Chapter Summaries

The second round of the Sect Grand Competition began as more than 9,800 disciples were assigned to one hundred Martial Platforms for free-for-all battles. Ying Ming Hao was surrounded by opponents who coordinated their attacks, and the chapter left him facing a barrage of techniques.

• Elder Li announced that each platform would hold a free-for-all, with its last remaining disciple provisionally earning a place among the top hundred and defeated competitors allowed three challenges.
• Steward Zhao and the other stewards assigned the competitors to the platforms, including Ying Ming Hao, Jiang Zhiqing, Yang Fanyuan, and Ye Qingxuan.
• After Elder Li declared the second round underway, competitors formed alliances and targeted the strongest disciples on their platforms.
• Ying Ming Hao unleashed Ice River World, froze the battlefield, and used swift saber attacks to cut down several opponents.
• Disciples from multiple halls and peaks surrounded Ying Ming Hao and launched coordinated attacks with a spear, a pill cauldron, meteors, divination, talismans, and other techniques.

Ying Ming Hao fought off the disciples surrounding him, using the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to confuse them and eliminate their ranged attackers. With more than sixty opponents still standing, they charged him again, and the battle on the Martial Platform continued.

• Ying Ming Hao dodged the attackers’ spells and melee strikes, then wounded a disciple who tried to ambush him from behind.
• Ying Ming Hao used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, scattering identical clones to distract the fighters.
• Ying Ming Hao used the confusion to knock out the Magic Hall disciples and then attacked the Hall of the Medicine Immortal disciples.
• Ying Ming Hao evaded the charging disciples with his Earth-Escape Technique and cut down the Talisman Hall disciples.
• Ying Ming Hao taunted the remaining disciples into surrendering, but they refused and charged him again.

Battles raged across the dueling platforms as Yang Fanyuan, Lu Shen, Liu Jingyuan, and Ye Qingxuan led fierce fights, while Jiang Zhiqing, Zhang Yu, and Yun Qingyi struggled under pressure. The competition remained undecided, with the elders watching for promising disciples who might make the top hundred.

• Yang Fanyuan and seven or eight allies drove back their opponents, while his cousin Yang Fanzhou focused on showing off his spear skills to the spectators.
• Jiang Zhiqing retreated while fighting off a larger group, and Lu Shen’s forceful attacks sent his opponents fleeing across the platform.
• Zhang Yu’s group reached a stalemate against opponents who concealed their strength, while Liu Jingyuan and his two friends fought through a crowd and suffered wounds.
• Yun Qingyi was left alone after his companions were knocked off the platform, but he continued attacking despite his injuries and eliminated several more disciples.
• Ye Qingxuan led his group in overwhelming nearly eighty opponents, and elders discussed which promising fighters might qualify for the top hundred as Elder Li watched and drank.

Ying Ming Hao overwhelmingly defeated everyone on his Tournament Platform and secured a place in the top hundred, then watched the other platforms to see how his allies were faring. The chapter left Liu Jingyuan and Yun Qingyi still fighting in difficult melees while Ye Qingxuan had already won his platform.

• Ying Ming Hao defeated the White-Armored General and the other disciples on his platform, then stripped them of their resources.
• Ying Ming Hao celebrated his victory as spectators cheered and injured disciples were helped off the platform.
• Ying Ming Hao observed Yang Fanyuan, Yang Fanzhou, Jiang Zhiqing, Lu Shen, and Zhang Yu gaining the upper hand on their platforms.
• Ying Ming Hao saw Liu Jingyuan and his remaining companion being chased by a large group, while Yun Qingyi struggled against a circle of opponents.
• Ying Ming Hao noticed Ye Qingxuan had defeated all his opponents and advanced from the sixth to the seventh level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

After the first round selected a hundred platform holders, Elder Li announced that defeated disciples could challenge them for three days to claim places in the rankings. Ying Ming Hao watched the contests before heading to the Mystic Immortal Realm grounds to see how Lin Zihan and the others were doing.

• Elder Li announced that defeated disciples would receive three chances to challenge the platform holders, and that those who held their platforms for three days would enter the top hundred.
• Defeated disciples targeted the lower-ranked platforms, especially the ninety-ninth and hundredth, and a steward organized their challenges into orderly turns.
• Ying Ming Hao, Yang Fanyuan, and the other top thirty platform holders faced few challengers and watched the battles from their platforms.
• Qing Yun, Lin Zihan, Fatty Zhang, and others performed well in their realm competitions, while Zhao Bufan, Jie Kong, Xuan Chengzi, Yu Wanchuan, Lin Xue, Little Red, Little Green, and several rivals secured top-twenty places in the True Immortal Realm competition.
• Ying Ming Hao left the True Immortal Realm grounds and headed to the Mystic Immortal Realm competition to check on Lin Zihan and the others.

Ying Ming Hao visited the Mystic Immortal, Golden Immortal, Great Unity, Great Luo, and Quasi-Saint tournament grounds, observing familiar Heavenly Prodigies dominate the Martial Platforms. He left the Quasi-Saint Realm grounds after spotting his guards and old acquaintances among the top competitors.

• Ying Ming Hao watched Lin Zihan, Luo Shuihan, and other familiar disciples hold the top positions at the Mystic Immortal Realm tournament before leaving for the Golden Immortal Realm.
• Ying Ming Hao saw Fatty Zhang rank among the top ten at the Golden Immortal Realm tournament and spotted Shui Furong, Ye Hua, Shui Ying'er, and Shui Huo'er among the leading competitors.
• Ying Ming Hao briefly passed through the Great Unity Realm grounds and then saw Zhao Yuan, Xu Bai, and other Heavenly Prodigies occupy the top platforms at the Great Luo Realm tournament.
• Ying Ming Hao reached the Quasi-Saint Realm grounds and found his guards Zi Xuan, Zi Ting, Xiang Chen, and Xiao Mo among the competitors.
• Ying Ming Hao watched Zhou Duoduo and Wu Bao hold high-ranking platforms, then privately insulted Wu Bao over his efforts to marry Ye Yuan.

Ying Ming Hao toured the sect’s sparring plazas and observed powerful disciples fighting across several realms. Steward Jin recognized him despite his disguise, and their silent exchange left her reflecting on how her feelings for Luo Bai had abruptly changed.

• Ying Ming Hao watched top-ranked Quasi-Saint disciples fight and recalled how Liu Ruyan and Ye Heavenly Prodigy had profited from the old betting affair.
• Ying Ming Hao visited the Saint realm plaza, where Qing Yun, Qing Ying, Wang Yong, and Wang Yang held lower rankings while several older disciples dominated the top ten.
• Ying Ming Hao watched the Mystic Saint battles before leaving for the lower-realm grounds, while Steward Jin recognized him by the marks on his neck.
• Ying Ming Hao silently teased Steward Jin about meeting again, and she glared at him as he walked away.
• Steward Jin questioned whether Luo Bai had placed a mysterious restriction on her, since her feelings and judgment had changed after Ying Ming Hao’s arrival.

During the tournament, Ying Ming Hao kept provoking the other top contestants with incessant questions and chatter while they fought off challengers. His remarks enraged Jiang Zhiqing and revealed the brutal rule of the Misty Sect over her homeland, the Heavenly Water World.

• Disciples repeatedly challenged the leading contestants, while Ying Ming Hao and Yang Fanyuan remained among the tournament’s top-ranked fighters.
• Ying Ming Hao teased Yang Fanyuan about his points and promised drinks, then asked Yang Fanzhou to reveal his score; Yang Fanzhou ignored him and badly wounded challengers.
• Ying Ming Hao’s discarded bottle struck a passing challenger and sent him tumbling from the platform.
• Ying Ming Hao turned his endless questions and praise on Jiang Zhiqing as she fought, angering her by asking about her sister, the Jiang Family, and the Heavenly Water World.
• The chapter revealed that the Misty Sect ruled the Heavenly Water World through brutal punishments and that the Jiang Family had risen amid the suffering.

Lu Shen bribed Ying Ming Hao with a Storage Ring to avoid his attention, while Zhang Yu spent three days angrily cursing Ying Ming Hao. Elder Li ended the challenge period and announced the top hundred, with ranking challenges set to begin after a three-hour rest.

• Jiang Zhiqing attacked a disciple after Ying Ming Hao mocked her for ignoring him.
• Lu Shen threw Ying Ming Hao a Storage Ring, and Ying Ming Hao accepted it before looking elsewhere.
• Zhang Yu cursed Ying Ming Hao over his wife's death, while Ying Ming Hao mocked him and let him rant for three days.
• Elder Li ended the challenge period and declared the hundred disciples on the Martial Platform the top hundred.
• Elder Li announced that ranking challenges would begin in three hours, and Zhang Yu and Ying Ming Hao sat down to recover.

The ranking challenges began, and Zhang Yu challenged Ying Ming Hao despite knowing he was outmatched. Ying Ming Hao wounded and taunted him, then argued that Zhang Yu’s childhood sweetheart and her allies had brought about their own deaths, leaving the spectators to question who was truly to blame.

• Elder Li announced the ranking challenge rules and declared the matches open.
• Zhang Yu overcame his fear and leaped onto Ying Ming Hao’s platform to challenge him.
• Ying Ming Hao mocked Zhang Yu’s desire for revenge and drew his Burial Life Blade.
• Ying Ming Hao easily deflected Zhang Yu’s attacks and cut his chest and right arm.
• Ying Ming Hao argued that Zhang Yu’s childhood sweetheart had tried to kill him and that Zhao Yuan, Su Mei, and the others had helped cause her death.
• The spectators murmured that Ying Ming Hao and his companions had been victims and had only defended themselves.

Zhang Yu challenged Ying Ming Hao to avenge Junior Sister Xiao, but Ying Ming Hao defeated and humiliated him before showing a recording of her with Zhao Yuan. The chapter left Zhang Yu and the gathered disciples watching the recording as it revealed Junior Sister Xiao’s intimate relationship with Zhao Yuan.

• Zhang Yu accused Ying Ming Hao of killing Junior Sister Xiao and attacked him, but Ying Ming Hao dodged his blows and mocked him.
• Ying Ming Hao severed the tendons in Zhang Yu’s ankles and wrists, leaving him unable to fight.
• Zhang Yu cursed Ying Ming Hao, who traded insults with him for more than ten minutes in front of the watching disciples.
• Ying Ming Hao showed Zhang Yu and the gathered disciples a recording of Junior Sister Xiao in her bedchamber.
• Zhao Yuan brought Junior Sister Xiao a flower, flirted with her, and pressed her against the mirror.

Zhao Yuan failed to seduce Little Sister Xiao and fled after claiming his master had summoned him, while Zhang Yu watched the revelation and broke down over what he saw. Ying Ming Hao mocked Zhang Yu and frightened the other disciples into abandoning their plans for revenge.

• Zhao Yuan approached Little Sister Xiao with a request, then left abruptly, claiming his master needed him and promising to return later.
• Little Sister Xiao found empty boxes labeled "Drives Even a Sow Wild!" and began playing with a strange object alone as Zhao Yuan watched from the roof.
• Zhang Yu saw the recording and laughed in despair as he concluded Little Sister Xiao had betrayed him for Zhao Yuan.
• The disciples reacted with shock and curiosity, while Ying Ming Hao tossed the Image-Recording Stone back to Zhang Yu.
• Ying Ming Hao intimidated the disciples who had crossed him, then kicked and berated Zhang Yu for grieving over Little Sister Xiao.

Ying Ming Hao finished humiliating Zhang Yu, then faced Yang Fanyuan’s challenge on the Martial Platform. Yang Fanyuan attacked with his spear, but Ying Ming Hao blocked every strike while taunting him.

• Ying Ming Hao kicked Zhang Yu for half an hour, then sent him back onto the Martial Platform while the rankings remained unchanged.
• Yang Fanyuan challenged Ying Ming Hao, drawing loud support from the Sect’s disciples and disappointing Ye Qingxuan, who had wanted to challenge next.
• Ying Ming Hao abruptly slashed at Yang Fanyuan’s legs as he approached, forcing him to dodge and stumble.
• Yang Fanyuan cursed Ying Ming Hao and attacked with a flurry of spear thrusts, while Ying Ming Hao blocked them all with the Burial Life Blade and mocked him.

Ying Ming Hao defeated Yang Fanyuan in their arena battle despite refusing to manifest his holy body. The disciples were stunned by the result as Ying Ming Hao knocked Yang Fanyuan down and began slapping him.

• Yang Fanyuan and Ying Ming Hao traded attacks and taunts for hundreds of exchanges without either gaining an advantage.
• Yang Fanyuan manifested his Supreme Holy Body and unleashed his spear intent, while Ying Ming Hao countered with blade intent without using his holy body.
• Yang Fanyuan and Ying Ming Hao charged at each other with their ultimate techniques, Lion's Fang and Crescent Moon Heaven-Piercer.
• Ying Ming Hao emerged with only a minor wound while Yang Fanyuan suffered a shallow chest wound and realized he had lost.
• Ying Ming Hao kicked Yang Fanyuan to the ground, then straddled his back and slapped him as the disciples erupted in surprise.

Ying Ming Hao continued beating Yang Fanyuan long after he surrendered, then took several of his Storage Rings. Yang Fanyuan fled after claiming his cousin Yang Fanzhou would challenge Ying Ming Hao, and he forced Yang Fanzhou to swallow healing pills as the crowd urged him to fight.

• Ying Ming Hao kept slapping Yang Fanyuan despite his repeated pleas to surrender, while Yang Fanzhou and the onlookers watched.
• Ying Ming Hao finally released Yang Fanyuan after more than half an hour and took several of his Storage Rings.
• Yang Fanyuan accused Ying Ming Hao of stealing from him, then ran off after threatening that Yang Fanzhou would beat him.
• Yang Fanzhou tried to avoid fighting by claiming he was still badly injured, but Yang Fanyuan forced several pills into his mouth.
• The excited disciples cheered for Yang Fanzhou and urged him to challenge Ying Ming Hao.

Yang Fanzhou tried to avoid fighting Ying Ming Hao by pretending to be seriously injured, but Yang Fanyuan’s taunts and the crowd’s pressure trapped him in a showdown. Ying Ming Hao struck them both down, leaving Yang Fanzhou and Yang Fanyuan motionless on the Martial Platform.

• Yang Fanzhou pretended to cough up blood and collapse, but Yang Fanyuan accused Ying Ming Hao of ambushing him and fed him pills.
• Yang Fanzhou’s supporters denounced Ying Ming Hao and urged Yang Fanzhou to recover and fight, while Ying Ming Hao wondered why the crowd blamed him.
• Yun Qingyi, Liu Jingyuan, and the others tried to defend Ying Ming Hao but were drowned out by the crowd.
• Yang Fanyuan taunted Ying Ming Hao and claimed Yang Fanzhou would make him kneel, then hid behind his cousin.
• Ying Ming Hao kicked Yang Fanzhou and Yang Fanyuan into the air, then knocked them face down and motionless on the Martial Platform.

Ying Ming Hao beat Yang Fanyuan and Yang Fanzhou, then left with their Storage Rings. As the Martial Platform matches continued, Yang Fanyuan reclaimed third place and defeated an exhausted Jiang Zhiqing, while Lu Shen seethed over Yang Fanyuan's gentler treatment of her.

• Ying Ming Hao trampled Yang Fanyuan and Yang Fanzhou, ignored their pleas, and left with more than a dozen Storage Rings.
• Disciples repeatedly challenged Jiang Zhiqing because Ying Ming Hao was too formidable to target, and she defeated them while becoming injured and exhausted.
• Yang Fanyuan recovered, challenged Lu Shen, and knocked him off the Martial Platform after fifty or sixty exchanges, taking third place.
• Yang Fanyuan waited for Jiang Zhiqing to recover before fighting her for more than three hundred moves and defeating her.
• Lu Shen resented Yang Fanyuan for injuring him severely while treating Jiang Zhiqing with conspicuous consideration.

Yang Fanzhou defeated Lu Shen and Jiang Zhiqing to rise to third place, while Liu Jingyuan later beat Lu Shen and took fifth. Lu Shen was left battered in sixth place as the arena challenges continued.

• Ye Qingxuan endured a relentless succession of challengers on the sixty-sixth arena and injured each opponent who faced him.
• Yang Fanzhou challenged Lu Shen, defeated him, and dropped him to fifth place while taking fourth.
• Yang Fanzhou challenged Jiang Zhiqing, exchanged over three hundred moves with her, and rose to third after she conceded.
• Liu Jingyuan challenged Lu Shen and fought him for more than two hundred moves before punching out several of his teeth and winning.
• Lu Shen fell to sixth place, and Liu Jingyuan advanced to fifth.

Jiang Zhiqing lost a series of increasingly punishing duels and fell from fourth place to eighth on the Martial Platforms. After Zhang Yu defeated her, she left in dejection, her pride shattered.

• Yun Qingyi defeated Jiang Zhiqing after more than a hundred exchanges, taking fourth place as she conceded.
• Liu Jingyuan challenged Jiang Zhiqing after she had barely recovered and defeated her, leaving her with more injuries.
• Lu Shen defeated Jiang Zhiqing after four hundred moves, sending her down to seventh place.
• After resting for over an hour, Jiang Zhiqing accepted Zhang Yu's challenge and fought him with their shared Green Sword techniques.
• Zhang Yu disarmed Jiang Zhiqing and held his blade to her throat, defeating her and sending her to Martial Platform Eight.

Zhang Yu defeated Lu Shen after a grueling duel, while several other prodigies fought to improve their rankings. The chapter ended with Liu Jingyuan and Yun Qingyi battling Yang Fanyuan and Yang Fanzhou, leaving Jiang Zhiqing, Lu Shen, and the others stunned by the strength of Ying Ming Hao’s subordinates.

• Zhang Yu fought Lu Shen through eight hundred exchanges and defeated him, dropping Lu Shen from sixth to seventh place.
• Liu Jingyuan challenged Yang Fanzhou but eventually conceded after Yang’s longer spear gave him the advantage.
• Yun Qingyi fought Yang Fanyuan for more than six hundred moves before losing, though he left his opponent badly wounded.
• Liu Jingyuan challenged Yang Fanyuan again while Yun Qingyi challenged Yang Fanzhou, and both battles began fiercely.
• Jiang Zhiqing, Lu Shen, and the other spectators watched in dismay as Ying Ming Hao’s subordinates revealed their formidable strength.