Recaps

Chen Beiwu refused the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword’s invitation to become its disciple, while Zhu Wuya entered seclusion and entrusted him with the sect’s affairs. As the other sects withdrew from worldly affairs, Chen Beiwu entered seclusion, then went to the Heavenly Evolution True Realm to test himself against the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape, where the fight began with his companions taking heavy blows.

• Zhu Wuya warned Chen Beiwu about the dangers of cultivating the Taiyi Profound Pivot Truth-Restoring Cause-Turning Art and explained the benefits and drawbacks of accepting the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword’s invitation.
• Chen Beiwu declined the invitation, and Zhu Wuya gave him a jade slip to summon Senior Feng before leaving to attempt Spirit Transformation.
• The Nine-Dragon True Lord learned that Chen Zi'ang had received no northern underworld true water, accepted the Divine Fire True Spirit’s offer of divine fire essence, and ordered the Flameburn Sect to close its mountain gates.
• The sects of the Earth Evolution Realm withdrew from worldly affairs, while Chen Beiwu observed a new strand of purple qi forming and entered seclusion in Yuezhen City.
• Chen Beiwu took Golden Egg and his other companions to the Heavenly Evolution True Realm to fulfill his agreement to fight the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape.
• The Battle-Devouring Demon Ape overwhelmed Chen Beiwu’s companions and injured Chen Beiwu, then urged him to use his explosive profound ability.

Chen Beiwu fought the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape at full strength, revealing his Primordial Origin Dharma Form before ending the contest without defeating it. The Battle-Devouring Demon Ape gave Chen Beiwu blood essence for Aji and asked him to guard its future breakthrough to Demon Venerable.

• Chen Beiwu entered Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation and clashed with the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape, whose chains broke as it unleashed greater power.
• The Battle-Devouring Demon Ape created a Black-Curtain Space, and Chen Beiwu manifested his Primordial Origin Dharma Form to crush it beneath five sky-supporting pillars.
• Chen Beiwu ended the fight when the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape continued resisting, and the demon ape recovered before approaching Aji.
• The Battle-Devouring Demon Ape gave Chen Beiwu a drop of its blood essence, which could help Aji hatch sooner.
• The Battle-Devouring Demon Ape asked Chen Beiwu to guard it when it attempted to become a Demon Venerable, and Chen Beiwu agreed to help despite refusing payment.

Chen Beiwu accepted Xiao Yan as a disciple, prepared Golden Egg and Iron Egg for their breakthroughs, and learned that Easy Yang True Lord Jiang Xuanyang would challenge Jade Purity before the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament. A month later, Jiang Xuanyang arrived at the sect and asked for Chen Beiwu, who was still in seclusion.

• Chen Beiwu divided the Demon Ape blood essence and Earth Qilin Fruit between Golden Egg and Iron Egg, then returned to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.
• Xiao Yan offered Chen Beiwu Heavenly Embryo Dew as an apprenticeship gift, became his disciple, and received instruction in the Primordial Origin Golden Core Great Dao.
• Chen Beiwu collected a True-Congealing Pill from Exquisite True Lord and learned from Violet Firmament Venerable that Jiang Xuanyang would challenge Jade Purity before the tournament.
• Violet Firmament Venerable gave Chen Beiwu two King-Shedding Pills and information on Jiang Xuanyang, and Chen Beiwu used the pills and other treasures to help Golden Egg and Iron Egg break through.
• After a month passed with Chen Beiwu still in seclusion, Jiang Xuanyang arrived at the Jade Purity mountain gate and asked where Chen Beiwu was.

Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven challenged the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, and its prodigies defeated Jade Purity’s Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators. Yu Zhaohua then lost to Jiang Xuanyang, but Chen Beiwu emerged from seclusion as she fell, leaving him facing the Pure Yang True Lord.

• Jiang Xuanyang arrived at Jade Purity’s Duel Platform, where Wu Qing defeated Zhou Jian and Jiang Chuan conceded the Foundation Establishment contest to Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven.
• Li Tianming defeated two Jade Purity Golden Core cultivators in succession, intensifying the sect’s concern that it might not qualify for the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament.
• Jiang Xuanyang challenged Jade Purity’s Nascent Soul cultivators, and Yu Zhaohua stepped onto the platform despite Jiang Chuan’s warning.
• Yu Zhaohua fought Jiang Xuanyang alongside her Flintrock Coiling Dragon, but he overcame her after she manifested her Crimson Radiance World-Melting Dharma Form.
• Chen Beiwu emerged from seclusion as Yu Zhaohua fell from the platform, and he faced Jiang Xuanyang.

Chen Beiwu accepted Jiang Xuanyang’s gate challenge and sent Iron Egg to fight the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven envoy’s powerful companion beast. Iron Egg defeated and devoured the Setting Sun Fire Cricket, leaving Jiang Xuanyang injured and unable to accept its death.

• Chen Beiwu emerged from seclusion and agreed to let Jiang Xuanyang rest before their duel.
• Chen Beiwu chose Iron Egg to face Jiang Xuanyang’s Setting Sun Fire Cricket, while Yu Zhaohua warned him about Jiang Xuanyang’s fierce fire.
• Jiang Xuanyang attacked with Pure Yang Void-Absorbing Palm, but Iron Egg manifested the Great Heaven Pure Hell Aspect and broke the palm.
• Jiang Xuanyang fused with the Setting Sun Fire Cricket and unleashed Setting Sun’s Supreme Blaze against Iron Egg.
• Iron Egg reached Demon King perfection, devoured the Setting Sun Fire Cricket, and severed Jiang Xuanyang’s connection to his companion beast.
• Jiang Xuanyang spat blood and collapsed to one knee, then stared in disbelief as Iron Egg spat out a wing bone.

Chen Beiwu defeated Jiang Xuanyang’s Setting Sun Fire Cricket and earned Jade Purity’s seat in the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament. Violet Firmament Venerable revealed that the Five Great Grotto-Heavens’ chief disciples wield power from pseudo-Dao Fruits, then explained what Chen Beiwu would need to compete with them.

• Chen Beiwu and Iron Egg defeated Jiang Xuanyang and the Setting Sun Fire Cricket, with Iron Egg draining much of the beast’s true fire while sparing its life.
• Jiang Xuanyang accepted defeat, gave Chen Beiwu the tournament invitation, and left the Jade Purity Immortal Sect with Wu Qing and Li Tianming.
• True Lord Jiang Chuan asked how Iron Egg had won, and Chen Beiwu identified its technique as the immortal-art profound ability Nine Luminaries Return to True.
• Violet Firmament Venerable summoned Chen Beiwu, offered a reward for securing a tournament seat, and explained that winning first place could earn him a Heaven-Connecting Pill.
• Violet Firmament Venerable revealed that the Five Great Grotto-Heavens’ chief disciples received power from pseudo-Dao Fruits that could assimilate their bearers and block their advancement to Void Refinement Dao Venerables.
• Violet Firmament Venerable told Chen Beiwu he would need to master the Primordial Origin Cavern-Truth Azure Splendor Fundamental Immortal Art of Commanding Myriad Tribulations and Myriad Spirits or contract a top-five origin beast to contend with the grotto-heavens.

Violet Firmament Venerable sent Chen Beiwu to the Heavenly Evolution Origin Realm to strengthen his immortal arts before the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament. Meanwhile, a ranking that placed Chen Beiwu fifth stirred rival sects, and the chapter ended as a Spirit Transformation Venerable led him into the realm.

• Violet Firmament Venerable warned Chen Beiwu that he could not contend with a Dao Fruit’s power and granted him a token to enter the Heavenly Evolution Origin Realm.
• Yuyue Guardian asked Violet Firmament Venerable why Chen Beiwu could not contract with her, while Qinghe stopped her from pressing the matter.
• Zhuang Fu told Wang Chan that a ranking placed Chen Beiwu fifth after he defeated Gu Yong and Easy Yang True Lord, and Wang Chan decided to inform Wang Boyang.
• Jiang Xuanyang admitted Chen Beiwu had defeated him, while Zhu Wu revealed that he had taken a Nine Yang Pill to reach Nascent Soul peak before facing him.
• Gu Qinghan ordered Gu Yong to redeem Lunar Grotto-Heaven’s standing by winning the tournament and promised him a sword strike if he took first place.
• Chen Beiwu followed his token to the Heavenly Evolution Origin Realm, where a middle-aged Spirit Transformation Venerable appeared and told him to follow.

Chen Beiwu entered the Heavenly Evolution Origin Realm to seek immortal technique Dao marks, but the realm suppressed his senses and eroded his true qi. After meeting two mysterious cultivators by a lake, he considered trying to catch an immortal intent spirit object before pursuing Dao marks.

• A middle-aged cultivator opened a spatial passage and warned Chen Beiwu to leave the realm if he developed dangerous symptoms.
• Chen Beiwu entered the Heavenly Evolution Origin Realm, where his divine sense was suppressed and his Heavenly Eye revealed terrifying beasts in chaotic mist.
• Chen Beiwu summoned Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, Zhiling, and Aji, then let Golden Egg choose a direction through the primordial forest.
• Chen Beiwu found two cultivators beside a strange lake: Old Wang, who invited him to fish, and Senior Gong, who identified himself as Gong.
• Senior Wang explained that the lake held spirit objects formed from immortal technique true intent, and Chen Beiwu's companions debated whether he should fish for one.
• Senior Gong warned Chen Beiwu that catching an immortal intent spirit object required enough comprehension to attract it, or fishing would waste his time.

Chen Beiwu persisted at Heavenly Journey Lake and used a fortuitous encounter to elevate his cultivation while attempting to draw forth a Primordial Origin Dao mark. His effort unexpectedly summoned the Primordial Origin Northern Emperor True Dragon, an immortal intent spirit object that stunned Gong Wuxian and Wang Chongyan.

• Chen Beiwu ignored the seniors’ advice to leave Heavenly Journey Lake and continued fishing for Dao marks after a day without success.
• Chen Beiwu used the Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability and Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation to raise his cultivation to Nascent Soul perfection.
• Gong Wuxian and Wang Chongyan watched as Chen Beiwu’s strength weakened without producing a Primordial Origin Dao mark.
• A dragon-shaped immortal intent spirit object emerged from Heavenly Journey Lake, revealing itself as the Primordial Origin Northern Emperor True Dragon.
• Gong Wuxian suppressed his resentment at Chen Beiwu’s success, while Wang Chongyan realized his encouragement had helped bring about the rare opportunity.

Chen Beiwu comprehended the Primordial Origin Northern Emperor True Dragon, advanced his Primordial Origin fundamental immortal arts to major accomplishment, and gained the Northern Emperor's Ten Thousand Spirits Dao Edict. After the Violet Firmament Venerable tested his strength and warned him about the Five Great Grotto-Heavens' strengthened chief disciples, Chen Beiwu agreed to take a Limit-Breaking Profound Pill to advance his cultivation.

• Wang Chongyan and Gong Wuxian discussed Chen Beiwu's chances of reaching Nascent Soul perfection after he stirred the Primordial Origin Northern Emperor True Dragon.
• With help from Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, Zhiling, and Aji, Chen Beiwu contemplated the Dao, reached major accomplishment in the Primordial Origin fundamental immortal arts, and comprehended the Northern Emperor's Ten Thousand Spirits Dao Edict.
• Chen Beiwu emerged with a Dao Pearl, refused to let Golden Egg eat it, and returned to Jade Purity Peak after activating the Sect Master's token.
• The Violet Firmament Venerable told Chen Beiwu that the Five Great Grotto-Heavens' chief disciples had reached Nascent Soul peak, then demonstrated how a superior realm could suppress him.
• Chen Beiwu resisted the Violet Firmament Venerable's pressure with Great Mystery Guarding the One, and the Sect Master praised his prospects in the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament.
• The Violet Firmament Venerable offered Chen Beiwu a Limit-Breaking Profound Pill, and Chen Beiwu agreed to take it.

Chen Beiwu received powerful gifts from Violet Firmament Venerable and used Heavenly Embryo Dew to help Aji emerge, while cultivators across Jade Purity reacted to the extraordinary aura. Aji’s transformation reached its final stage as a four-colored heavenly eye appeared above the Water-Evolving Residence and fixed its gaze on Aji.

• Violet Firmament Venerable gave Chen Beiwu a Limit-Breaking Profound Pill and a Heaven-Darkening Ascending Dragon scale, then told him the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament would begin in seven years.
• Chen Beiwu returned to the Water-Evolving Residence and used Heavenly Embryo Dew to help Aji emerge, with Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling guarding him.
• Aji’s transformation stirred powerful celestial phenomena, alarming Jade Purity cultivators and prompting Yu Zhaohua to leave Azure-Ming Peak with the Flintrock Coiling Dragon to seek a way to strengthen its bloodline.
• As Aji’s yin-yang and Heaven and Earth powers grew unstable, Chen Beiwu used Primordial Origin true qi and Fortune Edict Embryo to help Aji suppress the dragon souls and complete the dangerous stage of its transformation.
• A four-colored tribulation eye formed in a spatial rift above the Water-Evolving Residence and fixed its gaze on Aji.

Aji awakened the four fifth-tier Four Seasons creation origin arts and endured the Purple Dipper heaven punishment tribulation, breaking through to Demon King perfection. After Jade Purity’s Sect Master ordered the witnesses to keep the breakthrough secret, Chen Beiwu asked Aji how he felt and what title he wanted.

• Aji transformed and drew the attention of Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling as his breakthrough summoned the forty-nine purple dipper heaven punishment tribulation.
• The Mountain-Moving True Lord identified Aji as a creation origin beast, and Jade Purity’s Sect Master issued an edict forbidding anyone from revealing what happened.
• Aji used Spring Yang Emergence to disperse the first bolt of purple lightning and awakened Summer Yang Crimson Radiance, Autumn Killing Yin Wind, and Winter Concealment Instant as the tribulation continued.
• Aji survived the tribulation’s final lightning barrage by slowing time around himself, then healed his injuries and reached Demon King perfection.
• Aji told Chen Beiwu that the Yin-Yang Heaven and Earth Power had transformed into the power of the four seasons, and Chen Beiwu asked what title he wanted.

After Aji transformed into a four-seasons creation origin beast and chose the title Heaven-Wild Time Sequence, Chen Beiwu used its power to complete threefold Dao-proving and reach nascent soul peak. He then began using Xuele’s ability and a Limit-Breaking Profound Pill to push toward nascent soul perfection.

• Chen Beiwu discovered that Aji’s origin meridian enhanced all five of his spiritual roots to 98, while Aji’s technique meridian held 9,999 Dao marks and contained the Four-Seasons Heaven-Sequence Yin-Yang True Domain.
• Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling proposed titles for Aji, and Aji agreed to Chen Beiwu’s compromise, Heaven-Wild Time Sequence.
• Chen Beiwu swallowed heavenly heart liquid and performed threefold Dao-proving with Golden Egg’s aid, reaching nascent soul peak after two years and awakening the ability to commune with the netherworld.
• Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling gained cultivation from the Companion Beast Contracts, while Aji kept watch over Chen Beiwu.
• After resting for ten days, Chen Beiwu began his next breakthrough with Xuele’s help, using its Transplanting Flowers and Grafting Trees ability to channel the Heavenly Star Ganoderma’s essence into him.
• When the Heavenly Star Ganoderma’s medicinal power proved insufficient, Chen Beiwu swallowed the Limit-Breaking Profound Pill.

Chen Beiwu used pills and Zhiling’s spatial talent to complete fourfold Dao-proving and reach Nascent Soul perfection, awakening the Heavenly Foot Profound Ability. As Gu Yong prepared to face him in the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament, Chen Beiwu’s companions strengthened their cultivation through the breakthrough’s feedback.

• Chen Beiwu’s Nascent Soul guided medicinal power through his body, while Zhiling helped him comprehend the void and complete fourfold Dao-proving.
• Gu Qinghan defeated Gu Yong and warned that Chen Beiwu could become a formidable opponent if he reached Nascent Soul peak and contracted a Creation Origin Beast.
• Gu Qinghan told Gu Yong that a possible Creation Origin Beast aura had appeared at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, and Gu Yong resolved to use a dangerous Lunar secret art rather than lose to Chen Beiwu.
• After three years, Chen Beiwu reached Nascent Soul perfection, grew his Primordial Origin Dharma Form to fifty-two thousand zhang, and awakened the Heavenly Foot Profound Ability.
• Chen Beiwu tested his ability to cross short distances unseen and found that the Five Phases Bright King Wings remained better for long-distance travel.
• Chen Beiwu’s breakthrough raised his companions’ cultivation; Xuele became a peak Demon King, while Golden Egg and Zhiling remained at the late Demon King stage’s limit.

Chen Beiwu comprehended the [Form-Concealing Trace-Evasion] divine ability and tested its concealment powers with his companion beasts. Golden Egg then refined the [Heaven-Darkening Ascending Dragon] scales and Immortal Intent Spirit Object Dao Pearl, reaching peak Demon King and transforming its bloodline toward a Primordial Origin True Dragon.

• A seven-colored radiance descended into Chen Beiwu's consciousness in Chaos Heaven and Earth, granting him the [Form-Concealing Trace-Evasion] divine ability after a month of enlightenment.
• Chen Beiwu concealed and altered his aura, then used the divine ability to disguise Xuele's Dao practice without weakening its strength; Zhiling recognized its value for ambushes.
• Chen Beiwu agreed to let Golden Egg refine the Ascending Dragon scales and Immortal Intent Spirit Object Dao Pearl before the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament.
• Golden Egg endured the refining process and defied the Primordial Origin Northern Emperor True Dragon's bloodline suppression, winning recognition from its trace of true intent.
• Golden Egg's Dao practice surged beyond the late-stage Demon King barrier to peak Demon King as its three heads grew horns and it began rebuilding its heart and inner core.

Golden Egg reached Demon King peak and transformed into a powerful Three Aspects Mystic Chi, while Chen Beiwu prepared to represent the Jade Purity Immortal Sect at the approaching Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament. As the tournament neared, Chen Beiwu demonstrated his overwhelming strength to Jade Purity’s younger prodigies, and his parents received an invitation to attend.

• Golden Egg refined its bloodline and broke through to Demon King peak, awakening a Companion Beast Profound Ability and glimpsing its future path toward becoming a dragon.
• Yue Shan and Su Miao discussed whether Chen Beiwu could challenge the Five Great Grotto-Heavens’ chief disciples and how the tournament’s results might affect him and the sect.
• Chen Beiwu met with Jade Purity’s prodigies, and his mere glance left Yu Zhaohua unable to move, confirming how far his strength surpassed hers.
• Chen Dong and Huang Xiaoling received respectful toasts in Far Sky County because their son was the True Martial True Lord.
• A Golden Core True Person delivered Chen Dong an invitation to the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament from Jade Purity City.

Chen Beiwu and the Jade Purity Immortal Sect prodigies arrived at Lunar Grotto-Heaven for the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament, where Gu Mingxi and Zheng Tianming received them. Gu Mingxi showed unusual courtesy toward Chen Beiwu and offered the visitors a chance to contract Plain-Shadow Moon Rabbits, leaving Zheng Tianming wondering what made Chen Beiwu special.

• Chen Dong and Huang Xiaoling received spectator invitations to the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament because their son Beiwu would represent the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.
• Xu Lingling received an invitation from Chen Beiwu and told True Person Xu she believed Beiwu would rise to the top of the Immortal Alliance.
• Gu Mingxi and Zheng Tianming welcomed Chen Beiwu and the Jade Purity prodigies at Jiyuan City's Ascending Moon Terrace as rumors spread that Lunar Grotto-Heaven meant to put the visitors in their place.
• Chen Beiwu greeted Gu Mingxi and Zheng Tianming, asked whether they would enter the tournament, and regretted that neither would compete.
• Gu Mingxi led the Jade Purity delegation into Lunar Grotto-Heaven and offered them the chance to earn the recognition of Plain-Shadow Moon Rabbits.
• Chen Beiwu declined Gu Mingxi's offer because he already had enough Companion Beasts, while Zheng Tianming grew suspicious of her unusual friendliness toward him.

Chen Beiwu settled into the Moon-Pillow Abode while the immortal sects prepared for the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament and Gu Yong revealed he had mastered the dangerous Toad Palace Laurel-Seizing. The chapter ended with Chen Beiwu meeting a delighted Foundation Establishment cultivator who called him “Son!”

• Chen Beiwu entered the Moon-Pillow Abode with Yu Zhaohua, while Wei Huiwen and the other cultivators went to the Moon Laurel Forest to seek Companion Beasts.
• Wang Chan met Chen Beiwu at the abode, then later received Zhao Yue and the Shangqing cultivators, who declared their intention to challenge Gu Yong.
• Gu Mingxi told Zheng Tianming that Chen Beiwu was a Nascent Soul Peak cultivator whose strength seemed below Gu Yong's, though she privately wondered why his aura posed no threat to her.
• Gu Yong urged his cultivators to win every match, and Ding Ding volunteered to fight without holding back against the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.
• Gu Yong demonstrated Toad Palace Laurel-Seizing to Zheng Tianming and prepared to use it against Chen Beiwu if necessary.
• Chen Beiwu arrived near the Moon Laurel Forest, where a delighted female cultivator called him “Son!”

The Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament began under new rules, and the Five Great Grotto-Heavens’ Foundation Establishment prodigies immediately occupied all five platforms. Jade Purity’s Wu Qing and Zhou Jian were swiftly defeated, leaving Chen Beiwu to face the tournament’s hostility as the Golden Core contests approached.

• Elder Guang Yu explained the tournament’s scoring and challenge rules, then declared it begun as prodigies from the Five Great Grotto-Heavens took the platforms.
• Wu Qing challenged Xuanyuan Jing and was defeated by her sword in a single strike, suffering severe injuries.
• Zhou Jian challenged a Jade Expanse Grotto-Heaven prodigy, who defeated him and badly injured his companion beast, Amo.
• Chen Beiwu used Xuele’s healing abilities to restore Amo and treat Wu Qing, while the grotto-heaven prodigies yielded their platforms to other contestants.
• Other sects’ prodigies concluded that the Five Great Grotto-Heavens were targeting Jade Purity, but Chen Beiwu believed their chief disciples were simply unwilling to lose any match.

Chen Beiwu watched Jade Purity lose its Foundation Establishment and Golden Core contests as the Five Great Grotto-Heavens dominated the tournament. After Yu Zhaohua yielded the chance to challenge Gu Yong to him, Gu Yong entered the Nascent Soul tournament and openly called Chen Beiwu to fight.

• Chen Beiwu rejected Yu Zhaohua's offer to test a grotto-heaven chief and declared his intention to take first place, though he later agreed to let her challenge Gu Yong.
• Jade Purity finished last in the Foundation Establishment tournament with zero points, while the Five Great Grotto-Heavens took the top five places.
• Zhou Xiao fought Ding Ding of Lunar Grotto-Heaven, who badly injured his companion beasts and nearly struck his dantian before Chen Beiwu's pressure stopped him and Chen Beiwu conceded for him.
• Wei Huiwen lost to a Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven cultivator, leaving Jade Purity at the bottom of the Golden Core tournament as Chen Beiwu arranged for her and Zhou Xiao to recover.
• Chen Beiwu told Yu Zhaohua that he would take on Gu Yong himself, and she let him decide.
• Gu Yong entered the Nascent Soul tournament, challenged Chen Beiwu, and released his Nascent Soul Peak aura before the gathered cultivators.

Chen Beiwu crushed Gu Yong in their duel by using the Northern Emperor Dao Edict to suppress Gu Yong’s Dao Fruit and magic power. The other grotto-heaven chief disciples hesitated to challenge him, while Gu Qinghan resolved to test him after the tournament.

• Chen Beiwu accepted Gu Yong’s challenge and stepped onto the Duel Platform, declaring that he would defeat someone he had already beaten once.
• Gu Yong’s illusions and Lunar techniques failed as Chen Beiwu’s Three Aspects Mystic Chi and Northern Emperor Dao Edict suppressed his senses, Dao Fruit power, and magic.
• Chen Beiwu walked past Gu Yong, whose resistance broke as he fell to his knees and lost consciousness.
• Gu Qinghan and Moon-Plucking True Venerable recognized Chen Beiwu’s mastery of the Primordial Origin Immortal Technique, and Gu Qinghan said she wanted to recruit him.
• Gu Qinghan planned to fight Chen Beiwu with a nascent soul late stage avatar after the tournament, but two Spirit Transformation Venerables warned her against intervening.
• No one challenged Chen Beiwu after Gu Yong’s defeat, and Chen Beiwu turned his attention toward Shi Wujian and the other chief disciples.

Chen Beiwu defeated the Lunar Grotto-Heaven’s challengers and joined the four chief disciples as one of the tournament’s five finalists, then spent time with his family and friends before the round-robin began. On the first day, Xuanyuan Yu opened their match by revealing a devastating sword technique that fused him with his sword.

• Shi Wujian told Che Zhengyuan that he had a chance to defeat Chen Beiwu if their fight helped him break through in battle, and Che Zhengyuan renewed his resolve.
• Chen Beiwu defeated a Lunar Grotto-Heaven True Lord with one Primordial Origin Five Tribulation Seal, and the tournament named him, Shi Wujian, Che Zhengyuan, Xuanyuan Yu, and Zhu Wu its five strongest contestants.
• Guang Elder Yu set a round-robin schedule, placing Chen Beiwu against Xuanyuan Yu on the first day and arranging the remaining matches across five days.
• Chen Beiwu declined Yu Zhaohua’s request to meet his parents, then went to Heart Moon Lake with Huang Xiaoling, Chen Dong, Xu Lingling, and Xu Ziqing.
• Xuanyuan Yu challenged Chen Beiwu and revealed his Fifth Realm Sword Dao technique, Unite Body with Sword, while Zhu Wu, Che Zhengyuan, and Shi Wujian sensed its unusual power.

Chen Beiwu defeated Xuanyuan Yu after Golden Egg shattered the Heavenly Firmament Sword Spirit’s ultimate strike, then watched Shi Wujian win the next match. The following day, Zhu Wu challenged Chen Beiwu with a Six-Yang Roar and unleashed Pure Yang Six Harmonies, manifesting an embryonic Dharma-Form Heaven and Earth.

• Xuanyuan Yu summoned the Heavenly Firmament Sword Spirit and used Xuanyuan Dao Fruit power to attack Chen Beiwu, but Chen Beiwu empowered Golden Egg, which broke the sword strike.
• Chen Beiwu manifested a Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Saber, and Xuanyuan Yu feigned a collapse to concede; Elder Guang Yu declared Chen Beiwu the winner.
• Shi Wujian defeated Zhu Wu without summoning his companion beast, while Chen Beiwu suspected Zhu Wu had saved a killing move for their coming match.
• The next morning, Zhu Wu summoned the Six-Yang Roar and used Pure Yang Six Harmonies with Pure Yang Dao Fruit power to form an embryonic dharma image that transformed the arena’s spirit vigor into fire.

Chen Beiwu defeated Xuanyuan Yu after Golden Egg shattered Xuanyuan Yu’s Dao Fruit-empowered sword strike, then watched Shi Wujian defeat Zhu Wu. The next morning, Zhu Wu confronted Chen Beiwu with the Pure Yang Dao Fruit’s power and manifested an embryonic Dharma-Form Heaven and Earth.

• Xuanyuan Yu summoned the Heavenly Firmament Sword Spirit and used his Dao Fruit power to unleash a fifth-realm sword strike at Golden Egg.
• Chen Beiwu empowered Golden Egg with his immortal art, allowing it to break the sword strike; Xuanyuan Yu feigned collapse, and Elder Guang Yu declared Chen Beiwu the winner.
• Spirit Transformation Venerables speculated about Chen Beiwu’s strength, while he returned to the stands and explained that Xuanyuan Yu’s Dao Fruit power had been limited.
• Shi Wujian defeated Zhu Wu using the Zhouhua Profound Ability without summoning his companion beast.
• The next morning, Zhu Wu challenged Chen Beiwu and summoned the Six-Yang Roar, then used Pure Yang Six Harmonies to manifest an embryonic Dharma-Form Heaven and Earth.

Chen Beiwu defeated Zhu Wu by exploiting the instability of his Pure Yang Six Harmonies Dharma Image, then faced Che Zhengyuan in the next Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament match. Che Zhengyuan formed an impregnable spatial defense, and the chapter ended as Zhiling moved to challenge it.

• Zhu Wu merged with his Pure Yang Six Harmonies Dharma Image and attacked Chen Beiwu, while Iron Egg briefly froze time to halt the strike.
• Chen Beiwu identified the flaw in Zhu Wu's uncontrolled power, and the Dharma Image collapsed, leaving Zhu Wu injured and conceding the match.
• Elder Guang Yu declared Chen Beiwu the winner, and Chen Beiwu noticed the fortune and presence of the Lunar Saintess Gu Qinghan in the stands.
• Che Zhengyuan defeated Xuanyuan Yu through attrition, then summoned the Nine-Colored Deer, Void-Transforming Ray, and Jade Mysterious Chi Dragon to form the Three Enclosures Fixing the Void Realm against Chen Beiwu.
• Che Zhengyuan prepared to withstand Chen Beiwu's attacks and seek an opening, while Zhiling leaped forward to fight and Che Zhengyuan mistook its apparent weakness for concealed strength.