Chapter Summaries

Wang Yu and Lian Ruohua watched several preliminary matches and discussed the strengths of their competitors. The chapter left Wang Yu observing more standout fighters as the competition continued.

• Wang Yu explained that Xie Hong's thunder methods were fast and effective against spells, then said he would try to endure one hit and close in if they fought.
• Wang Yu watched Sun Chan use numerous second-tier talismans to overwhelm his opponent, and Lian Ruohua warned that Sun Chan's wealthy family made drawn-out fights dangerous.
• Wang Yu watched Senior Brother Sima's Three-Eyed Azure-Gold Elephant crush an opponent, and he examined the beast's potent vitality.
• Wang Yu watched Senior Brother Wu defeat a Green Water Palace disciple with powerful martial strikes and recognized Wu from an earlier meeting.

Wang Yu and Lian Ruohua prepared to challenge for True Disciple positions in the Grand Competition finals, receiving defensive talismans and pills from their elders. As they watched the other finalists gather, Lian Ruohua began introducing Wang Yu to their strongest rivals.

• Yan Tu explained that Pure Fire Peak's preliminary contestants had all been eliminated except Wang Yu and Lian Ruohua, and the pair vowed to do their best in the finals.
• Yan Tu gave Wang Yu and Lian Ruohua second-tier defensive talismans, while the white-haired young woman gave them Fire Nether Pills that could temporarily boost their dharma power.
• Lian Ruohua asked about Xue Yi, and Yan Tu said Xue Yi had died when the Fire Nightmare turned on him during secret-art practice.
• The white-haired young woman sent Wang Yu and Lian Ruohua to watch the True Disciple challenges on the Spirit Mirror.
• Lian Ruohua pointed out Xu Zitong of Soft Water Peak and Li Buming of Treasure Artifact Peak as formidable rivals, then began introducing another dangerous finalist.

Sect Master Luo Tianqi announced the rules for the contest for True Disciple positions, and Wang Yu chose Li Shixiong, ranked sixty-seventh, as his target. The challenge order began with Wang Yu, leaving both him and Lian Ruohua stunned.

• Luo Tianqi explained the challenge rules and declared three True Disciple positions vacant after their holders failed to meet the age and cultivation requirements.
• The seventy-two True Disciples took their seats, and the three disqualified disciples stepped down.
• Wang Yu told Lian Ruohua that he planned to challenge Li Shixiong, while she considered challenging Mu Zhen or Tao Ziyuan.
• Lian Ruohua explained the advantages and disadvantages of challenging early or late in the order.
• The golden wheel selected Wang Yu as the first challenger, surprising him and Lian Ruohua.

Wang Yu became the first challenger in the True Disciple competition finals and faced Li Shixiong of Origin Transformation Peak. After striking Li with a flying knife and crushing him with the Mount Mi Seal, Wang Yu sensed the fight was not over and unleashed a barrage of white fireballs.

• Yan Tu escorted Wang Yu to the Pure Fire Peak disciples' stand and urged him to secure a True Disciple Position.
• Wang Yu entered the arena and challenged Li Shixiong, the True Disciple ranked sixty-seventh.
• Li Shixiong warned Wang Yu that fire might not counter his wood-path cultivation before summoning the Green Vine Illusion Dew Art.
• Wang Yu launched a black flying knife at Li Shixiong's throat and sent the Mount Mi Seal crashing down on him.
• Wang Yu suspected Li Shixiong had not been defeated and attacked the area beneath the seal with dozens of white fireballs.

Wang Yu and Li Shixiong fought in the True Disciple Challenge as Li Shixiong’s Green Vine Illusion Dew Art trapped Wang Yu in an illusion and bound him with thorned vines. Just as spectators thought Wang Yu had lost, he enlarged his body and strengthened his Silver Armor, beginning to force the vines apart.

• Wang Yu’s white flames launched the Silver Giant Seal into the air, but Li Shixiong’s green vines extinguished the fire and formed a vine giant.
• Li Shixiong used the Green Vine Illusion Dew Art to fill the arena with moisture and trap Wang Yu in a shrinking cage, but Wang Yu burst free with his Crimson Sun Great Art.
• Li Shixiong revealed that Wang Yu had been caught in an illusion from the Bewildering Light Disk and seized him from behind with green vines.
• Li Shixiong transformed the vines into a spiked Black Vine Giant, whose attacks battered Wang Yu’s Silver Armor until spectators expected him to lose.
• Wang Yu grew to over ten feet tall, reinforced his Silver Armor with golden mist, and began pushing apart the black vines.

Wang Yu saw through Li Shixiong’s illusion and forced him into a decisive clash. Li Shixiong revealed that he had reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, leaving the contest’s outcome uncertain.

• Wang Yu escaped the Black Vine Giant’s vines and struck it with Vibrating Force, damaging its body from within.
• Wang Yu fought off the giant’s endless vines before a second giant appeared behind him and pierced his chest, but both apparent fighters vanished as illusions.
• Wang Yu appeared above the arena and told Li Shixiong that he had seen through the Azure Vine Illusory Dew Art, proposing they decide the contest with one strike.
• Li Shixiong accepted, emerged from the shattered vines, and revealed his Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation.
• The spectators reacted to Li Shixiong’s breakthrough, while Yan Tu reassured the white-haired young woman that Wang Yu still had a chance and had not used his Life-Bound Magical Artifact.
• Lian Ruohua watched the confrontation through the bronze mirror and worried about Wang Yu.

Wang Yu unleashed his Second-Tier Limit Flame Blade against Li Shixiong, who revealed his foundation establishment late-stage cultivation and transformed into a Wood Flood Dragon. The two attacks collided as Li Shixiong defended himself with his magical artifacts.

• Li Shixiong revealed that he had reached the foundation establishment late stage, surprising Wang Yu.
• Wang Yu formed a Second-Tier Limit Flame Blade with ninety-eight spirit inscriptions, drawing astonished reactions from the spectators.
• Senior Sister Zhang and Junior Brother Bing discussed Wang Yu’s spell and discovered that Senior Brother Zhao Yuan’s seated figure was only a puppet body.
• Li Shixiong swallowed the Green Scale, transformed into a Wood Flood Dragon, and brought out four second-tier magical artifacts.
• Wang Yu infused his giant Flame Blade with white flames and cleaved it down at Li Shixiong.
• Li Shixiong attacked the descending blade with his Silver Hatchet and Bronze Bell.

Wang Yu and Li Shixiong exchanged devastating attacks in the challenge, and the Green Water Palace Sect Master intervened to save Li Shixiong. Wang Yu emerged unharmed, leaving the contest's result uncertain to the watching cultivators.

• Li Shixiong’s wooden Flood Dragon form fired a blue-and-green beam and raised a giant ruler projection, while Wang Yu sent a hidden crystalline blade toward him.
• Wang Yu’s crystalline blade cut through Li Shixiong’s green scale and threatened his neck, but the Green Water Palace Sect Master stopped it.
• Li Shixiong’s ruler projection smashed the Mount Mi Seal into the arena, damaging the seal and burying Wang Yu beneath it.
• The Sect Master explained that his intervention was within the rules, and Li Shixiong returned to human form and thanked him.
• Wang Yu appeared in a breeze near the damaged seal and bowed to the Sect Master.

Wang Yu defeated Li Shixiong in the tournament and claimed Green Water Palace’s sixty-seventh True Disciple Position. Although he believed he could withstand most challengers, the tournament continued, and Junior Sister Xin’s uneasy premonition left Yan Tu worried that Wang Yu’s position might not be secure.

• The Sect Master of Green Water Palace praised Wang Yu’s second-tier Limit Spell, declared him the winner over Li Shixiong, and awarded him the sixty-seventh True Disciple Position.
• Li Shixiong congratulated Wang Yu and departed, while Wang Yu took his seat and assessed his chances against future challengers.
• The sixty-sixth-ranked true disciple, Senior Brother He, expressed interest in sparring with Wang Yu, while the sixty-eighth-ranked woman remained aloof.
• Yan Tu and Junior Sister Xin discussed whether Wang Yu could hold his position, with Junior Sister Xin admitting she felt uneasy about his prospects.
• Chai Hefeng watched Wang Yu’s image in the Blue Space, while Lian Ruohua smiled at the news and Tian Tier and Lei Jun were astonished.

Wang Yu’s strength unsettled the other peaks as the second round of challenges began. A Long-Haired Youth agreed to challenge Wang Yu for Pure Fire Peak and was ordered to injure him severely without killing him.

• Lei Jun and Tian Tier acknowledged that Wang Yu’s Second-Tier Limit Spell was powerful enough to badly injure them.
• An ugly old woman urged two Origin Transformation Peak disciples to reclaim Li Shixiong’s True Disciple Position, but they chose to challenge other opponents instead.
• The Long-Haired Youth refused to call the indistinct figure his father and agreed to take part in the competition in exchange for a deal.
• The indistinct figure named Wang Yu as the Long-Haired Youth’s opponent and ordered him to damage Wang Yu’s foundations without killing him.
• The indistinct figure said the scheduled challenger would suffer cultivation backlash, allowing the Long-Haired Youth to take his place.
• Wang Yu watched as the second round of challenges began.

Sun Chan challenged Senior Brother Qin, a hidden second-tier Puppet Master, but conceded after his talismans failed to break Qin’s defenses. The next match began with a Little Giant battering a barrier sustained by a young Daoist’s Bamboo Slips.

• Sun Chan and Senior Brother Qin traded waves of Talismans and puppets while their second-tier defenses remained in reserve.
• Wang Yu learned from Senior Brother He that Qin had become a second-tier Puppet Master since the previous tournament and had concealed his strength.
• Sun Chan used three second-tier Talismans to form Wind Scythes, but Qin’s Golden Tiger Puppet and Armored Soldier Puppet blocked them, so Sun Chan conceded.
• The Sect Master of Green Water Palace announced the result, and the Heaven-Mixing Wheel drew the third set of challengers.
• A Little Giant battered a Yellow Hazy Circular Barrier while a young Daoist fed Golden Rune Phantoms from his Bamboo Slips into it without retaliating.

Wang Yu watched the True Disciple challenges and considered the unusual Secret Arts and Magical Artifacts on display. After a string of defeats and Xie Hong's successful challenge, Lian Ruohua took the stage to challenge the weakened Mu Zhen.

• Senior Brother Wu ended his Secret Art and left the arena after failing to break the young Daoist's bamboo-slip defense.
• Tian Tier lost to the tall female disciple, whose strength-enhancing Secret Art and Magical Artifacts overwhelmed her.
• Wang Yu watched most challengers fail, while Xie Hong used his Thunder Method to defeat the young Daoist and take his True Disciple Position.
• Several challengers displayed unusual abilities, including blood Spirit Inscriptions, a phantom labyrinth, and a bovine demonized form.
• Lian Ruohua challenged Mu Zhen, who had already fought twice and was weakened by her previous battles.
• The Sect Master of the Green Water Palace began the match, and Lian Ruohua bowed and asked Mu Zhen for instruction.

Lian Ruohua defeated Mu Zhen and secured the seventy-first True Disciple Position, joining Wang Yu as a successful challenger from Pure Fire Peak. As the competition reached its final challenge, Refining Mountain Peak replaced its directly admitted disciple, prompting Yan Tu to suspect a connection to the peak’s hostility toward Pure Fire Peak.

• Lian Ruohua used her Glazed Fire Sixfold Rings and fire phoenix to overcome Mu Zhen’s water techniques and knock her unconscious.
• The Sect Master of Green Water Palace declared Lian Ruohua the winner, and she returned to the stands beside Wang Yu.
• Lian Ruohua and Wang Yu exchanged congratulations and discussed her phoenix essence power and need to recover.
• Yan Tu and the white-haired young woman celebrated Pure Fire Peak’s two True Disciple Positions as the remaining challenges proceeded.
• The Sect Master of Green Water Palace announced that Refining Mountain Peak had substituted its final challenger for special reasons.
• Yan Tu asked Junior Sister Xin what the last-minute change meant, and she pointed out Senior Brother Chang’s hostility toward him and Refining Mountain Peak’s efforts to suppress Pure Fire Peak.

Chang Kun of Refining Mountain Peak challenged Wang Yu, revealing himself as Peak Master Chang’s son and unsettling the Green Water Palace Sect Master. After a private explanation, Peak Master Chang invoked Patriarch Tianlang’s approval, leaving the assembled spectators shocked by Chang Kun’s origins.

• Yan Tu and the white-haired young woman suspected Refining Mountain Peak had changed its challenger to threaten Pure Fire Peak and protect something hidden there.
• Chang Kun appeared on the platform, challenged Wang Yu, and was recognized by Yan Tu and the white-haired young woman as possibly the son of Peak Master Chang and a Demoness.
• Wang Yu joined Chang Kun on the platform, while Lian Ruohua warned him to be careful.
• The Sect Master questioned Chang Kun about his relationship to Peak Master Chang, and Chang Kun confirmed that Peak Master Chang was his father.
• Peak Master Chang appeared in golden light and privately explained Chang Kun’s origins to the Sect Master, then said Patriarch Tianlang had approved the matter.
• The Sect Master reacted with surprise, and the spectators were stirred by the revelation that Chang Kun’s identity involved Patriarch Tianlang.

Wang Yu began his challenge against Chang Kun, whose connection to Patriarch Tianlang made the fight especially dangerous. Wang Yu and Little White unleashed a coordinated barrage that engulfed Chang Kun in a towering pillar of fire, but his silver-lit body had already shrugged off the opening attacks.

• The Green Water Palace Sect Master accepted Chang Kun’s identity and permitted him to challenge Wang Yu.
• Chang Kun questioned why Wang Yu had challenged a True Disciple ranked in the sixties, and Wang Yu chose not to explain.
• Wang Yu released Little White, and they attacked Chang Kun together with fireballs, Wind Blades, lightning, and three flying knives.
• Chang Kun broke two flying knives, caught the third in his mouth, and resisted the lightning, Wind Blades, and fire with a silver glow.
• Little White raised a gale that fed the flames around Chang Kun, and Wang Yu added white fireballs to intensify the blazing pillar.

Chang Kun revealed his Snow Wolf King bloodline and emerged from the flames unharmed, forcing Wang Yu to confront the power of his icy transformation. Chang Kun began coating himself in ice armor as he announced that he intended to end the match in their next exchange.

• Little White struck the pillar of fire with lightning, but the flames vanished when Chang Kun's icy power spread across the arena.
• Chang Kun emerged from the ice in a half-demon White Werewolf form, revealing his Snow Wolf King bloodline and its icy power.
• Yan Tu and the white-haired young woman discussed Chang Kun's bloodline and worried he might possess another powerful Snow Wolf talent.
• Little White blocked the spreading cold qi with its own breath while Wang Yu noticed faint silver light had shielded Chang Kun from earlier attacks.
• Chang Kun freed himself from the ice, recovered his Pitch-Black Flying Knife, and wrapped himself in growing layers of ice armor.

Wang Yu and Chang Kun clashed in the arena after Chang Kun used Mystic Wolf Transformation to create a towering ice werewolf that amplified his spells. Wang Yu countered with White Flame and his magical artifacts, and the battle continued as he and Little White struck at the transformed wolf.

• Chang Kun transformed his Ice Armor into a huge werewolf ice sculpture controlled by silver threads, while Wang Yu recognized its resemblance to a Mecha.
• Wang Yu summoned four White Flame Great Suns and melted the ice on his side of the arena.
• Chang Kun used the ice sculpture to amplify Hundred-Ice Shatter and sent more than a hundred icicles falling toward Wang Yu.
• The ice sculpture vanished and attacked Wang Yu from behind, but Wang Yu sensed it and struck its enormous claw with his saber and hook.
• Wang Yu's Great Suns blasted the falling icicles while Little White summoned a hurricane and launched a giant azure wind blade at the ice sculpture's waist.

Wang Yu survived Senior Brother Chang’s Thousand Ice Shatter by using Instant Step, then prepared to face Chang’s bloodline secret art. Chang warned that the technique could kill Wang Yu, but Wang Yu refused to concede, and Chang tore apart his own heart to unleash it.

• Wang Yu shielded himself and Little White from Chang’s ice attacks, then escaped the arena-wide Thousand Ice Shatter with Instant Step.
• Wang Yu recalled the three Silver Small Mirrors and sent Little White into his Spirit Beast Bag.
• Chang praised Wang Yu’s footwork and warned that his next bloodline secret art could kill him if he failed to control it.
• Wang Yu asked Chang to show him the technique before he would consider conceding.
• Chang plunged a silver claw into his chest and shredded his own heart.

Chang Kun transformed into a blood-colored werewolf and began the second round against Wang Yu, who used his body-tempering arts and weapons to defeat Chang Kun’s three false wolf shadows. Chang Kun announced a third round, and Wang Yu answered by taking the same wolf-like stance, stunning Chang Kun and the spectators.

• Chang Kun tore open his chest and transformed into a huge blood-colored werewolf with a third eye, then announced the second round.
• Wang Yu activated the Black Tiger Breathing Method and Dark Armor Art, resisted Chang Kun’s spirit-soul-affecting aura, and attacked the three wolf shadows with his Silver Curved Hook and Curved Blade.
• Wang Yu used clones and close combat to destroy all three wolf shadows, then found and struck Chang Kun’s hidden true body.
• Chang Kun praised Wang Yu for breaking his Wolf Shadow Art and declared that the third round would begin.
• Wang Yu took the same crouched stance as Chang Kun, leaving Chang Kun and the spectators stunned.

Wang Yu and Chang Kun fought in their transformed forms, with Wang Yu's Bear Embrace Form striking hard enough to pin Chang Kun's legs into the arena. Chang Kun announced the fourth round and swallowed the Wolf Puppet, causing a second wolf head to emerge from his neck.

• Wang Yu and Chang Kun exchanged rapid blows and afterimages, astonishing the spectators with their similar beastlike movements and physical strength.
• Chang Kun used his third eye to summon illusory werewolves that extended translucent claws and legs to attack Wang Yu.
• Wang Yu dodged the attacks and struck downward with a golden Giant Palm, but Chang Kun met it with a storm of blood-red claws.
• The clash drove Chang Kun's legs into the arena and left Wang Yu's palm covered in deep cuts, prompting him to consider using a trump card.
• Chang Kun pulled the Wolf Puppet from his waist and swallowed it, then howled as a second snow-white wolf head emerged from the back of his neck.