Recaps

The crowd turned against Xie Purou and Youruo after Xie Purou provoked the other prodigies, while the prince suppressed the uproar with a glance. Curious about the women and their connection to the Saint Emperor's Imperial Decree, he ordered the drawing of lots to begin.

• Prodigies vowed to punish Xie Purou if they drew her, and a top-hundred young master urged them to defend their honor by showing no mercy.
• Xie Purou cheerfully acknowledged that she had become the crowd's target, while Youruo stayed calm and Xie Purou focused on the top-ranked prodigies.
• Dustless, Wuwang, and Wu Jiang considered the women's apparent confidence, while Shi Kai told Mu Wanling that their opponents might be the ones to suffer.
• The prince silenced the hostile crowd with his pressure and reflected on the Saint Emperor's Imperial Decree and his imperial elder brother's judgment.
• The prince ordered the guard beside him to begin drawing lots.

The tournament drew Xie Purou’s opponent, revealing that she would face Gu Hanchuan, the vicious eighth-ranked heir of the White Bone Demon Sect. The crowd celebrated the pairing while Gu Hanchuan fixed his bloodlust on her.

• A crystal sphere randomly drew matchups for the tournament, prompting contestants to celebrate or dread their opponents.
• The draw paired Xiao Jianchen, ranked seventh, with the contestant ranked one hundred and twenty-three.
• The sphere revealed Xie Purou’s name, and the crowd hoped she would face a powerful opponent.
• The draw paired Xie Purou with Gu Hanchuan, ranked eighth and infamous for torturing opponents and turning their souls and bones into weapons.
• The crowd, especially the White Bone Demon Sect disciples, celebrated the matchup as Gu Hanchuan watched Xie Purou with murderous intent.

Xie Purou faced Gu Hanchuan in the tournament draw and openly provoked him, while her companions warned her about the White Bone Demon Sect. The drawing ended, the first round began, and Gu Hanchuan reached their arena as the crowd watched for Xie Purou’s response.

• Gu Sen celebrated Xie Purou’s pairing with Gu Hanchuan and imagined her being turned into a puppet by the White Bone Demon Sect.
• Xie Purou smiled and waved at Gu Hanchuan, provoking him despite Youruo’s warning about his sect’s ruthless methods.
• Wu Shang mocked Xie Purou, while Wujiang wondered whether she was truly fearless or simply strong.
• The prince ended the drawing and announced the first round as hundreds of jade arenas rose above the square.
• The contestants entered their assigned arenas, and Gu Hanchuan rose on a giant bone hand to the arena where Xie Purou was expected.

Youruo faced Song Chengye in the arena while the crowd mocked and harassed her, and Song Chengye unleashed the Song Household’s deadly Nine Heavens Wind Tribulation. The attack threatened even peak God Kings, leaving the arena focused on Youruo’s fate.

• Xie Purou entered the arena to face Gu Hanchuan, while Youruo went to her own arena and found Song Chengye waiting.
• Song Chengye leered at Youruo, insulted her, and urged her to surrender as the crowd jeered along.
• Youruo calmly watched Song Chengye without responding, making him furious when she refused to show fear.
• Song Chengye released the Nine Heavens Wind Tribulation, summoning a destructive blue-green vortex that shocked the watching prodigies.

Youruo confronted Song Chengye in the arena and revealed a powerful water-type Method Formula that overwhelmed his wind tribulation. She left Song Chengye defeated and badly injured, hurled across the arena.

• Song Chengye unleashed Nine Heavens Wind Tribulation against Youruo and demanded that she kneel.
• Youruo countered with Blue Waves Overturn the Boat, shocking the watching geniuses with its immense power.
• The two Method Formulas clashed in an apparent stalemate as their opposing powers ground against each other.
• Song Chengye poured more Immortal Power into his storm, but Youruo calmly commanded her wave to annihilate it.
• Youruo's wave devoured Nine Heavens Wind Tribulation and struck Song Chengye, shattering his protective divine power and sending him flying in a streak of blood.

Youruo defeated Song Chengye with one move, leaving the plaza stunned and fearful of her power. After the prince and the imperial family's great-great-grandsons took notice of her, she returned to her place and continued resting with her eyes closed.

• Youruo broke Song Chengye's Nine Heavens Wind Tribulation and struck him unconscious with one move.
• The referee declared Song Chengye the loser and Youruo the winner as the crowd reacted with shock and fear.
• Wuj​iang, Wu Yuan, and Wu Shang recognized Youruo as a formidable threat to their path to the championship.
• Youruo calmly left the arena and resumed resting while the prince watched her closely.

The prince tried to uncover Youruo’s secrets and suffered a severe backlash from the power her master had left to protect her. Realizing Ye Chen was the source of that power, the prince grew fearful and understood that the Saint Emperor’s Imperial Decree was intended to honor him.

• The prince used a trace of Saint Emperor power of principle to probe Youruo and saw an illusory young man’s face appear over her.
• A terrifying will shattered the prince’s probing power, wounded him, and filled him with fear.
• The prince concluded that Youruo’s master had left the protective power within her and recognized that the master was stronger than he was.
• The prince realized the Saint Emperor’s Imperial Decree was meant for Youruo and Xie Purou’s master, not the two women.
• Ye Chen noticed the prince’s probing, while Feng Wanli praised Youruo for defeating the Song Household prodigy in one move.

Xie Purou fought Gu Hanchuan in a fierce arena battle, revealing destructive lightning techniques that matched his White Bone Demon Prison. After their strongest attacks collided, both remained standing, and Xie Purou showed no sign of fear.

• After Youruo defeated Song Chengye, spectators turned their attention to Xie Purou and Gu Hanchuan's arena.
• Xie Purou and Gu Hanchuan traded attacks, with his bone shields blocking her Sword Qi until he declared the warm-up over.
• Xie Purou used Purple Lightning Transformation and Creation Instruction, while Gu Hanchuan summoned the White Bone Demon Prison.
• Xie Purou transformed into a lightning dragon and broke through the skeletal arms, prompting Gu Hanchuan to summon a gigantic bone demon god.
• The bone demon god and lightning dragon collided, destroying the demon god and leaving Xie Purou with a cut on her cheek as spectators recognized her strength.

Xie Purou faced Gu Hanchuan on the platform as he unleashed a bone spear powerful enough to threaten Peak God Kings. She blocked it with her Nine Tribulations Lightning Shield, and both weapons shattered, leaving the fighters standing at opposite ends of the platform.

• Gu Hanchuan threatened to break Xie Purou and turn her into a White Bone Battle Puppet, while Xie Purou mocked his strength and vowed to burn his bones.
• Gu Hanchuan assembled the shattered bone fragments into a hundred-zhang Bone Dragon Heaven-Breaking Spear and thrust it at Xie Purou.
• The spectators judged the spear strong enough to kill ordinary Peak God Kings and believed Xie Purou could not survive it.
• Xie Purou stepped forward and formed her Nine Tribulations Lightning Shield to meet the spear head-on.
• The spear and shield cracked and shattered together, sending Xie Purou backward through the shock wave before she landed steadily across the platform from Gu Hanchuan.

Xie Purou shattered Gu Hanchuan’s Withered Bone Stele-Splitting Hand with her Thunderbolt Life-Slaying Instruction, driving him into a furious close-quarters fight. They traded brutal blows across the ruined arena, and Xie Purou began unleashing her lightning power without restraint.

• Gu Hanchuan summoned a gigantic withered bone palm and slammed it down at Xie Purou.
• Xie Purou released her Thunderbolt Life-Slaying Instruction and crushed Gu Hanchuan’s bone palm beneath a purple lightning seal.
• Gu Hanchuan, shaken and enraged, abandoned his ranged techniques and charged Xie Purou in close combat.
• Xie Purou met Gu Hanchuan head-on as the two exchanged rapid, devastating blows across the arena.
• Gu Hanchuan’s death Qi injured Xie Purou’s arm, while her lightning-infused strike broke his chest; she then unleashed her power without restraint.

Gu Hanchuan sacrificed his life essence and divine soul to summon three White Bone Battle Puppets against Xie Purou. The central puppet launched an unavoidable Death Principle strike at her, leaving her facing the attack.

• Gu Hanchuan mutilated himself and invoked the White Bone Demon Sect’s forbidden technique, Feed the Devil with One's Body.
• The scattered bones in the arena assembled into three White Bone Battle Puppets, two at Late God King and one approaching Peak God King.
• Gu Hanchuan ordered the puppets to kill Xie Purou, while the spectators reacted in alarm to their strength.
• The central puppet raised its black bone saber and brought down a Death Principle strike that locked onto Xie Purou.

Xie Purou unleashed the Nine Tribulations Immortal Physique’s red lightning and destroyed three skeletal battle puppets with power approaching the God Emperor Realm. The spectators were left stunned, while Gu Hanchuan watched in horror.

• Three skeletal battle puppets attacked Xie Purou from the front, side, and rear, trapping her in a lethal encirclement.
• Xie Purou revealed her Nine Tribulations Immortal Physique and released red lightning with power approaching the God Emperor Realm.
• Xie Purou annihilated the peak God King skeletal battle puppet with a single thread of lightning.
• Xie Purou blew two more threads of lightning and erased the remaining giant-axe and bone-spear puppets.
• The spectators reacted in disbelief and feared that Xie Purou was a God Emperor in disguise.

Xie Purou overwhelmed Gu Hanchuan, and powerful onlookers recognized her as the legendary Nine Tribulations Immortal Physique. As she moved to kill him, his father Gu Changfeng intervened, but his God Emperor pressure had no effect on her.

• Xie Purou mocked the defeated Gu Hanchuan for losing his nerve and judged that his Dao heart was broken.
• God Emperor Realm spectators recognized Xie Purou's Nine Tribulations Immortal Physique and identified her red lightning as Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning.
• Xie Purou lifted Gu Hanchuan with lightning and declared that it was over.
• Gu Changfeng arrived on the arena and demanded that Xie Purou release his son.
• Xie Purou remained unmoved as her red lightning dissolved Gu Changfeng's pressure.

Xie Purou killed Gu Hanchuan in the arena despite Gu Changfeng’s threats, then collected the remains of the White Bone Battle Puppet and Gu Hanchuan’s storage ring. Gu Changfeng tried to attack her, but an azure-robed elder and several other God Emperors blocked him as Xie Purou left the arena.

• Xie Purou rejected Gu Changfeng’s offer of compensation and crushed Gu Hanchuan’s throat with her lightning hand.
• Gu Changfeng attacked Xie Purou with a giant white bone claw, but she killed Gu Hanchuan first, annihilating his body and soul.
• An azure-robed elder blocked Gu Changfeng’s strike, and Xie Purou collected the battle puppet fragments and Gu Hanchuan’s storage ring before leaving the arena.
• The watching prodigies reacted with fear and awe as Gu Changfeng glared after Xie Purou but did not attack again.
• The azure-robed elder warned Gu Changfeng that he could neither kill nor touch Xie Purou, while several God Emperors watched him from above.

After Gu Changfeng threatened to break the gathering’s rules, the prince forced him to his knees and banished him to a thousand years of confinement. Youruo and Xie Purou’s strength won the respect of the crowd and attracted the attention of potential disciples, as a noble middle-aged man arrived to make an offer.

• Gu Changfeng prepared to attack, but the prince’s pressure forced him to kneel and admit he was wrong.
• The prince condemned Gu Hanchuan’s death as deserved and ordered Gu Changfeng to return to the White Bone Demon Sect for a thousand years of confinement.
• Gu Changfeng left in disgrace, and the crowd acknowledged Youruo and Xie Purou’s strength.
• Wu Yuan, Dustless, Wuwang, and Wuj​iang discussed the women’s talents and resolved to defeat them to earn the Saint Emperor’s attention.
• An interested senior descended onto the white jade plaza, apparently intending to take the women as disciples.

The sect master of the Mystic Empyrean Sword Sect, Old Ghost Wu of the Limitless Sect, the head of the Northern Darkness Aristocratic Clan, and the sect master of the Li Fire Divine Sect competed to recruit Youruo and Xie Purou. The two prodigies remained silent as the prince watched the dispute from above.

• The sect master of the Mystic Empyrean Sword Sect invited Youruo and Xie Purou to join his sect.
• Old Ghost Wu of the Limitless Sect arrived and offered them better treatment, prompting an argument about the sects' strengths.
• The head of the Northern Darkness Aristocratic Clan offered the girls access to his lineage's resources and Northern Darkness Secret Realm.
• The sect master of the Li Fire Divine Sect promised to teach them personally and even offered the future position of sect master.
• Youruo and Xie Purou watched the four representatives argue over them while the prince observed from above.

Four powerful sect leaders competed to recruit Youruo and Xie Purou, but the women warned that their master would object, ending the dispute. The prince resumed the selection tournament’s second round, and the advancing geniuses prepared to draw lots while the five imperial scions focused on the women.

• The Li Fire Divine Sect's sect master, the Northern Darkness Aristocratic Clan's patriarch, the Mystic Empyrean Sword Sect's sect master, and Old Ghost Wu argued over recruiting Youruo and Xie Purou.
• The prince silenced the four God Emperors and asked the women whether they already had a master.
• Youruo and Xie Purou said they had a master with a dangerous temper, discouraging the powers from trying to claim them as disciples.
• The four God Emperors abandoned their recruiting efforts and returned to the raised platform.
• The prince began the second round, summoning golden spheres containing jade lots and ordering the contestants to draw lots and fight.
• Wujiang, Dustless, Wu Yuan, Wuwang, and Wu Shang stepped forward and fixed their battle-hungry gazes on Youruo and Xie Purou.

Youruo faced Beiming Cang of the Northern Darkness Aristocratic Clan in the tournament’s next round, while Xie Purou was matched against a young palace master of the Divine Firmament Palace. Beiming Cang’s sword and ice domain failed to trouble Youruo, who summoned the phantom of a boundless blue ocean as the fight continued.

• The crystal ball revealed the matchups, pairing Youruo with Beiming Cang and Xie Purou with a young palace master of the Divine Firmament Palace.
• Beiming Cang declared that he would defeat Youruo and make his clan head abandon the idea of recruiting her.
• Beiming Cang launched a lightning-fast sword strike at Youruo’s neck, but a blue scale blocked it and sent him flying backward.
• Beiming Cang unleashed his Profound Ice Domain, freezing the ring, while Youruo’s blue ripples kept the cold at bay.
• Youruo told Beiming Cang that his world was too small and summoned the phantom of a boundless blue ocean behind her.

Youruo defeated Beiming Cang by awakening the primordial Divine Power in her bloodline and unleashing Azure Sea, Rising Tide. Beiming Cang was left kneeling with his divine sword broken as the plaza watched in stunned silence.

• Beiming Cang attacked Youruo with Ice Dragon Break, but her water dragon melted the ice dragon and battered through his defenses.
• Beiming Cang sacrificed Essence Blood to his sword and unleashed Northern Darkness Return to the Ruins, One Sword Buries Gods.
• Youruo awakened the primordial Divine Power in her bloodline and met his sword strike with Azure Sea, Rising Tide.
• Youruo's azure tide broke and purified Beiming Cang's Sword-Ray, leaving him badly injured and his divine sword cracked and drained of its spirituality.
• Youruo withdrew her power as Beiming Cang knelt in defeat and the Northern Darkness Aristocratic Clan's patriarch turned ashen.

Youruo defeated Beiming Cang, and the tournament crowd turned to watch Xie Purou face Xiao Yuntian. Their clash of divine lightning left the battle unresolved as the two powers tore through the sky above the arena.

• Youruo defeated Beiming Cang, shattering his sword and leaving him kneeling on the arena.
• The prince praised the transformed divine bloodline within Youruo as the crowd recognized her as one of the tournament's strongest contestants.
• Xiao Yuntian introduced himself to Xie Purou and summoned the Divine Firmament Palace's supreme secret method, Divine Empyrean Heavenly Lightning.
• Xie Purou welcomed the challenge and unleashed her crimson Calamity Divine Lightning against Xiao Yuntian's silver strike.
• The silver and crimson lightning powers tangled and devoured each other, turning the arena's sky into a destructive battlefield.

Xie Purou defeated Xiao Yuntian after her crimson tribulation lightning overcame his Divine Empyrean Heavenly Lightning and destroyed his heavenly palace. Her victory left the Grand Gathering of Eternal Heaven’s Chosen less predictable, with spectators wondering whether she and Youruo could beat the five imperial-bloodline contestants.

• Xiao Yuntian poured his strength into his Divine Empyrean Heavenly Lightning, but Xie Purou’s crimson tribulation lightning began to erode it.
• Xiao Yuntian sacrificed Essence Blood to summon the Divine Empyrean Heavenly Palace and sent it crashing down on Xie Purou.
• Xie Purou invoked Nine Tribulations Return to One, formed a tribulation spear, and hurled it at the heavenly palace.
• Xie Purou’s spear destroyed the palace and drove back its lightning, while the prince shielded the plaza from the energy storm.
• Xie Purou remained standing as Xiao Yuntian lay charred on the arena floor, and the prince declared her the winner.
• Spectators praised Xie Purou and Youruo and speculated that they could challenge the five imperial-bloodline contestants for the championship.

The imperial-bloodline geniuses, including Wuj​iang, defeated their opponents and exchanged silent challenges with Youruo and Xie Purou, though no fight began between them. After the second round ended, the prince announced that the third round would determine the top ten, leaving the contestants uncertain about its format.

• Wuj​iang defeated a top divine sect’s holy son with one strike, while Dustless, Wu Yuan, and the other imperial-bloodline geniuses also won their battles.
• Wuj​iang met the gazes of Youruo and Xie Purou, and the four silently challenged one another without starting a fight.
• The remaining platform battles ended, concluding the second round of the tournament.
• The prince told the advancing contestants to rest for two hours before the third round, which would determine the top ten.
• The contestants debated how the tournament could eliminate all but ten competitors so quickly.

The third round began as ten champions claimed arenas and challengers fought for the less intimidating positions. Xiang Guanhong then entered the fray and unexpectedly challenged Dustless, leaving the arena shaking as he landed.

• Wuj​iang, Dustless, Wu Yuan, and two other imperial scions claimed five arenas, while Youruo, Xie Purou, and three other prodigies claimed the remaining five.
• Challengers fought repeatedly for three arenas, while Wuj​iang, Youruo, Xie Purou, and the other four champions remained unchallenged.
• After the fighting eased, Xiang Guanhong emerged from the crowd and surveyed the arena champions.
• Xiang Guanhong looked toward Youruo before leaping into Dustless's arena and landing with enough force to shake the platform.

Dustless and Xiang Guanhong unleashed God Emperor-level combat strength in their long-awaited duel at the Grand Gathering of Eternal Heaven's Chosen. Their first punches collided and damaged the arena, leaving both men staggered backward.

• Dustless and Xiang Guanhong welcomed the chance to settle their repeated draws in a direct fight.
• Dustless revealed pressure and combat strength on the level of an Early God Emperor, but Xiang Guanhong answered with equally powerful iron-blooded Sha Qi.
• Their opposing powers battered the arena and stunned the spectators, while Wujiang watched Xiang Guanhong with new gravity.
• Dustless attacked with Imperial Dao Divine Fist, and Xiang Guanhong countered with a bloodstained military punch.
• Their fists collided, shattering sections of the white jade arena before both fighters staggered backward.

Dustless and Xiang Guanhong fought to a standstill, their Imperial Dao power and murderous Sha Qi tearing through the arena. Unwilling to accept their equality, Dustless summoned the Imperial Dao Dharma Aspect and prepared to overwhelm Xiang Guanhong.

• Dustless unleashed golden divine chains, but Xiang Guanhong charged through them with punches, elbows, and knees.
• Dustless and Xiang Guanhong exchanged devastating attacks until they separated, both battered but still determined to fight.
• The arena repaired itself as the spectators, Wuj​iang, Xie Purou, and Youruo watched the duel.
• Wuj​iang recognized that Xiang Guanhong's slaughter-willed Sha Qi was growing stronger instead of being purified by Dustless's Imperial Dao power.
• Dustless rejected the prospect of a draw and summoned the Imperial Dao Dharma Aspect, declaring that all living beings should bow before the Heavenly Emperor.