Recaps

Feng Wanli broke through to the Fourth Heaven of the Saint Emperor Realm after receiving guidance from Ye Chen. Ye Chen and his companions arrived at the Grand Gathering of Eternal Heaven’s Chosen, where Feng Wanli’s deference to him stunned the assembled dignitaries and young cultivators.

• The Formless Saint Emperor told General Xiang that Ye Chen had guided Feng Wanli, and General Xiang recalled Ye Chen’s overwhelming power.
• Feng Wanli served Ye Chen tea in the Nine Heavens Immortal Hall, and Ye Chen said it was time to go.
• Feng Wanli led Ye Chen, Youruo, and Xie Purou to the crowded white jade plaza to watch the gathering.
• The crowd recognized Feng Wanli’s breakthrough to the Fourth Heaven of the Saint Emperor Realm and marveled as he respectfully followed Ye Chen.
• The young heaven’s chosen watched Feng Wanli defer to Ye Chen and resolved to become Saint Emperor experts themselves.

Feng Wanli opened the battlefield for the Grand Gathering of Eternal Heaven's Chosen, where contestants began fighting brutally for the right to enter. Watching the carnage, Ye Chen taught Youruo and Xie Purou that strength was the only way to survive and protect others, leaving Xie Purou resolved to become stronger.

• Feng Wanli declared the gathering begun, and a spatial gate opened onto an ancient continent.
• Thousands of heaven's chosen rushed the gate, fighting one another before they could enter the battlefield.
• Youruo asked Feng Wanli whether the fighting at the entrance broke the rules, and he explained that contestants had to win the right to enter.
• Ye Chen told Youruo and Xie Purou that strength determined who survived and that the strong made the rules.
• Youruo accepted Ye Chen's view, and Xie Purou resolved to become stronger so she could protect those she cared about.

Feng Wanli announced that the first trial was a three-month free-for-all in which contestants had to steal tokens and survive, with only the thousand largest token holders advancing. The slaughter began immediately, as contestants turned on one another across the ancient continent.

• Feng Wanli appeared above the primordial continent and warned that its amplified powers came with greatly increased danger.
• Feng Wanli declared that killing, robbery, ambushes, poisoning, alliances, and betrayal were permitted, and that the thousand contestants with the most tokens after three months would qualify for the next round.
• Trial tokens appeared in everyone’s hands, and the contestants began regarding one another as targets.
• A frail-looking young man stabbed a burly man from behind, took his token, and escaped into the crowd.
• Two brothers, addressed as Xiao Chuan and his elder brother, stood back to back and prepared to fight off attackers.

The battlefield’s contestants betrayed and slaughtered one another as they fought for tokens, while Xie Purou and Youruo watched the brutality from the viewing platform. The chapter ended as Brother Li’s teammates began turning purple after drinking his recovery soup.

• Xiao Chuan stabbed his older brother from behind, took his token, and declared he would survive for both of them.
• A thirty-six-person sword formation killed cultivators and collected their tokens, while a young woman lured in and killed a would-be rescuer.
• Xie Purou reacted excitedly to the killings, and Youruo wondered whether this was human nature as Ye Chen watched calmly.
• Leizi used Rolling Thunder to kill more than a dozen attackers and collected their tokens.
• A shadow-wielding man stole tokens from a hunter, while Brother Li’s team celebrated after drinking the soup he had prepared.
• Brother Li watched as his teammates’ faces turned an eerie purple.

Brother Li poisoned and killed his supposed allies, while Xiao Jianchen swept through the battlefield before meeting a powerful fighter from the Mystic Que Giant Gods. Xiao Jianchen unleashed his Myriad Dust Returning to the Trace Sword technique, and the fight’s outcome remained unknown.

• Brother Li poisoned six allies, killed them, and took their tokens.
• Xiao Jianchen killed opponents with Sword Qi and collected their tokens without drawing his sword.
• A giant from the Mystic Que Giant Gods confronted Xiao Jianchen and demanded his tokens.
• Xiao Jianchen and the giant traded attacks, each forcing the other back, while Feng Wanli explained the giant’s strength to the viewing platform.
• Xiao Jianchen used Myriad Dust Returning to the Trace Sword, weaving thousands of sword threads around the giant’s incoming fist.

Xiao Jianchen defeated a giant with his sword technique, while Youruo, Xie Purou, and Ye Chen watched without being impressed. Elsewhere, Gu Hanchuan encountered the Ten Baleful Intents, who surrounded him and prepared to attack.

• Xiao Jianchen killed the giant with his sword net and took the tokens from his body.
• Youruo called Xiao Jianchen skilled, while Xie Purou said she wanted to fight an opponent like him.
• Ye Chen watched his disciples’ reactions and judged Xiao Jianchen weaker than them.
• Gu Hanchuan encountered the Ten Baleful Intents in a sinister gorge and demanded their tokens.
• The scorpion-tattooed man became enraged by Gu Hanchuan’s contempt and ordered the Ten Baleful Intents to attack him.

The Ten Baleful Intents surrounded Gu Hanchuan in a canyon, confident that their ten late God King cultivators could kill him. Several nearby cultivators recognized Gu Hanchuan and reacted to the clash, while a five-person team arrived and immediately fled.

• The Ten Baleful Intents unleashed their Sha Qi and vowed to make Gu Hanchuan's death famous.
• A scrawny cultivator hid behind a boulder, recognized Gu Hanchuan, and began plotting to loot the battlefield if he died.
• A female cultivator in a cliffside crack judged the Ten Baleful Intents doomed, suspected Gu Hanchuan had trump cards, and withdrew.
• A five-person team reached the canyon, recognized the Ten Baleful Intents and Gu Hanchuan, and their captain ordered them to leave.

Gu Hanchuan faced the Ten Baleful Intents’ ambush in the canyon and revealed a lethal bone-spike attack that killed three of them. As the remaining seven recoiled, he vanished and struck another from behind, leaving the battle underway.

• Several spectators hid around the canyon, hoping to loot the battlefield after Gu Hanchuan and the Ten Baleful Intents weakened each other.
• Feng Wanli explained to Ye Chen, Xie Purou, and Youruo that the Ten Baleful Intents were notorious rogue cultivators who preyed on sect prodigies.
• The Ten Baleful Intents charged Gu Hanchuan from all sides, but he stamped the ground and pierced three attackers with bone spikes.
• Gu Hanchuan disappeared in a wisp of black smoke and plunged his arm into a burly Baleful Intent’s back.

Gu Hanchuan slaughtered the Fiends who had tried to seize his treasures, using a bone dragon to devour their final attacks and wipe them out. After collecting the spoils, he spotted the places where hidden observers were concealed.

• Gu Hanchuan killed the burly Fiend and trapped the six remaining Fiends inside a cage of bones.
• The scorpion-tattooed Fiend transformed into a scorpion demon, while the other five Fiends joined him in attacking Gu Hanchuan.
• Gu Hanchuan turned the bone cage and bone spikes into a massive bone dragon that swallowed the five Fiends and devoured the scorpion demon.
• Gu Hanchuan collected the scattered green tokens and Storage Bags, then looked toward a charred boulder and a pile of rubble where someone was hiding.

Gu Hanchuan killed the remaining cultivators who had hoped to steal his tokens and treasures after watching him defeat ten Late God Kings. Outside the canyon, Youruo and Xie Purou became eager to challenge him, while Feng Wanli urged them to study his upcoming fights for weaknesses.

• A scrawny cultivator fled from Gu Hanchuan, but Gu Hanchuan killed him with a bone spike summoned by snapping his fingers.
• The scar-faced man and his lackeys begged Gu Hanchuan to spare them and offered him their tokens, Storage Bags, and Law Treasures.
• Gu Hanchuan killed the scar-faced man and dragged his lackeys into a quicksand of bones, where they died screaming.
• Youruo and Xie Purou expressed their desire to fight Gu Hanchuan, and Youruo predicted he would reach the finals.
• Feng Wanli advised Youruo and Xie Purou to watch Gu Hanchuan's next battles and learn his fighting style.

Youruo and Xie Purou watched Shi Kai defeat Wu Jiang, a powerful poison cultivator, with the Mystic Crystal Sacred Body and claim his token. After praising Shi Kai’s strength, they switched the light screen to watch Sister Wanling.

• Youruo spotted Shi Kai on the light screen and chose to watch his match against Wu Jiang.
• Feng Wanli explained that Wu Jiang was the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s foremost True Disciple and a formidable Late God King.
• Wu Jiang’s poisonous miasma and python could not harm Shi Kai, whose crystal body shattered the attack with a single punch.
• Shi Kai crystallized and destroyed Wu Jiang, then took the token that fell from the remains.
• Youruo and Xie Purou praised Shi Kai before Xie Purou found Sister Wanling’s match among the ancient temples.

Mu Wanling faced Gui Ying and his resentful souls inside an ancient temple, then used her life power to free the souls and defeat his control over them. She pierced Gui Ying’s Dantian with a growing vine, leaving him screaming on the ground.

• Feng Wanli identified Gui Ying as a True Disciple of the Soul-Devouring Sect who controlled resentful souls, while Xie Purou and Youruo worried that Mu Wanling would be overwhelmed.
• Gui Ying ordered the resentful souls to intensify their assault on Mu Wanling’s vine barrier and declared that he would turn her into a collectible.
• Mu Wanling unleashed Ten thousand trees... greet spring!, severing Gui Ying’s control and cleansing the resentful souls so they could pass on.
• The loss of his resentful souls weakened Gui Ying, and Mu Wanling approached him despite his threats about the Soul-Devouring Ancestor.
• Mu Wanling sent a vine through Gui Ying’s Dantian, where it spread roots through his body and left him screaming on the ground.

Mu Wanling defeated Gui Ying by using her Azure Wood Sacred Vein to drain and destroy him, impressing the spectators. As Xie Purou and Youruo compared the Divine Capital’s young geniuses with those of the Void Kun Realm, Ye Chen urged his disciples to treat their rivals as stepping stones toward the Hundun Saint Emperor Realm.

• Mu Wanling drained Gui Ying until he crumbled to ash, then took his useful possessions and burned the rest.
• Xie Purou and Youruo praised Mu Wanling’s strength and discussed how her sacred power might match Gu Hanchuan’s destructive white bone power.
• Xie Purou and Youruo watched more Divine Capital geniuses and remarked that they were far stronger than the contestants they had known in the Void Kun Realm.
• Feng Wanli explained that the geniuses they had seen were only qualifiers and that many powerful competitors were saving their full strength for the finals.
• Ye Chen told Youruo and Xie Purou to treat other geniuses as stepping stones and said they would count as strong only after reaching the Hundun Saint Emperor Realm.

After the three-month preliminary selection ended, the surviving contestants were transported to the plaza, where the hosts began collecting tokens to determine who would advance. Gu Hanchuan, Shi Kai, and Mu Wanling stood out among the survivors as the next stage of the competition approached.

• Feng Wanli marveled at Ye Chen's expectations for his disciples and the potential of Kunlun Holy Land.
• Three months of slaughter left fewer than a hundred thousand contestants alive, while Gu Hanchuan, Shi Kai, and Mu Wanling spent the late stages waiting among the strongest.
• A bell announced the end of the preliminary selection, and pillars of light transported the survivors to the plaza.
• Gu Hanchuan, Shi Kai, and Mu Wanling arrived composedly and met one another's gazes as rivals.
• A prince of the Divine Capital Imperial Dynasty ordered the survivors to place their tokens in jade trays so the advancing contestants could be announced.

Gu Hanchuan submitted 230,000 tokens, far surpassing every other contestant and taking first place in the preliminary selection. The venue erupted in shock and disbelief while Gu Hanchuan remained indifferent to his result.

• Gu Hanchuan poured a mountain of tokens into the jade tray, stunning the contestants and spectators.
• Xie Purou, Youruo, Feng Wanli, and Ye Chen reacted to Gu Hanchuan’s apparent strength and effortless token collection.
• The guards counted Gu Hanchuan’s tokens and announced a total of 230,000, currently ranked first.
• The crowd erupted in awe and disbelief, and one cultivator threw down his bag and declared that he was quitting.

Gu Hanchuan’s overwhelming score of 230,000 tokens drove the Heavenly Prodigy Assembly’s contestants into an uproar, until the prince suppressed them and threatened to kill anyone who caused another disturbance. As the count resumed, ordinary prodigies’ hard-won scores seemed meaningless beside Gu Hanchuan’s, leaving the square in grim silence.

• Contestants erupted in anger and accused the assembly of being rigged after Gu Hanchuan scored 230,000 tokens.
• The prince used his immense pressure to silence the crowd, defended the assembly’s fairness, and threatened to kill anyone who caused another disturbance.
• The presiding guard resumed counting, and Zhou Tong’s score of 31,000 tokens drew no cheers.
• Li Qing, Sun Miao, Zhao Wuji, and other contestants received results that would once have impressed the crowd, but the scores were met with silence.
• Contestants muttered bitterly that their three months of effort and risk meant nothing beside Gu Hanchuan’s result.

The token count revealed Shi Kai's staggering score of 213,000, setting him against Gu Hanchuan as a worthy rival. Mu Wanling then began her count, which quickly surpassed 200,000, leaving the crowd waiting to see her final result.

• Jin Xu scored 78,000 tokens, but Gu Hanchuan ignored him.
• Shi Kai scored 213,000 tokens, stunning the crowd and crushing Jin Xu's confidence.
• Gu Hanchuan and Shi Kai met each other's gaze and acknowledged one another as worthy opponents.
• Mu Wanling began depositing her tokens, and her count rose past 200,000.

Xiao Jianchen entered the Heavenly Prodigy Assembly after Mu Wanling, Shi Kai, and Gu Hanchuan each surpassed two hundred thousand tokens. He claimed the new record with 235,000 tokens, leaving the square stunned and the three leaders facing a new rival.

• Mu Wanling was announced with 201,000 tokens, deepening the despair of the other cultivators and drawing the attention of Shi Kai and Gu Hanchuan.
• Gu Hanchuan, Shi Kai, and Mu Wanling formed a tense standoff as the square recognized them as the Assembly’s leading contestants.
• The presiding guard called Xiao Jianchen, who stepped forward and sent his tokens into the jade platter in a flash of sword light.
• Xiao Jianchen’s total surpassed Mu Wanling’s, then Shi Kai’s, and finally Gu Hanchuan’s previous peak.
• The presiding guard announced Xiao Jianchen’s record total of 235,000 tokens, silencing the square.

Xiao Jianchen dismissed Gu Hanchuan, Shi Kai, and Mu Wanling after setting a record with 235,000 tokens, prompting Gu Hanchuan to declare a deadly threat. The token results continued, and the square relaxed as more ordinary counts were announced.

• Xiao Jianchen called Gu Hanchuan, Shi Kai, and Mu Wanling nothing more than this after his record-breaking token count.
• Mu Wanling calmly withdrew her gaze, while Shi Kai restrained his fighting spirit and returned to his place.
• Gu Hanchuan excitedly welcomed Xiao Jianchen as a worthy opponent, but Xiao Jianchen said he would face the White Bone Demon Sect's methods in the finals arena.
• Gu Hanchuan threatened to take Xiao Jianchen's sword bones apart and keep them as a collectible, then restrained himself from attacking.
• The tally resumed with mostly modest results, easing the crowd's tension and restoring the square's bustle.

The token tally was upended when Wu Yuan, a nineteenth-generation descendant of the imperial family, scored 240,000 tokens and set a new record. Wu Shang then surpassed him with 245,000, leaving the crowd and the other contenders stunned.

• A regal young man poured out his tokens, and the tally revealed that he was Wu Yuan, a nineteenth-generation descendant of the imperial family with 240,000 tokens.
• Wu Yuan's score surpassed Mu Wanling, Shi Kai, Gu Hanchuan, and Xiao Jianchen, setting a new record.
• Gu Hanchuan watched Wu Yuan with renewed interest, Xiao Jianchen's Sword Intent rose, Mu Wanling grew serious, and Shi Kai quietly clenched his fists.
• Another noble young man poured out a mountain of tokens, pushing the score past the records set by Gu Hanchuan, Xiao Jianchen, and Wu Yuan.
• The presiding guard announced that the second young man was Wu Shang, a nineteenth-generation descendant of the imperial family, with 245,000 tokens.
• Gu Hanchuan's sinister smile vanished as the square fell into stunned silence.

Wu Shang’s score of 245,000 tokens was quickly surpassed as four more competitors exceeded 200,000, including imperial descendants Wuwang, Dustless, and Wuj​iang. Wuj​iang set the new record at 260,000, leaving the square’s cultivators stunned and drawing Gu Hanchuan’s delighted attention.

• Wu Shang’s 245,000 tokens surpassed Xiao Jianchen’s score, shocking the cultivators in the square.
• Four jade plates lit up at once, signaling that four more competitors had exceeded 200,000 tokens.
• A guard announced that Xiang Guanhong had 242,000 tokens, and Xiang Guanhong grinned provocatively at Wu Shang.
• The staff announced that Wuwang had 250,000 tokens and Dustless had 253,000 tokens, each breaking the previous record.
• Wuj​iang’s score was announced as 260,000 tokens, stunning the crowd and drawing Gu Hanchuan’s excited attention.

The Heavenly Prodigy Assembly’s tally revealed Wuj​iang and four other imperial descendants dominating the rankings, leaving most contestants despairing. The prince announced that one thousand contestants had qualified for the next round, and the chapter ended with their names displayed on a golden scroll.

• Wuj​iang’s overwhelming score and the other imperial descendants’ results crushed the morale of the contestants, while Gu Hanchuan looked forward to hunting strong opponents and Xiao Jianchen refined his sword intent.
• The prince watched the contestants’ reactions and delayed the arena battles so they could experience despair before the next round.
• The prince praised Xiang Guanhong’s talent but claimed he still fell short of imperial blood, then ordered the top thousand contestants tallied.
• The guard announced that one thousand contestants had qualified, and a golden scroll revealed the rankings, with Wuj​iang first, Dustless second, and Wuwang third.

As the qualified cultivators learned that the second round would be random one-on-one elimination matches with no byes, two unfamiliar women arrived and were recognized as the bearers of the Saint Emperor's Imperial Decree. Their status stunned the crowd, the prince, and the five imperial great-great-grandsons, leaving them bewildered.

• The guard announced that all thousand qualifiers would draw opponents for one-on-one elimination matches, with no byes.
• The cultivators grew anxious about drawing one of the powerful prodigies, especially someone from the top ten.
• A woman in a deep-blue dress and a lively girl in pale purple entered the square, drawing everyone's attention.
• A cultivator recognized them as the two who had arrived with the Saint Emperor's Imperial Decree.
• The prince's composure faltered, and Wu Shang and Wu Yuan reacted with shock and disbelief.

Youruo and Xie Purou arrived at the Heavenly Prodigy Assembly carrying the Saint Emperor's Imperial Decree, unsettling the imperial descendants who had never received one. Wuj​iang and the others suspected the women were hiding remarkable backgrounds or strength, and the descendants resolved to test them in the arena.

• The imperial descendants questioned who Youruo and Xie Purou were after seeing them approach with the Saint Emperor's Imperial Decree.
• Wuj​iang examined the women, found their apparent Middle Stage God King cultivation puzzling, and wondered why the Saint Emperor had favored them.
• Xie Purou playfully provoked the imperial descendants, while Wu Shang grew angry until Wuj​iang silenced him.
• Wu Yuan agreed that the decree's appearance was suspicious, and Dustless proposed that the women either had an extraordinary background or concealed their abilities.
• Wuwang argued that Xie Purou's fearless excitement suggested confidence rather than weakness, leaving Wu Shang and the others wary of facing the women.

Wuji​ang warned Wu Shang and the other prodigies not to underestimate Youruo and Xie Purou, while contestants protested that the women had qualified for later rounds through special privileges. Xie Purou challenged them to hope they drew her in the lots, leaving the crowd even angrier.

• Wuji​ang told Wu Shang and the other three to treat the mysterious women as opponents on his level.
• A prodigy ranked one thousand and first and other contestants protested that Youruo and Xie Purou had received unfair privileges and qualified without competing.
• The crowd rejected a warning that criticizing the women could be seen as opposing the Saint Emperor, insisting that they questioned the women rather than His Majesty.
• Youruo remained calm as Xie Purou stepped forward and challenged the contestants to pray they drew her in the lots.
• The angry crowd erupted, and eliminated cultivators called for whoever drew Xie Purou to beat her and vent their resentment.