Recaps

Ji Wuchang watched Master Zhao secure a huge wager against Qi Courtyard, then saw the inner courtyard contingent arrive on a guardian beast. He learned about its powerful masters and asked Chen Qirong how Yu Ling and Zhan Gu'an would rank among the Heavenly Dragon Ranking’s geniuses.

• Master Zhao gathered five hundred million low-grade spirit stones, wagered them against Qi, and made Qi swear a Heavenly Dao Oath with witnesses present.
• Ji Wuchang noticed masters from Qian Courtyard watching Li Courtyard’s contestants after Master Zhao’s wager threatened them.
• The eight courtyard deans rose as an eighth-rank guardian beast carrying five inner courtyard figures approached the competition grounds.
• Ji Wuchang recognized Yu Ling among the arrivals and studied the powerful Zhan Gu'an, whose gaze stayed on her.
• Chen Qirong identified Xiao Xueguang, Li Guorui, and Zhan Gu'an and described their strength, prompting Ji Wuchang to ask how Yu Ling and Zhan Gu'an would rank among Heavenly Dragon Ranking geniuses.

Chen Qirong explained the strength of the Heavenly Chen Academy's inner courtyard as the Eight Courtyards Grand Competition began. Xiao Xueguang opened the competition grounds, where students would fight for tokens amid dangerous void storms.

• Chen Qirong told Ji Wuchang that Yu Ling and Zhan Gu'an could rank in the inner courtyard's top ten, while its three leading prodigies were Supreme Realm Third Level experts.
• Zhang Wenliang introduced the inner-courtyard judges and announced that the ten best competitors could enter the inner courtyard, while Xiao Xueguang sought a follower to inherit his Principle of Space abilities.
• Zhan Gu'an watched Yu Ling and resolved to win her over so he could secure the Zhan Clan's succession and strengthen its ties with the Yu Clan.
• Xiao Xueguang explained that competitors would be randomly placed inside the arena, steal tokens from one another, and survive void storms until only ten remained.
• Xiao Xueguang opened the glowing gate on the competition platform, officially starting the Eight Courtyards Grand Competition.

Ji Wuchang entered the competition realm and encountered Li Feiqiao, a Half-Step Supreme from Zhen Academy. As the spectators expected Ji Wuchang to be eliminated, he challenged Li Feiqiao for his competition token, and Xiao Xueguang enlarged their scene in the viewing mirror.

• Jiumo Xiao mocked Li Courtyard for entering a Celestial Phenomenon Realm second-level competitor, and Song Qianshang rebuked him.
• Ji Wuchang entered the gate of light, and Xiao Xueguang displayed all 192 competitors in a giant mirror.
• Ji Wuchang arrived in a rainy forest and sensed someone approaching.
• Li Feiqiao confronted Ji Wuchang, who demanded his competition token and threatened to beat him.
• Xiao Xueguang enlarged the view of Ji Wuchang and Li Feiqiao as spectators laughed and watched.

Ji Wuchang chased down Li Feiqiao after he fled with a talisman, then defeated him with his techniques and demanded his competition token. The other courtyard heads recognized Ji Wuchang as a potential contender for a place among the top ten, while Liao Qing’s plan to recruit him became contested.

• Ji Wuchang overwhelmed Li Feiqiao with his presence, prompting Li Feiqiao to crush a talisman and flee.
• Ji Wuchang pursued Li Feiqiao, while Liao Qing told Xiao Xueguang and Li Guorui that she intended to recruit him if he placed in the top ten.
• Xiao Xueguang and Li Guorui agreed that Ji Wuchang’s placement would need the academy head’s decision if he reached the top three.
• Li Feiqiao stopped fleeing and attacked Ji Wuchang with his Great River Sword, but Ji Wuchang evaded him and struck his Dharma Aspect with Heaven-Treading Steps.
• Ji Wuchang followed with a great purple sun attack, gravely injuring Li Feiqiao and demanding his competition token or his life.

Ji Wuchang defeated Li Feiqiao in the competition, drawing attention from the other courtyards. After discovering that a hidden presence was watching the secret realm, he hurried away to find a way to block it.

• Li Feiqiao surrendered to Ji Wuchang and was transported out of the secret realm, where he returned to Zhen Academy in disgrace.
• Song Qianshang mocked Jiumo Xiao over his earlier dismissal of Ji Wuchang, while the deans of several courtyards ordered investigations into him.
• Ji Wuchang tested the secret realm’s unusually hard ground and sensed that its rules differed from those outside.
• Thousand Poison Venerable warned Ji Wuchang that the secret realm was likely a saint-grade spatial treasure and that people outside could watch his every move.
• Ji Wuchang fled after sensing the probing presence and considered using one of his supreme weapons to block it.

Ji Wuchang fled a vast void storm and defeated two women from Xun Courtyard and Dui Courtyard after they attacked him, taking their competition tokens. He continued leading the storm onward, curious about the laws flowing through its power.

• Thousand Poison Venerable warned Ji Wuchang that Heavenly Chen Academy and its spatial Saint Weapon were dangerous, then told him not to contact him again.
• Ji Wuchang found two Celestial Phenomenon Realm women fighting and saw a void storm sweep down from a fissure in the sky.
• Ji Wuchang and the women fled the storm, but the women caught up and attacked him after mistaking his concealed observation for an attempt to profit from their fight.
• Ji Wuchang smashed the women's Dharma Aspects, defeated them, and demanded their competition tokens or threatened to throw them into the void storm.
• The women handed over their tokens and were taken away through a spatial passage, while Ji Wuchang continued ahead of the storm and studied its unusual law power.

Ji Wuchang entered the void storm inside the Saint Weapon and discovered he could absorb its power and faint traces of Principles. As he hid within the storm and devoured its energy, the other courtyards watched in alarm while Zhan Gu'an resolved to eliminate him.

• Spectators at the competition grounds watched Ji Wuchang enter the void storm, while Master Zhao, Chen Qirong, Yu Ling, and Xiao Xueguang reacted to his dangerous choice.
• Zhan Gu'an saw Yu Ling watching Ji Wuchang and decided to eliminate him, while Zhang Wenliang feared losing his wager if Li Courtyard won.
• Ji Wuchang activated the Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body and his Dharma Aspect to withstand the storm's tearing force.
• Ji Wuchang used his Hidden Acupoints to draw the void's power into his body and discovered that it carried faint power of Principles.
• Ji Wuchang's Dao Platform joined the Hidden Acupoints in devouring the storm's energy, and he dispersed his Dharma Aspect to let the storm conceal him.

Xiao Cheng tried to escape Zhang Cuo, Zhong Qiushui, and Chen Kongli after they ambushed him for his competition token, hoping to warn the Li Courtyard about the danger. Just as his pursuers nearly caught him, a vast void storm charged toward all four of them.

• Xiao Cheng fled while Zhang Cuo, Zhong Qiushui, and Chen Kongli pursued him and demanded his competition token.
• Xiao Cheng insisted the Li Courtyard had a peerless heaven's chosen, but the three mocked him and continued the chase.
• Zhong Qiushui and Chen Kongli attacked Xiao Cheng with lightning and water techniques, but Xiao Cheng used flames, a talisman, and a sword strike to break free temporarily.
• Xiao Cheng's spiritual power dwindled as the three pursuers closed in, leaving him desperate for help.
• A huge void storm appeared ahead, and Xiao Cheng, Zhang Cuo, Zhong Qiushui, and Chen Kongli stopped in fear.

Ji Wuchang emerged from the void storm and rescued Xiao Cheng from Zhang Cuo, Zhong Qiushui, and Chen Kongli. He crippled Zhong Qiushui and took his competition token while Zhang Cuo and Chen Kongli fled from the approaching storm.

• Xiao Cheng attacked Zhong Qiushui as the void storm approached, but Zhang Cuo and Chen Kongli joined the fight and shattered his shield, leaving him badly injured.
• As Xiao Cheng prepared to use his competition token to escape, Ji Wuchang stepped out of the void storm and gave him a pill and a flight talisman.
• Ji Wuchang attacked the three men as Xiao Cheng fled, striking Zhong Qiushui with Heart-Treading Steps and Heaven-Treading Steps.
• Ji Wuchang seized Zhong Qiushui, demanded his competition token, and took it after Zhong Qiushui revealed where it was.
• Zhang Cuo and Chen Kongli fled as the void storm closed in.

Ji Wuchang defeated Zhang Cuo and Chen Kongli, taking both of their competition tokens as the other courtyards’ alliance continued eliminating competitors. Outside the secret realm, Xiao Xueguang decided he wanted Ji Wuchang as his successor, while Zhan Gu'an grew more determined to kill him.

• Ji Wuchang copied Zhang Cuo’s Heaven-Sealing Palm, immobilized Zhang Cuo and his attack, then struck him and took his competition token.
• Ji Wuchang caught up with Chen Kongli and struck him with a blazing golden sun, shattering his Dharma Aspect and taking his competition token.
• A spatial passage teleported the badly injured Chen Kongli out of the secret realm.
• At Qian Courtyard’s competition grounds, the masters saw that the allied courtyards had eliminated many competitors, while Li Courtyard’s leaders remained confident in Ji Wuchang.
• Zhan Gu'an resolved that Ji Wuchang had to be killed, while Xiao Xueguang decided to keep him close if he reached the top ten.

Ji Wuchang and Xiao Cheng joined forces to gather competition tokens, while academy leaders argued over the alliance tactics in the secret realm. Later, Jiu Huaitian and four Zhen Academy fighters ambushed Xiao Cheng, who called for Ji Wuchang as they closed in on him.

• Ji Wuchang offered Xiao Cheng a share of the tokens if he lured opponents near the void storm, and Xiao Cheng agreed.
• Xiao Cheng lured nine people to Ji Wuchang, who defeated them and took six tokens while giving Xiao Cheng three.
• Tang Bo objected to their tactics before Xiao Xueguang ruled that forming alliances in the secret realm was normal.
• Jiu Huaitian and four Zhen Academy fighters ambushed Xiao Cheng, who escaped their first strike with a flight talisman and sent Ji Wuchang a message.
• The five pursued Xiao Cheng with lightning attacks and nearly caught him as he hoped Ji Wuchang would arrive.

Ji Wuchang arrived to protect Xiao Cheng and defeated Zhang Xiguang with a single punch, taking his competition tokens and supplies. He then demanded the remaining four Zhen Academy disciples surrender their tokens and offered to let them keep one among themselves, leaving them to choose whether to accept or fight.

• Xiao Cheng fled from Jiu Huaitian and four Zhen Academy disciples, who pursued him as bait, until Ji Wuchang appeared beside him.
• Ji Wuchang told Xiao Cheng to retreat, and Zhang Xiguang rushed after him despite Jiu Huaitian's warning.
• Ji Wuchang struck Zhang Xiguang through the chest, then took two competition tokens and other supplies from his storage ring before Zhang was pulled from the arena.
• Ji Wuchang demanded that Jiu Huaitian, Du Biao, and the other two hand over their competition tokens or face death.
• Jiu Huaitian asked to give Ji Wuchang four tokens in exchange for their freedom, but Ji Wuchang offered to let them keep one token among themselves and told them to fight if they refused.

Ji Wuchang defeated the Zhen Academy fighters after killing Du Biao and pursued Jiu Huaitian, while a golden eye stopped him from finishing another opponent. At Qian Courtyard, Jiumo Xiao demanded an explanation from Song Qianshang for a Li Courtyard student killing someone from Zhen Academy.

• Jiu Huaitian and the other three threatened Ji Wuchang, but he attacked them with Divine Soul Spikes and killed Du Biao using void storm power.
• The remaining three fled, and Ji Wuchang collected three competition tokens from one man who escaped through a void passage.
• Ji Wuchang destroyed another man's Dharma Aspect and physical body, but a golden eye warned him not to destroy the man's Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Wuchang sensed his chest token activate and vanished in pursuit of Jiu Huaitian.
• At Qian Courtyard, Jiumo Xiao confronted Song Qianshang and demanded an explanation for a Li Courtyard student killing a Zhen Academy student.

Jiu Huaitian’s father, Jiumo Xiao, tried to confront Song Qianshang over the danger in the competition, but Xiao Xueguang upheld the rules and dismissed his complaint. Inside the secret realm, Ji Wuchang defeated Jiu Huaitian with Endless Wind and Thunder, leaving him charred and collapsed on the ground.

• Jiumo Xiao lashed out at Song Qianshang over Jiu Huaitian’s predicament, but Song defended the competition and challenged him to the Void Arena.
• Gu Lucheng and Xiao Xueguang said casualties were an expected part of the competition, and Xiao rebuked the deans for threatening to open the Void Arena.
• The observers saw Chai Wudi and Jiu Huaitian fighting in the secret realm, where Ji Wuchang demanded Jiu Huaitian’s competition tokens.
• Jiu Huaitian summoned a lightning battle armor and attacked Ji Wuchang with a storm of lightning, but Ji Wuchang remained unharmed.
• Ji Wuchang unleashed Endless Wind and Thunder, which engulfed Jiu Huaitian and left him charred, with his lightning battle armor dulled.

Ji Wuchang defeated Jiu Huaitian with a single combined lightning and wind attack, drawing attention to his strength and past exploits. After learning that Chai Wudi was actually Ji Wuchang of the Ji Family, Xiao Xueguang decided to report the matter to the dean.

• Ji Wuchang took Jiu Huaitian's competition tokens, Spirit Stones, and pills, then sent the unconscious Jiu Huaitian back through a void passage.
• Jiumo Xiao caught Jiu Huaitian and returned to Zhen Academy as spectators praised Chai Wudi and recounted his past victories.
• The other courtyards' deans learned about Chai Wudi's strength, and Zhang Wenliang realized that Qian Courtyard had been badly outmaneuvered by Song Qianshang.
• Xiao Xueguang told Liao Qing that Chai Wudi should cultivate the principle of space under his guidance, but Liao Qing privately revealed his real name and Ji Family identity.
• Xiao Xueguang recognized the significance of Ji Wuchang's identity and sent a figure from his body to report it to the dean.

Zhang Wenliang and the other academy heads persuaded the inner academy masters to award Chai Wudi and Li Courtyard first place and remove him from the competition. Ji Wuchang left the secret realm and met the masters, while Zhan Gu’an resolved to wait for a chance to kill him outside the academy.

• Zhang Wenliang proposed that Chai Wudi leave the secret realm because his strength made the remaining competition unfair, and several academy heads backed him.
• Song Qianshang objected that removing Chai Wudi violated the rules, but Xiao Xueguang and the other inner academy masters agreed to give Chai Wudi and Li Courtyard first place and end his participation.
• Ji Wuchang gave several competition tokens to Xiao Cheng before a voice announced that Chai Wudi could leave the secret realm.
• A force pulled Ji Wuchang through a void passage, leaving Xiao Cheng with eight tokens and the hope of reaching the top ten on his own.
• Ji Wuchang emerged at the competition grounds, paid his respects to Xiao Xueguang and the other masters, and drew admiration from them.
• Zhan Gu’an saw Xiao Xueguang’s interest in Ji Wuchang and decided he would have to wait until Ji Wuchang left the academy to kill him.

Ji Wuchang accepted Xiao Xueguang as his master, drawn by his mastery of the Principle of Space. As the secret-realm competition ended, Qian Courtyard prevailed, and the ten successful entrants departed for the inner courtyard aboard the Black Dragon Flood Dragon.

• Yu Ling encouraged Ji Wuchang to follow Xiao Xueguang, and Ji Wuchang agreed to become his disciple.
• The secret-realm battles intensified as void storms drove contestants out and Qian Courtyard began eliminating its former allies.
• Wengu Baiyun fought three Half-Step Supremes at once while Ji Wuchang recognized Ji Clan and Zhan Clan fighters and sensed murderous intent from Zhan Gu'an.
• Qian Courtyard and its opponents suffered heavy losses until only eleven contestants remained, leaving Zhen Courtyard with no entrants in the top ten.
• The remaining contestants were sent out of the secret realm, and Xiao Xueguang and the other masters announced the results before taking the ten successful entrants to the inner courtyard.

After the Eight Courtyards Grand Competition, the deans traded positions and the academy announced a chance for another outer-courtyard dean to become an inner academy master. Ji Wuchang began Master Xiao’s spatial formation test, while Leng Si and Xiao Xueguang debated how quickly he would escape it.

• Master Zhao collected Li Courtyard’s winnings, leaving Master Qi deeply in debt and without most of his possessions.
• Zhang Wenliang became dean of Li Courtyard, Song Qianshang became dean of Qian Courtyard, and Chen Qirong and Master Zhao transferred to the inner academy.
• The academy dean announced that the best-performing dean among Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen, and Dui Courtyards at the next competition would become an inner academy master, and Jiumo Xiao resolved to train students for the spot.
• Master Xiao brought Ji Wuchang to a courtyard in the inner academy and trapped him in a spatial formation as a test, but Ji Wuchang’s techniques failed to get him out.
• Leng Si told Xiao Xueguang she would speak with the academy dean about Ji Wuchang, then wagered he would escape the formation in eight days; Xiao Xueguang guessed ten.
• After Leng Si and Xiao Xueguang vanished, Ji Wuchang looked up at the sky with a peculiar light swirling in his eyes.

Ji Wuchang used the Void Storm in his hidden acupoints to break spatial barriers and absorb their power, forming a growing three-colored thread. After repeated interruptions by visitors seeking Xiao Xueguang, Thousand Poison Venerable warned him that someone had poisoned him with Qianji Poison.

• Thousand Poison Venerable explained that Ji Wuchang could escape the spatial formation by breaking its barriers or devouring them, and Ji Wuchang chose to use the Void Storm in his hidden acupoints.
• Ji Wuchang broke a spatial barrier and absorbed its silver spatial power, combining it with the Void Storm’s tearing force and the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art to create a three-colored thread.
• Ji Wuchang continued breaking barriers and absorbing spatial power until the thread thickened and the space around him began to distort.
• Thousand Poison Venerable warned Ji Wuchang that someone was approaching, and Zhan Gu'an arrived to summon Xiao Xueguang on Elder Li's orders before leaving without a response.
• Several more people came looking for Xiao Xueguang, repeatedly interrupting Ji Wuchang's cultivation.
• Thousand Poison Venerable detected a sweet fragrance and warned Ji Wuchang that he had been poisoned; Ji Wuchang recognized it as Qianji Poison.

Ji Wuchang learned that Zhan Gu'an's men had poisoned him with Qianji Poison to damage his foundation, and agreed to help Thousand Poison Venerable find the poison's source. Zhan Gu'an erased his accomplices' memories and revealed he knew Ji Wuchang was using the name Chai Wudi.

• Thousand Poison Venerable explained that six ingredients had been used to poison Ji Wuchang with a light dose of Qianji Poison meant to ruin his foundation.
• Ji Wuchang agreed to help Thousand Poison Venerable identify the culprit, who might be connected to the disciple implicated in Medicine King Valley's destruction.
• Ji Wuchang promised to use the Ji Family's resources to investigate after he returned, then continued opening his Hidden Acupoints and breaking the formation.
• Zhan Gu'an erased the memories of the five Zhan Clan servants who had helped carry out the poisoning.
• Zhan Gu'an revealed that he knew Ji Wuchang had taken the name Chai Wudi and said his Lineage had informed him that Myriad Souls Hall was also seeking a chance to kill him.

Ji Wuchang devoured the surrounding spatial barriers and comprehended the Threefold Space cultivation method. He tested its power by moving his body, Primordial Spirit, Dharma Aspect, and divided souls between separate spaces, discovering a new trump card with a range of several zhang.

• Ji Wuchang spent three days absorbing spatial power as his purple, black, and silver meridian threads grew thick and sharp.
• Inner academy students discussed Chai Wudi’s reputation and anticipated challenging him after he entered the academy.
• Ji Wuchang obtained the Threefold Space cultivation method from the runes formed as he broke through spaces.
• Ji Wuchang combined Threefold Space with the Great Void Phantom Technique and moved his Primordial Spirit and physical body between spaces.
• Ji Wuchang sent his Dharma Aspect and divided souls into separate spaces, then used his original body to travel among them within a limited range.

Ji Wuchang mastered Threefold Space while trapped in Xiao Xueguang’s barriers, then decided to use it alongside his other movement techniques rather than fuse them. After escaping in six days, he told Xiao Xueguang he had obtained Threefold Space and heard how it would lead to the Myriad Transformations Space Technique.

• Ji Wuchang used his cultivation to bring Threefold Space to great perfection and reviewed his changed system panel and Fortune Points.
• Ji Wuchang pondered whether to fuse Threefold Space, the Great Void Phantom Technique, and Shrinking the Ground to an Inch, then consulted Thousand Poison Venerable and Ji Yaoyao.
• Thousand Poison Venerable advised against fusing the techniques, and Ji Yaoyao suggested using them together; Ji Wuchang realized they relied on different powers and chose to coordinate them instead.
• Ji Wuchang broke through the final barrier after six days, and Xiao Xueguang appeared, impressed by how quickly he had escaped.
• Ji Wuchang told Xiao Xueguang he had obtained Threefold Space and was studying it; Xiao Xueguang explained its role as the foundation of the Myriad Transformations Space Technique.

Ji Wuchang toured the inner academy with Yu Ling, who explained the origins and power of its great treasures, including the Heaven-Devouring Jar. He suspected his own fragment was part of that legendary jar and recognized Zhan Gu'an’s servants, one of whom hurried off to report their encounter.

• Xiao Xueguang told Ji Wuchang to settle into the courtyard, explore the inner academy, and learn about its mission hall.
• Yu Ling offered to show Ji Wuchang around and explained that the Heavenly Chen Cauldron predated the academy and anchored the continent’s fortune.
• Yu Ling recited the legend of the World-Destroying Millstone, Heavenly Chen Cauldron, Heaven-Devouring Jar, and Myriad Souls Banner, then described how the jar had shattered and might reunite.
• Ji Wuchang suspected that the Heaven-Devouring Jar fragment he possessed belonged to the legendary jar.
• Yu Ling identified several men as Zhan Clan servants and inner academy workers serving Zhan Gu'an, reminding Ji Wuchang of the poisoning with Qianji Poison.
• One of the men hurried away after encountering Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling, and Ji Wuchang suspected he was going to notify Zhan Gu'an.

Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling confronted Wengu Wuhua after he announced that he had asked his family to arrange a marriage with her. Wengu Wuhua left after threatening Ji Wuchang, and Ji learned that the man was an illegitimate son of a Myriad Souls Hall elder rather than one of its young masters.

• Wengu Wuhua appeared and told Yu Ling that he had asked his lineage to propose marriage to her.
• Yu Ling became furious, but Ji Wuchang stopped her from attacking because the academy instructors would intervene.
• Wengu Wuhua threatened Ji Wuchang, who answered defiantly, while Yu Ling warned Wengu Wuhua not to harm her junior brother.
• Wengu Wuhua left after Yu Ling's warning, and she pulled her hand from Ji Wuchang's grasp.
• Yu Ling explained that Wengu Wuhua was an elder's illegitimate son with a vicious mind, and Ji Wuchang considered returning to the Ji Family.

Ji Wuchang learned that the inner court possessed a portion of five aggregates precious blood, though obtaining it would require the dean’s approval and a high price. Yu Ling brought him to the Mission Hall, where she explained the mission system and introduced three fellow disciples as they began looking over the available missions.

• As Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling crossed the inner court, disciples gossiped about Yu Ling’s admirers and her closeness to Chai Wudi.
• Ji Wuchang asked Yu Ling about obtaining five aggregates precious blood, and she said the inner court had a portion and advised him to seek Instructor Leng Si’s help in gaining the dean’s approval.
• Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling went to the Mission Hall, where she explained that new disciples had to complete a mission within two months to earn exchange points.
• Nan Cai'er, Yuchi Lingling, and Zhou Xiaoxiao noticed Yu Ling and Ji Wuchang, and Yu Ling told Ji Wuchang that Nan Cai'er had once fought her and lost.
• Yu Ling led Ji Wuchang to the mission board while Nan Cai'er and the others prepared to choose a more difficult mission together.