Recaps

Chu Kuangren used the Eye of Insight to uncover Gu Changge’s abilities, then defeated him with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art and gravely wounded him. Gu Changge refused to believe Chu Kuangren had created the powerful technique himself, despite the Mystic Heaven Sect disciples confirming it.

• Chu Kuangren examined Gu Changge with the Eye of Insight before agreeing to fight him.
• Gu Changge attacked with the Dragon-Killing Fist, but Chu Kuangren’s sword strike broke the technique and forced him back.
• Gu Changge unleashed his mastered Dragon-Killing Fist and dragon vein power, but Chu Kuangren destroyed the golden dragon with a sword strike.
• Venerable Xuanqi blocked Gu Changge’s protector’s attempt to interfere as Chu Kuangren’s sword light struck Gu Changge and left him gravely wounded despite his Dragon-Scale Armor.
• Chu Kuangren identified his technique as the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art, which he had created himself, while Gu Changge doubted that a Nascent Soul cultivator could create a Sage King Law.

Chu Kuangren faced Gu Changge, who burned his hidden true dragon essence blood to unleash overwhelming power and fight for his invincible heart. Chu Kuangren answered with one sword slash that shattered Gu Changge’s attack, phenomenon, and armor, leaving him bleeding and defeated.

• Gu Changge refused Elder Ouyang’s advice to stop fighting, while Venerable Xuanqi urged Chu Kuangren to defeat him and break his invincible heart.
• Chu Kuangren revealed that Gu Changge possessed true dragon essence blood, shocking Gu Changge and prompting him to burn it.
• Gu Changge recovered from his wounds and unleashed his Dragon Vein Dao Body Phenomenon, Dragon Scale Armor, and Dragon-Killing Fist with power enough to fight a Battle King.
• Chu Kuangren deployed his three Dao body phenomena and golden jade Dao body, then struck with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art.
• Chu Kuangren’s single slash pulverized Gu Changge’s fist force, destroyed his phenomenon, cracked his armor, and made him spew blood again.

Chu Kuangren defeated Gu Changge with a single strike, leaving the Qingyun Crown Prince unconscious and his confidence shattered. After the Qingyun party departed, Chu Kuangren revealed that Lan Yu possessed the Sacred Light Body, another Supreme Dao Body, and Venerable Xuanqi accepted her presence in the sect.

• Chu Kuangren resisted Elder Ouyang's pressure, and Venerable Xuanqi forced Elder Ouyang to back down.
• Gu Changge heard the disciples mock his defeat, spat blood, and fainted before Elder Ouyang carried him away.
• Chu Kuangren told Venerable Xuanqi and Elder Ruyan that he had fulfilled his mission and could defeat Gu Changge again.
• Chu Kuangren revealed that Lan Yu had the Sacred Light Body, and Venerable Xuanqi accepted that she was trustworthy.

Chu Kuangren left the Mystic Heaven Sect to temper himself, accompanied by Lan Yu and secretly protected by the Seventh Ancestor. After defeating Gu Changge, Chu Kuangren’s reputation spread across the Azure Dragon Domain, and news that he had challenged all the world’s sky-prides stirred anger and disbelief.

• The Seventh Ancestor left seclusion to serve as Chu Kuangren’s Dao Protector, accepting that the journey could shorten his remaining years.
• Chu Kuangren bid farewell to Xiao Bing, Venerable Xuanqi, Elder Ruyan, and the Mystic Heaven Sect disciples before departing with Lan Yu.
• Reports of Chu Kuangren’s one-strike defeat of Gu Changge spread, along with claims about his Supreme Dao Body, Three Supreme Foundations, and Sage King Law.
• Some cultivators began calling Chu Kuangren a Young Emperor, though the title remained uncertain because he had few recorded battles.
• News spread that Chu Kuangren had entered the world and challenged every sky-pride, provoking many to oppose or mock him.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu traveled to the Azure Dragon Domain to investigate a treasure map, and Chu Kuangren revealed Supreme Yuanling's hidden treasure site. The discovery drew countless cultivators, leaving Chu Kuangren and his Dao Protector stunned by the attention.

• Geniuses from several Saintly Dao Traditions and the Qingyun Dynasty condemned Chu Kuangren and declared they would challenge him.
• Chu Kuangren left the Mystic Heaven Sect with Lan Yu and told her they were hunting for treasure in the Azure Dragon Domain.
• Chu Kuangren used the Human Mountain Seal Art to strike the void at the map's location and reveal a golden gate marked Yuanling.
• Cultivators across the region recognized the gate as Supreme Yuanling's treasure site and rushed toward it, hoping to claim its rumored opportunity to become a Sage.
• Chu Kuangren regretted that the discovery had drawn a crowd, while the Seventh Ancestor wondered whether retirement on the back mountain would have been wiser.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu followed the Treasure Map through Supreme Yuanling’s minor world and reached his treasury, where they found a trove of treasures protected by deadly dust. The chapter ended with Chu Kuangren discovering Hongmeng Purple Qi, the foundation of Sainthood.

• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu entered Supreme Yuanling’s minor world and used the Treasure Map to avoid its restrictions and dangers.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu reached the palace and found a vast collection of treasures, including spirit marrow, Supreme Artifacts, and Saint Weapons.
• Chu Kuangren noticed a fine dust coating the treasures, and the Seventh Ancestor identified it as lethal three yin pure king dust.
• The Seventh Ancestor gathered the dust, and Chu Kuangren stored it before collecting the palace’s treasures.
• Chu Kuangren opened the wooden box and found a strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi, which the Seventh Ancestor recognized as the foundation of Sainthood.

Chu Kuangren took Hongmeng Purple Qi from Supreme Yuanling’s treasure vault but decided not to use it himself. Ye Baifeng arrived too late, found the vault emptied, and saw images of Chu Kuangren and a silver-haired woman taking the treasures, leaving him determined to hunt them down.

• The Seventh Patriarch told Chu Kuangren that the Hongmeng Purple Qi could help someone become a Sage, but Chu Kuangren kept it for the Mystic Heaven Sect and planned to rely on his own strength.
• Ye Baifeng found Supreme Yuanling’s palace, but ape demons blocked his group from reaching it.
• Ye Baifeng used a sword strike condensed by White Cloud Sword Venerable to kill the gibbon king, damaging the small world and prompting others to flee.
• Ye Baifeng and his group entered the palace and found it completely empty, with footprints showing that someone had arrived first.
• Ye Baifeng used a Time-Trace Stone to reveal Chu Kuangren and a silver-haired woman taking the treasures, including Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Ye Baifeng’s eyes turned red as he ordered his people to identify the pair, recover the treasures, and bring them back.

After the Supreme Yuanling Treasure Vault collapsed, Chu Kuangren tried to leave with Lan Yu, but cultivators recognized his name and mistook his boastful words for a declaration of war on the world. Lan Yu defeated a challenger in one punch, leaving the crowd even more convinced of Chu Kuangren’s fearsome reputation.

• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu escaped the Minor World before it collapsed into a black hole that consumed the vault and everything nearby.
• The surviving cultivators argued over who had obtained the treasure vault and suspected someone had arranged the disaster, while Chu Kuangren kept quiet about his role.
• Li Xingchen approached Chu Kuangren to make his acquaintance, then froze when Chu Kuangren introduced himself.
• A black-robed cultivator accused Chu Kuangren of declaring war on the world and attacked him with the Heaven-Covering Great Hand Seal.
• Lan Yu punched through the attack and blasted the black-robed cultivator away, who left in despair after interpreting Chu Kuangren’s indifferent glance as proof of his overwhelming superiority.

Chu Kuangren killed the Snow Dragon Three Heroes after they challenged him for fame and insulted Lan Yu, then warned the onlookers against provoking him. A hidden Supreme Being Dao Protector also killed the heroes’ Dao Protector, deterring the remaining challengers.

• Onlookers discussed how Lan Yu had shattered the Iron Mountain Sect Daoist’s Dao heart, while Chu Kuangren wondered why the man had given up.
• The Snow Dragon Three Heroes challenged Chu Kuangren, insulted Lan Yu, and explained they wanted to defeat him to become famous.
• Chu Kuangren broke the trio’s Ice-Cold Formation with his Nine Heavens Sword Prison and killed them with Sword Qi.
• The Snow Dragon Three Heroes’ Dao Protector attacked Chu Kuangren, but a hidden Venerable killed him with a snort.
• Chu Kuangren warned the onlookers not to bring ruin upon themselves, and they abandoned their plans to challenge him.

After defeating the Snow Dragon Three Heroes, Chu Kuangren visited the White Jade Tower in White Cloud City with Li Xingchen and Lan Yu. He impressed Li Ye, the tower’s Supreme Being master, with a poem that Li Ye planned to display prominently.

• Li Xingchen praised Chu Kuangren’s strength and invited him to stay at the White Jade Tower, and Chu Kuangren accepted.
• Li Xingchen told Chu Kuangren about White Cloud City and led him and Lan Yu through the White Jade Tower’s extensive grounds.
• Chu Kuangren recited a poem about White Jade Capital, and Li Xingchen admired it as a perfect description of the tower.
• Li Xingchen introduced Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu to his father, Li Ye, whom Chu Kuangren identified as a Supreme Being.
• Li Ye recognized Chu Kuangren as the Mystic Heaven Sect’s eldest senior brother and said he would frame the poem for the White Jade Tower’s most prominent spot.

Chu Kuangren gave Lan Yu the Staff of Light, which revealed fragments of a terrifying battle among Saints, then attended Li Xingchen’s banquet with her. Their dazzling arrival left the young talents on the Embracing Moon Terrace spellbound.

• Li Xingchen welcomed Chu Kuangren as an honored guest and arranged luxurious rooms for him and Lan Yu.
• Chu Kuangren sorted the treasures from the Yuanling Treasure Vault and gave Lan Yu the Staff of Light, which acknowledged her as its master.
• Lan Yu revealed that the damaged Saint King Artifact had once belonged to the Bright Saint King and showed her fragments of a battle among many Saints.
• At the banquet, Ye Lei privately recalled that a man and woman had looted the Yuanling Treasure Vault, leaving Ye Baifeng empty-handed.
• Li Xingchen brought Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu onto the Embracing Moon Terrace, and the gathered guests stared at them in stunned silence.

At Li Xingchen’s banquet, Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu joined a contest using the Spirit-Testing Golden Lotus to measure spiritual power quality. Lan Yu opened nine petals, while Chu Kuangren opened all twelve, leaving the guests astonished and Ye Lei secretly resentful.

• Li Xingchen introduced Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu at his banquet, and the guests reacted with amazement at their appearance and Chu Kuangren’s reputation.
• Ye Lei recognized Chu Kuangren as the person who had taken Supreme Yuanling’s treasure and decided to report it to his family’s elders.
• Li Xingchen presented the Spirit-Testing Golden Lotus, and the guests tested their spiritual power, with most opening only three to five petals.
• Ye Lei and Li Xingchen each opened six petals, while Lan Yu opened nine.
• Chu Kuangren sent Sword Qi into the lotus and made all twelve petals bloom, stunning the guests and provoking Ye Lei’s jealousy.

After the Ye Family invited Chu Kuangren to a banquet, Ye Baifeng demanded the Hongmeng Purple Qi he had taken from Supreme Yuanling's treasure vault. When the Ye Family attacked, Chu Kuangren's Dao Protector, the Seventh Ancestor, appeared and overwhelmed the residence with his Supreme Being might, though Chu Kuangren discovered the elder had little lifespan remaining.

• At the White Jade Tower, guests admired Chu Kuangren's poem about the White Jade Capital, and he toured White Cloud City with Li Xingchen and Lan Yu.
• A steward delivered an invitation from the city lord's residence, and Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu went to the banquet the next day.
• Ye Baifeng questioned Chu Kuangren about Supreme Yuanling's treasure vault, then offered one million high-grade spirit stones for the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Chu Kuangren rejected the offer, and Ye Baifeng's men and the old steward attacked him.
• The Seventh Ancestor emerged and killed the attackers with his Supreme Being might, and Chu Kuangren saw through the Eye of Insight that the elder had little lifespan remaining.

Chu Kuangren and the Seventh Ancestor confronted White Cloud Sword Venerable Ye Wuhen, who sought the Hongmeng Purple Qi to break through to the Sage realm. As Ye Wuhen attacked, Chu Kuangren gave the Seventh Ancestor a Longevity Pill, restoring his vitality and strengthening his power.

• Chu Kuangren urged the Seventh Ancestor to leave the City Lord's Manor rather than fight its forces, but Ye Wuhen appeared and Ye Baifeng activated the Heavenly Wilderness Heaven-Locking Formation.
• Ye Wuhen revealed that he wanted the Hongmeng Purple Qi to escape his Supreme Supreme bottleneck and avoid the Five Decays of the Celestial Person.
• The Seventh Ancestor, Xuan Feng, stood between Ye Wuhen and Chu Kuangren, while Chu Kuangren condemned Ye Wuhen for coveting a junior's opportunity.
• Chu Kuangren gave the Seventh Ancestor a Star Radiance-level Longevity Pill, and the Seventh Ancestor swallowed it as Ye Wuhen launched a sword strike.
• The Seventh Ancestor blocked Ye Wuhen with Green Vine as the pill restored his vitality and made his pressure grow stronger.

The Seventh Ancestor used Chu Kuangren's Longevity Pill to return to his prime and began fighting White Cloud Sword Venerable. As the battle raged, Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu slaughtered the attackers in the City Lord's residence, leaving Ye Baifeng and his allies overwhelmed by their strength.

• The Seventh Ancestor returned to his prime after taking a Longevity Pill and challenged White Cloud Sword Venerable to fight him at full strength.
• While the two supreme sword venerables battled, Ye Baifeng rejected Chu Kuangren's suggestion to wait and sent cultivators to attack him and Lan Yu.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed his three Dao Body manifestations and the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art, killing the attackers with a single strike.
• Ye Baifeng ordered more cultivators to charge, but Chu Kuangren cut them down as Lan Yu fought beside him.
• The Seventh Ancestor mocked White Cloud Sword Venerable over his followers' weakness, while Ye Baifeng and his brothers seethed at Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu's taunts.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu fought the Ye Family’s three Battle Kings, overpowering them with Sage King Laws and Lan Yu’s spear attack. A Venerable suddenly appeared and wounded Lan Yu, leaving Chu Kuangren facing a new threat.

• Ye Baifeng and the Second Master of the Ye Family attacked Chu Kuangren together, but he countered them with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art and Human Mountain Seal Art.
• The three Ye Family Battle Kings unleashed their Battle King Domains and joined forces against Chu Kuangren, but he held them off even after his spiritual power was suppressed.
• Lan Yu struck the Third Master of the Ye Family with Light Judgment, gravely wounding him and breaking his domain.
• A Venerable attacked Lan Yu from afar, shattering her spear and sending her crashing to the ground, though her armor kept her alive.
• A beautiful woman in a red dress approached and revealed herself as the Venerable who had struck Lan Yu.

Chu Kuangren used the Hongmeng Purple Qi to temporarily boost his cultivation, shocking everyone who wanted it as a path to Sagehood. He reached the peak of the Battle King Realm and injured Li Ruolan with one sword strike, while his power continued to rise toward the Venerable Realm.

• Li Ruolan emerged from seclusion and attacked Chu Kuangren after seeing that he had injured her son, while White Cloud Sword Venerable kept the Seventh Ancestor occupied.
• Chu Kuangren revealed the Hongmeng Purple Qi, drawing the attention of Li Ruolan, Ye Baifeng, and the others.
• Chu Kuangren crushed and absorbed the purple qi, using it to raise his cultivation as everyone condemned him for wasting a foundation for becoming a Sage.
• Chu Kuangren's cultivation surged to the peak of the Battle King Realm, and his sword strike shattered Li Ruolan's flaming red lotus and sent her flying.
• Li Ruolan realized Chu Kuangren was close to breaking through to the Venerable Realm.

After the Hongmeng Purple Qi raised Chu Kuangren to the Venerable Realm, he destroyed White Cloud City’s city lord’s estate and killed White Cloud Sword Venerable. Red rain fell over the city, marking the Supreme Supreme’s death.

• Chu Kuangren’s breakthrough shattered the Heavenly Wilderness Heaven-Locking Formation and sent terrifying pressure across White Cloud City.
• Li Ruolan tried to protect Ye Baifeng and the others, but Chu Kuangren trapped the estate with the Nine Heavens Sword Prison and crushed her with a primordial divine mountain.
• White Cloud Sword Venerable attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu’s Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art overwhelmed him and left him gravely wounded.
• White Cloud Sword Venerable revealed that Chu Kuangren possessed the Yuanling Treasure Vault, then Chu’s next strike killed him and destroyed the city lord’s estate.
• Chu Kuangren’s temporary cultivation faded, and red rain fell as the cultivators realized White Cloud Sword Venerable was dead.

After killing White Cloud Sword Venerable, Chu Kuangren dealt with the surviving Ye Lei and admitted he had spent Hongmeng Purple Qi to win the battle. He left the ruined city lord's residence unchallenged, while the cultivators recognized that his name would once again spread across the world.

• Chu Kuangren ordered Lan Yu to search the ruins and kill any survivors, and she found Ye Lei begging for mercy.
• Ye Lei appealed to his friendship with Li Xingchen and denounced his own family, but Chu Kuangren killed him anyway.
• Chu Kuangren collected Heaven and Earth Rings and other spoils from the ruined city lord's residence.
• When cultivators questioned him about the Yuanling Treasure Vault, Chu Kuangren admitted he had used Hongmeng Purple Qi to raise his strength and kill White Cloud Sword Venerable.
• The cultivators were shaken by the loss of the Hongmeng Purple Qi and feared acting against Chu Kuangren and the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• Chu Kuangren left with Li Ye, and the witnesses predicted that his name would shake the world again.

After Chu Kuangren killed the White Cloud Sword Venerable and Ye Lei, news of his feat spread across the Firmament Star and sparked a dispute between major Dao traditions. The Qingyun Dynasty then announced a martial tournament for Princess Linglong to choose her husband, drawing cultivators from across the world.

• Chu Kuangren returned to the White Jade Tower, confirmed that he had killed a Supreme Being and Ye Lei, and sent the injured Lan Yu to rest before entering seclusion.
• Word spread that Chu Kuangren possessed the Yuanling Treasure Vault and had slain the White Cloud Sword Venerable, stunning Li Xingchen and shaking the Azure Dragon Domain.
• The White Lotus Sect Saintess praised Chu Kuangren, while the Qingyun Dynasty's Third Prince mocked his victory; disciples and prodigies from rival traditions joined the ensuing war of words.
• The Qingyun Dynasty announced a martial tournament to choose a husband for Princess Linglong, prompting cultivators and prodigies from across the world to head there.

Chu Kuangren emerged from cultivation after advancing to Nascent Soul Perfection, and the Seventh Ancestor thanked him for restoring his life with the Longevity Pill. After hearing about a marriage tournament for Princess Linglong in the Qingyun Dynasty, Chu Kuangren decided to go and arrived there with Lan Yu and Li Xingchen.

• Chu Kuangren advanced from Nascent Soul Early Stage to Nascent Soul Perfection after absorbing the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• The Seventh Ancestor bowed to Chu Kuangren in gratitude for the Longevity Pill that had restored him to his peak.
• Lan Yu met Chu Kuangren after standing guard for two days, and he thanked her for watching over him.
• Li Xingchen told Chu Kuangren that killing the White Cloud Sword Venerable had stirred the outside world and described Princess Linglong's marriage tournament and Dark Nether Dao Body.
• Chu Kuangren agreed to travel to the Qingyun Dynasty to see the gathered prodigies, and three days later he, Lan Yu, and Li Xingchen reached its royal capital by immortal boat.

Chu Kuangren watched a fight between rival Saintly Dao Traditions in the Qingyun Dynasty's Royal Capital before Fang Tian of the Wuxing Sect publicly challenged him. Chu Kuangren let Lan Yu face Fang Tian, who began an attack using the Metal element of the Way of the Five Elements.

• Chu Kuangren and Li Xingchen arrived as Huayun of the Lingxu Sacred Land and Lin Batian of Ziyang Valley fought over their traditions' old feud.
• A white-clad cultivator recognized Chu Kuangren and announced himself as Fang Tian of the Wuxing Sect, challenging him before the crowd.
• Li Xingchen told Chu Kuangren that Fang Tian had reached the Void Insight realm after Gu Changge defeated him, then stepped aside.
• Lan Yu offered to fight Fang Tian, and Chu Kuangren said Fang Tian had to defeat her before he could challenge him.
• Fang Tian dismissed Lan Yu as a mere maid, and she summoned her Silver-White Armor and spread her wings.
• Fang Tian formed golden light and unleashed a sharp burst of Sword Qi using the Metal element of the Way of the Five Elements.

Lan Yu fought Fang Tian and revealed the power of her Sacred Light Body, holding off his strongest Sage Law. Princess Linglong arrived to stop the brawl, invited the prodigies to a banquet, and singled out Chu Kuangren because she found him handsome.

• Lan Yu shattered Fang Tian's attacks with the Staff of Light and her powerful techniques, leaving the surrounding cultivators astonished.
• Fang Tian unleashed the Five Elements Great Capture, but Lan Yu manifested the Sacred Light Body and countered it with a spear of light.
• Princess Linglong arrived in a carriage and ordered the cultivators to stop fighting.
• Princess Linglong invited the prodigies to a banquet at Thousand-Island Lake and specifically invited Chu Kuangren.
• Princess Linglong admitted she had expected to show Chu Kuangren no mercy but found him handsome, provoking envy among the other prodigies.

Chu Kuangren attended Princess Linglong’s banquet, where he confronted Huayun and agreed to fight Gu Changfeng. His single sword strike overwhelmed Gu Changfeng, forcing Princess Linglong to intervene and leaving the gathered prodigies shaken by Chu Kuangren’s power.

• Chu Kuangren suspected Princess Linglong was setting him up, but Li Xingchen brought him and Lan Yu to her banquet at Thousand-Island Lake.
• Princess Linglong welcomed Chu Kuangren warmly, and he said Lan Yu was prettier, delighting Lan Yu and irritating the other prodigies.
• Huayun insinuated that Chu Kuangren had relied on Hongmeng Purple Qi to kill the White Cloud Sword Venerable, so Chu Kuangren challenged him to see how many strikes it would take to kill him.
• Gu Changfeng arrived and challenged Chu Kuangren, who accepted and met his Dragon-Killing Fist with a sword strike that shattered the attack and raced toward him.
• Princess Linglong blocked Chu Kuangren’s sword strike before it hit Gu Changfeng, while Fang Tian, Huayun, and the other prodigies were left stunned by Chu Kuangren’s strength.

After Chu Kuangren exposed Princess Linglong’s attempt to test him, she revealed that she wanted him to help her escape an arranged marriage to the Shang Clan Young Emperor. Chu Kuangren refused her offer and left, while Princess Linglong remained unwilling to give up.

• Chu Kuangren claimed that Gu Changfeng could not withstand his sword strike and said even Gu Changge might not survive half of it.
• Princess Linglong sent the other banquet guests away, then asked Chu Kuangren whether he had intended to kill Gu Changfeng; Chu Kuangren accused her of setting him up to test him.
• Princess Linglong explained that her imperial father had promised her to the Shang Clan Young Emperor, who wanted her Dark Nether Dao Body’s Mysterious Nether Essence for cultivation.
• Princess Linglong asked Chu Kuangren to defeat the other contestants and the Shang Clan Young Emperor so he could become her prince consort in name only.
• Chu Kuangren rejected her proposal and her offer of the Mysterious Nether Essence, then left with Lan Yu.