Recaps

The Mystic Heaven Sect swept its group-stage match, and Chu Kuangren collected another 1.2 billion high-grade spirit stones in bets. Before the semifinals, the organizers abolished the points system and let the Mystic Heaven Sect choose its opponent first, so Chu Kuangren selected the Overlord Body Sacred Clan.

• Chu Kuangren healed the Mystic Heaven Sect's five representatives after they defeated five Daoist Traditions, then collected IOUs for 1.2 billion high-grade spirit stones from the Linghu Family Head and the others.
• The Twelfth Governor announced the semifinalists: the Overlord Body Sacred Clan, Fengyun Mountain, the Heavenly King Palace, and the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• During the two-day break, Lan Yu neared the late Venerable stage, while Nangong Huang and the other competitors gained from their battles.
• The Thirteenth Prefect announced that the judges had abolished the points system, voiding all points before the semifinals.
• The Thirteenth Prefect offered the Mystic Heaven Sect first choice of opponent as compensation, and Chu Kuangren chose the Overlord Body Sacred Clan.

The Thirteenth Prefect banned pills and set the semifinals as a best-of-three, prompting the Mystic Heaven Sect to compete without its usual advantage. Nangong Huang defeated Cangyuan, and Lan Yu began her match against Cang Tian.

• The Thirteenth Prefect announced that pills were forbidden and that the semifinals would be decided by the first side to win two of three matches.
• Nangong Huang faced Cangyuan and used his Yin-Yang Divine Eyes and swordsmanship to defeat him.
• The Overlord Body Clan Chief questioned Cangyuan's loss, while the other Daoist Traditions grew wary that Chu Kuangren could see through opponents' techniques and weaknesses.
• The Overlord Body Sacred Clan sent Cang Tian into the Arena, and Lan Yu volunteered to face him.
• Cang Tian attacked Lan Yu with a purple fist imprint, and Lan Yu raised a white shield with her scepter.

Lan Yu fought Cang Tian in the Arena and overcame his Purple-Blood Overlord Body with her superior combat skill. She left him pinned to the wall by her divine spear as the crowd watched.

• Cang Tian struck Lan Yu with a powerful punch, but she emerged unharmed and mocked his claim to be the strongest Young Emperor.
• Lan Yu and Cang Tian traded attacks, and she used her close-combat skill to send him flying.
• Cang Tian unleashed his Cang Tian Divine Palm and Resplendent Heaven-Shaking Fist while Lan Yu countered with her Light Daoist Rhyme.
• Cang Tian activated his Purple-Blood Overlord Body Phenomenon, and Lan Yu met it with her own Dao Body Phenomenon.
• Lan Yu pierced Cang Tian's fist imprint with Light Judgment and nailed him to the Arena wall with her divine spear.
• Lan Yu called Cang Tian nothing but a joke as he struggled to free himself.

Lan Yu defeated Cang Tian, sending the Mystic Heaven Sect to the Tournament finals against the Heavenly King Palace. Before the final began, Heavenly King Saint Zhang bribed the Third Governor with a lead on Ethereal Heaven, and the contestants were sent to the Myriad Phenomena Secret Realm.

• Lan Yu defeated Cang Tian, and the Overlord Body Clan Chief conceded the match to save him.
• The Heavenly King Palace defeated Fengyun Mountain and became the Mystic Heaven Sect's opponent in the finals.
• Heavenly King Saint Zhang offered the Third Governor information about Ethereal Heaven in exchange for ensuring the Heavenly King Palace won.
• The Third Governor agreed to help the Heavenly King Palace, while keeping his reasons for seeking Ethereal Heaven private.
• The Thirteenth Prefect announced that the final would be a best-of-three contest in the Myriad Phenomena Secret Realm, where teams would fight across randomly assigned settings.

Junyi fought Jinnian in a Myriad Phenomena Secret Realm cavern, where an Echo Stone Vein greatly amplified Jinnian’s zither music and left Junyi badly injured. Chu Kuangren threatened the judges until the Thirteenth Prefect opened the ring of light and brought both fighters back to the Arena.

• Chu Kuangren questioned the Heavenly King Palace Master’s confidence and suspected that the final match was rigged.
• Junyi entered the first match against Jinnian and initially overwhelmed her with the Sea Tide Sword Art.
• Jinnian discovered that the cavern contained an Echo Stone Vein, which magnified her Sovereign Emperor Melody and battered Junyi.
• Chu Kuangren demanded an explanation from the judges, but the Thirteenth Prefect refused to stop the match unless Junyi conceded or lost consciousness.
• Chu Kuangren split the judges’ stand with Sword Qi and threatened to tear First City apart, forcing the Thirteenth Prefect to return Jinnian and Junyi to the Arena.

Lan Yu battled Chang Ao in a dark-energy swamp that favored the Heavenly King Palace, but she unleashed a sudden surge of power after Chang Ao thought he had won. The chapter ended as a white spear burst from the swamp.

• Chu Kuangren healed the fainted Junyi and sent Jin Feiyan to take her to rest after the Mystic Heaven Sect lost the previous match.
• Lan Yu volunteered to face Chang Ao, and the two were transported into a swamp filled with dark energy that suppressed her sacred light body.
• Lan Yu burned away much of the miasma with Scorching Light and attacked Chang Ao, eventually striking him into the swamp with her Staff of Light.
• Chang Ao revealed that a defensive Sage Artifact had protected him, then knocked Lan Yu into the swamp, where dark energy overwhelmed her.
• As Chang Ao declared victory, white light flickered in the swamp and a white spear erupted from it.

Lan Yu broke through during her battle with Chang Ao and secured the Mystic Heaven Sect’s first victory, tying the final against the Heavenly King Palace. Murong Xuan began the deciding match against Jin Yun in a snowy arena that favored Jin Yun, while Chu Kuangren’s unusual calm unsettled those who knew him.

• Lan Yu used the dark energy in the swamp to break through to the late Venerable Stage, defeated Chang Ao, and kicked him into the swamp for Junyi before he was transported back to the Arena.
• Chu Kuangren caught the exhausted Lan Yu, helped her recover, and asked Shang Qingxue to care for her as the score became one to one.
• The Heavenly King Palace sent Jin Yun to face Murong Xuan, who volunteered because his Nine Suns Divine Art could counter Jin Yun’s ice techniques.
• Murong Xuan arrived on a snowy mountain for the deciding match, prompting spectators to accuse the organizers of rigging the arena in the Heavenly King Palace’s favor.
• Murong Xuan attacked Jin Yun with scorching Daoist Rhyme, endured Jin Yun’s Ice Crystal Burst, and sent him flying with a fiery sword strike.

Murong Xuan defeated Jin Yun in the final match, securing the Tournament victory for the Mystic Heaven Sect. After sending his disciples away to rest, Chu Kuangren struck the Thirteenth Prefect and declared that he would get them justice.

• Murong Xuan burned away the cold inside his body and unleashed the Seven Suns Slash, defeating Jin Yun despite collapsing from exhaustion himself.
• Murong Xuan staggered to his feet while Jin Yun fainted, winning the match and earning the Mystic Heaven Sect the Tournament championship.
• Chu Kuangren treated Murong Xuan, sent Nangong Huang, Lan Yu, and the other disciples back to rest, and stayed to collect their prizes.
• The Thirteenth Prefect announced the Mystic Heaven Sect as the winner and brought Chu Kuangren their prize ring.
• Chu Kuangren slapped the Thirteenth Prefect, caught the dropped Heaven and Earth Ring, and announced that he would get justice for his disciples.
• The Eleventh Governor and Twelfth Governor rose angrily and demanded to know what Chu Kuangren was trying to do.

Chu Kuangren demanded that First City reveal how the competition had been rigged and publicly apologize to the Mystic Heaven Sect, threatening to destroy the city if it refused. When the Third Governor challenged him, Chu Kuangren struck back with powerful Buddhist techniques and sent the Seven-Step Saint flying.

• Chu Kuangren suppressed the Eleventh and Twelfth Governors and accused First City and the Heavenly King Palace of rigging the competition against the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• Chu Kuangren demanded a public confession and apology, then threatened to tear down First City when the Third Governor confronted him.
• The Third Governor revealed himself as a Seven-Step Saint and attacked Chu Kuangren with a Spiritual Power palm.
• Chu Kuangren countered with the Demon-Subduing Great Hand Seal, and their clash damaged the Arena and drove the spectators away.
• Chu Kuangren invoked the Tathagata Rebirth Mantra and blasted the Third Governor hundreds of yards away with a golden Buddha's palm.

Chu Kuangren retaliated against First City by smashing down two Governor Islands and battling the Third Governor. The Third Governor called for Heavenly King Zhang Saint, who emerged from the Heavenly King Palace.

• Chu Kuangren blasted the Third Governor back with the Tathagata Rebirth Mantra, then declared that he would tear First City apart.
• Chu Kuangren formed a Primordial Divine Mountain and crushed the Third Governor beneath it, destroying the first Governor Island and sending it crashing into First City.
• Chu Kuangren broke through a formation barrier with Kunwu and brought down a second Governor Island.
• The Third Governor burst from the ruins and attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren held his own and accused him of threatening the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• The Third Governor called for Heavenly King Zhang Saint, who emerged from the direction of the Heavenly King Palace.

Chu Kuangren demanded that First City and the Heavenly King Palace publicly apologize and compensate the Mystic Heaven Sect for mistreating its disciples, then fought their forces when they refused. As Saint Cangwen and the Thunder Falcon Clan’s Saint joined the battle, Chu Kuangren challenged the other watching Saints to come down and fight.

• Chu Kuangren rejected Heavenly King Saint Zhang’s offer of compensation and insisted that First City and the Heavenly King Palace apologize publicly and pay the promised compensation.
• Chu Kuangren attacked another island, and the Third Governor and Heavenly King Saint Zhang joined forces to subdue him.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed the Four Seasons Sword Formation and used four Sword Qi Clones to hold off First City’s Governors.
• Saint Cangwen disrupted the Sword Formation and joined Heavenly King Saint Zhang and the Third Governor against Chu Kuangren.
• The Thunder Falcon Clan’s Saint appeared to avenge Lei Ao, and Chu Kuangren challenged the Saints watching from above to join the fight.

Chu Kuangren faced six Saints alone after the Thunder Falcon Clan used magnetic lodestone mother to disrupt his Sword Formation. Though he defended against their opening attacks with the White Lotus Purification of the World Chapter, he was struck and hurled into a floating island.

• The Third Ancestor of the Linghu Family and the Saint from Fengyun Mountain joined the Saints of First City, the Heavenly King Palace, the Thunder Falcon Clan, and the Overlord Body Sacred Clan in moving against Chu Kuangren.
• The White Lotus Sect's Saint stepped forward to help Chu Kuangren, but he declined and prepared to fight the six Saints alone.
• Lan Yu, Nangong Huang, Jin Feiyan, and the others watched Chu Kuangren and resolved that they needed to become stronger.
• The Thunder Falcon Clan's Saint used magnetic lodestone mother to disrupt Chu Kuangren's Sword Formation, and Heavenly King Zhang urged the Saints to attack.
• The Third Ancestor of the Linghu Family, Saint Cangwen, and the Saint from Fengyun Mountain struck Chu Kuangren, whose White Lotus Purification of the World Chapter could not stop their attacks from sending him into a floating island.

Chu Kuangren endured attacks from six Saints and unleashed his full power after they shattered his Buddhist manifestation. The Saints recognized the threat he posed and prepared to eliminate him before he could surpass them further.

• Chu Kuangren survived the Saints’ assault and summoned the Tathagata Rebirth Mantra’s golden Buddha to fight back.
• Chu Kuangren broke First City’s levitation formation, while the Third Governor’s attack was shattered and drove him back.
• The Thunder Falcon Clan’s Saint struck the Buddha with Yangflame Thunder, and the Fengyun Mountain Saint followed with Dragon-Tiger Wind and Cloud.
• The six Saints overwhelmed the golden Buddha, and Chu Kuangren’s heavenly baleful indestructible body manifested as his killing intent surged.
• Chu Kuangren activated his nine-orifice exquisite sword heart and unleashed his Dao body phenomena and myriad Daoist rhymes, stunning First City.
• The Third Ancestor of the Linghu Family urged the Saints to give everything they had, fearing Chu Kuangren would cast them and their descendants into his shadow.

Chu Kuangren fought six Saints in First City, enduring their strongest attacks as they revealed their trump cards. He emerged seemingly unharmed and brought out a pitch-black guqin, preparing to play a tune.

• Chu Kuangren unleashed his three supreme Dao bodies and battled the Third Governor and the other Saints, destroying more islands as the fight intensified.
• The Third Ancestor of the Linghu Family struck Chu Kuangren with the Heart-Scouring Sword, but it failed to affect his Dao heart; Heavenly King Zhang Saint saved the wounded ancestor from Chu Kuangren's counterattack.
• Heavenly King Zhang Saint burned Saint King Blood Essence, Saint Cangwen took pills to strengthen his overlord body, and the other Saints revealed their own trump cards.
• The Saints combined their attacks to shatter Chu Kuangren's Heavenly Baleful Manifestation and send him crashing through buildings into a crater.
• Chu Kuangren stood in the crater apparently unharmed, produced a pitch-black guqin, and told the Saints to hear him play.

Chu Kuangren used the Gods and Devils Eight Tones to overwhelm First City's Saints and kill the Linghu Family's Third Ancestor. The First City's City Lord appeared and confronted him, learning that the attack was retaliation for First City's plot against the Mystic Heaven Sect.

• Chu Kuangren played the first three movements of the Gods and Devils Eight Tones, suppressing the Saints and sending the Third Governor flying with Yellow Bell and Great Lü.
• Chu Kuangren played Ambush on Ten Sides, killing the Linghu Family's Third Ancestor and leaving the other Saints badly injured.
• The Saints' attacks failed to reach Chu Kuangren, while the Heavenly Music Sect's cultivators and Fairy Piaoxue recognized the terrifying power of his music.
• The First City's City Lord launched a palm attack that interrupted Chu Kuangren's music and forced him back.
• Chu Kuangren explained that he had attacked First City because it had joined the Heavenly King Palace in targeting the Mystic Heaven Sect during the competition.
• The City Lord rebuked the Third Governor for his mismanagement and said he would settle accounts with him after the crisis.

Chu Kuangren rejected First City's attempt to settle the dispute with compensation alone and challenged the First Governor, who revealed himself to be a Great Saint. Their battle escalated as Chu Kuangren played the fifth and sixth pieces of the Gods and Devils Eight Tones, ending with him coughing up blood after their attacks collided.

• The First Governor offered Chu Kuangren five hundred million High-Grade Spirit Stones but refused to arrange a public apology.
• Chu Kuangren summoned Lingering Echo and demanded that the First Governor fight or apologize, making clear he would not accept compensation alone.
• The First Governor revealed his Great Saint cultivation and resisted the first three pieces of the Gods and Devils Eight Tones.
• Chu Kuangren used Ambush on Ten Sides and Swallowing Ten Thousand Miles, shattering the First Governor's palm strike and forcing him back.
• The First Governor launched Spirit-Gathering Strike, and Chu Kuangren countered with Raging Waves Pound the Shore; their attacks collided, and Chu Kuangren coughed up blood.

Chu Kuangren used the Nine Deaths Blood-Burning Art to play the seventh piece of the Gods and Devils Eight Tones against the First Governor. After the music severely injured the First Governor, he agreed to Chu Kuangren’s terms, and Chu Kuangren stopped before playing the final piece.

• Chu Kuangren healed from the backlash of his earlier clash and challenged the First Governor to hear the final pieces of the Gods and Devils Eight Tones.
• Chu Kuangren activated the Nine Deaths Blood-Burning Art, alarming the Saints with the dangerous technique.
• Chu Kuangren played the seventh piece, Heaven and Earth Double Resonance, and its music sent the Saints flying and battered the First Governor.
• The First Governor was blasted into a mountain peak and agreed to Chu Kuangren’s terms before he could play the eighth piece.
• Chu Kuangren deactivated the Nine Deaths Blood-Burning Art and remarked that the First Governor could have agreed earlier.

After forcing First City and Heavenly King Palace to apologize publicly for targeting the Mystic Heaven Sect in the Tournament, Chu Kuangren collected compensation and set out for Heavenly King Palace to claim access to its cultivation techniques. His departure relieved First City's Governors, but his visit to Heavenly King Palace still lay ahead.

• Chu Kuangren made Heavenly King Zhang Saint agree to a public apology, then reunited with Lan Yu, Nangong Huang, and the others.
• First City and Heavenly King Palace published a notice confessing to their collusion against the Mystic Heaven Sect, and news of Chu Kuangren overpowering a Great Saint spread across Firmament Star.
• The Thirteenth Prefect and the Heavenly King Palace Master delivered compensation to Chu Kuangren and apologized to the Tournament competitors.
• Chu Kuangren told the Heavenly King Palace Master that he would visit to collect the cultivation techniques Heavenly King Palace had agreed to open to him.
• Two days later, Chu Kuangren took Nangong Huang and the others away from First City in the Mirage Tower, heading for Heavenly King Palace.

Chu Kuangren visited the Heavenly King Palace to study its cultivation techniques, while its Saints secretly hoped a forbidden scroll would harm him. He resisted the scroll’s eerie power and began comprehending it, finding it unusually difficult even with his exceptional comprehension.

• Chu Kuangren arrived at the Heavenly King Palace with Lan Yu and asked to read its cultivation techniques before returning soon.
• The Heavenly King Palace Master led Chu Kuangren to the pavilion, and Chu Kuangren told Lan Yu to return to the Mirage Tower.
• Heavenly King Zhang Saint and two other Saints discussed the forbidden scroll and plotted to use it against Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren rapidly comprehended the Heavenly King Palace’s techniques and strengthened his Ten Thousand Laws Return to One Dao Body.
• Chu Kuangren found the forbidden scroll, resisted its assault on his mind, and began studying its difficult Daoist Rhyme.

Chu Kuangren comprehended the Heavenly King Palace’s forbidden scroll and mastered the Emperor Technique Heart-Severing Finger. As an unnamed island bearing Emperor Dao pressure appeared at sea, he learned the scroll was one of nine that together formed a mysterious cultivation technique.

• Chu Kuangren began studying the forbidden scroll while the Heavenly King Palace’s three Saints expected its mysteries to exhaust and kill him.
• An unnamed island appeared at sea, releasing Emperor Dao pressure and drawing Saints and forces from across Firmament Star to investigate.
• After ten hours, Chu Kuangren released a powerful Daoist Rhyme, then demonstrated Heart-Severing Finger by shattering the clouds with a strike.
• The three Saints realized Chu Kuangren had comprehended an Emperor Technique, and Heavenly King Zhang Saint grew so furious that he spat blood.
• Chu Kuangren learned Heart-Severing Finger was one of nine Emperor Techniques whose union would reveal a mysterious cultivation technique, and resolved to seek the other scrolls.

Chu Kuangren killed Heavenly King Zhang Saint after exposing the Heavenly King Palace’s trap, then returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect. There, Elder Ruyan briefed him on the uproar surrounding the Overseas Nameless Island.

• Chu Kuangren wounded Heavenly King Zhang Saint with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art and killed him with a second strike.
• The two other Heavenly King Palace Saints attacked Chu Kuangren, but he repelled them with a sword slash empowered by the Nine Deaths Blood-Burning Art.
• Chu Kuangren told the Saints that Zhang Saint had brought his death upon himself, then left the Heavenly King Palace.
• Nangong Huang told Chu Kuangren that Elder Ruyan wanted him back to discuss the Overseas Nameless Island, and Chu Kuangren returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• Elder Ruyan and the elders discussed the island after she remarked on the trouble Chu Kuangren had caused in First City.

Chu Kuangren set out for a nameless island overseas, where the Overseas Thirty-Six Islands had barred all cultivators below Saint level from entering. When they refused to recognize him and blocked his way, Saint Yuan arrived and demanded that they let Chu Kuangren pass.

• Elder Ruyan told Chu Kuangren that the nameless island was suspected to be an Emperor's residence and had been sealed off by the Overseas Thirty-Six Islands, so he decided to investigate.
• Chu Kuangren gave Elder Ruyan IOUs for enormous gambling debts owed by several factions and left the Mystic Heaven Sect alone.
• Chu Kuangren crossed the overseas checkpoints and reached the island, but an invisible barrier and Liao Yun's group stopped him because they believed he was not a Saint.
• Chu Kuangren introduced himself, but Liao Yun and the other overseas cultivators did not recognize his name and refused to let him enter.
• Saint Yuan arrived, recognized Chu Kuangren, and told Liao Yun's group that Chu Kuangren's strength qualified him to enter.

Chu Kuangren entered Nameless Island with Saint Yuan and used his Treasure-Seeking Art to gather valuable medicines while avoiding a battle over a newly advanced Spirit Medicine. After finding clues to hidden Emperor-level items, he set off toward the island’s center, but a Saint destroyed a Spirit Medicine he had intended to collect, drawing him into a nearby fight involving the White Lotus Sect’s Saint.

• Liao Yun apologized to Chu Kuangren and opened the barrier after seeing Saint Yuan treat him with respect.
• Chu Kuangren and Saint Yuan entered Nameless Island, where intense Emperor Dao pressure suppressed their power and Chu Kuangren’s Treasure-Seeking Art revealed abundant treasures.
• Saint Yuan went to investigate a newly advanced Spirit Medicine, while Chu Kuangren headed elsewhere and collected an older Saint-grade medicine.
• Chu Kuangren discovered signs of concealed Emperor-level items near the island’s center and gathered other treasures on his way there.
• A blast from a nearby battle destroyed the Quasi-Saint-grade Spirit Medicine Chu Kuangren was about to collect, so he identified the White Lotus Sect’s Saint and rushed toward the fight.

Chu Kuangren arrived as Saint Qianyue fought Saint Heifeng, who had sacrificed her sister Qianyin to the Snake God. He captured Heifeng and let Qianyue torture him to death, avenging Qianyin.

• Chu Kuangren rushed to protect the White Lotus Sect’s Saint after learning she was in danger.
• Saint Qianyue battled Saint Heifeng, who taunted her about sacrificing Qianyin, his wife, to the Snake God.
• Chu Kuangren arrived and used the White Lotus Purification of the World Chapter to block Heifeng’s attacks.
• Heifeng tried to flee, but Chu Kuangren caught him with the Soul-Hooking Cord and dragged him back to Qianyue.
• Saint Qianyue beat Heifeng, then tortured his soul with spiritual needles until he died.

After Saint Qianyue avenged her sister by killing Saint Heifeng, Chu Kuangren and the Saints discovered a thatched hut radiating Emperor Dao pressure at the center of Nameless Island. The overseas Saints tried to claim the hut and drive out the Four Domains Saints, but Chu Kuangren arrived and challenged them to compete fairly.

• Saint Qianyue told Chu Kuangren that Saint Heifeng had sacrificed her sister to the Snake God, and thanked him for helping her take revenge.
• Chu Kuangren refined Saint Heifeng's corpse and asked Saint Qianyue about the mysterious Snake God worshipped by the Overseas Thirty-Six Islands.
• An intense Emperor Dao pressure erupted from the center of Nameless Island, and Chu Kuangren used the Treasure-Seeking Art to locate powerful treasures before heading there with Saint Qianyue.
• Saints from across the island gathered around a newly appeared thatched hut, and the overseas Saints claimed it belonged to them and ordered the Four Domains Saints to leave.
• Saint Wanshui threatened to use force against the Four Domains Saints, but Chu Kuangren arrived with Saint Qianyue and said the treasures should go to whoever could claim them.