face its Organs-Hiding Realm inner disciples in Starfall Forest. Ye Ruxue said she would join the sect only if Tang Tian did, and Tang Tian planned to survive the coming trial without necessarily fighting.

• Tang Tian rejected relying on the Falling Star Sect and chose its second proposed resolution, asking what level of opponents he would face.
• Zhang Kairong said Organs-Hiding Realm inner disciples would hunt Tang Tian in Starfall Forest, and Tang Tian set the trial for three days later.
• Tang Tian asked the Falling Star Sect to leave the Tang Family alone if he survived, and Zhang Kairong agreed.
• Zhang Kairong invited Ye Ruxue to join the sect, but she said she would go only if Tang Tian went.
• After Zhang Kairong and Weng Yuan left, Tang Tian told Tang Lingyun he only needed to survive for half a month and did not have to fight the disciples.

Tang Tian agreed to survive fifteen days in Starfall Forest and planned to cultivate the third turn of the Nine-Turn Heavenly Thunder Art while evading pursuit. Elder Li gave him the Mortal Sword Art and began guiding him in sword cultivation, leaving Tang Tian eager to study the manual.

• Tang Tian agreed to enter Starfall Forest, and Tang Lingyun promised to kill anyone who bullied him.
• Tang Tian returned to his courtyard after telling Ye Ruxue not to follow him, while Ye Ruxue went to inform her father about the Falling Star Sect.
• Elder Li appeared and offered to teach Tang Tian sword cultivation after praising his Heart Sword and Sword Momentum.
• Elder Li explained the stages of Sword Cultivators and gave Tang Tian the annotated Mortal Sword Art, asking him to keep their relationship secret.
• Fan Siren urged Tang Tian to cultivate the new sword art so he would not rely only on Meteor Beyond the Heavens in Starfall Forest.
• Tang Tian opened the Mortal Sword Art and began studying it.

Tang Tian studied the Mortal Sword Art before entering Starfall Forest for a dangerous trial, where Falling Star Sect disciples would hunt him. Before he left, he and Ye Ruxue’s families agreed to their marriage, and Zhang Kairong ordered every Organs-Hiding Realm disciple into the forest.

• Tang Tian learned that the Mortal Sword Art’s thirteen basic forms would help him master swordsmanship, and Fan Siren praised the art.
• Tang Tian learned that heavenly lightning would not descend for ten days, meaning he could not cultivate the third turn of the Nine-Turn Heavenly Thunder Art before entering Starfall Forest.
• Tang Tian asked Tang Lingyun and Ye Qingyuan to approve his marriage to Ye Ruxue, and both fathers revealed they had planned to arrange the match.
• Tang Tian said farewell to Ye Ruxue and entered the outskirts of Starfall Forest as Zhang Kairong and Weng Yuan watched.
• Zhang Kairong ordered all Organs-Hiding Realm disciples to enter the forest, and Weng Yuan worried that weaker disciples would die if they encountered Tang Tian.