Recaps

Ye Xuan and Chu Rufeng fought through waves of Listening to Rain Tower assassins as powerful experts from the Carefree Holy Land descended on the city. Outside the Heavenly Fragrance Tower, Ye Xuan confronted two nascent soul realm peak experts and exposed a hidden heavenly position realm expert, while Gu Ran kept Han Bingning occupied at the Chu Clan.

• Ye Xuan killed the three remaining nascent soul realm sixth level assassins and urged Chu Rufeng to leave as the Carefree Holy Land experts arrived.
• Ye Xuan and Chu Rufeng killed the nascent soul realm early stage assassins who tried to delay them outside the Heavenly Fragrance Tower.
• Ye Xuan chose to fight another wave of assassins rather than abandon Chu Rufeng, and killed them all with the Yaoguang Sword.
• Ye Xuan called out two nascent soul realm peak experts and revealed that a heavenly position realm expert was hiding nearby.
• Gu Ran attacked Han Bingning at the Chu Clan to keep her occupied.

Han Bingning effortlessly suppressed Gu Ran, but she abruptly sensed trouble at the Heavenly Fragrance Tower. Gu Ran attacked her again as she turned toward the tower, and Han Bingning charged back at him in fury.

• Gu Ran attacked Han Bingning with golden palm imprints, but her Frozen Space froze them and she destroyed them with a single strike.
• Han Bingning pressed Gu Ran into the ground, shocking both sides, then ordered him to leave.
• Gu Ran rejected his defeat and roared at Han Bingning, who ignored him after sensing something at the Heavenly Fragrance Tower.
• Han Bingning prepared to rush toward the tower, but Gu Ran attacked her again, and she charged at him in anger.

Gu Ran unleashed the Carefree Holy Land’s forbidden technique, but Han Bingning survived and overwhelmed him. Just as she moved to finish him, the Carefree Holy Land’s First Ancestor intervened and whisked Gu Ran away, and Han Bingning vanished in shock.

• Gu Ran summoned a saintly phantom with Myriad Saints Pay Homage to Heaven and attacked Han Bingning with spikes of holy light.
• Han Bingning froze the attack and countered with an ice sword, but the holy light shattered it and wounded her.
• Gu Ran collapsed after using the forbidden technique, while Han Bingning recovered and struck him down with a massive palm.
• Han Bingning prepared a second strike to kill Gu Ran, but the Carefree Holy Land’s First Ancestor appeared and took him away.
• Han Bingning recognized the First Ancestor, then vanished.

A Heavenly Position Realm assassin from the Listening to Rain Tower attacked Ye Xuan outside the Heavenly Fragrance Tower, and Chu Rufeng took the sword strike meant for him. As Ye Xuan fell wounded, a terrifying killing intent suddenly froze the assassin in place.

• The black-robed assassin revealed his Heavenly Position Realm cultivation and charged at Ye Xuan while Chu Rufeng retreated at Ye Xuan’s order.
• Ye Xuan resisted the assassin’s pressure and prepared to counter his sword strike with the Yaoguang Sword.
• Chu Rufeng rushed in front of Ye Xuan and took the assassin’s sword strike, falling toward the ground.
• Ye Xuan used the Primordial First Form to weaken the sword light, but the remaining attack struck him and sent him crashing to the ground.
• The assassin turned to leave, but a violent killing intent enveloped him and filled him with terror.

Han Bingning arrived to find Ye Xuan gravely wounded, but he recovered and swore to destroy the Carefree Holy Land after learning Gu Ran had injured her. The three returned to the Chu Clan after Han Bingning killed the black-robed assassin.

• Han Bingning attacked the black-robed assassin with ice arrows, then rushed to Ye Xuan, believing he had been killed.
• Ye Xuan got to his feet and assured Han Bingning he was fine, then noticed her injuries and vowed to destroy the Carefree Holy Land and kill Gu Ran.
• Ye Xuan gently wiped blood from Han Bingning's lip, while Chu Rufeng recovered and made a joking remark that he thought Ye Xuan had died.
• Chu Rufeng respectfully asked Han Bingning and Ye Xuan what to do with the assassin, and Han Bingning struck him down with a palm.
• Ye Xuan, Han Bingning, and Chu Rufeng returned to the Chu Clan, where the battle had mostly ended.

After the Carefree Holy Land’s attack on the Chu Clan ended in defeat, Ye Xuan returned to the Ancient Desolate Holy Land to cultivate for the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm. Five days into his seclusion, powerful cultivators from several outside factions arrived at the Eastern Wasteland Realm, where a terrifying presence suddenly enveloped them.

• Chu Zhantian killed Chen Yuan and the remaining Carefree Holy Land forces, while Zhao Xiao'er fled after suffering severe injuries from Zhan Wuji.
• News of the Carefree Holy Land’s defeats spread through the Eastern Wasteland, leaving people puzzled about why its First Ancestor had rescued Gu Ran but not intervened in the fighting.
• Ye Xuan returned to the Holy Son Hall and began a secluded attempt to reach the Golden Core Realm before the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm opened.
• The Ancient Desolate Holy Land continued taking revenge on the Carefree Holy Land’s vassal forces while its ancestors watched the Carefree Holy Land’s First Ancestor warily.
• On Ye Xuan’s fifth day in seclusion, powerful cultivators from several factions arrived outside the Eastern Wasteland Realm, and a vast, terrifying presence enveloped them as they approached.

Ye Xuan broke through to the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Wheel Sea Realm and survived a lightning tribulation, then used a Primordial Profound Gold Pill to reach the Golden Core Realm. He ended the chapter ready to face the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm and the Carefree Holy Land.

• Ye Xuan broke through to the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Wheel Sea Realm, drawing a powerful lightning tribulation.
• Zhan Wuji was stunned by Ye Xuan's breakthrough while Han Bingning watched anxiously as he endured the lightning.
• After the hour-long tribulation, Ye Xuan discovered that his Wilds Body Refining Technique had advanced to its fifth level.
• The system refreshed Ye Xuan's sign-in and awarded him a Primordial Profound Gold Pill that could guarantee an obstacle-free breakthrough to Golden Core.
• Ye Xuan swallowed the pill and, after guiding its Spiritual Qi into his dantian, formed a dark-gold Golden Core and reached the Golden Core Realm.

After reaching the Golden Core realm, Ye Xuan learned that powerful cultivators from other realms had arrived and vowed to dominate the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm. On the way there, he reached Changtian City and began his promised purge of the Zhou Lineage.

• Han Bingning warned Ye Xuan that cultivators from other realms had come to the Eastern Wasteland and were competing for entry to the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm.
• Ye Xuan insisted he could defeat the newcomers, and he and Han Bingning set out with five days remaining before the mystic realm opened.
• Han Bingning told Ye Xuan that Changtian City was controlled by the Zhou Lineage, which he had asked to wipe out.
• Ye Xuan announced that everyone uninvolved must leave Changtian City, then scattered Zhou Lineage blood essence to identify its members.
• Ye Xuan charged at the Zhou Lineage members revealed by the blood mist.

Ye Xuan slaughtered Zhou Lineage members as he advanced toward their estate, while Zhou Changsheng and the lineage’s elders prepared to fight. An unseen expert killed the Zhou Lineage cultivators above the Heavenly Position Realm Early Stage and ordered the seven survivors to face Ye Xuan as his trial opponents.

• Ye Xuan charged through the city, killing Zhou Lineage members who tried to escape and sparing the innocent.
• At the Zhou Lineage estate, Zhou Changsheng and his kin argued over their abandoned alliance with the Carefree Holy Land and resolved to fight Ye Xuan.
• An unseen voice ordered cultivators below the Heavenly Position Realm Early Stage to act freely and those above that level to die.
• Ice swords killed Zhou Changsheng and the other Zhou Lineage cultivators above the Heavenly Position Realm Early Stage.
• The seven surviving Heavenly Position Realm Early Stage cultivators realized they were being used as Ye Xuan’s trial opponents and vowed to fight back.

Ye Xuan reached the Zhou Lineage estate and began slaughtering its cultivators, condemning the lineage for destroying the Nangong Lineage. After Han Bingning secretly removed the Zhou Lineage’s strongest cultivators, seven Heavenly Position experts and more than twenty powerful Nascent Soul cultivators confronted Ye Xuan.

• Ye Xuan rejected the Zhou Lineage cultivators’ claims that they had been forced into their crimes and blamed them for the destruction of the Nangong Lineage.
• Ye Xuan drew the Yaoguang Sword and killed dozens of Zhou Lineage cultivators as he advanced through the estate gates.
• Ye Xuan smashed the Zhou Lineage’s plaque and gates, then called out Zhou Changsheng and the lineage’s Heavenly Position cultivators.
• Seven Heavenly Position experts and over twenty Nascent Soul late-stage or peak cultivators emerged from the inner courtyard.
• Ye Xuan challenged the Zhou Lineage experts to fight him together or one at a time.

Ye Xuan fought off a group of Zhou Lineage cultivators, killing many before clashing with Zhou Heng, a Heavenly Position Realm Third Level expert. Ye Xuan was blasted into the ruins, but his sword strike severed Zhou Heng’s arm, and Zhou Heng ordered his men to check whether Ye Xuan was dead.

• The Zhou Lineage members attacked Ye Xuan together, and he used the Wandering Dragon Steps and Yaoguang Sword to kill five Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators in quick succession.
• Ye Xuan continued slaughtering the attackers, killing thirteen men before Zhou Heng reacted and charged at him with a powerful palm strike.
• Ye Xuan met Zhou Heng’s attack with Primordial First Form, and their collision shattered the surrounding buildings and sent Ye Xuan flying into the ruins.
• Zhou Heng was driven back and lost his right arm, while the onlookers wondered whether Ye Xuan had survived.
• Zhou Heng ordered the Zhou Lineage cultivators to enter the ruins and check on Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan emerged from the ruins and killed the two Heavenly Position Realm First Level cultivators with Blazing Flame Mad Saber. Though Zhou Heng struck Ye Xuan with a powerful punch, Ye Xuan survived and counterattacked while Zhou Heng was weakened.

• The two Heavenly Position Realm First Level cultivators blasted apart the ruins, but Ye Xuan emerged alive amid scorching flames.
• Ye Xuan killed both cultivators with three fiery sword rays, burning their bodies to ash.
• Zhou Heng attacked Ye Xuan with Heavenly Dipper Fist, and Ye Xuan narrowly avoided a fatal blow but suffered a strike to his left ribs.
• Ye Xuan abruptly charged back at Zhou Heng and raised Yaoguang to slash at him.

Ye Xuan killed Zhou Heng and the remaining defenders, destroying the Zhou Lineage before traveling to Xuanyuan City. There, he found the city’s cultivators unwilling to challenge him, until a plump figure called him big brother.

• Ye Xuan overwhelmed Zhou Heng, then stamped him to death after Zhou Heng could no longer fight back.
• Ye Xuan killed another Heavenly Position expert and slaughtered the remaining defenders, wiping out the Zhou Lineage.
• Ye Xuan declared the Zhou Lineage destroyed, reduced its estate to rubble, collected the dead cultivators’ valuables, and left.
• Two days later, Ye Xuan arrived in Xuanyuan City, where cultivators praised him and the Lin Clan guards avoided stopping him.
• A plump figure rolled out and called Ye Xuan big brother, startling him.

Ye Xuan learned that geniuses from other domains had pushed Eastern Wasteland cultivators out of the top ten of both major rankings. At the Drunken Flower Pavilion, Lin Yue provoked him in front of the gathered geniuses, and everyone turned to see how he would respond.

• Chu Rufeng told Ye Xuan that geniuses from other domains had taken over the top ten places in the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Rankings.
• Ye Xuan asked Chu Rufeng whether those outsiders had beaten him, and Chu Rufeng suggested they sit down.
• Chu Rufeng discovered that Lin Yue had taken the table he reserved for Ye Xuan and saw her sitting with a powerful Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
• Lin Yue mocked Ye Xuan, announced his arrival to the restaurant, and claimed there was no seat for him.
• The Eastern Wasteland and other-domain geniuses watched Ye Xuan, anticipating his response to Lin Yue's provocation.

Ye Xuan confronted Lin Yue after she mocked him and Chu Rufeng, despite the outside prodigies backing her. Shen Yao tried to draw him away, but Ye Xuan declared he would deal with Lin Yue and slapped her, leaving the restaurant tense.

• Lin Yue ridiculed Ye Xuan and dismissed Chu Rufeng, provoking Chu Rufeng to challenge her.
• Ye Xuan walked toward Lin Yue's table, and Chu Rufeng followed him.
• Shen Yao called Ye Xuan over, but he said he would first deal with the fly who had provoked him.
• Ye Xuan reached Lin Yue's table and slapped her across the face, knocking her into Lu Hu's arms.

Ye Xuan repeatedly slapped Lin Yue and provoked Lu Hu and the prodigies from beyond, refusing to back down despite their threats. When Ye Xuan tried to seize Lin Yue, Yang Zong intervened and challenged him, revealing that he was ranked ninth on the Golden Core Ranking.

• Lin Yue and Lu Hu's companions erupted in anger after Ye Xuan slapped Lin Yue, but Ye Xuan slapped her again and declared that no one could stop him.
• Lu Hu and three prodigies from beyond confronted Ye Xuan, who dismissed their threats and challenged them to act.
• Ye Xuan moved to seize Lin Yue, while Lu Hu held back from intervening and warned Ye Xuan against making too many enemies.
• Yang Zong struck Ye Xuan's Spiritual Qi palm and challenged him to a fight, prompting Chu Rufeng to warn that Yang Zong ranked ninth on the Golden Core Ranking.

Ye Xuan publicly accepted Yang Zong’s challenge and defeated him with one move, stunning the cultivators in the restaurant. He then turned his attention to Lin Yue and demanded to know how she wanted to die.

• Ye Xuan told Yang Zong to attack, dismissing his suggestion to move the fight outside.
• Yang Zong charged Ye Xuan and threw a powerful punch, but Ye Xuan caught it with one hand.
• Ye Xuan kicked Yang Zong through several jade tables and left him sprawled on the floor.
• Ye Xuan mocked Yang Zong, who fainted after spitting blood, while Chu Rufeng and Shen Yao watched in amazement and Lin Yue grew pale.
• Ye Xuan confronted Lin Yue and asked how she wanted to die.

Ye Xuan killed Lin Yue after she invoked the Lin Clan and threatened him, then dismissed Lu Hu’s warning and reunited with Shen Yao. At the Lin Clan, Lin Chengtian mourned his daughter while a stern middle-aged man ordered Lu Hu to kill Ye Xuan in the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm and planned to provoke the Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s disciples.

• Ye Xuan dragged Lin Yue toward him, slapped her repeatedly, and killed her with a blow to her dantian when she threatened him with the Lin Clan’s backing.
• Lu Hu restrained his anger and left with two companions, warning Ye Xuan that he would kill him in the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm; Ye Xuan dismissed the threat.
• Ye Xuan greeted Shen Yao warmly, while Chu Rufeng introduced himself and offered Ye Xuan a seat.
• At the Lin Clan, Lin Chengtian grieved over Lin Yue’s corpse as Lu Hu and Yang Zong stood with a stern middle-aged man.
• The middle-aged man ordered Lu Hu to kill Ye Xuan in the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm and told them to provoke the Ancient Desolate Holy Land’s disciples over the next two days.

Ye Xuan perfected the Heavenly Star Sword Art and returned to cultivate ahead of the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm. After news spread that he had defeated Yang Zong, the top three on the Golden Core Ranking publicly challenged him, but Ye Xuan was absent.

• Ye Xuan perfected the Heavenly Star Sword Art in less than half an incense stick and went back to his room to consolidate his cultivation before the Xuanyuan Mystic Realm opened.
• News spread through Xuanyuan City that Ye Xuan had defeated Yang Zong in one move and slain Lin Yue, earning praise from Eastern Wasteland cultivators and angering outside geniuses.
• Qin Zhan, first on the Golden Core Ranking, challenged Ye Xuan to fight him with a single punch.
• Jian Qi, second on the Golden Core Ranking, declared that he would destroy Ye Xuan with one stroke.
• Zhou Suyi, third on the Golden Core Ranking, demanded that Ye Xuan come out and fight her.
• Luo Yuan and several Ancient Desolate Holy Land disciples witnessed the challenges and were angered by the trio's arrogance.

Mo Xiu provoked the Ancient Desolate Holy Land disciples and turned the crowd against Ye Xuan for not confronting the outsiders. Zhou Suyi then challenged Luo Yuan to force Ye Xuan out, and Luo Yuan prepared to fight while ordering his juniors to alert the elders but not Ye Xuan.

• Luo Yuan and the Ancient Desolate Holy Land disciples decided to report Zhou Suyi's provocation to Ye Xuan.
• Mo Xiu mocked Luo Yuan's group and accused Ye Xuan of bullying local cultivators while fearing outsiders, stirring suspicion among the crowd.
• Luo Yuan confronted Mo Xiu, who denied wrongdoing and left as the crowd repeated the accusations against Ye Xuan.
• Zhou Suyi pointed at Luo Yuan and ordered him onto the platform, intending to use him to draw Ye Xuan out.
• Luo Yuan broke free from his juniors and agreed to fight Zhou Suyi, telling them to inform the elders but not Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan learned that Zhou Suyi and the other Golden Core Ranking prodigies had provoked the Ancient Desolate Holy Land, while Luo Yuan risked his life by accepting Zhou Suyi’s challenge. After hearing that Luo Yuan was in danger, Ye Xuan left in fury to respond.

• Luo Yuan ignored his fellow disciples’ warnings and walked toward the battle platform, prepared to die rather than refuse a challenge from someone of his realm.
• Ye Xuan ended his cultivation and complained that the Wilds Body Refining Technique and Chaos Sacred Body consumed nearly all his spirit stones without letting him reach the seventh level.
• Qiu Yue told Ye Xuan that Qin Zhan, Jian Qi, and Zhou Suyi had challenged and insulted him, but Ye Xuan dismissed them as flies and declined to seek them out.
• Ye Xuan invited Qiu Yue in for drinks, and she blushed, stamped her foot, and left in embarrassment and anger.
• A disciple told Ye Xuan that Luo Yuan was in danger and explained that Luo Yuan had accepted Zhou Suyi’s challenge.
• Ye Xuan’s expression darkened as he heard the account, and he left, calling the provocateurs doomed.

Zhou Suyi crushed Luo Yuan in one move, then taunted the Ancient Desolate Holy Land and challenged its Holy Son. Ye Xuan arrived as the crowd awaited his confrontation with her.

• Zhou Suyi defeated Luo Yuan in one move, and a man prompted the crowd to insult him and the Ancient Desolate Holy Land.
• Zhou Suyi mocked Luo Yuan, stamped on him, and claimed she could defeat Holy Son Ye just as easily.
• Chu Rufeng and Shen Yao watched Zhou Suyi's taunts, while Qin Zhan and Jian Qi focused on the approaching challenge.
• Ye Xuan arrived with a cold expression and burning killing intent, drawing the crowd's attention and Zhou Suyi's gaze.

Ye Xuan arrived at the square and killed Yuan Xiu and the Carefree Holy Land disciples and Lin Clan members who had stirred up trouble. He then charged Zhou Suyi, shattered her Earth Grade attacks, and stomped down toward her head.

• Ye Xuan spotted Luo Yuan beneath Zhou Suyi's foot and learned that Yuan Xiu's group had stirred up trouble earlier.
• Ye Xuan killed Yuan Xiu with a punch and crushed the fleeing Carefree Holy Land disciples and Lin Clan members with his palm strikes.
• Ye Xuan turned toward Zhou Suyi and charged the battle platform before she could finish speaking.
• Zhou Suyi attacked Ye Xuan with Spiritual Qi beasts, ice swords, and spikes formed by an Earth Grade martial technique.
• Ye Xuan shattered Zhou Suyi's attacks with a punch and appeared above her, stomping down toward her head.

Ye Xuan ignored Zhou Suyi’s protective talisman and repeatedly kicked her barrier until it broke, leaving her badly injured on the battle platform. He ended the assault by trampling her head and taunting her.

• Ye Xuan’s first kick struck Zhou Suyi’s protective talisman and sent her crashing onto the battle platform without injuring her.
• Ye Xuan rebuked Zhou Suyi for insulting and challenging the Ancient Desolate Holy Land, then attacked her again despite her barrier.
• Ye Xuan repeatedly kicked Zhou Suyi’s barrier, weakening it until cracks spread across its surface.
• Ye Xuan broke through the barrier with a kick to Zhou Suyi’s chest, spraying blood and throwing her across the platform.
• Ye Xuan trampled Zhou Suyi’s head and asked how it felt to be beneath someone’s foot.

Ye Xuan killed Zhou Suyi after she threatened him, then challenged the first- and second-ranked Golden Core prodigies to fight him together. Qin Zhan and Jian Qi took pills to boost their strength and charged onto the platform, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Ye Xuan crushed Zhou Suyi's face beneath his foot and killed her despite her threats.
• Ye Xuan gave Luo Yuan a pill, told him to leave the platform, and declared that Zhou Suyi had been no match for him.
• Ye Xuan challenged Qin Zhan and Jian Qi, the top two on the Golden Core Ranking, to fight him together.
• Eastern Wasteland cultivators jeered at Qin Zhan and Jian Qi when they hesitated to accept Ye Xuan's challenge.
• Qin Zhan and Jian Qi swallowed Explosive Spirit Pills and charged onto the platform together, vowing to defeat Ye Xuan.