Recaps

Yun Mo and his companions headed toward the Guardian Land, where they defeated a wounded alliance that tried to steal their Tokens. After combining the spoils, the four held level six Tokens and continued toward the selection, planning to acquire stronger Tokens along the way.

• Wu Yingying recognized Mu Chen in the Spirit Road announcement, and Wu Ling reminded the group that the Guardian Land selection began in a month.
• After traveling for more than ten days, Yun Mo, Wen Qingxuan, Wu Yingying, and Wu Ling encountered nine wounded travelers who demanded their Tokens.
• Wu Ling, Wen Qingxuan, Wu Yingying, and Yun Mo swiftly defeated the attackers, and their leader surrendered his level five Token.
• Yun Mo combined the group’s Tokens into four level six Tokens, then the group continued toward the Guardian Land.

Yun Mo and his companions defeated Shi Yi’s group and entered the final Guardian Land, where they found dwellings and three elders waiting at a Martial Combat Arena. With the selection still three days away, they planned to find lodging and explore the settlement.

• Shi Yi tried to overwhelm Wu Ling while his companions attacked Yun Mo, Wu Yingying, and Wen Qingxuan, but the four defeated the attackers.
• Wu Yingying challenged Shi Yi to escape past any one of them, and the girl in golden armor struck him down when he charged her.
• Wu Ling collected the attackers’ Tokens and reported that the group’s Tokens had reached level seven but showed no sign of breaking through.
• Yun Mo and the others entered the final Guardian Land and saw a Martial Combat Arena with three elderly men waiting there.
• Wen Qingxuan identified the elders as likely members of the Sacred Spirit Academy and reminded the group that the selection began in three days.
• Yun Mo and Wu Ling planned to explore the Guardian Land the next day, while the others went to find lodging.

Yun Mo and the others explored the Guardian Land and learned that the selection would be a deadly battle in which participants could seize tokens. With the selection two days away, they returned to prepare and agreed to spend their spirit points on Wu Yingying’s preferred weapon.

• Yun Mo told Wu Ling that their stolen tokens had earned nearly two thousand spirit points, enough to cover their lodging and possibly buy supplies.
• Wu Yingying suggested watching a crowd arguing in the Guardian Land, but Wu Ling urged everyone to return and study the Wu Clan Body Tempering Scripture.
• At the Martial Combat Arena, Yun Mo learned that token holders would fight until only around thirty participants remained, and that the final stage would vary by Spirit Academy.
• Back in Yun Mo’s room, Wu Yingying asked for a scarlet Crescent Blade, and Wen Qingxuan and Wu Ling agreed to let her use the group’s spirit points for it.

Yun Mo, Wen Qingxuan, Wu Ling, and Wu Yingying entered the final Spirit Road selection and swiftly killed eleven opponents, stunning the spectators with their strength. After collecting the Tokens, Yun Mo was overcome by intense hatred and killing intent, and the others noticed the mark between his brows had grown more silvery-white.

• The Spirit Road Tokens announced that the selection would end when only a hundred participants remained across the Three Martial Combat Arenas, prompting many to hesitate or withdraw.
• Yun Mo and the other three entered the arena, where their level-seven Tokens immediately drew attacks from two groups.
• Yun Mo and Wen Qingxuan killed their five attackers, while Wu Ling and Wu Yingying swiftly defeated the other six.
• Spectators and the white-haired elders marveled at the four companions' extraordinary strength as they gathered their opponents' Tokens.
• Yun Mo urged the others to merge the Tokens and kill their way toward the arena's center, but Wen Qingxuan noticed his sudden bloodlust and the brighter mark between his brows.

Yun Mo and his companions advanced into the center of the Martial Combat Arena, where they overwhelmed the fighters gathered there and drew the attention of the Five Great Academies’ elders. The four continued their sweep, leaving the spectators convinced that they were among the Spirit Road’s strongest contenders.

• Yun Mo decided to endure the Hate Mark for now and led Wen Qingxuan, Wu Ling, and Wu Yingying toward the arena’s center.
• The group defeated another team on the way and reached the central area, where more than thirty competitors were fighting.
• Wen Qingxuan and the others revealed their auras and attacked the fighters with Level Seven Tokens while Yun Mo plunged into a separate battle.
• Wen Qingxuan defeated a Level Seven Token holder, broke his arms, and killed him with a steel needle through the skull.
• The spectators marveled at the four’s strength and noted that the elders from the Five Great Academies had taken notice of them.

Yun Mo and his companions survived the Martial Combat Arena trial and reached the final stretch of the Spirit Road, where Qing He joined them. The group encountered a standoff between Ji Xuan and Luo Li that was tied to Mu Chen.

• Yun Mo and his companions waited as the arena’s astral gales drove the remaining participants toward the center, where everyone agreed to stop fighting.
• The Mirror of Judgment ended the trial and opened a teleportation gate to the Spirit Road’s final stretch, which Yun Mo and his companions entered.
• Qing He reunited with Yun Mo, exchanged gifts with him, and joined the group after learning they would remain at the Five Great Academies.
• Qing He gave Yun Mo a jade pendant from the headmaster and said Weak Water would also attend the Five Great Academies.
• Qing He identified Ji Xuan and Luo Li as strong fighters confronting each other over a grudge connected to Mu Chen.

The final trial began with participants allowed to form groups of no more than three and tasked with raising their Tokens by hunting grade-nine Spirit Beasts or heading to the Central Divine Temple for Spirit Arts. After watching Ji Xuan and Luo Li’s restrained clash, Yun Mo’s group set out to find the beasts and decided to follow Ji Xuan when they spotted him racing toward an unknown destination.

• The Blood-Colored Token announced the final trial’s rules: participants could form groups of up to three, seize Tokens without killing anyone, and obtain grade-nine Tokens by slaying grade-nine Spirit Beasts.
• Wu Ling and Qing He agreed to travel together, while Wu Yingying stayed with Yun Mo and Wen Qingxuan.
• Ji Xuan and Luo Li fought in a fierce but cautious clash, and Yun Mo concluded that neither intended to settle their rivalry there.
• Yun Mo, Wen Qingxuan, and Wu Yingying left to search for grade-nine Spirit Beasts, while other participants pursued Spirit Arts or targeted weaker groups for their Tokens.
• After the trio wandered without finding any beasts, Wu Yingying spotted Ji Xuan and two companions racing toward a destination and suggested following them to learn where the beasts were.

Yun Mo, Wen Qingxuan, and Wu Yingying followed Ji Xuan and his companions to a remote canyon where they found a Ninth-Rank Mountain Ghost and the Spirit Jade Ji Xuan wanted. Yun Mo planned to use the fight as cover for Wu Yingying to steal the Spirit Jade, while he and Wen Qingxuan confronted Ji Xuan’s group.

• Yun Mo gave Wen Qingxuan and Wu Yingying cloaks so they could secretly follow Ji Xuan, Qiu Beihai, and Liu Qingyun.
• Ji Xuan told his companions that the remote destination held a Ninth-Rank Spirit Beast and Spirit Jade that could help him advance during Spiritual Energy Empowerment.
• Yun Mo and the two women followed the trio to a canyon and discovered natural treasures and a terrifying aura within.
• Yun Mo, Wen Qingxuan, and Wu Yingying saw Ji Xuan, Qiu Beihai, and Liu Qingyun attacking a Mountain Ghost, and Yun Mo identified its lair as the likely location of the Spirit Jade.
• Yun Mo instructed Wen Qingxuan and himself to confront the trio after the Mountain Ghost weakened, while Wu Yingying sneaked into the lair to take the Spirit Jade.

Yun Mo and Wen Qingxuan ambushed Ji Xuan, Qiu Beihai, and Liu Qingyun after they killed a Ninth-Rank Mountain Ghost, taking its Spirit Core and overpowering the three. Ji Xuan and the others escaped when Wu Yingying joined the fight, while Yun Mo suspected Ji Xuan had found the beast through a connection to Dean Tian Sheng.

• Ji Xuan, Liu Qingyun, and Qiu Beihai combined their attacks to kill the wounded Mountain Ghost, and Ji Xuan struck through its skull.
• Yun Mo took the Mountain Ghost's Spirit Core as Wen Qingxuan attacked Ji Xuan, while Yun Mo fought Qiu Beihai and Liu Qingyun.
• Wen Qingxuan kept Ji Xuan on the defensive, and Yun Mo overwhelmed the other two, nearly severing Qiu Beihai's wrist.
• Wu Yingying joined the fight with a volley of arrows, prompting Ji Xuan, Qiu Beihai, and Liu Qingyun to flee.
• Wu Yingying gave Yun Mo ten pieces of Spirit Jade, and the group planned to gather spirit medicines and hunt more Ninth-Rank Spirit Beasts.
• Yun Mo wondered whether Dean Tian Sheng of the Sacred Spirit Academy was related to Ji Xuan, but Wen Qingxuan dismissed the idea.

Yun Mo, Wen Qingxuan, and Wu Yingying discussed the Demon Emperor’s mark and Yun Mo’s plans for a Supreme Dharma Body while searching for a ninth-rank Token. When Lou Ying and his companions threatened them with a ninth-rank Token, they attacked, and Wu Yingying pinned Lou Ying to a tree as he regretted not heading for the Central Divine Temple.

• Yun Mo and Wu Yingying argued about their search, then Yun Mo and Wen Qingxuan discussed the mark affecting his mind and the materials he needed for a Supreme Dharma Body.
• The next morning, Yun Mo’s group encountered Lou Ying and two companions, who demanded their Token after seeing Yun Mo raise his own to the ninth rank.
• Wu Yingying, Yun Mo, and Wen Qingxuan attacked Lou Ying’s group, and Lou Ying fled when he sensed their strength.
• Yun Mo and Wen Qingxuan threw steel needles to obstruct Lou Ying, and Wu Yingying shot him through the shoulder and pinned him to a tree.
• Lou Ying coughed blood and regretted letting the ninth-rank Token distract him from going to the Central Divine Temple.

Yun Mo, Wen Qingxuan, and Wu Yingying reached the Central Divine Temple and entered its Divine Arts hall. Yun Mo awakened a mysterious broken jade disc identified as the Primordial Ziwei Emperor's Emperor's Seal, which engulfed him and Wen Qingxuan and drew them inside.

• Yun Mo recovered his Level-Nine Token from Lou Ying and set out for the Central Divine Temple with Wen Qingxuan and Wu Yingying.
• The trio entered the temple, where an old man welcomed them and allowed them to pass through the Vermilion Gate with their Tokens.
• Wu Yingying went to search for a Divine Art, while Yun Mo wandered deeper into the rear hall alone.
• A ripple from the mark between Yun Mo's brows summoned a broken jade disc that pressed against his forehead and made him bleed.
• Wen Qingxuan found Yun Mo holding the disc, which he identified as the Primordial Ziwei Emperor's Emperor's Seal.
• The disc released purple light and transported Yun Mo and Wen Qingxuan inside it, leaving their silhouettes visible within the floating jade disc.

Yun Mo and Wen Qingxuan entered the Emperor Seal Fragment’s Creation Pool, where Ziwei the Great’s imperial will clashed with the Demon Emperor mark in Yun Mo’s mind. Yun Mo learned Ziwei Emperor Art’s Mind Rectification and reached a stalemate with the mark, but collapsed into Wen Qingxuan as his robe dissolved when he tried to stand.

• Yun Mo explained that the jade disc was a fragment of Ziwei the Great’s Emperor Seal and urged Wen Qingxuan to temper her body in the Creation Pool.
• Wen Qingxuan used the pool’s imperial will to cleanse her body while the Emperor Seal Fragment focused its power on Yun Mo’s Demon Emperor mark.
• Yun Mo resisted the mark’s influence and received the Ziwei Emperor Art’s Mind Rectification from the fragment’s remaining consciousness.
• Yun Mo used Mind Rectification to weaken the mark’s power and establish a stalemate that could protect his consciousness during future eruptions.
• Yun Mo awoke and reassured Wen Qingxuan, then lost his vision, toppled toward her, and watched his robe dissolve.

After Wen Qingxuan brought Yun Mo to safety, he awoke at the Five Great Academies’ resting courtyard and learned she had found the illustrated books in his Storage Ring. He reflected on the Evil Clan’s Mark and the Ziwei Emperor’s inheritance, then reunited with his companions and admitted he had obtained an ancient emperor’s treasure.

• Wen Qingxuan dressed the unconscious Yun Mo, escaped the jade disc’s space with him, and examined the illustrated books in his Storage Ring.
• Yun Mo woke after several days and found Wen Qingxuan reading his illustrated books; she teased him before returning the books and his Storage Ring.
• Yun Mo considered how the jade disc and Ziwei the Great’s Emperor’s Seal had protected him, while recognizing that the Evil Clan’s Mark remained a threat.
• Yun Mo left his room and reunited with Wen Qingxuan, Wu Yingying, Qing He, and Wu Ling at the courtyard’s stone table.
• Yun Mo told his companions that he had obtained an ancient great emperor’s treasure.

Yun Mo reunited with Wu Ling and the others, discussed the coming Spiritual Energy Empowerment and academy evaluation, and shared Spirit Jade with them. After peaceful days passed, a bell announced that the final empowerment was near and the Spirit Road was nearing its end.

• Wu Ling and the others ate and drank with Yun Mo, who learned how long he had been unconscious and heard about the upcoming Spiritual Energy Empowerment and Five Great Academies evaluation.
• Wu Ling, Qing He, and the others discussed the possible King rating and a competition after the empowerment, while Yun Mo said he would watch from below.
• Yun Mo gave Spirit Jade to Wu Ling and the others, and they discussed challenging Ji Xuan and his followers after the empowerment.
• Wu Ling and the others returned to their courtyards, while Yun Mo carried the wine-sleepy Wen Qingxuan into the only room and wondered where he would sleep.
• After several peaceful days, a bell rang out, signaling that the final empowerment was approaching and the Spirit Road was drawing to a close.

Yun Mo and his companions emerged from the Spirit Road and joined the other trial participants for the final Spiritual Energy Empowerment. They revealed five Level-Nine Tokens, drawing attention from the academy deans and their enemies as the Mirror of Judgment began the empowerment.

• Yun Mo and his companions passed through the dissolving barrier and returned to the Great Thousand World, where the academy deans explained the Token-based empowerment and the King potential granted by Level-Nine Tokens.
• Dean Tian Sheng manifested the Nine-Tier Platform, and the students took their places according to their Token levels.
• Yun Mo, Wu Ling, and three other companions revealed Level-Nine Tokens, shocking the gathered students and drawing the deans' attention.
• Qiu Beihai, Liu Qingyun, and Ji Xuan recognized Yun Mo and his companions as the people they suspected of taking their opportunities, and Qiu Beihai vowed to confront them after the empowerment.
• The Mirror of Judgment sent refined spiritual energy down to the platform, and the students began absorbing it as Qiu Beihai confirmed that Yun Mo's group were the culprits.

The students absorbed the spiritual energy on the Nine-Tier Platform, with Wen Qingxuan and her companions reaching the Heaven Fusion Peak. Yun Mo resisted the Evil Clan's mark with the Ziwei Emperor Art, then unexpectedly broke through to the Heaven Transformation Realm as the deans discussed the coming trials and academy choices.

• Ji Xuan, Qiu Beihai, and Liu Qingyun set aside their hostility toward the Spirit Jade holders and began absorbing the platform's spiritual energy.
• Wen Qingxuan, Qing He, Wu Ling, and Wu Yingying advanced to the Heaven Fusion Realm, while Ji Xuan and Luo Li also continued cultivating.
• The Evil Clan's mark attacked Yun Mo as he tried to break through, but he used the Jade Bi and Ziwei Emperor Art to protect his mind and manifest a Great Emperor's Phantom.
• Yun Mo's emperor's intent entered his qi sea and propelled him into the Heaven Transformation Realm, shocking Qiu Beihai and the other observers.
• Dean Taicang predicted Yun Mo could challenge for the Spirit Road Champion's Seat, while Dean Tian Sheng argued that reaching the Heaven Transformation Realm would not guarantee victory.

The Spirit Crown Trial began, and Wen Qingxuan quickly defeated Liu Qingyun on a battle platform. Ji Xuan entered the competition and immediately drew several challengers, leaving his fight about to begin.

• Tang Qiu explained how the Level-Nine Token holders could compete for the Spirit Crown and earn King-Sealing Titles.
• Wen Qingxuan entered a battle platform, while Qing He and Wu Ling waited for Ji Xuan to appear.
• Liu Qingyun challenged Wen Qingxuan after accepting Ji Xuan's promise to probe her strength.
• Wen Qingxuan overwhelmed Liu Qingyun with her Golden Phoenix Spear, and the platform's protection stopped her strike from killing him.
• Ji Xuan moved onto another battle platform, where three challengers—a staff wielder, a lance wielder, and a silver-haired swordswoman—headed straight for him.

Luo Li challenged Ji Xuan over their unfinished grudge from the Spirit Road, and the two unleashed powerful sword and holy-light techniques in a fierce battle. Both were injured before deans intervened, leaving the trial participants to await the selection of the Spirit Crown Holder and the conferring of king titles.

• Wu Ling, Qing He, Yun Mo, and Wu Yingying watched as Luo Li stepped onto the battle platform to fight Ji Xuan.
• Ji Xuan said the Spirit Road contest had ended with him victorious, and Luo Li attacked him with the Luo God Sword.
• Ji Xuan and Luo Li traded increasingly fierce spear and sword strikes while the spectators and academy elders watched.
• Luo Li released the Luo God Sword's first seal and unleashed Luo River Sword Shadow, while Ji Xuan countered with Holy Light Art, Holy Wheel.
• Their techniques collided with immense force, and two deans intervened to protect the injured Luo Li and Ji Xuan.
• The spectators reacted to the pair's strength, and the group anticipated the selection of the Spirit Crown Holder and the conferring of king titles.

Wen Qingxuan was named the Spirit Road's Spirit Crown Holder and chose to use her reward to search for a heavenly treasure. The Five Great Academies then crowned the Level-Nine Token holders as kings and opened enrollment to the trial participants.

• Luo Li and Ji Xuan survived their final clash but were too injured to fight again, leaving Wen Qingxuan as the uncontested Spirit Crown Holder.
• Tang Qiu announced Wen Qingxuan as the Spirit Crown Holder and offered her a reward from the Five Great Academies.
• Wen Qingxuan asked to use the Mirror of Judgment to find a heavenly treasure, and the deans approved her request.
• Dean Tian Sheng began the crowning ceremony, giving titles such as King Xuan to Ji Xuan, King Luo to Luo Li, and King Mo to Yun Mo.
• The deans invited the trial participants to choose among the Five Great Academies.

Yun Mo chose the Martial Spirit Academy, while Wen Qingxuan joined the Ten Thousand Phoenix Academy. The Spirit Road group spent their last night together before separating, and Yun Mo and Wen Qingxuan shared a private conversation about their backgrounds and his dangerous Evil Clan mark.

• Wen Qingxuan told Yun Mo that heavenly demon grass could be found in a Demon Hall on the Ruins Continent, the venue for the next Academy Tournament.
• Yun Mo chose the Martial Spirit Academy, while Luo Li joined the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, Ji Xuan joined the Sacred Spirit Academy, and Wen Qingxuan joined the Ten Thousand Phoenix Academy.
• The Mirror of Judgment opened five teleportation arrays, and the deans told the students they would leave for their academies the next day.
• Yun Mo and his four companions drank together, and Wu Yingying suggested they reunite with Wen Qingxuan before the Academy Tournament.
• After the others left, Wen Qingxuan leaned against Yun Mo and told him she came from the powerful Northern Region Wen Family; Yun Mo told her he was an orphan marked by the Evil Clan.

Yun Mo and the others arrived at the Martial Spirit Academy, where Wu Ling explained its rumored connection to the Martial Realm and the power of Ancestral Spirit Stones. The academy welcomed the Spirit Road talents and outlined their places in its grounds and upcoming trials.

• Wu Yingying questioned Yun Mo about Sister Qingxuan, and he changed the subject to the Martial Spirit Academy.
• Wu Ling described the academy’s rumored link to the Martial Realm, its towering pagoda, and the Ancestral Spirit Stones used to strengthen cultivators.
• Elder Wu Ji introduced himself and told Wu Yingying that her returning master, Elder Ling Yi, would teach her manners again.
• Dean Tianwang welcomed Yun Mo and the others and expressed hope that their names would become known throughout the Great Thousand World.
• Elder Wu Ji explained that most new students would stay in the outer grounds until the trials, while those at Heaven Fusion Peak or equivalent strength could enter the inner grounds.

Wu Ling explained to Yun Mo and Qing He how the Martial Spirit Academy used battle spirit points and the Martial Dao Tower to reward combat and provide cultivation resources. The chapter ended with Yun Mo learning that collusion in the tower’s combat zones was difficult and punishable.

• Wu Ling gave Yun Mo his core disciple rune, which merged into his wrist and identified him as a core disciple.
• Wu Ling explained that students spent battle spirit points on resources and secluded cultivation in the Martial Dao Tower’s upper floors.
• Wu Ling described the tower’s combat zones, where students could earn points by defeating opponents, with higher rewards for challenging stronger opponents.
• Yun Mo and Qing He learned that core students received doubled daily points and combat rewards, while defeats imposed waiting periods before they could fight again.
• Wu Ling told Yun Mo that combatants were matched through anonymous projections and that collusion was monitored and severely punished.

Yun Mo learned more about the Martial Spirit Academy’s rules and joined Wu Ling’s Heavenly Terrace before visiting the Martial Dao Tower to earn Battle Spirit Points and settle his mind. Elder Wu Ji explained the tower’s battle zones and rankings, and Yun Mo entered the third-floor zone ready to fight.

• Wu Ling explained the academy’s rules, alliance missions, and Heavenly Terrace’s benefits, and Yun Mo agreed to join the alliance with Qing He.
• Wu Ling said Elder Ling Yi had taken Wu Yingying away to discipline her, and Qing He left with Wu Ling to see the Heavenly Terrace.
• Yun Mo sensed that his wrist mark let the academy track and protect core students across the Martial Dao Continent.
• The next day, Yun Mo went to the Martial Dao Tower, where Elder Wu Ji advised him to calm his restless mind and offered to explain the tower.
• Elder Wu Ji explained that the lower five floors were battle zones, core students earned double Battle Spirit Points, and strong records could unlock challenges on the fourth floor.
• Yun Mo entered the Martial Dao Tower’s third-floor battle zone, determined to let battle nourish battle.

Yun Mo entered the Martial Dao Tower and used his mastery of spacetime to defeat three powerful opponents with a single sword strike. The academy elders watched in shock as he headed toward more battles, hoping the tower’s ninth floor would help him understand spacetime.

• Yun Mo entered the Martial Dao Tower and released his powerful divine sense, drawing the attention of nearby fighters.
• Three Martial Spirit Academy cultivators approached Yun Mo and prepared to fight him separately.
• Yun Mo unleashed Great Void, Yin-Yang Dusting, and erased the three cultivators and their attacks with a sword strike.
• Yun Mo reflected on his limited understanding of spacetime and continued toward other battles.
• Wu Ji and two elders watched the fight from outside the tower and marveled at Yun Mo’s terrifying power.
• The three defeated cultivators returned to their bodies in shock, wondering who Yun Mo was.

Yun Mo defeated two Heaven Transformation Realm fighters with his emperor-infused fists and named his technique the Ziwei Emperor Fist. The elders recognized his exceptional talent and decided to support him without interfering with his independent cultivation.

• Yun Mo interrupted two men fighting and broke their arms with his fist intent.
• Yun Mo struck the men with emperor-infused punches until they were near collapse, then sent them back to the Great Thousand World with his palms.
• Yun Mo realized his attacks could be called the Ziwei Emperor Fist.
• Elder Ruyong and Zongfang judged Yun Mo among the Martial Spirit Academy’s finest students after Wu Ji revealed his name and Spirit Road origins.
• Ruyong decided to find spacetime-related Spirit Arts and records to help Yun Mo while the elders otherwise left him to forge his own path.