Recaps

News of the Eastern Victorious Continent Genius Battle spread across the Desolate Immortal Great World, surprising people when Kunlun Holy Land’s Mu Yan won the championship. The rankings revealed that Kunlun disciples had swept the top three, bringing the sect and its disciples into public attention.

• The Genius Battle’s results spread rapidly across the Desolate Immortal Great World.
• At a restaurant on the Southern Bountiful Continent, patrons guessed which holy land genius had won as an informed man withheld the answer.
• The informed man revealed that the champion came from Kunlun Holy Land, and the patrons doubted the newly opened sect’s disciples could have won.
• People received the complete rankings and learned that Kunlun Holy Land’s First Personal Disciple, Mu Yan, had taken first place.
• The rankings showed that Kunlun disciples had also claimed second and third place, prompting widespread discussion across the Desolate Immortal Great World.

News of Kunlun Holy Land’s dominance in the Genius Battle spread throughout the Desolate Immortal Great World. At the White Cloud Sect, Mu Tingting recognized the champion Mu Yan as her estranged childhood clansman and realized that Gu Yingluo in third place was also someone she knew.

• People across the Desolate Immortal Great World discussed Mu Yan’s championship and Kunlun disciples’ dominance of the rankings.
• Geniuses responded to Kunlun’s reputation by entering secluded cultivation or setting out to temper themselves.
• At the White Cloud Sect, Mu Tingting reflected on how Mu Yan had crippled her before she found a way to heal and resume cultivation.
• Mu Tingting saw Mu Yan’s portrait on the Genius Battle rankings and initially doubted that the champion was her childhood acquaintance.
• Mu Tingting recognized Gu Yingluo’s portrait in third place and could no longer deny that the two ranked prodigies were the people she had known.

Mu Tingting and the former Mu Household Third Elder learned that Mu Yan and Gu Yingluo had reached the peak of the Void Refinement Realm and ranked first and third in the Eastern Victorious Continent Genius Battle. Mu Tingting left consumed by regret, while the Third Elder died after lamenting the Mu Household’s lost chance to share Mu Yan’s success.

• Mu Tingting recognized Gu Yingluo in the Genius Battle rankings and realized Mu Yan and Gu Yingluo had reached heights far beyond her own.
• Mu Tingting hurried to the servants’ quarters and showed the rankings to the former Mu Household Third Elder.
• The Third Elder confirmed Mu Yan’s identity and recalled how the Mu Household had mocked and betrayed him before being punished.
• Mu Tingting returned up the mountain, regretting that she had distanced herself from Mu Yan when he lost his cultivation.
• The Third Elder lamented the Mu Household’s lost fortunes, spat blood, and collapsed dead.

After Mu Yan and Gu Yingluo won the top spots in the Genius Battle, powerful figures flocked to the Gu Household to curry favor with Yingluo. Household Head Gu went out to handle the crowd, but refused to accept their gifts without Yingluo’s permission.

• News of Mu Yan and Gu Yingluo’s victories spread, making the Gu Household a target for visitors bearing gifts.
• The Xiangyang city lord arrived and demanded a good place in line, but backed down after learning that even Body Integration and Mahayana experts were waiting obediently.
• Gu Household members debated how to handle the growing crowd, and Household Head Gu agreed to speak with the visitors.
• Household Head Gu opened the formation and faced the powerful guests, who greeted him with eager familiarity.
• Household Head Gu thanked the visitors but said he could not accept their gifts unless Yingluo gave her approval.

Household Head Gu refused gifts that might burden Gu Yingluo, but Kunlun Holy Land arrived to move the Gu Household to Kunlun Giant City so she could visit them more often. The family departed aboard Kunlun's warship, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Household Head Gu refused the experts' gifts because he would not accept favors on Gu Yingluo's behalf or risk others exploiting her name.
• A Kunlun Holy Land warship arrived, and its outer sect elders greeted Household Head Gu respectfully.
• The elders said they had come on the sect's orders to relocate the Gu Household to Kunlun Giant City, explaining that Gu Yingluo wanted to reunite with her family more often.
• Household Head Gu agreed eagerly, and an elder shrank the Gu Household estate to palm size before the family boarded the warship.
• Household Head Gu thanked the onlookers and declined their gifts as the warship carried the Gu Household away.

After losing to Mu Yan, Yi Tianlan traveled to the Northern Desolation Region to overcome his doubts and encountered the Otherworldly Demons’ hidden stronghold. Meanwhile, Ye Chen learned that Kunlun had become the Eastern Victorious Continent’s number one sect and ordered a new disciple recruitment drive in three months.

• Yi Tianlan resolved to temper himself and set out for the Northern Desolation Region with his followers.
• Yi Tianlan and his followers reached the region’s border, where an unusual power unsettled them, and Yi Tianlan charged inside.
• The Otherworldly Demons had occupied nearly all of the Northern Desolation Region and concealed its fall from the outside world.
• Ye Chen received system rewards for Kunlun’s disciples’ Genius Battle results and Kunlun’s new rank as the continent’s number one sect.
• Ye Chen concluded that the system judged the sect by its disciples and told Xiao Yue that Kunlun would recruit disciples again in three months.
• Xiao Yue used Ye Chen’s Golden Divine Oil for his massage and was astonished by its immense energy.

Xiao Yue massaged Ye Chen with Golden Divine Oil, which strengthened them both, while Ye Chen received a new mission to make the Kunlun Holy Land dominate the Desolate Immortal Great World. At the Falling Moon Holy Land, Mu Yan advised eager disciples and demonstrated how to break through by advancing into the Body Integration Realm.

• Xiao Yue applied Golden Divine Oil to Ye Chen and massaged his bare back, gaining physical strength from the oil as he enjoyed its effects.
• Ye Chen asked the system about rewards for dominating the Desolate Immortal Great World, and the system activated that as the next stage mission.
• Ye Chen decided to intensify Mu Yan and the other disciples' training to prepare them to dominate the Desolate Immortal Great World.
• At the Falling Moon Holy Land, Mu Yan and the other Kunlun disciples fielded questions from crowds of eager disciples seeking cultivation advice.
• Mu Yan explained that a breakthrough came when the feeling arose, then demonstrated by breaking through from the Void Refinement realm peak to the Body Integration realm first level.

Mu Yan broke through to the Body Integration Realm, astonishing the Falling Moon Holy Land disciples and elders, as well as Shen Cangsheng. Before Shen could return to cultivation, Mu Yan advanced again to the Body Integration Realm Second Layer.

• Mu Yan unleashed a powerful presence and golden Heavenly Emperor Divine Flame as he broke through to the Body Integration Realm.
• Falling Moon Holy Land disciples and elders gathered, then realized the breakthrough belonged to Mu Yan of the Kunlun Holy Land rather than one of their own.
• The Falling Moon Holy Land Sequence Sons felt pressured by Mu Yan's advance and resolved to cultivate harder.
• Shen Cangsheng saw Mu Yan's breakthrough and resolved to reach the Body Integration Realm Second Layer before leaving seclusion.
• Mu Yan's golden flames surged, and he broke through to the Body Integration Realm Second Layer.

Mu Yan broke through from the Void Refinement Realm Peak to the Body Integration Realm Third Level, astonishing the Falling Moon Holy Land. His Kunlun companions then began breaking through as well, leaving the gathered disciples watching a wave of rapid advances.

• Shen Cangsheng and the other Sequence Sons watched Mu Yan break through consecutively to the Body Integration Realm Third Level and were left stunned.
• Qin Haoran, Su Jian, and Gu Yingluo praised Mu Yan, then Gu Yingluo began her own breakthrough.
• Qin Haoran started breaking through, followed by Su Jian, whose Sword Qi drew the longswords across the holy land into trembling song.
• Chen Xuanbei and Han Li began advancing through their realms, with Chen Xuanbei charging onward through successive minor barriers.
• Zixing and Ziyue broke through together, while Ye Fan advanced from the Nascent Soul Realm Peak toward higher realms.
• Nine Kunlun disciples broke through at once, astonishing everyone at the Falling Moon Holy Land.

Nine Kunlun disciples broke through together at the Falling Moon Holy Land, stunning its residents and strengthening their ties with Kunlun. After returning, they were assigned essays by Ye Chen, while Youruo asked him to punish her for failing to advance.

• Nine Kunlun disciples broke through together, displaying spectacular phenomena that shocked the Falling Moon Holy Land and undermined the confidence of its ranked sons.
• The Falling Moon Holy Lord and Immortal Lord Siming praised Kunlun’s rising strength and resolved to maintain good relations with it.
• Mu Yan reached the Body Integration Realm third level, while the other disciples also advanced by varying amounts; Youruo was the only one who did not break through and grew dejected.
• After the disciples returned to Kunlun, Ye Chen ordered them to write at least three thousand words about their experiences at the Genius Battle, then increased Zixing and Ziyue’s assignment to forty-five hundred words.
• Youruo stayed behind after the others left, knelt before Ye Chen, and asked him to punish her for failing to improve.

Ye Chen comforted Youruo, who believed her slow cultivation had disgraced him, and gave her the harsh punishment she demanded before explaining that she lacked sufficient accumulation. He then took her out of the Kunlun Holy Land and showed her the world from among the stars, leaving her frightened and asking where they were.

• Youruo blamed herself for progressing slowly, so Ye Chen reassured her that her peak Foundation Establishment cultivation and performance in the Genius Battle were impressive.
• Youruo insisted that Ye Chen punish her, and he struck her twice with his switch until she begged him to stop.
• Ye Chen gave Youruo a bottle of Golden Divine Oil and explained that her progress lagged because she lacked the accumulation her senior brothers and sisters had built.
• After warning Youruo that cultivation required steadiness, Ye Chen took her through a spatial rift and out of the Kunlun Holy Land.
• Youruo found herself floating among the stars above an enormous sphere and asked Ye Chen where they were.

Ye Chen took Youruo beyond the Desolate Immortal Great World to show her the vast starry sky, where they encountered a fleeing Immortal King pursued by two Flame Star Behemoths. As the behemoths arrived, Ye Chen assessed their strength and compared their bloodline to the Ancient Sacred Body.

• Ye Chen told Youruo they had left the Desolate Immortal Great World and explained that the starry sky held countless ways of life.
• Ye Chen and Youruo traveled past enormous planets and continued deeper into space.
• A peak Immortal King fleeing two Flame Star Behemoths warned Ye Chen and Youruo that the creatures could rival Immortal Emperors.
• The female cultivator proposed joining forces against the behemoths and released her aura to confront them.
• Ye Chen studied the two peak Immortal King Flame Star Behemoths and judged their bloodline nearly as powerful as the Ancient Sacred Body, before they roared at the group.

Ye Chen’s glance frightened off two Flame Star Behemoths before they could attack, though Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds believed they had fled from her. After learning Ye Chen had brought his Foundation Establishment disciple Youruo into the starry depths, she gave him a jade pendant and invited him to a place rumored to hold many treasures.

• Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds prepared to fight the approaching Flame Star Behemoths while Ye Chen remained calm.
• Ye Chen’s intimidating glance stopped the two Flame Star Behemoths, and they fled in terror.
• Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds mistakenly credited the beasts’ retreat to her own strength, and Ye Chen played along with her belief.
• Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds learned that Youruo was Ye Chen’s Foundation Establishment disciple and gave Ye Chen a jade pendant to help him find her.
• Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds invited Ye Chen to accompany her to a place rumored to contain many good things.

Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds offered Ye Chen a chance to become an Immortal Emperor, but he declined so she could keep it. When her companion Yi Hong arrived, he grew suspicious of Ye Chen and became hostile after learning Yanxia had told him about the opportunity.

• Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds invited Ye Chen to pursue an opportunity to become an Immortal Emperor, but Ye Chen refused to compete with her for it.
• Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds explained that Flame Star Behemoths had chased her and Yi Hong for a thousand years after they woke the creatures on a planet.
• Yi Hong arrived and claimed the Flame Star Behemoths had fled because they feared him.
• Yi Hong questioned Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds for trusting Ye Chen and warned her to beware of strangers.
• Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds defended Ye Chen and revealed that she had told him about the Emperor opportunity, making Yi Hong anxious and hostile toward him.

After Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds left with Yi Hong, Ye Chen learned that Yi Hong planned to betray her and take her cultivation, though she remained unaware. The system then directed Ye Chen to Crocodile Origin Star to recruit a disciple with Emperor Grade talent.

• Yi Hong grew jealous of Ye Chen, but Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds said Ye Chen had refused her invitation and would not compete for the chance to become an emperor.
• Yi Hong left with Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds, secretly planning to drug her, take possession of her, and steal most of her cultivation.
• Ye Chen dismissed Yi Hong as a schemer, while Youruo blushed after nearly confessing her feelings for her master.
• The system detected a person with Emperor Grade talent and instructed Ye Chen to go to Crocodile Origin Star to accept a disciple.
• Ye Chen asked the system for directions, and it provided the route to Crocodile Origin Star.

Ye Chen and Youruo traveled to Crocodile Origin Star so Ye Chen could take a disciple, while their passage in a cosmic torrent startled Yi Hong and Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds. The chapter ended with Ye Chen and Youruo arriving above the enormous, crocodile-shaped Crocodile Origin Star.

• Ye Chen told Youruo they were going to take a disciple and led her toward Crocodile Origin Star.
• Yi Hong and Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds traveled aboard Yi Hong's damaged Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, and Yanxia rebuked him for not using it when they fled the Flame Star Behemoth.
• Ye Chen and Youruo's cosmic torrent swept past Yi Hong and Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds, terrifying them.
• Yi Hong mistook the figure in the torrent for an Immortal Emperor, while Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds wondered if it might have been Ye Chen before dismissing the thought.
• Ye Chen and Youruo arrived above Crocodile Origin Star and saw that its vast landmass resembled a gigantic crocodile.

Ye Chen and Youruo arrived on Crocodile Origin Star, where Ye Chen sensed that the entire world was part of a vast scheme. As Crocodile God Mountain appeared, local cultivators gathered to claim the Crocodile God's inheritance, and powerful factions from the Origin Immortal Great World arrived, leaving the rivals poised to compete.

• Ye Chen swept Crocodile Origin Star with his Divine Sense, recognized it as a setup devised by a great figure, and brought Youruo down to the planet.
• Ye Chen and Youruo reached a peak overlooking Crocodile God Mountain, where local cultivators gathered to seek the Crocodile God's treasures and origin essence.
• The local cultivators resented outsiders from the Origin Immortal Great World, who came through an ancient teleportation formation whenever Crocodile God Mountain appeared.
• The people from the Origin Immortal Great World arrived, including the Dustless Divine Hall led by its First War God and the Extreme Cloud Sword Sect led by the White Cloud Sword Saint.
• The Ruyi Holy Land arrived with Divine Radiance Immortal Lord, alarming the local cultivators as powerful factions assembled to compete for the Crocodile God's inheritance.

The cultivators gathered at Crocodile God Mountain, but repeated attempts by True Immortal experts and the First War God failed to open its gate. The major sects secretly summoned their ancestors, and Ye Chen and Youruo arrived as the crowd waited.

• The Dustless Divine Hall, Extreme Cloud Sword Sect, and Ruyi Holy Land claimed positions around Crocodile God Mountain, pushing native cultivators to the outskirts.
• A chosen disciple from each of the three sects tried and failed to open the mountain gate.
• The First War God struck the gate with all his strength, but it remained shut.
• The First War God secretly sent disciples to summon the Dustless Divine Hall's old monsters, while the White Cloud Sword Saint and Divine Radiance Immortal Lord sent for their ancestors.
• Ye Chen and Youruo arrived, drawing the crowd's attention to Youruo.

Ye Chen offered to take Luo Feng as his disciple after exposing his identity, but Luo Feng’s enemies and a True Immortal from the Dustless Divine Hall confronted him over stolen treasures, including rare purple spirit divine metal. With Luo Feng facing overwhelming danger, Ye Chen promised to settle the matter if Luo Feng accepted, leaving the onlookers stunned by his confidence.

• Ye Chen covered Youruo with a black robe, then identified the disguised youth as Luo Feng and offered to take him as a disciple.
• Luo Feng’s enemies gathered and demanded he return treasures he had taken, but he refused to give up what he had won.
• A True Immortal from the Dustless Divine Hall arrived and accused Luo Feng of taking a piece of purple spirit divine metal that he had pursued him for a year earlier.
• Luo Feng realized he could not escape the powerful expert, while his other enemies backed away.
• Ye Chen offered to settle the dispute if Luo Feng became his disciple, shocking the crowd with his claim.

Ye Chen killed a True Immortal Realm expert from the Dustless Divine Hall with a snap of his fingers after the man attacked him. Luo Feng accepted Ye Chen as his master, and Ye Chen prepared to deal with the remaining enemies.

• The crowd mocked Ye Chen’s boast, while Luo Feng urged him not to get involved in his troubles.
• The Dustless Divine Hall’s young talent pressured Luo Feng and advanced on Ye Chen, ignoring Ye Chen’s warning to reconsider.
• The young talent attacked Ye Chen with a massive palm strike, but Ye Chen snapped his fingers and the attack dispersed as the man exploded into blood mist.
• Luo Feng realized Ye Chen had killed the enemy and firmly accepted him as his master, promising never to betray him.
• Ye Chen welcomed Luo Feng as his youngest disciple and said he would clear away the enemies threatening him.

Ye Chen effortlessly killed the First War God with the force of a sneeze, shocking the gathered experts and confirming Luo Feng’s awe in his new master. As the survivors knelt before Ye Chen, he asked Luo Feng why he had come to Crocodile God Mountain, whose entrance his sneeze had also blown open.

• Luo Feng knelt and vowed to follow Ye Chen, while Ye Chen dismissed the gathered experts as no threat.
• The First War God attacked Ye Chen to avenge the Dustless Divine Hall member he had killed.
• Ye Chen yawned and sneezed, and the resulting gale shredded the First War God.
• White Cloud Sword Saint and Divine Radiance Immortal Lord led their disciples in kneeling before Ye Chen, while the other onlookers fled.
• Ye Chen asked Luo Feng why he had come to Crocodile God Mountain and noticed that the mountain’s sealed entrance had been blown open.

Luo Feng explained that he had entered Crocodile God Mountain to find a way to save his dying grandfather, and Ye Chen agreed to accompany him. Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds and Yi Hong arrived seeking the mountain’s Emperor-level opportunity, and after Yi Hong accused Ye Chen of plotting to seize it, Ye Chen and Luo Feng entered separately.

• Luo Feng told Ye Chen and Youruo that he risked entering Crocodile God Mountain to save his grandfather and protect the Luo Household.
• Youruo welcomed Luo Feng as a fellow disciple and promised that Kunlun Holy Land would help him, while Ye Chen agreed to go into the mountain with him.
• Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds and Yi Hong descended onto Crocodile Origin Star, their Immortal King pressure forcing the surrounding beings to prostrate themselves.
• Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds greeted Ye Chen warmly, but Yi Hong accused him of lying and trying to claim the opportunity for himself.
• Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds defended Ye Chen and invited him to enter with them, but Ye Chen declined, and she followed Yi Hong into Crocodile God Mountain.
• Ye Chen told Luo Feng they would enter the mountain and thoroughly loot it.

The cultivators entered Crocodile God Mountain to search for treasure, only to find a sealed deathtrap filled with deadly black shadows. Deep inside, Ye Chen saved Luo Feng from the creatures, leaving them to examine what he had caught.

• White Cloud Sword Saint, Divine Radiance Immortal Lord, and the other factions led their followers into Crocodile God Mountain, where they found ruins carpeted with bones.
• Cultivators fought over a thousand-year dream illusion lingzhi, but tiny black shadows ambushed and killed them; the mountain’s entrance was sealed, preventing escape.
• White Cloud Sword Saint was found dead with a hole through his forehead, driving the survivors into panic.
• Ye Chen, Youruo, and Luo Feng traveled deeper into the mountain while Luo Feng collected treasures that Ye Chen told him to keep.
• Luo Feng found a starfall glazed fruit, but black shadows sprang toward him; Ye Chen caught them all in his hand before they could strike.

Ye Chen explained that the tiny crocodiles were connected to the High Antiquity Crocodile God while the creatures slaughtered nearly all the cultivators on Crocodile God Mountain. Deep in the mountain, Yi Hong drugged Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds in pursuit of her and an Immortal Emperor’s legacy, but she escaped and reached Ye Chen for help.

• Ye Chen showed Youruo and Luo Feng the tiny crocodiles and confirmed their connection to the High Antiquity Crocodile God, as they killed nearly all the cultivators.
• Yi Hong and Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds reached a ruined palace and found a towering statue of the High Antiquity Crocodile God, which they believed concealed an Immortal Emperor’s opportunity.
• Yi Hong offered Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds poisoned spirit wine, and she drank it without suspecting his scheme.
• As the drug took effect, Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds struck Yi Hong with her ribbon Law Treasure and fled the palace.
• Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds found Ye Chen and rushed into his arms, leaving Ye Chen, Youruo, and Luo Feng stunned.

Ye Chen saved Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds from Yi Hong’s drug by neutralizing its effects, then agreed to travel with her as she sought revenge. Meanwhile, Yi Hong escaped his bindings and continued pursuing the High Antiquity Crocodile God's inheritance before planning to hunt her down.

• Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds, overwhelmed by the drug, tried to force herself on Ye Chen, but he blocked his disciples’ senses and detoxified her instead.
• After recovering, Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds realized Ye Chen had saved her without taking advantage of her, then told him Yi Hong had poisoned her and vowed to kill him.
• Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds asked Ye Chen what their relationship was, but his confused response left her disappointed.
• Ye Chen removed the sensory barrier, endured Youruo’s and Luo Feng’s awkward questions, and invited Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds to travel with them deeper into the area.
• Yi Hong broke free of his bindings and decided to seek the High Antiquity Crocodile God's inheritance before tracking down Fairy Mist and Rosy Clouds.