Chapter Summaries

Meng Lan risked a 255-point challenge to secure Team Copper Well’s advancement, but the golden-armored puppet defeated him, leaving Team Guyán poised to qualify. Then Yue Wen shocked the arena by challenging a 360-point puppet.

• Meng Lan decided to keep Team Copper Well’s fate in his hands and challenged a 255-point puppet.
• Meng Lan used Yin Earth Poison, earth-based powers, and his Black Phoenix Dharma Form against the golden-armored puppet, but its Substitute Technique let it strike him from behind and defeat him.
• Wu Liezhu and the rest of Team Guyán celebrated Meng Lan’s failure, which left their qualification spot nearly assured.
• Wang Yang scored 160 points for the Three Suns Team, and the captain of Team Four scored 170 points as their teams finished their rounds.
• Yue Wen surprised the arena by announcing that he would challenge a 360-point puppet.

Yue Wen challenged a 360-point puppet to give the River City Team a chance at first place, then used his self-devised Bloodletting Style to evade it and slowly damage its armor. The chapter left him still fleeing and landing concealed scratches as the commentators predicted he would soon run out of strength.

• Yue Wen requested a 360-point puppet, hoping to raise River City’s score to 740 and secure first place in the group.
• Elder Chen dismissed Yue Wen’s challenge as a publicity stunt and insisted an early-stage Appearance Realm cultivator could not defeat such a powerful puppet.
• Yue Wen faced a puppet with 80 divine soul points, 120 supernatural power points, and 160 physique points, and was pleased that its strongest attribute was physique.
• Yue Wen explained his Bloodletting Style, which exploited the puppet’s attack and defense mechanics and its inability to recover damage or spiritual power.
• Yue Wen used Shadow-Shifting Talismans to evade the puppet’s halberd attacks while his concealed flying sword repeatedly scratched its Outer Armor.
• Elder Chen and Nangong Han doubted Yue Wen could win, and Elder Chen predicted the puppet would defeat him within three minutes.

Yue Wen wore down the halberd-wielding puppet by evading its attacks and striking its armor, frustrating spectators who wanted him eliminated. When the damaged puppet trapped him with a powerful follow-up attack, Yue Wen countered by targeting its soulflame with a Spirit-Striking Fist.

• Yue Wen repeatedly dodged the puppet’s attacks while using the True Dragon Method to replenish his true essence and landing measured strikes with his flying sword.
• The puppet increased its power as it took damage, briefly injuring Yue Wen, but Yue Wen healed himself with the vitality Dao rhythm and resumed evading.
• After an hour of attrition, Yue Wen’s attacks covered the puppet in cracks, prompting Nangong Han and Elder Chen to analyze his endurance while Zhao Xing'er defended his shameless tactics.
• Yue Wen shattered a piece of the puppet’s armor, causing it to unleash a stronger attack with its great halberd and then close in with a punch as Yue Wen’s talisman art was spent.
• As the puppet’s fist descended, Yue Wen calmly targeted its soulflame and struck with a Spirit-Striking Fist.

Yue Wen defeated the 360-point puppet with a grueling, evasive strategy and impressed the Northern District’s powerful figures, who competed to recruit him. As the Guyán Team’s final contestant, Wutenglan, stepped up, she looked numb.

• Yue Wen used his Spirit-Striking Fist and Three-Eyed Divine Dragon Dharma Form to damage the puppet, then kept evading its attacks until his Divine Sword Thunder-Controlling Art defeated it.
• Yue Wen erased his injuries and cleared the challenge unscathed, leaving the arena audience impressed despite his underhanded fighting style.
• Tang Dinghai, Chen Zhi, and Li Lingkong watched Yue Wen’s match while Perfected One Nagiko defended his talent and declared she would make him her first Personal Disciple.
• Tang Dinghai and Li Lingkong offered Yue Wen work and introductions, but Perfected One Nagiko said none of them could snatch him away.
• Elder Chen acknowledged Yue Wen’s unexpected victory, and the commentary turned to Wutenglan of the Guyán Team as she prepared to fight.

After Yue Wen scored 360 points by wearing down a puppet, Wutenglan tried to imitate his tactics to help Guyán Team advance. Her black mist and dodges could not overcome the puppet before her energy ran low, and she was defeated, leaving the team’s prospects uncertain.

• Yue Wen returned to River City Team, where his teammates praised and mocked his tactics while Lan Zhi took notes.
• Wutenglan recalled her cultivation, her tribe’s hopes, and Wu Liegang’s plan to keep her as a surprise contender.
• Wutenglan challenged a 241-point puppet and used her black-cloud Dharma Form, Yin Water insight, and teleportation to evade its attacks and slowly corrode its armor.
• Wutenglan’s true qi dwindled, so she used a Black Ice Thorn to pierce the puppet’s head, but the puppet entered its later phases and struck her down.
• Wutenglan lost consciousness, blaming Yue Wen for forcing her into a fight she could not win.

Yue Wen’s River City Team qualified first in Group Eighteen, and Yue Wen’s time-wasting tactic spread through the tournament. In the elimination draw, River City was paired with the formidable Luo River Team, which commentators predicted would deliver the Northern District’s most predictable upset.

• The River City Team finished first in Group Eighteen with 740 points, while the Meijiang Team took second with 700.
• Yue Wen’s drawn-out fighting style spread to later groups, extending the group stage as competitors tried to copy his tactic.
• The Northern District’s fifty qualifying teams were divided into upper and lower brackets and drew opponents for the elimination round.
• Yue Wen drew the Luo River Team, whose lineup included two early Appearance Realm competitors and two peak Astral Realm competitors.
• The commentators judged River City the weakest group winner and Luo River the strongest runner-up, predicting River City’s defeat.

The River City Team returned home after advancing to the Elimination Tournament, where they would face the Luo River Team in a Wasteland Zone Ignition Battle. River City celebrated Yue Wen’s achievement, and after returning to the Agency, he discovered that the Mystic Spirit Astral Qi Transformation Grass had finished growing.

• Perfected One Nagiko rewarded each River City competitor five million and explained that the first Elimination Tournament round would begin in seven days.
• Yue Wen read forum posts predicting that the Luo River Team would defeat River City, but he remained confident that their opponents might underestimate them.
• The Flying Boat landed in River City, where crowds celebrated the team and especially praised Yue Wen for leading the city past the group stage.
• Yue Wen, Xing'er, and Qi Dian escaped the crowds and returned to the Agency, while Liu Yuanjun went back to the Mysterious Wind Temple.
• Yue Wen inspected the spirit plants in the Immortal Dew Valley and found that the Mystic Spirit Astral Qi Transformation Grass had finished growing.

Yue Wen arranged funding to refine Astral Qi Boosting Pills for the River City Team and sought Qi Sea Tide Immortal Fruits from Hidden Dragon Pool. The sect offered to provide the fruits and a sponsorship fee in exchange for exclusive sponsor recognition.

• Yue Wen found his Mystic Spirit Astral Qi Transformation Grass mature and asked Perfected One Nagiko to reimburse the costs of refining Astral Qi Boosting Pills.
• Yue Wen collected the funds from Perfected One Nagiko and visited Hidden Dragon Pool to discuss obtaining its Qi Sea Tide Immortal Fruits.
• Ji Yang, Su Renxue, and other disciples welcomed Yue Wen, who met grand elder Su Qinghe and proposed listing Hidden Dragon Pool as a team sponsor in exchange for the fruits.
• Su Qinghe offered the fruits and an additional sponsorship fee if Yue Wen refrained from seeking sponsorship from other sects.

Yue Wen arranged for Old Bai to refine Astral Qi Boosting Pills for his teammates, securing a promise that the pills would be safe. He then gave the Formation Masters detailed demands for the tournament secret realm and asked Perfected One Nagiko to inspect the evil spirits selected for its demon domains.

• Yue Wen bought the Qi Sea Tide Immortal Fruit and other ingredients, then persuaded Old Bai to refine the pills without charging him, provided Old Bai guaranteed their safety.
• Perfected One Nagiko summoned Yue Wen to review the secret realm plans with the Formation Masters.
• Yue Wen proposed spreading out the demon domains and choosing a forested site, leaving the Formation Masters with extensive revisions to make.
• Yue Wen told Perfected One Nagiko that Old Bai would finish the pills in a couple of days and reported that he had discussed sponsorship with Hidden Dragon Pool.
• Yue Wen asked to inspect the evil spirits that Perfected One Nagiko had brought from the Demon-Locking Secret Realm.

Yue Wen inspected the demon beasts chosen for the Elimination Tournament, killing them as he tested their strength and replacing the whole batch. He used the opportunity to earn Evil-Suppressing Money and, after returning to the Agency, called on Da Long to bring out the Heavenly Circuit Transfer Device.

• Yue Wen explained that he needed to assess the demon beasts so River City's competitors would face a fair challenge, then went to the Demon-Locking Secret Realm to help Wang Shoucai choose them.
• Yue Wen entered the first formation and killed a six-winged ape with two punches, deciding it was too weak for the tournament.
• Yue Wen killed a hundred-legged python and several other demon beasts, dismissing them for being ugly, stupid, or otherwise unsuitable.
• Yue Wen killed all of Wang Shoucai's initial selections, chose another batch, and stopped only when the staff refused to let him kill more.
• Yue Wen revealed that the demon beasts had earned him over three thousand Evil-Suppressing Money coins, then returned to the Agency and asked Da Long for the Heavenly Circuit Transfer Device.

Yue Wen bought a Heavenly Circuit Transfer Device and three co-cultivation seals, then used them on Qi Dian and Xing'er to gain cultivation from their efforts. He caught himself wanting to push them harder for profit and instead brought them Qilin Melon, while still telling them to cultivate until dawn at the latest.

• Yue Wen spent two thousand pieces of Evil-Suppressing Money with Da Long to obtain the transfer device and three co-cultivation seals.
• Yue Wen applied a seal to Qi Dian while encouraging him, and the device began turning Qi Dian's cultivation into gains for Yue Wen.
• Xing'er announced she had reached the Late Astral Realm, and Yue Wen applied a seal to her as well.
• Yue Wen realized he was becoming eager to make his teammates cultivate for his own benefit, so he suppressed the thought and brought Xing'er and Qi Dian Qilin Melon.
• Yue Wen told Xing'er and Qi Dian to replenish their qi and blood and not cultivate past dawn.

Yue Wen gave the River City Team Old Bai’s improved Astral Qi Boosting Pills, and the teammates’ cultivation began to rise through repeated qi sea impacts. Meanwhile, Gu Tianyu arrived in River City and learned from Hu Yunting that Yue Wen was far more dangerous than his team’s analysis suggested.

• Old Bai explained that his Daily Fifty Astral Qi Boosting Pills delivered many small, safe impacts, and Yue Wen collected the pills for his teammates.
• Xing'er, Qi Dian, and Liu Yuanjun took the pills, braced against their recurring qi sea impacts, and began advancing their astral cultivation.
• Gu Tianyu arrived in River City with the Luo River Team and met Hu Yunting, who told him his father and family had been destroyed after the Supernatural Affairs Bureau’s investigation.
• Gu Tianyu dismissed the River City Team as an easy opponent, but Hu Yunting warned that Yue Wen was more powerful than he appeared and that underestimating him had doomed the Hu Family.

River City and Luo River’s teams prepared for their Elimination Tournament match as their commentators made a bizarre bet over the outcome. The chapter ended with the teams meeting in the arena and trading barbs before the match began.

• Qian Yun introduced Su Xun and Yuan Ze, who predicted opposite outcomes and agreed that the loser would eat a stainless steel security door.
• Yuan Ze accepted the bet and loudly urged the Luo River Team to dominate River City.
• Xing'er, Yue Wen, Qi Dian, and Liu Yuanjun entered the arena, where Yue Wen encouraged Liu Yuanjun to trust their special training.
• Gu Tianyu, Ning Xiaoyao, Xu Baichen, and Liang Yan emerged for the Luo River Team to cheers from their supporters.
• Gu Tianyu told Yue Wen he would prove River City had made a mistake by leaving Hu Yunting out, and Xing'er mocked Gu Tianyu’s hairstyle.

Yue Wen’s River City Team entered the Wasteland Zone to face the Luo River Team while Perfected One Nagiko wagered with Dragonkin envoy Ao Weisheng over the Azure Dragon Burial Ground. The chapter ended with Liu Yuanjun charging into the forest to begin the team’s plan.

• Ao Weisheng arrived at the arena as the Four Seas Dragon Palace envoy, and Yue Wen saw him among his Dragon Servants.
• Perfected One Nagiko and Ao Weisheng argued over the Azure Dragon Burial Ground before agreeing to wager three Jade Marrow Dragonheart Lotus seeds against half the Secret Realm.
• Yue Wen and his teammates entered the Wasteland Zone and inspected the competition grounds and fire pool.
• Yue Wen explained that the River City Team would exploit the Luo River Team’s tendency to split up and eliminate its members one by one.
• Liu Yuanjun charged into the forest after training with the Daily Fifty Astral Qi Boosting Pill, and Xing'er urged the team to show the results of their training.

The Luo River Team split up to search for Starfire Stones, and Xu Baichen ambushed Liu Yuanjun near a Demon Domain. Yue Wen’s specially coached bait act lured Xu Baichen into the River City Team’s ambush, which began with the Heavenly Thunder Earthly Fire Jet.

• Gu Tianyu ordered the Luo River Team to divide the map, avoid Yue Wen, and target Liu Yuanjun or Zhao Xing'er if they encountered them.
• Xu Baichen found Liu Yuanjun near a Demon Domain and used Lesser Heavenly Foot Travel to catch up with him as he fled.
• Yue Wen, Xing'er, and Qi Dian followed Liu Yuanjun in secret after Yue Wen predicted the Luo River Team would split into four search areas.
• Yue Wen, Xing'er, and Qi Dian recalled how they had trained Liu Yuanjun to act as bait, improving his performance at pretending to flee.
• Xu Baichen cornered Liu Yuanjun, but the Heavenly Thunder Earthly Fire Jet charged out of the bushes as Yue Wen’s group launched their ambush.

Yue Wen, Xing'er, and Qi Dian ambushed Xu Baichen with their upgraded Heavenly Thunder Earthly Fire Jet, overwhelming him with a combined attack and eliminating him from the match. The spectators and commentators reacted to River City's power as the contest continued, with Luo River City still holding a Starfire Stone lead.

• Yue Wen, Xing'er, and Qi Dian caught Xu Baichen off guard with the fourth-generation Heavenly Thunder Earthly Fire Jet, and Xing'er’s staff strike shattered his Eyes-Closed Bodhisattva Dharma Form.
• Yue Wen merged his Three-Eyed Divine Dragon Dharma Form into Xing'er, who grew to mountain size and struck Xu Baichen with overwhelming force, eliminating him.
• Perfected One Nagiko praised Yue Wen’s dragon-shaped Dharma Form, while Ao Weisheng wondered about his cultivation method and Perfected One Nagiko declared that she would take him as her disciple.
• Yuan Ze pointed out that Luo River City had already obtained a Starfire Stone despite Xu Baichen’s elimination, and the Female Host drew the first lucky online viewer.

Yue Wen’s River City Team ambushed and eliminated Ning Xiaoyao as she carried a Starfire Stone toward the Fire Pool. The Luo River Team was left with two members, while Yue Wen’s team continued its plan to intercept them.

• After Xu Baichen went silent, Gu Tianyu warned Ning Xiaoyao and Liang Yan that the River City Team had likely eliminated him with a strange combined supernatural power.
• Ning Xiaoyao set out underground to deposit her Starfire Stone safely in the Fire Pool, but Liu Yuanjun hardened the earth ahead of her and forced her to the surface.
• Yue Wen arrived with Xing’er aboard their blazing flying formation, and Xing’er’s Giant Star Sword Art smashed Ning Xiaoyao’s body, leaving her Starfire Stone behind.
• Yue Wen explained that he had predicted the Luo River Team would send its stone carrier back to the Fire Pool and arranged an ambush along the narrow route.
• Gu Tianyu and Liang Yan realized Ning Xiaoyao had been eliminated, and Gu Tianyu wondered what kind of aircraft she had seen.

Yue Wen’s careful strategy gave River City a commanding lead, while Gu Tianyu and Liang Yan planned an ambush at River City’s fire pool to turn the match around. Yue Wen predicted their move, entered a demon domain to collect Starfire Stones, and faced a giant bear as the real battle began.

• Yue Wen’s ambushes eliminated two Luo River Team contestants, and Perfected One Nagiko expected River City to win her bet against Ao Weisheng.
• Ao Weisheng grew furious over the Luo River Team’s poor performance, while Yuan Ze berated the team’s tactics during the broadcast.
• Gu Tianyu and Liang Yan agreed to attack River City’s fire pool together and hid along the team’s route to ambush them.
• Yue Wen predicted that Gu Tianyu and Liang Yan would wait by River City’s fire pool and entered a demon domain while Liu Yuanjun, Xing'er, and Qi Dian kept watch.
• Yue Wen found a Starfire Stone behind a six-winged giant bear and charged at the beast with his sword.

Yue Wen led the River City Team to defeat the Luo River Team by collecting Starfire Stones and depositing them in their Fire Pool before their opponents realized what was happening. After River City’s victory, Ao Weisheng learned that Yue Wen had won and worried about his own failed attempt to claim the Azure Dragon Burial Ground and the three Jade Marrow Dragonheart Lotus Seeds he owed.

• Yue Wen killed Demon Beasts and collected Starfire Stones, then continued clearing Demon Domains despite having enough stones to win, both to delay the Luo River Team and to head off suspicions of cheating.
• Gu Tianyu and Liang Yan waited in ambush near River City’s Fire Pool, but the River City Team secretly placed its Starfire Stones in the pool while they watched the wrong area.
• The organizers declared the match over, and the Luo River Team returned to the venue defeated while its members vowed to prepare for a rematch.
• Yuan Ze agreed to eat a security door after River City’s victory, while Elder Su invited him to look forward to the next match in Luo River City.
• Ao Weisheng congratulated Perfected One Nagiko on River City’s win, then called his uncle to report Yue Wen’s performance and ask whether he would be blamed for losing the Jade Marrow Dragonheart Lotus Seeds.

The Void Dragon King, Ao Yuanchi, learned that someone in River City had blocked his Void Sky Eye and entered the Void Realm to uncover what was hidden there. He saw Yuan Ze eating a security door and Yue Wen promoting his team and its sponsors during an interview.

• Ao Yuanchi questioned a Dragon Servant about Ao Lichen's delivery of the Jade Marrow Dragonheart Lotus seeds and learned the servant had accepted a bribe.
• Ao Yuanchi killed the Dragon Servant after claiming they had each lied once, then ordered the others to send the servant's family a bereavement payment.
• Ao Yuanchi found that chaotic azure clouds concealed River City from his Void Sky Eye and entered the Void Realm to investigate.
• Ao Yuanchi pierced the concealment and saw Yuan Ze chewing up a stainless-steel security door on the arena screen.
• Yue Wen thanked River City's supporters, Perfected One Nagiko, and Hidden Dragon Pool, then promoted the Yue Family Cultivation Office during his interview.