Recaps

After Qin Hui withdrew, the Vast Sea Sect Master announced strict individual-battle rules for the second round of the Void Kun Genius Battle. The Kunlun disciples dismissed the mockery directed at them, and the chapter ended with Chen Xuanbei responding cryptically to Yingluo’s question about his cultivation.

• Sect Master Flying Snow persuaded Qin Hui to postpone his revenge and seek a chance to kill Su Jian in the arena, so Qin Hui left after threatening him.
• The Vast Sea Sect Master announced that contestants would draw lots for individual battles, lose immediately upon defeat, and register their weapons in advance; Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons and Half-Emperor Weapons were forbidden.
• Contestants praised the rules as fair while mocking the Kunlun disciples, but Mu Yan, Su Jian, and Ye Fan dismissed their assumptions.
• Mu Yan asked Ye Fan about his cultivation, and Ye Fan said he hoped to break through during the Void Kun Genius Battle.
• Yingluo asked Chen Xuanbei whether he was progressing as quickly as Ye Fan, and Chen Xuanbei said she thought too highly of him.

Chen Xuanbei complained that his cultivation had slowed, only to reveal he expected to reach the Hunyuan Divine Lord Realm Stage after the Void Kun Genius Battle. The disciples then asked about Luo Feng and Shi Hao, whose cultivation prospects proved even more astonishing.

• Chen Xuanbei said his cultivation had slowed since reaching the Heavenly Emperor Realm Stage, and Yingluo and Youruo comforted him.
• Chen Xuanbei revealed he expected to break through to the Hunyuan Divine Lord Realm Stage after the Genius Battle, shocking the others, who accused him of showing off.
• Luo Feng said he was about the same as Ye Fan and expected to break through soon while casually eating divine metal.
• Luo Feng asked Shi Hao about his progress, and Shi Hao said he did not expect to advance to Hunyuan Divine Lord.
• Shi Hao explained that his deep accumulation meant he expected to break straight through to the Hunyuan Divine King Realm Stage, leaving Yingluo and Ziyue awkward and exasperated.

The Kunlun disciples gathered for the second round of the competition after Shi Hao surprised them with his cultivation plans. The Vast Sea Sect Master assigned opponents, leaving contestants to react to their matchups as the next stage approached.

• Shi Hao said he could not advance to Hunyuan Divine Lord, prompting Mu Yan to scold him for showing off, while Su Jian praised his talent.
• Qin Haoran and Xie Purou led the group to the second-round drawing site, where hundreds of millions of contestants gathered.
• The Vast Sea Sect Master released tokens that identified each contestant's opponent and linked the two competitors.
• A young man discovered that he would face Gu Xinghui, despaired at first, then resolved to fight rather than give up.
• A tall young man learned that Xue Yuexin was his opponent and eagerly anticipated meeting her up close.
• The drawing ended, and contestants who had been matched against Kunlun disciples wondered whether they would prove strong in individual combat.

Su Jian and Qin Hui were paired for the second round, stirring up anticipation for their grudge match. When a referee challenged Su Jian for failing to report his Law Treasures, Su Jian said he would fight using only his body.

• Youruo’s opponent admired her beauty and imagined persuading her to leave Kunlun Holy Land.
• Qin Hui and Su Jian were matched against each other, and Qin Hui provoked Su Jian while Su Jian ignored him.
• The second round began, and Su Jian went to his arena, where the referee tried and failed to see through his concealed cultivation.
• The referee discovered Su Jian had not reported any weapons or Law Treasures, prompting contestants to accuse him of seeking an unfair advantage.
• Su Jian calmly told the crowd that he planned to fight with only his body and asked whether he still needed to submit a report.

Su Jian entered the arena without weapons and evaded Qin Hui’s opening attack with astonishing speed. Qin Hui then activated a registered Law Treasure to scatter hidden golden petals throughout the arena and search for Su Jian.

• Su Jian insisted he would fight using only his body, and the referee barred him from using unregistered weapons, Law Treasures, or talismans.
• Su Jian and Qin Hui entered the arena, where Qin Hui vowed to avenge his brother and attacked Su Jian with a powerful punch.
• Su Jian dodged Qin Hui’s punch, surprising Qin Hui and the older experts watching the duel.
• Qin Hui activated a small golden flower Law Treasure, scattering petals that vanished into the void and could reveal Su Jian if he touched them.

Qin Hui used a tracking petal and unleashed his Golden Crow technique against Su Jian, but Su Jian effortlessly destroyed the attack. Enraged, Qin Hui brought out two powerful Law Treasures, determined to end the fight.

• Qin Hui used a golden flower petal to track Su Jian, who revealed that he had allowed himself to be found.
• Qin Hui attacked with the Secret Method "Golden Crow Shines upon the Sun," summoning a massive flaming Golden Crow.
• Su Jian dismissed Qin Hui's flames and cut the Golden Crow in half with a single strand of Sword Qi.
• Su Jian challenged Qin Hui to use his remaining methods, while Qin Hui grew furious at his effortless defense.
• Qin Hui brought out the Myriad Beast Mirror and a mysterious wooden treasure box, declaring that he would end the battle.

Qin Hui unleashed the Myriad Beast Mirror against Su Jian, but Su Jian’s sword domain neutralized its beam and cut down its summoned beasts. The onlookers recognized Su Jian as a formidable sword Dao genius, while Qin Hui was left shaken and the duel remained unresolved.

• Qin Hui activated the Myriad Beast Mirror, summoning a host of ferocious beasts and firing a suppressive beam at Su Jian.
• Su Jian’s sword domain blocked the beam and dispersed its power.
• Su Jian’s Sword Qi shredded the charging beasts before they could reach him.
• Qin Hui was shocked by the failure of his treasure and felt fear of Su Jian’s Sword Qi.
• The older-generation experts praised Su Jian’s sword Dao and reconsidered who would win the duel.

Su Jian effortlessly resisted Qin Hui’s Four-Directions Box and killed him with a single strand of Sword Qi. The watching experts were stunned and began arguing over whether they could recruit Su Jian from Kunlun Holy Land.

• Qin Hui activated the Four-Directions Box to pull Su Jian inside, but Su Jian remained unmoved.
• Su Jian flicked out a strand of Sword Qi that cut the Four-Directions Box in half and split Qin Hui’s body.
• The older-generation experts watching were shocked that Su Jian had killed Qin Hui with such ease.
• The experts praised Su Jian’s sword talent and argued over recruiting him from Kunlun Holy Land.

Su Jian killed Qin Hui and won the match, stunning the referee and the onlookers. Sect Master Flying Snow learned that his disciple had died and, enraged, threatened to kill everyone from Kunlun as the arena began to collapse.

• Su Jian asked the elderly referee to end the match, and the referee confirmed that Su Jian had won by killing Qin Hui.
• Sect Master Flying Snow arrived expecting to celebrate Qin Hui’s victory, while the onlookers struggled to tell him the truth.
• The elderly referee told Sect Master Flying Snow that Su Jian had killed Qin Hui, and the sect master’s pressure nearly overwhelmed him.
• Sect Master Flying Snow saw Qin Hui’s body in the arena and realized his disciple had lost and died.
• Sect Master Flying Snow unleashed his killing intent, caused the arena to crack and collapse, and roared that he would kill everyone from Kunlun.

After killing Qin Hui in the arena, Su Jian returned to the Kunlun Holy Land’s rest area, but Sect Master Flying Snow came back seeking revenge. Su Jian defended his victory as lawful and publicly insulted the enraged sect master, leaving a confrontation imminent.

• Sect Master Flying Snow burned Qin Hui’s corpse and set off with killing intent, while others hurried after him to stop him from making trouble.
• Su Jian returned to the Kunlun Holy Land’s rest area and learned that Shi Hao, Ye Fan, and Han Li were still toying with their opponents.
• Sect Master Flying Snow descended on Kunlun and accused Su Jian of killing Qin Hui, drawing a crowd of shocked spectators.
• Su Jian declared that Qin Hui had lost fairly under the arena’s rules and called Sect Master Flying Snow an old dog.
• Sect Master Flying Snow’s face turned purple with rage as Su Jian’s insult intensified his intent to kill.

Su Jian and the other Kunlun Holy Land disciples stood together to insult and defy Sect Master Flying Snow, trusting their master to protect them despite the gulf in strength. Sect Master Flying Snow erupted in fury and unleashed his Immortal Power against them.

• Su Jian called Sect Master Flying Snow an old dog and mocked him as worse than a dog.
• Mu Yan, Yingluo, and Qin Haoran joined Su Jian in rebuking Sect Master Flying Snow, while Zixing, Ziyue, Chen Xuanbei, Youruo, Luo Feng, and Xie Purou stepped forward beside them.
• Han Li, Ye Fan, and Shi Hao returned from their battles and joined the other disciples in forming a line against Sect Master Flying Snow.
• The disciples trusted that their master would not let Sect Master Flying Snow bully them, while onlookers wondered how Kunlun would respond.
• Sect Master Flying Snow, driven into a rage by the insults, declared that they would all die and unleashed his Immortal Power across the sky.

Sect Master Flying Snow prepared to kill Su Jian and the other Kunlun disciples, but a mysterious stranger restrained him and threatened to destroy his sect if he attacked. After the stranger vanished, Sect Master Flying Snow spared the disciples and left, while the onlookers wondered who had intervened.

• Sect Master Flying Snow unleashed a devastating attack on Su Jian and the others as the watching sect leaders waited to see how Kunlun Holy Land would respond.
• A strange fluctuation swept across the sky, causing everyone’s hearts to pound and freezing Sect Master Flying Snow in midair.
• The mysterious stranger warned Sect Master Flying Snow that the entire Flying Snow Sect would be destroyed if he harmed the Kunlun disciples.
• Sect Master Flying Snow asked the stranger who he was, but the stranger repeated his warning and disappeared.
• Sect Master Flying Snow regained control, dropped his killing intent toward Su Jian, warned the disciples, and left.

Sect Master Flying Snow concealed that a mysterious Kunlun powerhouse had threatened to annihilate his sect if he harmed the Kunlun disciples. When the Vast Sea Sect Master and the others pressed him for details, he admitted the warning and feared the stranger could kill him without resistance.

• After Sect Master Flying Snow left the Kunlun disciples unharmed, onlookers guessed a Kunlun powerhouse had intervened and followed him for answers.
• Sect Master Flying Snow claimed he had spared the disciples because he did not want to bully children, then lost his smile once he was alone.
• The Master of the Blood Jade Palace and the Master of Refining God Manor questioned Sect Master Flying Snow about the strange tremor they had felt and Kunlun's hidden strength.
• Sect Master Flying Snow told the Vast Sea Sect Master and the others that a mysterious powerhouse had threatened to annihilate the Flying Snow Sect if he touched the Kunlun disciples.
• The Vast Sea Sect Master asked whether the stranger could kill Sect Master Flying Snow, who recalled feeling utterly helpless before the warning.

Sect Master Flying Snow retreated after Ye Chen secretly demonstrated overwhelming power, while Ye Chen’s disciples teased four junior sisters about their private cultivation sessions. As Ye Chen deepened his understanding of the Heavenly Divine Realm, he sensed foreign things appearing in the Myriad Realms of the Heavens and went to investigate.

• Sect Master Flying Snow told the others that the mysterious person could kill him effortlessly, but he knew little else about that person.
• Su Jian and the others realized their master had driven Sect Master Flying Snow away, and Yingluo teased Zixing, Ziyue, Youruo, and Xie Purou about their private training with Ye Chen.
• Shi Hao asked Ye Fan what the senior sisters were discussing, then demanded private cultivation guidance from their master.
• Ye Chen comprehended the Heavenly Divine Realm’s core rules and considered Sect Master Flying Snow a whetstone for his thirteen disciples.
• Ye Chen sensed that something foreign had appeared in the Myriad Realms of the Heavens, vanished from the Heavenly Divine Realm, and returned there to investigate.

Ye Chen descended into the Yongzhang Great World and found eerie red Qi spreading from a spatial rift, while three cultivators debated whether to absorb it. The small, thin man finally agreed to try a little of the dangerous Qi.

• Ye Chen sensed the eerie Qi had spread from the Heavenly Divine Realm into the Yongzhang Great World and headed toward its source.
• The red Qi corroded the area around a spatial rift, tainting the mountains, rivers, and trees.
• A middle-aged man brought his companions to the rift, hoping the red Qi would help them overcome their cultivation bottlenecks.
• The woman and the small, thin man warned that the Qi was dangerous, but the middle-aged man urged them to take the chance.
• The small, thin man agreed to absorb a tiny amount of the red Qi and see what happened.

Three cultivators were corroded by strange red Qi pouring from a spatial rift, but Ye Chen arrived and used the power of rules to remove it from them and contain the leak. The cultivators woke with their bodies restored and their realms raised to Immortal King, while Ye Chen warned them that the Qi had nearly killed them.

• The female cultivator agreed to guard her two brothers while they approached the spatial rift to absorb its red Qi.
• The red Qi rushed into all three cultivators, corroded their bodies and souls, and transformed them into eerie beings whose realms surged to the Immortal King level.
• Ye Chen appeared, temporarily sealed the rift, then used the power of rules to restrain the red Qi and extract it from the three cultivators.
• The three cultivators regained consciousness with the corruption gone and discovered that they had all become Immortal Kings.
• The middle-aged man praised the red Qi, but Ye Chen told them they would have died without his intervention and continued collecting the Qi nearby.

Ye Chen sealed the eerie red rule that had infected the Myriad Realms of the Heavens, saved three cultivators, and returned to the Heavenly Divine Realm to investigate the threat. After the cultivators recognized him as the Lord of Kunlun, Ye Chen destroyed the captured rule and considered preparing his disciples for the danger ahead.

• Ye Chen gathered the eerie red presence, restrained it with the power of rules, and vanished after warning the three cultivators to be less curious.
• The three cultivators realized Ye Chen had saved them from the painful corruption that had accompanied their breakthroughs to the Immortal King Realm Stage.
• The female cultivator recognized Ye Chen as the Lord of Kunlun, and she and her brothers celebrated having met him.
• Ye Chen examined the captured eerie red presence and discovered it was an unfamiliar rule that had invaded the Myriad Realms of the Heavens.
• Ye Chen thought the Heavenly Divine Realm might face a growing threat and considered training his disciples to become powerful allies.
• Ye Chen crushed the eerie red rule with the power of other rules, making it disappear completely.

Ye Chen scanned the entire Void Kun Realm with his divine soul to check for more traces of the dangerous power. His sweep startled powerful reclusive experts across the realm, who wondered whether an immensely strong outsider had arrived.

• Ye Chen spread his divine soul power across the Void Kun Realm to search for similar cases.
• Vast Sea Sect's secluded old monsters felt the sweep, discussed who could possess such strength, and decided to act as though nothing had happened.
• Blood Jade Palace's secluded ancestors mistook the divine soul power for an attack and prepared to fight.
• After the sweep ended without an attack, the Blood Jade Palace ancestors debated whether an outsider or a newly ascended expert was responsible.
• The Blood Jade Palace ancestors rejected the idea that someone in the realm had just broken through and grew uneasy that an outside expert might target them.

Ye Chen swept his divine soul across the entire Void Kun Realm and discovered an eerie-power invasion. The realm’s powerful figures feared the mysterious expert and speculated about his intentions while the Vast Sea Sect Master planned to identify and recruit him.

• Blood Jade Palace ancestors and other hidden experts worried that Ye Chen might attack, then relaxed when nothing further happened.
• Ye Chen searched the entire Void Kun Realm with his divine soul and discovered a place being invaded by eerie power.
• Ye Chen vanished and rushed toward the site of the invasion.
• At the Void Kun Genius Battle, the Vast Sea Sect Master and the other leaders sensed Ye Chen’s overwhelming divine soul power and cautiously discussed his motives.
• The Vast Sea Sect Master decided to investigate Ye Chen’s identity and try to win him over, while resenting Kunlun’s personal disciples.

Ye Chen reached the Mist Swamp to investigate the long-standing red power at its depths, but paused to explore the strange region. A party seeking Extreme Baleful Intent Yin Dragon Divine Liquid encountered him near the swamp’s middle region.

• Ye Chen entered the Mist Swamp, whose disorienting mist could not affect him, and sensed the red power had been present for a long time.
• Ye Chen decided there was no need to rush toward the source and took the opportunity to study the swamp and its creatures.
• A ten-person party led by a bearded man entered the swamp, protected by four blue lamps, while Zhilan worried about the danger ahead.
• The party continued in search of the rare Extreme Baleful Intent Yin Dragon Divine Liquid, hoping to use it to improve their future breakthroughs.
• The bearded man spotted a figure in the mist and warned the party that it might be a swamp creature.
• The mist cleared to reveal Ye Chen, and the party relaxed when they saw he was a human cultivator.

Ye Chen encountered a group of cultivators in the Mist Swamp, where Zhilan became fascinated by him and warned him about the dangers ahead. After he continued into the mist, her companions rebuked her for trusting a stranger, and the group set off toward the Extreme Baleful Intent Yin Dragon Divine Liquid.

• The bearded man and his companions saw that Ye Chen was human and remained wary of him.
• Zhilan was captivated by Ye Chen, but her senior brother warned her that he could be dangerous.
• Zhilan cautioned Ye Chen about going deeper into the Mist Swamp, but he said he could travel through it safely and disappeared into the mist.
• The bearded man mocked Zhilan for watching Ye Chen leave, and she said she had thought he seemed like a good person.
• Zhilan's companions lectured her about trusting a stranger and letting outsiders join their group.
• The bearded man told the group to change direction and search near a hazy mountain peak for the Extreme Baleful Intent Yin Dragon Divine Liquid.

Ye Chen entered the Mist Swamp and defeated its powerful but instinct-driven creatures with ease. After killing several humanoid crocodiles, he crossed into the territory of another species, whose attacking roots burst apart before reaching him.

• Ye Chen waited as a hundred-foot humanoid crocodile charged from the mist and attacked him with its claws.
• Ye Chen evaded the crocodile's strikes and criticized its crude fighting techniques.
• When the crocodile attacked with its tail, Ye Chen sliced through it and the creature's body with a ray of white light, also cutting through distant mountain peaks.
• Ye Chen continued through the crocodiles' territory, killing every one that attacked him in a single move.
• Ye Chen entered another stretch of swamp, where countless roots lunged at him and exploded before they could reach him.

Ye Chen crossed the Mist Swamp’s giant trees and mind-corroding fog without being harmed. He encountered a group of giant red snakes led by an early-stage Hunyuan Divine Lord, and the chapter ended as the snakes prepared to fight him.

• The strange trees attacked Ye Chen with painful, soul-shaking howls, but he set them ablaze and continued through the swamp.
• Ye Chen ignored the increasingly thick fog’s effects on the soul and mind as he passed through the giant trees’ territory.
• A giant red python detected Ye Chen’s scent, and more than a dozen giant red snakes gathered, drawn by the prospect of devouring him.
• The leading snake recognized Ye Chen as an outsider and refused to move aside; Ye Chen warned the snakes to let him pass, but they chose to attack.

Ye Chen effortlessly survived the red giant serpents’ poisonous smoke and killed them with a thread formed from the Space Principle. He continued deeper into the Mist Swamp as Zhilan and her companions unknowingly followed his route.

• The red giant serpents engulfed Ye Chen in corrosive smoke, but he emerged unharmed and mocked their attack.
• The leading red giant serpent ordered the others to kill Ye Chen, and they charged him with their powerful bodies.
• Ye Chen cut the serpents into pieces with a thread formed from the Space Principle.
• Ye Chen continued deeper into the Mist Swamp while Zhilan’s team unknowingly converged onto his path.
• Zhilan worried that the team had lost its way, and the bushy-bearded man checked their map with uncertainty.

Zhilan and her companions, lost in the Mist Swamp, discovered signs of a powerful fighter who had slain a savage swamp crocodile and burned away the mist. They continued into the scorched area, stunned by the scale of the destruction.

• Zhilan urged the bearded man to turn back, but he scolded her and insisted they keep going.
• The group found a freshly killed savage swamp crocodile, cut apart in a single strike, with mountain peaks behind it sliced flat.
• Zhilan suspected the extraordinary man they had met earlier had killed the crocodile, but the bearded man dismissed her theory.
• The group found no lingering Immortal Power or other traces at the crocodile's corpse and resumed their journey.
• They entered an area burned to ashes, where the flames had cleared away the Mist Swamp's mist and revealed the sky.