Chapter Summaries

Aboard the Flying Ship, the Misty Sect group discussed the Central Region’s power and the Central Saint Palace’s efforts to raise the Xuanhuang World’s level before turning their attention to the coming Heavenly Prodigy Tournament. The tournament’s rivals were preparing, while enemies watched Ying Ming Hao’s group and plotted against them.

• Fatty Zhang, Tao Yang, Shui Yanbin, Pan Sheng, and Ying Ming Hao discussed the Central Region’s dense spiritual qi and the Central Saint Palace’s plan to merge minor worlds into the Xuanhuang World.
• Pan Sheng explained that the other Seven Great Regions had rejected the Central Saint Palace’s plan because the Central Region would claim most of the benefits, and Ying Ming Hao warned the group to avoid provoking it.
• Shui Zhiqiu worried that the tournament’s many powerful Heavenly Prodigies would make it difficult to reach the top hundred, while Fatty Zhang voiced confidence and Lin Zihan cautioned everyone not to underestimate their opponents.
• Su Yan avoided talking with Ying Ming Hao, while Chu Wei, Luo Bai, Zhao Yuan, and others watched his group and plotted to kill them without attracting suspicion.
• Heavenly Prodigies aboard the Flying Ship cultivated in preparation for the tournament, and some who had trained in the Falling Moon Secret Realm had advanced two major realms but had not yet reached their current realm’s peak.

The Heavenly Prodigies traveled through the Cross-Region Passage toward the Eight Regions Heavenly Prodigy Tournament, cultivating as their realms advanced after the Falling Moon Secret Realm. Ying Ming Hao sneaked away to visit Steward Jin, and the chapter ended with them alone in her room.

• The group reached the Cross-Region Teleportation Gate and entered the passage aboard their flying ship.
• The Heavenly Prodigies cultivated during the journey, with Ying Ming Hao reaching the middle stage of the Great Luo Realm and Ye Qingxuan reaching its late stage.
• Other competitors, including Gu Xinghai, Qiu Yajing, Zhao Bufan, Wang Zhu, Lin Zihan, Luo Bai, and Wang Teng, also advanced toward the Great Luo Realm.
• Ying Ming Hao grew restless, slipped away from the cultivators, and knocked on Steward Jin's door.
• Steward Jin let Ying Ming Hao into her room, activated the protective array, and he embraced her from behind.

As the flying ship neared the Central Region, the cultivators noticed Ying Ming Hao was missing and set out to find him after Huang Rong claimed he had gone to eat. Ying Ming Hao hurriedly left Steward Jin’s room, sensing trouble, just as the angry group headed toward the cabins.

• The cultivators spotted the light marking the end of the spatial passage and realized Ying Ming Hao was nowhere on the ship’s main deck.
• Huang Rong told the worried group that Ying Ming Hao had gone to eat alone, and several companions grew angry that he had not invited them.
• Lin Qinqin led Shui Huo'er, Xuan Chengzi, Shui Yanbin, Jiang Lingfeng, and the others toward the cabins to catch Ying Ming Hao.
• In a luxurious room, Ying Ming Hao dressed quickly after feeling a sudden sense of unease and told Steward Jin he would return in a few days.
• Ying Ming Hao slipped out of Steward Jin’s room, while she locked the door and went back to sleep.

Ying Ming Hao reunited with the group after disappearing, then arrived with them in the Central Region and saw its enormous portal and fantastical landscape. The flying ship continued toward Central Saint City, where the group planned to rest before the Eight Regions Heavenly Prodigy Tournament.

• Lin Qinqin and the others searched for Ying Ming Hao until he appeared and claimed he had gone to the toilet.
• Ying Ming Hao tried to wipe his wet hands on Jiang Lingfeng and then reached toward Lin Qinqin and Shui Yanbin, sending them and the others fleeing in disgust.
• Huang Rong accepted Ying Ming Hao's proposal to make their relationship official, and he left the cabin with her while tossing Little Chicken Kun off her shoulder.
• The flying ship emerged before a huge rune-covered portal guarded by the Central Saint Palace, and the group saw the crowds and diverse races of the Central Region.
• The group admired the Central Region's abundant spiritual qi and unusual buildings as the ship continued toward Central Saint City, where they would rest before the tournament.

The South Sea Continent’s cultivators arrived at Central Saint City and settled into the South Sea Residence. Lin Hao accidentally exposed himself while trying to demonstrate the toilet’s privacy glass, leaving the others disgusted and confused as he failed to understand why they blamed him.

• The cultivators arrived at Central Saint City and were welcomed by elders from the Central Saint Palace.
• The factions settled into the South Sea Residence, where Ying Ming Hao, Lin Zihan, and others received better lodgings than the less prominent disciples.
• Fatty Zhang ogled the floor’s reflections until a Senior Sister struck him with her Iron Hammers.
• Lin Yong exclaimed at the transparent toilet stalls, and Lin Hao explained that the glass turned opaque when the door closed.
• Lin Hao entered a stall to demonstrate, but the others could still see him as he urinated; Lin Zihan slapped him when he came out, while Fatty Zhang praised him.

After everyone chose rooms and prepared to rest, Ying Ming Hao tried to take Huang Rong into a romantic bedroom under the pretense of asking for cultivation advice. The women stopped him, punished him with pinches, and left him alone to sleep while they kept watch.

• The group selected rooms and decided to sleep after nearly two months without proper rest.
• Ying Ming Hao grabbed Huang Rong's wrist and tried to bring her into a crimson-decorated room.
• Lin Qinqin, Ye Hua, Lin Zihan, and Miss Shui challenged Ying Ming Hao, while Huang Rong backed up his excuse that he needed cultivation advice.
• The women forced Ying Ming Hao into the room, pinched him for over half an hour, and dragged Huang Rong away.
• Ying Ming Hao cursed, locked himself in, took a hot bath, and fell asleep; Lin Qinqin listened outside before returning to her room.

Ying Ming Hao woke late after advancing in cultivation during the night and apologized to his companions by treating them to food in Central Saint City. After several famous restaurants proved too crowded, the group headed for a roadside eatery, with Shui Huo'er demanding three servings.

• Ying Ming Hao discovered that he had broken through another cultivation level while sleeping and apologized for making everyone wait before offering to pay for their meal.
• Shui Huo'er enthusiastically listed the dishes she wanted to try as the group set out to explore Central Saint City.
• The group admired the bustling city and its spotless streets, while vendors and pedestrians reacted strangely to their praise.
• Shui Huo'er grew upset when the city's famous restaurant was packed, and the group tried several other crowded restaurants.
• Lin Zihan suggested eating at a roadside stall, and Ying Ming Hao led the hungry group there after promising Shui Huo'er three servings and roast goose.

Ying Ming Hao and his companions feasted at a roadside stall until Han Jingfeng and his followers confronted Lin Zihan, mocking her circumstances and bringing up her past. Lin Yong, Lin Hao, and the others launched into a furious exchange of insults as Ying Ming Hao comforted Lin Zihan, and the public argument drew a crowd.

• Ying Ming Hao, Shui Huo'er, and their companions ordered more food and filled the roadside stall with their feast.
• Han Jingfeng arrived with dozens of companions and taunted Lin Zihan about her poverty and her years away with the Misty Sect.
• Lin Zihan went pale and trembled at Han Jingfeng's words, while Lin Yong and Lin Hao began cursing at him and his followers.
• Qi Qing, Fatty Zhang, Jie Kong, Xuan Chengzi, and the others joined the verbal fight, and Ying Ming Hao held Lin Zihan's hands to reassure her.
• Han Jingfeng mocked Lin Zihan's friends and their loyalty, and both groups traded insults as bystanders gathered to watch.

Lin Zihan and her friends learned that Han Jingyu’s group blamed her and Lin Yong and Lin Hao for the death of Han Jingyu’s younger brother, Lin Wenwu. After the Hans threatened them, Ying Ming Hao and their companions pledged to stand by Lin Zihan as they faced the coming tournament.

• Han Jingyu revealed that Lin Zihan was the eldest young lady of the Lin Family and accused her and Lin Yong and Lin Hao of killing Lin Wenwu.
• Lin Yong and Lin Hao accused the Hans of framing and drugging Lin Wenwu, while Han Jingfeng mocked his death.
• Han Jinghong threatened Lin Zihan and her companions, and Lin Yong vowed to kill the Hans if they met in the Heavenly Prodigy Tournament.
• Han Jingyu taunted Lin Zihan and blamed her for Lin Wenwu’s death, and Lin Zihan vowed to take his head.
• Ying Ming Hao, Fatty Zhang, Zhao Bufan, Miss Shui, and their friends declared that Lin Zihan’s enemies were their enemies.
• Han Jinghong led his group away, and Ying Ming Hao comforted Lin Zihan with tea as their friends reaffirmed their support.

Lin Yong revealed how the Han Family’s Han Jingyu and his allies had persecuted the Lin Family, culminating in Lin Wenwu’s death and the family’s exile to the South Sea Continent. Ying Ming Hao and their companions vowed to help Lin Zihan take revenge, and the chapter ended with Ying Ming Hao comforting her.

• Ying Ming Hao questioned Lin Zihan about the Han Family, and Lin Yong explained that Han Jingyu had pursued Lin Zihan and sought a marriage alliance she rejected.
• Lin Yong recounted how Han Jingyu’s younger brother and other Han scions had manipulated Lin Wenwu, then used him in a scheme to blackmail Lin Zihan into accepting the alliance.
• Lin Wenwu died after the Han scions forced him to take aphrodisiacs, and the perpetrators spread recordings before the Lin Family retaliated and displayed their bodies at the city gates.
• The Han Family retaliated with pressure, forcing the Lin Family to leave their homeland and join the Misty Sect in the South Sea Continent.
• Lin Qinqin, Fatty Zhang, Jie Kong, and the others promised to support Lin Zihan, while Ying Ming Hao vowed to avenge Lin Wenwu.
• Lin Zihan urged everyone to eat and reflected that she had treated Ying Ming Hao like a younger brother to ease her guilt over Wenwu; Ying Ming Hao smiled warmly at her.

Ying Ming Hao and his companions explored Central Saint City, where Fake Luo Bai profited from selling counterfeit Heavenly Prodigy rankings. Their cultivation was interrupted when a mysterious middle-aged man carried a small world toward the city, its inhabitants suffering through catastrophic disasters.

• Ying Ming Hao and the others finished a lavish street-food meal, and Ying paid the dishonest stall owner with counterfeit spirit stones.
• Ying Ming Hao and his companions toured Central Saint City, encountered cultivators from across the regions, and saw Steward Jin's older female cousin overseeing the Jewelry Pavilion.
• Fake Luo Bai sold knockoff Heavenly Prodigy Ranking information, provoking the Wind and Cloud Pavilion to hunt for the seller.
• After days of sightseeing, Ying Ming Hao and the others returned to their dormitory to cultivate.
• A series of deafening rumbles shook Central Saint City, drawing Ying Ming Hao and his companions outside.
• The group saw a mysterious middle-aged man carrying a vast small world in one hand as disasters ravaged its inhabitants.

The Central Saint Palace brought a small world to the Central Region and fused it with the earth’s core, unleashing energy and insights that strengthened cultivators. As the Misty Sect’s group prepared for the Heavenly Prodigy Tournament, Ye Hua interrupted Ying Ming Hao’s attempt to spend time alone with Huang Rong.

• A powerful middle-aged man carried a small world over Central Saint City and embedded it beneath the Central Saint Palace, where it fused with the earth’s core.
• The fusion released energy and fragments of the Heavenly Dao and Great Dao, shaking the land and helping cultivators break through or gain insights.
• Fatty Zhang, Ying Ming Hao, Lin Zihan, Lin Yong, and Lin Qinqin reacted to the Central Saint Palace’s power and discussed the challenges of the Heavenly Prodigy Tournament.
• Shui Yanbin, Liu Jingyuan, Fatty Zhang, Yun Qingyi, and the others returned to cultivate after gaining insights from the spectacle.
• Ying Ming Hao invited Huang Rong to explore the mysteries of life, but Ye Hua wedged open the door with a Crystal High Heel, scolded him, and led Huang Rong away.

Ying Ming Hao and the others pushed through a crowd to witness Jin Nainai refusing to return home with her family. Jin Dongni struck her, and the chapter ended with Jin Nainai staring at him in cold silence.

• Ying Ming Hao distracted the crowd with a false claim about a woman’s skirt, then led his companions to the front.
• Jin Dongni demanded that Jin Nainai return home, but she refused.
• Jin Qian'er tried to persuade Jin Nainai to go home, and Jin Nainai accused her of wanting to claim her belongings if she died.
• Jin Dongni angrily slapped Jin Nainai, leaving her cheek swollen and blood at her mouth.
• Jin Qian'er and the others tried to stop the conflict as Jin Nainai stared coldly at Jin Dongni.

Jin Nainai confronted her family over the treasures they had taken from her to give to her younger sister, Golden Immortal'er. She recounted how they repeatedly stole her Golden Eyes, Golden Heart, Golden Blood, Golden Bone, and Natal Divine Artifact, leaving her with nothing but a fragile life.

• Luo Bai rushed forward to ingratiate himself with Jin Nainai's family, but Jin Dongni slapped him unconscious and sent him crashing into the spectators.
• Jin Nainai accused her family of summoning her back because Golden Immortal'er wanted something else from her.
• Jin Dongni defended Golden Immortal'er and tried to slap Jin Nainai again, but she dodged him.
• Jin Nainai laughed through her tears and described how her family had taken each of her treasures whenever Golden Immortal'er wanted it.
• Jin Nainai recalled that after they stole her Golden Bone, her family also took her Natal Divine Artifact and called surrendering it a blessing.

Jin Nainai confronted Jin Dongni over the Jin Family’s years of mistreatment and refused to return with him. When he tried to take her by force, Ying Ming Hao and many Misty Sect disciples stood together to protect her.

• Jin Nainai accused Jin Dongni and the Jin Family of favoring Golden Immortal'er and treating her cruelly, then declared she would never forgive them or return.
• Jin Dongni insisted that Jin Nainai come home and apologize, dismissing her grievances and trying to drag her away.
• Jin Dongni was astonished by Jin Nainai’s beauty and Emperor Realm cultivation, then insulted and threatened her when she refused him.
• Ying Ming Hao stepped between Jin Dongni and Jin Nainai, and Jin Dongni tried to strike him.
• Qing Yun, Wang Yong, Lin Zihan, Fatty Zhang, Shui Yanbin, Zhou Duoduo, Wu Zhifeng, Du Xiangmei, Jun Mo, Wang Teng, Luo Shuihan, and many Misty Sect disciples formed a protective ring around Jin Nainai.

Elder He and the Misty Sect elders stopped Jin Dongni from forcibly taking Jin Nainai away. Jin Nainai refused to return to her family, and she stayed under the Misty Sect’s protection while her feelings for Ying Ming Hao remained unspoken.

• Jin Dongni attacked the crowd, but Elder He caught his palm and declared that the Misty Sect would not let him take Jin Nainai against her will.
• Jin Qian'er urged Jin Dongni to stop escalating the confrontation, but he demanded that Jin Nainai return with him.
• Ying Ming Hao secretly held Jin Nainai's hand, and she firmly told Jin Dongni she would never go back with him.
• Jin Dongni left with his group, and Jin Qian'er followed after sighing.
• Elder He advised Jin Nainai to avoid going out and promised the Misty Sect would protect her; she agreed and took Luo Bai back to her villa.

Ying Ming Hao tried to reach Steward Jin by climbing the villa’s water pipes after she ignored his calls. When she finally came out onto the balcony, he seized her and forced himself on her, leaving her outwardly embarrassed but inwardly thrilled.

• Steward Jin left Luo Bai lying on the bed and sat in the living room, lost in thought.
• Ying Ming Hao knocked and rang the bell, then climbed the villa’s water pipe after Steward Jin failed to answer.
• Ying Ming Hao reached the third floor and pounded on a window for more than half an hour while Steward Jin remained unaware of him.
• Steward Jin came out onto the balcony and found Ying Ming Hao exhausted on the ground.
• Ying Ming Hao angrily seized Steward Jin and forced himself on her on the balcony as passing cultivators mistook her stillness for sorrow.

Ying Ming Hao and Jin Nainai rested together and spoke about her past with Luo Bai, with Ying admitting he was jealous. He then went to Luo Bai’s room and used magic power, pressure-point strikes, and a black pill on him before returning to Jin Nainai.

• Ying Ming Hao asked Jin Nainai whether she blamed him, and she said she did not.
• Ying Ming Hao admitted he was jealous of Luo Bai, and Jin Nainai said she had long hated Luo Bai for controlling her with a secret technique.
• Ying Ming Hao told Jin Nainai he wished he had met her sooner, and she said she was already happy with him.
• Ying Ming Hao carried Jin Nainai to Luo Bai’s room and sent magic power into Luo Bai’s head, tapped points on his body, and forced a black pill into his mouth.
• Ying Ming Hao tossed Luo Bai aside and returned his attention to Jin Nainai.

Jin Nainai’s family rejected her return and favored Golden Immortal'er, leaving Jin Qian'er remorseful over her role in the family’s estrangement. Days later, several women visited Ying Ming Hao during his seclusion, while Lin Zihan watched them and struggled to understand her feelings for him.

• Jin Dongni reported that Jin Nainai had refused to return, and Jin Mother and Jin Father condemned her.
• Golden Immortal'er persuaded her family to stop discussing Jin Nainai and led them off to dinner, while Jin Qian'er regretted revealing that Jin Nainai was alive.
• Jin Qian'er recalled failing to help Jin Nainai leave the family and walked away in shame.
• Days later, Ye Hua, Miss Shui, Lin Qinqin, Shui Huo'er, and other women visited Ying Ming Hao's room and found his seclusion sign still up.
• Lin Zihan watched the women from across the corridor and wondered what she felt for Ying Ming Hao.

After spending ten days in bed, Ying Ming Hao and Jin Nainai went out together in Central Saint City and decided to watch a deadly duel between two regional prodigies. They reached the packed arena and took their front-row seats as the crowd roared around them.

• Ying Ming Hao continued sleeping while holding Jin Nainai, who worried that he would be exhausted before the Heavenly Prodigy Tournament.
• A day later, Ying Ming Hao and Jin Nainai disguised themselves and enjoyed shopping and games in Central Saint City.
• Ying Ming Hao read a flyer advertising a death match between a Northern Territory Snow Wolf Clan prodigy and a Southern Territory Gu Clan prodigy, then invited Jin Nainai to watch.
• Ying Ming Hao bought admission tickets and upgraded them to two front-row seats.
• Ying Ming Hao and Jin Nainai entered the enormous arena, where millions of cultivators had gathered around the Martial Platform.