Chapter Summaries

Xing'er broke through to the Appearance Realm and gained silver wings that greatly strengthened her combat abilities. As River City prepared to face the powerful Li Family team, Yue Wen took responsibility for the tournament and declared he would handle every opponent himself.

• Xing'er awakened silver wings, tested their speed, and combined them with her silver armor and martial skills.
• Xing'er teased Qi Dian about their cultivation gap, while Liu Yuanjun revealed that he had reached the peak of the Astral Realm.
• Yue Wen encouraged Qi Dian, Xing'er, and Liu Yuanjun to return to cultivation, then drew on the Heavenly Circuit Transfer Device to cultivate himself.
• Lan Zhi described the Li Family team's four Appearance Realm fighters and explained the formats for the upcoming arena matches.
• Perfected One Nagiko and the team discussed their disadvantage against the Li Family, and Qi Dian offered to go first to wear down their opponents.
• Yue Wen said he would go first and defeat the opponents who followed, declaring that the tactic was to let him handle it.

The River City Team entered the round of sixteen amid public attention, while the Azurefall Profound Gate’s elders watched from behind the clouds. Perfected One Nagiko bet her senior brother Perfected One Qinghua that River City would defeat the Hetu Team, wagering valuable treasures against his Divine River Water-Suppressing Stone.

• The host introduced the River City Team and highlighted Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, Qi Dian, and Liu Yuanjun as they entered the arena.
• Qi Dian and Zhao Xing'er traded barbs about his hairstyle and cultivation realm, while Liu Yuanjun asked them to stop arguing.
• The River City Team took its rest area beside the Azurefall Profound Gate team as the first match between Azurefall and the Meijiang City Team was announced.
• Venerable Chongwu, Venerable Xuanting, and Venerable Yuezun discussed the tournament and the River City Team’s chances with Azurefall’s elders.
• Perfected One Nagiko challenged Perfected One Qinghua to wager his Divine River Water-Suppressing Stone on River City beating the Hetu Team, offering the Southern Heaven Palace-Suppressing Grass and two Jade Marrow Dragonheart Lotuses in return.

Shen Yaoguang and Shi Miaozhen defeated the Meijiang Team, while Zhang Xiaofan’s bloodthirsty power drew the attention of the Venerables. Yue Wen then opened the River City Team’s match against the Hetu Team by defeating Li Ding, who managed to injure him before falling; Yue Wen revealed the Green Bamboo Dragonbone Fan afterward.

• Shen Yaoguang defeated the Meijiang Team’s first three fighters with formations and talismans, then conceded to Zhang Xiaofan to avoid exposing more of his abilities.
• Shi Miaozhen defeated Zhang Xiaofan after he entered a frenzied state, and the Venerables decided to investigate his demonic artifact and save him from its consequences.
• Yue Wen took the stage first for the River City Team and used dragon might and the Spirit-Striking Fist to unsettle Li Ding before striking him from behind.
• Li Ding detonated his Dharma Form, injuring Yue Wen with the blast, but Yue Wen knocked him down and won the match.
• The Li Family members recognized the folding fan Yue Wen produced as the Green Bamboo Dragonbone Fan.

Yue Wen used the Green Bamboo Dragonbone Fan to heal himself and revealed why he could fight several opponents without carrying injuries forward. After Li Bing tried to wear down his true qi, Yue Wen defeated him with a surprise attack, leaving the Li Family’s two strongest contestants to face him.

• Yue Wen healed his minor injuries with the Green Bamboo Dragonbone Fan, and the River City Team’s members explained that the artifact let him fight each opponent at full strength.
• Li Luoci called a timeout, and she, Li Guantang, and Li Bing planned to drain Yue Wen’s true qi through successive fights.
• Li Bing entered the arena behind his Golden Mountain Shield and tried to defend himself while making Yue Wen spend his strength.
• Yue Wen used a hidden third hand to cast the Divine Light Art, blinded Li Bing, and knocked him out of the arena with a strike to the back.
• Li Bing learned that he had lasted only one punch, while Perfected One Nagiko and Perfected One Qinghua argued over whether Yue Wen had used up his tricks.

Yue Wen fought Li Luoci, whose Imperial Domain and summoned Divine Generals pushed him into a difficult battle. He unveiled his Sword Heart Doppelgangers Art, landed a decisive blow, and won the match.

• Li Luoci used her Imperial Domain to suppress Yue Wen's senses, but he countered with the spell suppression Dao rhythm and charged her.
• Li Luoci summoned six Divine Generals, and they wounded Yue Wen while he could use only his physical strength.
• Li Luoci attacked with the Kingly Might-Slaying Sword, and Yue Wen evaded it by burrowing underground.
• Yue Wen revealed the Sword Heart Doppelgangers Art, filling the sky with sword-wielding copies to confuse Li Luoci.
• Li Luoci ordered the copies not to fly, but Yue Wen's real body struck her from behind with his combined sword technique.
• The arena formation stopped Yue Wen's blow from killing Li Luoci, and the announcer declared Yue Wen of the River City Team the winner.

Yue Wen used his growth Dao Rhythm Doppelgangers to overwhelm Li Luoci in the Arena, then took advantage of both of River City Team’s timeouts to recover before facing Li Guantang. The chapter ended as the two prepared for a decisive match that could determine the contest between River City Team and the Hetu Team.

• Meng Youjun recognized that Yue Wen’s many attack-focused Doppelgangers explained how Yue Wen had once evaded his surveillance.
• Yue Wen resonated with more than a dozen Doppelgangers and used them to unleash the Light-Splitting Shadow-Sweeping Sword Art, defeating Li Luoci.
• Li Luoci urged Li Guantang to challenge Yue Wen before he recovered, but Yue Wen called a timeout to replenish his cultivation reserves.
• After the first timeout ended, Zhao Xing'er called River City Team’s second timeout in succession, giving Yue Wen six minutes to recover.
• Li Guantang entered the Arena with his Mountain Lord Immortal Body showing, and Yue Wen returned to face him in the decisive match.

Yue Wen fought Li Guantang with overwhelming force, then pretended to run out of true qi to lure him into lowering his guard. He caught Li Guantang at close range with his recovered spell suppression Dao rhythm and unleashed his hidden techniques, leaving the battle’s outcome poised in his favor.

• Li Guantang summoned his white tiger dharma form as Yue Wen activated the Raging Dragon Blood-Burning Technique and merged with his three-eyed divine dragon dharma form.
• Yue Wen drove Li Guantang across the arena with a relentless sword assault, while Li Guantang repeatedly escaped by transforming into black wind.
• Perfected One Qinghua believed Yue Wen was exhausting his true qi, but Perfected One Nagiko suspected he was pretending to draw Li Guantang into a trap.
• Yue Wen used the Divine Sword Thunder-Controlling Art, and Li Guantang redirected the golden lightning with his sword storm before attacking Yue Wen with it.
• Yue Wen endured Li Guantang’s storm, seized his wrist, suppressed his escape with Dao rhythm, and activated the Dragon Emperor Heaven-Opening Force alongside the Raging Dragon Blood-Burning Technique.
• The River City Team cheered as Li Guantang realized Yue Wen had acted exhausted to create an opening for his close-range counterattack.

Yue Wen outmaneuvered Li Guantang in their Ascendant Dragon Assembly match, battering him through the spell suppression Dao rhythm and intercepting his escape with a hidden Shadow Talisman. Li Guantang could not recover, and his defeat left both his team and the Azurefall Profound Gate spectators lamenting the lost chance for a comeback.

• Yue Wen fooled Li Guantang with a feigned decline, then used a Shadow Talisman to escape his spiritual power storm and close in under the spell suppression Dao rhythm.
• Yue Wen broke Li Guantang's arm, smashed his face and neck, and struck his throat and qi sea with a rapid close-combat combination.
• Li Guantang endured the beating while his teammates urged him to hold on, then realized the spell suppression had ended and transformed into black wind to escape.
• Yue Wen tracked Li Guantang with a Shadow Talisman he had secretly attached to him and intercepted him as he reappeared.
• Yue Wen struck Li Guantang in the chest, shattered his ribs, and left him unable to stand, prompting wails from the Hetu Team and Azurefall Profound Gate spectators.

Yue Wen defeated all four members of the Li Family’s Hetu Team, stunning the tournament and earning the Azurefall Profound Gate’s leaders’ admiration. After concealing how badly the fight had exhausted him, he watched the next match begin as Yu Xiaobao volunteered to attempt a one-against-four sweep of his own.

• Yue Wen won after defeating Li Guantang, while Perfected One Qinghua mourned his lost wager and the Azurefall Profound Gate leaders praised Yue Wen’s talent.
• Li Guantang recovered enough to speak with his family, and the Hetu Team realized the loss would leave the Li Family humiliated for years.
• The contestants and spectators reacted with shock as Yue Wen’s sweep of all four Li Family members became an iconic tournament upset.
• Yue Wen returned to the rest area, secretly took a qi-and-blood replenishing pill, and concealed his exhaustion so his opponents would not learn his limits.
• Yu Xiaobao volunteered to fight first against the Xinghai Team, while Zhan Ying worried that Yue Wen had inspired others to attempt one-against-four sweeps.

Yu Xiaobao swept the Xinghai Team, while the River City Team secured an unprecedented place in the Ascendant Dragon Assembly’s top eight as the apparent weakest team. After the team returned to its courtyard, Azurefall Profound Gate Sect Leader Xuan Ting appeared in Yue Wen’s room and introduced himself.

• Yu Xiaobao defeated Zhan Ying and completed a four-person sweep of the Xinghai Team.
• Meng Youjun defeated three opponents before Fang Qingyuan took the stage and secured the Heavenly Nether Earth Mother Cult’s victory.
• The River City Team joined the five great sects, Dragon Capital Team, and Five Suns Team in the top eight, despite being widely expected to lose in the next round.
• Xue Hanyang provoked the River City Team, and Xing'er responded with a rude gesture.
• Yue Wen returned to his room and found Xuan Ting, the Sect Leader of the Azurefall Profound Gate, waiting inside.

Venerable Xuanting offered to take Yue Wen as his Personal Disciple, but Venerable Yuezun intervened to claim him for the Taiyin lineage. Yue Wen accepted Yuezun’s decision and prepared for the competition, while the two Dao Lords’ clash left him under her watchful protection.

• Venerable Xuanting asked Yue Wen to become his Personal Disciple, but Yue Wen said he had promised to become Perfected One Nagiko’s disciple and wanted her approval.
• Venerable Xuanting and Venerable Yuezun argued over which Great Dao suited Yue Wen, then clashed their Small Worlds.
• Venerable Yuezun announced that Yue Wen would become her personally taught Final Disciple after the Ascendant Dragon Assembly, and Yue Wen agreed.
• Yue Wen guessed that the Dao Lords were competing for talented disciples to advance their Great Daos and protect their legacies.
• Yue Wen noticed Venerable Yuezun’s lingering gaze, then celebrated his match victory by donating to children in the mountains.

After Yue Wen’s arena victory won him nearly ten million followers, Perfected One Nagiko took him to meet Venerable Chongwu, who rewarded his supposed role in the Fox Demon Lady incident with a thread of pure Yang Earth Dao Marrow. As Venerable Chongwu pressed it to Yue Wen’s brow, the Green Mountain Qi in his Consciousness Sea stirred and an ancient vow rang out.

• Yue Wen found that his arena victory had brought him nearly ten million followers and mostly positive comments, though viewers still called him immoral.
• Perfected One Nagiko told Yue Wen she had arranged for him to receive a reward from Venerable Chongwu and admitted she had exaggerated his contribution to the Fox Demon Amusement Park incident.
• Perfected One Nagiko explained that the Sect Leader could hear Yue Wen’s thoughts through his profound attainments in the Yin Metal Great Dao.
• Yue Wen met Venerable Chongwu, who gave him a thread of pure Yang Earth Dao Marrow because he had comprehended Yang Earth Dao Rhythm in the Fourth Realm.
• Venerable Chongwu pressed a finger to Yue Wen’s brow, causing the Green Mountain Qi in his Consciousness Sea to surge as an ancient vow rang out.

Yue Wen absorbed Venerable Chongwu’s Dao Marrow and resonated with the Yang Earth Great Dao, gaining the ability to seal an enemy’s ability. Meanwhile, Venerable Xuanting visited the Azurefall Profound Gate’s eccentric patriarch, who heard that the sect’s team had reached the final eight of the Ascendant Dragon Assembly.

• Yue Wen learned that Venerable Chongwu’s grand vow had been to connect the mortal world’s green mountains into a formation protecting the Human Realm, but he had not completed it.
• Yue Wen absorbed the Dao Marrow, resonated with the Yang Earth Great Dao, and gained the ability to seal one of an enemy’s abilities.
• Venerable Chongwu and Perfected One Nagiko watched Yue Wen enter an epiphany, and Perfected One Nagiko claimed credit for recognizing him as a promising disciple.
• Venerable Xuanting visited the Azurefall Profound Gate’s patriarch at Green Yang Mountain and waited while the youth finished playing a computer game.
• Venerable Xuanting reported that the sect had placed first in the Secret Realm Tournament and reached the final eight, with a quarterfinal against the Cicada-Chiming Ancient Temple ahead.
• The patriarch said he might attend the match and mock an old monk, while Venerable Xuanting reminded him of past incidents caused by his public appearances.

Yue Wen proposed a stratagem to improve the River City Team’s chances against the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect by publicly challenging their strongest fighter. The post sowed discord among the rival team, whose members ended the chapter preparing to compete over who was strongest.

• Lan Zhi explained that the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect had four formidable contestants, with Wu Jiguang and Xue Hanyang stronger than Li Shouzhong and Xu Xiuer.
• Yue Wen said the River City Team’s best chance was to reach a fifth-round tiebreaker, with Zhao Xing'er matched against one of the opponents’ weaker fighters.
• Yue Wen announced online that he hoped to face the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect’s strongest contestant in the first arena.
• The post drew widespread attention, and the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect’s team began arguing over who should face Yue Wen.
• Wu Jiguang and Xue Hanyang both claimed that the strongest contestant should go first, then raised their auras as they challenged each other to prove it.

Yue Wen exchanged messages with Li Luoci, Zhan Ying, and Dongfang Jianqi, who tried to recruit him for Famous Sword Middle School, but Yue Wen expected to join Perfected One Nagiko’s lineage. As the elimination tournament began, Perfected One Nagiko and Perfected One Qinghua wagered valuable treasures on River City’s match against the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect, while the Azurefall Profound Gate faced the Cicada-Chiming Ancient Temple.

• Yue Wen followed Li Luoci back, and she told him she wanted to join a different Dragon Hall so she could challenge him in the Dao Source Contest.
• Yue Wen followed Zhan Ying back and exchanged messages with him, then spoke with Dongfang Jianqi about his sword technique.
• Dongfang Jianqi offered Yue Wen chief-disciple-level treatment at Famous Sword Middle School, but Yue Wen thought he would soon become Perfected One Nagiko’s junior fellow disciple.
• Perfected One Nagiko and Perfected One Qinghua agreed to wager treasures on whether River City or the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect would win, with Qinghua staking his Ancient Times Mountain God Statue.
• The Azurefall Profound Gate’s Shen Yaoguang began the match against the Cicada-Chiming Ancient Temple by facing an ordinary bald opponent.

Meng Yuheng won his match against a Cicada-Chiming Ancient Temple monk through a clever combination of the Body-Fixing Technique and magical artifacts. Shi Miaozhen then turned the decisive battle against Liang Baitong by sending her doppelganger into his dharma form, leaving him facing two opponents as his dharma form was destroyed.

• Shen Yaoguang won his match, but Lin Youqing lost to a monk whose recent breakthrough and golden-body arts countered her techniques.
• Meng Yuheng immobilized his opponent with the Body-Fixing Technique, bound his hands with the Locking Gold Ring, and defeated him with sword qi.
• Shi Miaozhen opened her match against Liang Baitong by attacking with her great moon dharma form, while their clash drew comments from Venerable Xuanting, Venerable Yuezun, and Venerable Chongwu about spiritual power tides.
• Liang Baitong swallowed Shi Miaozhen's great moon, but she kicked it back; he then fought with a golden pig dharma form and a Nine-Toothed Rake.
• Shi Miaozhen's doppelganger fought its way out from inside Liang Baitong's dharma form and destroyed it with a sword strike, leaving two Shi Miaozhens facing him.
• Shen Yaoguang guessed Meng Yuheng had devised the plan, and Meng Yuheng said Liang Baitong's habit of eating things had made him an easy target.

Yue Wen led the River City Team into its match against the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect and immediately used a sealing Dao rhythm to suppress Xue Hanyang’s fire arts. He pinned Xue Hanyang down and began beating him, while Wu Jiguang secretly recorded the fight.

• Shi Miaozhen defeated Liang Baitong, giving the Azurefall Profound Gate a 3–1 victory over the Cicada-Chiming Ancient Temple.
• The spectators debated whether Yue Wen would really fight first, and the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect settled on Xue Hanyang as its opening fighter.
• Yue Wen walked into the arena first, and Xue Hanyang joined him after winning the sect’s contest over who would lead.
• Yue Wen sealed all flames across the stage, preventing Xue Hanyang from using his fire arts.
• Yue Wen used a Shadow Talisman, the Giant Gate Sword Art, and a hidden punch to knock Xue Hanyang down and batter him.
• Wu Jiguang lamented Xue Hanyang’s beating while secretly recording it, and Li Shouzhong warned him to hide his smile.

Yue Wen defeated Xue Hanyang after suppressing his fire and supernatural arts, giving River City an early lead. Xing'er then entered the Arena to face Xu Xiuer, revealing a powerful dragon-scaled tyrannosaur Dharma Form that shocked the spectators and alarmed Perfected One Qinghua.

• Yue Wen suppressed Xue Hanyang's arts and beat him until the Arena declared him the winner.
• Zhao Xing'er cheered Yue Wen while Wu Jiguang secretly filmed Xue Hanyang's defeat and mocked him.
• Li Shouzhong fought Liu Yuanjun, who quickly conceded after blocking one attack.
• Xu Xiuer entered the Arena, and Xing'er took her place, promising to bring River City a fifth match.
• Xu Xiuer summoned her Seven-Treasure Luo Umbrella, and Xing'er revealed a dragon-scaled tyrannosaur Dharma Form that made Perfected One Qinghua suspect a trap.

Zhao Xing'er faced Xu Xiuer in the fifth match and turned the battle around with her Dragon Armor and Divine Fire. She caught Xu Xiuer and began beating her, leaving the match’s outcome apparently in her hands.

• Perfected One Qinghua criticized Perfected One Nagiko for relying on Zhao Xing'er, while Nagiko trusted Yue Wen’s prediction that Xing'er had a good chance of winning.
• Zhao Xing'er opened the fight by provoking Xu Xiuer, then used her Silver Wings and Sword-Thunder Spike to land a powerful blow.
• Xu Xiuer concealed herself with her Heavenly Rain Unrestrained Art, water silk, and Seven-Treasure Luo Umbrella, while Xing'er took repeated hits to build up her Martial Spirit Red Light.
• Xing'er activated her Dragon Armor and unleashed Divine Fire, destroying Xu Xiuer’s Dharma Form and rain while forcing her out of hiding.
• Xing'er found Xu Xiuer, shattered her re-formed Dharma Form, grabbed her ankle, and slammed her onto the Arena before pummeling her.

Zhao Xing'er defeated Xu Xiuer, tying the tournament score and setting up a possible fifth match between Yue Wen and Wu Jiguang. Qi Dian then surprised everyone by trapping Wu Jiguang inside the Earth King Pill and attacking him with water and heavenly thunder.

• Zhao Xing'er overwhelmed Xu Xiuer with a barrage of punches and won her match, tying the score at two to two.
• Yue Wen healed Zhao Xing'er and declared that River City could still create a miracle, while Qi Dian joked that he might win the next match too.
• Perfected One Qinghua suspected the match had been fixed, but Perfected One Nagiko dismissed his theory as the rambling of a gambling addict.
• Qi Dian faced Wu Jiguang and used the Bluffing Sword to draw his attention before trapping him inside the Earth King Pill.
• Qi Dian flooded the Earth King Pill with water and unleashed heavenly thunder on Wu Jiguang, who realized he had been tricked.