Recaps

Ji Wuchang defeated Xiao Dong after their attacks collided and caused a devastating explosion. The spectators praised Ji Wuchang’s strength, while Chen Qirong and Master Zhao recognized his use of the Ji Clan’s Great Sun Divine Fist and anticipated trouble from the Ji Clan.

• Xiao Dong transformed into a gigantic mad bull and charged at Ji Wuchang’s golden sun with his Mad Bull Howls at the Heavens technique.
• Xiao Dong’s bull and Ji Wuchang’s golden sun collided and exploded, leaving a hole in the void and concealing the outcome from the spectators.
• Xiao Dong fell from the golden light severely wounded, and Yan Liang healed his limbs before Xiao Dong was left to recover from his injuries.
• Ji Wuchang emerged unharmed, and the spectators recognized that he had defeated Xiao Dong despite their difference in cultivation levels.
• Chen Qirong and Master Zhao identified Ji Wuchang’s technique as the Ji Clan’s Great Sun Divine Fist, and Master Zhao realized the Ji Clan might come after him.

After defeating Xiao Dong and claiming his cave abode, Ji Wuchang exposed Yan Liang and Yang He’s mistreatment of him during his assessment, turning the Li Courtyard against them. Yan Liang and Yang He left with murderous intent, while Master Zhao praised Ji Wuchang and Chen Qirong refused to let him go.

• Song Qianshang decided to have Xiao Cheng leave seclusion after learning that Ji Wuchang had chosen Chen Qirong as his master.
• Xiao Dong admitted defeat, handed Ji Wuchang the jade token controlling the cave abode, and left with his followers.
• Yan Liang congratulated Ji Wuchang publicly, and Ji Wuchang answered by recounting how Yan Liang and Yang He had taken him to Chen Qirong’s volcano for his assessment.
• The spectators turned hostile toward Yan Liang and Yang He as Ji Wuchang’s account stirred anger across the Li Courtyard.
• Yan Liang and Yang He left with murderous intent toward Ji Wuchang, while Master Zhao praised him and Chen Qirong rejected Zhao’s request to take him as a disciple.

Ji Wuchang inspected his new cave abode after marking its jade token, while news of Xiao Dong’s defeat spread through Li Courtyard. Xiao Cheng refused to retaliate against Chai Wudi, and Yan Liang and Yang He decided to set their second plan in motion.

• Ji Wuchang entered the cave abode and discovered its hot cultivation chamber, cold jade bed, and spaces for Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Dong went to Xiao Cheng’s cave abode seeking help, but Xiao Cheng told him he would not stand up for him and admitted he could not confidently defeat Chai Wudi.
• Xiao Cheng revealed that Dean Song Qianshang had hinted he should deal with Chai Wudi, but he chose not to get involved in the conflict between the academy’s masters.
• Xiao Dong accepted Xiao Cheng’s advice and began recovering in his cultivation chamber.
• Yan Liang and Yang He saw that Xiao Cheng would not act and agreed to follow the dean’s instructions by setting their second plan in motion.

Zhan Yanlong confronted Ji Wuchang to seize his cave abode, but Ji Wuchang challenged him to a life-and-death fight in the Void Arena. After Master Zhao explained the rules, Ji Wuchang declared that anyone who provoked him would have to fight him to the death.

• Zhan Yanlong arrived at Ji Wuchang's cave abode and demanded that he leave, while onlookers suspected someone had hired Zhan Yanlong to target him.
• Ji Wuchang asked Master Zhao and Chen Qirong how the academy would handle a death during a fight.
• Master Zhao said students who fought to the death had to enter the Void Arena, where only one person could emerge alive.
• Ji Wuchang challenged anyone seeking his cave abode to face him in the Void Arena and accused hidden schemers of avoiding a direct fight.

Ji Wuchang and Zhan Yanlong entered the Void Arena for a fight to the death after both agreed to the masters’ challenge. As the arena sealed them from view, Ji Wuchang revealed his killing intent, and Zhan Yanlong prepared to face what he sensed was a formidable opponent.

• Zhan Yanlong demanded that the masters open the Void Arena, and Ji Wuchang agreed to fight him to the death.
• Master Zhao and Chen Qirong opened the arena and warned that only one fighter would leave alive.
• Ji Wuchang and Zhan Yanlong entered the arena, whose barrier sealed behind them and hid the fight from everyone outside.
• Song Qianshang regretted setting events in motion as onlookers suspected Yan Liang and Yang He had orchestrated the conflict.
• Inside the arena, Ji Wuchang taunted Zhan Yanlong and unleashed his presence, while Zhan Yanlong summoned his Dharma Aspect and readied his Supreme Weapon.

Ji Wuchang fought Zhan Yanlong, overwhelming him with copied Zhan Clan techniques and killing him after destroying his Dharma Aspect. As Zhan Yanlong’s body began to regenerate, Ji Wuchang crushed him again but remained wary that the Zhan Clan warrior might not be dead.

• Ji Wuchang attacked Zhan Yanlong with Divine Soul Spikes and a black chain, but Zhan Yanlong’s golden soul-protecting scale blocked the spikes and his club smashed the chain’s python form.
• Ji Wuchang countered Zhan Yanlong’s Battle Dragon Heaven-Overturning Seal with the same technique, shocking Zhan Yanlong by revealing that he knew the Zhan Clan secret art.
• Ji Wuchang stamped on Zhan Yanlong’s Dharma Aspect, then used the World-Destroying King Yu’s Heavenly Eye to destroy it and pierce Zhan Yanlong’s chest.
• Ji Wuchang immobilized Zhan Yanlong with the Demonic Dao Law-Disrupting Immobilization Art, severed his head, seized his storage ring and club, and punched his body into blood mist.
• Zhan Yanlong’s golden scale exploded as his body regenerated, but Ji Wuchang returned and smashed his head and body with the spiked club.
• Ji Wuchang watched the blood mist with murderous caution, knowing that members of the Zhan Clan were difficult to kill.

Ji Wuchang killed Zhan Yanlong after he revived using the Zhan Clan Three Lives Technique, then emerged victorious from the void arena. He publicly challenged Yan Liang and Yang He to fight him, threatening to wipe out their households if they refused.

• Ji Wuchang burned Zhan Yanlong's revived body and soul to nothing with the Thousand Star Flame.
• Master Zhao blamed the hidden schemers for the fight, while onlookers looked with contempt at Yan Liang and Yang He.
• The mist cleared to reveal Ji Wuchang alive and victorious, leaving Yan Liang and Yang He fearful that the Zhan Clan would uncover their role.
• Xiao Cheng and Xiao Dong reacted with alarm, while Song Qianshang worried that the conflict would implicate his Lineage.
• Ji Wuchang called Yan Liang and Yang He into the void arena and threatened their households if they refused to face him.

Ji Wuchang faced Yan Liang and Yang He on the Void Arena after they challenged him together, while the academy masters could not stop the match. He revealed that he belonged to the Ji Family and that his real name was Ji Wuchang, leaving both opponents shaken with fear.

• Yan Liang and Yang He entered the Void Arena together without waiting for the masters’ approval, and its barrier closed around them.
• The crowd debated the fight’s outcome as Master Zhao and the other academy masters admitted they could not stop the match without the inner courtyard’s intervention.
• Yan Liang and Yang He threatened Ji Wuchang and drew their Supreme Weapons, the Blood Wave sword and the Red Flame Saber.
• Ji Wuchang declared that he would wipe out the Yan and Yang Households, revealed his identity as a member of the Ji Family, and told them his original name was Ji Wuchang.
• Yang He denied that Ji Wuchang could be telling the truth, while he and Yan Liang turned pale at the name of the Ji Family.

Ji Wuchang fought Yan Liang and Yang He after they launched their strongest attacks against him. He overwhelmed them with his World-Destroying Millstone Fist and purple flames, leaving them gravely injured and bound by iron chains.

• Yan Liang and Yang He attacked Ji Wuchang with their sword and saber techniques, but he dodged their first strikes.
• Ji Wuchang activated the Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body and stirred his Bloodline Power before meeting their next attacks head-on.
• Ji Wuchang’s golden millstones overpowered the sword and saber lights, and he told Yan Liang that he had killed Supreme Realm experts before.
• Ji Wuchang sent purple fire dragons into Yan Liang and Yang He, breaking their Dharma Aspects and crushing their bodies with the millstones.
• Yan Liang and Yang He fell into a crater, and two iron chains coiled around their necks.

Ji Wuchang killed Yan Liang and Yang He, but their protective Jade Slips summoned their ancestors, who restored them and attacked him. When Ji Wuchang revealed the Myriad Souls Banner and its powerful Primordial Spirits, the ancestors recognized his identity and begged him to spare their households.

• Ji Wuchang strangled Yan Liang and Yang He with iron chains, then killed them by severing their heads.
• Jade Slips burst from the two heads, summoning the Yang Household and Yan Household ancestors, whose remnant souls restored Yan Liang and Yang He.
• The two ancestors attacked Ji Wuchang with enormous palm strikes while Yan Liang and Yang He watched with venomous satisfaction.
• Ji Wuchang summoned the Myriad Souls Banner, and its Primordial Spirits shattered the ancestors' attacks.
• Yang He and Yan Liang revealed that Ji Wuchang was from the Ji Family, prompting both ancestors to beg for mercy and abandon their juniors.
• The Yan Household ancestor offered half his household's resources and even his service as a slave to appease Ji Wuchang.

Ji Wuchang killed Yan Liang, Yang He, and their two ancestors with the Myriad Souls Banner, then kept their weapons. Their heads emerged from the Void Arena, revealing their defeat and shocking the crowd, while Ji Zhongliang and Zhan Sizhen watched from below.

• Yan Liang and Yang He admitted that they had plotted against Ji Wuchang and asked him not to punish their lineages.
• Ji Wuchang sent the four into the Myriad Souls Banner, where its remnant souls devoured them, then claimed the Blood Wave Sword and Red Flame Saber.
• Ji Zhongliang came to investigate the use of the Ji Clan's Great Sun Divine Fist, while Zhan Sizhen arrived after hearing that Zhan Yanlong had died.
• The crowd watched the white mist recede from the Void Arena as Master Zhao hoped Ji Wuchang would surprise them.
• Two heads flew out of the arena, and the crowd recognized them as Yang He's and Yan Liang's, leaving everyone stunned by Chai Wudi's victory.
• Xiao Dong realized his cousin Xiao Cheng had been right not to provoke Chai Wudi and grew more wary of the academy.

Ji Wuchang emerged victorious after killing Yang He and Yan Liang, having already slain Zhan Yanlong, and secured his standing in Li Courtyard. Chen Qirong assigned him a place in the Eight Courtyards Grand Competition and tasked him with reclaiming a coveted building, setting up another confrontation for the next day.

• Ji Wuchang emerged from the white mist after defeating Yang He and Yan Liang, and Master Zhao praised him while Chen Qirong and the other masters watched.
• Song Qianshang decided not to confront Ji Wuchang again, fearing the matter would reach the inner courtyard and bring him responsibility.
• Ji Wuchang challenged anyone who wanted his cave abode, but Master Zhao ended the confrontation by dissolving the Void Arena, and Chen Qirong ordered the crowd to disperse.
• Chen Qirong designated Ji Wuchang for the Eight Courtyards Grand Competition and told him to reclaim one of the twelve buildings; Ji Wuchang said he would take it back the next day, by force if necessary.
• Several masters went to persuade Song Qianshang to give up an allocation, while Master Zhao and Chen Qirong departed and Ji Wuchang returned to his cave abode.
• Ji Wuchang looted the three storage rings and found a broken Supreme Weapon filled with Sha Qi, which he placed with the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities.

Li Courtyard’s masters and students worried that Chai Wudi would challenge them for Master Chen’s building, while Song Yeche feared being forced into the Void Arena. Liao Qing investigated the previous night’s arena opening on the dean’s orders, but Master Zhao concealed the conflict’s true nature, and Liao Qing left to report what she had learned.

• Li Courtyard’s residents discussed Chai Wudi’s mysterious origins and the deaths of Yan Liang and Yang He.
• Zhan Sizhen, Ji Zhongliang, and Song Yeche worried that Chai Wudi might challenge them, with Song Yeche fearing he would lose Master Chen’s building.
• Li Courtyard residents gathered to watch Chai Wudi’s expected challenge, while Liao Qing arrived with Yu Ling to investigate the Void Arena’s opening.
• Song Qianshang directed Liao Qing to Master Zhao, who described the incident as a dispute between youngsters over a cave abode.
• Liao Qing noted that three names had appeared on the inner courtyard’s Void Stele and said she would report the matter to the dean before leaving with Yu Ling.

Ji Wuchang challenged Song Yeche for the cave abode on the mountain, drawing a crowd and confronting the twelve residents. Yu Ling recognized Ji Wuchang by his movement technique and confirmed his identity after hearing him speak, while he prepared to settle the claim by force or in the Void Arena.

• Ji Wuchang called out Song Yeche and demanded that he surrender the cave abode, which had belonged to Master Chen.
• Song Yeche challenged Ji Wuchang to come to the summit, and Ji Wuchang used his Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps to ascend toward him.
• Yu Ling spotted Ji Wuchang’s movement technique while traveling with Liao Qing and stayed to watch, suspecting that he was an old acquaintance.
• Ji Wuchang arrived before Song Yeche and assessed the twelve figures at the summit, sensing familiar qualities in Ji Zhongliang and Zhan Sizhen.
• Ji Wuchang demanded that Song Yeche hand over the cave abode or fight him in the Void Arena, and Yu Ling confirmed his identity from his voice.

Song Yeche challenged Ji Wuchang to a duel over his cave abode, but Ji Wuchang quickly overwhelmed him with flames, footwork, and sword strikes. Song Yeche activated his armor and unleashed the Nine Tigers Slaying Dragon Formation, trapping Ji Wuchang beneath a rain of spears and tigers.

• Song Yeche summoned his Dharma Aspect and attacked Ji Wuchang with the Nine Tigers Spear, sending nine tiger phantoms charging at him.
• Ji Wuchang burned the tiger phantoms with his Seven Feather Fan and formed a Fire Phoenix that Song Yeche split with his spear.
• Ji Wuchang struck Song Yeche with Heaven-Treading Steps, knocking him into the ground and engulfing him in flames.
• Song Yeche emerged injured, but his armor blocked Ji Wuchang's Shadow Sword Art strikes.
• Song Yeche summoned the Nine Tigers Slaying Dragon Formation, which locked onto Ji Wuchang as spears and tiger phantoms descended from the sky.

Ji Wuchang defeated Song Yeche by copying and breaking the Nine Tigers Slaying Dragon Formation, then overwhelmed him with the Great Sun Divine Fist. Song Yeche conceded and agreed to give up the cave abode.

• Song Yeche summoned the Nine Tigers Slaying Dragon Formation, while Liao Qing pointed out that its center spear was the formation’s core.
• Ji Wuchang copied the formation and revealed his mastery of the orthodox Great Sun Divine Fist, shocking the onlookers and Ji Zhongliang.
• Ji Wuchang hurled a golden sun at the formation, immobilized Song Yeche, and punched him away.
• The golden sun destroyed the formation and sent the Nine Tigers Spear flying.
• Ji Wuchang stomped Song Yeche into a crater, and the battered Song Yeche conceded and gave up the cave abode.

After Chai Wudi defeated Song Yeche, Yu Ling recognized him as her junior brother Ji Wuchang, though he kept his true identity hidden from the Li Courtyard. Their reunion revealed his connection to the inner courtyard’s celebrated heaven’s chosen, leaving the masters stunned and Chen Qirong hopeful about his own prospects.

• Chai Wudi defeated Song Yeche, and the crowd praised his combat strength while the masters envied Chen Qirong for having accepted him as a student.
• Yu Ling challenged Chai Wudi to exchange moves, then recognized him as her junior brother.
• Ji Wuchang greeted Yu Ling as Chai Wudi and asked her not to reveal his identity, and she played along with the disguise.
• The Li Courtyard erupted in confusion, and Song Qianshang explained that he had brought Chai Wudi to the academy as a favor without examining his root bone.
• Chen Qirong reflected on Chai Wudi’s strength and his own chance to enter the inner courtyard.

Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling tested each other’s strength in a fierce battle that shook Li Courtyard. Song Qianshang activated the courtyard’s defensive barrier to conceal the clash, while the other seven courtyards wondered what had happened.

• Yu Ling challenged Ji Wuchang, and both revealed formidable presences that shocked Li Courtyard’s masters.
• Yu Ling attacked with Mountain Fist, sending a refined mountain crashing toward Ji Wuchang, who countered with a blazing golden sun.
• The attacks collided, tearing open space and forcing Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling to retreat hundreds of zhang.
• Chen Qirong urged Song Qianshang to seal Li Courtyard before the other seven courtyards detected the clash.
• Song Qianshang activated Li Courtyard’s defensive formation, blocking outside probing as the other courtyards speculated about the disturbance.

Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling traded increasingly powerful attacks, displaying their mastery of lightning, flame, water, and other origins. As Ji Wuchang’s Thunder-Burning Life and Death Wheel bore down on her, Yu Ling answered with the Yu Clan’s terrifying Rain Fist.

• Yu Ling combined two mountains into a powerful Mountain Fist, and Ji Wuchang countered with the Primordial Jade Shattering Finger; both attacks shattered in their collision.
• Ji Wuchang used Heaven-Treading Steps to attack from above, but Yu Ling’s three mountains broke the golden foot and sent him flying.
• Yu Ling vanished and nearly struck Ji Wuchang by surprise, but he escaped with Shrinking the Ground to an Inch and unleashed Thousand Thunder Kill.
• Yu Ling’s Thunder Dragon devoured Ji Wuchang’s thunderclouds, then she attacked with rain transformed into sword light while Ji Wuchang countered with a fire dragon and a Wheel of Blazing Flames.
• Ji Wuchang sent his Thunder-Burning Life and Death Wheel toward Yu Ling, who met it with a mist-shrouded punch that the masters recognized as the Yu Clan’s Rain Fist.

Ji Wuchang fought Yu Ling in a fierce sparring match, struggling against her superior cultivation while using his techniques to keep up. After they called the contest a draw, Liao Qing arrived and became excited at the prospect of bringing Ji Wuchang to the inner court.

• Yu Ling's Rain Fist dissolved Ji Wuchang's Life and Death Wheel, forcing him to activate his Ice Barbarian Battle Body and block her next punch with the Heavenly Dipper Demon-Suppressing Claw.
• Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling exchanged dozens of blows, with Yu Ling's Mountain Fist repeatedly driving him back.
• After Yu Ling sent Ji Wuchang flying, he immobilized her with the Demonic Dao Law-Disrupting Immobilization Art, but his follow-up struck only a phantom.
• Ji Wuchang summoned the Three-Legged Golden Crow and then resumed attacking Yu Ling, who maintained the upper hand through another hundred exchanges.
• Ji Wuchang admitted defeat, but Yu Ling called the match a draw because he was at a lower realm and neither had used full strength.
• Liao Qing appeared and grew excited at the thought of bringing Ji Wuchang to cultivate in the inner court.

After Ji Wuchang’s clash with Yu Ling, she left for the Eight Courtyards Grand Competition while he settled into a better cave abode. Chen Qirong then advised him to develop his own Dao and refine his combat techniques into a personal path.

• Liao Qing offered to arrange Ji Wuchang’s direct entry into the inner courtyard, but he refused to enter through the back door, and Yu Ling agreed to let him proceed on his own terms.
• Yu Ling left with Liao Qing after telling Ji Wuchang she would watch the Eight Courtyards Grand Competition, and he promised to defeat every opponent there.
• Ji Wuchang moved into Song Yeche’s larger cave abode as the spectators discussed his battle and the other residents watched him leave.
• Master Zhao admitted he had misjudged Ji Wuchang, and Chen Qirong urged him to forge his own Dao instead of relying on many different combat techniques.

After Master Chen urged Ji Wuchang to forge his own Dao and methods, Thousand Poison Venerable explained how the golden age enabled past powerhouses to do so and warned that the Heavenly Chen Continent was nearing the Age of Dharma Decline. Ji Wuchang was left weighing the perilous path ahead as Ji Yaoyao revealed that the decline had already begun.

• Chen Qirong told Master Zhao that Ji Wuchang might become a peerless powerhouse and that the younger generation would have to face the continent’s coming upheaval.
• Ji Wuchang reflected on creating his own Dao and methods, then asked Ji Yaoyao whether she knew what the path required.
• Ji Yaoyao warned Ji Wuchang that forging his own Dao could lead to madness, Qi Deviation, or becoming a demon.
• Ji Wuchang asked Thousand Poison Venerable for advice, and he explained that the Ji Family and other lineages’ founders had risen during a golden age of complete Principles and fierce competition among Heaven’s Chosen.
• Thousand Poison Venerable said the golden age was ending and predicted that spiritual power would begin dwindling within a hundred years, making self-created methods far harder but potentially allowing Ji Wuchang to become the last Great Emperor.
• Ji Yaoyao confirmed that the Age of Dharma Decline had already begun, citing the lack of anyone breaking through to Saint King, though she said there was still time to reach that realm.

Ji Wuchang reflected on how to align his combat techniques with the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art, then emerged as Li Courtyard prepared for the Eight Courtyards Grand Competition. With the competition only three days away, he checked in at Li Courtyard and looked ahead to moving on to the inner court.

• Thousand Poison Venerable told Ji Wuchang that forging his own Dao required finding his own path and studying other cultivators’ methods.
• Ji Wuchang realized most of his combat techniques did not work well with the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art and resolved to adjust or abandon incompatible techniques.
• During Li Courtyard’s selection matches, Xiao Cheng reached Half-Step Supreme and fought Song Yeche to a draw; both were chosen for the competition.
• Li Courtyard’s residents discussed the competition’s early start, Chai Wudi’s absence, and the inner court’s practice of recruiting promising students.
• Ji Wuchang ended his seclusion, checked in at Li Courtyard for a year of cultivation, and anticipated the upcoming competition and a move to the inner court.

Li Courtyard’s group traveled to Qian Courtyard for the Eight Courtyards Grand Competition, where Song Qianshang wagered his position against Zhang Wenliang’s after Gu Lucheng encouraged them. The two heads sealed the wager with Heavenly Dao Oaths, and Song led Li Courtyard to their stands as the competition approached.

• Song Qianshang led Li Courtyard’s competitors and masters to Qian Courtyard for the competition, leaving Master Zhou behind to guard the volcano.
• Zhang Wenliang mocked Song Qianshang’s claim that Li Courtyard had a peerless genius and offered to swap their courtyard-head positions if Li Courtyard defeated Qian Courtyard.
• Gu Lucheng arrived and offered to witness the wager, prompting Song Qianshang to accept Zhang Wenliang’s challenge.
• Zhang Wenliang demanded that Song resign and serve as a master in Qian Courtyard if Li Courtyard lost, and Song agreed while insisting that both swear Heavenly Dao Oaths.
• Song Qianshang and Zhang Wenliang swore the oaths with Gu Lucheng as witness, then Song led Li Courtyard’s people to their designated stands.

Ji Wuchang inspected the gathered courtyards at Qian Courtyard’s competition grounds, identified a Myriad Souls Hall member among Qian Courtyard’s competitors, and checked in for a cultivation reward. After learning Li Courtyard had the longest odds to win, he bet thirty million low-grade spirit stones on its victory, leaving the assembled masters stunned.

• Ji Wuchang examined the competition grounds and spotted a Supreme Realm competitor from Qian Courtyard who carried the evil presence of Myriad Souls Hall.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at Qian Courtyard’s competition grounds and received eighteen years of cultivation and eighteen Fortune Points.
• Gen Courtyard arrived, and Ji Wuchang noticed that its leader looked like an eleven- or twelve-year-old boy.
• Xiao Dong told Xiao Cheng that Qian Courtyard’s betting pool ranked Li Courtyard last, and Ji Wuchang asked about the odds.
• Xiao Dong named Master Qi’s son, Qi Taihe, as the person running the pool, and Master Zhao offered to place bets on everyone’s behalf.
• Ji Wuchang bet thirty million low-grade spirit stones on Li Courtyard taking first place, shocking the masters present.