Recaps

Senior Brother Xue and two Mystic Star Sect disciples failed to break Han Li’s formation, so they stayed outside the valley to wait for him. Inside, Han Li ignored them and began refining pills from Red Crystal Treasure Tree leaves, Golden Jade Flame Dragon Fruit, and other ingredients.

• Senior Brother Xue and his two junior brothers combined their strongest techniques against one point of Han Li’s formation, but it withstood their attacks.
• After exhausting themselves, the disciples suggested giving up, but Senior Brother Xue refused and decided to wait outside the valley for Han Li.
• Han Li remained unconcerned about the attackers and brought out his Pill Furnace to begin refining pills.
• Han Li extracted the essence from the Red Crystal Treasure Tree leaves and Golden Jade Flame Dragon Fruit, then added the remaining ingredients.
• Han Li gathered all the medicinal essences together in the flames and sat beside the Pill Furnace as they began to merge.

Han Li completed a powerful pill whose fragrance and Lightning Tribulation drew thousands of contestants to the valley. As the crowd gathered outside the formation, Xue Hai revealed that the pills were inside and left the newcomers to try breaking in.

• Han Li refined a pill that developed power and tried to escape, but he caught it after opening the Pill Furnace.
• The pill’s fragrance reached Senior Brother Xue and his two companions, who realized someone was refining pills inside the valley and decided to wait for him to emerge.
• A Lightning Tribulation struck the valley, attracting contestants who flew in to investigate.
• The newcomers recognized Xue Hai and the medicinal fragrance, then gathered in growing numbers around the valley.
• Xue Hai told the crowd that the pills were inside the valley and that they would have to break through its sturdy formation.

Han Li emerged from his valley formation and faced a crowd demanding the pills he had refined. He baited them into attacking Xue Hai, leaving Xue Hai surrounded and fighting for his life.

• Han Li dissolved the formation and flew out of the valley, where the crowd recognized him as one of Kunlun's thirteen disciples.
• Xue Hai demanded that Han Li hand over the pill, and the crowd pressed in to threaten him.
• Han Li revealed several precious pills, then casually ate one, provoking the crowd to charge at him.
• Han Li evaded the attackers and tossed a pill to Xue Hai, claiming Xue Hai had taken all the pills and urging the crowd to attack him.
• More than a thousand people pursued Xue Hai, who was battered by attacks until he threw away the pill, though many still continued after him.

Han Li’s pill bait turned the first-round gathering into a free-for-all that left only a little over a hundred people standing. When they accused him of manipulating them, he offered five healing pills, sparking one final fight and leaving five exhausted survivors before him.

• Xue Hai insisted he had received only one pill from Han Li, but the crowd beat him unconscious, searched him, and stripped away his possessions.
• After finding no pills on Xue Hai, the fighters continued battling until the several thousand participants dwindled to just over a hundred.
• The survivors realized Han Li had disappeared during the fighting and suspected he had used them to fight one another.
• Han Li revealed himself and offered five healing pills, prompting the survivors to accuse him of trying to provoke another brawl.
• A man attacked a nearby survivor despite having condemned Han Li’s scheme, and the others soon joined the final free-for-all.
• The fighting left five barely standing survivors before Han Li.

Han Li refused to give the five battered survivors the pills they believed they had fought to win, insisting he had never promised them. His shameless argument enraged them, and two collapsed after spitting blood.

• Five bloodied contestants asked Han Li to hand over the pills after becoming the last ones standing.
• Han Li denied promising them any pills and argued that saying there were too few to go around did not mean he would give them to the winners.
• The five accused Han Li of misleading them and demanded that he take responsibility for their fight and injuries.
• Han Li insisted that he had never told them to fight and blamed them for choosing to do so.
• One contestant spat blood and passed out, and a second spat blood before falling to the ground.

Han Li left after provoking five injured men into collapsing, while Zixing faced harassment from Zheng Tian and his lackeys on another floating immortal island. Zheng Tian ordered his men to surround her after she refused his advances and prepared to fight.

• Han Li watched the five men collapse after his taunts and left the scene, dismissing responsibility for the thousand-plus people lying on the ground.
• Zixing encountered Zheng Tian and five or six lackeys, who tried to persuade her to go with him.
• Zheng Tian boasted that his family and the Heart Refining Sect were more powerful than Kunlun, but Zixing scorned him and his sect.
• Zixing gathered immortal light in her hand and prepared to fight after Zheng Tian threatened her.
• Zheng Tian shouted at his lackeys, who took combat stances and surrounded Zixing.

Zixing faced Zheng Tian and his Immortal King Fifth Layer bodyguards, who planned to assault her, but she remained unafraid and prepared to kill them. Ding Han arrived and offered to protect her, while Zheng Tian exposed him as another notorious womanizer, leaving the two rivals trading insults.

• Zheng Tian's bodyguards surrounded Zixing, and he threatened to use her and then hand her over to them.
• Zixing ignored Zheng Tian's threats and readied her immortal light to kill the men.
• Ding Han arrived on a shining spear and mocked Zheng Tian for pursuing women.
• Ding Han offered Zixing protection, and Zheng Tian warned her that Ding Han was a flower thief who preyed on young women.
• Ding Han denied being a lecher and claimed he cherished beautiful fairies, while insulting Zheng Tian.

Ding Han revealed his Immortal King Fifth Layer cultivation while competing with Zheng Tian for Zixing, but she refused to choose either man and insulted them both. The chapter ended with Ding Han’s patience breaking as he turned a murderous gaze on her.

• Ding Han claimed he would protect Zixing and revealed that he had reached the Immortal King Fifth Layer, surprising Zheng Tian and his lackeys.
• Zheng Tian threatened Ding Han, but Ding Han insisted that Zixing should choose between them rather than follow a first-come, first-served rule.
• Zixing urged the two men to settle who was stronger, but both refused to fight and demanded that she choose.
• Zixing called Zheng Tian and Ding Han trash, angering them both.
• Ding Han renewed his offer to protect Zixing, but she mocked his abilities, and he fixed her with a murderous gaze.

Ding Han attacked Zixing after she mocked him, but she vanished before his Immortal King Fifth Layer palm could hit her. Ding Han and Zheng Tian’s followers could not explain how she escaped and suspected she had hidden strength or a powerful Law Treasure.

• Ding Han grew furious at Zixing’s taunts, while Zheng Tian mocked him and watched for a chance to assess his strength.
• Ding Han lunged at Zixing with a powerful palm strike, expecting to crush her.
• Zixing vanished just before the strike landed, and Ding Han’s palm left a huge crater in the ground.
• Ding Han searched for Zixing in confusion, while Zheng Tian asked his followers whether they had seen her disappear.
• Zheng Tian’s followers admitted they had not noticed Zixing’s escape and speculated that she had hidden abilities or a powerful Law Treasure.

Ding Han searched for Zixing but could not sense her, even after unleashing the Star Wind Divine Incantation across a vast area. He concluded that she had fled beyond his range, while Zheng Tian and his lackeys remained baffled by her disappearance.

• Zheng Tian mocked Ding Han, expecting the mysterious girl to give him trouble.
• Ding Han tried to locate Zixing with every form of perception he possessed but found no trace of her.
• Ding Han unleashed the Star Wind Divine Incantation, which spread through the surroundings as a searching breeze.
• Zheng Tian recognized the secret method and expected it to reveal the girl's hiding place.
• Ding Han extended the search across more than ten million li but still failed to detect Zixing.
• Ding Han suspected Zixing had escaped beyond his search range, while Zheng Tian and his lackeys speculated about how she had vanished.

Zixing reappeared where she had vanished, shocking Ding Han and Zheng Tian’s group. Ding Han trapped her with the Star Wind Divine Incantation and attacked, while Zixing revealed she had never left and remained confident he could not harm her.

• Zixing appeared again in the exact spot where she had disappeared, leaving Ding Han, Zheng Tian, and his followers bewildered.
• Ding Han accused Zixing of provoking him and used the Star Wind Divine Incantation to form a starlit cage around her.
• Ding Han claimed the spell would let him track Zixing even if she hid again.
• Zixing told Ding Han he was still an ant and revealed she had never left her spot.
• Ding Han charged at Zixing and swung a glowing fist toward her shoulder.

Ding Han attacked Zixing with his fists and the Snow Flood Dragon Silver Spear, but she calmly stopped his blows with immortal light. Zheng Tian watched the clash, judging both fighters and considering what it meant for his own strength.

• Ding Han charged Zixing with powerful punches, but her fingertip's immortal light blocked every strike.
• Ding Han summoned the Snow Flood Dragon Silver Spear and unleashed a flood dragon that Zixing bound with wisps of immortal light.
• Ding Han gripped his spear in both hands and thrust it at Zixing with overwhelming force.
• Zheng Tian's followers admitted Ding Han was stronger than they were in a one-on-one fight, while Zheng Tian ignored them and watched Zixing closely.
• Zheng Tian saw the battle as a chance to assess his own strength and resolve to keep improving in the Void Kun Realm.

Zixing effortlessly blocked Ding Han’s full-strength spear strike and destroyed his Thirteen Spears of the Startled Dragon with a glance. Ding Han was left badly injured, while Zheng Tian and his companions questioned their assumptions about Zixing’s strength.

• Ding Han’s spear struck Zixing’s finger, but she calmly stopped his full-force attack and wounded his hands with the recoil.
• Ding Han, unwilling to retreat before Zheng Tian, unleashed his Thirteen Spears of the Startled Dragon at Zixing.
• Zixing’s glance shattered all thirteen spears and sent Ding Han flying to the ground, coughing up blood.
• Zheng Tian and his companions realized Zixing had shown no sign of using a Law Treasure and wondered whether she was stronger than Gu Xinghui and the others.

Ding Han fled after Zixing overwhelmed him, and Zheng Tian and his followers also hurried away when Zixing disappeared. As Ding Han escaped, he feared Zixing and resolved never to provoke anyone from the Kunlun Holy Land again.

• Ding Han panicked after Zixing wounded him and fled at full speed.
• Zheng Tian realized Ding Han had run away, then discovered Zixing had vanished too.
• Zheng Tian’s followers boasted after Zixing disappeared, but Zheng Tian ordered them to flee and escaped first.
• Ding Han assumed Zixing had gone after Zheng Tian and felt relieved that Zheng Tian might distract her.
• Ding Han reflected on Zixing’s strength and the Kunlun Holy Land’s power, resolving not to provoke its people again.

Zixing relentlessly pursued Ding Han through the void and annihilated him with a single strike. Meanwhile, Zheng Tian and several lackeys fled, hoping to escape before Zixing could return for them.

• Ding Han fled at full speed after offending someone from Kunlun Holy Land, but Zixing repeatedly appeared in his path.
• Zixing raised her hand and unleashed the move Annihilate against Ding Han.
• Ding Han summoned his Spirit Shield Celestial Radiance, but Zixing's immortal light shattered it and turned him into motes of light.
• Zixing treated Ding Han's death as a trivial distraction from her long cultivation.
• Zheng Tian fled with several lackeys, believing they had time to get away while Zixing pursued Ding Han.

Zixing caught up with Zheng Tian and his followers after they fled, and she ignored their pleas and offers of wealth and influence. The chapter ended as she raised one finger and summoned a speck of milky-white immortal light that terrified them.

• Zheng Tian and his followers assumed Zixing could no longer catch them and planned to rest in a valley.
• Zixing appeared in their path, leaving Zheng Tian and his followers frozen with fear.
• Zheng Tian begged Zixing for mercy and offered treasures, while his followers promised wealth and the Heart Refining Sect's support.
• Zixing remained unmoved as Zheng Tian desperately asked what he could do to appease her.
• Zixing extended one finger and summoned a tiny speck of immortal light that filled the surroundings with overwhelming pressure and cold.

Zixing killed Zheng Tian and his lackeys with a flick of immortal light during the Void Kun Realm’s Genius Battle. As the first selection round continued, the Kunlun Holy Land’s Ling Kong sat isolated from the other powers’ leaders.

• Zixing sent immortal light at Zheng Tian and his lackeys, piercing Zheng Tian’s shield and destroying the group and their defenses.
• Zheng Tian recalled his past cruelties and realized his death was retribution for his actions.
• Zixing left after killing Zheng Tian and the others.
• The first selection round continued as leaders of the Void Kun Realm’s powers gathered to drink tea and discuss the Dao.
• Ling Kong sat alone while the other leaders ignored the Kunlun Holy Land, and he accepted their ostracism without concern.

Ling Kong tried to find peace while the Heart Refining Sect master and Mystic Star Sect master exchanged praise and probed each other’s sect strength. The Mystic Star Sect master concealed his sect’s secrets, while the Heart Refining Sect master confirmed that one of his elders had reached the Hunyuan Divine Emperor Realm Stage.

• Ling Kong sat quietly and tried to block out the surrounding chatter.
• The Heart Refining Sect master praised the Mystic Star Sect’s disciples, including Xue Hai, while seeking to assess their strength.
• The Mystic Star Sect master accepted the praise modestly and claimed that two elders had died attempting to break through to the Hunyuan Divine Emperor Realm Stage.
• The Mystic Star Sect master asked whether an elder of the Heart Refining Sect had reached that realm five hundred years earlier.
• The Heart Refining Sect master confirmed the breakthrough, startling the gathered leaders.

Ling Kong ignored sect leaders who tried to summon him, provoking their anger as they mocked Kunlun Holy Land’s small delegation. He answered their taunts with confidence that Kunlun’s disciples would survive even if every one of theirs perished.

• The Heart Refining Sect Master revealed that his elder had failed his tribulation and died, despite other sect leaders initially congratulating him on gaining a Hunyuan Divine Emperor expert.
• Sect leaders discussed Kunlun Holy Land and approached Ling Kong, inviting him to speak in a condescending manner.
• Ling Kong ignored them and continued sitting with his eyes closed, enraging the Heart Refining Sect Master and the others.
• Several sect leaders berated Ling Kong and claimed Kunlun’s thirteen disciples had likely been eliminated or slaughtered.
• Ling Kong dismissed their threats and declared that Kunlun’s disciples would be fine even if all their disciples died.

Ling Kong dismissed the other sects as inferior to Kunlun, prompting their leaders to leave in anger. The Mystic Star Sect Master discovered that Xue Hai had been severely injured and eliminated, leaving him furious and bewildered as others reacted with shock or concealed satisfaction.

• Ling Kong declared that Kunlun's disciples could not be compared with the other sects' disciples, and the Mystic Star Sect Master led the offended leaders away.
• The Mystic Star Sect Master checked the competition results and noticed that Xue Hai was missing from the active contestants.
• The Mystic Star Sect Master found Xue Hai listed among the eliminated contestants as severely injured and struggled to believe it.
• The Heart Refining Sect Master asked whether Xue Hai had been eliminated while secretly rejoicing at the news.
• The gathered sect leaders expressed shock, regret, or feigned sympathy toward the furious Mystic Star Sect Master.

The Mystic Star Sect Master rushed to the judge to learn how Xue Hai had been eliminated, while other sect masters followed, eager to discover what happened. The judge finally agreed to show them the Water Light Mirror, which had recorded the elimination.

• The Mystic Star Sect Master hurried to Xue Hai’s floating immortal island to demand an account of his elimination.
• The Heart Refining Sect Master and other sect masters followed, joking and speculating about who had defeated Xue Hai.
• The judge explained that he had only monitored the island as a whole and had not tracked Xue Hai individually.
• The Heart Refining Sect Master and the gathered sect masters urged the judge to show them what had happened.
• The judge summoned the Water Light Mirror, which had recorded Xue Hai’s elimination.

The Water Light Mirror revealed that Xue Hai was eliminated after a mob brutally attacked him for his pills. The Mystic Star Sect master demanded the full story, and the replay showed that Xue Hai and others had first tried to rob Han Li, who outwitted them by sowing discord.

• The referee used the Water Light Mirror to find and display the scene of Xue Hai's elimination.
• The replay showed Xue Hai throwing away a pill, but the crowd continued attacking him and beat him until he collapsed.
• The onlookers expressed shock and sympathy, while the Mystic Star Sect master grew furious over his disciple's humiliating defeat.
• The Mystic Star Sect master demanded to see the earlier events, and the referee adjusted the mirror.
• The replay revealed that Xue Hai and others had tried to seize Han Li's pills, but Han Li had tricked them into turning against Xue Hai.
• The Heart Refining Sect master wondered why Han Li's pills were so valuable.

The sect masters condemned Han Li for using pills and deception to help eliminate Xue Hai, while the Mystic Star Sect master argued with the smug Heart Refining Sect master. Their taunts were interrupted when a Heart Refining Sect elder reported that his son had died and demanded justice.

• The Mystic Star Sect master blamed Han Li for scheming against Xue Hai, and other sect masters joined in condemning Han Li as dishonorable.
• The Heart Refining Sect master mocked Xue Hai's defeat and boasted that his disciples would defeat Kunlun's disciples.
• The Mystic Star Sect master challenged the Heart Refining Sect master's confidence and hoped his sect would suffer a similar humiliation.
• A Heart Refining Sect elder rushed in, knelt before his sect master, and announced that his son was dead.

The Heart Refining Sect Master investigated Zheng Tian’s death at Zheng Yong’s urging and viewed the waterlight mirror’s recording. The footage showed a young woman from Kunlun killing Zheng Tian and several Immortal King Fifth Layer experts with one finger, leaving everyone stunned by her strength.

• Zheng Yong begged the Heart Refining Sect Master to avenge his son Zheng Tian, and the sect master agreed to investigate.
• The Heart Refining Sect Master and other sect masters confronted the judge overseeing the island and insisted he check Zheng Tian’s death.
• The judge used the waterlight mirror to find the scene of Zheng Tian’s death.
• The recording showed a young woman from Kunlun killing Zheng Tian and several lackeys with a single finger.
• Zheng Yong realized his lackeys had been Immortal King Fifth Layer experts and wondered whether the woman was the strongest genius in the Void Kun Realm.

After Zheng Tian and his followers were killed, Zheng Yong and the other sect masters accused Kunlun Holy Land of giving its disciples powerful secret treasures and demanded the sect be disqualified. The Heart Refining Sect Master brought the complaint to the leaders of the four sects, but the Vast Sea Sect Master seemed unimpressed.

• Zheng Yong and the gathered sect masters speculated that the Kunlun girl had used powerful secret treasures to kill Zheng Tian and his followers.
• The sect masters denounced Kunlun Holy Land for breaking the competition's rules and called for its disqualification.
• Zheng Yong pleaded with the Heart Refining Sect Master to seek justice, and the Heart Refining Sect Master promised to report the matter.
• The Heart Refining Sect Master returned to the venue with the others and accused Kunlun's disciples of using unauthorized secret treasures.
• The Vast Sea Sect Master questioned why the accusation was being treated so seriously, since genius disciples commonly used secret treasures.