Chapter Summaries

The South Sea Continent’s leaders celebrated the Misty Sect’s many Heavenly Prodigies as the competition moved through its stages. Xuan Qiwu advanced to the top fifty and faced Song Bojian, whose advances enraged Ying Ming Hao and the others as the chapter ended.

• The South Sea Continent’s leaders argued with other regions over whether the Misty Sect’s many ranked Heavenly Prodigies counted as their own.
• The Quasi-Saint and Saint stage competitions concluded, with the Central Saint Palace taking first in the Quasi-Saint stage and Zhou Duoduo winning the Saint stage.
• Ying Ming Hao encouraged Qing Yun, Wang Yong, and Xuan Qiwu before the Mystic Saint stage competition began.
• Xuan Qiwu drew Shu Ran, who surrendered, then advanced into the top fifty and drew Song Bojian as her next opponent.
• Song Bojian flirted with Xuan Qiwu and dismissed her betrothal to Qin Fu Su, while Ying Ming Hao, Wang Baishun, and Su Yan grew furious.

Xuan Qiwu faced Song Bojian in a martial-platform match and killed him with a single overwhelming strike. The spectators erupted in cheers as Song Bojian’s family arrived too late to save him.

• Xuan Qiwu ignored Song Bojian’s proposal to hold back, and he drew his Green Sword to demonstrate his signature technique.
• Song Bojian charged with One Sword Cuts the Current, but Xuan Qiwu blocked his attack with the Phoenix Halberd and sent him flying backward.
• Xuan Qiwu struck again, breaking Song Bojian’s sword and cutting him from shoulder to thigh.
• Song Bojian died before the Song Family’s powerful figures could reach him, and the venue erupted in cheers.

Xuan Qiwu killed Song Bojian with ease, then advanced through the tournament after her next opponent conceded. The top-seven matches continued, with Zhong Shuyao drawing a bye and Zhang Jie, Dong Pingsheng, and Wang Yong winning their bouts.

• Xuan Qiwu killed Song Bojian in two moves, alarming the other Heavenly Prodigies and angering the Song Family elders.
• Xuan Qiwu’s North Sea Continent opponent conceded in the third round, while Zhong Shuyao drew the blank number in the top-seven round.
• Dong Pingsheng defeated Situ Cong after a prolonged battle and a powerful finishing strike.
• Jin Wei fought a demon from the Northern Territory for over a thousand moves before the demon conceded.
• Wang Yong knocked Shi Qiang unconscious after thousands of exchanges of bare-fisted combat.
• Zhang Jie used a trap to defeat Ren Mo and advanced, drawing admiration from the spectators.

Xuan Qiwu defeated Cao Tianyu in a single exchange, and the sixth match began between Liu Jiaojiao and Qing Yun. Qing Yun launched the opening attack, putting Liu Jiaojiao under unexpected pressure.

• Cao Tianyu proposed settling his match with Xuan Qiwu in a single exchange, and she agreed.
• Xuan Qiwu struck Cao Tianyu down, leaving him wounded and his Shark-Toothed Great Saber badly damaged.
• The crowd cheered for Xuan Qiwu, and she smiled when the mysterious masked man gave her a thumbs-up.
• The referee began the sixth match between Liu Jiaojiao and Qing Yun, who exchanged polite greetings.
• Qing Yun attacked with her flexible sword, and Liu Jiaojiao thrust forward with her spear to meet her.

Qing Yun lost her duel with Liu Jiaojiao after both landed near-simultaneous wounds, then Liu Jiaojiao began fighting Dong Pingsheng in the tournament’s next match. Dong Pingsheng fell slightly behind after hundreds of exchanges and chose to launch a desperate all-out assault.

• Qing Yun and Liu Jiaojiao fought hundreds of exchanges, sustaining injuries as Liu Jiaojiao kept Qing Yun at spear’s length.
• Qing Yun struck Liu Jiaojiao’s waist, but Liu Jiaojiao pinned Qing Yun’s shoulder with her spear as Qing Yun swung at her abdomen.
• Qing Yun conceded, and Liu Jiaojiao withdrew her spear; Qing Yun left the platform to recover for the placement matches.
• Zhong Shuyao drew a bye into the final four, while Dong Pingsheng and Liu Jiaojiao were paired for the next match.
• Dong Pingsheng and Liu Jiaojiao fought for more than three hundred exchanges, and Dong Pingsheng launched a desperate all-out assault to try to reverse his disadvantage.

Liu Jiaojiao defeated Dong Pingsheng in a brutal duel, and Zhang Jie advanced to the final four after Wang Yong conceded their drawn-out fight. Xuan Qiwu then defeated Jin Wei, leaving him severely wounded as the tournament continued.

• Liu Jiaojiao evaded Dong Pingsheng's attacks and fatally speared him in the chest, winning their duel.
• Zhang Jie and Wang Yong fought for hundreds of rounds until Wang Yong conceded, allowing Zhang Jie to advance to the final four.
• Xuan Qiwu fought Jin Wei, who struggled to withstand her attacks despite using his Golden Eyes technique.
• Xuan Qiwu shattered Jin Wei's left shoulder with the Phoenix Halberd, and Jin Wei surrendered before she could strike again.

Zhang Jie defeated Zhong Shuyao in the final round of the martial tournament, while Xuan Qiwu began her match against Liu Jiaojiao. The chapter left their battle underway after their weapons clashed.

• Zhong Shuyao drew the first lot and challenged Zhang Jie, launching a fierce barrage of long-range sword attacks.
• Ying Ming Hao watched Zhong Shuyao fight and felt sorrow over how much she had changed since Elder Zhong left the sect.
• Zhong Shuyao exhausted her Spiritual Power and conceded defeat, while Zhang Jie admitted she was nearly spent too.
• Liu Jiaojiao faced Xuan Qiwu and asked that their match not harm the friendship between their factions.
• Xuan Qiwu agreed to fight at full strength, and she and Liu Jiaojiao exchanged their first blows with the Phoenix Halberd and Red-Tasseled Long Spear.

Xuan Qiwu defeated Liu Jiaojiao after a prolonged duel, then immediately fought Zhang Jie. Their evenly matched battle ended with both attacking at close range, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Xuan Qiwu and Liu Jiaojiao fought for several hours, and Liu Jiaojiao conceded after realizing she could not win.
• Xuan Qiwu declined Zhang Jie's offer to wait while she recovered, and the two began fighting.
• Zhang Jie used her Twin Swords and the Dao of Emotion technique Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix to withstand Xuan Qiwu's attacks.
• Xuan Qiwu drove her Phoenix Halberd against Zhang Jie's abdomen, drawing blood, but Zhang Jie counterattacked with her swords.
• Xuan Qiwu blocked Zhang Jie's slash and kicked at her as Zhang Jie struck back, leaving the duel unresolved.

Xuan Qiwu defeated Zhang Jie and secured first place in the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking Challenge Tournament. After the final rankings were announced, Heavenly Dao Fortune poured down on the ranked prodigies, and Xuan Qiwu and others broke through in cultivation.

• Xuan Qiwu overwhelmed Zhang Jie with a barrage of punches, disarmed her, and pierced her abdomen with the Phoenix Halberd.
• At Su Yan's urging, Zhang Jie admitted defeat, and Xuan Qiwu lowered her weapon, offered her a Healing Pill, and helped her recover.
• The referee announced an hour's rest before the Ranking Challenge Tournament, where challengers failed to take Xuan Qiwu's first-place position.
• Jin Dongni announced the tournament's rewards and read out the rankings, naming Xuan Qiwu first, Zhang Jie second, and Liu Jiaojiao third.
• Heavenly Dao Fortune descended as the rankings were inscribed, allowing Xuan Qiwu to reach grand completion of the Mystic Saint realm and Zhang Jie, Liu Jiaojiao, and others to advance to the first level of the Earth Saint realm.
• The powerful figures of the South Sea Continent celebrated their continent's unprecedented showing among the ranked Heavenly Prodigies.

After the Heavenly Prodigy Tournament ended, fleets from the Ten Thousand Monster World, the Azure Wood World, and the Water Source World unexpectedly arrived at the venue. Jin Dongni confronted their leaders, but Palace Master Jin appeared and invited them to the Central Saint Palace for a discussion.

• Jin Dongni announced the tournament’s conclusion as the spectators prepared to leave.
• Dozens of flying ships arrived, and the crowd recognized the fleets of the Ten Thousand Monster World, the Azure Wood World, and the Water Source World.
• Jin Dongni and the Central Saint Palace’s experts formed a defensive line while Jin Dongni questioned the visitors’ intentions.
• Red-Eyed Evil Tiger, Mu Yu, and Shui Wanru said they had come to watch Xuanhuang World’s talented cultivators and asked to be welcomed as guests.
• Palace Master Jin arrived with senior Central Saint Palace figures and invited the three leaders to the palace for tea and a conversation.

Palace Master Jin received visitors from the Ten Thousand Monster World, the Azure Wood World, and the Water Source World, who proposed that their young prodigies fight Xuanhuang’s in friendly matches. As the visitors prepared to challenge them, Xuan Qiwu’s side waited for her to decide how to respond.

• The Red-Eyed Evil Tiger and Mu Yu met Palace Master Jin, and Mu Yu proposed matches between the visiting prodigies and Xuanhuang’s young cultivators.
• Ying Ming Hao, Su Yan, and Wang Baishun glared at the visitors while both sides scrutinized each other’s beauties and top talents.
• Palace Master Jin introduced the visitors and announced that their prodigies would exchange martial skills with Xuanhuang’s.
• The spectators and ranked prodigies grew uneasy at the visitors’ numerical advantage, while Xuan Qiwu remained silent and the others waited for her lead.

Hu Xue challenged the Xuanhuang World’s Heavenly Prodigies and killed Xu Laosan and several other cultivators who took the platform against him. He also killed a ranked female Heavenly Prodigy, leaving the crowd furious and the remaining challengers afraid to step forward.

• Hu Xue announced his rank and challenged the Void Insight Realm Heavenly Prodigies, provoking the Xuanhuang World crowd.
• Xu Laosan challenged Hu Xue, who wounded him and then crushed his heart, killing him.
• Several more cultivators took the platform and Hu Xue killed them, prompting the ordinary challengers to hold back.
• A female Heavenly Prodigy ranked third in the Body Integration Realm Combat Power Rankings fought Hu Xue for over a hundred moves, but he killed her with Black Tiger Rips Out the Heart.

Jin Song challenged Hu Xue despite knowing he was outmatched, and the two fought a brutal battle that left them both gravely wounded. Jin Song drove his Golden Spear into Hu Xue, but their life-or-death struggle continued.

• Jin Song entered the arena to challenge Hu Xue, while the spectators cheered him on and Hu Xue’s supporters tried to distract him.
• Hu Xue dodged Jin Song’s spear thrust, grabbed the weapon, and slashed Jin Song’s face with his claws.
• Jin Song fought on through several hundred exchanges, but Hu Xue kept him on the defensive and covered him in wounds.
• Jin Song unleashed Spear Settles the Realm and pierced Hu Xue’s abdomen, while Hu Xue struck Jin Song’s face again.
• Jin Song poured his remaining strength into vibrating the Golden Spear to damage Hu Xue’s organs.

Jin Song killed Hu Xue’s heart but died in a self-destruction that Hu Xue survived with the help of lifesaving treasures. When a Central Saint Palace disciple tried to kill the helpless Hu Xue, Chen Yaojin intervened, and the duel erupted into a massive battle between the Xuanhuang World and the three great worlds.

• Jin Song ripped out Hu Xue’s heart, then held him in place as he detonated himself.
• Hu Xue survived the explosion but was left badly wounded and unable to move.
• A Central Saint Palace disciple rushed to kill Hu Xue, but Chen Yaojin blocked the attack with his cleaver.
• Heavenly Prodigies from both sides flooded the Martial Platform and clashed in a rapidly escalating melee.
• The powerful figures from both sides tried to stop the fighting, but their auras collided and shattered the surrounding space.

The Central Saint Palace surrounded the three great worlds’ forces after the clash, and the Red-Eyed Evil Tiger tried to save Hu Xue by invoking the Black Tiger Great Emperor. Palace Master Jin accepted a deal for two Starry Battlefield strongholds and prepared to stop the fighting.

• The Central Saint Palace’s forces encircled the outsiders, leaving the cultivators of the three great worlds frightened and scrambling to request reinforcements.
• Palace Master Jin confronted the Red-Eyed Evil Tiger, Mu Yu, and Shui Wanru over the conflict and the deaths of Central Saint Palace cultivators.
• The Red-Eyed Evil Tiger revealed that Hu Xue was the Black Tiger Great Emperor’s great-grandson and offered spirit stones as compensation.
• Palace Master Jin demanded two Starry Battlefield strongholds, and the Red-Eyed Evil Tiger agreed to secure Hu Xue’s survival.
• Palace Master Jin withdrew his aura and agreed to intervene, easing the pressure on the Ten Thousand Monster World’s leaders.

Palace Master Jin stopped the melee and established rules against attacking defeated opponents, then the Heavenly Prodigies resumed their challenges after a tense standoff. Xuanhuang World's fighters continued to lose most matches against the three great worlds, though they fought on.

• Palace Master Jin froze the fighters, declared that gravely wounded or defeated contestants could not be attacked, and ordered both sides to return to their places.
• The Demon Race fighter threatened Ying Ming Hao, who cursed him as they left the Martial Platform.
• The Central Saint Palace's leading participant departed, prompting the other Heavenly Prodigies to leave the platform and the Seven Great Regions' leaders to return to a tense standoff.
• Ying Ming Hao, Su Yan, Wang Baishun, and others boasted about their fights while Ye Hua and the other women reacted to their inappropriate behavior.
• The Heavenly Prodigies from the three great worlds resumed issuing challenges, and Xuanhuang World's fighters accepted them.
• The three great worlds won most of the renewed matches, while Xuanhuang World's Heavenly Prodigies fought on and retained their honor in defeat.

As the interworld arena matches neared the quasi-saint realm, Luo Shuihan dreaded having to defend her bought first-place ranking against the other worlds’ strongest Heavenly Prodigies. When her Misty Sect companions’ teasing praise left her cornered, she silently appealed to Ying Ming Hao for help.

• The Heavenly Prodigies of the three great worlds took turns challenging Xuanhuang World fighters, and the arena battles advanced toward the quasi-saint realm.
• Luo Shuihan grew terrified that she would soon have to fight despite knowing she could not live up to her first-place ranking.
• Meng Wanting encouraged Luo Shuihan to defend Xuanhuang World’s reputation, while Wang Teng, Long Chen, and the others confidently praised her supposed strength.
• Luo Shuihan noticed the group’s teasing smiles and turned to Ying Ming Hao, signaling that she wanted his help.
• Ying Ming Hao realized Luo Shuihan feared being exposed and accepted that he had to take responsibility for the plan that had put her in this position.

Ying Ming Hao secured Luo Shuihan’s agreement to three more demands while Lin Qinqin fought her way to six consecutive victories. As challenges continued, the Xuanhuang World’s Heavenly Prodigies overwhelmed their rivals from the Three Great Worlds, and Long Chen dominated on the Martial Platform.

• Ying Ming Hao signaled his three demands, and Luo Shuihan reluctantly agreed, bringing her total to seven conditions.
• Lin Qinqin confronted Ying Ming Hao about his arrangement with Luo Shuihan, then went to fight after Lin Zihan pointed out a challenger.
• Lin Qinqin defeated several Heavenly Prodigies in a row, winning six consecutive matches before finally losing.
• Miss Shui, Zhao Bufan, Fatty Zhang, Yun Qingyi, Wang Zhu, and other Xuanhuang World fighters achieved strong results against their opponents.
• The Xuanhuang World’s Heavenly Prodigies gained the upper hand as the Three Great Worlds suffered repeated defeats.
• Long Chen fought on the Martial Platform and decisively overwhelmed his opponents.

Long Chen continued defeating the three great worlds’ challengers, then faced a second-level quasi-saint from the Azure Wood World who tried to provoke him into fighting at equal cultivation. Long Chen accepted the challenge and countered the man’s Azure Wood Earth Spikes with Dragon Flame.

• Long Chen won several more battles, leaving Luo Shuihan and the three great worlds’ Heaven’s Chosen increasingly anxious.
• The opposition sent a renowned Azure Wood World talent who had reached the second level of the quasi-saint realm to fight Long Chen.
• The man offered to suppress his cultivation to quasi-saint realm great perfection, hoping Long Chen would accept the fight under those conditions.
• Long Chen mocked the man, accepted his challenge, and declared that he would defeat the three worlds’ Heavenly Prodigies.
• The Azure Wood World talent unleashed Azure Wood Earth Spikes, but Long Chen burned them away with Dragon Flame.

Long Chen defeated a Heavenly Prodigy from the three great worlds after a fierce fight, then taunted the other challengers as the Xuanhuang World spectators celebrated. His victory prompted another Heavenly Prodigy to leap onto the Martial Platform and challenge him.

• The man attacked Long Chen with wooden dragons and armor, but Long Chen smashed through his defenses and fought him in a brutal exchange.
• Long Chen endured the man's full-strength axe strike and cut him in two, but the man regenerated and left the platform severely weakened.
• Long Chen taunted the Heavenly Prodigies from the three great worlds, and the Xuanhuang World spectators chanted his name.
• Palace Master Jin and the Central Saint Palace's Great Elder mocked the defeated worlds while Red-Eyed Evil Tiger, Mu Yu, and Shui Wanru remained silent.
• Another Heavenly Prodigy leaped down to challenge Long Chen.