Recaps

Ji Wuchang called on Rongcheng Duandao to kill Gu Dangshan and then narrowly countered a surprise attack from Jia Yi. With the Ancient Xuan Pavilion’s stone mirror stolen and Jia Yi still alive, the battle remained unresolved.

• Jia Yi let Ji Wuchang wound her before vanishing, and Gu Dangshan saw the fight through the Mysterious Light Stone Mirror and learned that Jia Si and Jia Jiu had died.
• Gu Dangshan led over a dozen Yi Rank assassins to attack Ji Wuchang, while Ji Wuchang watched the old dean weaken the ferocious beast within him during the battle overhead.
• Ji Wuchang called on Rongcheng Duandao to fulfill his promised saber strike, and the unseen expert’s blow killed Gu Dangshan and two nearby assassins.
• An unseen hand seized the Mysterious Light Stone Mirror, and Ji Wuchang struck toward Jia Yi before breaking her counterattack with a lightning-charged punch.

After Jia Yi escaped, Ji Wuchang slaughtered the Ancient Xuan Pavilion assassins while the old dean defeated the four Dao Severing Realm attackers. The old dean killed the last of them and weakened the ferocious beast within himself, leaving Ji Wuchang expecting a period of peace.

• Ji Wuchang failed to find Jia Yi and killed the black-clad assassins before collecting their storage rings.
• The old dean killed Lin Jumeng by crushing his heart and destroying his Primordial Spirit.
• The old dean killed Gu Liuyang and another fleeing black-clad man as they tried to escape.
• Lin Juwen used the Blood Burning Technique to raise his cultivation, but the old dean killed him and destroyed his divine soul.
• The old dean's plan succeeded in weakening the ferocious beast within him, and Ji Wuchang believed he could enjoy some peace.

Venerable Purple Flame warned Jiang Yuanxiong not to provoke Ji Wuchang, while Ji Yongming and Li Xiaoyuan discussed protecting the young master and the danger of his return to the Ji Family. Back in his room, Ji Wuchang received his Fortune Points and bought a Reincarnation Dream Experience Card, planning to use it after the academies' Dao discussion.

• Venerable Purple Flame told Jiang Yuanxiong that Ji Wuchang was too dangerous to provoke and then disappeared.
• Ji Yongming warned Li Xiaoyuan that the Ji Family would be destroyed if he harmed the young master, and explained why the young master had been sent to the southwest.
• Li Xiaoyuan said he had come on his young lady's orders to protect the young master and would neither interfere nor take him to the Li Family.
• Ji Wuchang received Fortune Points for his recent kills and checked that his total had risen to 9,399.
• Ji Wuchang spent 5,000 Fortune Points on a Reincarnation Dream Experience Card and decided to wait until after the Dao discussion to use it.

Fan Qiu welcomed guests to Xinglong Academy and warned his grandson Fan Paopao not to underestimate Yunchuan Academy after Ji Wuchang’s battle the previous night. Zhou Haotian arrived with Chu Yanran, and Fan Paopao immediately became captivated by her.

• Fan Qiu waited at the academy gates to receive Zhou Haotian, hoping Fan Paopao would become Zhou Haotian’s disciple.
• Fan Paopao arrived late and claimed he had delayed himself by trying to break through in cultivation.
• Fan Qiu greeted Gu Sheng, Ji Wuchang, and Jiang Yuanxiong, then told Fan Paopao that Yunchuan Academy’s members were powerful and warned him not to challenge the Soul Splitting Realm Fourth Level man.
• Fan Paopao dismissed his grandfather’s warning and grew eager to challenge the Yunchuan Academy genius.
• Zhou Haotian arrived with Chu Yanran, and Fan Qiu bowed to welcome him while Fan Paopao stared at Chu Yanran.

Ji Wuchang attended the Dao Discussion Conference at Xinglong Academy and learned how the academies would compete for resources and sect sponsorship. Zhou Haotian then approached him and offered to take him as a personal disciple of Heavenly Star Peak.

• Gu Sheng explained that fifteen academies would compete in contests among their deans and disciples, with five academies winning resource allocations.
• Ji Wuchang recognized Zhou Haotian and Chu Yanran as they entered the arena.
• Zhou Haotian walked past the gathered deans and elders to meet Ji Wuchang, astonishing everyone.
• Zhou Haotian praised Ji Wuchang's rapid rise to the Soul Splitting Realm Fourth Level and asked him to become his disciple and join Heavenly Star Peak.
• The people in the arena looked at Ji Wuchang with envy and jealousy.

Ji Wuchang became Zhou Haotian’s first personal disciple, alarming Chu Yanran because Long Batian was searching for the woman who had once helped Ji escape. At the academies’ Dao discussion gathering, Jiangshan Academy’s judges arrived and revealed that Zhou Haotian had once been their vice dean, leaving everyone astonished.

• Ji Wuchang accepted Zhou Haotian as his master, becoming Heavenly Star Peak’s sole personal disciple.
• Chu Yanran recognized Ji Wuchang from the Land of Heavenly Loss and worried that Long Batian would target him over the woman who had aided his escape.
• Xiong Haibin and the gathered deans congratulated Zhou Haotian, while Fan Paopao grew jealous and planned to humiliate Ji Wuchang.
• Teacher Nan Yanchan and Teacher Qi Heping arrived as judges for the Dao discussion and respectfully greeted Zhou Haotian as their former vice dean.
• Zhou Haotian told Nan Yanchan and Qi Heping to call him Peak Master Zhou, revealing his past at Jiangshan Academy and shocking those present.

The deans began their Dao Discussion Competition by claiming five cushions, with Gu Sheng taking an outer seat before Gong Wushang and Nie Mingfei fought over the center one. Nie Mingfei broke free of Gong Wushang’s Bright Moon Rises over the Sea technique, and Gong Wushang conceded the center cushion to him.

• Gu Sheng used his Dao Severing Realm pressure to claim an outer cushion without opposition.
• Gong Wushang claimed the second cushion from the left and challenged Nie Mingfei for the center cushion.
• Gong Wushang trapped Nie Mingfei in his Bright Moon Rises over the Sea Dao and unleashed endless saber light.
• Nie Mingfei summoned a Sword Qi dragon that swallowed the bright moon and shattered Gong Wushang’s illusory sea.
• Gong Wushang acknowledged Nie Mingfei’s victory and yielded the center cushion to him.

After the academy heads’ matches, Ji Wuchang was chosen to defend Yunchuan Academy’s arena first in the disciples’ competition. He received a mysterious scroll and a bloodline gift for Gu Sheng, then drew a Thousand Illusion Spirit Pupil Fragment before noticing an unknown man’s killing intent as the arena matches began.

• Gong Wushang and Nie Mingfei took meditation cushions, and further battles decided Huayuan Academy and Long Saber Academy as the remaining cushion holders.
• Gu Sheng explained the disciples’ seven-round arena competition, and Ji Wuchang volunteered to defend first with Jiang Yuanxiong set to take over if he fell.
• Gu Sheng gave Ji Wuchang a scroll he had studied for a hundred years, and Ji Wuchang gave Gu Sheng a drop of blood essence from the Blood Pool.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at Xinglong Academy’s main square and drew a Thousand Illusion Spirit Pupil Fragment and sixty Fortune Points.
• Ji Wuchang noticed an unfamiliar man watching him with killing intent before Qi Heping called the disciples onto the platform to defend the arenas.

Ji Wuchang faced Fan Paopao in the opening challenge at arena five, where the crowd expected the lower-ranked Yunchuan Academy disciple to lose. Ji Wuchang knocked Fan Paopao down with a lightning-charged punch, leaving the result of the match unresolved.

• Ji Wuchang took his place defending arena five as spectators mocked his cultivation and speculated about his chances.
• Fan Paopao got permission from Fan Qiu to challenge Ji Wuchang, hoping his performance would attract the attention of a top sect.
• Fan Paopao introduced himself and demanded that Ji Wuchang concede, but Ji Wuchang told him to attack.
• Fan Paopao struck with a frost-covered sword, and Ji Wuchang vanished before reappearing beside him.
• Ji Wuchang hit Fan Paopao in the chest with a lightning-crackling fist as Fan Paopao tried to retreat.

Ji Wuchang defeated Fan Paopao and then forced Li Xiaoxiao to concede, earning two more points for Yunchuan Academy. After his second victory, the crowd no longer dared underestimate him.

• Ji Wuchang knocked Fan Paopao off the platform with a lightning-fast punch, and Nan Yanchan declared Yunchuan Academy’s score was three points.
• The academies began open challenges, and Li Xiaoxiao of Luoyang Academy challenged Ji Wuchang.
• Ji Wuchang countered Li Xiaoxiao’s saber strikes, then used his speed and small swords to wound her and leave her unable to evade his final attack.
• Li Xiaoxiao conceded just before Ji Wuchang’s sword could pierce her head, and her five split souls returned without attacking.
• Nan Yanchan declared Ji Wuchang the winner and raised Yunchuan Academy’s total to four points.

Ji Wuchang faced Li Chenming, whose Mad Lion bloodline raised his strength to the Six Spirits Realm Fourth Level, and overwhelmed him with lightning attacks. The chapter left Li Chenming injured at the arena’s edge, roaring at Ji Wuchang with a sound-wave attack.

• Li Chenming challenged Ji Wuchang on the fifth arena, and spectators identified him as Luoyang Academy’s strongest young fighter and a possessor of the Mad Lion bloodline.
• Li Chenming activated his bloodline and attacked, but Ji Wuchang met his punch with Wind and Thunder Transformation, sending lightning into Li Chenming’s body.
• Ji Wuchang used Slash Wind and Thunder to wound Li Chenming’s left fist and then struck him with Thunder Dragon Shakes the Nine Heavens, which spectators recognized as a Heaven Rank combat technique.
• The thunder dragon sent Li Chenming crashing to the edge of the arena and left him badly injured, while Zhou Haotian admired Ji Wuchang and Gu Sheng worried that the technique would attract attention.
• Li Chenming transformed his head into a lion’s and unleashed Mad Lion Roar, sending powerful sound waves toward Ji Wuchang and shaking the arena barrier.

Ji Wuchang defeated Li Chenming with Thunder Purgatory, securing Yunchuan Academy’s fifth point. Jiang Qiye of Mingguang Academy then entered the fifth arena to challenge him, leaving the crowd anticipating their fight.

• Li Chenming’s Mad Lion Roar failed to affect Ji Wuchang, who trapped him in a lightning cage with Thunder Purgatory.
• A Luoyang Academy elder conceded the match, and Ji Wuchang released Li Chenming, who left badly burned.
• Qi Heping declared Ji Wuchang the winner and offered him a rest, but Ji Wuchang chose to continue fighting.
• Jiang Qiye of Mingguang Academy passed the other arenas and stepped onto the fifth arena to challenge Ji Wuchang.

Ji Wuchang faced Jiang Qiye in the academy discourse, where Jiang Qiye’s powerful spear techniques tested him. Ji Wuchang wounded Jiang Qiye with his Azure Sparrow Nine Sword Art, and the fight remained unresolved.

• Ji Wuchang understood that Jiang Qiye had challenged him to suppress Yunchuan Academy, while Dean Gu Sheng signaled that he was unafraid of Mingguang Academy.
• Qing Heshang criticized Mingguang Academy for sending its strongest disciple, but Nan Yanchan ruled that the challenge followed the rules.
• Jiang Qiye attacked Ji Wuchang with his spear, and Ji Wuchang’s sixth sword of the Azure Sparrow Nine Sword Art neutralized the spear shadows, forcing both fighters back.
• Ji Wuchang unleashed the ninth sword of the Azure Sparrow Nine Sword Art, and Jiang Qiye answered with Spear Thrust Sunders Mountains and Rivers before punching the azure sparrow apart.
• The azure sparrow injured Jiang Qiye’s fist, shocking the spectators.

Ji Wuchang and Jiang Qiye escalated their duel on arena five, with Ji Wuchang using powerful footwork and lightning attacks while Jiang Qiye unleashed his strongest spear technique. After evading the barrage, Ji Wuchang closed in and forced Jiang Qiye to abandon his spear and defend himself with his fists.

• Jiang Qiye summoned a dragon of spear shadows, but Ji Wuchang used the Heart-Treading Steps to crush it and disrupt Jiang Qiye’s momentum.
• Ji Wuchang struck Jiang Qiye with a lightning blade, scorching his spear hand, before Jiang Qiye launched the Chaotic Spear Eight Consecutive Slashes.
• Fan Qiu reinforced arena five’s barrier as Jiang Qiye’s spear shadows threatened to overwhelm it and endanger the spectators.
• Ji Wuchang used the Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps to evade every slash, leaving Jiang Qiye unable to land a hit.
• Ji Wuchang appeared beside Jiang Qiye and attacked his vital points; Jiang Qiye blocked the assault, was sent flying, and abandoned his spear to fight with his fists.

Ji Wuchang overwhelmed Jiang Qiye’s Six Harmonies Golden Spear Formation by summoning an eighth-rank Three-Legged Golden Crow. Jiang Qiye conceded, giving Yunchuan Academy another victory and raising its score to six and a half points.

• Jiang Qiye used a sonic art to escape Ji Wuchang’s close-range assault, then summoned his five split souls to form the Six Harmonies Golden Spear Formation.
• The six Jiang Qiyes attacked Ji Wuchang together, but Ji Wuchang summoned the Three-Legged Golden Crow and shattered the formation with its pressure.
• The Golden Crow’s flames engulfed Jiang Qiye and his split souls, destroying several of them and leaving Jiang Qiye badly injured.
• Jiang Qiye conceded the match, and Ji Wuchang recalled the Three-Legged Golden Crow to his Purple Mansion.
• Nan Yanchan announced Ji Wuchang’s victory and Yunchuan Academy’s total of six and a half points.

Ji Wuchang challenged Mingguang Academy after securing his fifth consecutive victory, but Zhang Quanlong conceded, leaving Yunchuan Academy with eight points and an unassailable lead. As the remaining arena matches continued, no one challenged Ji Wuchang.

• Zhou Haotian accepted Jiang Qiye as his disciple, while Bai Xiangguan returned to his seat after Jiang Qiye chose Zhou Haotian.
• Ji Wuchang asked whether he could challenge another arena and then challenged Zhang Quanlong of Mingguang Academy.
• After receiving a voice transmission from Nie Mingfei, Zhang Quanlong conceded to Ji Wuchang.
• Qi Heping awarded Ji Wuchang the victory and an extra half point for five consecutive wins, bringing Yunchuan Academy's total to eight points and securing its first place.
• Ji Wuchang waited in arena one, but the other four arenas drew all the challengers.

Ji Wuchang led Yunchuan Academy to victory at the academy Dao symposium, and several students joined major sects. As the gathering ended, Wu Xiangming of Myriad Souls Hall arrived in Xinglong City to investigate the destruction of his sect’s branch.

• Ji Wuchang’s undefeated performance gave Yunchuan Academy first place, and Jiang Yuanxiong accepted Zhang Yuancheng of the Nine Stars Sect as his master.
• Rongcheng Yiyun became Zhou Haotian’s nominal disciple, while Jiang Qiye and Chu Yanran watched with curiosity.
• The competition ended with Longxing Academy second, Mingguang Academy third, Long Saber Academy fourth, and Huayuan Academy fifth; Gu Sheng received resources for Yunchuan Academy.
• The sects recruited students, Fan Paopao became Bai Xiangguan’s disciple, and Ji Wuchang gained Fortune Points for defeating Fan Paopao and Jiang Qiye.
• Wu Xiangming appeared from a rift in the sky and told Zhou Haotian that he had come to investigate the destruction of a Myriad Souls Hall branch.

After the Myriad Souls Hall threatened Heavenly Star Province, Gu Sheng left to confront the Ancient Xuan Pavilion while Ji Wuchang set out for the Heavenly Star Sect with Zhou Haotian and the others. Ji Wuchang advanced to soul splitting realm sixth level on the journey, unaware that a Demonic Dao First-Rank Hall elder was watching him from afar.

• Wu Xiangming gave Heavenly Star Province three months to find the person responsible for destroying the Myriad Souls Hall branch, while Zhou Haotian concealed what he knew.
• Gu Sheng departed to deal with the Ancient Xuan Pavilion after warning Ji Wuchang that the Heavenly Star Sect was complicated and its people had powerful backing.
• Ji Wuchang joined Zhou Haotian, Rongcheng Duandao, Rongcheng Yiyun, and Jiang Qiye as they left Xinglong City for the Heavenly Star Sect.
• Ji Wuchang used eight years of cultivation to advance from soul splitting realm fourth level to sixth level, surprising Zhou Haotian and Rongcheng Duandao.
• Ji Wuchang used four flash-sale attempts, gaining Fortune Points, a Thousand Illusion Spirit Pupil Experience Card, and a Position Swap Card.
• An old man from the Demonic Dao First-Rank Hall watched Ji Wuchang depart from a distant mountain, then reluctantly gave up pursuing him.

Wei Wujian and four peak masters discussed joining forces with the Heavenly Star Dynasty and Nine Stars Sect to hunt Huang Sen, then arranged recruitment for the Heavenly Star Sect. A paper crane brought Wei Wujian news that made him burst into delighted laughter.

• Dai Zhenhang warned that Huang Sen had grown more dangerous, and Xue Wanjian proposed cooperating with the Heavenly Star Dynasty and Nine Stars Sect to stop him.
• Wei Wujian sent Hou Xiangqian to the Heavenly Star Dynasty and Dai Zhenhang to the Nine Stars Sect to seek help against Huang Sen.
• Luo Qing volunteered Flying Snow Peak to lead the upcoming recruitment, and Wei Wujian granted it two first picks before the other peaks competed for the remaining candidates.
• A paper crane arrived with a message, and Wei Wujian read it before laughing with delight.

Ji Wuchang arrived at Heavenly Star Peak with Jiang Qiye and Rongcheng Yiyun after Zhou Haotian accepted them as his disciples. As the other peak masters planned to attend their acceptance ceremony, Ji Wuchang settled into his new home and found that his journey had granted him ten years of unused cultivation.

• The four peak masters learned Zhou Haotian had accepted three disciples, and Wei Wujian persuaded them to wait for the acceptance ceremony before visiting.
• Ji Wuchang climbed Heavenly Star Peak on the big black bull and gained ten years of unused cultivation by checking in at the mountain gate.
• Ji Wuchang saw the peak's medicinal fields and menial disciples before reaching the buildings where Jiang Qiye and Rongcheng Yiyun waited.
• Jiang Qiye told Ji Wuchang that he had chosen a house near the square and Rongcheng Yiyun had chosen one to the south.
• Ji Wuchang chose the house by the cliff, and Jiang Qiye and Rongcheng Yiyun smiled at his predictable choice.

Ji Wuchang and his fellow disciples learned about their duties and the challenges awaiting them on Heavenly Star Peak. After Zhou Haotian warned them to prepare for rival peaks’ challenges at the upcoming ceremony, Ji Wuchang met Deacon Ge and left her in charge of the medicinal fields for now.

• Menial disciples cleaned the residences Ji Wuchang and the others had chosen.
• Zhou Haotian assigned Ji Wuchang, Jiang Qiye, and Rongcheng Yiyun responsibility for Heavenly Star Peak’s medicinal fields, upkeep, and kitchens and pill chambers.
• Zhou Haotian warned his disciples that rival peaks would challenge them at the disciple acceptance ceremony in three days and ordered them to win.
• Jiang Qiye asked Ji Wuchang for help if he could not win, and Ji Wuchang agreed to support him.
• Ji Wuchang met Deacon Ge and told her to continue managing the medicinal fields until he visited them.

Ji Wuchang strengthened his cultivation, perfected the Great Void Phantom Technique, and began mastering the Mountain Fist. Zhou Haotian noticed Ji Wuchang had learned a Yu Tribe technique and realized Yu Ling must have taught it to him.

• Ji Wuchang signed in at Heavenly Star Peak and used his cultivation reward to advance to the Soul Splitting Realm Seventh Level.
• Ji Wuchang spent sixteen years of cultivation reaching grand perfection in the Great Void Phantom Technique and briefly evaded Zhou Haotian's perception.
• Ji Wuchang tested the technique near Jiang Qiye, who failed to notice him.
• Ji Wuchang used his remaining cultivation to reach the introductory stage of the Mountain Fist and gained the strength of one mountain.
• Zhou Haotian recognized the Mountain Fist as a Yu Tribe technique and concluded that Yu Ling had taught it to Ji Wuchang.

Heavenly Star Peak prepared for Zhou Haotian’s first disciple acceptance ceremony, drawing the sect’s peak masters and sect master. Ji Wuchang received a gift of concealed weapons from Zuo Hongyun as more guests arrived, and Wei Wujian appeared as the ceremony was about to begin.

• Ji Wuchang noticed Rongcheng Yiyun’s unstable aura and realized someone had sealed her cultivation, suspecting Zhou Haotian had arranged it.
• Zuo Hongyun arrived with her disciple, offered to welcome the guests, and received Zhou Haotian’s promise to help her when she pursued a breakthrough.
• Zuo Hongyun gave Ji Wuchang, Jiang Qiye, and Rongcheng Yiyun gifts; Ji Wuchang found two hundred high-grade Spirit Artifact flying needles in his box.
• Luo Qing and the other peak masters arrived, with their disciples sizing up Ji Wuchang and his companions.
• Wei Wujian arrived, and the peak masters stepped forward to welcome the sect master.

Long Batian emerged from seclusion and learned that Zhou Haotian was accepting three disciples, so he went to Heavenly Star Peak to see them for himself. There, Rongcheng Yiyun began her foundation establishment before the gathered peak masters, and six Flawless Dao Platforms appeared as Long Batian hurried toward the summit.

• Long Batian left seclusion after failing to find the woman who had saved him and learned from Liu Qin that Zhou Haotian was holding a disciple acceptance ceremony.
• Long Batian remembered Zhou Haotian’s past rejection of him and headed to Heavenly Star Peak to inspect the new disciples.
• Ji Wuchang and his companions received gifts from Wei Wujian and the other peak masters gathered at Heavenly Star Peak.
• Rongcheng Yiyun broke her seal and released a powerful chill as Zhou Haotian announced that she would establish her foundation before the ceremony.
• Long Aotian raced toward the summit while lightning struck Rongcheng Yiyun, who manifested six Flawless Dao Platforms.

Rongcheng Yiyun opened eight Dao Platforms, then revealed a ninth as the Heavenly Star Sect watched in astonishment. Her breakthrough left her poised to become a top-tier heaven’s chosen, while Long Aotian departed consumed by jealousy and killing intent.

• Lightning struck Rongcheng Yiyun as her seventh Dao Platform’s flaws vanished, secretly burned away by her glacial glazed fire.
• Rongcheng Yiyun condensed an eighth Dao Platform, and Wei Wujian warned that her breakthrough was not over as the thunderclouds continued to churn.
• Ji Wuchang sensed Rongcheng Yiyun’s glacial glazed fire surging and realized Zhou Haotian had put her in the spotlight to draw attention away from Ji Wuchang.
• A ninth Dao Platform appeared behind Rongcheng Yiyun, astonishing Wei Wujian and the peak masters, who recognized her as a top-tier heaven’s chosen.
• Long Aotian left the square with jealousy and killing intent after seeing Rongcheng Yiyun’s ninth Dao Platform, and Ji Wuchang noticed his hostility.