Recaps

Chen Hao killed Lin Yan in the second match, took revenge, and broke through to the Nascent Soul stage as the Heavenly Dao Sect celebrated its second victory. The Heavenly Palace’s Niu Shan entered the third match, and Ye Qingyao took the field to face him.

• Chen Hao defeated Lin Yan, pierced his Nascent Soul, and killed him in the arena.
• Chen Hao achieved the Nascent Soul stage, and the crowd celebrated the Heavenly Dao Sect’s second consecutive victory.
• A black-robed Heavenly Palace disciple volunteered for the third match and leaped into the arena.
• Xiao Lingxi asked Ye Qingyao to face the stronger Sixth-Level Nascent Soul opponent, and Ye Qingyao accepted.
• The black-robed man revealed himself as Niu Shan, the Heavenly Palace’s sixth true disciple, and leered at Ye Qingyao while threatening her.

Ye Qingyao killed Niu Shan with a concealed clone and a single strike, stunning the spectators at the arena. Meanwhile, Su Bai infiltrated the true Heavenly Palace and discovered Heavenly Venerables refining nine enormous cauldrons, leaving him focused on the four unfinished ones.

• Ye Qingyao faced Niu Shan, whose battle axe and lewd threats made the spectators expect her defeat.
• Ye Qingyao let Niu Shan’s axe strike a clone, then appeared behind him and cut his throat with her dagger.
• The crowd marveled at Ye Qingyao’s instant victory, while the black-robed disciples discussed her concealment and warned one another to stay alert.
• Su Bai searched the Heavenly Palace, flew beyond the world, and found a vast palace hidden in the heavens beyond the heavens.
• Su Bai discovered dozens of Heavenly Venerables refining nine giant cauldrons and fixed his attention on the four unfinished ones, which had no guards.

Su Bai used his concealment technique to steal an unfinished giant cauldron from the Heavenly Palace’s forge and replace it with a copy. Meanwhile, Heavenly Dao Sect’s victory at the Immortal Alliance Assembly left a gambling braggart being force-fed, while Su Bai cautiously moved toward another cauldron.

• Su Bai examined the enormous cauldrons and learned that the Heavenly Palace planned to complete nine of them and forge a Supreme Immortal Cauldron.
• While the Heavenly Venerables focused on the fifth cauldron, Su Bai stored an unfinished cauldron in his Storage Ring and replaced it with an identical copy.
• Old Chrysanthemum briefly suspected something was amiss, but the other Heavenly Venerables dismissed his concern and returned to their work.
• Su Bai resumed moving toward a second unfinished cauldron, wary of the Heavenly Venerables’ vigilance.
• At the Immortal Alliance Assembly, spectators celebrated Heavenly Dao Sect’s victory and laughed about a young man’s impossible food-eating wager.
• Two burly men pinned down the young Golden Core Realm man and force-fed him, threatening that billions of jin still awaited him.

Xiao Yan stepped forward to fight in the fourth life-and-death match after the Dao Heaven Sect lost three in a row. In the crowd, Liu Yanran watched him from under her new name, Ruyan, and wondered whether she regretted breaking off their engagement.

• The Dao Heaven Sect demanded that the Heavenly Dao Sect send out a fighter, and the young man on the Black Qilin vowed to fight personally and kill an opponent.
• Xiao Yan volunteered for the fourth match, drawing loud cheers from the spectators as he ascended the stage.
• Xiao Yan recalled how far he had risen in four years and silently thanked his Master for helping him change his fate.
• Liu Yanran, who had joined another sect and taken the name Ruyan, listened as her senior sister praised Xiao Yan and condemned Liu Yanran for breaking off their engagement.
• Watching Xiao Yan stand calmly on the arena, Liu Yanran touched her tears and wondered if she regretted abandoning him.

Xiao Yan faced Lin Tian'ao, the Arrow King and one of Heavenly Palace's Four Heavenly Kings, in the arena. Xiao Yan revealed his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Third Layer and began fighting Lin Tian'ao, whose armor withstood Xiao Yan's ruler strike.

• Lin Tian'ao introduced himself as a seventy-eight-year-old Half-Step Spirit Transformation and challenged Xiao Yan, while the spectators identified him as the Arrow King.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached the Nascent Soul Third Layer and met Lin Tian'ao's arrow with the Mystic Iron Ruler.
• Xiao Yan charged Lin Tian'ao and struck with the Heaven-Splitting Ruler.
• Lin Tian'ao summoned armor that endured Xiao Yan's blows, though the impact forced him back and churned his blood and qi.

Xiao Yan fought Lin Tian'ao, whose Nine Arrows Shooting the Sun failed to overcome Xiao Yan’s Mystic Iron Ruler and Eternal Heaven-Opening Ruler. Xiao Yan broke Lin Tian'ao’s bow, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lin Tian'ao unleashed Myriad Arrows Volley, but Xiao Yan blocked the arrows with the Mystic Iron Ruler and struck Lin Tian'ao, cracking his armor.
• Lin Tian'ao used Nine Arrows Shooting the Sun, and Xiao Yan shattered the fused first three arrows with Space-Rending Ruler.
• Lin Tian'ao fired his stronger Fourth Arrow, but Xiao Yan met it with Mountains-and-Rivers Ruler.
• Lin Tian'ao spent his blood essence to launch the Fifth Arrow, the Life-Seizing Arrow, at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan used Eternal Heaven-Opening Ruler to break Lin Tian'ao’s Fifth Arrow and cleave his bow in two.

Xiao Yan defeated Lin Tian'ao after agreeing to fight without weapons, then beat him to death in the arena. The spectators celebrated as the Heavenly Palace lost one of its Four Great Heavenly Kings.

• Lin Tian'ao demanded that Xiao Yan put down his weapon and fight him unarmed, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Lin Tian'ao tried to steal the Mystic Iron Ruler but could not lift it, allowing Xiao Yan to kick him away.
• Xiao Yan used his greater speed and strength without the ruler to repeatedly strike Lin Tian'ao, who could not fight back.
• Xiao Yan recalled Lin Tian'ao killing ninety young geniuses and continued attacking as the spectators cheered.
• Xiao Yan delivered a final punch that killed Lin Tian'ao and shattered the arena floor.

After Xiao Yan killed Lin Tian'ao, the Heavenly Dao Sect won the fourth life-and-death duel, intensifying the crowd’s awe and the Heavenly Palace’s anger. The fifth match began with Xiao Lingxi facing a powerful black-robed Heavenly Palace disciple.

• Xiao Yan urged the referee to announce the fourth duel’s result, and Red Moon Venerable accepted the outcome after Nameless warned against breaking the agreement.
• The Heavenly Palace referee declared the Heavenly Dao Sect the winner, and Xiao Yan returned to his sect’s lineup amid cheers.
• Zhuge Feng watched a silent black-robed Heavenly King while the Heavenly Palace disciples chose their Third Brother to fight the fifth match.
• Xiao Lingxi volunteered to face the Heavenly Palace’s contestant, and Xiao Yan warned her to be careful.
• Xiao Lingxi entered the arena, introduced herself as the Heavenly Dao Sect’s second personal disciple, and stood before the black-robed fighter.

Xiao Lingxi fought Haifeng, Heavenly Palace’s third true disciple, and revealed that she commanded Spatial Power. She killed him with a single sword, winning the fifth match for Heavenly Dao Sect.

• The crowd watched Xiao Lingxi take the arena against Haifeng, who revealed himself as Heavenly Palace’s third true disciple and boasted of his strength.
• Haifeng attacked Xiao Lingxi with a silver trident, but Spatial Power twisted its path and left her unharmed.
• Xiao Lingxi struck with her sword and used Spatial Power to seal Haifeng’s movements.
• Xiao Lingxi’s sword pierced Haifeng’s chest, killing him instantly and securing her victory.

Han Feiyu volunteered for the sixth Life and Death Battle, confident that his fortune and hidden strength could overcome the Demon Heavenly King. The Demon Heavenly King took the field for the Heavenly Palace, intent on winning back a round while the Twin Heavenly Kings were still on their way.

• Xiao Lingxi killed the Heavenly Palace’s third-ranked true disciple, bringing Heavenly Dao Sect’s record to five victories.
• Zhuge Feng warned that the Demon Heavenly King’s Magic Die could temporarily boost him to Spirit Transformation, while Mu Lingxian offered to fight.
• Han Feiyu volunteered, saying his fortune would counter the Demon Heavenly King’s Saint Hand, while keeping his true Nascent Soul Sixth Layer strength secret.
• The Demon Heavenly King stopped a Dao Heaven Sect disciple from entering and announced that the Heavenly Venerable had ordered the Heavenly Palace not to lose again.
• The Demon Heavenly King rode his Bai Ze onto the arena and faced Han Feiyu, saying he would win a round before the Twin Heavenly Kings arrived.

Lu Fanyun began his final magic performance against Han Feiyu, confident that his exceptionally high die rolls would carry him to Spirit Transformation. Han Feiyu survived Lu Fanyun’s opening attack by hiding in a defensive artifact, and Lu Fanyun prepared his ultimate technique.

• Lu Fanyun rolled a ninety-nine for Fortune and a ninety-four for terrain, then used cards to form a path to the arena.
• Su Bai returned after secretly replacing the four unfinished giant cauldrons and watched the sixth match begin.
• Han Feiyu introduced himself as Li Yufei, the Heavenly Dao Sect’s sixth disciple, and faced Lu Fanyun.
• Lu Fanyun sent a card that transformed into a giant hand, but Han Feiyu hid inside a jade-bottle artifact that withstood the blow.
• Lu Fanyun turned his die blood-red and prepared to use his ultimate technique, Gamble with Heaven... cultivation.

Lu Fanyun gambled his cultivation to roll above eighty and kill his opponent, but his die landed on one, stripping away his Half-Step Spirit Transformation cultivation. He threw again to restore his strength, only for it to land on one a second time, leaving the arena stunned.

• Lu Fanyun tossed his blood-red die, expecting a high number that would let him temporarily enter Spirit Transformation.
• The die landed on one, and Heaven stripped Lu Fanyun of his Half-Step Spirit Transformation cultivation, leaving him at Nascent Soul First Layer.
• Lu Fanyun accused Heaven of toying with him and threw the die again to try to restore his cultivation.
• The second throw also landed on one, stunning everyone in the arena.

Lu Fanyun repeatedly lost wagers against Heaven, reducing his cultivation until his final bet cost him his life. Han Feiyu emerged from the bottle after the Demon Heavenly King's death, leaving the spectators stunned by his improbable victory.

• After Lu Fanyun lost his second wager, his cultivation fell to the Golden Core First Layer.
• Lu Fanyun threw the dice again, rolled a one, and was reduced to First-Level Foundation Establishment.
• Lu Fanyun wagered his life to reclaim his cultivation, rolled another one, and died.
• Han Feiyu walked out of the bottle, and the spectators discussed how he had won through Lu Fanyun's terrible luck.

Han Feiyu secured Heavenly Dao Sect’s sixth victory when the Demon Heavenly King killed himself, but Dao Heaven Sect changed the rules for the next two matches and summoned the Twin Heavenly Kings. As the Twin Heavenly Kings challenged Heavenly Dao Sect, an “elder” carrying an iron staff stepped onto the arena alone.

• Han Feiyu celebrated his unexpected win, and a Dao Heaven Sect disciple threatened him before an elder stopped the disciple from entering the seventh match.
• A Dao Heaven Sect elder declared that the seventh and eighth matches would be fought as a two-person team battle, and Nameless accepted.
• The Twin Heavenly Kings descended on an Azure Dragon and a Vermilion Bird, then dismounted after Venerable Xuan Ba reminded them mounts could not fight.
• The Twin Heavenly Kings demanded two opponents, but a man carrying an iron staff walked onto the arena alone, shocking the crowd because he looked like the “elder” who had sent Jian Feng out in the Core Battle.

Zhuge Feng entered the Disciple Battle and shocked the crowd by revealing he was the Heavenly Dao Sect’s eldest disciple, not an elder. The age test confirmed he was twenty-two with Eightfold Nascent Soul cultivation, leaving the audience amazed by the sect’s apparent abundance of prodigies.

• Zhuge Feng stepped onto the arena, prompting the crowd and Dao Heaven Sect disciples to accuse the Heavenly Dao Sect of sending an elder to fight in a disciple match.
• Zhuge Feng calmly announced that he was the Heavenly Dao Sect’s eldest disciple.
• The Heavenly Palace referee demanded that Zhuge Feng prove his age and summoned a testing stele.
• Zhuge Feng touched the stele, which revealed his bone age was twenty-two and his cultivation was Eightfold Nascent Soul.
• The crowd erupted in disbelief and marveled at the Heavenly Dao Sect’s remarkable disciples.

Zhuge Feng confronted the Twin Heavenly Kings, who mocked his youth and threatened the Heavenly Dao Sect. He swept his golden staff through their combined attack and killed them with one strike.

• The crowd was stunned to learn that twenty-two-year-old Zhuge Feng had reached Eightfold Nascent Soul, and he rebuked the Twin Heavenly Kings for relying on their age to challenge him.
• Zhuge Feng taunted the Twin Heavenly Kings, while spectators praised him and pointed out that Jian Feng had been defeated by a disciple.
• The Twin Heavenly Kings unleashed their red and blue auras, threatened Zhuge Feng, and attacked together with flames and freezing yin energy.
• Zhuge Feng raised his golden iron staff and swept it once, shattering their attack and killing the Twin Heavenly Kings.

Zhuge Feng defeated the Twin Heavenly Kings with one staff strike, prompting them to fuse and unleash a powerful ice-and-fire attack. He shattered their ultimate technique and knocked them into the arena, leaving the Twin Heavenly Kings defeated.

• Zhuge Feng knocked the Twin Heavenly Kings down with a single staff strike, stunning the audience and referees.
• The Twin Heavenly Kings accused Zhuge Feng of using a forbidden technique and fused into a winged, four-armed figure that reached the Third-Level Spirit Transformation Realm.
• The fused Twin Heavenly Kings attacked Zhuge Feng with their Ice-Fire Wheel.
• Zhuge Feng activated his Battle Saint Physique and smashed the ice-and-fire sphere with his golden iron staff.
• Zhuge Feng struck the Twin Heavenly Kings into the arena, where they crashed into a huge hole and fell.

Mu Lingxian won the ninth round for the Heavenly Dao Sect with Spatial Power, bringing the sect within one victory of sweeping the contest. The Heavenly Palace then summoned Venerable Wutian, who shattered the void and appeared as its hidden trump card.

• The Heavenly Dao Sect celebrated after Zhuge Feng killed the Twin Heavenly Kings, leaving the Heavenly Palace with all four Heavenly Kings defeated.
• Mu Lingxian entered the ninth round while the Heavenly Palace disciples panicked and its elder ordered one of them to stall for time.
• The Heavenly Palace disciple was sent into the arena and faced Mu Lingxian as the ninth match began.
• Mu Lingxian trapped her opponent with Spatial Power and secured the Heavenly Dao Sect's ninth victory.
• The Dao Heaven Sect elder announced that the Heavenly Palace still had a decisive hidden move, then knelt to welcome Venerable Wutian.
• Venerable Wutian shattered the void and remarked that he had been rebuilding through possession for decades and had not expected to join a disciple battle.

Venerable Wutian appeared in Wu Di’s youthful body, revealing that he had possessed his own son to reclaim his strength. When Wutian attacked the gathered crowd, Venerable Xuan Ba intervened, and onlookers praised the Heavenly Dao Sect while invoking Su Bai’s call for the Heavenly Venerable to die.

• Venerable Wutian emerged from a black hole, and the Heavenly Palace’s followers bowed to him.
• The crowd recognized his youthful body as Wu Di, his exceptionally talented biological son, and realized Wutian had possessed him.
• Venerable Wutian defended his actions, declaring that he had fathered many descendants while waiting for a worthy heir whose life he could claim.
• Venerable Wutian shattered the void and unleashed pressure across the arena, threatening to slaughter everyone present.
• Venerable Xuan Ba of the Heavenly Dao Sect blocked Wutian’s attack, prompting the crowd to praise his intervention and repeat Su Bai’s call for the Heavenly Venerable to die.

Venerable Wutian confronted Venerable Xuan Ba, who blocked his attack despite Wutian’s reduced cultivation. After berating and killing a Dao Heaven Sect elder, Wutian destroyed the arena and declared that the Heavenly Dao Sect would face his wrath, while the onlookers condemned his shameless participation in the youth battle.

• Venerable Wutian attacked Venerable Xuan Ba, but Xuan Ba met his fist and pointed out that Wutian had only recently returned to the Void Refinement Realm.
• Venerable Wutian scolded the Dao Heaven Sect disciples for losing to the Heavenly Dao Sect, and killed an elder who tried to explain their opponents’ unusual strength.
• The remaining Dao Heaven Sect disciples stayed silent and flattered Venerable Wutian, who announced that the Heavenly Dao Sect would face his wrath.
• Venerable Wutian walked into the arena and shattered it with his final step, forcing the protective barriers around Sacred Ruins City to contain the damage.
• Onlookers and Dao Heaven Sect disciples whispered that Venerable Wutian was shameless for entering a battle restricted to youths despite being nearly ten thousand years old.

Venerable Wutian exploited the Immortal Alliance Assembly’s bone-age rule to qualify as a Heavenly Palace disciple and challenged the Heavenly Dao Sect’s remaining disciples to fight him together. As the crowd feared for the sect, Su Bai walked onto the arena, clapping.

• Venerable Xuan Ba challenged Venerable Wutian’s right to compete, but Venerable Wutian argued that the rules set no soul-age limit.
• Venerable Wutian used the testing stone tablet to show that Wu Di’s bone age was ninety-nine and claimed he was qualified to fight.
• Venerable Wutian flew above the arena and challenged all ten remaining Heavenly Dao Sect disciples to a life-and-death fight.
• The crowd despaired over the Heavenly Dao Sect’s prospects against Venerable Wutian.
• Su Bai clapped and walked onto the arena.

Su Bai entered the Life and Death Disciple Battle as the Heavenly Dao Sect’s participant and challenged the assumption that he was too old to qualify. The testing stele revealed his bone age was twenty-two, but his cultivation remained unknown.

• Su Bai arrived at the arena and confirmed that he would represent the Heavenly Dao Sect in the duel against Venerable Wutian.
• Su Bai asked Nameless to seal the arena, then declared that he was human and therefore the Heavenly Dao Sect’s participant.
• Red Moon Venerable mocked Su Bai’s claim and swore a Heavenly Dao Oath that Su Bai was over one hundred years old.
• Su Bai placed his hand on the testing stele, which displayed his bone age as twenty-two and his cultivation as unknown.

Su Bai’s test revealed that he was a twenty-two-year-old Invincible Heavenly Venerable, shocking the crowd and enraging Red Moon Venerable. Su Bai challenged Heavenly Palace’s attempt to exclude him from the Disciple Battle, and the spectators turned against Heavenly Palace.

• The testing stele recorded Su Bai’s age as twenty-two before shattering under his power.
• The assembled cultivators marveled at Su Bai’s age and Heavenly Venerable cultivation, while Red Moon Venerable called the result fake.
• Su Bai pointed out that Heavenly Palace had witnessed the test and asked whether he could join the Disciple Battle.
• Red Moon Venerable argued that Su Bai should enter a higher battle instead of bullying weaker contestants.
• Su Bai reminded the crowd that Heavenly Palace had sent a ten-thousand-year-old cultivator into the Disciple Battle, and the spectators shouted against Heavenly Palace.

Su Bai forced the Heavenly Palace referee to begin the tenth Life and Death duel, then killed Venerable Wutian with overwhelming ease. The crowd rallied behind Su Bai and the Heavenly Dao Sect, with some sects declaring they would oppose the Heavenly Palace or leave the Immortal Alliance.

• Su Bai used the rules Venerable Wutian had cited to justify his own participation in the Disciple Battle, and the referee announced the duel.
• Venerable Wutian tried to withdraw, but Nameless had sealed the arena, leaving him trapped with Su Bai.
• Venerable Wutian attacked Su Bai, who shattered his assault and crushed his body with a giant hand.
• Venerable Wutian's divine soul tried to flee and threatened the Heavenly Dao Sect, but Su Bai crushed and obliterated it.
• Cultivators praised Su Bai, and representatives of the Heavenly Spirit Sect and other groups pledged support against the Heavenly Palace or prepared to leave the Immortal Alliance.

Su Bai led the Heavenly Dao Sect to a clean sweep of the Heavenly Palace’s disciple battles, forcing Red Moon Venerable to concede. After Red Moon fled, Nameless pursued him, while Su Bai turned his attention to the four divine beasts.

• The referee announced Su Bai’s victory over Venerable Wutian, completing the Heavenly Dao Sect’s ten wins in ten battles.
• The plaza celebrated the Heavenly Dao Sect’s triumph as Red Moon Venerable recognized the threat posed by its strength and future potential.
• Su Bai challenged Red Moon Venerable to continue with the Core Battle or Pinnacle Battle, and Red Moon conceded on the Heavenly Palace’s behalf.
• Su Bai reminded Red Moon of his earlier insult, but Red Moon shattered the void and fled rather than let Su Bai retaliate.
• Nameless pursued Red Moon with a sword strike while Su Bai turned his gaze toward Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, Qilin, and Bai Ze.