Recaps

Yuan Heng and the others arrived at the Primordial Palace Branch Hall, where Ah Hu hoped to be chosen for the Primordial Hall. As renowned geniuses gathered for the Primordial Assembly, Qin Buhui asked Su Bai for permission to compete, and Su Bai urged him to fight without holding back.

• Yuan Heng marveled at the Primordial Palace Branch Hall while Ah Hu wondered if he could be chosen, and Shi Huang encouraged him.
• The group entered the bustling branch hall as geniuses from across the Heavenly Domain gathered for the Primordial Assembly.
• Fenjin, Fairy Qingyue, Tuoba Xiong, Zhuo Wuchen, and other famed young cultivators arrived, drawing attention with their reputations and displays of power.
• Xiao Yan admired the gathered geniuses, while Shi Huang wondered where the Immortal Lord Realm prodigies were; Gu Qingping explained they had likely advanced to the Primordial Grand Hall.
• Qin Buhui asked Su Bai to let him enter the competition and promised only to spar, and Su Bai told him to fight with everything he had.

Qin Buhui brought Ah Hu to register for the Primordial Assembly, where the vast gathering of prodigies and experts left Ah Hu awestruck. After they were mocked for their humble appearance and told that registration required a Primordial Token, Xiao Yan secretly arranged for the token in Qin Buhui's Storage Ring to vanish.

• Qin Buhui led Ah Hu and the others through the crowded Primordial Hall branch, and Ah Hu marveled at the prodigies and spectacle around him.
• Shi Huang encouraged Ah Hu to overcome his nervousness while the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect group remained calm.
• Qin Buhui joined the registration queue with Ah Hu as nearby geniuses scrutinized and mocked their plain appearance.
• A richly dressed young man insulted Ah Hu, and Qin Buhui retorted that he might be stronger than an embroidered pillow.
• The Primordial Hall elder explained that competitors needed a Primordial Token, and the people in line ridiculed Qin Buhui and Ah Hu for not knowing about it.
• Xiao Yan sent Qin Buhui a message through divine sense, and the Primordial Token in Qin Buhui's Storage Ring silently vanished.

Qin Buhui used genuine Primordial Hall Tokens to register himself and Ah Hu, then exposed the loss of two arrogant young masters’ tokens. After Xiao Yan effortlessly defeated their guards, the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect group left, and Fairy Qingyue arrived and reacted with astonishment upon seeing Su Bai.

• Qin Buhui presented his Primordial Hall Token and registered himself after the elder confirmed it was genuine.
• Qin Buhui used a second genuine token to register Ah Hu, silencing the young masters who had mocked him.
• The richly dressed young man and another brocade-robed young master discovered their tokens were missing, accused Qin Buhui, and ordered their guards to attack.
• Xiao Yan froze and blasted away all six Golden Immortal guards with a single step, then withdrew his aura when the elder warned that fighting was forbidden.
• The Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect group departed as Fairy Qingyue arrived, surveyed them, and stared at Su Bai in astonishment.

Fairy Qingyue saw that Su Bai and his companions possessed extraordinarily pure golden auras, while the Heavenly Dao seemed to revere Su Bai. As the Primordial branch hall tournament began, Deputy Hall Master Li Chen announced that the First Immortal King would personally accept each branch hall’s top genius as a disciple.

• Fairy Qingyue used her Eye of the Heavenly Dao to see the pure golden auras of Su Bai’s group and sensed the Heavenly Dao’s reverence toward Su Bai.
• More geniuses arrived in Primordial Immortal City as rumors spread about the tournament’s rewards and the First Immortal King’s attention.
• Ah Hu refined the Nine-Aperture Divine Communion Pill and improved his strength under Shi Huang, Xiao Yan, and the others’ guidance.
• The Primordial branch hall tournament opened before a crowd of billions at the Hundred-Battle Arena.
• Deputy Hall Master Li Chen announced that the last one hundred competitors would enter Primordial Grand Hall, then revealed that the First Immortal King would personally take each branch hall’s top genius as a disciple.

Hall Master Li Chen announced that the Talent Tournament's first-place winner would become the First Immortal King's personal disciple, sending the venue into a frenzy while Su Bai's group remained calm. The preliminary round then began under new rules: one hundred platforms would host melees until one competitor remained on each.

• Hall Master Li Chen announced that the tournament champion would become the First Immortal King's personal disciple, prompting Fenjin, Tuoba Xiong, Zhuo Wuchen, Fairy Qingyue, and other contestants to focus on winning.
• Fairy Qingyue noticed that Su Bai and the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect disciples showed little excitement about the chance to become the First Immortal King's disciple.
• Hall Master Li Chen started the tournament and revealed that the 107,643 participants would be assigned by lot to one of one hundred battle platforms.
• Hall Master Li Chen explained that cultivation would be suppressed to the first level of the True Immortal Realm and that each platform's final survivor would qualify for the Primordial Grand Hall and the tournament's top hundred.

The Primordial Hall’s free-for-all draw paired four leading prodigies against one another, prompting accusations that the tournament was rigged. Li Chen suppressed the protests and insisted the rules and draw were fair, while Shi Huang and Zhuge Feng reflected on how rare fairness was beyond the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect.

• The tournament organizers announced a free-for-all, and the draw placed Fairy Qingyue with Fenjin on stage seventy-three and Tuoba Xiong with Zhuo Wuchen on stage ninety-nine.
• The lord of Heaven-Burning Immortal City and Tuoba Xiong’s backer demanded an explanation from Vice Hall Master Li Chen, while Fairy Qingyue questioned the Primordial Hall’s righteousness.
• Li Chen used his Half-Step King pressure to silence the crowd and declared that the rules had been jointly decided, the Primordial Immortal Formation had made a fair draw, and anyone who objected could withdraw.
• Shi Huang and the others criticized the tournament’s rules and discussed how people without powerful factions had little chance to show their talent.
• Zhuge Feng recalled struggling to obtain resources as an unaffiliated cultivator and contrasted his hard-won pill with what powerful Households fed their dogs.

Su Bai’s disciples accepted that strength determined the tournament’s unfair rules as the contestants took their assigned arenas. Li Chen revealed that he had arranged a coordinated attack against the four peerless prodigies, and the hundred-arena melee began with all eyes on their battles.

• Qin Buhui advised Ah Hu to stay cautious and learn from the other contestants during the melee.
• More than a hundred thousand geniuses entered their assigned arenas, placing Fairy Qingyue and Fenjin together on Arena Seventy-Three and Tuoba Xiong and Zhuo Wuchen together on Arena Ninety-Nine.
• Li Chen told a trusted elder that his people would swarm the seeded contestants and eliminate the four great prodigies to improve his great-grandson’s chances.
• The third bell rang, and contestants across the hundred arenas launched into battle.
• Spectators focused on the arenas holding the four peerless prodigies as they faced the prospect of a combined attack.

The tournament crowds were incited to attack the peerless prodigies, but Fairy Qingyue, Fenjin, Zhuo Wuchen, and Tuoba Xiong easily fought back. On Platform Sixty-Six, Ah Hu revealed his strength by defeating a challenger, and Qin Buhui stepped forward as the crowd turned against him.

• Provocateurs urged the contestants to target Fairy Qingyue and Fenjin, who repelled the attacks with their powers.
• The contestants on Platform Ninety-Nine also attacked Zhuo Wuchen and Tuoba Xiong, but the two prodigies fought them off.
• A blue-robed youth attacked Ah Hu, and Ah Hu broke his arm with a single punch.
• The contestants surrounded Ah Hu, drawing attention to his strength and leaving him at risk of being overwhelmed.
• Qin Buhui challenged everyone on Platform Sixty-Six to attack him together, claiming they would win if they made him use both hands.

Qin Buhui challenged the thousand geniuses on Arena Number Sixty-Six to attack him at once while he fought with one hand. After effortlessly defeating the first attackers with a single finger, he called for the remaining geniuses to attack together.

• Qin Buhui declared that all thousand geniuses could attack him together and that he would use only one hand.
• A burly genius charged Qin Buhui, who dodged his grab and sent him flying off the arena with one finger.
• The black-clad young man, the seductive female cultivator, and several others attacked Qin Buhui together, but he swiftly eliminated them all.
• Powerhouses began noticing Qin Buhui's relaxed display of strength as he saw Ah Hu drawing attention too.
• Qin Buhui addressed the remaining geniuses and urged them to attack together without wasting time.

Qin Buhui faced a united assault from nearly a thousand contestants on Arena No. 66 and effortlessly defeated them with one hand. His performance eclipsed the four great prodigies, and Deputy Hall Master Li Chen threatened to destroy Qin Buhui and the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect if he won first place.

• The contestants on Arena No. 66 joined forces and launched a massive attack against Qin Buhui.
• Qin Buhui used his Extreme-Speed Domain and one hand to evade attacks and send opponent after opponent off the arena.
• Spectators and contestants turned their attention to Qin Buhui as the four great prodigies showed signs of fatigue in their battles.
• Fenjin, Fairy Qingyue, Tuoba Xiong, and Zhuo Wuchen reacted with shock to Qin Buhui's overwhelming strength.
• Deputy Hall Master Li Chen ordered that Qin Buhui and the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect be reduced to ashes if Qin Buhui took first place.

Qin Buhui overwhelmed the competitors on Arena Number Sixty-Six, earning the title of Young Immortal King and bringing the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect into the tournament’s spotlight. His victory left Li Chen’s plans in ruins and made Qin Buhui the center of attention across Immortal City.

• Li Chen realized Qin Buhui’s unexpected strength had ruined his scheme to clear the way for his great-grandson to become a disciple of the First Immortal King.
• Ah Hu defeated the geniuses who had attacked him on Arena Number Ninety-Eight, then resolved to hide his strength as Qin Buhui had taught him.
• Qin Buhui’s last opponent fled the arena and conceded, leaving Qin Buhui as the sole victor on Arena Number Sixty-Six.
• The crowd hailed Qin Buhui as the Young Immortal King, and the referee announced his victory for the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect.

Qin Buhui’s overwhelming victory shifted the Heavenly Prodigy Contest and enraged Deputy Hall Master Li Chen, who then tried to recruit him as a disciple. Qin Buhui rejected him, declaring that Li Chen was not qualified to be mentioned alongside his master.

• Qin Buhui’s effortless triumph overshadowed the battles of Fenjin, Fairy Qingyue, Tuoba Xiong, and Zhuo Wuchen, changing how the four prodigies viewed their own struggles.
• Fenjin, Fairy Qingyue, Tuoba Xiong, and Zhuo Wuchen recognized that Qin Buhui had upended Li Chen’s schemes, while Li Chen resolved to kill Qin Buhui and erase the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect.
• Xiao Yan and Zhuge Feng watched the situation unfold as Xiao Yan anticipated that the contest would expose hidden forces.
• An elder reported that no major Immortal Realm force called the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect could be found, and Li Chen concluded Qin Buhui lacked powerful backing.
• Li Chen praised Qin Buhui and offered to take him as a disciple, but Qin Buhui refused and said Li Chen was not worthy of being mentioned alongside his master.

Qin Buhui bluntly rejected Deputy Hall Master Li Chen’s offer and dismissed him as unworthy of comparison with his master, prompting Li Chen to threaten him and his sect. His defiance reshaped the other prodigies’ resolve as they reconsidered the rules and their own paths.

• Qin Buhui refused Li Chen’s offer, saying Li Chen was not qualified to be compared with his master.
• Li Chen concealed his anger behind a calm response, threatened that Qin Buhui would die before completing his immortal path, and resolved to destroy him and the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect that night.
• Fenjin decided he would accept defeat if Qin Buhui proved stronger but would not accept losing because of unfair rules.
• Fairy Qingyue rejected the contest’s predetermined arrangements and resolved to stop competing for first place.
• Zhuo Wuchen realized he remained trapped within the contest and resolved to sharpen his Heart Sword, while Tuoba Xiong pushed himself to fight harder.
• The prodigies gained new resolve, and the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect entered their thoughts.

Fenjin and Fairy Qingyue avoided fighting when Fairy Qingyue conceded, and Zhuo Wuchen followed with a concession to protest the unfair rules. Qin Buhui’s overwhelming presence reshaped the tournament as the top hundred emerged, while Deputy Hall Master Li Chen became more determined to kill him.

• Fenjin prepared to fight Fairy Qingyue, but she conceded after deciding she no longer wished to compete for victory.
• Zhuo Wuchen conceded to Tuoba Xiong, silently protesting the tournament’s unfair rules and the pressure to wear down other prodigies.
• Ah Hu carefully won Arena No. 98 while hiding his true ability, and Qin Buhui praised him for learning quickly.
• The battles across all one hundred arenas ended, establishing the top hundred and leaving Qin Buhui as the assembly’s dominant force.
• Deputy Hall Master Li Chen focused his killing intent on Qin Buhui and vowed that no one could save him.

After Qin Buhui dominated the arena matches, Deputy Hall Master Li Chen encouraged his great-grandson Li Tianqing to treat Qin as a target for his rise. As the sect prepared to leave, Fairy Qingyue and Zhuo Wuchen arrived with powerful followers and called out to them.

• Li Chen told Li Tianqing that Qin Buhui would become nourishment for his ascent and urged him to prepare for the ranking matches.
• Qin Buhui and the other arena victors learned that the ranking matches would begin the next day, with rewards and honors for the highest-ranked contestants.
• Qin Buhui returned to the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect, where Ah Hu was praised for his arena performance and for understanding when to adapt.
• Qin Buhui warned Ah Hu that true danger often came from beyond the arena, from the human heart.
• Fairy Qingyue and Zhuo Wuchen approached the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect with their followers and asked them to wait.

Fairy Qingyue and Zhuo Wuchen offered Qin Buhui protection from Li Chen, but he refused and declared that the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect would face any threat directly. After they departed, Li Chen sent two Six-Ring Immortal Venerables to kill Qin Buhui and take his Immortal Bone.

• Fairy Qingyue, Zhuo Wuchen, Zihua, and a Sword Venerable warned Qin Buhui that Li Chen might target him and invited the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect to stay under their households' protection.
• Qin Buhui thanked them but refused their offer, insisting that neither he nor the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect would flee from Li Chen's schemes.
• Fairy Qingyue and Zhuo Wuchen gave Qin Buhui jade talismans and left with their clansmen.
• Shi Huang and Gu Qingping remarked that Li Chen's trouble was only beginning as the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect departed.
• Li Chen ordered two Six-Ring Immortal Venerables to kill Qin Buhui and bring back his intact corpse, especially his Immortal Bone.

Li Chen sent Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher to assassinate Qin Buhui, and they appeared to succeed before the gathered experts discovered Qin Buhui was alive. The killers escaped with a head and corpse whose identities remained unknown.

• Li Chen gave Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher rare concealment and evasion treasures and ordered them to kill Qin Buhui without leaving evidence.
• Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher infiltrated Drifting Cloud Residence, mistook a sleeping target for Qin Buhui, and removed his head.
• The Four-Ring Immortal Venerable guardian discovered the attack, while Immortal Venerable Zihua, the Azure-Robed Sword Venerable, Fairy Qingyue, and others rushed to the scene.
• The experts recognized the assassins’ treasures but arrived too late to stop Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher from fleeing with the head and corpse.
• Qin Buhui appeared on a nearby rooftop, leaving everyone wondering whose head the assassins had taken.

Qin Buhui survived Li Chen's assassination through an illusion cast by his martial uncle, deepening the elders’ respect for the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect. As Qin Buhui left with allies and Fairy Qingyue asked to join his sect, Li Tianqing was killed, while Li Chen received what he believed was Qin Buhui’s corpse.

• Qin Buhui explained that his martial uncle had used an illusion to fool the assassins, and Immortal Venerable Zihua and the Azure-Robed Sword Venerable pledged to oppose Li Chen.
• Fairy Qingyue asked to join the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect, and Qin Buhui said the Sect Master would have to decide.
• Yuan Heng and the First Elder praised Fairy Qingyue and Zhuo Wuchen, while Su Bai looked toward the sky and remarked on Xuanwei.
• Li Tianqing brooded over Qin Buhui’s talent and fortune before a black shadow appeared and killed him.
• Li Chen’s assassins returned with a head and corpse, claiming Qin Buhui had been killed beyond the possibility of revival.

Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher returned to Li Chen with what they believed was Qin Buhui’s head and corpse, claiming they had killed him. Li Chen discovered too late that the body was his great-grandson, Li Tianqing, and that Qin Buhui had left them a warning.

• Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher presented the head and corpse to Li Chen and boasted that they had killed Qin Buhui.
• Li Chen mocked the supposed Qin Buhui and crushed the head beneath his foot.
• The guardian burst into the hall and told Li Chen that the assassins had killed Young Master Li Tianqing, whom he had been assigned to protect.
• Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher insisted they had killed Qin Buhui, while Li Chen examined the remains and sensed something was wrong.
• An illusory disguise vanished from the remains, revealing Li Tianqing’s face and leaving Li Chen to realize he had killed his own great-grandson.

Li Chen discovered that Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher had killed his great-grandson instead of Qin Buhui, then unleashed his fury and destroyed them. At the ranking tournament, Qin Buhui taunted Li Chen over a missing qualifier, and Li Chen announced that the rules would change to add another participant.

• Li Chen realized the assassins had brought back his great-grandson Tian Qing's corpse, and Shadow Fiend and Soul Butcher understood they had fallen into a trap.
• Li Chen blamed Qin Buhui and the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect, then killed Shadow Fiend, Soul Butcher, and the guardian in a burst of destructive power.
• The next morning, Qin Buhui and the other qualifiers arrived for the ranking tournament as Li Chen appeared cold and furious.
• The presiding elder reported that only ninety-nine qualifiers were present because Ghostface had not arrived.
• Qin Buhui suggested Ghostface had fled out of fear, and Li Chen crushed the armrests before announcing that an additional participant would join the tournament midway.

Li Chen allowed Ling Jiuxiao, the Northern King’s grandson, to join the ranking matches directly, and the arrogant newcomer challenged Qin Buhui. The chapter ended with the crowd realizing that Ling Jiuxiao was the northern region’s leading prodigy and heir to immense power.

• Li Chen invoked the First Immortal King’s special promotion rule to admit a delayed prodigy directly into the ranking matches.
• Ling Jiuxiao arrived in a lavish chariot that overwhelmed the arena with its spectacle and powerful guards.
• Zhuo Wuchen identified Ling Jiuxiao as the Little Northern King, notorious for his lechery and excess.
• Ling Jiuxiao confronted Qin Buhui, demanded he kneel and become his slave, and claimed the assembly’s first place for himself.
• The crowd recognized Ling Jiuxiao as the Northern King’s biological grandson and the northern region’s leading prodigy.

Li Chen used a loophole to let Ling Jiuxiao challenge Qin Buhui, hoping to trap him politically and force a confrontation. When Ling Jiuxiao threatened Qin Buhui’s senior aunts and sisters, Qin Buhui became furious and vowed to defeat him in one move.

• Li Chen ruled that Ling Jiuxiao could enter the tournament as an exceptional genius and challenge anyone among the top hundred.
• Ling Jiuxiao chose Qin Buhui, and Qin Buhui initially offered to defeat him within ten moves or surrender his place.
• Ling Jiuxiao threatened Qin Buhui and demanded that he send the women of the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect to his bed.
• Qin Buhui warned Ling Jiuxiao not to insult his senior aunts and sisters and declared that he would defeat him in one move.

Qin Buhui unleashed his full killing intent after Ling Jiuxiao threatened the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect, then accepted Ling Jiuxiao’s challenge to defeat him in one move. Li Chen persuaded Ling Jiuxiao to rely on his Northern King bloodline and protective treasures, leaving him confident as he displayed his defenses.

• Qin Buhui’s aura cracked the arena and forced Ling Jiuxiao backward, while the onlookers recognized that he was serious.
• Ling Jiuxiao threatened Qin Buhui and the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect until Qin silenced him and prepared to strike.
• Li Chen stopped Qin before the match began and framed Ling Jiuxiao’s challenge as a contest Qin had nothing to gain from winning.
• Qin declared that he would defeat Ling Jiuxiao in one move or prove unworthy of the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect, and Ling Jiuxiao briefly considered retreating.
• Li Chen reminded Ling Jiuxiao of his Northern King bloodline and protective treasures, then urged him to withstand Qin’s attack and break his Dao Heart.
• Ling Jiuxiao accepted the one-move challenge and revealed the many treasures shielding him, boasting of his Immortal King heritage.

Qin Buhui faced Ling Jiuxiao’s overwhelming defenses after Ling challenged him to land a single blow, while Li Chen hoped the confrontation would provoke a deadly feud with the North King's Lineage. Qin Buhui unleashed his sect-forged move, Heaven's Collapse, and drove his hand down as he commanded Ling Jiuxiao to kneel.

• Ling Jiuxiao boasted that Qin Buhui could not ruffle a hair on his body, while Li Chen and the observers recognized the danger of the challenge.
• Qin Buhui condemned Ling Jiuxiao for relying on his bloodline, treasures, and privileged birth, then began pressing him down with terrifying force.
• Ling Jiuxiao awakened his North King Bloodline, cast Ten Thousand Transformations Ice Prison, and activated more than ten supreme-grade protective treasures.
• Qin Buhui declared that his sect and fellow disciples meant more to him than the All Heavens and said Ling had insulted his masters and profaned his fellow disciples.
• Qin Buhui gathered the arena's immortal energy into his palm and unleashed Heaven's Collapse, ordering Ling Jiuxiao to kneel before his Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect.

Qin Buhui defeated Ling Jiuxiao with one Sky-Tilting Palm strike, shattering his bloodline defenses and forcing him to kneel before the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect. Ling Jiuxiao was left wounded, humiliated, and afraid as the spectators witnessed Qin Buhui fulfill his boasts.

• Qin Buhui unleashed Sky-Tilting Palm, covering the arena with a descending hand that pinned Ling Jiuxiao in place.
• Ling Jiuxiao's North King Bloodline phantom shattered, and the strike disabled his protective treasures one after another.
• Ling Jiuxiao used the Northern King's Divine Fist, but Qin Buhui's palm crushed its giant phantom without slowing.
• Ling Jiuxiao struggled against the palm's pressure until his knees struck the stage, leaving him kneeling in the center of a deep handprint.