Recaps

Chu Kuangren saved a pockmarked woman in Ghost-Crying Ridge, then refused the Blade King's demand for a sword duel. The woman revealed she was the Zither Crown's daughter and stood up for Chu Kuangren as the Blade King prepared to attack.

• Chu Kuangren saved the pockmarked woman, who thanked him and then helped other cultivators fight resentful spirits.
• The Sword Crown recognized the Dragon's Cry Sword Art used by besieged Dragon's Cry Sword Sect cultivators and watched as they and the woman escaped the spirits.
• The Blade King demanded that Chu Kuangren draw his sword, but Chu Kuangren told him he was not worthy.
• The pockmarked woman warned the Blade King to prioritize their fight against the resentful spirits, but he threatened her and the Dragon's Cry Sword Sect cultivators.
• The woman declared that she was the Zither Crown's daughter, wiped away her pockmarks, and displayed her Jade Token from Nine Heavens Ringing Jade Manor.

After saving Xue Qinxin, the Zither Crown’s daughter, Chu Kuangren ignored the attention she drew and killed cultivators who tried to attack him. The group reached Ghost-Crying Ridge’s strongest wraith, and Huifa led the others into battle while Chu Kuangren watched.

• Xue Qinxin revealed her identity and warned Blade King not to attack Chu Kuangren, so Blade King withdrew.
• Huifa urged everyone to continue exploring Ghost-Crying Ridge, and Chu Kuangren told the Sword Crown he was saving his attention for something more interesting.
• Xue Qinxin approached Chu Kuangren, while jealous cultivators mocked him and one attacked him with a concealed weapon.
• Chu Kuangren sent the concealed weapon back to kill its wielder, then destroyed the other provocateurs with spiritual power weapons.
• A giant, spider-like wraith charged from the forest, and Huifa and the other Immortal Seeds attacked it as Chu Kuangren watched.

Huifa revealed that he had lured the Immortal Seed Heavenly Prides to Ghost-Crying Ridge to fuel the Resentful Buddha with their blood essence. After Huifa overpowered Blade King, Blade King used his Immortal bloodline to escape through the barrier, leaving the others trapped.

• Huifa, Blade King, and the other Immortal Seed Heavenly Prides defeated Ghost-Crying Ridge's strongest Resentful Spirit, and Huifa's Buddha statue absorbed its resentful qi.
• Huifa revealed that the statue was the Resentful Buddha and trapped everyone in a barrier, admitting he had lied about purifying the resentful qi and intended to use their blood essence to activate it.
• Huifa killed several fellow monks from Golden Mountain Temple, and the Resentful Buddha absorbed their blood essence.
• Blade King attacked the Resentful Buddha, but Huifa blocked his strikes and revealed that he had passed the first of the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations.
• Blade King activated his Immortal bloodline, tore open the barrier, and escaped as Huifa turned to the remaining Immortal Seed Heavenly Prides.

Chu Kuangren revealed himself and defeated Huifa, whose power came from the Evil Buddha Sect's legacy. The chapter ended with Huifa fleeing after Chu Kuangren chose to let him go, curious about the secrets he still concealed.

• Huifa attacked the Heavenly Pride Immortal Seeds inside the Grievance Buddha Barrier, but Chu Kuangren stepped forward and cut apart Huifa's Great Brahma Heaven Palm with the Thousand Lotus Sword Intent.
• Chu Kuangren overwhelmed Huifa with several kinds of origin power despite not having stepped onto the Road to Immortality.
• The Sword Crown recognized Huifa's blood-red Grievance Buddha Manifestation as the Evil Buddha Sect's legacy, and Huifa identified Chu Kuangren as the outsider behind recent killings.
• Chu Kuangren broke Huifa's Grievance Buddha Manifestation and separated it from the Grievance Buddha Statue.
• Huifa fled, but Chu Kuangren stopped the Sword Crown from pursuing him, saying he wanted to see what secrets Huifa revealed next.

Chu Kuangren defeated Huifa and Fire God Xiao at Ghost-Crying Ridge, then cleared the other cultivators from the area and began seclusion to refine a Divine Flame and cultivate the Yaochi Immortal Scripture. Huifa escaped and planned to find the other parts of the Resentful Buddha and recruit allies against Chu Kuangren.

• Chu Kuangren took the Resentful Buddha from Huifa and learned it was one of three fragments of the Evil Buddha Sect's Immortal weapon.
• The Sword Crown revealed himself to the Dragon's Cry Sword Sect as the wielder of the Azure Lotus Immortal Sword, while Chu Kuangren killed Fire God Xiao and absorbed the Bone-Eroding Poison Flame.
• Chu Kuangren ordered everyone to leave Ghost-Crying Ridge, and Xue Qinxin gave him a token to visit Nine Heavens Ringing Jade Manor.
• Chu Kuangren asked the Sword Crown to guard Lan Yu and the others, then entered seclusion to refine the poison flame and cultivate the Yaochi Immortal Scripture.
• Huifa resolved to find the other two Resentful Buddha fragments and seek allies among Chu Kuangren's enemies.

Chu Kuangren comprehended the Yaochi Immortal Scripture during a year of seclusion, while Lan Yu grew frustrated with her limits and sensed a summons from afar. He emerged wielding the Azure Luan Mirror and several newly comprehended origin powers, leaving Qingfeng to realize he had mastered the scripture.

• Chu Kuangren used the Azure Luan Mirror to reveal the Yaochi Immortal Scripture and spent a year comprehending it.
• Lan Yu advanced to the Great Dao Lord realm but remained dissatisfied with her strength and sensed a real summons from a distant direction.
• The Sword Crown, Qingfeng, and Little Fox discussed whether Lan Yu’s summons could lead to an opportunity, while Little Fox offered to accompany her.
• Chu Kuangren’s cave shook as powerful Emperor Qi and slaughter, life, death, and spacetime origins erupted from within.
• Chu Kuangren emerged with the Azure Luan Mirror, shocking Qingfeng, who recognized it and suspected he had comprehended the Yaochi Immortal Scripture.

Chu Kuangren mastered new origin powers from the Yaochi Immortal Scripture and the Time-Space Treasure Mirror, then set out to investigate an opportunity Lan Yu sensed. Meanwhile, Huifa, Wu Wuji, and Fire God Huang headed for ancient ruins, where Gu Liufang found a scroll about life in the distant past.

• Chu Kuangren comprehended life, slaughter, death, and spacetime origin powers and gained control of the Azure Luan Mirror, but promised Qingfeng he would still escort her to Wutong Mountain.
• Lan Yu told Chu Kuangren about an opportunity she sensed, and he agreed to investigate it with her companions.
• Huifa activated two resentful Buddhas after killing Immortal Seed Heavenly Prides, then met Wu Wuji and Fire God Huang and joined them in seeking ancient Daoist tradition ruins.
• Huifa, Wu Wuji, and Fire God Huang discussed their plans to confront Chu Kuangren and traveled toward the ruins.
• At the ruins, Gu Liufang of the Hundred Schools Academy defeated cultivators who tried to seize his ancient scroll and discovered it recorded customs and ways of life from the distant past.

Chu Kuangren explored ancient Daoist ruins with Lan Yu and met Gu Liufang, where they uncovered fragments about the Eastern Emperor and Haotian Immortal Courts. He then intervened when the Blade King nearly killed the outsider Immortal Seed King Gu Wuqing, whose sword art resembled the Phantom Nether Seven Emotions Melody.

• Chu Kuangren used Xiao Ai to analyze the ruins and followed Lan Yu's mysterious summons into the ancient Daoist Tradition.
• Chu Kuangren and Gu Liufang gathered damaged library pages and learned that the Eastern Emperor and Haotian Immortal Courts had fought at Mount Buzhou.
• Chu Kuangren recognized Gu Liufang as an Immortal Seed King from the Hundred Schools Academy, and they exchanged information about the ancient Immortal Realm.
• Chu Kuangren saw the Blade King fighting outsider Immortal Seed King Gu Wuqing and recognized Gu Wuqing's sword art as the Phantom Nether Seven Emotions Melody.
• The Blade King struck down Gu Wuqing and prepared to kill him, but Chu Kuangren appeared and shattered the saber shadow with a punch.

Chu Kuangren saved Gu Wuqing by defeating the Blade King with one strike, then learned that the Ancient Immortal had died and the Gu Family had been destroyed. The cultivators discovered a dead Featherfolk Immortal protected by a powerful force field, and Wutong Mountain’s Phoenix Son and Phoenix Maiden arrived as they tried to reach her.

• Chu Kuangren shielded Gu Wuqing from the Blade King and defeated the Blade King with a single sword strike.
• Chu Kuangren healed Gu Wuqing and revealed that the Ancient Immortal had taught him Phantom Nether Seven Emotions Melody.
• Gu Wuqing told Chu Kuangren that the Ancient Immortal had died years earlier and the Gu Family had been destroyed.
• A pillar of light led the cultivators to a Featherfolk woman whose body remained protected by the power of her Immortal Consciousness.
• The cultivators failed to break the force field around the woman, and Wutong Mountain’s Phoenix Son and Phoenix Maiden arrived.

Lan Yu received the inheritance inside the Featherfolk woman's cocoon, and Chu Kuangren protected her from cultivators who tried to seize it. Feng Shangyun challenged Chu Kuangren, whose Phoenix Fire proved stronger, before Qingfeng revealed that she was Wutong Mountain's Young Clan Leader.

• Lan Yu entered the Immortal Force Field and received the inheritance from the cocoon of light.
• After the cocoon vanished, cultivators attacked Lan Yu, but Chu Kuangren killed one and warned the crowd not to touch her.
• Feng Shangyun challenged Chu Kuangren, who countered his Phoenix Fire with an even stronger flame.
• Qingfeng stopped Feng Shangyun and Huang Yinghong from attacking Chu Kuangren, and Huang Yinghong recognized her as Wutong Mountain's Young Clan Leader.
• Qingfeng apologized to Chu Kuangren for hiding her identity and told the Phoenixes that he was her friend.

Chu Kuangren defended Lan Yu as the Divine Flame Illuminati, the Holy City, and the Golden Mountain Temple joined Feng Shangyun in attacking him. After Lan Yu completed her inheritance, Chu Kuangren sent her to the Sword Crown and revealed even greater power, declaring that the battle was four against one.

• Feng Shangyun defied Qingfeng and joined the effort to seize Lan Yu’s opportunity, while Huang Yinghong held back.
• Fire God Huang, Wu Wuji, Huifa, and their forces surrounded Chu Kuangren, who killed the first Holy City enforcer to attack him.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed his Thousand Lotus Sword Intent and Immortal Art, killing the attacking Divine Sons and enforcers while protecting Lan Yu.
• Huifa, Fire God Huang, Wu Wuji, and Feng Shangyun coordinated their attacks and broke through Chu Kuangren’s Sword Qi barrier.
• Lan Yu completed her inheritance and offered to help, but Chu Kuangren told her to go to the Sword Crown.
• Chu Kuangren revealed a surge of greater Emperor Qi and Origin Power, declaring that his opponents were four resisting one.

Chu Kuangren fought four Immortal Seed Kings at once and overwhelmed them with his superior power. After defeating Wu Wuji and Feng Shangyun, he survived Flame God Huang’s fused divine flames and killed him with a single sword strike.

• Huifa, Flame God Huang, Wu Wuji, and Feng Shangyun joined forces against Chu Kuangren, unleashing their most powerful attacks.
• Chu Kuangren cut through Huifa’s palm attack, burned Feng Shangyun with phoenix fire, and blasted Wu Wuji away with his sword.
• Flame God Huang fused four divine flames and launched a Heaven-Blasting Strike, but Chu Kuangren emerged unharmed from the sea of fire.
• Chu Kuangren gathered purple lotus sword qi into Kunwu and slashed at Flame God Huang, destroying his clone and turning his true body into blood mist.

Chu Kuangren absorbed Fire God Huang’s Divine Flame seeds and overwhelmed Feng Shangyun, Huifa, and Wu Wuji after they unleashed their trump cards. As three Immortals rushed to intervene, the Sword Crown appeared and blocked their path.

• Chu Kuangren killed Fire God Huang with his Purple Sword Light and absorbed the four Divine Flame seeds left behind.
• Feng Shangyun used Chu Kuangren’s Phoenix Fire to undergo Nirvana, while Wu Wuji swallowed a pill and Huifa summoned an empowered Grievance Buddha Manifestation with two statues.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed all thirteen of his Origin Powers and trapped the three Immortal Seed Kings in his Thousand Lotus Sword Intent.
• Three Immortals from the Divine Flame Illuminati, Golden Mountain Temple, and Holy City rushed to stop Chu Kuangren, but he continued attacking the wounded kings.
• The Sword Crown appeared before the three Immortals and declared that they could not pass.

Chu Kuangren defeated four Immortal Seed Kings while the Sword Crown drove back three Immortals. Afterward, Qingfeng departed for Wutong Mountain, and Chu Kuangren offered to help Gu Wuqing investigate the Ancient Immortal’s death.

• The Sword Crown severed the Divine Flame Illuminati's Immortal's arm, forcing the three Immortals to retreat.
• Chu Kuangren killed Huifa, Wu Wuji, and Feng Shangyun, defeating the four Immortal Seed Kings who had joined forces against him.
• The Sword Crown returned, and Chu Kuangren left the ancient Daoist Tradition ruins with Lan Yu and the others.
• Qingfeng said she would return to Wutong Mountain with Yinghong, and Chu Kuangren bid her farewell.
• Chu Kuangren told Gu Wuqing he would help if needed and offered to investigate the Ancient Immortal's death.

Chu Kuangren discovered that Lan Yu’s Sacred Light Body had transformed into a Bright Battle Immortal Physique, inspiring him to explore evolving his own Dao Bodies. After cultivating, he gained the origin power of resentful qi and a three-headed, six-armed Resentful Buddha, then drew a Myriad Laws Divine Lotus Seed as news spread of the Ascension Pool’s appearance.

• Gu Liufang invited Chu Kuangren to visit the Hundred Schools Academy, then offered Gu Wuqing a recommendation to join it.
• Lan Yu told Chu Kuangren about the Featherfolk inheritance, and he realized her Sacred Light Body had become a Bright Battle Immortal Physique.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu entered closed-door cultivation while the Sword Crown stood guard, and news of Chu Kuangren’s reputation spread across the Immortal Ancient Battlefield.
• A month later, the Ascension Pool appeared in the battlefield’s depths, drawing the attention of Immortal Seeds and immortals alike.
• Chu Kuangren fused three Resentful Buddha statues into a Three-Headed, Six-Armed Resentful Buddha and comprehended the origin power of resentful qi as his fourteenth origin.
• Chu Kuangren drew the god-tier Myriad Laws Divine Lotus Seed, an immortal plant that could develop Immortal Arts based on origins.

Chu Kuangren left seclusion after obtaining the Myriad Laws Divine Lotus Seed and set out with Lan Yu, Sword Crown, and Little Fox for the Ascension Pool. When he arrived, he was told he would have to compete for one of the ten entry tokens, and he challenged the requirement.

• Chu Kuangren extracted the Myriad Laws Divine Lotus Seed and planned to nourish it with water and wood essences while pursuing his own Immortal Art.
• Lan Yu told Chu Kuangren she had adapted to her Bright Battle Immortal Physique, reached Great Dao Lord, and mastered Light Battle Origin Power.
• Little Fox told Chu Kuangren an Ascension Pool had appeared, so he and his companions traveled there.
• Immortal Seeds from outside the Immortal-level Daoist Traditions fought over ten tokens while the others prepared to draw lots for their entry order.
• Chu Kuangren arrived at the Ascension Pool and overwhelmed the gathered Immortal Seeds with his aura.
• An Immortal Seed told Chu Kuangren he had to compete for a token, and Chu Kuangren asked whether he needed to compete at all.

Chu Kuangren refused to compete for entry to the Ascension Pool and challenged the Immortal Seeds to face him. After defeating them all, he stood alone as the only one left on his feet.

• The Sword Crown revealed himself as Chu Kuangren’s attendant, shocking the Immortal Seeds and the Immortals hidden in the void.
• Chu Kuangren said he would enter the Ascension Pool first and invited anyone who objected to attack him.
• Yuan Wu challenged Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren defeated him with one strike of the Venerable Emperor Sword Art.
• The Immortal Seeds joined forces and attacked Chu Kuangren with their Immortal Arts, but his Thousand Lotus Sword Qi blocked them all.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed A Thought Arises, Heaven and Earth Mourn, sending the Immortal Seeds flying and leaving them sprawled on the ground.

After defeating the Immortal Seeds, Chu Kuangren entered the Ascension Pool with Lan Yu and Little Fox while the Immortals investigated his origins. Once their baptism was complete, he chose to stay in the pool, hinting that he had a plan despite expecting the other Daoist Traditions to retaliate.

• Chu Kuangren defeated the Immortal Seeds in one move, and the Immortals allowed him to enter the Ascension Pool first.
• The Immortals dispatched their intelligence networks to investigate Chu Kuangren and the Sword Crown before deciding what to do.
• The Sword Crown sealed the Ascension Pool with Restrictions while Chu Kuangren, Lan Yu, and Little Fox began their baptism.
• The lotus seed of the Myriad Laws Divine Lotus trembled in response to the Ascension Pool, and Chu Kuangren considered using its energy to nourish it.
• After three days, Chu Kuangren and his companions had improved their physiques, but Chu Kuangren remained in the pool because he had a plan.

Chu Kuangren used the Ascension Pool to nourish the Myriad Laws Divine Lotus and create nine Immortal Arts, causing a great disturbance. Outside, Nanke deduced that Chu Kuangren had restored the Sword Crown and urged the Immortals to kill him.

• Chu Kuangren absorbed the Ascension Pool's water to nourish the Myriad Laws Divine Lotus and derive Immortal Arts.
• The Sword Crown blocked the Immortals' attempts to spy on Chu Kuangren as Dao sounds and unusual phenomena erupted from the pool.
• Chu Kuangren created nine Immortal Arts, and the Divine Lotus absorbed all the water in the ten-li pool.
• The Immortals examined a Holy City investigation and learned how Chu Kuangren had met the Sword Crown in Ancient Sparrow City.
• Nanke deduced that Chu Kuangren had healed the Sword Crown and called for the Immortals to kill him.

Chu Kuangren emerged from the Ascension Pool after draining it dry and gaining nine seals of dharma verification, only to face five Immortals who had joined forces to kill him and the Sword Crown. The Sword Crown confronted them as the Immortals sealed off the surrounding space.

• Nanke, the Divine Flame Illuminati's Immortal, the Great Yuan Divine Dynasty's prince, the Burial Sword Sea's Immortal, and Golden Mountain Temple's Immortal agreed to target Chu Kuangren and divide his companions and secrets among themselves.
• Chu Kuangren mastered nine Immortal Arts and gained nine more seals of dharma verification, then left the Ascension Pool with Lan Yu.
• The Immortals and Immortal Seeds discovered the Ascension Pool had become a dry pit, and Chu Kuangren admitted he had drained it dry.
• Yuan Wu demanded an explanation, but Chu Kuangren challenged him to fight and the Immortal Seeds backed down.
• Five Immortals appeared and sealed the space around Chu Kuangren and the Sword Crown; the Sword Crown challenged them to try their strength.

The Cold Heaven Blade Immortal, Reverend Sage Juefa, Prince Yuan, and Nanke joined forces to hold the Sword Crown back while the Blazing Sun Immortal confronted Chu Kuangren. Though still an Immortal Seed, Chu Kuangren unleashed his Origin Powers, Seals of Dharma Verification, and self-created Immortal Arts to suppress the wounded Blazing Sun Immortal.

• The Cold Heaven Blade Immortal, Reverend Sage Juefa, Prince Yuan, and Nanke combined their attacks and trapped the Sword Crown with Prince Yuan's domain Immortal Art.
• The Blazing Sun Immortal challenged Chu Kuangren, boasting that his Immortal status made him stronger despite having lost an arm.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed fourteen types of Origin Power and eleven Seals of Dharma Verification, then broke through the Blazing Sun Immortal's fiery attack with his Thousand Lotus Sword Intent.
• Chu Kuangren used Ethereal Phantom Body and Sword Qi Weaves the Heavenly Net to attack the Blazing Sun Immortal.
• Chu Kuangren followed with Moonlight Shines on the Great River and Ten Thousand Ghosts' Resentment, driving back and suppressing the Blazing Sun Immortal.
• The Immortal Seeds watched in shock as Chu Kuangren contended with an Immortal.

Chu Kuangren used the Three-Headed, Six-Armed Resentful Buddha and a second Immortal Artifact to defeat the Blazing Sun Immortal’s all-out attack. He then killed the Immortal, while the Sword Crown remained locked in battle with four other Immortals.

• Chu Kuangren suppressed the Blazing Sun Immortal with his Immortal Arts and resentful qi, driving the Immortal to unleash a devastating sea of flames.
• The Blazing Sun Immortal formed the Ultimate Fire of the Eight Wastelands into a blazing sun and hurled it at Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren summoned the Three-Headed, Six-Armed Resentful Buddha, whose Blood-colored Buddha Light collided with the blazing sun and protected him.
• Chu Kuangren revealed an ancient azure mirror and struck the Blazing Sun Immortal with its beam, pulverizing more than half his body.
• Chu Kuangren’s Resentful Buddha unleashed another beam of Blood-colored Buddha Light and blasted the Blazing Sun Immortal to death.

Chu Kuangren killed the Blazing Sun Immortal with the Azure Luan Mirror and escaped the Immortals’ trap before leaving the Immortal Ancient Battlefield. In Tianluo City, he gained the Seven-String Zither Heart and became a Zither Immortal, while a mysterious pendant rang in a distant manor.

• Chu Kuangren killed the Blazing Sun Immortal with the Azure Luan Mirror, forcing the remaining Immortals to retreat.
• The Sword Crown broke free from Prince Kaiyuan and joined Chu Kuangren, who then departed with his companions.
• Chu Kuangren rested in Tianluo City and drew the God-tier prize Seven-String Zither Heart.
• Chu Kuangren extracted the talent and attained the Dao through the zither, becoming a Zither Immortal and causing zithers across the city and beyond to resonate.
• A white-dressed woman in a distant manor heard the Nine Heavens Ringed Pendant ring and reacted with shock.

Chu Kuangren realized the origin of the Zither Dao but refused to become an Immortal through a Dao he did not consider his own. He traveled toward Nine Heavens Ringing Jade Manor after sensing an ancient immortal zither resonate with him, arriving as the manor prepared for its Nine Heavens Banquet.

• Chu Kuangren revealed that he had caused the zither phenomenon in Tianluo City but had not become an Immortal because the Zither Dao was not his path, declaring that he himself was his Dao.
• Chu Kuangren studied Lan Yu's Bright Battle Immortal Physique, gained the Light Battle Origin, and began using the Book of Physiques to explore upgrading physiques, starting with the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Sword Heart.
• Chu Kuangren learned that the resonance he sensed likely came from the Nine Heavens Ringed Pendant at Nine Heavens Ringing Jade Manor and heard that the Zither Crown was holding a banquet to find the zither a master.
• Chu Kuangren arrived at Nine Heavens Ringing Jade Manor with Lan Yu and the others, carrying the token Xue Qinxin had given him, and greeted the manor after hearing that its guest rooms were full.

Chu Kuangren visited Nine Heavens Ringing Jade Manor with Xue Qinxin’s jade pendant and reunited with her. He asked to meet the Zither Crown, but Qin Feng and Yuan Xu arrived and explained that she was in seclusion.

• Chu Kuangren showed Xue Qinxin’s jade pendant to a manor disciple, who let him into Nine Heavens Ringing Jade Manor.
• Xue Qinxin challenged Yuan Xu and Qin Feng’s boasts by comparing them to Chu Kuangren, while they dismissed the reports of his deeds as rumors or tricks.
• A manor disciple told Xue Qinxin that a male friend had arrived, and she hurried to meet Chu Kuangren in the Inner Hall.
• Chu Kuangren greeted Xue Qinxin and asked to meet the Zither Crown on behalf of a friend.
• Qin Feng, Yuan Xu, and other Immortal Seeds entered, and Qin Feng said the Zither Crown was in seclusion until the Nine Heavens Banquet.