Recaps

After the Heavenly Dao Sect’s territory spread across roughly half of Southern Ridge, Su Bai completed the upgrade to a Four-Star Sect and unlocked three side quests. He set his sights on winning first place at the Southern Mystic Province Immortal Alliance Assembly to obtain the Second True Self divine ability.

• Su Bai sensed his transformation into the Spirit Transformation Realm and watched the Heavenly Dao Sect’s scattered territories grow together as its reputation spread.
• Three months later, the system upgrade finished, and Su Bai raised the Heavenly Dao Sect to Four-Star with 621,314 members and territory covering about half of Southern Ridge.
• The system activated side quests requiring Su Bai to win the Southern Mystic Province Immortal Alliance Assembly, recruit a sufficiently powerful elder, and obtain four guardian divine beasts.
• Su Bai learned that Southern Mystic Province’s strongest sects far surpassed Southern Ridge’s forces, but resolved to claim first place for the Second True Self divine ability.

Su Bai upgraded the Heavenly Dao Sect to four stars, expanding Heavenly Dao Mountain and gaining a Cultivation Tower and a Super Teleportation Array. After placing the arrays across the Southern Ridge, he decided to charge two copper coins per trip.

• Su Bai upgraded the Heavenly Dao Sect, enlarging its buildings and expanding Heavenly Dao Mountain until its peak rose nearly ten thousand zhang into the clouds.
• Su Bai explored the Cultivation Tower and found that its rising pressure and denser spiritual energy could support disciples of different cultivation realms.
• Su Bai received a Super Teleportation Array with one hundred interconnected sub-arrays that could be used without limits for one High-Grade Spirit Stone per day.
• Su Bai placed the main array at the mountain summit and distributed sub-arrays around the mountain, Cloudwater City, and cities across the Southern Ridge.
• Su Bai considered how to make teleportation affordable for citizens and set the price at two copper coins per trip.

Yun Zhi led the Cloud Heaven Sect elders to the Heavenly Dao Sect to apologize, but they stopped in a city to investigate a teleportation array that could carry hundreds of people to destinations across the Southern Ridge. The elders were stunned to learn that mortals could use it for two copper coins, leaving them feeling that their sect had fallen far behind.

• Yun Zhi warned the Cloud Heaven Sect elders to behave respectfully as they traveled to apologize to the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• The elders spotted a teleportation array in a small city and marveled that it was far more advanced than their sect's array.
• Yun Zhi and the elders concealed their cultivation and joined the queue, where they discovered that most travelers were mortals.
• The elders found dozens of destinations on the machines and selected the Heavenly Dao Sect for fourteen people.
• A man behind them paid the two-copper-per-person fare, gave them the special coins, and sent them to wait for teleportation.
• Onlookers recognized the Cloud Heaven Sect elders and joked that their sect seemed tiny.

The Cloud Heaven Sect elders visited the Heavenly Dao Sect and were overwhelmed by its cheap, efficient teleportation array and immense spiritual Qi. The Cloud Heaven Sect unconditionally submitted, but its elders were rejected when they tried to join the Heavenly Dao Sect because they did not meet its cultivation requirements.

• The Cloud Heaven Sect elders paid a tiny fee to use the Heavenly Dao Sect’s teleportation array and marveled at its size, speed, and stability.
• The elders arrived at the Heavenly Dao Sect and were astonished by its exceptionally dense spiritual Qi, which renewed some of their hopes of reaching the Nascent Soul realm.
• Su Bai greeted the visitors, and the First Elder announced that the Cloud Heaven Sect would unconditionally surrender; Yun Zhi tacitly approved.
• The Cloud Heaven Sect elders argued over who should take the Heavenly Dao Sect’s vacant elder position, but Su Bai told them they fell below the minimum cultivation standard.
• The Cloud Heaven Sect members reluctantly departed, wishing they could remain to cultivate in the Heavenly Dao Sect’s rich spiritual Qi.

Heavenly Dao Sect’s disciples surged into the Golden Core Realm as the sect grew into a million-member power, while Su Bai reached Spirit Transformation Ninth Layer. With the Southern Mystic Province Immortal Alliance Assembly approaching, Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Pact with Liu Yanran arrived.

• Xiao Lingxi and Mu Lingxian broke through to the Golden Core Realm, and Han Feiyu secretly followed them.
• The Immortal Alliance elders discussed Southern Ridge’s destroyed Teleportation Arrays, and Venerable Giant Spirit vowed to target its sects at the assembly.
• Xiao Yan endured a brutal tribulation and entered the Martial Golden Core Realm, determined to defeat Liu Yanran.
• Zhao Tianlong and Ye Qingyao also reached the Golden Core Realm as Heavenly Dao Sect surpassed twenty Golden Core disciples, one hundred thousand Foundation Establishment disciples, and one million disciples overall.
• Su Bai advanced to Spirit Transformation Ninth Layer, while Xiao Yan reached Martial Golden Core Third Layer and turned toward Cloud Heaven Sect as the Three-Year Pact arrived.

Xiao Yan and his fellow disciples prepared to travel to Cloud Heaven Sect for the Three-Year Pact, with Su Bai joining their resolve to face the world together. At Cloud Heaven Sect, Liu Yanran remained in seclusion as the sect awaited the challenge, until Xiao Yan arrived and announced himself.

• Zhuge Feng and Xiao Lingxi offered to accompany Xiao Yan to Cloud Heaven Sect, and the disciples agreed to go together.
• Han Feiyu reflected on Xiao Yan's bold Three-Year Pact, while Xiao Yan admitted he had made it without understanding how difficult it would be.
• Mu Lingxian, Zhao Tianlong, and Xiao Lingxi encouraged their companions to pursue their ambitions and promised to help Ye Qingyao recover her elder sister.
• Su Bai appeared and joined the disciples as they vowed to change the world together.
• Cloud Heaven Sect's Great Elder learned Liu Yanran was still in seclusion after accepting the founding sect master's inheritance, and Yun Zhi said she should emerge soon.
• Xiao Yan drove his weapon into Cloud Heaven Sect's plaza and announced that he had come to answer the Three-Year Pact.

Xiao Yan arrived at Cloud Heaven Sect to challenge Liu Yanran under their three-year pact, while Su Bai and the Heavenly Dao Sect disciples demonstrated their intimidating strength. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan and Liu Yanran facing off as he challenged her to prove her claimed genius.

• Xiao Yan entered Cloud Heaven Sect’s plaza with the Dark Iron Heavy Ruler, and the gathered disciples marveled at his strength and appearance.
• Su Bai arrived and took the seat of honor beside Sect Master Yun Zhi, while Cloud Heaven Sect’s elders recognized the danger posed by the Heavenly Dao Sect disciples.
• Xiao Yan called Liu Yanran out, and she descended onto the plaza with her cold sword after Yun Zhi warned her that she was no match for him.
• Liu Yanran rejected Xiao Yan as trash and declared that her Dao companion should be a peerless genius who could pursue immortality with her.
• Xiao Yan mocked Liu Yanran’s confidence and challenged her to show the strength she had gained during the three years.

Liu Yanran challenged Xiao Yan, confident that her talent and Cloud Heaven Sect inheritance made her superior. Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached the Golden Core Realm, leaving Liu Yanran stunned but still convinced she could win as the duel began.

• Su Bai stopped Yun Zhi from intervening and let Xiao Yan and Liu Yanran settle their dispute themselves.
• Liu Yanran boasted of her High-Grade Spirit Root, her mastery of the Cloud Heaven Sword Canon, and her Third-Level Foundation Establishment cultivation.
• Xiao Yan mocked Liu Yanran’s progress and revealed a powerful aura that surpassed the Golden Core Realm.
• Liu Yanran was driven back and injured by Xiao Yan’s pressure but insisted his strength was an illusion and declared she would defeat him.
• Xiao Yan called Liu Yanran a frog at the bottom of a well, and she challenged him to prove who truly was one.

Xiao Yan defeated Liu Yanran, overcame the humiliation that had haunted him for three years, and broke through to Martial Dao Golden Core Fourth Layer. As he and the Heavenly Dao Sect disciples prepared to leave, former Cloud Heaven Sect master Yun Kong appeared after breaking through to Spirit Transformation Realm and challenged them.

• Xiao Yan broke Liu Yanran’s sword, endured her ultimate sword technique without injury, and defeated her with a single slap.
• Liu Yanran admitted defeat and collapsed as Xiao Yan reflected on his former master’s words, resolved his emotional knot, and broke through to Martial Dao Golden Core Fourth Layer.
• Xiao Yan left the Cloud Heaven Sect with his fellow disciples, while Han Feiyu praised his slap and the sect’s crowd watched in silence.
• Yun Kong emerged from a century of seclusion, revealed his Spirit Transformation Realm breakthrough, and called out to stop Xiao Yan from leaving.

Yun Kong, the thousand-year-old Cloud Heaven Sect legend, finally reached Spirit Transformation after surviving one breakthrough after another. Convinced he could dominate Southern Ridge, he emerged from seclusion and confronted the gathered factions, trapping them inside the sect’s grand array.

• Yun Kong’s extraordinarily slow cultivation and long life carried him from a late Foundation Establishment breakthrough to Golden Core and then Nascent Soul, making him Cloud Heaven Sect’s strongest figure and sect master.
• As his lifespan neared its limit, Yun Kong broke through to Spirit Transformation and gained Spatial Power.
• Yun Kong decided that his new strength made him invincible in Southern Ridge and imagined uniting its factions under Cloud Heaven Sect.
• Yun Kong appeared above the plaza, scorned Lingxiao Sect and Heavenly Dao Sect, and demanded that all factions submit to Cloud Heaven Sect.
• Yun Kong activated Cloud Heaven Sect’s grand array, preventing those present from leaving.

Yun Kong emerged from a hundred years of seclusion and berated Yun Zhi and the Cloud Heaven Sect elders for their perceived failures, sealing them whenever they tried to respond. He then demanded that Xiao Yan apologize and make the Heavenly Dao Sect submit, while the Cloud Heaven Sect’s terrified disciples could only listen to his plans for the Immortal Alliance Assembly.

• Yun Kong interrupted Yun Zhi, denounced her cultivation and leadership, stripped her of her position as sect master, and sealed her movements.
• Yun Kong demanded Xiao Yan kneel, apologize, call himself trash, and have the Heavenly Dao Sect submit to the Cloud Heaven Sect.
• Yun Kong insulted the grand elder for failing to advance, then sealed his movements and speech when he tried to interject.
• Yun Kong silenced the second elder and restrained the other elders before scolding them for letting the sect be bullied.
• Yun Kong ordered the disciples to stand proudly and smile, declaring that he would lead them into the top two hundred and fifty at the upcoming Immortal Alliance Assembly.

Yun Kong arrived at the Heavenly Dao Sect boasting of his Spirit Transformation strength and demanding its submission, but learned that Su Bai had already unified Southern Ridge. After Su Bai demonstrated overwhelming power, Yun Kong bowed and knelt, then forced Liu Yanran to take the blame for his earlier demands.

• Yun Kong tried to recruit Su Bai’s disciples and destroyed a mountain peak to display his Spirit Transformation power.
• Yun Kong discovered Su Bai was the Heavenly Dao Sect’s sect master and learned from Yun Zhi and the elders that the sect had unified Southern Ridge and defeated the Six Nations.
• Su Bai restored the destroyed mountain, prompting Yun Kong to call him Senior Su and kneel.
• Su Bai questioned Yun Kong about demanding that the disciples kneel and call themselves trash, and Yun Kong claimed his own disciples should do so instead.
• Yun Kong slapped Liu Yanran to her knees and ordered her to shout that she was trash.

Yun Kong tried to save his life by offering to guide Su Bai at the upcoming Immortal Alliance Assembly. After explaining the assembly’s three rounds and his own past victory in a Pinnacle Battle, Yun Kong won a chance to prove his usefulness to Su Bai.

• Yun Kong begged Su Bai to spare him and offered to serve him, while Yun Zhi and the Cloud Heaven Sect members watched in disbelief.
• Yun Kong urged Su Bai to attend the approaching Immortal Alliance Assembly and offered his experience from seven previous appearances.
• Yun Kong explained the Disciple Battle, Core Battle, and Pinnacle Battle, recounting how he had defeated the emperor of Great Jin in a past showdown.
• Yun Kong admitted that Cloud Heaven Sect had been the only sect to request a Pinnacle Battle and boasted that he had carried the sect to victory.
• Su Bai agreed to judge Yun Kong’s performance at the assembly and consider forgiving him, and Yun Kong pledged to follow Su Bai.

As the Immortal Alliance Assembly approached, Heavenly Dao Sect’s disciples grew stronger, and Su Bai advanced from Spirit Transformation to the Void Refining Realm. He tested his new ability to enter and survive the Void Realm before tearing open space and returning.

• Su Bai reviewed Heavenly Dao Sect’s disciple statistics, including Zhuge Feng’s breakthrough to Nascent Soul and the sect’s forty Golden Core disciples.
• Su Bai reached the Void Refining Realm after a month of preparation for the Immortal Alliance Assembly.
• Su Bai shattered space with a touch and opened a rift into the Void Realm.
• Su Bai entered the Void Realm and withstood its turbulent power, which could destroy Nascent Soul and Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Su Bai closed the rift behind him, walked through the dark Void Realm, and tore open space to emerge again.

Su Bai assembled the Heavenly Dao Sect’s fighters for the Southern Mystic Province Immortal Alliance Assembly, revealing that the sect had far more power than Yun Kong expected. With two newly transformed divine beasts joining the lineup, the sect prepared to compete with three Spirit Transformation cultivators, several Nascent Soul experts, and Su Bai himself.

• Su Bai invited the Great Zhao Emperor to bring his people to the Heavenly Dao Sect for the Immortal Alliance Assembly.
• The next morning, Yun Kong and the others gathered with the sect’s Golden Core disciples, and Su Bai revealed that the silent figure among them was Di Buyu, whom he had refined into a Nascent Soul Peak puppet.
• Yun Kong assumed he was the sect’s second-strongest fighter until two powerful auras erupted from the rear mountain.
• The Fire Qilin and White Tiger arrived in human forms, revealing that both had entered the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect prepared to enter the assembly with three Spirit Transformation cultivators, three Nascent Soul experts, more than forty Golden Core disciples, and Su Bai.

Su Bai led the Heavenly Dao Sect to Immortal Ruins City for the Southern Mystic Province Immortal Alliance Assembly. When Yun Kong announced their arrival, a Southern Heaven Gate elder branded them traitors and attacked, sparking a Spirit Transformation Realm battle before the assembly began.

• Su Bai opened a protected rift through the Void Realm and led the group toward Southern Mystic Province, while Yun Kong and the Fire Qilin eagerly anticipated the fighting.
• The group arrived at the Ancient Battlefield, where forces from across Southern Mystic Province had gathered for the Immortal Alliance Assembly.
• Yun Kong explained that small sects entered the assembly to give talented disciples a chance to attract powerful mentors.
• At registration, Yun Kong introduced the Heavenly Dao Sect as a Southern Ridge force and demanded a VIP area based on Cloud Heaven Sect's former top-sixteen finish.
• The registration disciple summoned help after hearing that the group came from Southern Ridge, and a Southern Heaven Gate elder arrived and attacked Yun Kong as a traitor.
• Yun Kong fought back against the Spirit Transformation Realm elder, and their clash sent shockwaves through the crowd and drew the attention of Immortal Ruins City's experts.

Su Bai intervened in Yun Kong’s battle with Elder He, revealing that the Heavenly Dao Sect had a Void Refinement Venerable at its helm. The onlookers realized the supposed Pinnacle Battle had been a one-sided display of overwhelming power.

• Yun Kong fought Elder He of the Southern Heaven Gate, while spectators discussed their Spirit Transformation strength and the rules of Immortal Ruins City.
• The Fire Qilin offered to fight Elder He, but Su Bai stepped in and said the Heavenly Dao Sect needed to show its strength.
• Su Bai immobilized Elder He with spatial pressure, allowing Yun Kong to land a blow that nearly broke Elder He’s right arm.
• Su Bai tore open a fissure in space, revealing power associated with the Void Refinement Realm and silencing the crowd.

Su Bai was revealed as the one who had killed Southern Heaven Gate elder He, and Venerable Sky Kun arrived to confront him. The crowd watched in awe as Sky Kun demanded to know whether Su Bai had killed the elder.

• Yun Kong kicked Elder He into a spatial rift, where the chaotic currents of the Void Realm killed him.
• The Emperor of Great Zhao was mistaken for the Venerable who had intervened, while he privately felt awkward about the assumption.
• Venerable Sky Kun emerged from the Void Realm and unleashed his overwhelming pressure across Immortal Ruins City.
• Sky Kun briefly inspected the Emperor of Great Zhao, then fixed his gaze on Su Bai and asked whether he had killed the Southern Heaven Gate elder.

Su Bai confronted Venerable Sky Kun after killing a Southern Heaven Gate elder and was sentenced to death, then entered the Void Realm to fight him. He returned moments later with Sky Kun dead, leaving Immortal Ruins City to reckon with a new power capable of suppressing Southern Mystic Province.

• Su Bai explained that he had killed the Southern Heaven Gate elder because the man attacked his sect first.
• Venerable Sky Kun accused Su Bai of three crimes and sentenced him to death to defend Southern Heaven Gate’s prestige.
• Su Bai challenged Sky Kun, joked about stewing the Kun Fish, and entered the Void Realm with him to fight.
• After only a few breaths, Sky Kun’s enormous corpse fell from the Void Realm, and the crowd realized Su Bai had killed him almost instantly.
• Su Bai emerged unharmed and asked whether the big pot was ready.

After Su Bai killed Venerable Sky Kun, Yun Kong registered the Heavenly Dao Sect and demanded a Supreme Room, which Venerable Xuan Ba granted them. Su Bai suspected the assembly would bring trouble and prepared to strengthen the sect with Sky Kun’s flesh and blood.

• Yun Kong confronted the Immortal Alliance registration disciple, who had insulted and attacked the Heavenly Dao Sect, and killed him after he begged for mercy.
• Yun Kong registered the Heavenly Dao Sect and received token number 1527, then demanded access to a Supreme Room instead of a VIP room.
• Venerable Xuan Ba arrived and transferred the Supreme Room privilege formerly held by the Sacred Tiger Sect to the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Su Bai warned the sect that the assembly would not go smoothly and told them to divide Venerable Sky Kun’s meat so they could improve their cultivation with pills.

Southern Heaven Gate and several Venerables plotted to use the Immortal Alliance Assembly to keep Su Bai and the Heavenly Dao Sect out of the top ten. After feasting on Kun Fish meat in their Supreme Venerable Rest Room, the sect grew stronger, and the assembly began.

• Venerable Xuan Ba and the other Venerables agreed to provoke the Sacred Tiger Sect into fighting Su Bai, then gang up on the Heavenly Dao Sect if necessary.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect disciples feasted on Kun Fish meat while Su Bai set up formations so they could eat and cultivate.
• Three days later, most of the Heavenly Dao Sect had advanced in cultivation, including Su Bai, Yun Zhi, the Great Zhao Emperor, the Fire Qilin, and the White Tiger.
• Yun Kong complained that he alone had gained no cultivation from the meat, and the Fire Qilin accidentally hurt him with a heavy pat.
• A voice announced that the auspicious hour had arrived and the Immortal Alliance Assembly had begun.

The Immortal Alliance Assembly began with the Heavenly Dao Sect drawing the Sacred Tiger Sect as its first-round opponent, setting up an unprecedented elimination match between two Venerable forces. Yun Kong immediately suspected the draw was rigged, leaving the assembly poised for a clash that could eliminate one of the contenders for the top five.

• The Heavenly Dao Sect arrived at the assembly and took its reserved pavilion, where the disciples noticed the hostile Sacred Tiger Sect nearby.
• Five Venerables appeared to preside over the assembly, and Su Bai shielded the Heavenly Dao Sect pavilion from their scrutiny.
• Venerable Xuan Ba opened the assembly and announced that the first elimination round would pair forces through a drawing system.
• A Spirit Transformation elder drew the Sacred Tiger Sect and the Heavenly Dao Sect as the first match.
• Yun Kong loudly accused the draw of having an inside story after learning the two Venerable forces would face elimination.

At the Immortal Alliance Assembly, Su Bai accepted a suspicious draw that matched the Heavenly Dao Sect against the Sacred Tiger Sect, then used the sect’s perceived weakness to set up a wager. The betting odds on the Heavenly Dao Sect rose to one to ten, but no one dared bet on them.

• Yun Kong accused the draw officials of rigging the first-round match, but Venerable Xuan Ba offered to redraw the lots.
• Su Bai stopped Yun Kong and declared that the Heavenly Dao Sect would accept the result rather than ask for a redraw.
• Su Bai asked Xiao Yan about his chances against the Sacred Tiger Sect, and Xiao Yan confidently claimed they would win.
• A Heaven-Dominating Sect elder opened bets on the Disciple Battle, and nearly everyone wagered on the Sacred Tiger Sect.
• A Sacred Tiger Sect elder bet ten million Spirit Stones on his own sect, while the odds for the Heavenly Dao Sect climbed to one to ten without attracting any bets.

Su Bai placed the Heavenly Dao Sect’s vast accumulated Spirit Stones on his sect to win at one-to-ten odds, forcing Venerable Xuan Ba to accept the wager. The signed contract guaranteed payment within three days, and both men left believing the other had taken the bait.

• Su Bai bet the Heavenly Dao Sect’s Spirit Stone reserves on its victory at one-to-ten odds.
• The Heaven-Dominating Sect elder discovered that the Storage Ring held one hundred thousand High-Grade, ten million Medium-Grade, and over one billion Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Venerable Xuan Ba inspected the enormous bet and decided the Heaven-Dominating Sect would accept it, believing the Sacred Tiger Sect would win.
• Su Bai required Venerable Xuan Ba to sign a contract specifying the wager and payment within three days.
• After signing the contract, Su Bai and Venerable Xuan Ba departed with each thinking the other had taken the bait.

At the Immortal Alliance Assembly, Zhang Goudan stepped forward to fight Sacred Tiger Sect’s Liu Feihu after Su Bai placed his bet. Zhang Goudan shattered Liu Feihu’s finger blades and killed him with one strike of his rake, securing the Heavenly Dao Sect’s first victory.

• Liu Feihu challenged the Heavenly Dao Sect, boasting of his strength as a Golden Core Third Layer true disciple.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Lingxi declined to fight, and Zhang Goudan volunteered to face Liu Feihu.
• Zhang Goudan entered the arena with a rake, drawing laughter from Liu Feihu and the spectators.
• When Liu Feihu attacked, Zhang Goudan met his claws with a rake strike that broke his finger blades and smashed into his chest.
• Liu Feihu was sent flying and died from Zhang Goudan’s single blow.