Recaps

Ye Chen destroyed the Beast God Hall and killed the Shangguan Household ministers after breaking the Divine Kingdom’s karmic barrier. He then brought Xie Purou and Youruo to the Grand Gathering of Eternal Heaven's Chosen, where their Imperial Decree drew notice and Feng Wanli broke through after Ye Chen tasted his tea.

• Ye Chen killed the Beast God Hall Master and the remaining members, then confronted Shangguan Yan, Shangguan Jing, Shangguan Qing, and Shangguan Lian as General Xiang kept his distance.
• Ye Chen shattered the Divine Kingdom’s karmic barrier, and the Formless Saint Emperor appeared and admitted he had brought the Shangguan Household to Ye Chen to prevent further trouble.
• Ye Chen erased the four Shangguan ministers, then joined the Formless Saint Emperor at the Divine Capital and learned that the Power of Strangeness had prompted an investigation across the kingdom.
• Ye Chen negotiated for Xie Purou and Youruo to attend the Grand Gathering, and the Formless Saint Emperor gave them golden entry tokens.
• At the Wind and Rain Pavilion, Xie Purou injured Gu Sen, while Shi Kai and Mu Wanling warned the group about Gu Hanchuan and his White Bone Battle Puppets.
• A registration official scorned Xie Purou and Youruo until Xie Purou revealed the Saint Emperor’s Imperial Decree, forcing the cultivators to kneel and drawing Feng Wanli to apologize.
• Feng Wanli led Ye Chen, Xie Purou, and Youruo into the Nine Heavens Immortal Hall and served his treasured tea brewed with Yellow Springs Holy Water.
• Ye Chen called Feng Wanli’s tea passable, and his glance helped Feng Wanli break through to the fourth heaven of the Saint Emperor Realm, and Feng Wanli then swore service to Ye Chen and prepared more tea.

Ye Chen’s disciples observed the deadly preliminary selection, where Gu Hanchuan, Shi Kai, and Mu Wanling emerged among the strongest before imperial descendants set new token records. As the one-on-one elimination round approached, Youruo and Xie Purou arrived with the Saint Emperor’s Imperial Decree, provoking suspicion and anger from contestants who believed they had skipped the competition.

• Feng Wanli opened the gathering’s spatial gate, and Ye Chen explained to Youruo and Xie Purou that strength determined who survived the brutal selection.
• Contestants fought, betrayed, and killed one another for tokens as Xiao Jianchen defeated a giant and Gu Hanchuan slaughtered the Ten Baleful Intents and nearby looters.
• Shi Kai defeated Wu Jiang, and Mu Wanling cleansed Gui Ying’s resentful souls before killing him with her vines.
• After three months, the survivors returned to the plaza, where Gu Hanchuan, Shi Kai, Mu Wanling, and Xiao Jianchen each posted enormous token totals.
• Wu Yuan, Wu Shang, Xiang Guanhong, Wuwang, Dustless, and Wuj​iang surpassed the earlier records, with Wuj​iang taking first place and the top thousand qualifying for elimination matches.
• Youruo and Xie Purou entered the plaza with the Saint Emperor’s Imperial Decree, startling the prince and the imperial descendants.
• Wuj​iang warned Wu Shang and the other leading descendants to treat the women as opponents on his level, while the contestants accused them of unfairly qualifying.
• Xie Purou challenged the angry contestants to hope they drew her, and eliminated cultivators urged whoever faced her to defeat her.

Youruo and Xie Purou overwhelmed their opponents in the tournament's first two rounds and drew the attention of powerful sect leaders and imperial-bloodline prodigies. As the third round began, Xiang Guanhong challenged Dustless, who summoned his Imperial Dao Dharma Aspect to press the duel onward.

• The prince began the tournament draw, pairing Xie Purou with Gu Hanchuan and Youruo with Song Chengye.
• Youruo defeated Song Chengye with Blue Waves Overturn the Boat, while the prince discovered that a powerful master protected her.
• Xie Purou defeated Gu Hanchuan and destroyed his White Bone Battle Puppets with her Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning, then killed him despite Gu Changfeng's intervention.
• The prince forced Gu Changfeng to submit and ordered him to endure a thousand years of confinement, while four powerful leaders offered to recruit Youruo and Xie Purou before learning they already had a master.
• In the second round, Youruo defeated Beiming Cang and Xie Purou overcame Xiao Yuntian's Divine Empyrean Heavenly Palace, while Wuj​iang and the other imperial-bloodline contestants also advanced.
• The third round began with contestants claiming ten arenas, and Xiang Guanhong challenged Dustless to settle their repeated draws.
• Dustless and Xiang Guanhong traded powerful blows until Dustless summoned the Imperial Dao Dharma Aspect and declared that all living beings should bow before the Heavenly Emperor.

Youruo, Xie Purou, and Wuj​iang advanced through the tournament’s final rounds, with Youruo defeating Shi Kai and Xie Purou facing Wuj​iang for a place in the final. Xie Purou survived their devastating clash and remained standing after Wuj​iang fell.

• Xiang Guanhong defeated Dustless with his Hundred Battles! Army Breaker punch, then collapsed from the borrowed power and his grievous injuries, and the prince restored both fighters with Nine-Turn Revival Pills.
• Xiao Jianchen, Shi Kai, and Mu Wanling claimed arena victories, while Youruo defeated the challengers who chose to face her, and the prince drew the top ten’s matchups.
• Youruo defeated Xiao Jianchen with the power of her Jade-Scaled Mermaid bloodline, while Xie Purou overcame Wuwang and Shi Kai, Wujiang, and Mu Wanling won their other matches.
• Youruo defeated Shi Kai after her seventh wave shattered his crystal pillar and overwhelmed him, while Wujiang defeated Mu Wanling, and Youruo then received a bye to the final.
• Xie Purou and Wujiang traded attacks powered by their opposing Daos, destroying the arena as the prince reinforced its protective formation.
• Xie Purou used Wujiang’s Annihilation Sword Intent to temper her Dao, then attacked him with Thunder Illusion Annihilation Kill as he answered with the Blood River Nirvana Sword.
• Wujiang empowered his final strike with blood from his injured arm, but Xie Purou healed with the Nine Tribulations Origin and met his sword with a lightning-charged punch.
• Their collision erased the arena and shattered its protective formation, and Wujiang fell beside the abyss as his Sword of the Ruins broke, while Xie Purou remained standing, bloodied and exhausted.