Recaps

Ye Xuan flew into a rage when the First Ancestor targeted his Chaos Sacred Body after injuring Han Bingning, and he attacked despite his own grievous condition. After his talismans wounded the First Ancestor, Ye Xuan charged again and unleashed a sword technique, while Han Bingning feared the effort would kill him.

• The First Ancestor coveted Ye Xuan's Chaos Sacred Body and prepared to seize him, while Han Bingning struggled to break free and warned Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan hurled two attack talismans at the First Ancestor, who tried to blunt them with punches but was struck and badly wounded.
• Ye Xuan used the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art and charged the First Ancestor, ignoring Han Bingning's desperate pleas to stop.
• Ye Xuan unleashed Slay an Immortal with One Sword, sending a devastating beam at the First Ancestor as his own body continued to collapse.

Ye Xuan’s desperate sword strike wounded the First Ancestor and drove him to flee, but left Ye Xuan collapsing from his injuries. Han Bingning broke free, caught him, and carried him away to a cave, where she worked to save him.

• The First Ancestor fled after Ye Xuan’s sword strike hit him and sent him bleeding into the distance.
• Ye Xuan fell from the sky, apologized to Han Bingning for failing to kill the First Ancestor, and passed out in her arms.
• Han Bingning shattered the radiant cage, caught Ye Xuan, and swore vengeance on the Carefree Holy Land and the First Ancestor.
• Han Bingning infused Ye Xuan with Spiritual Qi and carried him away as cultivators arrived at the devastated battlefield and fled in fear.
• Inside a cave, Han Bingning sat cross-legged, sweating as she tended to Ye Xuan.

While Han Bingning exhausted herself healing Ye Xuan, his unconscious soul appeared on a vast golden staircase, where he encountered a mysterious crowned woman in black. He woke in the cave to find Han Bingning unconscious from overexertion, and she urged him to pursue the final opportunity in the divine palace.

• Han Bingning used her Spiritual Qi to heal Ye Xuan's wounds despite her own injuries, eventually collapsing from exhaustion.
• Ye Xuan's consciousness appeared on an endless golden staircase and he realized he might have left his body in soul form.
• A regal, barefoot woman in a black dress appeared on the step above Ye Xuan and seemed to speak to him, but he could not hear her before she vanished.
• Ye Xuan woke in the cave, saw Han Bingning unconscious, and gave her a pill before trying to help her recover.
• Han Bingning woke briefly, told Ye Xuan not to channel Spiritual Qi into her so he would not miss the divine palace's final opportunity, and closed her eyes again.

Ye Xuan and Han Bingning recovered in a cave after their battle with the Carefree Holy Land's First Ancestor, though Han Bingning still needed time to heal. When two cultivators approached on the First Ancestor's orders to search for them, Ye Xuan detected them with his Absolute Domain.

• Ye Xuan reflected on his recovery, his improved Wilds Body Refining Technique, and the resources he and Han Bingning had spent.
• Han Bingning ended her meditation, said she was well enough to leave, and accepted grilled meat from Ye Xuan while avoiding his gaze.
• Han Bingning warned that the First Ancestor might recover quickly and that anything could happen in the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm.
• Ye Xuan sensed two cultivators two thousand meters from the cave as they discussed searching for him and Han Bingning and fleeing to alert the First Ancestor if they found them.

Ye Xuan ambushed two Carefree Holy Land cultivators searching for him and Han Bingning, then learned that the First Ancestor had likely recovered and that their enemies were nearby. He left with Han Bingning to protect her and hunt the Carefree Holy Land, while Gu Ran and the First Ancestor continued searching for them.

• Ye Xuan struck down two Carefree Holy Land cultivators outside the cave and killed one when he hesitated to answer.
• The surviving cultivator revealed information to Ye Xuan before Ye Xuan killed him and collected both men’s storage pouches.
• Ye Xuan told Han Bingning that the First Ancestor had probably recovered and urged her to heal while he protected her and hunted their enemies.
• Ye Xuan and Han Bingning left the cave, and Ye Xuan vowed to keep her from suffering further harm.
• Gu Ran and the First Ancestor waited with more than a dozen powerful cultivators, still searching for Ye Xuan and Han Bingning.
• Gu Ran swore to avenge his humiliation by Han Bingning, while the First Ancestor lamented losing his chance to seize Ye Xuan’s Chaos Sacred Body.

Ye Xuan and Han Bingning encountered Carefree Holy Land cultivators while searching the area, and Ye Xuan killed three of them after one raised a signal flare. With more than twenty Heavenly Position Realm cultivators closing in, including three at the ninth level, Ye Xuan charged toward them to begin the hunt.

• The First Ancestor ordered Gu Ran to find Ye Xuan before the Divine Palace reappeared and prevent him from claiming its opportunities.
• Ye Xuan and Han Bingning detected three seventh-level Heavenly Position Realm cultivators from the Carefree Holy Land, and Ye Xuan went to confront them.
• Two cultivators attacked Ye Xuan while the third fired a signal flare, but Ye Xuan killed all three with his sword.
• More than twenty Heavenly Position Realm cultivators, including three at the ninth level, converged on Ye Xuan in response to the flare.
• Ye Xuan charged toward the incoming cultivators instead of retreating.

Ye Xuan charged into the Carefree Holy Land cultivators and slaughtered them, using the battle to push his strength toward a breakthrough before confronting the First Ancestor. As more than ten enemies burned their Nascent Souls to attack him, the First Ancestor sensed the fight and set out.

• Ye Xuan rushed into the Carefree Holy Land cultivators’ attacks, endured their techniques, and killed several Seventh Level Heavenly Position Realm cultivators with his fists.
• Ye Xuan used the Emperor Art to overpower and kill an Eighth Level Heavenly Position Realm cultivator who attacked him.
• Ye Xuan combined the Wilds Body Refining Technique, the Supreme Mystery Realm, and the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art as he continued fighting, killing seven or eight more enemies while seeking to stimulate a breakthrough.
• More than ten Late Heavenly Position Realm cultivators burned their Nascent Souls and charged at Ye Xuan.
• The First Ancestor sensed the distant battle, rose with killing intent, and told his companions to go.

Ye Xuan fought a desperate battle against the Carefree Holy Land cultivators, killing several despite suffering injuries as they burned their Nascent Souls. He then fled, secretly collecting the fallen cultivators' storage bags, while the survivors pursued him.

• Gu Ran, the First Ancestor, and the others departed to hunt Ye Xuan, while dozens of Carefree Holy Land cultivators burned their Nascent Souls and attacked him.
• Ye Xuan raised his strength with the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art and killed a ninth-level Heavenly Position Realm cultivator with the Thunder Emperor Seal and a follow-up punch.
• Ye Xuan endured the cultivators' attacks and killed an eighth-level opponent with a punch, then smashed a seventh-level cultivator's head with his palm.
• Ye Xuan saw that many of the remaining cultivators were afraid and declared they would meet again before fleeing.
• As Ye Xuan escaped, he gathered the fallen cultivators' storage bags, and the Carefree Holy Land survivors chased after him.

Ye Xuan escaped the Carefree Holy Land cultivators with Han Bingning and began healing beneath a giant tree. The First Ancestor ordered his men to keep searching, while Ye Xuan sensed that his cultivation and Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art were nearing a breakthrough.

• The Carefree Holy Land cultivators burned their Nascent Souls and pursued Ye Xuan, but he found Han Bingning and fled with her.
• Han Bingning teased Ye Xuan as he explained that he had tried to push his limits and draw out the hidden cultivators.
• The First Ancestor arrived at the devastated battlefield, failed to find Ye Xuan and Han Bingning, and berated the pursuing cultivators for letting them escape.
• The First Ancestor ordered the cultivators to split up and continue searching.
• Ye Xuan cultivated and healed beneath a giant tree while Han Bingning guarded him, and he reflected on his approaching breakthrough and the seventeen storage bags he had seized.

Ye Xuan hunted down Carefree Holy Land cultivators while recovering, then began breaking through to the fourth level of the Nascent Soul Realm. His cultivation caused a massive disturbance, and Han Bingning feared it would draw the First Ancestor and the others to them.

• Ye Xuan embraced Han Bingning and set out to kill the Carefree Holy Land cultivators who had burned their Nascent Souls, despite his cultivation not having fully recovered.
• Ye Xuan ambushed and killed a group of weakened Carefree Holy Land cultivators, then escaped before the First Ancestor arrived.
• Over the next two days, Ye Xuan killed thirty-three more late Heavenly Position Realm cultivators and took their resources, while avoiding the First Ancestor and Gu Ran.
• The remaining Carefree Holy Land cultivators gathered together, leaving eleven late Heavenly Position Realm cultivators besides the First Ancestor and Gu Ran.
• Ye Xuan began cultivating with nearly a million spirit stones to break through, drawing Spiritual Qi from thousands of meters around him as Han Bingning worried the disturbance would attract their enemies.

The First Ancestor, Gu Ran, and eleven Carefree Holy Land cultivators tracked a Spiritual Qi disturbance to Ye Xuan, who was cultivating beside Han Bingning. The First Ancestor demanded that Han Bingning leave so he could take Ye Xuan, but she refused and threatened to kill them all if they touched him.

• Eleven Carefree Holy Land cultivators discovered a massive Spiritual Qi vortex and hurried toward it, believing someone was breaking through to the Origin Mansion realm.
• The First Ancestor and Gu Ran sensed the disturbance and raced toward Ye Xuan's location.
• The Carefree Holy Land group arrived and found Ye Xuan cultivating while Han Bingning stood guard beside him.
• Han Bingning's presence unnerved the eleven cultivators, while Gu Ran watched her with hatred over their past fight.
• The First Ancestor told Han Bingning to withdraw, promising not to harm her if she let him take Ye Xuan.
• Han Bingning ordered the First Ancestor to get lost and warned that they would all die if they dared touch Ye Xuan.

The First Ancestor and Gu Ran attacked Han Bingning while eleven late Heavenly Position Realm cultivators rushed Ye Xuan as he cultivated. Ye Xuan woke in time to kill three attackers, leaving the battle raging with the remaining cultivators stunned.

• The First Ancestor charged Ye Xuan, and Han Bingning intercepted him as Gu Ran and eleven cultivators attacked.
• Han Bingning wounded Gu Ran with a sword strike and rushed to protect Ye Xuan from the eleven cultivators.
• The First Ancestor blocked Han Bingning while one cultivator reached for Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan opened his eyes, shattered the reaching cultivator's head with a palm strike, and unleashed the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art.
• Ye Xuan attacked two nearby cultivators and blasted them apart with his fists.

Ye Xuan and Han Bingning attacked the Carefree Holy Land’s remaining forces, but Ye Xuan was suddenly transported to a towering divine palace before his strike could hit the First Ancestor. Other cultivators then began appearing in the sky and falling to the ground around him.

• Ye Xuan killed two late Heavenly Position Realm cultivators, bringing the total slain to three, and retreated beside Han Bingning.
• Ye Xuan told Han Bingning to fight the remaining eight cultivators while he took on the First Ancestor.
• The First Ancestor rushed to protect his people, but Ye Xuan intercepted him with the Primordial First Form.
• The void twisted as Ye Xuan’s attack neared the First Ancestor, transporting Ye Xuan to an enormous divine palace.
• Cultivators appeared in the sky and fell hard to the ground near Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan arrived at the divine palace but could not find Han Bingning, then reunited with Qiu Yue, Luo Yuan, and Shen Yao. As the crowd focused on him, Holy Maiden Cai Feng noticed Ye Xuan and approached.

• Ye Xuan and other cultivators were teleported before the divine palace, and Ye Xuan searched anxiously for Han Bingning.
• The cultivators rushed toward the palace but struck an invisible barrier, after which a prismatic road descended from its peak.
• Ye Xuan spotted eight Late Heavenly Position Realm cultivators from the Carefree Holy Land beside Holy Maiden Cai Feng and prepared to confront them.
• Qiu Yue and the Ancient Desolate Holy Land disciples reunited with Ye Xuan, followed by Shen Yao of the Jade Lake Holy Land.
• The crowd praised Ye Xuan and the holy maidens, and Cai Feng walked toward him.

Cai Feng approached Ye Xuan beneath the divine palace, and their tense exchange escalated when her follower Lu Man insulted him. Ye Xuan mocked Lu Man, and she charged at him with Cai Feng allowing her to test his strength.

• Cai Feng walked up to Ye Xuan as gathered cultivators watched, and Ye Xuan asked her who she was despite knowing her identity.
• Lu Man, a follower of Cai Feng, demanded that Ye Xuan bow to the Holy Maiden.
• Ye Xuan called Lu Man a mad dog and ridiculed her for insulting him.
• Lu Man became furious and unleashed her Heavenly Position Realm ninth level pressure.
• Cai Feng did not stop Lu Man, who charged toward Ye Xuan to teach him a lesson.

Ye Xuan crushed Lu Man in two moves, then provoked Cai Feng after she confronted him over the attack. Cai Feng unleashed Phoenix Fire Dance against him, and the chapter ended with her fire dragons closing in.

• Ye Xuan struck Lu Man down with two moves, smashing half her face and leaving her at Cai Feng's feet.
• Ye Xuan taunted Lu Man and Cai Feng, while Cai Feng's awakened Phoenix Bloodline manifested as a fire phoenix.
• Ye Xuan released his True Solar Fire, whose heat suppressed Cai Feng's flames and made her phoenix tremble.
• Cai Feng attacked Ye Xuan with Phoenix Fire Dance, sending fire dragons toward him from every direction.

Ye Xuan's True Solar Fire devoured Cai Feng's fire phoenix and nearly erased her Phoenix Bloodline, leaving her badly wounded. After gaining three drops of phoenix blood essence, Ye Xuan charged at Cai Feng to finish her off.

• Ye Xuan let the True Solar Fire act on its own, and it devoured the fire dragons before attacking Cai Feng's phoenix phantom.
• The True Solar Fire overpowered the phoenix, causing Cai Feng to suffer a backlash and plead with Ye Xuan to stop.
• Cai Feng ordered the Carefree Holy Land cultivators to kill Ye Xuan, but none dared to move.
• The True Solar Fire devoured the phoenix and returned to Ye Xuan, stronger and carrying three drops of sacred phoenix blood essence.
• Ye Xuan charged at the fallen Cai Feng, intending to kill her, as the surrounding cultivators watched in shock.

Ye Xuan nearly killed Cai Feng after taking her phoenix bloodline, but the Carefree Holy Land’s First Ancestor intervened before Han Bingning arrived and stopped him. Ye Xuan gave Han Bingning the three drops of phoenix essence blood, and the divine palace opened as an enormous divine stele appeared.

• Ye Xuan attacked Cai Feng, but the Carefree Holy Land’s First Ancestor appeared and knocked him back.
• Han Bingning arrived and prevented the First Ancestor from striking Ye Xuan again.
• Cai Feng told the First Ancestor that Ye Xuan had taken her phoenix bloodline, while he held back from attacking because the Ancient Desolate Holy Land had the advantage in numbers.
• Ye Xuan offered Han Bingning three drops of ancient phoenix essence blood, and she accepted after he insisted.
• Doorways appeared in the divine palace, a radiant path extended to the ground, and an enormous divine stele emerged beside the palace.

Ye Xuan and the other cultivators charged up the slope toward the divine palace’s gateways, where a divine stele ranked the top ten. As the First Ancestor offered rewards for attacking the Ancient Desolate Holy Land, Ye Xuan fought off an ambusher and continued upward, only to be targeted by more attackers.

• Cultivators discovered they could climb the slope and rushed toward the divine palace’s gateways as rankings appeared on the divine stele.
• Ye Xuan called Qiu Yue and the others to follow him, while the First Ancestor offered rewards for killing Han Bingning, capturing Ye Xuan, and slaying other Ancient Desolate Holy Land cultivators.
• Ye Xuan activated his Absolute Domain, opened all one hundred and eight meridians, and used True Solar Fire to prepare for the struggle.
• Ye Xuan bypassed cultivators fighting over the lowest gateway and dodged a saber strike before punching its attacker into the melee, where other cultivators killed him.
• Ye Xuan charged farther up the slope, but several cultivators called for him to be stopped and attacked him from multiple directions.

Ye Xuan slaughtered the cultivators who tried to block him, frightening the others into letting him pass. He climbed to sixth place on the rankings, still trailing the First Ancestor, He Wudi.

• Ye Xuan used the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art and killed a Heavenly Position Realm Ninth Level cultivator with a single punch.
• Ye Xuan defeated a Heavenly Position Realm Eighth Level cultivator who burned his Nascent Soul, then blasted him to pieces.
• The two remaining Heavenly Position Realm Ninth Level cultivators fled, and the other fighters stopped contesting the gateway and hurried upward.
• Ye Xuan directed Qiu Yue and the others toward the gateway, then raced upward after seeing He Wudi lead the rankings with Han Bingning in second place.
• The cultivators cleared a path for Ye Xuan, who climbed to sixth place behind Luo Tianshu.

Ye Xuan climbed toward the divine palace as Luo Tianshu, ranked fifth, blocked his path and demanded that he stop advancing. Ye Xuan refused and charged at him, and Luo Tianshu attacked in response.

• Ye Xuan advanced up the slope while Cai Feng watched bitterly from below, blaming him for taking her Phoenix Bloodline and ruining her chance at the palace’s opportunities.
• Qiu Yue, Luo Yuan, and the others entered the lowest gateway along the path Ye Xuan had cleared, further angering Cai Feng.
• Luo Tianshu stopped Ye Xuan and ordered him to give up the route to the upper gateways, dismissing him as too weak and inexperienced.
• Ye Xuan mocked Luo Tianshu’s arrogance, refused to obey, and charged at him with the pressure of the Heavenly Position Realm fifth level.
• Luo Tianshu’s smile vanished, his presence surged, and he charged back at Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan fought Luo Tianshu, whose inscribed wolf demon seemed to surpass the Heavenly Position Realm, but Ye Xuan destroyed it with True Solar Fire. After the backlash weakened Luo Tianshu, Ye Xuan appeared before him and unleashed Thunder Emperor Seal.

• Ye Xuan and Luo Tianshu exchanged fierce blows as cultivators watched and debated their strength.
• Luo Tianshu summoned his Wolf Demon Illusion, which carried a terrifying presence beyond the peak Heavenly Position Realm.
• Ye Xuan used his Divine Eyes to locate the wolf demon’s soul and burned it away with True Solar Fire, shattering the demon and injuring Luo Tianshu through backlash.
• Ye Xuan mocked Luo Tianshu, closed the distance with Wandering Dragon Steps, and struck him with Thunder Emperor Seal as Luo Tianshu cried out.

Ye Xuan defeated Luo Tianshu with the Thunder Emperor Seal and advanced toward Zhang Yaowu, while the remaining cultivators fought for the last portals. The chapter ended with twenty-three cultivators still competing for only five portals, as Ye Xuan stayed alert to the possibility of hidden Origin Mansion Realm experts.

• Ye Xuan blasted Luo Tianshu off the slope with the Thunder Emperor Seal, preventing him from reaching a portal.
• Luo Tianshu attacked Cai Feng after hearing her insult him, then grievously injured a Carefree Holy Land cultivator who tried to intervene.
• Ye Xuan spotted the fourth-ranked Zhang Yaowu approaching and recognized him as a formidable opponent.
• Ye Xuan wondered why no Origin Mansion Realm experts had appeared and grew more vigilant as cultivators closed in behind him.
• The struggle left twenty-three cultivators competing for the divine palace's final five portals.

As the First Ancestor neared the highest gateway, three hidden Origin Mansion Realm experts revealed their strength and attacked Ye Xuan and the others. Ye Xuan evaded the first attacker and pressed on toward Yin Tianjiao and Han Bingning, while the experts pursued him and Yin Tianjiao.

• The First Ancestor drew close to the highest gateway, with Han Bingning, Yin Tianjiao, Zhang Yaowu, and Ye Xuan following behind.
• Three cultivators revealed themselves as Origin Mansion Realm experts and charged at Ye Xuan and the others.
• Ye Xuan used Wandering Dragon Steps to evade the first attacker and overtake Zhang Yaowu as he hurried toward Yin Tianjiao and Han Bingning.
• One Origin Mansion Realm expert struck Zhang Yaowu, who blocked the attack but was forced back several dozen steps.
• The other two experts passed Zhang Yaowu and pursued Ye Xuan and Yin Tianjiao.

Yin Tianjiao attacked an Origin Mansion Realm expert and called on Ye Xuan to join her, wounding him but exhausting herself. The expert then launched a devastating punch at Yin Tianjiao, leaving her with nowhere to dodge.

• Yin Tianjiao surprised an Origin Mansion Realm expert with a sword strike that drove him back.
• Yin Tianjiao urged Ye Xuan to help her attack the expert, and Ye Xuan decided to join the fight.
• Yin Tianjiao unleashed twelve rapid sword strikes, while the expert shattered most of them with eight punches.
• Yin Tianjiao's eleventh strike wounded the expert's chest, and her twelfth severed his left arm.
• The enraged expert struck at Yin Tianjiao with a powerful punch as she stood exhausted and unable to evade.