Recaps

At the Qianyuan Sect’s recruitment assembly, Ling Yiran, Lin Yu, and Xiaobai passed the initial age and cultivation tests, with Xiaobai revealing exceptional talent. Meanwhile, three black-clad young men entered the sect, and Hall Master Mingyue watched their progress from the Dark Nether Divine Hall.

• Ling Yiran passed the entrance tests at Golden Core third tier and entered the Qianyuan Sect, wondering whether she would see Lin Yu.
• Yun Tianci watched the assembly with Yun Nianshan and the four Peak Masters, then hurried to the trial grounds after spotting a familiar figure.
• Lin Yu passed the initial tests at Golden Core third tier and entered the sect.
• Xiaobai insisted on joining Lin Yu, passed the tests at Golden Core fifth tier, and entered the sect with him.
• Three black-clad young men passed the initial tests, while Hall Master Mingyue watched them from the Dark Nether Divine Hall.

Lin Yu and Xiaobai arrived at the Qianyuan Sect’s admission assembly, where Ling Yiran reunited with Lin Yu and Tang Yu drew attention as a favored contender. The Fifth Elder explained the aptitude test, and the test began with the crowd waiting to see how the candidates would fare.

• Ling Yiran recognized Lin Yu at the trial grounds and met his friend Xiaobai.
• Tang Yu arrived surrounded by admirers who expected him to win the assembly.
• Yun Tianci came to watch and glanced toward Lin Yu and Xiaobai, while Yun Nianshan wondered why he had attended.
• The Fifth Elder announced that candidates would use the Qianyuan Spirit Stone to test their aptitude and explained the grades and admission requirements.
• The aptitude test officially began as the first cultivator was called forward.

Candidates were tested for cultivation talent, and Xiaobai rejected Tang Yu’s attempt to meet her. Tang Yu earned Low-Grade Earth Rank talent, though Sect Master Yun Tianci remained uneasy about him.

• The elder eliminated candidates whose talent was only Human Rank and warned that relying on treasures to raise cultivation could ruin their futures.
• Tang Yu introduced himself to Xiaobai, but she sensed something evil about him and told him to get lost.
• Tang Yu left angrily and vowed Xiaobai would regret rejecting him, while spectators criticized her decision.
• Tang Yu infused the Qianyuan Spirit Stone with Spiritual Qi, and it changed from white through yellow and black to red.
• The elder announced Tang Yu had Low-Grade Earth Rank talent, while Yun Tianci remained troubled by the young man's rapid rise and unsettling presence.

Ling Yiran tested with earth grade middle rank talent, surpassing Tang Yu and becoming the recruitment assembly’s leading dark horse. Tang Yu ordered his Second Elder to kill her, while the testing continued with Xiaobai’s name being called.

• Tang Yu celebrated his earth grade talent result as his followers praised him and he smugly looked toward Lin Yu.
• Ling Yiran stepped onto the trial platform and poured her spiritual power into the Qianyuan Spirit Stone.
• Tang Yu ordered his Second Elder to find a chance to kill Ling Yiran after the trial.
• The Spirit Stone turned brilliant blood-red, and the testing elder announced Ling Yiran had earth grade middle rank talent.
• Yun Tianci praised Ling Shanhai’s granddaughter as spectators reconsidered who would take first place.
• The testing elder called Xiaobai’s name and wondered what kind of name it was.

Xiaobai took the Qianyuan Sect’s talent test and revealed heaven-tier talent, while Yun Tianci recognized her as the powerful spirit beast who had affected the Qianyuan Sacred Stone. Tang Yu, furious that Xiaobai and Ling Yiran had eclipsed him, resolved to have them killed.

• Onlookers mocked Xiaobai’s name, and she refused Lin Yu’s offer to change it before stepping onto the trial platform.
• Xiaobai channeled diluted spiritual power into the Qianyuan Spirit Stone, which turned black, then red, as the Qianyuan Sacred Stone resonated in response.
• The Qianyuan Spirit Stone turned gold, revealing Xiaobai’s heaven-tier talent and astonishing the sect members.
• Yun Tianci recognized Xiaobai as the tiger-like spirit beast connected to the Qianyuan Sacred Stone’s earlier evolution.
• Tang Yu grew jealous and resentful of Xiaobai and Ling Yiran, then decided they could not be allowed to live.

At the Qianyuan Sect recruitment assembly, Yun Nianshan suspected her father had rigged the talent tests, while Yun Tianci concealed the truth to protect Lin Yu and Xiaobai. Xiaobai’s test revealed heaven-tier talent, leaving the sect astonished and Ling Yiran more determined to improve.

• Yun Nianshan accused Yun Tianci of compromising the recruitment assembly, but he urged her to wait until it was over before demanding an explanation.
• Yun Tianci stopped Yun Nianshan from confronting the people at the testing platform, and she agreed to watch the assembly first.
• The Qianyuan Spirit Stone settled into brilliant gold, and the testing elder announced Xiaobai had heaven-tier talent.
• Lin Yu teased Xiaobai for causing a commotion, and she claimed she had diluted her spiritual power several million times.
• Ling Yiran watched Xiaobai and resolved to work harder, while Xiaobai privately admitted she had not diluted her power nearly that much.

Lin Yu took the Qianyuan Sect’s talent test after Xiaobai’s Heaven-tier result had stunned the assembly. His spiritual power turned the Qianyuan Spirit Stone gold in seconds, then made it explode, leaving everyone in shock.

• The testing elder called Lin Yu to take the talent test while Tang Yu secretly ordered the Tang Household elders to capture or kill Lin Yu, Xiaobai, Ling Yiran, and the other elders after the assembly.
• Lin Yu hesitated over how much spiritual power to use, then casually diluted it ten million times and poured it into the Qianyuan Spirit Stone.
• The stone stayed white at first, prompting the crowd and Tang Yu to assume Lin Yu had poor talent, but its color quickly jumped through white, yellow, black, red, and gold.
• Yun Tianci recalled Yun Qian’s inscription that turning the stone gold within thirty seconds marked someone with the makings of an Immortal.
• The golden light kept intensifying until the Qianyuan Spirit Stone exploded, stunning everyone present.

Lin Yu’s first talent test caused the Qianyuan Spirit Stone to explode, so Yun Tianci ordered a retest. The new stone stabilized at an even purer gold than Xiaobai’s result, confirming Lin Yu had Heaven Rank talent as the onlookers realized two such talents had appeared at the Qianyuan Sect recruitment assembly.

• After Lin Yu’s spiritual power made the Qianyuan Spirit Stone explode, the crowd argued over whether the result was real or the stone had malfunctioned.
• Yun Tianci consulted Lin Yu, then announced that a new Qianyuan Spirit Stone would be used for a retest.
• Tang Yu demanded that Xiaobai’s result be invalidated and everyone be tested again, but Yun Tianci refused and threatened to expel anyone who kept objecting.
• Tang Yu nursed a grudge against Lin Yu, Xiaobai, Yun Tianci, and the Qianyuan Sect while the testing elder brought a replacement stone.
• Lin Yu diluted his spiritual power and retook the test; the new stone changed to brilliant gold and remained intact, confirming his Heaven Rank talent.

The sect admission assembly began its sacred stairway trial, where the candidates’ climbs would determine their disciple ranks. Tang Yu reached step 26 on the Earth Rank stairway, Ling Yiran reached step 42, and the chapter ended as Xiaobai was called to climb.

• The trial elder announced that Lin Yu had Heaven Rank talent, while Tang Yu vowed to prove himself in the next stage.
• The trial elder explained the four sacred stairways and their pressure, then began the climb after candidates tested their difficulty.
• Tang Yu chose the Earth Rank Sacred Stairway and reached step 26, but received little attention from the spectators.
• Ling Yiran climbed the Earth Rank Sacred Stairway to step 42 and silently looked toward Lin Yu.
• The trial elder called Xiaobai to the stairway as the crowd focused on her upcoming climb.

Xiaobai chose the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway and climbed to its sixtieth step with ease, stunning the spectators and Qianyuan Sect’s Peak Masters. Yun Nianshan grew more convinced the trial had been tampered with, while Tang Yu ordered an elder to kill Lin Yu and the others after the trial.

• Xiaobai chose the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway despite the Peak Masters’ doubts and climbed to its thirtieth step in less than twenty seconds.
• Tang Yu watched Xiaobai surpass his own achievement, lost the crowd’s attention, and ordered an elder to kill Lin Yu and the others after the trial.
• Xiaobai found that she felt no pressure on the stairway and continued climbing while Lin Yu fell asleep.
• Xiaobai reached the sixtieth step, beyond the Peak Masters’ limits, leaving them astonished.
• Yun Nianshan questioned Yun Tianci about the result, suspected he had tampered with the stairway, and vowed to expose Lin Yu and Xiaobai after the trial.

Xiaobai climbed to the 65th step of the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway, setting a new record for the Qianyuan Sect, then fell asleep there. She woke when Lin Yu offered her immortal fruit and returned to his side to eat, while the spectators mistook the fruit for an ordinary snack.

• Xiaobai reached the 60th step and found the pressure there barely noticeable while Lin Yu slept.
• Xiaobai climbed to the 65th step, found the pressure comfortable, and lay down to sleep.
• The spectators marveled at Xiaobai sleeping on the sacred stairway, while some began questioning whether the trials were reliable.
• The trial ended with Xiaobai's record-breaking result, and the elder congratulated her and granted her early qualification to cultivate in the inner sect.
• Lin Yu called Xiaobai to eat, and she woke, leaped back to him, and took the immortal fruit he offered.

Yun Nianshan questioned Yun Tianci about Xiaobai and Lin Yu’s extraordinary results, while Qianyuan Sect disciples gathered to watch Xiaobai and Lin Yu. Shen Feng claimed Lin Yu was even more talented than Xiaobai and revealed that Lin Yu had shattered the Qianyuan Sacred Stone, leaving the skeptical disciples speechless.

• Yun Nianshan accused Yun Tianci of helping Xiaobai and Lin Yu cheat, but Yun Tianci and the Peak Masters insisted their results were genuine.
• Qianyuan Sect disciples watched Lin Yu feed Xiaobai and envied their apparent closeness.
• Shen Feng rebuked the disciples for underestimating Lin Yu and said Lin Yu’s talent might surpass Xiaobai’s.
• The disciples mocked Shen Feng’s claim that Lin Yu exceeded Heaven Rank talent.
• Shen Feng said Lin Yu had shattered the Qianyuan Sacred Stone, and the disciples fell silent.

Lin Yu recalled his previous life on the Qianyuan Sacred Stairways and considered which route offered the best view. As the spectators expected him to choose the Heaven Rank stairway, he headed toward the Yellow Rank Sacred Stairway instead.

• The female disciples admired Lin Yu’s looks and speculated about his relationship with Xiaobai.
• Lin Yu stood before the four sacred stairways while spectators assumed Xiaobai’s record had left him unable to choose.
• Lin Yu remembered how his former system had pushed him to reach the fiftieth step of the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway and how he had later visited the summit of every stairway.
• Lin Yu decided he did not need to limit himself to one stairway and started walking.
• The spectators were shocked when Lin Yu appeared to head for the Yellow Rank Sacred Stairway.

Lin Yu chose the Yellow Rank Sacred Stairway and astonished the Qianyuan Sect disciples by reaching its summit with ease. After he reached the 108th step and received its golden reward, the crowd welcomed him as a new disciple.

• Yun Nianshan questioned Yun Tianci about Lin Yu’s trial results, but Yun Tianci could not explain why Lin Yu had chosen the Yellow Rank Sacred Stairway.
• Lin Yu used a movement technique to reach the 50th step, prompting Shen Feng and Ling Yiran to suspect that he was hiding his strength.
• Lin Yu continued climbing rapidly, passed the 90th step, and left the watching disciples stunned by his effortless progress.
• Lin Yu reached the 108th step and was enveloped in the sacred stairway’s golden reward light.
• The disciples who had mocked Lin Yu applauded and welcomed Junior Brother Lin Yu to the Qianyuan Sect.

Lin Yu reached the summit of the Yellow Rank Sacred Stairway, then headed straight for the Mystic Rank Sacred Stairway to continue the trial. His astonishing progress left the trial elder, sect disciples, and Peak Masters stunned as he climbed rapidly.

• The trial elder congratulated Lin Yu on reaching the summit of the Yellow Rank Sacred Stairway and urged him to come down, but Lin Yu pointed out that the rules did not forbid attempting another stairway.
• Lin Yu set off toward the Mystic Rank Sacred Stairway while disciples below wondered why he was not returning to the trial platform.
• Yun Nianshan accused Lin Yu of cheating and demanded that Yun Tianci let her enter the field, but Yun Tianci restrained her.
• The Peak Masters told Yun Tianci that Lin Yu had stepped onto the Mystic Rank Sacred Stairway and was advancing faster than before.
• The watching disciples realized Lin Yu had climbed about ninety steps on the Mystic Rank Sacred Stairway and reacted in disbelief.

Lin Yu reached the top of the Mystic Rank Sacred Stairway with ease while the Qianyuan Sect disciples and Peak Masters watched in amazement. After he stood motionless for several minutes, the disciples feared he was exhausted and in danger when he finally moved again.

• The disciples noticed the Qianyuan Sect’s spiritual power had grown unusually dense, and Yun Tianci knew it was a benefit of the Qianyuan Sacred Stone’s evolution.
• Lin Yu reached the summit of the Mystic Rank Sacred Stairway and quietly admired the view as the cultivation elder stared in shock.
• The Peak Masters planned to recruit Lin Yu and Xiaobai, both of whom had displayed extraordinary talent.
• The disciples speculated about why Lin Yu had stopped moving, then feared the Sacred Stairway’s pressure might injure him.
• Lin Yu finally moved, and worried female disciples shouted warnings about the pressure.

Lin Yu climbed the Earth Rank Sacred Stairway and then ascended all 108 steps of the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway, stunning the Qianyuan Sect disciples and elders. He became the first to reach the summit of all four sacred stairways, and the crowd erupted in celebration.

• Lin Yu swiftly reached the summit of the Earth Rank Sacred Stairway, received its golden light, and headed for the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway.
• The disciples and elders watched in suspense as Lin Yu began climbing the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway, while Yun Nianshan remained confined by Yun Tianci’s restriction.
• Lin Yu surpassed Xiaobai’s record of sixty-five steps and continued beyond the 105th and 107th steps without slowing.
• Lin Yu reached the 108th step and was enveloped in brilliant golden light as the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway stirred celestial phenomena.
• The disciples cheered and welcomed Lin Yu, celebrating his achievement of reaching the summit of all four sacred stairways.

Yun Nianshan accused Lin Yu and Xiaobai of cheating, then tried to prove that the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway was unpressured. She discovered its pressure was real but became trapped on the seventeenth step, where Lin Yu offered help.

• Yun Nianshan broke through Yun Tianci's restriction and accused Lin Yu and Xiaobai of having false test results.
• The disciples challenged Yun Nianshan to provide evidence, while she insisted their results were impossible.
• Yun Nianshan stepped onto the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway without preparing and was overwhelmed by its pressure.
• Yun Nianshan struggled up to the seventeenth step, exhausted and unable to move farther.
• Lin Yu asked Yun Nianshan if she needed a hand.

Yun Nianshan discovered that Lin Yu had genuinely climbed the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway, and Yun Tianci rescued her when she nearly fell. After confirming Lin Yu and Xiaobai’s trial results were genuine, she apologized to Lin Yu, who brushed off her accusation as luck, leaving her impressed and flustered.

• Yun Nianshan realized Lin Yu was enduring the sacred stairway’s pressure and had not cheated.
• Yun Nianshan lost her strength and fell from the stairway, but Lin Yu supported her with spiritual power before Yun Tianci lowered her safely to the ground.
• Yun Nianshan told the disciples that the stairway’s pressure was normal and Lin Yu and Xiaobai’s results were genuine.
• Yun Nianshan apologized to Lin Yu, and he replied that his achievement was just luck.
• Yun Nianshan studied Lin Yu with new admiration until Yun Tianci startled her from her thoughts.

The Qianyuan Sect announced the new disciples’ ranks after the Sacred Stairways trial, naming Tang Yu, Ling Yiran, and Bai Ruoxi as purple-rank disciples. Lin Yu and Xiaobai were absent from the list, suggesting they had earned even higher ranks, and Tang Yu left furious and plotting their deaths.

• The trial elder announced that the trials had ended and explained the sect’s disciple ranks and their benefits.
• The trial elder listed the white-rank disciples, then announced that yellow-rank disciples could enter the first two floors of the Treasure Pavilion in a week.
• Three yellow-rank disciples exchanged glances as strange black glints appeared in their eyes, unnoticed by Yun Tianci and the Peak Masters.
• The trial elder named Tang Yu, Ling Yiran, and Bai Ruoxi as purple-rank disciples, surprising the other new disciples with Bai Ruoxi’s inclusion.
• Tang Yu grew angry that Lin Yu and Xiaobai were absent from the list and decided to join his lineage’s elders to kill them, or Ling Yiran, if they left the sect alone.

Lin Yu and Xiaobai were revealed as the first Red Rank Disciples in Qianyuan Sect's history. The disciples celebrated, then wondered how the sect would assign its single Red Rank residence to the two of them.

• The trial elder announced that Purple Rank Disciples became inner disciples and received separate residences, while Ling Yiran and Bai Ruoxi thanked him and Tang Yu remained gloomy.
• The disciples debated whether Red Rank Disciples were real as they waited for the trial elder to announce Lin Yu and Xiaobai's ranks.
• The trial elder announced that the Black Rank list was empty, and the disciples realized that Lin Yu and Xiaobai had both achieved Red Rank.
• The trial elder named Lin Yu and Xiaobai as Red Rank Disciples, prompting cheers throughout Qianyuan Sect.
• A disciple asked how the sect would assign its one Red Rank residence to Lin Yu and Xiaobai.

Lin Yu and Xiaobai became the Qianyuan Sect’s first red-grade disciples, but the trial elder struggled to decide where they would live because the sect had only one red-grade residence. The chapter left him stunned when Xiaobai asked why they could not share it.

• The disciples realized that the Qianyuan Sect had only one red-grade residence and wondered how Lin Yu and Xiaobai would be accommodated.
• The trial elder explained that the lone residence was on remote Stabilizing Mystery Peak and asked Lin Yu and Xiaobai to decide who would live there.
• The disciples blamed the trial elder for leaving the decision to Lin Yu and Xiaobai, while Yun Nianshan questioned why Yun Tianci had not resolved the problem himself.
• Yun Tianci privately avoided explaining that he feared Lin Yu and Xiaobai’s power and preferred to let them choose for themselves.
• Xiaobai asked why she and Lin Yu could not live together, leaving the trial elder speechless.

Xiaobai and Lin Yu agreed to share the Qianyuan Sect’s only red-grade residence, stirring up rumors among the disciples that they were already a couple. Supreme Elder Yun Li then appeared and voiced his objection, leaving Yun Tianci worried about what would happen next.

• Xiaobai asked why she and Lin Yu could not live together and said they had always shared a home.
• The disciples speculated about Xiaobai and Lin Yu’s relationship as the trial elder struggled to respond.
• Lin Yu agreed that he and Xiaobai could share the red-grade residence, and the trial elder gave them its key.
• The disciples erupted in teasing cheers after learning the residence was on Stabilizing Mystery Peak.
• Supreme Elder Yun Li appeared and said he disagreed with the arrangement, while Yun Tianci worried because Lin Yu had forbidden him from revealing Lin Yu’s true strength.

Yun Li appeared to oppose Lin Yu and Xiaobai sharing a residence, leaving Sect Master Yun Tianci anxious about the consequences. When Yun Li tried to address them, Lin Yu and Xiaobai ignored him, prompting him to complain that they were pretending he did not exist.

• The disciples were surprised by Yun Li’s arrival, and a senior disciple explained his history and standing in the Qianyuan Sect.
• Yun Tianci worried that Yun Li’s interference could provoke Lin Yu and Xiaobai, whose true strength he could not reveal.
• Yun Li praised Lin Yu and Xiaobai as promising, while Xiaobai asked Lin Yu if she could kill him and Lin Yu told her to stop being violent.
• Lin Yu ruffled Xiaobai’s head, and Yun Li shouted that they were ignoring him.

Yun Li challenged Lin Yu to a spar, claiming he would stop interfering if Lin Yu lasted an incense stick, but the Peak Masters exposed his plan to trick the newcomers into becoming his disciples. The confrontation ended with Yun Li’s scheme revealed before the assembled disciples.

• Yun Li challenged Lin Yu to fight at the same cultivation level and offered to leave Lin Yu and Xiaobai alone if Lin Yu lasted an incense stick.
• The disciples questioned Yun Li’s sudden change of attitude and warned Lin Yu not to accept the unfair challenge.
• The four Peak Masters arrived and accused Yun Li of putting on an act to deceive Lin Yu and Xiaobai.
• The Heavenly Light Peak Master revealed that Yun Li planned to wager on the match and claim the youngsters as his personal disciples if they lost.
• The disciples were shocked by Yun Li’s scheme and watched to see how Lin Yu and Xiaobai would respond.