Recaps

Yue Shen, Long Haochen, and Li Xin attended the Knight Temple’s second elimination round, where Yang Wenzhao struck up a conversation with Yue Shen. As the matches began, Yue Shen abruptly entered and left meditation, leaving Yang Wenzhao baffled.

• Yue Shen congratulated Li Xin on passing the first elimination round, and she told him that Jialu had passed while Chen Si and Chen Chen had been eliminated.
• Ye Hua warned Long Haochen that Yue Shen might be feigning weakness and cautioned him about trusting people too easily.
• Long Haochen and Ye Hua entered the Knight Trial Grounds, where they noticed another Fifth Tier contestant waiting in the front row.
• Yue Shen joined the others, and Yang Wenzhao introduced himself before recognizing Yue Shen as the fifth Fifth Tier contestant.
• Han Qian announced the start of the second elimination round, and Yang Wenzhao pointed out Long Haochen meditating before the matches.
• Yue Shen ignored Yang Wenzhao’s comments, entered a Meditative Trance almost instantly, then opened his eyes again a short while later.

Li Xin used her evolved level six Rose Unicorn to defeat contestant number forty-six, and Long Haochen then faced Gui Wu in the arena. Long Haochen’s Build Momentum attack overwhelmed Gui Wu, while Yue Shen revealed that he had already learned the skill.

• Yue Shen predicted Li Xin would win her match because her Rose Unicorn had evolved to level six.
• Li Xin summoned her Rose Unicorn and used joint casting to overpower contestant number forty-six and secure the victory.
• The next draw matched Long Haochen against Gui Wu, and Long Haochen built momentum before attacking.
• Long Haochen’s Light Slash Sword sent Gui Wu and his Red-Armored Earth Dragon flying and shattered Gui Wu’s weapons and shield.
• Yang Wenzhao asked Yue Shen about Build Momentum, and Yue Shen showed his Inheritance Ring and said he had already learned the skill.

After Long Haochen defeated Gui Wu, officials tested his spiritual power and confirmed his victory, while Yue Shen left the arena and encountered Long Haochen with Cai'er. The chapter ended with the Second Elimination Round complete and the format for the next rounds established.

• Gui Wu accused Long Haochen of hiding his strength, so Han Qian suspended the match and ordered a spiritual power test that confirmed Long Haochen's win.
• Yue Shen left the tournament grounds, and Yang Wenzhao worried about facing him or Long Haochen before reaching the top ten.
• Yue Shen found Long Haochen helping Cai'er and teased him about taking her home and going on a date.
• Long Haochen escorted Cai'er home, while Yue Shen promised he would not tell Ye Hua about it.
• The Second Elimination Round ended with thirty-four entrants remaining, and the third round was set to include the five fifth-tier Earth Knights.

Yue Shen saw Lin Jialu and the Chen brothers off before the Knight Temple began its Third Elimination Round, where five fifth-tier contestants drew attention. At the Mage Trial Grounds, Gandalf began his match against Number Thirty-Seven, while the Priest Temple held its final elimination round.

• Yue Shen joined Li Xin to see Lin Jialu and the Chen brothers off as they left for Haoyue City.
• Han Qian announced the Knight Temple’s Third Elimination Round, and Yue Shen noticed Han Yu among the fifth-tier contestants.
• Li Xin compared Yue Shen’s looks to Long Haochen’s, prompting Ye Hua to wonder whether they were biological brothers.
• Gandalf entered the Mage Trial Grounds to face Number Thirty-Seven and displayed his newly upgraded Spirit-Demon Grade staff.
• Gandalf began the match by casting Holy Light Blast as Number Thirty-Seven prepared a water-element spell.
• The Priest Temple’s final elimination round took place that day.

Xue Meng defeated Sima Xian in the Priest Temple preliminaries by using Discipline Priest techniques, surprising the contestants and officials. Afterward, Sima wondered how she knew he could use Berserk, while another unusual match ended at the Knight Trial Grounds with Han Yu demanding a rematch after losing to a weaker opponent.

• Xue Meng entered the arena to face Sima Xian, who offered to surrender so she could pursue a place in the preliminary top ten.
• Sima began to signal his surrender, but Xue Meng struck him with a ball of light and summoned several more attacks, including Holy Light Hammer.
• Xue Meng pinned Sima down and won the match, then asked why he had not used Berserk; Sima wondered how she knew about his hidden ability.
• At the Knight Trial Grounds, Han Yu lost to a fourth-tier Grand Knight and demanded a rematch, saying he had not summoned his mount or used his spirit-demon grade armor.

After Han Yu received his punishment, Yue Shen entered his first match against Number Twenty-One, a fourth-tier Grand Knight. Yue Shen overwhelmed his opponent without summoning his mount, and the chapter ended as he raised his flame-coated swords for another attack.

• Han Qian changed Han Yu’s punishment to temporary expulsion from the Knight Temple and five years as Long Haochen’s retainer knight.
• Long Haochen left to cultivate, while Ye Hua stayed to watch Yue Shen’s match.
• Yue Shen faced Number Twenty-One, who summoned an Azure Demon Wolf and charged before Yue Shen could summon his mount.
• Yue Shen instantly combined Sunlight Slash and Light Slash Sword into a Radiant Cross Slash, badly wounding the Azure Demon Wolf and cracking Number Twenty-One’s shield.
• Yue Shen raised his swords, now covered in Flame of Light, as Number Twenty-One continued the fight.

Yue Shen overwhelmed Knight Number Twenty-One, then reached the preliminaries’ top ten after Number Forty-Four surrendered without entering the arena. The remaining knights faced the next draw as Yue Shen began to suspect the tournament’s matchups were not being rigged.

• Yue Shen charged a combined attack with his swords, frightening Knight Number Twenty-One into surrendering before he could strike.
• The referee declared Yue Shen the winner, and Yue Shen left the arena as the other competitors feared facing him.
• Yang Wenzhao, Duan Yi, and Knight Number Four discussed Yue Shen’s strength and worried about drawing him.
• Li Xin won her matches and advanced as the preliminaries neared their end.
• When Yue Shen was drawn against Number Forty-Four, Number Forty-Four surrendered from his seat, and Han Qian instructed the referee to declare Yue Shen the winner.
• Yue Shen noticed the remaining first-row knights relax, then saw numbers two and three appear in the draw and reconsidered his suspicion that the temples were rigging the matches.