Recaps

Yue Wen advanced through several Breakout Tournament venues as opponents withdrew, sought a hug, or tried to become his disciple. He then fought Yun Huairou, whose defenses he shattered with a sword strike, and sent him crashing through the door into the next arena.

• Yue Wen's opponents Zhang Wei and a young woman withdrew, with the woman first asking him for a hug.
• A fourth-ranked challenger refused to fight and asked Yue Wen to accept him as a disciple, so the referee removed him from the venue.
• Yue Wen met Yun Huairou, who chose to fight despite remembering their earlier rivalry in the Independent Cultivator Points Tournament.
• Yun Huairou used the Water-Cloud Silk to defend himself and attacked Yue Wen with the Silver Lightning Needle.
• Yue Wen charged through the needle's attack, spotted a weakness in the Water-Cloud Silk, and sliced it apart with his sword.
• Yue Wen struck Yun Huairou with the flat of his sword, sending him through the arena door and leaving him buried in dust.

Yue Wen defeated Chen Hao after Chen Hao unleashed his Divine-Pattern Heaven-Piercing Pillar, ending the match before its full force could strike. Yue Wen then entered the next venue and faced defending champion Zhang Putuo.

• Yue Wen recognized Chen Hao, who vowed to repay him for their past humiliation, and the referee started their match.
• Chen Hao used his Divine Pattern power to summon a giant black ape and attack Yue Wen from both sides, but Yue Wen evaded the assault.
• Yue Wen shattered Chen Hao’s black blade and shield with the Giant Gate Sword Art, sending him crashing across the stage.
• Chen Hao gathered his power into the Divine-Pattern Heaven-Piercing Pillar, but Yue Wen’s sword rays destroyed it and left Chen Hao unable to fight.
• The referee sent Chen Hao to the medical staff, and Yue Wen entered the next venue, where Zhang Putuo was waiting.

Yue Wen faced Zhang Putuo in the Breakout Tournament and appeared to defeat him with overwhelming force. Zhang Putuo broke through to the late Astral Realm amid his injuries, leaving the match’s outcome uncertain.

• The commentators praised Yue Wen for defeating Chen Hao and discussed his chances of winning eight consecutive matches.
• Zhang Putuo worried that losing would leave him without resources and expose him to his creditors, then resolved to fight Yue Wen.
• Zhang Putuo activated his Platinum Spirit Fire and Flame Snake Silver Armor and charged Yue Wen with a Flame Divine Weapon.
• Yue Wen countered with the Giant Gate Sword Art and sent Zhang Putuo crashing into the platform with a punch.
• As Zhang Putuo lay injured and despairing, scarlet-flame Astral Qi healed him and carried him through a breakthrough to the late Astral Realm.

Zhang Putuo broke through to the Late Astral Realm during his rematch with Yue Wen, but Yue Wen defeated him with two powerful punches and secured eight consecutive Breakout Tournament victories. Zhang Putuo lay defeated and despondent while Wei Ping accepted his bet by chewing pieces of the computer screen.

• Zhang Putuo stood up after breaking through to the Late Astral Realm, renewing Wei Ping's hope that he could defeat Yue Wen.
• Zhang Putuo charged Yue Wen with newly empowered flame attacks, but Yue Wen countered and quickly struck again after their first clash.
• Yue Wen used his Thunder Tiger Heaven-Shaking Fist to break Zhang Putuo's defenses and send him crashing into the arena pit with severe injuries.
• Zhang Putuo realized his hopes of earning a City Hero spot and escaping his debts had collapsed, and he groaned in despair.
• The female host announced Yue Wen's eighth consecutive victory, and Elder Wei admitted he had underestimated him.
• Wei Ping broke the computer screen into pieces and ate one after the female host said he could wait for coffee.

Yue Wen finished his race track quickly and watched the other contests, where Li Flying Rosy Clouds defeated a medicine dragon with spatial powers. The chapter left Qi Dian facing Snowblade Su, promising to strike only once if he could withstand her attack.

• Yue Wen reached the waiting platform after defeating Zhang Putuo and watched Elder Wei eat the broken livestream screen before spitting out an unusual coffee.
• Yue Wen read the viewers’ praise for his strength and suspected the race-track assignments had been arranged to target the medicine dragons.
• Li Flying Rosy Clouds disoriented Big Ball, redirected his club through spatial rifts, and used it to split the medicine dragon’s skull.
• Snowblade Su defeated Xiao Chuxi and challenged Qi Dian, who raised an astral shield and offered to let her attack first before striking once.

Qi Dian defeated Su Renxue by baiting her into exhausting herself against his shield, securing a place in the Top Sixteen. The story then shifted to Zhao Xing'er’s arena, where she provoked her final challenger, Lu Ren, before their match began.

• Su Renxue repeatedly slashed at Qi Dian’s heavenly net nine-turn astral qi shield but could not break through.
• Qi Dian withdrew the last layer of his shield as Su Renxue unleashed her full-strength saber strike, then struck her with heavenly thunder power and knocked her unconscious.
• Qi Dian celebrated reaching the Top Sixteen with Yue Wen, who encouraged him to try to meet in the semifinals.
• The broadcast switched to Zhao Xing’er’s arena, where Mysterious Wind Temple disciple Lu Ren faced the arena defender.
• Zhao Xing'er raised her middle finger at Lu Ren, provoking him and drawing amused reactions from the viewers.

Lu Ren surrendered after Zhao Xing'er overwhelmed him, and all three members of the Yue Family Cultivation Office advanced to the top sixteen. As the remaining matches concluded, Liu Yuanjun revealed his gold-transmuting immortal body to defeat Du Shuai, while Yue Wen, Xing'er, and Qi Dian ended the chapter arguing over what they would do with its power.

• Zhao Xing'er defeated Lu Ren with her staff and five-colored fire, then aimed her transformed sniper rifle at him until he surrendered.
• Xing'er joined Yue Wen and Qi Dian on the floating island, where the three celebrated that their office had placed all its members in the top sixteen.
• Most defenders won their matches, including Hu Yunting, who defeated the Medicine Dragon with the Cloud-Displacing Sword Art.
• Du Shuai initially suppressed Liu Yuanjun with his ghostly saber art, but Liu Yuanjun revealed his gold-transmuting immortal body, seized and transformed Du Shuai's scythe, then sealed Du Shuai in gold.
• Yue Wen, Xing'er, and Qi Dian teased one another about their imagined uses for transmutation gold, drawing the attention of nearby contestants.

The Top Sixteen elimination matchups were announced, placing Yue Wen against Li Flying Rosy Clouds because his penalty had left him ranked last. Perfected One Nagiko revealed that she had expected Yue Wen to challenge Hu Yunting, but she remained confident in Yue Wen despite Li Flying Rosy Clouds being a reincarnated cultivator.

• The Top Sixteen contestants arrived on the floating island, and the matchups paired Zhao Xing'er with Hu Kaiting and Qi Dian with Xiao Chubei.
• Yue Wen drew Li Flying Rosy Clouds, while his penalty meant he would face Hu Yunting next if he won.
• Elder Su suspected Perfected One Nagiko had accepted Yue Wen's last-place ranking to position him to defeat Hu Yunting, and she confirmed Li Flying Rosy Clouds' emergence had been unexpected.
• Perfected One Nagiko told Elder Su that Li Flying Rosy Clouds was a reincarnated cultivator whom the Four Seas Dragon Palace would not select.
• Perfected One Nagiko said Yue Wen had killed a Yokogawa undying comparable to the Sixth Realm and declared that she planned to take him to the Bluefall Mystic Sect after the Ascendant Dragon Assembly.

After the Medicine Dragon’s failed attempt to kill him, Yue Wen planned revenge against the Pudu Sect’s Jiangcheng City Research Institute and lured its steward, Mai Yaode, into a meeting. Mai Yaode believed the meeting could earn him a major promotion, while Yue Wen prepared to use it to strike back.

• Yue Wen concluded that the Hu Family and the Pudu Sect had plotted to kill him and decided to target the Jiangcheng City Research Institute’s head while leaving the wider Pudu Sect alone.
• Yue Wen entered Immortal Dew Valley and asked Medicine Jar for proof of his identity; Severed-Head Life found a cracked red jade token marked “Medicine King Institute” among his belongings.
• Yue Wen called the Pudu Sect’s Jiangcheng City Research Institute, claimed he had information about its wanted account, and spoke with its steward, Mai Yaode.
• Yue Wen arranged to meet Mai Yaode at the Eastern City Cemetery in City Seven, where he would show him the cracked token, and told him to bring no more than two people.
• Mai Yaode kept the lead from headquarters so he could claim the credit himself, then assured Hu Hanyi that he would deal with Yue Wen after the tournament’s excitement faded.

Wu Laogui arranged to sell information about a caller seeking two Astral Realm bodies, then Mai Yaode was lured to a cemetery and killed by the Six Pythons of Gray Mountain. The assassins left Mai Yaode dead without revealing who had arranged the trap.

• Wu Laogui accepted a request for two Astral Realm bodies after recognizing that the caller had Flame Ghost Hall’s contact number.
• Wu Laogui decided to sell the caller’s information to the assassins seeking the bounty on Wen Yan.
• Mai Yaode arrived at East City Cemetery with two guards to collect the bodies he had ordered.
• The Six Pythons of Gray Mountain sprang a trap, using snakes and a formation to ambush Mai Yaode and his guards.
• Mai Yaode learned the assassins blamed him for offending the Soul Shepherd Sect, Dark Flower Ridge, and Poison Snake Gang before they devoured him with venomous snakes.

Dai Muhun’s two Dharma Bodies met Immortal Lord Biyue, who revealed that her reincarnated Shuangling Body had appeared in River City and ordered them to investigate. She planned to pursue the Shuangling Body, seek clues about the Azure Dragon Burial Ground, and gather fresh Profound Yin Glazed Souls.

• Dai Muhun’s Dharma Bodies discussed Wen Yan’s reported death and their failure to recover a Dao Realm Corpse Puppet from the River City Supernatural Affairs Bureau.
• Immortal Lord Biyue appeared and told the two Dharma Bodies that she had discovered her reincarnated Shuangling Body through an online video.
• Immortal Lord Biyue explained that her three Dharma Bodies had become independent Dao Realm beings and that she wanted to devour the reincarnated Shuangling Body before its former-life consciousness awakened.
• Immortal Lord Biyue ordered Dai Muhun’s Dharma Bodies to go to River City, investigate the Shuangling Body, and seek information about the Azure Dragon Burial Ground and the Fox Demon.
• Immortal Lord Biyue said she would accompany them, asked them to find fresh Profound Yin Glazed Souls, and cursed Daoist Ye for his past betrayal.

Yue Wen’s scheme led to Mai Yaode’s death, and he spent Elder Gongsun’s money on a rare spirit plant seed and Qilin Melons for the Agency. Three days later, the City Hero Battle’s elimination tournament began, and Zhao Xing’er faced Hu Kaiting as Yue Wen’s match against Li Flying Rosy Clouds loomed.

• Yue Wen watched from hiding as Mai Yaode and two others entered East City Cemetery and did not return, confirming his plan had succeeded.
• Yue Wen reserved a Mystic Spirit Astral Qi Transformation Grass seed, planning to grow it quickly in Immortal Dew Valley and make pills for his friends.
• Yue Wen shared Qilin Melons with Qi Dian and Xing’er, and they credited Elder Gongsun for the treat.
• Three days later, Wei Ping and Su Xun made another outrageous bet while discussing the tournament, then predicted Zhao Xing’er would easily defeat Hu Kaiting.
• Hu Kaiting ignored his clan members’ concerns, entered the arena, and froze when Xing’er insulted him over the broadcast.

Zhao Xing'er overwhelmed Hu Kaiting in the arena, winning after the referee saved him from her shot. Hu Yuting then faced Zhilan in the next match, where Zhilan began by reacting to something in the stands.

• The referee warned Zhao Xing'er to mind her manners, then started her match against Hu Kaiting.
• Zhao Xing'er smashed Hu Kaiting's flying sword and Black Iron Bowl, forcing him to activate the Hu Family's Red Fox Blood Curse.
• Zhao Xing'er defeated Hu Kaiting's fiery attacks and doubles, then aimed her Silver Sniper Rifle at him as he fell.
• The referee intercepted Zhao Xing'er's shot and declared her the winner; Hu Kaiting broke down afterward while Hu Yuting called him too fragile.
• Hu Yuting entered the arena to face Zhilan, who suddenly stared toward the stands and asked what was wrong with Hu Yuting's younger brother.

Lan Zhi defeated Hu Yuting with a blinding attack and slow-acting poison, leaving the Hu Family disciples in tears. Yue Wen then faced Li Flying Rosy Clouds, whose soul attack revealed that she used a technique connected to the Soul Dao Apotheosis Method.

• Lan Zhi bound Hu Yuting with poisonous vines, blinded her with a flash, and hid underground while the poison took effect.
• Hu Yuting collapsed and conceded, then wept in Hu Yunting's arms alongside Hu Kaiting as Hu Yunting criticized their resilience.
• Two more early Astral Realm matches passed before Yue Wen's eagerly awaited bout began.
• Yue Wen entered the arena to loud cheers and exchanged polite greetings with Li Flying Rosy Clouds.
• Li Flying Rosy Clouds struck Yue Wen's soul even after he looked away, and he recognized her technique as related to the Soul Dao Apotheosis Method.

Elder Wei and Elder Su gave opposing predictions about Yue Wen and Li Flying Rosy Clouds, while secretly worrying over their wager. In the ring, Yue Wen blocked Li Flying Rosy Clouds’s mental attack and quickly copied it, leaving her suspecting that he could copy other people’s Supernatural Powers.

• Elder Wei learned that Li Flying Rosy Clouds was the reincarnation of a mighty cultivator and expected her to defeat Yue Wen, while Elder Su accepted a wager on Yue Wen’s victory.
• Elder Wei and Elder Su gave the host wildly biased predictions about how their favored fighters would win.
• Li Flying Rosy Clouds attacked Yue Wen’s Consciousness Sea, but his strengthened divine soul blocked her mental strike.
• Li Flying Rosy Clouds used Heaven-and-Earth Grasp, and Yue Wen responded with a Divine Sense Fist that he had adapted from her attack.
• Yue Wen struck again with a stronger Divine Sense Fist, forcing Li Flying Rosy Clouds to escape through a Spatial Rift and suspect that he could copy Supernatural Powers.

Yue Wen and Li Flying Rosy Clouds traded stealth attacks and spatial tricks until Li Flying Rosy Clouds lured him into a lightning strike, prompting him to reveal the Divine Sword Thunder-Controlling Art. Seeing him use lightning after her, she became convinced that Yue Wen could copy supernatural powers.

• Yue Wen used the Trace-Hiding Art to match Li Flying Rosy Clouds's Heaven-and-Earth Grasp, and both fighters repeatedly vanished from the arena as the commentators argued over who had the advantage.
• Li Flying Rosy Clouds eventually returned to the platform because her spatial technique consumed more astral qi, and Yue Wen attacked her with the Light-Splitting Shadow-Sweeping Sword Art.
• Li Flying Rosy Clouds countered by summoning Heavenly Thunder Attraction, destroying Yue Wen's sword light and leaving him no time to evade the lightning.
• Yue Wen answered with the Divine Sword Thunder-Controlling Art and summoned a bolt of purplish-black lightning.
• Li Flying Rosy Clouds recalled Yue Wen matching her earlier techniques and concluded that he could copy supernatural powers.

Yue Wen battled Li Flying Rosy Clouds through repeated reversals, enduring her lightning and overpowering her with the Spell Suppression Dao Rhythm he had copied from Kunyu Ridge. Li Flying Rosy Clouds conceded defeat, and Yue Wen left the fight victorious after exhausting his hidden techniques.

• Yue Wen unleashed the Divine Sword Thunder-Controlling Art while enduring Li Flying Rosy Clouds' lightning, blasting her into a crater as he suffered injuries himself.
• Li Flying Rosy Clouds recovered her memories and used the Soul-Burning Soul-Seizing Art to immobilize Yue Wen, then prepared to strike him with her Five-Colored Treasure Fan.
• Yue Wen used Kunyu Ridge's Spell Suppression Dao Rhythm to break free of her control just as she attacked.
• Yue Wen teleported behind Li Flying Rosy Clouds with the Shadow-Shifting Talisman Art and seized her by the throat.
• Li Flying Rosy Clouds conceded defeat, and Yue Wen released her as the spectators finally relaxed.

Yue Wen defeated Li Flying Rosy Clouds in a spectacular match, while Wei Ping paid off his bet by eating three cameras. The next match began with Qi Dian and Xiao Chubei politely refusing to attack first.

• Yue Wen overcame Li Flying Rosy Clouds' Soul Dao powers with the Divine Sword Thunder-Controlling Art and Yang Earth Dao rhythm, eliminating her from the tournament.
• River City viewers lamented Li Flying Rosy Clouds' loss as they worried about the team's chances at the Four Seas Ascendant Dragon Assembly.
• Wei Ping ate three cameras in front of the audience to fulfill his bet, while Elder Su received a cash bonus.
• Qi Dian prepared to face Xiao Chubei, encouraged by Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er, and resolved not to be the Agency's only eliminated contestant.
• Xiao Chubei and Qi Dian each insisted that the other attack first, leaving the referee, commentators, and audience waiting as the match stalled.

Qi Dian and Xiao Chubei turned their stalled match into a battle of endurance before finally trading attacks. Qi Dian outsmarted Xiao Chubei’s trap and won with Heavenly Thunder Power, then left the platform amid boos.

• The Round-Head Referee urged Qi Dian and Xiao Chubei to fight, but both contestants argued that they were not breaking any rules.
• Qi Dian used the Heaven One Generates Water Art to soak the platform, while Xiao Chubei’s Golden Sabers repeatedly dispersed and dried the moisture.
• Xiao Chubei attacked Qi Dian’s shield with the Four Aspects Golden Saber Formation, and Qi Dian dropped his defense to strike with his sword.
• Xiao Chubei blocked Qi Dian’s sword with a Trap Puppet and sent his golden wheel toward him, but Qi Dian countered with a punch charged with Heavenly Thunder Power.
• Qi Dian blasted Xiao Chubei unconscious, was booed by the audience, and left the platform when the Round-Head Referee sent him away.

Qi Dian joined Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er in the City Heroes' Battle top eight as Hu Yunting defeated Fang Qingcang and the remaining quarterfinalists were decided. The Yue Family Cultivation Office drew attention with three contestants advancing, and the chapter ended with the quarterfinal matchups announced and an audience member urging a Family Head to act.

• Qi Dian celebrated his victory with Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er, who teased him with family jokes as all three secured places in the top eight.
• Hu Yunting defeated Fang Qingcang with his Firecloud Heaven-Swallowing Sword Art after Fang Qingcang fought on despite being outmatched.
• Li Tieqin, Liu Yuanjun, and Deng Ran won their matches and joined the top eight.
• The host announced the eight quarterfinalists and paired Hu Yunting against Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er against Li Tieqin, Liu Yuanjun against Deng Ran, and Qi Dian against Lan Zhi.
• Elder Su backed Yue Wen to beat Hu Yunting, while Elder Wei hesitated to support Hu Yunting; an audience member told a Family Head that the time was ripe to make their move.

Hu Hanyi learned that the Pudu Sect planned to establish a branch in River City and agreed to help, reassured that it would not abandon the Hu Family. Meanwhile, Yue Wen reviewed the fallout from his victory over Li Flying Rosy Clouds and saw reports calling the Four Seas Dragon Ascension Assembly a golden age of Heavenly Prodigies.

• Hu Hanyi met Guan Mingli, the Pudu Sect’s new deacon, and pleaded for the sect to continue cooperating with the Hu Family.
• Guan Mingli told Hu Hanyi that the Pudu Sect planned to establish a branch in River City and asked him to help smooth things over with the authorities.
• Guan Mingli promised the Pudu Sect would not abandon the Hu Family and said its new branch would make it easier for the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect to handle matters there.
• Yue Wen browsed the Cultivation Chat Forum and saw Perfected One Nagiko’s disclosures redirect public anger over the tournament format toward the Hu Family and its allies.
• Yue Wen read trending coverage describing the Four Seas Dragon Ascension Assembly as a golden age of Heavenly Prodigies, including a post about Liang Baitong of Cicada Cry Ancient Temple claiming the top seat and renouncing love.

Yue Wen read about the bizarre chief-disciple selections among the Five Great Immortal Sects before learning that Big White had been kidnapped. He suspected the Hu family was behind the abduction, but the group had yet to decide how to respond.

• Yue Wen read that Liang Baitong became Cicada-Chiming Ancient Temple's chief disciple, then declared he would marry Tian Xiaowei.
• Wu Jiguang and Xue Hanyang were disqualified from becoming Taiji Eight Desolations Sect's chief after their vote-buying schemes were exposed, while Shen Yaoguang, Meng Youjun, and Dongfang Jianqi also emerged from their sects' selections amid absurd incidents.
• Qi Dian found a ransom note saying Big White had been taken and demanded a hundred thousand in Talisman Currency at Moon-Gazing Tower.
• Yue Wen and Xing'er reasoned that Big White's abductor was likely a sixth-realm expert and worried the kidnapping could be a trap targeting their team.
• Yue Wen and Qi Dian ruled out their likely opponents and concluded that the Hu family was the most likely suspect.

Yue Wen, Qi Dian, and Zhao Xing'er followed their kidnapper’s rules and split up to climb Moon-Gazing Tower, where masked men challenged them with puzzles. Yue Wen and Qi Dian struggled through the questions, while Zhao Xing'er reached a man who appeared to be her father.

• Yue Wen, Qi Dian, and Zhao Xing'er borrowed money, reached Moon-Gazing Tower, and learned that they had to climb separate stairways within twenty minutes to save Big White.
• Yue Wen answered a trick addition question correctly and moved on to a question about identifying the odd season.
• Qi Dian failed several attempts to answer a grenade-price riddle before correctly explaining that no change was due, then faced a question about the odd yellow item.
• Zhao Xing'er encountered a stern, middle-aged man whose expression softened when he saw her, and she recognized him as her father.

Zhao Shizhe tested Zhao Xing'er’s companions, but Yue Wen quickly cleared the absurd examination questions and reached the top floor. Mistaking Zhao Shizhe for a dangerous captor, Yue Wen summoned Perfected One Nagiko, whose mountain phantom descended before Zhao Shizhe could explain himself.

• Zhao Shizhe revealed that he had brought Big White to test Zhao Xing'er’s companions, and Zhao Xing'er knocked the dog into the ceiling for following him.
• Yue Wen sped through Zhao Shizhe’s bizarre questions while Qi Dian struggled to answer them on the second floor.
• After reaching the top floor and seeing Zhao Xing'er and Big White, Yue Wen crushed Perfected One Nagiko’s Message Jade Talisman and threw Demonic Soul-Devouring Mist Pills at Zhao Shizhe.
• Perfected One Nagiko arrived almost immediately, and her enormous green mountain phantom crashed down toward the top floor.

Perfected One Nagiko rushed to Moon-Gazing Tower after Yue Wen summoned her and attacked Zhao Shizhe before learning he was Zhao Xing'er’s father. After the misunderstanding was settled, Yue Wen revealed he had made arrangements against the Hu Family, while Hu Jiuyi began an attack on their manor.

• Perfected One Nagiko sensed Yue Wen’s summons, rushed to Moon-Gazing Tower, and suppressed the people inside with Kunyu Ridge and her Divine Sword Thunder-Controlling Art.
• Zhao Shizhe revealed his identity as the head of the Heavenly Capital Zhao Family, and Perfected One Nagiko stopped attacking after the lightning had badly charred him.
• Zhao Shizhe explained that he had come to test whether Zhao Xing’er’s companions could be trusted, and Yue Wen and Perfected One Nagiko accepted that he had meant no harm.
• Perfected One Nagiko and Zhao Shizhe reconciled and praised Yue Wen and Zhao Xing’er, while Yue Wen admitted he had made arrangements against the Hu Family after suspecting them of taking Big White.
• Hu Jiuyi, a lean man, and a long-haired woman prepared to attack the Hu Family manor, and Hu Jiuyi launched a fireball into it.