Recaps

A staff-wielding young man effortlessly repelled the Black Prison Saint Son’s attack with one strike, then faced the Saint Son’s Half-Step Epoch King Dao Protector. As the Dao Protector threatened to kill him, the young man’s junior brother stepped forward to take the fight.

• The Black Prison Saint Son attacked the group with a giant palm of Prison Qi, but the staff-wielding young man shattered it with one casual swing and sent him crashing into a crater.
• The onlookers were stunned by the staff-wielding young man’s strength, though the Heavenly Dao Ranking did not change.
• The injured Black Prison Saint Son demanded that his Dao Protector kill the staff-wielding young man.
• The Half-Step Epoch King Dao Protector appeared before the group and threatened the staff-wielding young man, who calmly raised his staff to meet him.
• The young man with a blade of grass in his mouth stepped forward and asked his Senior Brother to leave the old opponent to him.

Xiao Yan confronted the Black Prison Saint Son’s protector after the old man challenged the Heavenly Dao Sect. Xiao Yan repelled the Half-Step Epoch King with one swing of his Mystic Iron Ruler, leaving the old man shaken but still insisting he had merely been careless.

• Xiao Yan stepped forward and mocked the Black Prison Saint Son’s protector for threatening his group.
• The protector unleashed his Half-Step Epoch King aura and struck Xiao Yan with a giant palm of Epochal Power.
• Xiao Yan casually swung his Mystic Iron Ruler and clashed with the giant palm, unleashing a blast that collapsed nearby Divine Mountains.
• When the smoke cleared, Xiao Yan stood unmoved while the protector had been forced back three steps.
• The watching cultivators reacted with disbelief, and the protector claimed he had been careless and that Xiao Yan had only gained a slight advantage.

Mystic Ice Fairy intervened when a Black Prison Immortal Sect elder threatened Xiao Yan, forcing the elder to retreat with the Black Prison Saint Son. Before leaving, she warned Xiao Yan and his companions not to join the Celestial Court.

• The Black Prison elder prepared to unleash his full power against Xiao Yan after Xiao Yan drove him back.
• Mystic Ice Fairy arrived and condemned the elder for breaking the Heavenly Dao Stele Sacred Land’s rules and bullying someone younger.
• Mystic Ice Fairy threatened to make the Black Prison Immortal Sect her enemy, and the elder withdrew with the injured Black Prison Saint Son.
• Xiao Yan told Mystic Ice Fairy that he could have handled the elder, but she warned that defeating him publicly could bring danger.
• Mystic Ice Fairy departed after privately telling Zhuge Feng, Xiao Yan, and the others not to join the Celestial Court.

Zhuge Feng led the Heavenly Dao Sect disciples to the Heavenly Dao Ranking, where they discovered their own names occupied the top thirteen places, ahead of the legendary Di Cang. They reflected on Di Cang’s reputation, while their calm response to the ranking left the watching cultivators puzzled.

• Zhuge Feng led the group onward after Xiao Yan and Wu Wushuang discussed the Mystic Ice Fairy and laughed about having no need to join the Celestial Court.
• The disciples reached the Heavenly Dao Stele and studied its ranking as nearby cultivators watched their reactions.
• The group’s gazes passed the lower and middle ranks before stopping at the thirteen names at the top.
• The disciples recognized Wu Wushuang in first place, Zhuge Feng in second, and their own names filling the top thirteen, with Jiuyue in thirteenth.
• Xiao Yan and Su Ling'er joked about their growing reputations, then the group considered the stories surrounding Di Cang, ranked fourteenth.

After the Heavenly Dao Sect left the Heavenly Dao Ranking, Xiao Yan and the others continued into a desolate region with Black Prison Saint Son’s guardian following them. Xiao Yan confronted the Half-Step Epoch King and challenged him to make him kneel within three hundred moves.

• Yun Xuan, Shi Huang, Qin Buhui, and the other younger disciples resolved to work toward appearing on the Heavenly Dao Ranking.
• Xiao Yan and the group left the ranking and headed deeper into a desolate region, knowing that Black Prison Saint Son’s guardian was following them.
• Zhuge Feng told Xiao Yan that the guardian could serve as a sparring partner, and Xiao Yan declared he would make him kneel within three hundred moves.
• The Half-Step Epoch King appeared before the group with the crippled Black Prison Saint Son behind him.
• Xiao Yan taunted the guardian, claimed his earlier ruler strike had used only thirty percent of his strength, and repeated his three-hundred-move challenge as the guardian’s Epoch Imprint began to flicker.

Xiao Yan fought a Half-Step Epoch King who unleashed his hidden strength, but Xiao Yan overpowered him with the Mystic Iron Ruler. The old man refused to surrender and used an Epoch Secret Art to launch a devastating palm strike.

• The old man revealed that he had held back at the Heavenly Dao Ranking and attacked Xiao Yan with two enormous Prison Qi hands.
• Xiao Yan split the hands with the Mystic Iron Ruler and knocked the old man back when he blocked a claw strike.
• Xiao Yan struck the old man again, blasting him away and cracking his arms despite the old man's Half-Step Epoch King cultivation.
• Xiao Yan demanded that the old man kneel and kowtow, but the old man chose to fight to the death.
• The old man sacrificed blood essence to activate Epoch Secret Art: Myriad Prisons Return as One and unleashed the Great Prison Heaven-Subduing Palm.

Xiao Yan used more than ten thousand flames to shatter the old man's near-Epoch King attack and defeat him completely. The old man demanded to know who Xiao Yan was, and Xiao Yan pointed him toward the Heavenly Dao Ranking before naming Wu Wushuang.

• The old man spent 50.6 billion years of cultivation and his essence blood on a devastating palm strike aimed at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan summoned more than ten thousand flames and fused them into his Mystic Iron Ruler.
• Xiao Yan struck with Heaven-Burning: World-Annihilating Ruler, breaking the old man's attack and blasting him away.
• The old man lay gravely injured and asked how Xiao Yan could be stronger than Di Cang had been as a Peerless Immortal King.
• Xiao Yan told the old man to look at the Heavenly Dao Ranking and said, "Wu Wushuang."

Xiao Yan defeated the Black Prison Saint Son’s Dao Protector, who mistook him for Wu Wushuang and then Jiuyue. After silencing the old man, Xiao Yan caught the fleeing Saint Son and dared his ancestor to come face him, just as a powerful aura approached.

• The defeated old man mistook Xiao Yan for Wu Wushuang, and the Heavenly Dao Sect’s group laughed when Xiao Yan denied it.
• The old man guessed Xiao Yan was Jiuyue, but Xiao Yan silenced him and warned him to stop guessing.
• The Black Prison Saint Son fled, but Xiao Yan caught up with him and mocked his threats about the Black Prison Immortal Sect and Ancestor Epoch.
• Xiao Yan lifted the Black Prison Saint Son and challenged him to call his ancestor, as a powerful aura approached.

Ancestor Black Abyss arrived to rescue the Black Prison Saint Son and ordered Xiao Yan to release him. Xiao Yan killed the Saint Son anyway, leaving the furious Epoch King poised to retaliate.

• Ancestor Black Abyss descended and revealed himself as an Epoch King of the Black Prison Immortal Sect.
• The Black Prison Saint Son pleaded with Ancestor Black Abyss to kill Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Dao Sect disciples.
• Xiao Yan mocked Ancestor Black Abyss, who ordered him to release the Saint Son.
• Xiao Yan crushed the Black Prison Saint Son's body and divine soul, killing him beyond Reincarnation.
• Ancestor Black Abyss erupted in rage and condemned Xiao Yan for defying his order.

Ancestor Black Abyss attacked Xiao Yan, but a mysterious palm emerged from the void and flicked the Epoch King away with one finger. The watching cultivators were left debating what supreme realm the unseen figure belonged to.

• Ancestor Black Abyss threatened Xiao Yan and fired a beam of Epochal Power at him.
• A mysterious palm emerged from the shattered void and stopped the beam before it reached Xiao Yan.
• The palm crushed Ancestor Black Abyss's Epoch True Body and forced him to his knees.
• The unseen figure flicked Ancestor Black Abyss away, sending him flying across dozens of star rivers.
• The watching cultivators were stunned and speculated that the figure was a Heaven Realm lord or a Celestial Court Divine General.

After Su Bai intervened to stop Ancestor Black Abyss from using his status as an Epoch King to oppress the young, the witnesses speculated that the Grass-Biting Youth might be Wu Wushuang. The disciples departed with the defeated Black Prison Saint Son’s protector, leaving the surrounding experts wondering who they were.

• Witnesses feared that Ancestor Black Abyss had died after a mysterious Supreme Existence crushed his Epoch True Body and flicked him away across Wujin Void.
• The crowd recalled the warning against Epoch-level figures bullying the young and concluded that the Supreme Existence was likely the Grass-Biting Youth’s master.
• Cultivators examined the Heavenly Dao Ranking and wondered whether the Grass-Biting Youth was Wu Wushuang, ranked first.
• In the Human Realm, Su Bai withdrew his gaze and reflected that his disciples’ strength had grown during their time beneath the Eternal Immortal Tree.
• Xiao Yan and the other disciples cheered at their master’s intervention, while Zhuge Feng ordered them to take the Black Prison Saint Son’s protector to Ant Immortal Venerable for suppression.
• Xiao Yan told the defeated old man that he had used only seventy percent of his strength, then the group departed and distant experts cautiously approached the ruined battlefield.

Mystic Ice Fairy investigated the shattered battlefield and recognized that the Heavenly Dao Sect disciples had defeated a Half-Step Epoch King, strengthening her anticipation for the coming Emperor Path struggle. The disciples brought the defeated protector to the Human Realm, where Ant Immortal Venerable suppressed him in a latrine pit.

• Mystic Ice Fairy examined the battlefield, identified the auras of the Heavenly Dao Sect disciples, and judged their young leader to be more talented than Di Cang.
• Mystic Ice Fairy concluded that the Emperor Path struggle would be more spectacular than expected and vanished into the void.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect disciples escorted the Black Prison Saint Son's protector to the Human Realm, while the old man rehearsed pleas to win Ant Immortal Venerable's favor.
• The old man saw that Ant Immortal Venerable was literally a giant ant, and his prepared speeches vanished.
• Ant Immortal Venerable opened a crack into a latrine pit and sent the Half-Step Epoch King inside, suppressing him there.

A masked prodigy who called no name climbed the Heavenly Dao Ranking with a streak of one-strike victories, leading everyone to believe he was Wu Wushuang. The real Wu Wushuang and the Heavenly Dao Sect set out to find the impersonator, while Su Bai recognized that the stranger had mastered a rare and difficult Dao.

• Fifty years passed as the Heavenly Dao Sect's disciples cultivated beneath the Eternal Immortal Tree and advanced toward the Immortal King Realm.
• A masked expert rose from the hundredth rank to the top thirty of the Heavenly Dao Ranking, defeating every opponent with one strike and prompting rumors that he was Wu Wushuang.
• Su Ling'er told the Heavenly Dao Sect about the mysterious expert, and the disciples realized that the real Wu Wushuang was still with them.
• Wu Wushuang and the Heavenly Dao Sect decided to travel to the Firmament Heaven Realm and confront the counterfeit before the Heaven's Pride Tournament.
• Su Bai studied information about the masked prodigy and recognized that he had mastered a profound, obscure Dao that would be essential to forging the myriad Daos.

The Heaven's Pride Tournament drew powerful experts and ranked geniuses from across the Eternal Immortal Realm to the Heaven's Pride Battlefield. As Li Wujin arrived for his anticipated match against the mysterious Wu Wushuang, the Heavenly Dao Sect's inconspicuous group watched from a secluded mountain, concealing the real Wu Wushuang among them.

• Su Ling'er and Xiao Lingxi were astonished by the enormous gathering at the tournament, and Zhuge Feng led the group to a secluded immortal mountain to observe Wu Wushuang's plans.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect's disciples went unnoticed, though their group secretly included thirteen top-ranked Heavenly Dao figures and the true number one, Wu Wushuang.
• Ji Tianji of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion arrived with Ancestor Tianyan, followed by Yu Qingwan of the Supreme Immortal Sect and Golden Emperor of the Primordial Gold Clan.
• Li Wujin arrived amid a crimson aura, and cultivators identified him as the Blood Moon Immortal Sect's genius and the opponent scheduled to face Wu Wushuang.

Li Wujin challenged the masked figure known as “Wu Wushuang,” seeking to prove he could rise to the top of the Heavenly Dao Ranking. The duel began with Li Wujin unleashing his full power, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Li Wujin declared that after eighty billion years of sealing and cultivation, he would fight his way to the top of the Heavenly Dao Ranking.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect disciples assessed Li Wujin’s strength and wondered whether the masked figure was impersonating Senior Brother Wushuang.
• Li Wujin identified the white-clad masked man as “Wu Wushuang” and challenged him to a duel.
• “Wu Wushuang” accepted, and the two prodigies faced each other across the battlefield.
• Li Wujin summoned a blood moon and attacked with his nine-sword Blood Moon World-Extinguishing Sword technique.

Wu Wushuang overwhelmed Li Wujin’s Blood Moon World-Extinguishing Sword with an embryonic Epoch Heavenly Dao sword intent. Li Wujin accepted that Wu Wushuang deserved his reputation for suppressing Di Cang.

• Li Wujin sent his nine Blood Moon Swords at Wu Wushuang, who caught one and suppressed the other eight with his domain.
• Li Wujin combined his swords with his blood moon and unleashed the Ninth Form, Blood Moon Descends, forcing the surrounding cultivators to retreat.
• Wu Wushuang raised his hand and revealed sword intent that an old Sword Dao expert identified as the embryonic form of an Epoch Heavenly Dao.
• Wu Wushuang’s sword intent destroyed Li Wujin’s blood moon and cracked all nine swords.
• Li Wujin reflected on his failed return to the summit and acknowledged Wu Wushuang’s strength and reputation for suppressing Di Cang.

The white-clad figure called Wu Wushuang effortlessly shattered Li Wujin’s ultimate attack, prompting Li Wujin to concede and the crowd to hail him as invincible. As Wu Wushuang wondered who the impostor was, Han Feiyu noticed that the figure grew stronger amid the cheers and suspected his Dao had a connection to that growth.

• Li Wujin conceded after the white-clad figure broke his strongest attack with a strand of sword intent, and the crowd erupted in cheers for Wu Wushuang.
• Zi Wuji, Fa Wutian, Ji Tianji, Yu Qingwan, and the Golden Emperor acknowledged the figure’s overwhelming strength, with the Golden Emperor walking away rather than contesting first place.
• The Mystic Ice Fairy suspected the white-clad figure might be the tribulation-walker with hope of reaching the Emperor Path.
• Xiao Lingxi judged that the figure had used only a casual strike, while Xiao Yan grew eager to fight him and Zhuge Feng remained wary of his strange aura.
• Wu Wushuang silently wondered why the figure was impersonating him and what his purpose was.
• Han Feiyu said the figure grew stronger as the crowd cheered and predicted that he would challenge prodigies ranked above Li Wujin, adding that he had a guess about the figure’s Dao.

After defeating Li Wujin, Wu Wushuang challenged the higher-ranked prodigies Yu Qingwan and Ji Tianji. Both conceded, and Ji Tianji declared Wu Wushuang invincible until Di Cang appeared.

• Li Wujin accepted his defeat by Wu Wushuang and vowed to grow stronger before leaving.
• Wu Wushuang challenged Yu Qingwan, who conceded because she did not believe she could defeat him and promised to fight him in the Epoch Realm.
• Wu Wushuang challenged Ji Tianji, who used his divination to conclude that Wu Wushuang could not be opposed by force.
• Ji Tianji conceded and declared that none could defeat Wu Wushuang before Di Cang appeared.

The Grass-Biting Youth, Xiao Yan, challenged the acclaimed “Wu Wushuang” after his aura surged with every step. He questioned the masked fighter’s identity and ended by demanding a fight.

• Ji Tianji declared that no one could defeat “Wu Wushuang” unless Di Cang emerged, and Han Feiyu noticed the youth’s aura growing stronger.
• As the crowd hailed “Wu Wushuang” as invincible, Xiao Yan appeared beside a boulder and drew everyone’s attention.
• Xiao Yan walked toward “Wu Wushuang,” his aura growing until the crowd fell silent and the masked fighter sensed a genuine threat.
• Xiao Yan said the Wu Wushuang he knew looked different, then gripped his Mystic Iron Ruler and challenged him to fight.

Xiao Yan and "Wu Wushuang" began a serious duel, matching Xiao Yan’s Ultimate Fire of Ten Thousand Flames Return to One against Wu Wushuang’s Sword Intent. Their attacks remained evenly matched, and the chapter ended with both fighting at full power.

• Xiao Yan released his overwhelming aura, shocking the surrounding cultivators and making "Wu Wushuang" recognize him as a genuine threat.
• "Wu Wushuang" raised his aura and challenged Xiao Yan, then launched a serious Sword Intent strike.
• Xiao Yan countered with the Ultimate Fire of Ten Thousand Flames Return to One, and the fire and Sword Qi collided in a stalemate.
• Xiao Yan and "Wu Wushuang" acknowledged each other’s strength, increased their power, and began trading increasingly fierce attacks.

Xiao Yan and "Wu Wushuang" escalated their battle, revealing power that surpassed ordinary Peerless Immortal Kings and shook an Epoch King's barrier. As the elder judged them among the strongest on the Heavenly Dao Ranking, he noted that only the present-day Di Cang and perhaps the awakened bloodline of someone from the Celestial Court could surpass them.

• Xiao Yan and "Wu Wushuang" traded blows so fiercely that their shockwaves shattered barriers raised by several Half-Step Epoch Kings.
• Li Wujin returned to watch the battle, and Zi Wuji told him that only monsters like Di Cang could match the two combatants.
• Xiao Yan drew the Mystic Iron Ruler and summoned countless supreme flames, while "Wu Wushuang" unsheathed his heavy sword and unleashed mountain-like Sword Intent.
• Xiao Yan's fire dragon collided with "Wu Wushuang's" condensed Sword Qi, breaking the Half-Step Epoch Kings' barriers and injuring cultivators with the shockwaves.
• The white-haired elder beside Ji Tianji explained that both fighters had comprehended the Epoch Dao, then raised an Epoch Barrier around the battlefield.
• The elder judged Xiao Yan and "Wu Wushuang" to be among the top thirteen on the Heavenly Dao Ranking and mentioned the present-day Di Cang and an awakened Celestial Court bloodline as possible rivals.

Xiao Yan and "Wu Wushuang" fought to a standstill before Xiao Yan drew on his invincible body and forced his opponent back. Both then unleashed greater power, leaving the onlookers stunned as the clash continued.

• Xiao Yan and "Wu Wushuang" exchanged powerful blows inside the Epoch Barrier while Fa Wutian, Zi Wuji, and Ji Tianji watched in amazement.
• The news spread, and more cultivators arrived at the Heaven's Pride Battlefield, including the Little War King and Violet.
• Xiao Yan strengthened his strike with the power of his invincible body and drove "Wu Wushuang" back a hundred steps.
• "Wu Wushuang" invoked Myriad Swords Returning to One as Xiao Yan brought forth an embryonic Fire Epoch true body.
• The old Epoch King recognized Xiao Yan's extraordinary Fire Dao understanding as both combatants gathered power for the next exchange.

As Xiao Yan and "Wu Wushuang" fought, their strength drew powerful experts and heaven's prides, while Ji Tianji failed to divine their fates. Little War King charged into the barrier to challenge them, but Xiao Yan knocked him flying with one palm.

• Experts including Yan Tianlie, Fairy Yuechan, and Holy Son Aotian arrived to watch the battle, while Han Feiyu observed "Wu Wushuang's" growing strength.
• Blood Moon Immortal Sect disciples praised "Wu Wushuang" and invited him to join as their First Holy Son despite his defeat of Li Wujin.
• Xiao Yan and "Wu Wushuang" resumed their fight, and their clash cracked the Epoch King's barrier.
• Ji Tianji tried to divine the battle's outcome, but the attempt made him vomit blood, and he declared that neither fighter existed within the past, future, or Heavenly Dao's Fate.
• Little War King charged into the barrier to fight Xiao Yan and "Wu Wushuang," but Xiao Yan struck him with a palm and sent him flying.

Xiao Yan casually sent the Little War King flying while fighting Wu Wushuang, shocking the cultivators watching from the star region. They speculated that Xiao Yan was Jiuyue, ranked thirteenth on the Heavenly Dao Ranking.

• Xiao Yan struck the Little War King with a casual palm, cracking his golden armor and sending him flying.
• The Little War King realized the gulf between himself and Xiao Yan and Wu Wushuang, while the spectators watched in disbelief.
• An Epoch King explained that Xiao Yan and Wu Wushuang were fighting at their peak, making them far stronger than usual.
• Cultivators debated Xiao Yan's identity, first suggesting Zhuge Feng and then favoring Jiuyue.
• The crowd settled on Jiuyue as Xiao Yan's identity, believing he was the Heavenly Dao Ranking's thirteenth-ranked prodigy.

Xiao Yan and "Wu Wushuang" resumed their fight, threatening to break the Epoch Barrier, while Di Cang learned of their strength and prepared to attend the Heaven's Pride Battlefield. The Eighth Divine General announced that the Eternal Immortal Realm's Heaven's Pride Tournament would begin, leaving Di Cang eager to face the two prodigies and confident that he was invincible among Immortal Kings.

• Xiao Yan and "Wu Wushuang" resumed their battle, and their clashes spread cracks across the Epoch Barrier as the Epoch King struggled to stabilize it.
• Di Cang learned that "Wu Wushuang" had defeated Li Wujin and that the Grass-Biting Youth had sent the Little War King flying with one strike.
• Di Cang dismissed the young woman's doubts about his confidence, summoned his Epoch Artifact Heaven's Sin, and set out to see the prodigies.
• A Golden-Armored Immortal King reported the battlefield events to the Eighth Divine General, who declared that the Eternal Immortal Realm's Heaven's Pride Tournament would begin.
• Di Cang looked forward to meeting "Wu Wushuang" and the Grass-Biting Youth, proclaiming himself invincible within the Immortal King Realm.