Recaps

Ye Xuan broke through to the seventh layer of Essence Condensation and killed Huang Sha during the Holy Son investiture ceremony, stunning the gathered factions. He returned to the Holy Son Hall, gave Xiang'er and the other maids cultivation pills, while Han Bingning gathered the elders and former Holy Son candidates in the Holy Lord Hall.

• Ye Xuan broke through during his fight with Huang Sha, reached the seventh layer of Essence Condensation, and pierced Huang Sha's throat with his sword.
• Ye Xuan kicked Huang Sha's corpse off the martial platform, then left as the shocked factions watched and the investiture ceremony ended.
• At the Holy Son Hall, Ye Xuan met the maids assigned to serve him and gave Xiang'er twelve Meridian Opening Pills to distribute among them.
• Han Bingning presided over a gathering in the Holy Lord Hall with ten holy land elders and the ten former Holy Son candidates, including Huo Qingyi.

After Han Bingning allowed disciples to continue competing for the Holy Son position, Ye Xuan practiced the newly acquired Wandering Dragon Steps. As Xiang'er and the other chore disciples cultivated outside Holy Son Hall, Zhao Long arrived, jealous of Ye Xuan’s status and comforts.

• Huo Qingyi and the other disciples and elders asked Han Bingning to let them keep competing for the Holy Son position, and she agreed as long as they stayed within three cultivation realms of Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan ate pills from his system sign-ins and received the movement technique Wandering Dragon Steps.
• Ye Xuan practiced Wandering Dragon Steps for a day, reached minor accomplishment, and suspected his cultivation realm limited his progress.
• Xiang'er and the other chore disciples cultivated outside Holy Son Hall with Meridian Opening Pills and abundant Spiritual Qi.
• Zhao Long approached Holy Son Hall and, after Xiang'er greeted him, grew jealous of Ye Xuan’s residence, cultivation conditions, and attendants.

Zhao Long beat Xiang'er and the other maids for refusing to let him see Ye Xuan, then claimed he had acted on Qi Yao's orders. Ye Xuan confronted him and left him reeling under a flurry of slaps.

• Zhao Long slapped Xiang'er and knocked the other maids to the ground when they blocked his way into the Holy Son Hall.
• Zhao Long insulted the maids and claimed the Holy Son would not defend them, until Ye Xuan came out of the hall.
• Ye Xuan demanded to know why Zhao Long had attacked his people, and Zhao Long said he had come to deliver a challenge on Qi Yao's orders.
• Ye Xuan rejected Zhao Long's excuse and struck him repeatedly, slapping him more than a dozen times.

Ye Xuan punished Zhao Long for bullying Xiang'er and the other maidservants, then made them beat Zhao Long before sending him away humiliated. Zhao Long returned to his cave abode furious, where Qi Yao arrived and asked what had happened.

• Ye Xuan beat Zhao Long, crushed both his legs, and reprimanded him for humiliating Xiang'er and the others.
• Ye Xuan told Xiang'er and the others to strike Zhao Long back, and they attacked him while he screamed.
• Ye Xuan sent Zhao Long flying naked from Holy Son Mountain, where disciples gathered to laugh at him.
• Ye Xuan gave Xiang'er and the others Zhao Long's spirit stones and healing medicine, telling them to seek him if anyone bullied them again.
• Zhao Long returned to his cave abode and vowed to kill Ye Xuan and the maidservants, then Qi Yao arrived and asked what had happened.

Qi Yao grew furious after Zhao Long blamed Ye Xuan for his humiliation and issued Ye Xuan a challenge. Ye Xuan rejected Qi Yao’s status and dismissed the challenge, insisting the candidates should fight the Carefree Holy Land instead.

• Zhao Long told Qi Yao an embellished account of how Ye Xuan had broken his legs and stripped him, and Qi Yao believed enough of it to become enraged.
• Qi Yao gave Zhao Long a bottle of pills and left to confront Ye Xuan.
• News of Zhao Long’s punishment spread through the holy land, where most disciples sided with Ye Xuan and condemned Zhao Long.
• Ye Xuan cultivated for several days, advancing from the Essence Condensation Realm Seventh Layer to the Ninth Layer.
• Xiang'er brought Ye Xuan Qi Yao’s challenge letter and explained that Qi Yao was one of the ten Holy Son candidates and stronger than Huang Sha.
• Ye Xuan told Xiang'er to send Qi Yao away, declaring himself the holy land’s only peerless talent and urging the candidates to attack the Carefree Holy Land instead of fighting among themselves.

Ye Xuan accepted Qi Yao’s challenge after learning that Han Bingning had approved it, and Han Bingning warned him that he would need to grow stronger to keep his position as Holy Son. The challenge stirred excitement across the Ancient Desolate Holy Land as everyone awaited their duel.

• Qi Yao challenged Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan initially refused to meet him and told Xiang'er he had no time.
• Qi Yao said the Holy Lord had approved the challenge and claimed Ye Xuan had no reason to refuse unless he surrendered his position as Holy Son.
• Xiang'er reported Qi Yao’s claim, and Ye Xuan agreed to accept the challenge within a month.
• Han Bingning visited Ye Xuan, explained that she had approved the challenge to put pressure on him, and warned that losing could cost him his position or his life.
• News of Ye Xuan’s acceptance spread throughout the Ancient Desolate Holy Land, where disciples eagerly anticipated the duel.

Ye Xuan received Gods and Devils Essence Blood and the Wilds Body Refining Technique from a system sign-in, then used them to strengthen his body and reach the Supreme Extreme Realm. After enduring eighteen bolts of tribulation lightning, he stabilized his cultivation and left the Holy Son Hall.

• Ye Xuan wondered why he could not break through to the Supreme Extreme Realm and signed in when the system refreshed.
• The system awarded Ye Xuan ten drops of Gods and Devils Essence Blood and the Wilds Body Refining Technique, which he used to strengthen his body.
• After refining all ten drops, Ye Xuan triggered a heavenly phenomenon, and Han Bingning sealed off the area to obscure it from others.
• Ye Xuan drew in the tribulation lightning to temper his body and endured eighteen bolts while Han Bingning watched in shock.
• Several days later, Ye Xuan stabilized his cultivation and walked out of the Holy Son Hall.

Ye Xuan entered the back mountain to test his newly advanced cultivation against Golden Core Realm demonic beasts, while his enemies arranged to spy on or target him. He killed a first-level Golden Core Realm rhinoceros with one punch, as Han Bingning ordered that anyone who revealed themselves be left alive no longer.

• Ye Xuan left Holy Son Mountain and headed into the back mountain to practice before his coming battle with Qi Yao.
• Qi Yao sent Tu Wu to test Ye Xuan's strength, while Huo Qingyi and the other Holy Son candidates also dispatched followers to watch him.
• Yang Kaitai learned Ye Xuan had entered the back mountain and sent word to someone in the Carefree Holy Land to arrange an attack.
• Han Bingning told the Eighth Old Ancestor that anyone who showed themselves against Ye Xuan should be killed.
• Ye Xuan reached the Golden Core Realm demonic beasts' territory and killed a charging first-level Golden Core Realm rhinoceros with one punch.

Ye Xuan hunted powerful demonic beasts to hone his skills before Tu Wu ambushed him in the mountain forest. Ye Xuan killed Tu Wu and left, while Holy Land disciples arrived to find the body.

• Ye Xuan killed more than twenty Golden Core demonic beasts and ventured deeper to seek beasts at the Golden Core Realm Seventh Level.
• Ye Xuan sensed Tu Wu's killing intent and confronted him in the forest.
• Tu Wu attacked Ye Xuan with his saber, but Ye Xuan dodged repeatedly to practice Wandering Dragon Steps.
• Ye Xuan struck Tu Wu's saber aside and killed him with a punch to the chest.
• Ye Xuan took Tu Wu's resources and left, and a group of Holy Land disciples arrived to discover the corpse.

After Ye Xuan killed Tu Wu, the Holy Son candidates’ followers withdrew, but ten masked black-robed cultivators arrived to assess him. Ye Xuan continued hunting Golden Core Realm seventh level demonic beasts, unaware that the Blazing Flame Bear had charged at him while enemies watched nearby.

• Ye Xuan’s followers stopped probing him and fled after Tu Wu’s death, while ten masked black-robed Golden Core cultivators appeared and examined Tu Wu’s body.
• The black-robed cultivators concluded Ye Xuan had killed Tu Wu with a single blow after a prolonged fight, then hurried away to finish their mission before the Ancient Desolate Holy Land noticed them.
• Ye Xuan killed a Golden Core Realm seventh level demonic beast after a two-minute fight, treated his serious wound, and took its demonic core.
• The ten black-robed cultivators found the dead beast but could not determine its cultivation level, while Ye Xuan sensed them and continued hunting.
• Ye Xuan killed a second Golden Core Realm seventh level demonic beast in one minute, then faced a powerful Blazing Flame Bear and hesitated to fight because enemies were following him.
• The Blazing Flame Bear roared and charged straight at Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan fought and killed a Blazing Flame Bear after discovering its weakness and piercing its lower jaw with the Yaoguang Sword. As he prepared to collect its beast core, ten black-clad figures appeared around him.

• The Blazing Flame Bear attacked Ye Xuan, who dodged its strikes and fought it head-on with Wandering Dragon Steps and his fists.
• Ye Xuan endured the bear's powerful defense and found its weakness as their battle battered the forest and dimmed the flames on its body.
• Ye Xuan charged with the Yaoguang Sword and killed the Blazing Flame Bear with Deadly Sword Strike by piercing its lower jaw.
• The Eighth Old Ancestor and Han Bingning watched Ye Xuan's victory, and the Eighth Old Ancestor sensed that someone had arrived.
• As Ye Xuan prepared to collect the beast core, ten black-clad figures emerged from around him.

Ye Xuan fought off ten Golden Core Realm Fifth Level assassins who tried to surround and kill him. After killing several with overwhelming speed and strength, he used Wandering Dragon Steps to evade two attacks and appear behind his attackers.

• Ten black-clad Golden Core Realm Fifth Level men surrounded Ye Xuan, but he charged first and killed one by breaking his arms and destroying his dantian.
• Ye Xuan killed a second black-clad man with Thunder God Palm after overpowering his Mountain-Opening Palm.
• Two assassins attacked Ye Xuan from behind with wind blades and an iron staff, believing he could not dodge.
• Ye Xuan used Wandering Dragon Steps to leave an afterimage, evade the attacks, and appear behind the two men.
• A streak of sword light appeared before the two horrified black-clad men.

Ye Xuan killed all ten Golden Core Realm Fifth Level men in black who had ambushed him in the rear mountain, learning that they were sleeper agents from the Carefree Holy Land sent by Elder Ge Tian. After collecting their resources, he left with a threat against the Carefree Holy Land, while Yang Kaitai watched from a secluded place.

• Ye Xuan killed two exhausted men in black, then struck down another as the remaining attackers tried to flee.
• The five survivors begged for mercy and revealed that Elder Ge Tian of the Carefree Holy Land had ordered the attack; they also admitted they were sleeper agents.
• When the men could not identify other agents, they scattered to escape, but Ye Xuan killed all five in less than a minute.
• The Eighth Patriarch and Han Bingning watched in shock as Ye Xuan overwhelmed the ten Golden Core cultivators despite being in the Essence Condensation Realm.
• Ye Xuan collected the attackers’ cultivation resources, threatened the Carefree Holy Land, and left as Yang Kaitai watched from a secluded place.

Han Bingning killed Yang Kaitai when he attacked Ye Xuan, revealing her overwhelming power to the holy land. After taking Ye Xuan back to Holy Son Hall, she gave him pills and asked whether he could still fight Qi Yao the next day.

• Yang Kaitai lunged at Ye Xuan, but Han Bingning struck him with a massive palm and reduced him to dust.
• Ye Xuan realized how powerful his master was, while elders and disciples across the holy land reacted to Han Bingning's attack.
• Han Bingning found Ye Xuan staring at her and kicked him before carrying him away; the Eighth Old Ancestor witnessed the scene and praised Ye Xuan's nerve.
• At Holy Son Hall, Han Bingning checked Ye Xuan's depleted Spiritual Qi and gave him pills, then asked whether he could fight Qi Yao the next day.
• Ye Xuan vowed to give everything and fight to the death rather than disgrace Han Bingning.

Han Bingning replenished Ye Xuan’s Spiritual Qi so he could face Qi Yao, and Ye Xuan broke through to the Wheel Sea Realm with a dazzling golden wheel. The next morning, the Holy Land disciples gathered to watch the long-awaited fight.

• Han Bingning warned Ye Xuan that Qi Yao was dangerous and offered to postpone their fight, but Ye Xuan insisted on battling him the next day.
• Han Bingning immobilized Ye Xuan and infused him with Spiritual Qi, despite his protests, to restore his strength.
• Ye Xuan thanked Han Bingning and vowed to repay her kindness, then resolved to defeat Qi Yao.
• Ye Xuan cultivated through the night and broke through to the Wheel Sea Realm, forming a radiant golden wheel in his dantian.
• At dawn, Holy Land disciples hurried to the martial training grounds to await Qi Yao’s challenge to Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan overslept on the day of his scheduled duel with Qi Yao, while disciples gathered expecting the injured Holy Son to appear. Han Bingning found Ye Xuan had advanced to the Wheel Sea Realm, and he hurried to the martial training grounds just as the crowd was about to leave.

• Qi Yao vowed to avenge Tu Wu by defeating and humiliating Ye Xuan in their duel.
• Disciples, elders, Han Bingning, and the Eighth Old Ancestor gathered at the martial training grounds, but Ye Xuan failed to arrive on time.
• Han Bingning found Ye Xuan asleep and realized he had broken through to the Wheel Sea Realm.
• Ye Xuan woke, realized he was late, and rushed out of the Holy Son Hall.
• The disciples began leaving, but Ye Xuan arrived at the martial training grounds in white robes.

Ye Xuan arrived to face Qi Yao and turned the gathered disciples against his challenger by portraying himself as a reluctant, pressured Holy Son. Qi Yao attacked with powerful martial techniques, and Ye Xuan launched a Spiritual Qi-charged punch to meet him.

• Ye Xuan arrived at the martial arena, where the disciples worried over his injury and urged him to postpone the fight.
• Qi Yao offered to delay the challenge, but Ye Xuan challenged his sincerity and accused him of forcing the fight after sending Zhao Long to humiliate him.
• Ye Xuan told the crowd he had accepted the challenge only to uphold his dignity, and the disciples condemned Qi Yao.
• Qi Yao declared that he would avenge Tu Wu and unleashed his Golden Core Realm Fourth Level cultivation, Floating Shadow Steps, and Annihilating Thunder Finger.
• Ye Xuan surged forward and gathered his Spiritual Qi into a powerful punch as Qi Yao charged at him.

Ye Xuan defeated Qi Yao with a single strike, then challenged the sacred land’s nine remaining Holy Son candidates, allowing them to fight him together. The chapter ended as the crowd waited to see whether Huo Qingyi and the others would accept.

• Ye Xuan shattered Qi Yao’s Annihilating Thunder Finger with the Emperor Formula and chased him down with the Wandering Dragon Steps.
• Qi Yao tried to block Ye Xuan’s attack but was overwhelmed, struck unconscious, and left defeated on the edge of the martial arena platform.
• Ye Xuan declared that he would challenge the nine remaining Holy Son candidates, and that he would relinquish his position if he lost.
• Ye Xuan told the candidates they could fight him together or one at a time, and said they should give up competing for the position if they lost.
• Huo Qingyi and the other candidates reacted with displeasure as the disciples turned their attention to them, awaiting their response.

Ye Xuan revealed that he had reached the Wheel Sea Realm and crushed Lin Xiao in a one-sided duel. He then challenged Huo Qingyi and the remaining seven Holy Son candidates to fight him all at once.

• Lin Xiao stepped forward to challenge Ye Xuan alone, boasting that Ye Xuan was not worthy of facing them as a group.
• Ye Xuan revealed his Wheel Sea Realm cultivation, shocking the disciples and elders who had expected him to remain in the Essence Condensation Realm.
• Lin Xiao attacked Ye Xuan with a low-grade mystic-tier spear technique, but Ye Xuan shattered the spear shadows by striking their weak points.
• Ye Xuan broke Lin Xiao's follow-up thrust, closed the distance, and struck him off the martial platform.
• Ye Xuan dismissed Huo Qingyi and the other seven candidates' one-on-one challenges and told them to fight him together.

Ye Xuan challenged all eight Holy Son candidates to fight him at once, declaring that he would end their ambitions to claim the position. Huo Qingyi and the others accepted, and they gathered their power to face Ye Xuan as the disciples watched in shock.

• Ye Xuan declared that he would fight all eight Holy Son candidates and drive their ambitions out of them.
• Huo Qingyi exchanged glances with the other candidates, then agreed that all eight would join forces against Ye Xuan.
• The disciples reacted with shock, while Lin Xue worried, Holy Maiden Qiu Yue trembled, the Eighth Old Ancestor questioned Ye Xuan's confidence, and Han Bingning remained composed.
• Huo Qingyi and the other seven candidates stepped forward and released their powerful Golden Core presences, preparing to fight Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan faced Huo Qingyi and seven other Holy Son candidates in a battle against eight Golden Core cultivators. After knocking one opponent off the martial stage, he evaded a pincer attack from three more and counterattacked two of them.

• Huo Qingyi ordered the seven candidates to attack Ye Xuan together, and they charged him with their combined Golden Core strength.
• Ye Xuan met Huo Qingyi's Golden Sand Palm with a lightning-wreathed palm strike, then used Wandering Dragon Steps to turn toward the other opponents.
• Ye Xuan used the Emperor Formula to overpower a Golden Core Realm fifth-level candidate and send him flying off the martial stage.
• Three Golden Core Realm sixth-level candidates attacked Ye Xuan from both sides, but he dodged one attacker and struck at the other two with a palm and a fist.

Ye Xuan crushed four of the eight Holy Son candidates, demonstrating his strength and shrugging off a full-force attack. Huo Qingyi rallied the three remaining candidates as Ye Xuan demanded that they abandon their claim to the Holy Son position.

• Ye Xuan struck two Golden Core Realm sixth level candidates with Thunder God Palm and Emperor Formula at once, severely injuring them and sending them flying.
• Three Golden Core Realm fifth level candidates attacked Ye Xuan from behind; he dodged two strikes and emerged unharmed from the third.
• Ye Xuan seized Zhang Hong by the neck and slammed him onto the martial platform, leaving him unconscious and breaking many of his bones.
• Huo Qingyi questioned why Ye Xuan had survived Zhang Hong's attack, and Ye Xuan attributed his durability to the Chaos Sacred Body.
• Ye Xuan evaded Huo Qingyi and warned the three remaining candidates to leave the platform and give up the Holy Son position or be swept away.
• Huo Qingyi urged the three candidates not to listen to Ye Xuan and to keep fighting.

Ye Xuan drove Wei Hai and two others off the martial arena, then suppressed Huo Qingyi in a fierce exchange. Huo Qingyi responded by activating the forbidden Explosive Spirit Art, leaving the fight poised to escalate.

• Huo Qingyi urged Wei Hai and the other two to stay and fight, while Ye Xuan warned them to withdraw within three breaths.
• Wei Hai and the other two withdrew from the arena and renounced their competition for the Holy Son position.
• Ye Xuan charged Huo Qingyi and exchanged more than a hundred kicks with him, overpowering him through physical strength and Spiritual Qi.
• Ye Xuan challenged Huo Qingyi to withdraw or be swept from the arena, and Huo Qingyi angrily chose to fight on.
• Huo Qingyi tapped several acupoints, spat out blood essence, and unleashed the forbidden Explosive Spirit Art.

Huo Qingyi used the forbidden Explosive Spirit Art to raise his strength to the Golden Core Realm Ninth Level Peak and attacked Ye Xuan. Ye Xuan met him head-on, using his martial skills and True Solar Fire to suppress Huo Qingyi as their battle continued.

• Huo Qingyi unleashed the Explosive Spirit Art, pushing his cultivation to the Golden Core Realm Ninth Level Peak and declaring that he would kill Ye Xuan.
• Han Bingning prepared to intervene, but the Eighth Old Ancestor told her Ye Xuan seemed to have more trump cards.
• Ye Xuan and Huo Qingyi clashed, and Ye Xuan used True Solar Fire to destroy the scorching Spiritual Qi invading his arm.
• Ye Xuan unleashed the Emperor Formula, Thunder God Palm, and Azure Dragon Roar while Huo Qingyi fought back with profound-tier martial skills.
• The disciples watched as Ye Xuan appeared to suppress Huo Qingyi, with his attacks empowered by the scorching True Solar Fire.

Ye Xuan defeated Huo Qingyi after countering his Blazing Flame Fist and exploiting his exhaustion, ending the contest for Holy Son. He declared that anyone who wanted his position had to challenge him that day, then turned his attention to the Carefree Holy Land and Ge Tian.

• Huo Qingyi, drenched in blood and driven by obsession, unleashed his hidden upper-tier profound-grade Blazing Flame Fist against Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan shattered Huo Qingyi's blazing punch, dazed him with Azure Dragon Roar, and struck him with Thunder God Palm.
• Huo Qingyi was hurled from the platform as his forbidden art's backlash and injuries took effect, and the Grand Elder carried him away.
• Ye Xuan told the disciples that the contest for Holy Son was over and invited anyone who disagreed to challenge him that day.
• Ye Xuan warned that he would kill anyone who coveted his position afterward and resolved to focus on the Carefree Holy Land and Ge Tian.