Recaps

The Merit Golden Lotus emerged in the Glazed Land, suppressing polluted Vulture Peak and its terrifying black qi. When the black qi escaped and corrupted a Buddhist Monster, Chu Kuangren’s Small Universe drove it back beneath the lotus, revealing that his aura was its natural enemy.

• Buddha Light burst from a fissure in the Glazed Land, forcing the Desire Realm Heaven Demons to retreat and revealing the ninth-grade Merit Golden Lotus and golden-bodied Buddhist monks.
• Shi Ying and Jinghui recognized that the lotus and monks were suppressing polluted Vulture Peak, shocking the Buddhist Monsters who had revered it as a holy land.
• Chu Kuangren arrived after escaping the Desire Realm Heaven and identified the black qi as a power he had encountered before, one that countered the universe’s origin Daos.
• The black qi battered the Merit Golden Lotus while the monks were weakened by the disturbance in the Desire Realm Heaven, then escaped and corrupted a Buddhist Monster’s mind and Dao of origin.
• Chu Kuangren shielded Yin Honghua and the others and released his Small Universe, causing the black qi to retreat beneath the Merit Golden Lotus as the eminent monks stared at him in amazement.

Chu Kuangren met Jianxing and Yunlan Buddha at Vulture Peak, where the Buddhist cultivators struggled to contain Dao-corruption Qi. After Chu Kuangren saved a corrupted Buddhist disciple, Yunlan Buddha revealed information about the Qi and its calamity to him.

• The eminent monks at Vulture Peak watched the Dao-corruption Qi flee from Chu Kuangren, and Jianxing introduced himself as a Dao Integration cultivator.
• Yunlan Buddha arrived, learned that Desire Realm Heaven Demons had distracted the monks, and took charge of the remaining crisis.
• Jianxing asked Chu Kuangren to help the Buddhist disciple corrupted by Dao-corruption Qi, and Yunlan Buddha promised to explain its origins if Chu saved them.
• Chu Kuangren drew the Dao-corruption Qi out of the disciple and suppressed it inside his Small Universe.
• Yunlan Buddha sent knowledge about Dao-corruption Qi into Chu Kuangren's mind and said he could learn these matters earlier because he was different from everyone else.

After leaving the Glazed Land with Yin Honghua, Chu Kuangren learned of an opportunity at Laojun City and sensed that someone was plotting against him. Meanwhile, powerful figures from the Eastern Emperor and Kunlun Immortal Courts secretly joined forces to eliminate him as he arrived in the city.

• Chu Kuangren left Shi Ying behind after telling her that Huizang was the true Buddha-Destroying Seed, and Shi Ying accepted the Guanyin inheritance.
• Chu Kuangren explained nothing about the Dao contamination qi to Yin Honghua and resolved to grow stronger under the pressure of what he had learned.
• After hearing that an Eight Trigrams Divine Furnace had appeared in Laojun City, Chu Kuangren sensed a threat directed at him and set off there with Yin Honghua.
• Cultivators reported Chu Kuangren's destination to their allies, while mighty figures from the Eastern Emperor and Kunlun Immortal Courts discussed a plan to kill him and seize his opportunities.
• Chu Kuangren and Yin Honghua arrived at Laojun City, unaware that the plot against him was underway.

The Eight Trigrams Divine Furnace appeared in Laojun City, drawing powerful heavenly prides and monsters who gathered to open it. The Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence led the effort, and the chapter ended as they attacked the furnace together.

• Cultivators gathered around the Eight Trigrams Divine Furnace and speculated about the treasures it might contain.
• Ji De arrived in a golden carriage, followed by Qilin Duan and Huo Tong, each a powerful Golden Immortal.
• The Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence arrived riding a nine-headed lion and proposed that everyone join forces to open the furnace.
• Ji De, Qilin Duan, Huo Tong, the Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence, and the other cultivators unleashed their attacks on the furnace.

Chu Kuangren arrived at the Eight Trigrams Divine Furnace and opened it with a single sword strike after defeating Ji De. As other Heavenly Prides rushed inside, Chu Kuangren warned Yin Honghua to leave immediately if anything unusual happened.

• The Heavenly Prides and Monsters failed to open the Eight Trigrams Divine Furnace, and Chu Kuangren arrived with Yin Honghua.
• Chu Kuangren mocked the gathered cultivators and provoked Ji De into attacking with the Heavenly Son Sword.
• Chu Kuangren shattered Ji De’s sword strike, wounded him with the aftershock, and sent the remaining sword qi into the furnace’s lid.
• Chu Kuangren’s strike opened the Eight Trigrams Divine Furnace, and several Heavenly Prides rushed inside.
• Chu Kuangren told Yin Honghua to leave the furnace immediately if anything unusual happened inside.

Chu Kuangren defeated Huo Tong inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace and took the divine flames from his body. When the Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence tried to intervene, Chu Kuangren killed Huo Tong in front of him, leaving the guard enraged.

• Chu Kuangren and Yin Honghua entered the Eight Trigrams Furnace and found a golden pill, where Huo Tong appeared before it.
• Chu Kuangren demanded the divine flames in Huo Tong's body, and Huo Tong fought back with his nine-flavored divine flame.
• Chu Kuangren overpowered Huo Tong, trapped him with Black Hole Great Distortion, and wounded him with sword qi.
• Huo Tong absorbed the surrounding six-ding divine fire to recover, but Chu Kuangren pinned him beneath a Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram.
• The Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence arrived and asked Chu Kuangren to spare Huo Tong, but Chu Kuangren crushed Huo Tong into blood mist and seized his divine flames.
• Chu Kuangren taunted the enraged Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence while examining the Heaven and Earth Ring he had taken from Huo Tong.

After Chu Kuangren took the True Form of the Hanba cultivation technique from Huo Tong, a Nine-Turn Golden Core appeared in the Eight Trigrams Furnace. The furnace suddenly turned against him, trapping him inside as its lid shut and its Six-Ding Heavenly Fire engulfed him.

• Chu Kuangren found the True Form of the Hanba cultivation technique in Huo Tong's Heaven and Earth Ring while Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence left.
• A Nine-Turn Golden Core emerged from the Eight Trigrams Furnace, and Chu Kuangren raced the other Heavenly Prides to seize it.
• Eight fire dragons formed from the furnace's Dao patterns and attacked Chu Kuangren as the Six-Ding Heavenly Fire grew stronger.
• Chu Kuangren ordered Yin Honghua to escape, then fought the fire dragons while discovering that the furnace's power and sealed space were focused on him.
• The Eight Trigrams Furnace lid shut, and its flames engulfed Chu Kuangren; an old man in white outside the furnace declared that his plan had worked.

The Immortal Courts used the Eight Trigrams Furnace to trap and refine Chu Kuangren, believing they had killed him despite suffering the backlash of karma. Beiming, Master Zhang, and a powerful donkey confronted the joined Immortal Courts, and Beiming opened the battle with a massive strike.

• The Great Golden Immortals endured the karmic backlash with the Annihilation Formation and watched Chu Kuangren trapped in the Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• Beiming sensed the Immortal Courts’ actions and set out with Master Zhang and a donkey whose cultivation had reached peak Golden Immortal.
• A white-haired man in gray robes noticed the upheaval and headed toward the Immortal Realm.
• The Kunlun and Eastern Emperor Immortal Courts gathered dozens of Great Encompassment cultivators to face the Gods and Devils lineage.
• Beiming arrived at the Immortal Court and sent a gigantic black palm crashing down as its cultivators joined forces to resist.

Beiming and Master Zhang fought the Immortal Court’s Dao Integration power, but Void arrived and confronted Immortal Emperor Juexin over the threat to Chu Kuangren. The Black Cloud Immortal Emperor and Linghua then appeared, leaving the Immortal Court facing multiple Gods and Devils.

• Beiming’s palm strike sent dozens of Great Encompassment cultivators flying, and they recognized that he was nearing Dao Integration.
• An Immortal Court Dao Law chain forced Beiming back, but Master Zhang joined him and they shattered it together.
• As a stronger Dao Law attack gathered, Void appeared and shattered the Immortal Court’s Dao Laws, collapsing buildings and killing cultivators.
• Immortal Emperor Juexin confronted Void, who declared that he had come to kill over the Immortal Court’s treatment of Chu Kuangren.
• The Black Cloud Immortal Emperor arrived to support Juexin, and Linghua appeared to stand with Void.

The Gods and Devils lineage fought the Immortal Court’s Dao Integration cultivators while Chu Kuangren survived inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace, protected by two supreme treasures. Beiming went to free him, and Master Zhang blocked the Immortal Court’s Great Encompassment cultivators from intervening.

• Void, Linghua, Juexin Immortal Emperor, and Black Cloud Immortal Emperor clashed in a battle of Dao Laws that drew the attention of Great Encompassment cultivators.
• The Immortal Court’s Great Encompassment cultivators revealed that Chu Kuangren was still alive inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace, shielded by the Creation Origin Divine Pearl and the World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Void said he had expected Chu Kuangren to survive, and Beiming went to open the furnace while Void kept fighting.
• Master Zhang and his donkey blocked the Immortal Court’s Great Encompassment cultivators, declaring that the path was closed.

Beiming tried to rescue Chu Kuangren from the Eight Trigrams Furnace, but High Person Gu He sacrificed himself to become its artifact spirit and sealed it against attack. As the two Immortal Courts prepared to confront the Gods and Devils lineage, a blue-robed figure beyond the Immortal Realm threatened the ancient powers and sent a colossal finger descending.

• Yin Honghua attacked the Eight Trigrams Furnace after Chu Kuangren was trapped inside by the Six-Ding Heavenly Fire, while the Heavenly Prides suspected the Immortal Court had arranged the attack.
• Beiming arrived and struck at the furnace, but High Person Gu He intervened and was severely injured by Beiming’s palm.
• High Person Gu He sacrificed his immortal body and merged his Immortal Soul with the furnace, becoming its artifact spirit and activating its defenses.
• Beiming’s attacks failed to open the furnace, while the Immortal Court’s Great Encompassment cultivator declared Chu Kuangren doomed and the Gods and Devils lineage threatened retaliation.
• The two Immortal Courts’ Dao Integration cultivators showed signs of awakening, but a blue-robed figure beyond the Immortal Realm warned the old powers not to appear and pointed a colossal finger toward the realm.

Wuhan stopped the Immortal Courts from attacking Chu Kuangren again before the World Child Contest, wagering that Chu would survive the Eight Trigrams Furnace. The Dao Ancestor trusted that the furnace might become an opportunity for Chu, while Wuhan destroyed an approaching Void Creature’s war chariot; in Laojun City, the Heavenly Prides assumed Chu was dead.

• Wuhan’s colossal finger struck the Kunlun Immortal Court, silencing the Dao Integration cultivators and frightening the Great Encompassment cultivators, while the Eastern Emperor Immortal Court also withdrew its auras.
• Wuhan wagered with Immortal Emperor Juexin and Black Cloud Immortal Emperor that Chu Kuangren would survive the Eight Trigrams Furnace; they agreed not to attack Chu before the World Child Contest and to guard the void.
• Void, Master Zhang, and Linghua left the Immortal Court, while Juexin and Black Cloud wondered whether Wuhan had proven the Primordial Unity Dao and how powerful he had become.
• On a Nameless Ancient Star, Wuhan spoke with the purple-robed Dao Ancestor, who explained that he had stopped Wuhan from opening the furnace because Chu’s void fate profile might let him turn it into an opportunity.
• Wuhan destroyed a golden war chariot emerging from a vortex and identified the approaching threat as Void Creatures growing restless before the great calamity.
• In Laojun City, the Heavenly Prides looked at the Eight Trigrams Furnace and believed Chu Kuangren’s legend had ended.

After news spread that Chu Kuangren had supposedly died in the Eight Trigrams Furnace, the Immortal Realm’s Monsters reacted to his fall and began emerging from hiding. Chu Hong refused to believe he was dead, while the reborn Golden Crow Young Ancestor prepared to return to the world.

• Shi Tianxuan confirmed the report of Chu Kuangren’s death, then celebrated alone and resolved to rule the era.
• The Xuanyuan Heir regretted that Chu Kuangren’s death might mean the loss of the Emperor Ultimate World-Shaking Art and declared his ambition to stand at the pinnacle of Sword Dao.
• Yuzhi learned that a mighty figure from the Immortal Court had plotted against Chu Kuangren and vowed to remember her hatred until she could challenge the Immortal Court.
• Feng Qingtian emerged from the Phoenix Nest, believing Chu Kuangren’s fall left him free to enter the world.
• Chu Hong rejected the news and resolved to cultivate until her brother returned.
• The Golden Crow Young Ancestor was reborn through the Golden Crow Dao Embryo and saw Chu Kuangren’s reported death as his chance to return.

Trapped in the Eight Trigrams Furnace, Chu Kuangren used the Six-Ding Heavenly Fire and the Hàn Bá True Body to strengthen his body and cultivation. Twenty years later, High Person Gu He discovered that Chu Kuangren was still alive and had emerged with a flawless immortal body.

• Chu Kuangren failed to damage the Eight Trigrams Furnace and learned that the Nine-Turn Golden Core inside it was only half-refined.
• Chu Kuangren realized the Hàn Bá True Body could absorb flames, then began using the Six-Ding Heavenly Fire to temper himself.
• Chu Kuangren endured the heavenly fire as his undying body restored him, steadily strengthening his flesh and cultivation.
• Chu Kuangren removed his protective treasures and absorbed the furnace's flames and elixir qi to continue cultivating.
• High Person Gu He spent twenty years studying alchemical knowledge without noticing Chu Kuangren's progress.
• High Person Gu He inspected the furnace after sensing a disturbance and saw Chu Kuangren emerge from a fireball with a flawless immortal body.

After twenty years inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace, Chu Kuangren had forged a supreme Immortal Body and killed its artifact spirit, High Person Gu He. He found a way out, swallowed a Nine-Turn Golden Core to strengthen himself, while outside, Laojun City’s alchemy feast drew Heavenly Prides who remembered him as dead.

• Chu Kuangren revealed his perfected Immortal Body and confronted High Person Gu He inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• Chu Kuangren used the Flower of Desire and Six Dust Demon Hooks to trap High Person Gu He, and Desire Flower absorbed his soul and desire.
• Chu Kuangren used Xiao Ai to locate the furnace’s weak point between its lid and body, then swallowed the partially refined Nine-Turn Golden Core to raise his cultivation.
• The alchemy feast began in Laojun City, where Heavenly Prides gathered beneath the Eight Trigrams Furnace and recalled Chu Kuangren’s supposed death twenty years earlier.

At the Way of Alchemy feast in Laojun City, Ji De won a Seven-Turn Golden Core while several powerful young Monsters discussed the Immortal Ranking and Chu Kuangren. Lan Yu arrived to visit Laojun’s furnace, sensed that its power had weakened, and knocked back the Third Dragon Crown Prince when he disturbed her.

• Ji De, the Third Dragon Crown Prince, Hen Changtian, and other Monsters competed for the Seven-Turn Golden Core, which Ji De won.
• The Third Dragon Crown Prince and others said they had come because the Immortal Ranking placed them below Chu Kuangren.
• Lan Yu arrived in Laojun City and went straight to Laojun’s furnace to remember Chu Kuangren.
• Lan Yu noticed the Eight Trigrams Furnace had grown weaker and hoped Chu Kuangren was about to emerge.
• The Third Dragon Crown Prince tried to grab Lan Yu, but she blasted him back with her Immortal Essence.

Lan Yu fought Ji De, Hen Changtian, and the Third Dragon Crown Prince after they challenged her Immortal Rankings position, and her superior cultivation gave her the advantage. As she prepared to finish the fight, the ninth-ranked Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence arrived in Laojun City.

• Lan Yu confronted Ji De, Hen Changtian, and the Third Dragon Crown Prince, who challenged her ranking and questioned her strength.
• Lan Yu defeated Ji De in their opening exchanges and revealed that she was a fifth-grade Golden Immortal.
• Ji De and Hen Changtian joined forces with the Third Dragon Crown Prince to attack Lan Yu.
• Lan Yu used River of Light to repel the three Monsters and emerged with the upper hand.
• Lan Yu raised her staff to deliver a final blow, but the Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence arrived on a Nine-Headed Lion.

The Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence fought Lan Yu in Laojun City while the Immortal Court’s mighty figures discussed refining Chu Kuangren in the Eight Trigrams Furnace. The furnace erupted, and Chu Kuangren reappeared in a blaze of heavenly fire.

• The Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence arrived in Laojun City and told Lan Yu he would protect Ji De, so they exchanged attacks.
• The Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence revealed his seventh-grade Golden Immortal cultivation and sent the exhausted Lan Yu flying.
• The Immortal Court’s mighty figures discussed Chu Kuangren’s refinement and the power of Transcendence they hoped to extract from him.
• A crash from the Eight Trigrams Furnace shook Laojun City, alarming the Immortal Court’s mighty figures and other powerful beings across the Immortal Realm.
• The Eight Trigrams Furnace’s lid blasted off, and Chu Kuangren reappeared amid the heavenly fire.

Chu Kuangren emerged unharmed from the Eight Trigrams Furnace after twenty years, reuniting with Lan Yu in Laojun City. When the Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence attacked to prove he had surpassed Chu Kuangren, Chu Kuangren stood unscathed and questioned his claim.

• Chu Kuangren blasted open the Eight Trigrams Furnace and appeared before the stunned Heavenly Prides and Monsters in Laojun City.
• Chu Kuangren greeted Lan Yu, noticed her injuries, and learned that the Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence had hurt her.
• Chu Kuangren approached the Monsters, and the Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence claimed that he and the others had surpassed Chu Kuangren during his absence.
• The Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence attacked Chu Kuangren with Endless Wind-Thunder Tribulation, unleashing his full strength.
• Chu Kuangren emerged from the wind and thunder without a scratch and asked whether this was the Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence's so-called surpassing.

Chu Kuangren effortlessly overwhelmed the Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence, destroying his rune army with a breath of Sword Qi. After killing him, Chu Kuangren slew Ji De, the Third Dragon Crown Prince, and Hen Changtian for attacking Lan Yu.

• Chu Kuangren grievously wounded the Young Imperial Guard of Azure Florescence with one finger.
• The Young Imperial Guard summoned thousands of rune puppets, but Chu Kuangren destroyed them all with a breath of Sword Qi.
• The Nine-Headed Lion cowered before Chu Kuangren, while the Young Imperial Guard tried to flee.
• Chu Kuangren used the Spacetime Sealing Art to trap the Young Imperial Guard and killed him with a sword strike.
• Chu Kuangren recognized Ji De, the Third Dragon Crown Prince, and Hen Changtian as attackers of Lan Yu and killed all three with one sweep of sword light.

After escaping the Eight Trigrams Furnace, Chu Kuangren returned to Laojun City, and news of his survival shook the Immortal Realm. The chapter leaves the realm’s Heavenly Prides and Monsters anticipating his return, with some plotting revenge and others warning that no one can defeat him alone.

• Master Zhang sensed Chu Kuangren’s aura and laughed at the Immortal Court’s failure to kill him.
• Chu Kuangren treated Lan Yu’s injuries and learned about the Immortal Ranking before they planned to return to the Academy.
• Shi Tianxuan resolved to defeat Chu Kuangren himself so he could clear the shadow over his Dao Heart and reach the Great Encompassment realm.
• The Lord of the East Divine Son admitted he feared Chu Kuangren, while the Xiangjun Divine Son vowed revenge for Xiang’er and dismissed Chu as a relic of the past.
• The Great Fate Goddess recalled the fear Chu Kuangren inspired, and the Xiangjun Divine Son insisted he wanted to face him.
• The Zhuanxu Heir and Xuanyuan Heir discussed Chu Kuangren’s return, and the Xuanyuan Heir concluded that no one could defeat him alone.

After returning to the Academy, Chu Kuangren learned that the Immortal Ranking was an Immortal Court scheme to weaken the realm’s Heavenly Prides and build prestige for the Eastern Emperor Divine Son. As Chu Kuangren considered testing the newly risen contenders, the Demon Nation’s Heavenly Universe King arrived at the Academy to challenge him.

• Chu Kuangren reunited with Lü Zi, Wang Heaven-Sinking, and the Academy’s students, then received greetings from friends across the Immortal Realm.
• Chu Kuangren met his clone and learned that the Immortal Ranking had been created under suspicious circumstances to provoke battles among Heavenly Prides and World Children.
• Chu Kuangren decided to visit Five Elements Mountain, where Yuan Zhan had invited ranked Heavenly Prides to fight.
• The Eastern Emperor Divine Son admitted that he had designed the Immortal Ranking to exhaust his rivals and claim first place, but Chu Kuangren’s return threatened his plan.
• The Demon Nation’s Heavenly Universe King arrived at the Hundred Schools Academy and challenged Chu Kuangren to fight.

The Heavenly Universe King challenged Chu Kuangren to avenge his brother, the Peerless King, but Chu Kuangren killed him with one strike of the Great Wilderness Halberd Technique. Shi Tianxuan learned of the defeat, raged over the Demon Nation’s losses, and ordered its expansion to strengthen his cultivation.

• The Heavenly Universe King ignored Shi Tianxuan’s order to return and vowed to avenge his brother and test Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren met the Heavenly Universe King outside the Hundred Schools Academy with Lan Yu beside him.
• The Heavenly Universe King attacked with the Demon Suppressing Rivers and Seas Art, but Chu Kuangren countered with Shatter the Stars and killed him instantly.
• Chu Kuangren left with Lan Yu as Academy students praised his strength.
• Shi Tianxuan spat blood in fury and ordered the Demon Nation to expand its territory and monitor Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren used a Random Enhancement Card and raised his soul to the Grand Void Realm, condensing a Soul Flower and nearing the Great Encompassment Realm. He then headed to Five Elements Mountain, where Yuan Zhan was gathering Heavenly Prides, and watched as Gu Tiandao arrived.

• Chu Kuangren drew and used a Random Enhancement Card, which enhanced his soul ability.
• His Eighteen-Turn Three-Origin Soul Refining Art advanced to the sixteenth turn, raising his soul to the Grand Void Realm.
• Chu Kuangren condensed a seven-petaled Soul Flower, giving him one foot in the Great Encompassment Realm.
• At Five Elements Mountain, cultivators discussed the legends of the Ape Ancestor and Yuan Zhan's rise to tenth place on the Immortal Ranking.
• Yuan Zhan noticed an arrival, and Gu Tiandao, ranked twenty-seventh on the Immortal Ranking, appeared.

Yuan Zhan gathered powerful Immortal Realm Monsters at Five Elements Mountain for martial combat, where Lei Yangzi tested his strength with a lightning attack. As the gathered rivals prepared to challenge one another, Chu Kuangren arrived at the mountain.

• Gu Tiandao, Ji Feiyu, Qin Tianya, and other powerful Monsters answered Yuan Zhan's invitation to gather at Five Elements Mountain.
• Lei Yangzi descended in a massive ball of lightning and attacked Five Elements Mountain.
• Yuan Zhan transformed into a gigantic ape and shattered Lei Yangzi's lightning attack with a punch.
• Lei Yangzi appeared and challenged Yuan Zhan to begin the martial contest, while Gu Tiandao and Qin Tianya voiced their dissatisfaction with their Immortal Ranking positions.
• Chu Kuangren and another figure approached Five Elements Mountain, and the gathered Monsters recognized him.