Recaps

Ji Wuchang and Ji Yongming prepared a concealed Samsara Formation to trap Princess Aorou’s pursuers, but learned that Elder Chai was on his way to support them. Ji Wuchang lured Aorou’s party away from the formation, while other powerful onlookers followed, and Aorou ordered her men to kill him despite warnings about his formidable background.

• Ji Yongming ordered Ji Mo, Ji Chu, and the other cultivators to retreat while he and Ji Wuchang prepared to face their pursuers.
• Ji Yongming received word that Elder Chai Wuzong would arrive in about an incense stick’s time, then concealed the Samsara Formation and withdrew with the others.
• Ji Wuchang left a trace of his presence near Kaiyuan City and raced away, drawing Princess Aorou’s party after him.
• Aorou’s men tracked Ji Wuchang’s presence, and Xia Guojiang, Zhen Miaoqing, and several groups of powerful spectators also pursued the spectacle.
• As Aorou’s giant sword closed in, one of her supreme realm fifth level cultivators warned that Ji Wuchang’s speed and potential suggested a powerful lineage.
• Princess Aorou dismissed the warning and ordered her party to kill Ji Wuchang.

Ji Wuchang lured two Supreme Realm Fifth Level cultivators into a prepared Samsara Formation after evading their pursuit with Shrinking the Ground to an Inch. As the formation battered them, Ji Wuchang asked Ji Yongming whether it could hold them until Elder Chai arrived.

• Ji Wuchang repeatedly escaped the two Supreme Realm Fifth Level cultivators and led them toward the prepared formation.
• Ji Wuchang used a Soul Division clone to draw the pursuers close, while his true self waited nearby with Ji Yongming and the others.
• One pursuer used a Supreme Decree to pin the clone, but Ji Wuchang activated the Samsara Formation and trapped both cultivators.
• The Samsara Formation assaulted the trapped cultivators with black Qi, Yin and Yang, lightning, flames, and spatial blades.
• Ji Yongming explained that the formation was a simplified version that could draw on the Principle of Space, and Ji Wuchang asked whether it could hold until Elder Chai arrived.

Ji Wuchang and Ji Yongming ambushed Princess Aorou’s party while two of her strongest escorts remained trapped in the Samsara Formation. Ji Wuchang captured Aorou alive, and Xia Guojiang confirmed that the attackers belonged to the Ji Family.

• Ji Wuchang ordered his men to kill everyone approaching with Princess Aorou except Aorou herself, whom he intended to kill personally.
• Ji Yongming and four other Ji Family experts attacked the gigantic sword with their strongest techniques, killing the party and destroying the bodies and souls of its Supreme Realm first-level experts.
• A surviving Supreme Realm third-level expert pushed Princess Aorou away before his body was torn apart, but Ji Wuchang seized her by the throat.
• Xia Guojiang identified the attackers’ techniques as belonging to the Ji Family, while Zhen Miaoqing worried that the Nan Family would retaliate.
• Xia Guojiang told Zhen Miaoqing that the Nan Family would not dare attack once it learned the Ji Family was involved.

Ji Wuchang captured Princess Aorou and brutalized her while delaying her execution to avoid alerting the Nan Family. He then ordered Ji Yongming and three others to intensify the Samsara Formation against two trapped Supreme Realm Fifth Level cultivators, whose defenses began to fail.

• Ji Wuchang tore off Princess Aorou’s arm, threatened to cripple her if she made another sound, and handed her to Ji He.
• Ji Yongming warned Ji Wuchang that nearby onlookers were reporting the clash to Kaiyuan City, so Ji Wuchang hurried to finish the fight.
• Ji Wuchang ordered Ji Yongming and three others to pour their spiritual power into the Samsara Formation and unleash its full force.
• The intensified formation shattered one of the four Supreme Weapons protecting the two trapped cultivators, leaving them exposed to its attacks.
• One Supreme Realm Fifth Level cultivator used his Supreme Power of Principle to halt the incoming attacks temporarily, damaging his origin in the process.

Ji Yongming and Ji Wuchang used the Samsara Formation and their techniques to overwhelm two Supreme Realm Fifth Level cultivators. The Yin-Yang Space reduced the trapped opponents to skeletons, though they continued to regenerate.

• One Supreme Realm Fifth Level cultivator tried to collapse the ground and break the Samsara Formation, but Ji Yongming transformed it into rotating yin-yang fish that stripped away the opponents’ defenses.
• The two cultivators prepared to detonate their weapons, but Ji Wuchang briefly disrupted their spiritual power and prevented them from escaping the Yin-Yang Qi.
• Ji Wuchang used Heart-Treading Steps to disrupt their spiritual power as Ji Yongming drew the yin-yang fish together.
• Ji Wuchang’s Six Yang Soul-Splitting Instruction backfired against one cultivator, but he used the Demonic Dao Law-Disrupting Immobilization Art again as the Yin-Yang Space formed.
• The Yin-Yang Space continuously stripped flesh from both cultivators until they were reduced to skeletons, while their bodies kept regenerating.

Ji Wuchang and Ji Yongming killed the two remaining Nan Family Supremes and captured their Primordial Spirits for the Myriad Souls Banner. Princess Aorou escaped with a protective jade token, and Nan Xiaotian arrived afterward, learned what had happened, and chose not to pursue the Ji Family.

• Ji Yongming’s Samsara Formation ground the two Supreme Realm fifth-level cultivators’ bodies apart, and Ji Wuchang ordered their Primordial Spirits captured for the Myriad Souls Banner.
• Princess Aorou’s jade token activated a barrier that protected her from Ji Wuchang, while its force sent Ji He flying and left him badly injured.
• Ji Wuchang warned Aorou that he would return to Kaiyuan City and kill her, then left through a void rift with Ji Yongming and the others.
• Nan Xiaotian arrived, searched Aorou’s memories, and learned that the Ji Family had attacked her.
• Nan Xiaotian recognized the lingering pressure of a Supreme Realm eighth-layer cultivator, considered pursuing the Ji Family, but ultimately let them go.

After escaping Nan Xiaotian, Ji Wuchang reunited with Xia Guojiang and Zhen Miaoqing, who had erased their traces and helped him avoid the Nan Family. Zhen Miaoqing decided to join him at Heavenly Chen Academy after leaving her secret realm, while Ji Wuchang agreed to leave the Nan Family dispute behind unless they pursued him.

• Nan Xiaotian carried Aorou away instead of pursuing Ji Wuchang, fearing the consequences if Ji Wuchang belonged to the Ji Family.
• Ji Wuchang and his companions emerged six thousand li away and prepared for possible pursuers, but Xia Guojiang and Zhen Miaoqing appeared instead.
• Ji Wuchang greeted Xia Guojiang and reunited warmly with Zhen Miaoqing, who was surprised that his cultivation had surpassed hers.
• Zhen Miaoqing told Ji Wuchang she would go to Heavenly Chen Academy after her secret-realm training to regain her edge.
• Zhen Miaoqing warned Ji Wuchang about the Nan Family's Supreme Realm Ninth Level expert and urged him to leave the Great Immortal Dynasty; Ji Wuchang agreed not to escalate the conflict.

Ji Wuchang arrived in Heavenly River City and decided to enter Heavenly Chen Academy under a false identity so he could avoid attention and experience the outer court. He chose the name Chai Wudi, while Ji Yongming urged him to seek out the academy’s hidden powerful elders.

• Ji Yongming told Ji Wuchang that the Heaven-Ascending Ladder would open in about a month.
• Ji Wuchang asked Ji Yongming for a way to enter Heavenly Chen Academy without revealing his identity.
• Chai Wuzong recommended that Ji Wuchang join the outer court under a new name, using his connection to a master there.
• Ji Wuchang agreed and chose the name Chai Wudi, and Chai Wuzong left to arrange his entry.
• Ji Yongming told Ji Wuchang that the academy’s hidden elders possessed powerful methods and that Ji Yuan wanted him to seek them out.
• Ji Wuchang settled into an inn in Heavenly River City and decided to explore the city.

Ji Wuchang examined an ancient scroll called the Soul-Disordering Great Method and discovered that it could turn a cultivator’s six illusory Soul Division avatars into Primordial Spirits. The scroll’s history and dangerous technique left him and Ji Yongming stunned, while the seller awaited Ji Wuchang’s decision.

• A sleazy-looking man tried to sell an ancient combat technique to an old man, who recognized the familiar scam and walked away.
• Ji Wuchang approached the man, said he would judge the technique for himself, and agreed to inspect it despite the seller’s price of one million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Ji Wuchang saw the scroll’s title, Soul-Disordering Great Method, and Ji Yongming recognized it as a technique sought by the Myriad Souls Hall.
• Ji Wuchang read that Soul-Chaos Supreme, a Supreme Realm Ninth Level expert, had gone berserk after creating the technique and died after a battle against six opponents of the same realm.
• Ji Wuchang learned that the method aimed to make a cultivator’s six Soul Division avatars into Primordial Spirits, leaving seven Primordial Spirits to fight for control of one body.

Ji Wuchang bought six sealed levels of the Soul-Disordering Great Method after learning it was incomplete and dangerous. He received a map to the secret realm where it was found, located in the Heavenly River Mountain Range, and left with Ji Yongming to investigate.

• Ji Wuchang paid the sleazy-looking man one million low-grade spirit stones for the incomplete technique after hearing that its six levels were sealed and the seventh was missing.
• Ji Yongming warned Ji Wuchang against practicing the technique, and Ji Wuchang said he only wanted to keep it from becoming a threat to them.
• The sleazy-looking man led Ji Wuchang and Ji Yongming to a dilapidated house, where his three injured companions reluctantly agreed to sell the technique.
• Ji Wuchang inspected the six scrolls and confirmed that even his powerful soul sense could not break their seals.
• Ji Wuchang offered three medicinal pills to heal the injured companions in exchange for the secret realm’s location, and the sleazy-looking man gave him a map and warned that two Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts had died there.
• Ji Wuchang discovered that the secret realm lay in the Heavenly River Mountain Range and left with Ji Yongming.

Ji Wuchang concealed his knowledge of the Soul-Disordering Great Method and took the Dark Night Beast to the Heavenly River Mountain Range to undergo its tribulation. The beast survived and emerged as a smaller, kitten-like creature, while powerful cultivators arrived too late to identify it.

• Ji Wuchang ordered Ji Yongming to erase the memories of the people who had learned about the Soul-Disordering Great Method and send them away from Heavenly River City.
• Ji Wuchang discovered that the Dark Night Beast had awakened and was close to becoming an eighth-tier ferocious beast.
• Ji Yongming led Ji Wuchang and the Dark Night Beast to a secluded valley in the Heavenly River Mountain Range for the beast's Lightning Tribulation.
• The Dark Night Beast endured several hours of lightning with Ji Wuchang's medicinal pills supporting it, then completed its breakthrough and shrank to the size of a black kitten.
• Supreme Realm experts arrived after Ji Wuchang and Ji Yongming had left, but they could not identify the beast; later arrivals also found nothing and departed.

Ji Wuchang met Song Qianshang, a powerful outer court teacher whom Chai Wuzong persuaded to take him on under a condition tied to the upcoming competition. As Ji Yongming prepared to leave, he gave Ji Wuchang the Ji Family Patriarch Token and warned him about the academy’s dangers.

• Ji Wuchang spent two days in Heavenly River City learning about Heavenly Chen Academy and nearby Heavenly Water City.
• Chai Wuzong returned with Song Qianshang, a Supreme Realm Sixth Level cultivator, and asked him to teach Ji Wuchang.
• Song Qianshang agreed to take Ji Wuchang if he placed in the top hundred of the upcoming Outer Court Grand Competition.
• Ji Yongming told Ji Wuchang that he and his group would return to the Lineage while Chai Wuzong stayed to protect him.
• Ji Yongming gave Ji Wuchang the Ji Family Patriarch Token and warned him that the academy’s internal struggles were dangerous.

Ji Wuchang traveled with Song Qianshang to Heavenly Chen Academy, where he saw the Heavenly Chen Cauldron and learned about the eight outer courtyards. Song Qianshang offered him the chance to choose which courtyard to join.

• Ji Yongming left with the Ji Family Army, while Chai Wuzong departed after placing Ji Wuchang in Song Qianshang's care.
• Song Qianshang tested Ji Wuchang's speed on the journey, then apologized when Ji Wuchang stopped following him.
• Song Qianshang opened a teleportation formation on Heavenly River Mountain, and he and Ji Wuchang traveled through it to Heavenly Chen Academy.
• Ji Wuchang saw the enormous Heavenly Chen Cauldron surrounded by eight distinct outer-courtyard peaks.
• Song Qianshang explained the eight courtyards and offered Ji Wuchang his choice, though Ji Wuchang had not yet entered the outer academy.

Ji Wuchang chose Li Courtyard and learned that its entrance assessment required surviving for three days inside a volcanic space filled with eruptions and Fire Qilin Beasts. After Song Qianshang left him with Yan Liang and Yang He, they escorted him toward the assessment, while Ji Wuchang looked forward to proving himself at Heavenly Chen Academy.

• Ji Wuchang chose Li Courtyard because his Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art suited its fire attribute, and Song Qianshang warned him he would have to pass its assessment alone.
• Song Qianshang explained that the assessment required Ji Wuchang to remain inside Li Courtyard's volcano for three days while facing eruptions and powerful Fire Qilin Beasts.
• Two Celestial Phenomenon Realm Ninth Level disciples, Yan Liang and Yang He, greeted Song Qianshang, who instructed them to take Ji Wuchang to Master Wu for the assessment before departing.
• Yan Liang and Yang He questioned Ji Wuchang about his connection to Song Qianshang, and Ji Wuchang explained that an elder in his family had known the headmaster.
• As Yan Liang and Yang He escorted Ji Wuchang toward the volcano, he observed Li Courtyard's cultivators and felt eager to test himself.

Ji Wuchang was brought to Master Chen for Li Courtyard’s assessment, where he chose to endure three days inside a sealed volcano despite warnings about its lethal heat and an eighth-tier Fire Qilin Beast. He entered the volcano, and the barrier closed behind him.

• Yang He and Yan Liang brought Ji Wuchang to Master Chen instead of Master Wu, claiming the headmaster had ordered an assessment.
• Yang He and Yan Liang left, revealing they hoped the volcano’s danger would kill Ji Wuchang and dismissing him as too weak to matter.
• Master Chen warned Ji Wuchang that he would have to endure three days inside the volcano, where an eighth-tier Fire Qilin Beast and extreme heat threatened his life.
• Ji Wuchang decided to enter because the volcano’s fire could benefit his cultivation and several of his powers.
• Master Chen opened the barrier, and Ji Wuchang entered the volcano before the opening closed.

Ji Wuchang entered the volcano and devoured its fire-attribute spiritual power, breaking through to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm Second Level while empowering several Supreme Weapons. Outside, Master Chen realized Ji Wuchang’s consumption was weakening the volcano’s flames and feared it could destabilize the power flowing through Li Courtyard.

• Ji Wuchang checked in inside the volcano and received eighteen years of cultivation and eighteen Fortune Points.
• Ji Wuchang used the purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art to absorb the flames as his fire-aligned spirits and mysterious mark devoured their power.
• Ji Wuchang broke through from the Celestial Phenomenon Realm First Level to the Second Level.
• Ji Wuchang brought out the Seven Feather Fan, Sun-Blazing Bow, Vermilion Bird Arrow, and Nine Nether Lamp, which began absorbing the volcano’s fire-attribute spiritual power.
• Master Chen noticed the flames erupting from the volcano had nearly stopped and realized that Ji Wuchang was devouring them.
• Master Chen worried that Ji Wuchang’s absorption could upset the balance of power and cause the volcano’s flames to erupt with far greater force.

Ji Wuchang slaughtered successive waves of Fire Qilin Beasts in the magma caverns while waiting for the eighth-tier beast to appear. After replenishing his spiritual power, he advanced into the cavern and continued fighting, intent on taking the beast’s Essence Blood for the Three-Legged Golden Crow.

• Ji Wuchang sensed hundreds of fifth- and sixth-tier Fire Qilin Beasts emerging with the magma and slaughtered them, storing their corpses in the Space Pearl.
• Ji Wuchang sensed a powerful eighth-tier Fire Qilin Beast deeper in the caverns, while it remained wary and out of sight.
• Ji Wuchang replenished his Dantian and meridians, then entered the cavern to hunt the eighth-tier Fire Qilin Beast.
• Ji Wuchang used an Azure Sparrow and transformed Vajra Sword Art to destroy more Fire Qilin Beasts and collect their Essence Blood.

Song Qianshang and Chen Qirong tried to break the barrier over the volcanic crater, unaware that Ji Wuchang had descended into the magma. There, Ji Wuchang encountered dozens of seventh-rank Fire Qilin Beasts and began fighting them with his Golden Body.

• Song Qianshang arrived at the crater, learned that Chai Wudi was trapped inside, and asked Chen Qirong to help open the barrier.
• Chen Qirong initially refused to break academy rules, but joined Song Qianshang after Song ordered him to cooperate as dean of Li Courtyard.
• Song Qianshang and Chen Qirong attacked the fiery barrier, but its flames grew stronger as Ji Wuchang moved deeper into the volcano.
• Ji Wuchang reached a vast magma pool containing dozens of seventh-rank Fire Qilin Beasts and prepared to test his strength against them.
• Ji Wuchang smashed one Fire Qilin Beast with a punch, then used the Great Sun Divine Fist to send a dozen more flying and shatter their claws.

Ji Wuchang slaughtered the seventh-rank Fire Qilin Beasts and forced the eighth-rank Fire Qilin Beast out of the lava pool. Their battle left Ji Wuchang wounded when the beast’s red beam pierced his left shoulder.

• Ji Wuchang killed dozens of seventh-rank Fire Qilin Beasts and threatened to kill the survivors unless their leader came out.
• The eighth-rank Fire Qilin Beast emerged from the lava, and Ji Wuchang demanded half its Essence Blood in exchange for sparing its life.
• Ji Wuchang attacked with the Thunder-Burning Life and Death Wheel and Demonic Dao Law-Disrupting Immobilization Art, but the Fire Qilin Beast broke free and retaliated with lava and a soul attack.
• Ji Wuchang absorbed the beast’s phantom into his Divine Soul Dao Platform and cut through the lava with Slash Wind and Thunder, but the beast’s claw struck him and threw him into the cavern wall.
• Ji Wuchang’s Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body withstood most of the claw strike, but the Fire Qilin Beast pierced his left shoulder with a red beam.

Ji Wuchang fought the eighth-rank Fire Qilin Beast in the volcano and forced it to surrender a third of its Essence Blood. He left with the blood, while the weakened beast and the other Fire Qilin Beasts withdrew into the magma.

• Ji Wuchang blocked the Fire Qilin Beast’s magma and scales with the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities, then struck back with his Dharma Aspect.
• Ji Wuchang fired the Vermilion Bird Arrow, piercing the eighth-rank Fire Qilin Beast despite its attempt to defend itself with fiery-red sabers.
• The Fire Qilin Beast warned Ji Wuchang that killing it could damage the volcano’s spiritual power and provoke the elders of Heavenly Chen Academy.
• Ji Wuchang lowered his bow and agreed to accept a third of the beast’s Essence Blood instead of killing it.
• The Fire Qilin Beast gave Ji Wuchang its Essence Blood, and he stored it in a porcelain bottle before returning through the cave.
• After Ji Wuchang left, the Fire Qilin Beast and the others sank into the magma pool.

Ji Wuchang emerged from the volcanic space after breaking through and joined Li Courtyard, choosing Chen Qirong as his master instead of Song Qianshang. Chen Qirong assigned him to represent them in the coming grand competition and warned him to expect challengers.

• Song Qianshang and Chen Qirong broke through the barrier to retrieve Ji Wuchang, who emerged unharmed and had advanced in cultivation.
• Song Qianshang welcomed Ji Wuchang into Li Courtyard and invited him to choose a master.
• Ji Wuchang chose Chen Qirong, angering Song Qianshang, who left after saying he had repaid his debt to the Chai Family.
• Chen Qirong accepted Ji Wuchang and told him he would represent them in the upcoming competition among the eight outer courtyards.
• Chen Qirong warned Ji Wuchang that others would challenge him and told him not to hold back if anyone tried to kill him.

Ji Wuchang learned about the dangers, rivalries, and competition within Heavenly Chen Academy as Chen Qirong showed him around Li Courtyard. Chen brought him to Master Zhao to obtain his Li Courtyard identity token, and Ji Wuchang introduced himself.

• Ji Wuchang asked Chen Qirong whether the academy restricted killing, and Chen explained that students often died and should stand up for themselves when provoked.
• Chen Qirong showed Ji Wuchang Li Courtyard’s volcanoes and facilities, and explained its students, dean, and the Eight Courtyards Grand Competition.
• Chen Qirong told Ji Wuchang that the competition’s top ten could enter the inner court and offered rewards for reaching the top fifty.
• Chen Qirong took Ji Wuchang to meet Master Zhao, where the two masters briefly exchanged blows before Chen asked Zhao to issue Ji’s identity token.
• Chen Qirong introduced Master Zhao to Ji Wuchang, who greeted him respectfully.

Ji Wuchang received a Li Courtyard token bearing the name Chai Wudi, but Master Zhao and Chen Qirong told him he first had to win a cave abode to become a true student. After learning that one of Li Courtyard’s twelve elite buildings had belonged to Chen Qirong, Ji Wuchang flew to challenge for a nearby cave abode.

• Master Zhao questioned whether Chen Qirong had stolen Ji Wuchang from Old Song, and Chen insisted Ji Wuchang had chosen him and survived two days inside his volcano.
• Master Zhao gave Ji Wuchang a Li Courtyard token inscribed with the name Chai Wudi and warned him to claim a cave abode within two days or lose it.
• Master Zhao showed Ji Wuchang the twelve elite buildings, explaining that Half-Step Supremes occupied them and one had once been under Chen Qirong’s control.
• Chen Qirong told Ji Wuchang to claim a cave abode by challenging its occupant, while Master Zhao egged him on and warned Chen he would mock him if Ji failed.
• Ji Wuchang flew toward a nearby volcano, and Chen Qirong and Master Zhao followed to watch what he did next.

Ji Wuchang challenged Xiao Dong for his cave abode and met the burly cultivator’s iron-staff strike with a single bare-fisted punch. Xiao Dong was sent staggering back with a bleeding hand, while Ji Wuchang remained completely still.

• Ji Wuchang arrived at Xiao Dong’s cave abode and ordered him to leave, using his Celestial Phenomenon Realm second-level pressure to injure an attendant.
• Onlookers gathered as Xiao Dong emerged and accused Ji Wuchang of trying to seize his cave abode.
• Xiao Dong charged at Ji Wuchang and swung his enormous iron staff down at him.
• Ji Wuchang punched the staff without using spiritual power, stopping it and sending it flying back.
• Xiao Dong staggered backward with blood dripping from his hand, while the crowd looked at Ji Wuchang with solemn expressions.

Ji Wuchang, disguised as Chai Wudi, overwhelmed Xiao Dong’s staff strike with physical strength and answered with a golden sun powered by the Great Sun Divine Fist. The golden sun raced toward Xiao Dong as Yan Liang and Yang He warned that Xiao Cheng might retaliate if Xiao Dong lost.

• Xiao Dong summoned his Dharma Aspect and Mad Bull Bloodline, then attacked Ji Wuchang with a giant bull formed from his iron staff.
• Ji Wuchang punched the giant bull, shattering it and Xiao Dong’s Dharma Aspect hands and sending Xiao Dong flying.
• Ji Wuchang appeared near Xiao Dong and announced he would return one punch before unleashing the Great Sun Divine Fist.
• Ji Wuchang’s golden sun surged toward Xiao Dong, alarming the onlookers.
• Yan Liang told Yang He that Xiao Cheng, whose strength was at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm Ninth Level, would not let Xiao Dong’s defeat go unanswered.