Recaps

Lan Yu and Chu Hong arrived at the Starry Sky Arena with Chu Kuangren’s clone, drawing the attention of the gathered Prodigies. After Lan Yu defeated a single-horned Demon Beast and gained strength from the arena, the Golden Crow Young Ancestor stepped forward to challenge her, but a torrent of Gods and Devils qi interrupted him with a challenge of its own.

• Lan Yu and Chu Hong’s names appeared on the Star Stele as they arrived with Chu Kuangren’s clone, and Lan Yu blasted away a burly Heavenly Pride who rushed at him.
• The Xuanyuan Heir and the Lord of the East Divine Son recognized that Chu Kuangren was a clone, while the Yama Heir urged the gathered Prodigies to save their strength for his true body.
• A Prodigy challenged Lan Yu, and she accepted after Chu Kuangren told her to do as she wished.
• Lan Yu overwhelmed the single-horned Demon Beast with her River of Light and forced him to surrender, then felt her cultivation improve from the arena’s reward.
• The Golden Crow Young Ancestor moved to challenge Lan Yu, but a surging torrent of Gods and Devils qi arrived and someone called out to challenge him instead.

Jue Wushen challenged the Golden Crow Young Ancestor and the other Monsters, but they refused because they were saving their strength to face Chu Kuangren. The Xuanyuan Heir received the Shennong Hundred Herbs Pill from the Zhuanxu Heir and began refining it, preparing to challenge Chu Kuangren after his seclusion.

• Jue Wushen arrived at the Starry Sky Arena and challenged the Golden Crow Young Ancestor, who refused, as did the other Monsters.
• Yuzhi and the other Heavenly Prides arrived, and Chu Kuangren deduced that the Monsters were conserving their strength to target him.
• Three days later, Jue Wushen again challenged the Xuanyuan Heir, who refused and vowed that Chu Kuangren would lose.
• The Xuanyuan Heir learned that the Zhuanxu Heir was coming to the arena with a supreme treasure.
• The Zhuanxu Heir gave the Xuanyuan Heir the Shennong Hundred Herbs Pill and agreed to meet Chu Kuangren.
• The Xuanyuan Heir entered seclusion to refine the pill, anticipating a future showdown with Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren broke through to the Golden Immortal Realm while his clone watched the Monsters gather on the Starry Sky Arena and prepare to challenge him in successive rounds. As they claimed they had enough people to defeat him, a brilliant sword light swept in from the distant starry sky.

• Chu Kuangren refined snow lotuses and other resources, forming Golden Nature in his Immortal Essence and advancing to the Golden Immortal Realm.
• Chu Hong reached the Eighth Grade of the True Immortal Realm after winning trials in the Starry Sky Arena.
• Lan Yu and Chu Hong realized the Monsters were refusing their challenges because they were saving their strength to fight Chu Kuangren in successive rounds.
• Chu Kuangren's clone dismissed the gathered Monsters, while Shi Tianxuan, the Golden Crow Young Ancestor, the Zhuanxu Heir, the River Earl Divine Son, and the Lady of the Xiang Goddess declared their hostility or desire to fight him.
• The Yama Heir said the assembled Monsters were enough to defeat Chu Kuangren, but a cold voice challenged that claim as a sword light swept across the starry sky.

Chu Kuangren arrived at the Starry Sky Arena with overwhelming power, shocking the gathered Heavenly Prides and revealing his name on the Star Stele. He rejected Xu Jing’s challenge and called on everyone named on the stele to face him together.

• Chu Kuangren carved his name into the Star Stele with a sword strike that shook the arena and stunned its spectators.
• Chu Kuangren appeared above the arena, overwhelmed the Heavenly Prides with his aura, and repelled their attempts to probe his strength.
• The Yama Heir and the other allied prodigies prepared to wear Chu Kuangren down through successive battles, and Xu Jing stepped forward as their first challenger.
• Chu Kuangren refused Xu Jing’s one-on-one challenge and demanded that everyone named on the Star Stele attack him at once.

Chu Kuangren challenged everyone named on the Star Stele to fight him at once, staking his life on the outcome. The Starry Sky Arena accepted the group battle, and after Chu Kuangren killed the first attacker with one sword strike, the assembled Heavenly Prides and Monsters prepared to attack together.

• Chu Kuangren challenged all the Star Stele’s named fighters at once and vowed to kill himself if they defeated him.
• The Starry Sky Arena raised a barrier and arranged Chu Kuangren’s name against all the others, confirming the group battle.
• Lan Yu, Chu Hong, Jue Wushen, and their companions conceded and left the arena to watch.
• A top-tier Heavenly Pride attacked Chu Kuangren with a hammer, but Chu Kuangren destroyed it with a sword strike and killed its wielder.
• The Yama Heir ordered everyone to attack together as Chu Kuangren’s killing intent swept across the arena.

Chu Kuangren faced the Heavenly Prides and Monsters together on the Starry Sky Arena and countered their combined attacks with his Reincarnation Immortal Physique, swordsmanship, Poxun Dharma Form, and Yin-Yang powers. The battle continued with Chu Kuangren standing untouched beneath the Fusang Divine Tree as he taunted his opponents.

• The Yama Heir opened the assault with Reincarnation Palm, but Chu Kuangren repelled him with Reincarnation Tribulation Light.
• The Heir of King of Biancheng, Xu Jing, Chang Zhijing, and the other Heavenly Prides attacked together, but Chu Kuangren’s Black Hole, Great Distortion ground down their powers.
• Chang Zhijing trapped Chu Kuangren with Wusheng’s Sword, but Chu Kuangren’s Wu Dao’s Sword tore apart the sword net and struck him through his defensive inner armor.
• Xu Jing and the Heir of King of Biancheng joined forces against Chu Kuangren, who answered with Papiyas; he used Purple Pupil to prevent the Heir of King of Biancheng from conceding, and Papiyas killed him.
• Shi Tianxuan, the Yama Heir, the Lord of the East Divine Son, and the Great Fate Goddess attacked from four directions, but Chu Kuangren combined Fusang with the Two-Aspects Yin-Yang Diagram to withstand them.

Chu Kuangren overwhelmed the Immortal Court's Four Divisions and the gathered Heavenly Prides with his Ten Thousand Demons Divine Forms. He left the surviving opponents fleeing the arena and terrified of him.

• The red-haired leader and the Heavenly Prides of the Immortal Court's Four Divisions formed the Four Symbols Immortal-Slaying Formation around Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren manifested the Ten Thousand Demons Divine Forms, which tore apart the formation's four divine beasts and killed the Four Divisions' Heavenly Prides.
• The Demon Beast Spirit Forms attacked the other Heavenly Prides and Monsters, while the Yama Heir called on them to defend themselves.
• Heavenly Prides surrendered one after another and were teleported out of the arena, leaving the spectators convinced Chu Kuangren had shattered their Dao Hearts.

Chu Kuangren faced the surviving Monsters and supreme Heavenly Prides as they unleashed their strongest attacks, then revealed his Golden Immortal cultivation and combined two physique supernatural powers. His devastating counterattack shattered the Starry Sky Arena, leaving the fate of his opponents uncertain.

• Chu Kuangren taunted the surviving elite fighters, who joined forces and unleashed their trump cards against him.
• The Golden Crow Young Ancestor, Yama Heir, Xuanyuan Heir, River Earl Divine Son, Lady of the Xiang Goddess, and others attacked with powerful techniques.
• Chu Kuangren revealed that his immortal essence carried Golden Immortal-level golden nature and golden jade immortal radiance.
• Chu Kuangren combined the Reincarnation Immortal Physique's Six Paths Reincarnation Great World with the Chaos Gods and Devils Physique's All-Realms Life-and-Death Wheel.
• Chu Kuangren's life-and-death and reincarnation powers surged together, and the resulting attack shattered the Starry Sky Arena.

Chu Kuangren unleashed a life-and-death reincarnation attack that killed or forced the surrender of many opponents. The newly advanced Golden Immortal Xuanyuan Heir challenged him, and their clash of Xuanyuan Sword Qi and Zhou's Sword ended with both still standing.

• Chu Kuangren's fused physique powers swept through the arena, killing Chang Zhijing, Xu Jing, the Goddess Lady of the Xiang, and others while the Lord of the East Divine Son and the Great Fate Goddess surrendered.
• The surviving monsters, including the Zhuanxu Heir and River Earl Divine Son, struggled against Chu Kuangren's overwhelming strength as the arena fell silent.
• A golden sword ray appeared, and the Xuanyuan Heir arrived after breaking through to Golden Immortal.
• The Xuanyuan Heir challenged Chu Kuangren for the title of Human Emperor and demanded the Emperor Ultimate World-Shaking Art, while Chu Kuangren agreed to their wager.
• The Xuanyuan Heir and Chu Kuangren exchanged Xuanyuan Sword Qi and Zhou's Sword, ending their clash with both fighters still standing and their pressure rising.

Chu Kuangren defeated the Xuanyuan Heir with the Great Wilderness Halberd and shattered his Xuanyuan Sword Gang Qi. Yu Xiao, a Golden Immortal Hell Bird from the Variant Forbidden Zone, arrived to challenge him, while Beiming revealed the Gods and Devils lineage could destroy the forbidden zones if a certain person intervened.

• Chu Kuangren used the Great Wilderness Halberd to break the Xuanyuan Heir’s sword gang qi and defeat him in three strikes.
• Black flames appeared over the Starry Sky Arena, and Yu Xiao’s name was written on the Star Stele as the Hell Bird arrived.
• Yu Xiao transformed into a black-clad young man and confronted Chu Kuangren, revealing that he was a Golden Immortal from the Variant Forbidden Zone.
• Mighty figures discussed how the forbidden zones’ involvement could affect the World Child Contest.
• Beiming told Master Zhang that the Gods and Devils lineage could destroy the forbidden zones if a certain person made a move.

Chu Kuangren fought off the prodigies’ combined attacks on the Starry Sky Arena, protected by the World-Destroying Black Lotus. The Yama Heir tried to erase Chu Kuangren’s fate with the Book of Life and Death, but the attempt backfired and left him gravely injured.

• The Golden Crow Young Ancestor joined Yu Xiao, combining their flames against Chu Kuangren while the Xuanyuan Heir and Zhuanxu Heir coordinated their attack.
• Chu Kuangren repelled the Xuanyuan Heir with the Great Wilderness Halberd, then used the World-Destroying Black Lotus to withstand the prodigies’ combined assaults.
• The Yama Heir revealed the incomplete Book of Life and Death and waited until the battle had weakened Chu Kuangren before activating it.
• The Yama Heir wrote Chu Kuangren’s name in blood essence and attempted to erase his fate, but the Book’s power triggered a devastating backlash.
• Qingfeng remarked that even peering into Chu Kuangren’s fate was an affront, let alone trying to erase it.

The Yama Heir’s attempt to erase Chu Kuangren’s fate triggered a devastating backlash, and diviners discovered that Chu’s fate was an incomprehensible nothingness. On the Starry Sky Arena, Chu unleashed the Nine Provinces Cauldrons and killed three supreme monsters, leaving the surviving Heavenly Prides terrified as he stood alone above them all.

• The Yama Heir’s failed divination of Chu Kuangren’s fate caused mighty cultivators to probe it, but they found nothingness and suffered backlash when they tried to look deeper.
• Beiming explained that the Gods and Devils lineage could not fathom Chu Kuangren’s fate because it had already transcended.
• Chu Kuangren revealed the nine Nine Provinces Cauldrons and sealed the Starry Sky Arena with the Spacetime Sealing Art, preventing his opponents from conceding.
• Chu Kuangren crushed the River Earl Divine Son, the Golden Crow Young Ancestor, and the Yama Heir with the Nine Provinces Cauldrons.
• Several Heavenly Prides broke free and conceded, while the spectators hailed Chu Kuangren as the unrivaled figure towering over the world.

Chu Kuangren claimed the Starry Sky Arena’s greatest opportunity, the Creation Origin Divine Pearl, and returned to the Purple Tenuity Star with his companions. At the Luo Family, he examined the pearl and the incomplete Book of Life and Death, discovering their powers and limitations.

• The Star Stele shattered after only Chu Kuangren’s name remained, releasing countless rays of Creation Origin Divine Light that formed the Creation Origin Divine Pearl and merged into his forehead.
• Chu Kuangren finished clearing the battlefield and left the Starry Sky Arena with Lan Yu, Chu Hong, and the others for the Purple Tenuity Star.
• Yu Xiao vowed not to accept his defeat, while the Xuanyuan Heir decided to return to the Human Emperor Sect and seek ways to improve; the Starry Sky Arena then shattered.
• At the Luo Family, Chu Kuangren had Xiao Ai analyze the incomplete Book of Life and Death and learned it could use Karmic Fate Kill to attack a target’s fate, though powerful fates were difficult to affect.
• Chu Kuangren studied the Creation Origin Divine Pearl and learned it had been formed from nine hundred and ninety-nine rays of Creation Origin Divine Light and could defend him from attacks and evil.

After returning to Purple Tenuity Star, Chu Kuangren entrusted Jue Wushen with bringing its forces under his control, then returned to the Hundred Schools Academy. Lü Zi welcomed him, impressed by his achievement and apparent humility.

• Chu Kuangren and his companions discussed the Starry Sky Arena battle and their plans, with Yuzhi planning to return to the Yaochi Holy Land and Qingfeng inviting Chu Hong to the Phoenix Nest.
• Chu Kuangren told Jue Wushen to become Lord of Purple Tenuity Star and gave him the Purple Tenuity Crown and authority over the Purple Tenuity Restriction.
• Chu Kuangren arranged for the Feng Family, Luo Family, and Jiuli Tribe to help Jue Wushen organize the star's forces, and suggested he nurture Luo Yan.
• Yuzhi and Qingfeng left for the Yaochi Holy Land, while Chu Kuangren and his companions returned to the Academy and Jue Wushen stayed behind.
• Lü Zi welcomed Chu Kuangren back and reflected that his apparent humility came from regarding other Heavenly Prides and Monsters as beneath his notice.

After two years at the Hundred Schools Academy, Chu Kuangren learned that Shi Ying’s behavior had become unusual and found her confronting visions of a woman in white. The woman told Shi Ying to seek answers in the Western Land of Vaidurya, and Chu Kuangren discovered that her Buddhist nature had grown stronger.

• Lü Zi told Chu Kuangren that the Xuanyuan Heir had defeated a Golden Immortal, Shi Tianxuan had founded a demonic nation, and other powers were rising across the Immortal Realm.
• Chu Kuangren said Shi Ying’s recent behavior seemed unusual and that it was time to resolve her problem.
• Shi Ying questioned whether she truly belonged to the Academy after finding its buildings and most of its people unfamiliar.
• A vision of a woman in white told Shi Ying that they were one and directed her to the Western Land of Vaidurya for answers.
• Chu Kuangren found Shi Ying after she collided with him, and Xiao Ai analyzed her as her Buddhist nature grew stronger.

Chu Kuangren accompanied Shi Ying west to investigate the Glazed Land, where Buddhist prodigy Huizang and others gathered to enter the ancient sanctuary. When Chu Kuangren approached its Buddha-Words Barrier, brilliant Buddha Light appeared around him, astonishing the crowd and Buddhist disciples.

• Shi Ying told Chu Kuangren she wanted to travel west to seek answers, and he agreed to accompany her to the Glazed Land.
• Chu Kuangren and Shi Ying reached the westernmost Immortal Realm and learned that the Glazed Land was a former Buddhist sanctuary sealed behind a barrier of Buddhist words.
• At the Glazed Land, Shi Ying felt familiarity toward the young monks, while Huizang recognized her and reacted warily to Chu Kuangren.
• Huizang and the other Buddhist prodigies prepared to enter the Glazed Land, but they objected when Chu Kuangren said he would go with Shi Ying.
• Chu Kuangren approached the Buddha-Words Barrier, and radiant Buddha Light appeared around him, making the common people believe the Buddha had manifested.

Chu Kuangren and his companions entered the Glazed Land, where he discovered that the pure land’s Buddhist nature contended with the evil aura of Desire Realm Heaven above. After the group visited Arhat Hall, Huizang stayed behind to contemplate his supernatural power, while Chu Kuangren warned him about the nearby Heavenly Demons.

• Chu Kuangren, Yin Honghua, and Shi Ying passed through the Buddha-Words Barrier, and Shi Ying wondered why the place felt familiar to her.
• Inside the Glazed Land, Chu Kuangren sensed evil nature in the sky and learned from Jinghui that Desire Realm Heaven was a dangerous fragment linked to Papiyas and his Heavenly Demons.
• Huizang led the group to Arhat Hall, where the Eighteen Arhat statues manifested Buddhist supernatural powers for them to study.
• After the Buddhist monsters finished paying their respects, Huizang stayed behind to contemplate his Dragon-Subduing Demon-Quelling Supernatural Power.
• Chu Kuangren cautioned Huizang not to gaze too long at Desire Realm Heaven, and Huizang wondered whether Chu Kuangren had discovered something.

At Guanyin Hall, Shi Ying recovered the truth that she was a personality incarnation of the Guanyin Inheritor, created to observe Chu Kuangren. When the Guanyin Inheritor tried to erase her, Chu Kuangren invaded her consciousness space and helped Shi Ying fight for her survival.

• At Guanyin Hall, Shi Ying saw the Guanyin statue and regained her memories as the Guanyin Inheritor’s personality incarnation.
• The Guanyin Inheritor prepared to erase Shi Ying and inherit her memories, explaining that she had approached Chu Kuangren to determine whether he was one of Papiyas’s Buddha-destroying seeds.
• Chu Kuangren entered the Guanyin Inheritor’s consciousness space and challenged her plan to erase Shi Ying.
• Chu Kuangren used his will to suppress the Guanyin Inheritor’s power, allowing Shi Ying to interfere with the consciousness space they shared.
• Shi Ying drew an immortal sword and attacked the Guanyin Inheritor, beginning a battle between the primary and secondary personalities.

Shi Ying and the Guanyin Inheritor fused into a new self after their battle ended in an unexpected outcome. Soon afterward, Desire Realm Heaven split open, and Chu Kuangren suspected the missing Huizang had awakened the Heavenly Demons.

• Chu Kuangren restrained the Guanyin Inheritor while Shi Ying fought her, and Xiao Ai estimated a three-percent chance of an unknown outcome.
• Shi Ying and the Guanyin Inheritor's consciousnesses fused, leaving Shi Ying with both their memories and identities.
• Jinghui welcomed Shi Ying's awakening, while Chu Kuangren regretted losing the adorable junior he had known.
• Desire Realm Heaven split open, spreading evil aura across the Glazed Land and throwing it into turmoil.
• Chu Kuangren pointed out that Huizang was missing, and pink radiance descended from the fissure as Desire Realm Heaven Demons appeared and tried to tempt the group.

Desire Realm Heaven Demons tempted the cultivators by stirring their hidden desires, but Chu Kuangren drove them back with the power of Papiyas. He then headed straight toward Desire Realm Heaven through the rift.

• The Desire Realm Heaven Demons circled the group, resisted their attacks, and preyed on their desires, leaving several Buddhist prodigies struggling to control themselves.
• Jiedao Seng unleashed saber attacks as a Desire Realm Heaven Demon tempted him with the chance to embrace his murderous nature, while Shi Ying and Jinghui helped the group resist.
• The Desire Realm Heaven Demons targeted Shi Ying’s doubts about her identity and Yin Honghua’s suppressed Asura Blood Dragon nature.
• The demons offered Chu Kuangren power and glory, but he revealed the Bodhisattva Mara Aspect and scattered them with Papiyas’s power.
• The Buddhist prodigies and Shi Ying watched in alarm as Chu Kuangren stepped toward the rift and headed straight for Desire Realm Heaven.

Chu Kuangren entered Desire Realm Heaven and used his supreme Dao Heart to withstand its powerful temptations. There he confronted Huizang, exposed him as a Buddha-Destroying Seed, and learned that Huizang was searching for Papiyas’s Six Dust Demon Hooks.

• Shi Ying urged everyone to retreat into Guanyin Hall while Chu Kuangren entered Desire Realm Heaven alone.
• Chu Kuangren resisted the realm’s temptations and drove back its Heavenly Demons with his Bodhisattva Mara Aspect and supreme Dao Heart.
• Chu Kuangren met Huizang, recognized him as the monk the Heavenly Demons had mentioned, and accused him of opening Desire Realm Heaven as a Buddha-Destroying Seed.
• Huizang admitted his identity and proposed joining forces to destroy Buddhism, but Chu Kuangren rejected his offer.
• Huizang revealed that he had entered Desire Realm Heaven to find the Six Dust Demon Hooks, and Chu Kuangren told him to lead the way.

Chu Kuangren uncovered Huizang’s plan to use the Flower of Desire while stealing the Six Dust Demon Hooks. After resisting the flower and striking Huizang, Chu Kuangren claimed the hooks, but Huizang attacked him with a demonic version of a Buddhist supernatural power.

• Xiao Ai identified the Flower of Desire’s threat, and Chu Kuangren realized Huizang intended to use him as a distraction to take the Six Dust Demon Hooks.
• Chu Kuangren approached the pool and drew the Flower of Desire’s vines, but he suppressed the desire it stirred and remained unaffected.
• Huizang rushed for the Six Dust Demon Hooks, and Chu Kuangren slapped him away when he tried to seize them.
• Chu Kuangren tore free of the vines and took the Six Dust Demon Hooks.
• Huizang attacked Chu Kuangren with Dragon-Subduing Demon-Quelling Supernatural Power, unleashing a blood-colored demonic dragon.

Chu Kuangren fought Huizang in Desire Realm Heaven, overcoming his demonic Buddhist techniques as Huizang drew on the realm’s power and Papiyas’s mark. The chapter ended with Chu Kuangren summoning a Blood-colored Papiyas Aspect that shocked Huizang.

• Huizang attacked Chu Kuangren with Dragon-Subduing Demon-Quelling Supernatural Power, but Chu Kuangren shattered the demonic dragon and sent him flying.
• Huizang drew on the power of Desire Realm Heaven to strengthen himself, while Chu Kuangren warned the Flower of Desire to stop trying to influence him.
• Huizang and Chu Kuangren clashed with their opposing Ksitigarbha Manifestations, and Chu Kuangren’s sacred Buddha light overwhelmed Huizang and scattered the Heavenly Demons.
• Huizang revealed the Papiyas Eye and called the Desire Realm Heaven Demons to merge into his body, greatly increasing his power.
• Huizang bound Chu Kuangren with Buddha-Speech Shackles, but Chu Kuangren summoned a Blood-colored Papiyas Aspect, leaving Huizang stunned.

Chu Kuangren defeated and killed Huizang after condemning his choice to become a Buddha-Destroying Seed, then resisted Papiyas’s attempt to tempt him. He left the Buddha-Destroying Seed outside his body by piercing his own skull with sword qi.

• Chu Kuangren overwhelmed Huizang with his Fourth Grade Golden Immortal cultivation and power of Papiyas, while Huizang’s Kṣitigarbha Zen Staff resisted his control.
• Huizang explained that he had chosen Papiyas’s path because desire would persist, and Chu Kuangren declared his admiration for Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva and Guanshiyin Bodhisattva.
• Chu Kuangren called Huizang a slave to desire, and Huizang absorbed Heavenly Demons before launching Demon Buddha Slaughter.
• Chu Kuangren caught Huizang’s attack with his Papiyas aspect, sealed him with the Spacetime Sealing Art, and killed him with a beam of sword light.
• The Buddha-Destroying Seed entered Chu Kuangren and tempted him with power, but he pierced his own head with sword qi and forced the seed back out.

Chu Kuangren destroyed the Buddha-Destroying Seed and agreed to a contract with Desire Flower, but his fate transformed their symbiotic pact into a master-servant contract. He left Desire Realm Heaven with Desire Flower bound to him and new power over the Way of Desire.

• Chu Kuangren shattered the Buddha-Destroying Seed and dispersed the wisp of Papiyas's will inside it.
• Desire Flower proposed a symbiotic contract so she could leave Desire Realm Heaven, and Chu Kuangren agreed after asking about its terms.
• The contract changed into a master-servant contract, making Desire Flower Chu Kuangren's servant and granting him authority over the Way of Desire.
• Chu Kuangren tested his new power by summoning a Desire Vine, while Desire Flower lamented that her fate had made her his servant.
• Desire Flower turned into a purple flower tattoo on Chu Kuangren's arm, and he left Desire Realm Heaven with her and the Six Dust Demon Hooks.