Recaps

Chen Beiwu declined the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword’s offer to accept him as a disciple and watched Zhu Wuya leave to attempt Spirit Transformation, while the other sects sealed their gates. As the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament approached, Chen Beiwu entered the Heavenly Evolution True Realm to test his strength against the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape, who overwhelmed his companions and forced Chen Beiwu to prepare his burst profound ability.

• Chen Beiwu and Zhu Wuya discussed the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword’s offer, and Chen Beiwu decided to postpone accepting it to avoid complications and focus on his own path to Spirit Transformation.
• Zhu Wuya gave Chen Beiwu a jade slip that could summon Senior Feng in a crisis, then left to attempt Spirit Transformation.
• Nine-Dragon True Lord learned that Chen Zi'ang had received no Northern Underworld True Water, then ordered Burning Flame to seal its mountain gate while he pursued Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Beiwu noticed his fortune growing, delegated city affairs to Yu Shuiyao and Shu You, and entered seclusion before taking Golden Egg and the others to challenge the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape.
• The Battle-Devouring Demon Ape easily wounded Chen Beiwu and defeated Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling, prompting Chen Beiwu to tell Golden Egg to use his burst profound ability.

Chen Beiwu fought the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape in a fierce spar, revealing his Primordial Origin Dharma Form but choosing to stop before either could be defeated. The Battle-Devouring Demon Ape gave him essence blood for Aji and asked him to guard its future breakthrough to the Demon Venerable realm.

• Chen Beiwu entered the Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation state and exchanged powerful blows with the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape, whose Demon-Sealing Chains broke as it grew three heads and six arms.
• Chen Beiwu manifested his Primordial Origin Dharma Form and nearly crushed the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape with five heaven-supporting pillars, but ended the attack when he saw its battle intent remained unbroken.
• The Battle-Devouring Demon Ape recovered from its injuries and gave Chen Beiwu a drop of bloodline essence to help Aji hatch sooner.
• The Battle-Devouring Demon Ape asked Chen Beiwu to guard it when it attempted to attain the Demon Venerable realm, and Chen Beiwu agreed to help as best he could.

Chen Beiwu accepted Xiao Yan as a disciple, prepared Golden Egg and Iron Egg for breakthroughs, and learned that he would face Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven prodigy Jiang Xuanyang in a mountain challenge. The chapter ended with Jiang Xuanyang arriving at Jade Purity and asking for Chen Beiwu.

• Chen Beiwu divided 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 a tuition gift and became his disciple, receiving three days of instruction in cultivation.
• Exquisite True Lord gave Chen Beiwu a True-Congealing Pill, and Violet Firmament Venerable informed him that Jiang Xuanyang would challenge Jade Purity within a month.
• Violet Firmament Venerable gave Chen Beiwu two King-Shedding Pills and information about Jiang Xuanyang; Chen Beiwu used the pills and other resources to guide Golden Egg and Iron Egg through their breakthroughs.
• Jiang Xuanyang arrived at Jade Purity with two Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven prodigies, announced his challenge, and asked where Chen Beiwu was.

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

• Jiang Xuanyang arrived at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect and learned that Chen Beiwu was in seclusion.
• Wu Qing defeated Zhou Jian on the Duel Platform, and True Lord Jiang Chuan conceded the Foundation Establishment contest to Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven.
• Li Tianming defeated Jade Purity’s Golden Core prodigies, prompting cultivators to worry that the sect might not qualify for the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament.
• Jiang Xuanyang challenged the Jade Purity Nascent Soul True Lords, and Yu Zhaohua stepped onto the platform despite True Lord Jiang Chuan’s warning.
• Jiang Xuanyang overcame Yu Zhaohua after she unleashed her World-Melting Burning the Wasteland technique.
• Chen Beiwu emerged from seclusion as Yu Zhaohua crashed into the ground, and he faced Jiang Xuanyang.

Chen Beiwu sent Iron Egg to fight Jiang Xuanyang, whose Setting Sun Fire Cricket was far stronger on paper. Iron Egg revealed a powerful Dharma Form, devoured the Fire Cricket, and left Jiang Xuanyang defeated and devastated.

• Chen Beiwu emerged from seclusion as the Jade Purity cultivators and hidden True Lords expected him to face Jiang Xuanyang.
• Jiang Xuanyang agreed to rest before fighting Chen Beiwu, while Yu Zhaohua warned Chen about Jiang's fierce Heaven-Burning True Fire.
• Chen Beiwu chose Iron Egg to fight Jiang Xuanyang, who summoned the Peak Demon King Setting Sun Fire Cricket.
• Jiang Xuanyang attacked with the Pure Yang Void-Absorbing Palm, but Iron Egg manifested the Great Heaven Pure Hell Aspect and shattered it.
• Jiang Xuanyang unleashed Setting Sun's Supreme Blaze, but Iron Egg reached Demon King Perfection and devoured the Setting Sun Fire Cricket.
• Jiang Xuanyang collapsed after losing his Companion Beast, and Iron Egg spat out a wing bone as Jiang stared in disbelief.

Chen Beiwu defeated Jiang Xuanyang and secured Jade Purity's place in the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament, then learned from Violet Firmament Venerable that the Five Great Grotto-Heavens' chiefs draw power from False Dao Fruits. He left with the tournament challenge still ahead: Jade Purity's Thirty-Six Primordial Immortal Arts or a top-ranked Origin Beast could help him contend with that power.

• Chen Beiwu and Iron Egg defeated Jiang Xuanyang and the Setting Sun Fire Cricket, then Chen Beiwu spared the injured Companion Beast and Jiang Xuanyang left after giving him a streak of light.
• True Lord Jiang Chuan told Chen Beiwu that the Sect Master wanted to see him, and Chen Beiwu explained Iron Egg's Nine Luminaries Return to True Profound Ability.
• Violet Firmament Venerable offered Chen Beiwu a chance to earn a Heaven-Connecting Pill by taking first place in the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament.
• Violet Firmament Venerable revealed that the Five Great Grotto-Heavens' chiefs received power from False Dao Fruits, which could assimilate cultivators and prevent them from becoming Void Refinement Dao Venerables.
• Violet Firmament Venerable said Chen Beiwu would need to master the Primordial Origin Cavern Truth Azure Radiance Fundamental Immortal Method for Commanding Myriad Calamities and Myriad Spirits or contract a top-five Origin Beast to contend with the chiefs.

Chen Beiwu received permission to enter the Heavenly Evolution Origin Realm and prepare for the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament, while his victory over Easy Yang True Lord fueled debate across the Immortal Alliance about his strength. As rival disciples responded to the rankings and his reputation, Chen Beiwu arrived at the realm and was met by a Spirit Transformation Venerable.

• The Violet Firmament Venerable warned Chen Beiwu that Dao Fruit Power was beyond his reach and granted him a token to enter the Heavenly Evolution Origin Realm.
• Yuyue Guardian asked why Chen Beiwu could not contract with her to win the tournament, while Qinghe stopped her from saying more.
• Wang Chan questioned the Immortal Alliance prodigy rankings until Zhuang Fu told him that Chen Beiwu had defeated Gu Yong and Easy Yang True Lord.
• Zhu Wu admitted Chen Beiwu was formidable and revealed he had taken a Nine Yang Pill to reach Nascent Soul peak before the tournament.
• Gu Qinghan demanded that Gu Yong redeem himself, and Gu Yong declared he would aim for first place in the tournament.
• Chen Beiwu followed the token to the Heavenly Evolution Origin Realm, where a middle-aged Spirit Transformation Venerable appeared and told him to come along.

Chen Beiwu entered the Heavenly Evolution Origin Realm to seek immortal method Dao marks, but the realm suppressed his divine sense and gradually eroded his true essence. After meeting Old Wang and Senior Gong at a strange lake, he learned they were fishing for spirit objects formed from immortal technique true intent and considered joining them.

• The middle-aged cultivator warned Chen Beiwu about the dangers of the Heavenly Evolution Origin Realm and opened a spatial passage for him.
• Chen Beiwu entered the realm, endured headaches and suppressed divine sense, and discovered that the purple mist slowly eroded his primordial origin true essence.
• Chen Beiwu summoned Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, Zhiling, and Aji, then followed Golden Egg through the forest without finding any immortal method Dao marks.
• Chen Beiwu found Old Wang and Senior Gong fishing beside a strange lake and learned that immortal technique true intent could take the form of roaming spirit objects.
• Chen Beiwu weighed whether to spend time fishing for an immortal intent spirit object, while Senior Gong warned that success required sufficient comprehension of immortal methods.

Chen Beiwu persisted at Heavenly Journey Lake and used a fortuitous encounter to raise his cultivation to Nascent Soul perfection, drawing forth an extraordinary Primordial Origin immortal intent spirit object. The Primordial Origin Northern Emperor True Dragon appeared before him, leaving Gong Wuxian and Wang Chongyan astonished.

• Chen Beiwu borrowed Senior Wang's fishing rod and spent a day at Heavenly Journey Lake without drawing forth an Immortal Method Dao mark.
• Senior Gong advised Chen Beiwu to travel to the Primeval Wilderness Forest, but Chen Beiwu refused to leave the lake.
• Chen Beiwu used the Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability and a fortuitous encounter to reach Nascent Soul perfection with his companions' transformations supporting him.
• After Chen Beiwu spent nearly an hour without drawing forth a Primordial Origin Dao mark, space above the lake tore open and Primordial Origin Dao sounds rang out.
• A Primordial Origin Northern Emperor True Dragon immortal intent spirit object rose from the lake, astonishing Gong Wuxian and Wang Chongyan.

Chen Beiwu achieved Major Accomplishment in the Primordial Origin Fundamental Immortal Arts after contemplating the Primordial Origin Northern Emperor True Dragon, gaining a powerful sealing ability. The Violet Firmament Venerable offered him a Limit-Breaking Profound Pill to advance toward Nascent Soul Peak, and Chen Beiwu accepted.

• Chen Beiwu contemplated the Primordial Origin Northern Emperor True Dragon as Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, Zhiling, and Aji helped him maintain focus.
• Chen Beiwu advanced his Primordial Origin Fundamental Immortal Arts to Major Accomplishment and comprehended the Northern Emperor's Ten Thousand Spirits Dao Edict.
• Chen Beiwu left the Heavenly Evolution Origin Realm with a Dao Pearl, then resisted Golden Egg's desire to eat it and returned to the Jade Purity Hall.
• The Violet Firmament Venerable revealed that all Five Great Grotto-Heavens Chiefs had reached Nascent Soul Peak and demonstrated the power of Dao Fruit Power against Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu resisted the Violet Firmament Venerable's pressure with Great Mystery Guarding the One, impressing the Sect Master.
• The Violet Firmament Venerable offered Chen Beiwu a Limit-Breaking Profound Pill to reach Nascent Soul Peak, and Chen Beiwu agreed to take it.

Chen Beiwu received a Limit-Breaking Profound Pill and a dragon scale from Violet Firmament Venerable, then used Heavenly Embryo Dew and his own power to help Aji emerge. Aji’s transformation drew the attention of the sect and Yu Zhaohua, and the chapter ended as a colossal four-colored heavenly eye fixed its gaze on Aji.

• Violet Firmament Venerable explained the Primordial Origin Northern Emperor Dao Pearl’s uses and gave Chen Beiwu a Limit-Breaking Profound Pill and a scale from the Heaven-Darkening Ascending Dragon for Golden Egg.
• Chen Beiwu learned the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament would begin in seven years and decided to bring Aji into the world with Heavenly Embryo Dew.
• Aji’s emergence stirred powerful demonic might and strange celestial phenomena, drawing notice from Jade Purity Immortal Sect cultivators and Yu Zhaohua.
• The Flintrock Coiling Dragon sensed that Aji was an aberrant being with a likely true dragon bloodline, prompting Yu Zhaohua to seek a way to strengthen its own bloodline.
• Chen Beiwu used his Fortune Edict Embryo Divine Ability and two strands of purple Qi to help Aji suppress the Qianyang White Dragon and Kunyin Black Dragon true spirits and complete most of its transformation.
• A four-colored heavenly eye formed in a spatial rift and fixed its indifferent gaze on Aji.

Aji transformed into a Creation Origin Beast, awakened the Four Seasons Profound Abilities, and survived the Forty-Nine Purple Dipper Heaven Punishment Tribulation to reach Demon King Perfection. Chen Beiwu asked Aji what title it wanted as he examined its Three Meridians.

• Aji emerged transformed, and the Jade Purity Nascent Soul True Lords recognized its breakthrough as that of a Creation Origin Beast; the Sect Master's Edict ordered them to keep the event secret.
• Aji used Spring Yang Emergence to dissolve the first Purple Dipper lightning strike, revealing that its power could manipulate time and drain lifespans.
• Aji awakened Summer Yang Crimson Radiance and Autumn Killing Yin Wind, then endured another lightning strike without injury.
• Aji awakened Winter Concealment Instant to survive the tribulation's final barrage, healed its wounds, and advanced to Demon King Perfection.
• Aji told Chen Beiwu that its Yin-Yang Heaven and Earth Power had become natural-to-control power of the four seasons, and Chen Beiwu asked what title it wanted.

Aji’s transformation gave Chen Beiwu a powerful four-seasons Origin Meridian and a mysterious True Domain, while the group settled on its title as Heaven-Wild Time Sequence. Chen Beiwu used the resulting feedback to reach Nascent Soul Peak, then began the breakthrough to Nascent Soul Perfection with Xuele’s help.

• Chen Beiwu sensed Aji’s transformed meridians and found its four-season Origin Meridian raised all five of his Spirit Root purities to 98, while its Attribute Meridian purities stood at 99 and its Technique Meridian held 9,999 Dao Marks.
• Chen Beiwu discovered Aji’s fifth-tier creation origin art, the Four-Seasons Heaven-Sequence Yin-Yang True Domain, which consumed Law Power and Dao Practice when used at the Demon King Realm.
• After Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, Zhiling, and Chen Beiwu offered title suggestions, Aji agreed to Heaven-Wild Time Sequence.
• Chen Beiwu used Golden Egg’s Shared Cultivation feedback and heavenly heart liquid to perform Threefold Dao-Proving, and after two years he awakened the Heavenly Heart and reached Nascent Soul Peak.
• Chen Beiwu rested for ten days, then asked Xuele to help him break through to Nascent Soul Perfection using the Heavenly Star Ganoderma.
• Xuele channeled the Heavenly Star Ganoderma’s medicinal power into Chen Beiwu, who swallowed the Limit-Breaking Profound Pill when the medicine alone proved insufficient.

Chen Beiwu used the Limit-Breaking Profound Pill and Heavenly Star Ganoderma to break through to Nascent Soul perfection, awakening the Heavenly Foot Profound Ability with Zhiling’s help. As his companions grew stronger from the breakthrough’s feedback, Gu Yong resolved to use a dangerous secret art to ensure he could defeat Chen Beiwu at the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament.

• Chen Beiwu guided the pill’s power through his Dantian and, with Zhiling’s void domain, achieved fourfold Dao-proving and Nascent Soul perfection.
• Gu Qinghan defeated Gu Yong and warned him that Chen Beiwu might become his match if he reached Nascent Soul peak and contracted a creation origin beast.
• Gu Yong rejected her warning, learned that a possible creation origin beast had appeared at Jade Purity, and resolved to use a short-lived Lunar Secret Art if necessary to defeat Chen Beiwu.
• Three years later, Chen Beiwu’s primordial origin Dharma form reached fifty-two thousand zhang, and he awakened the Heavenly Foot Profound Ability, which let him move silently between nearby spatial anchor points.
• A year later, feedback from Chen Beiwu’s breakthrough brought Golden Egg and Zhiling to the late Demon King stage’s limit, while Xuele reached the Demon King peak after expending much of the Five-Qi Origin Forest’s medicinal potency.

Chen Beiwu comprehended the Form-Concealing Trace-Evasion divine ability and tested its power with his companions. Golden Egg then refined the Soaring Dragon Scales and Immortal Intent Spirit Object Dao Pearl, breaking through to the Peak Demon King realm as its bloodline transformed into that of a chi dragon.

• A seven-colored radiance entered 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 his presence so completely that Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, Zhiling, and Aji could not detect his true cultivation, then demonstrated that he could conceal Xuele's Dao practice without weakening it.
• Chen Beiwu agreed to let Golden Egg refine the Soaring Dragon Scales and Immortal Intent Spirit Object Dao Pearl before the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament.
• Golden Egg used the Three-Aspect Melting Furnace Profound Ability to refine the treasures, enduring a vision of the Primordial Origin Northern Emperor True Dragon and refusing to submit to it.
• Golden Egg broke through to the Peak Demon King realm, gained three sets of horns, and began rebuilding its heart and inner core as its bloodline transformed into that of a chi dragon.

Golden Egg broke through to peak demon king, and Chen Beiwu prepared to represent the Jade Purity Immortal Sect at the approaching Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament. The chapter ended with Chen Dong and Huang Xiaoling receiving a tournament invitation in recognition of their son’s standing.

• Golden Egg transformed after refining the Soaring Dragon Scales and Primordial Origin Northern Emperor True Dragon Dao Pearl, reaching peak demon king and awakening a companion beast profound ability.
• Yue Shan and Su Miao discussed Chen Beiwu’s prospects at the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament and disagreed over how much the outcome mattered to him.
• Chen Beiwu met Jade Purity’s young cultivators, and his presence left Yu Zhaohua unable to move; he postponed their promised spar until after the tournament.
• Chen Dong and Huang Xiaoling received deference in Far Sky County because they had raised True Martial True Lord, and Zhao Wei realized their son was Chen Beiwu.
• 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’s prodigies arrived at Lunar Grotto-Heaven for the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament, where Gu Mingxi showed him unusual courtesy. The party entered the grotto-heaven, and Zheng Tianming grew suspicious of Gu Mingxi’s changed demeanor toward Chen Beiwu.

• Chen Dong and Huang Xiaoling received invitations to watch the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament, while Xu Lingling was delighted that Chen Beiwu had invited her.
• At Jiyuan City, Gu Mingxi and Zheng Tianming welcomed the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s flying boat and met Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu greeted Gu Mingxi and asked whether she and Zheng Tianming would compete; Zheng clarified that he was too old, while Gu Mingxi said she would not participate.
• Gu Mingxi led Chen Beiwu and the other Jade Purity prodigies through a spatial gateway into Lunar Grotto-Heaven, where they saw its abundant lunar essence and Plain-Shadow Moon Rabbits.
• Gu Mingxi offered to explain how to approach the rabbits, but Chen Beiwu declined because he already had enough contracted companion beasts.
• Zheng Tianming wondered why Gu Mingxi was treating Chen Beiwu with such unusual consideration.

Chen Beiwu settled into Moon-Pillow Abode while the sects sized up his strength and prepared for the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament. Gu Yong revealed his Toad Palace Laurel-Seizing technique as a weapon against Chen Beiwu, who later reunited with a delighted relative near the Moon Laurel Forest.

• Chen Beiwu entered Moon-Pillow Abode with Yu Zhaohua, while Wei Huiwen and the others went to try their luck in the Moon Laurel Forest.
• Wang Chan greeted Chen Beiwu, then met the Three Firmaments of Shangqing; Zhao Yue declared that she intended to target Gu Yong.
• Gu Mingxi told Zheng Tianming that Chen Beiwu was a Nascent Soul Peak True Lord, though she privately wondered why she sensed no hidden strength in him.
• Gu Yong ordered his disciples to win every match, and Zheng Tianming warned him that Chen Beiwu was not to be underestimated.
• Gu Yong displayed Toad Palace Laurel-Seizing, a costly secret art capable of letting him contend across realms, and claimed Chen Beiwu had no chance of victory.
• Chen Beiwu arrived near the Moon Laurel Forest, where Wei Huiwen and Wu Qing had failed to win over a Plain-Shadow Moon Rabbit, and a Foundation Establishment female cultivator called out to him as her son.

The Immortal Alliance Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament began under new rules that rewarded victories and defending platforms, and the Five Great Grotto-Heavens immediately occupied all five stages. Their Foundation Establishment prodigies defeated Jade Purity cultivators Wu Qing and Zhou Jian, leaving the sect scoreless as Chen Beiwu watched their show of force.

• Guang Yu announced the tournament’s scoring rules, including points for defeating opponents and holding a platform, and declared the competition open.
• The Five Great Grotto-Heavens’ Foundation Establishment prodigies took all five Duel Platforms, prompting other sects’ cultivators to blame Chen Beiwu for provoking their hostility.
• Wu Qing challenged Xuanyuan Jing but was cut down by her sword in a single attack, and Wei Huiwen and Zhou Xiao helped him recover.
• Zhou Jian was defeated by a Jade Expanse Grotto-Heaven prodigy, and Chen Beiwu used Xuele to heal Zhou Jian, Amo, and Wu Qing.
• The Five Great Grotto-Heavens’ prodigies relinquished their platforms after defeating Jade Purity, Shangqing, and Taiqing cultivators, while Yu Zhaohua warned Chen Beiwu that they were targeting his sect.

Chen Beiwu watched the Jade Purity Immortal Sect fall to last place in the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core contests while the Five Great Grotto-Heavens dominated. As the Nascent Soul tournament began, Gu Yong challenged Chen Beiwu, who had decided to fight him himself.

• Chen Beiwu refused Yu Zhaohua's offer to challenge a Grotto-Heaven chief first, but agreed to let her target Gu Yong later.
• The Jade Purity Immortal Sect finished last in the Foundation Establishment contests with zero points, while the Five Great Grotto-Heavens took the top five places.
• Zhou Xiao challenged Ding Ding, who overwhelmed his Companion Beasts and nearly struck a potentially crippling blow before Chen Beiwu's presence made him falter; Chen Beiwu conceded for Zhou Xiao.
• Wei Huiwen lost to a Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven cultivator after her opponent reversed the fight with a powerful Profound Ability, leaving both Jade Purity Golden Core contestants injured.
• Chen Beiwu told Yu Zhaohua he would take Gu Yong as his opponent, and Gu Yong challenged him as the Nascent Soul tournament began.

Chen Beiwu crushed Gu Yong in their Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament duel, revealing the overwhelming power of his Northern Emperor Dao Edict. Lunar Saintess Gu Qinghan became interested in recruiting him and planned to challenge him after the tournament, while Chen Beiwu turned his attention to the other grotto-heaven chiefs.

• Chen Beiwu accepted Gu Yong's challenge and stepped onto the Duel Platform, declaring that he would defeat the chief he had already beaten once.
• Gu Yong's abilities failed against Chen Beiwu's Northern Emperor Dao Edict, which suppressed his Dao Fruit Power and forced him to his knees before he lost consciousness.
• The watching chiefs and cultivators were stunned by Gu Yong's crushing defeat, and Moon-Plucking True Venerable explained that Chen Beiwu had mastered the Primordial Origin Immortal Technique and comprehended the Northern Emperor Dao Edict.
• Gu Qinghan expressed interest in bringing Chen Beiwu to Lunar Grotto-Heaven and proposed fighting him with a Nascent Soul Late Stage avatar after the tournament, but two Spirit Transformation Venerables dissuaded her.
• With no one stepping forward to challenge him, Chen Beiwu wondered why Gu Yong had been so weak and looked toward Shi Wujian and the other three chiefs.

Chen Beiwu overwhelmed another challenger before the tournament’s five finalists drew their round-robin matchups, then spent time with his family and friends ahead of the next day’s contest. Xuanyuan Yu opened their match with a sword strike that revealed he had reached the fifth realm of the Sword Dao, though Shi Wujian sensed something unusual about it.

• Chen Beiwu defeated a Lunar Grotto-Heaven True Lord with one Primordial Origin Five Tribulation Seal, and Guang Elder Yu announced the five finalists and their round-robin schedule.
• Chen Beiwu declined Yu Zhaohua’s request to meet his parents, then joined Huang Xiaoling, Chen Dong, Xu Lingling, and Xu Ziqing for a walk at Heart Moon Lake.
• The next morning, Xuanyuan Yu challenged Chen Beiwu to face his strongest sword strike, and Chen Beiwu accepted.
• Xuanyuan Yu drew a silver-white sword through a rift in space and displayed the fifth realm of the Sword Dao, while Zhu Wu, Che Zhengyuan, and Shi Wujian sensed the power and mystery behind his move.

Xuanyuan Yu unleashed the Heavenly Firmament Sword Spirit and Xuanyuan Dao Fruit Power against Chen Beiwu, but Chen used Golden Egg’s transformed strength to defeat him. After watching Shi Wujian win his match, Chen faced Zhu Wu, who summoned a Six-Yang Roar and formed a powerful Dharma Image with Pure Yang Dao Fruit Power.

• Xuanyuan Yu attacked Chen Beiwu with a fifth-realm sword strike, but Chen empowered Golden Egg with an Immortal Method, letting him shatter and refine the attack.
• Chen Beiwu formed a Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Saber from Golden Egg and threatened Xuanyuan Yu, who faked a collapse; Guang Elder Yu declared Chen the winner.
• Chen returned to the stands and watched Shi Wujian defeat Zhu Wu without summoning his companion beast.
• The next morning, Zhu Wu summoned a Six-Yang Roar and used Pure Yang Six Harmonies to manifest a Dharma Image fueled by Pure Yang Dao Fruit Power.
• The Spirit Transformation Venerables watched in surprise as Zhu Wu pushed his foundations to the limit for the tournament match.

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 using Iron Egg to expose the flaw in Zhu Wu’s unstable Pure Yang Six Harmonies Dharma Image, then encountered the powerful Lunar Saintess Gu Qinghan. The next day, he faced Che Zhengyuan’s Three Enclosures Fixing the Void Realm, and Zhiling stepped forward to challenge its defense.

• Zhu Wu merged with his Pure Yang Six Harmonies Dharma Image and attacked Chen Beiwu, but Chen Beiwu calmly walked away as Iron Egg briefly stopped the attack with Fixing Time.
• The Dharma Image collapsed under backlash, and Chen Beiwu explained that Zhu Wu could not control his power; Zhu Wu accepted the lesson, and Guang Elder Yu declared Chen Beiwu the winner.
• Chen Beiwu noticed Gu Qinghan watching him from the stands and sensed her extraordinary fortune and power.
• Che Zhengyuan defeated Xuanyuan Yu through defense and attrition, then faced Chen Beiwu the following morning and formed the Three Enclosures Fixing the Void Realm with three Heavenly Gang Mysterious Beasts.
• Zhiling volunteered to challenge Che Zhengyuan’s defense, while Che Zhengyuan suspected the fox was concealing its strength.