Recaps

The blue-cloaked Manor Master ordered an investigation into Xie Feng after he left the auction. At the immortal market, Yun Muchen reclaimed a sword he had reserved two hundred years earlier, while Cang Lingzi bought a pair of horns and exposed the sword’s value, sending Yun Muchen fleeing.

• The blue-cloaked Manor Master reflected on Xie Feng’s concealed strength and told Jiu Zhi to investigate his background.
• Yun Muchen searched the immortal market for the old stallholder who had promised to keep a sword for him two hundred years earlier.
• Yun Muchen found the stallholder, paid three hundred immortal coins for the sword, and believed its dull blade concealed extraordinary power.
• Cang Lingzi bought the stallholder’s old horns for twenty immortal coins and gave him ten intermediate immortal-grade pills in return.
• Cang Lingzi pointed out that Yun Muchen’s sword was worth nine immortal pills, prompting Yun Muchen to flee as the stallholder realized its value.
• Cang Lingzi watched Yun Muchen run and revealed that he had once been called the Blood Emperor, the Blood Devil, and Mo Ren, but was now the Heaven Pavilion master’s personal disciple and fourth on the Heavenly Ranking.

Xie Feng refined the Saint's Source Crystal into six Saint Veins and used four of them to strengthen his companions, who broke through in cultivation. The Heavenly Ranking then changed dramatically, placing five members of the Xuanji Sect among its top ten.

• Xie Feng used the Northern Nether Illusory Flame and his soul power to break the seal on the Saint's Source Crystal and extract six Saint Veins.
• Xie Feng returned to Great Wilderness Heaven with Changying and Yun Muchen, where Yan Fei, Zhou Jin, and Zhou Zhulu emerged from seclusion at higher cultivation stages.
• Xie Feng gave Saint Vein Golden Pearls to Yan Fei, Zhou Jin, Zhou Zhulu, and Yun Muchen; they swallowed them and broke through, while Changying declined one.
• The Heavenly Ranking changed, placing Zhou Zhulu second, Changying third, Yun Muchen seventh, and Zhou Jin eighth, with Xie Feng remaining first.
• Yun Muchen saw that his greater age put him below Luo Xingchuan despite their equal cultivation.

Li Fuyou saw Zhou Zhulu's name on the Heavenly Ranking and set out to reunite with his old friend. Six months later, Xie Feng and his companions arrived in Ten Thousand Immortals City for the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly, where the innkeeper recognized Yun Muchen.

• Li Fuyou recognized Zhou Zhulu on the Heavenly Ranking and left the river of stars, intending to find him.
• Madam Wenqu and Xuanyuan Zhige discussed Changying's future, Lord Yaoguang's return, and the Seven Stars Domain's plans for the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly.
• Six months later, Xie Feng, Changying, Zhou Jin, Zhou Zhulu, and Yun Muchen traveled to Ten Thousand Immortals City in Withering and Flourishing Heaven.
• Zhou Zhulu and Yun Muchen discussed the assembly's contestants and the difficult qualifiers while the group searched for an inn.
• The innkeeper recognized Yun Muchen and hurried to offer him the finest rooms.

Yun Muchen tried to secure rooms for Xie Feng’s group, but Feng Beiyou and Azure Nether Heaven also claimed the inn’s remaining rooms. After Xie Feng’s group went upstairs, Ye Yuan confronted Feng Beiyou with a barrage of insults and then passed the argument to Meng Wuqu.

• Yun Muchen offered to pay for five rooms, but Feng Beiyou arrived with his group and demanded seven rooms.
• Yun Muchen paid the innkeeper first, while Feng Beiyou mocked him and threatened Xie Feng over Immortal Elder Liu’s death in Great Wilderness Heaven.
• Zhou Jin traded insults with Feng Beiyou, and Ye Yuan arrived, excitedly greeting Xie Feng as his boss.
• Xie Feng left Ye Yuan to handle Feng Beiyou and went upstairs with his group.
• Ye Yuan berated Feng Beiyou for trying to take Xie Feng’s rooms, then ran out of breath and asked Meng Wuqu to take over.

Meng Wuqu drove Feng Beiyou and the Azure Nether Heaven elders away, then reunited with Xie Feng and Ye Yuan. After Ye Yuan lost badly to Xie Feng at chess, Meng Wuqu thanked Xie Feng for helping open the path to ascension and began explaining why he had been stranded in the Lower Realm.

• Meng Wuqu ordered Feng Beiyou and the Azure Nether Heaven elders to leave, and Feng Beiyou recognized him as Lord Kaiyang and fled rather than offend him.
• Ye Yuan praised Xie Feng’s talent and accomplishments while the three shared tea at the inn.
• Ye Yuan challenged Xie Feng to chess but lost even faster than before, and Xie Feng noted that Ye Yuan had stayed calmer after losing.
• Meng Wuqu bowed to Xie Feng and thanked him for opening the Heavenly Gate, offering his help in return.
• Xie Feng asked why Meng Wuqu had been stranded in the Lower Realm, and Meng Wuqu began recounting his past.

Meng Wuqu explained how an ancient devil invasion stranded him, Madam Wenqu, and Xuanyuan Zhige in the Lower Realm until Xie Feng opened the Heavenly Gate. He also recounted his origins and the rise of the Seven Stars Domain, while the group discussed the dangers awaiting Xie Feng at the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly.

• Meng Wuqu told Xie Feng that an invasion by devils from another plane had severed the descended immortals from the Upper Realm and left them waiting for an immortal to open the Heavenly Gate.
• Meng Wuqu said he and Madam Wenqu had helped Xie Feng find the Luo Mo Secret Realm and complete the Heaven-Opening Sword, and that the opened gate restored their Immortal Magnetic Fields and sealed cultivation.
• Meng Wuqu revealed that he was a Star Lord of the Seven Stars Domain, Madam Wenqu was its Domain Lord, and Xuanyuan Zhige led the Celestial Pivot of the Greedy Wolf Star Domain.
• Meng Wuqu recounted how he had been born as a heaven-nurtured sword, joined the Wen family descendant Wenqu, and helped her restore the Seven Stars Domain's power.
• Ye Yuan praised Meng Wuqu's strength and warned Xie Feng about potential opponents at the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly, including the Immortal Alliance, Azure Nether Heaven, and Holy Demon Heaven.
• Xie Feng questioned whether he attracted too much hatred, and Ye Yuan bluntly agreed.

The Heavenly Ranking erased Jiang Fei and Cang Lingzi, prompting speculation that they had not died but had exceeded the Newcomer Ranking’s cultivation-age limit. As the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly began, Xie Feng and the others arrived at its newly appeared grounds, where a vast mountain range surrounded a bluestone plaza.

• The Heavenly Ranking removed Cang Lingzi and Jiang Fei, shifting the remaining names upward and stirring discussion across the Upper Realm.
• Xie Feng explained that the two might have been removed for declining in strength or exceeding the ranking’s five-thousand-year cultivation-age limit rather than dying.
• Ye Yuan shared gossip that Jiang Fei was searching for the blue-clad man who had saved her, and Xie Feng briefly wondered whether it could have been his Second Senior Brother.
• A bell announced the start of the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly, and Xie Feng, Ye Yuan, Meng Wuqu, Changying, and the others joined the crowds leaving the city.
• A vast mountain range appeared around a boundless bluestone plaza, where the assembled participants gathered before a towering stone platform.

Xie Feng watched the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly begin as the Cloud Palace Palace Master announced its rules and introduced the three adjudicators. The supreme figures took their seats, and the crowd was left buzzing with awe and ambition.

• Xie Feng surveyed the vast crowd gathered for the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly.
• The Cloud Palace Palace Master arrived and announced that contestants would compete in a forest, with scores from the qualifiers and finals combined, injuries allowed, and killing forbidden.
• The Palace Master said contestants would face three trials, with the top ten receiving rewards and glory, and named the strongest Supremes from the three great powers as adjudicators.
• Ming Cangyan of the Demonic Sect appeared in green ghostfire and took the left seat in the bamboo pavilion.
• Ning Xuantian, leader of the Immortal Alliance, arrived and sat on the white throne.
• Madam Wenqu of the Seven Stars Domain descended along a river of stars and took the middle seat as the crowd erupted in excitement.

Madam Wenqu, Ning Xuantian, and Ming Cangyan traded barbed remarks as they assessed the contenders at the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly, with Ning Xuantian focusing on Xie Feng. After the assembly’s rules were announced, Xie Feng and his companions joined the million participants heading into the artificial mountain range.

• Madam Wenqu joined Ning Xuantian and Ming Cangyan in the pavilion, where they argued over their factions’ contenders and ambitions.
• Madam Wenqu defended Meng Wuqu’s participation and said he had entered for Ye Yuan out of friendship.
• The three leaders discussed the Heavenly Ranking and newcomer contenders, including Changying and Xie Feng, whom Ning Xuantian identified as a threat from Great Wilderness Heaven.
• The palace master announced that the assembly had begun, explained that failed tasks would eliminate participants, and forbade killing.
• Xie Feng and his companions moved with the crowd toward the entrance to the artificial mountain range.

Xie Feng’s group entered the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly, where they clashed with Feng Beiyou and Luo Xingchuan before the qualifiers began. As contestants spread across the mountain world to collect immortal talismans, four mysterious figures identified Xie Feng as the man who had killed Black Demon and Crimson Demon.

• Yun Muchen explained the Assembly’s rules, and Ye Yuan said Old Meng accompanied him as the Seven Stars Domain’s representative.
• Feng Beiyou passed Xie Feng’s group and silently vowed that Azure Nether Heaven would crush Great Wilderness Heaven in the competition.
• Luo Xingchuan and Lie Wei confronted Xie Feng, who challenged them and warned that he held grudges.
• Four mysterious figures recognized Xie Feng and set off into the mountains, seeking revenge for Black Demon and Crimson Demon.
• The Assembly announced that contestants had to collect immortal talismans for their factions, and the first round began.

Xie Feng began the Immortal Talisman competition by splitting up the Xuanji Sect members and studying the talisman distributions from a mountain peak. When the black talismans appeared, he used his soul power to seize every talisman in a large region, leaving the other contestants unable to stop him.

• Yun Muchen explained that Immortal Talismans had different point values and appeared in unpredictable locations, while Xie Feng collected the first white talisman.
• Xie Feng sent Changying north and Zhou Zhulu and Zhou Jin west, while he and Yun Muchen continued east.
• Xie Feng detected that talismans appeared in waves about a quarter of an hour apart and prepared for the next distribution.
• Black Immortal Talismans appeared alongside white and purple ones, drawing contestants toward the lightning-struck areas.
• Xie Feng sent out a vast net of soul power and swept up every Immortal Talisman in a large region, defeating elders who tried to stop him.

Xie Feng exploited the immortal talisman pattern to collect them at extraordinary speed while Yun Muchen helped him. Their haul drew attention in the stands, then Yun Muhan and Feng Beiyou confronted them and demanded to know where Zhao Yuejia was.

• Xie Feng used his soul-power tentacles to sweep up the immortal talismans, and Yun Muchen stored them in a spatial ring.
• Ning Xuantian, Ming Cangyan, and Madam Wenqu watched Xie Feng’s performance and discussed his identity and achievements.
• Xie Feng continued targeting the areas with the most black talismans while Yun Muchen gathered the colorful talismans.
• Yun Muhan and Feng Beiyou arrived with people from Azure Nether Heaven and the Cloud Palace, accusing Xie Feng and Yun Muchen of taking too many talismans.
• Yun Muchen defended their actions as fair competition, while Feng Beiyou demanded that Xie Feng reveal Zhao Yuejia’s whereabouts and threatened Great Wilderness Heaven.
• Yun Muhan urged Yun Muchen to abandon Xie Feng and return to the Cloud Palace.

Xie Feng effortlessly severed the right arms of six Immortal Thearch elders and Feng Beiyou, forcing them to withdraw from the competition. Yun Muchen then confronted Yun Muhan over years of mistreatment, while the Cloud Palace master watched in fury through the assembly's screen.

• Yun Muhan insulted Yun Muchen and urged Feng Beiyou to attack him, so Feng Beiyou sent six Immortal Thearch elders after Yun Muchen.
• Xie Feng casually struck with Sword Qi, severing the right arms of all six elders and then Feng Beiyou's arm.
• Feng Beiyou and the elders withdrew from the competition, and Xie Feng left Yun Muhan to Yun Muchen.
• Yun Muhan fell to his knees as Yun Muchen approached with his sword and accused him of ignoring the blood-soaked wrongs done to him.
• The Cloud Palace master watched Yun Muchen confront Yun Muhan on the screen and became furious.

Yun Muchen confronted Yun Muhan over years of neglect and abuse, then severed his ties to the Cloud Palace. After the Cloud Palace's master forcibly removed Yun Muhan from the assembly, Xie Feng crippled him, and the chapter ended with the adjudicators debating Xie Feng's actions.

• Yun Muchen accused Yun Muhan of benefiting from their parents' favoritism while Yun Muchen suffered, and declared that he was no longer part of the Cloud Palace.
• Yun Muchen swung his Thousand Autumns Sword at Yun Muhan, but the Cloud Palace's master forcibly eliminated Yun Muhan to save him.
• Xie Feng sent Sword Qi through the vortex and severed Yun Muhan's legs, while the Cloud Palace elders voluntarily withdrew to escape him.
• Xie Feng blocked the plaza's view of the Xuanji Sect, and Madam Wenqu argued that the adjudicators had no rule allowing them to punish him.
• Ning Xuantian asked the Demonic Sect to give its opinion on the dispute.

Xie Feng's faction finished the first round of the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly in third place, then entered the Gloomy Forest for the second round. As Xie Feng and his companions began their hunt for devil cores, they emerged into a deeper forest.

• The palace master blamed Xie Feng for injuring Yun Muhan and vowed revenge, while the first round ended with more than a hundred thousand factions advancing.
• The rankings placed the Immortal Alliance first, the Demonic Sect second, and the Xuanji Sect third, earning them special point rewards.
• Xie Feng told Yun Muchen, Changying, Zhou Zhulu, and Zhou Jin that he aimed to reach the pinnacle of the Dao and build a supreme sect, and they pledged to follow him.
• The examiner announced that the second round required contestants to cross the Gloomy Forest and hunt devil cores, with factions ranked below five thousand eliminated.
• Yun Muchen explained how to choose a path, and Xie Feng led the group down the rightmost passage into the forest.
• After crossing the passage, Xie Feng and his companions arrived at an even darker, more expansive forest.

Xie Feng and his companions reached a fog-choked gorge and recognized the danger of a holy beast within. After the new Immortal Lord of Cold Cloud Heaven rushed in and his group was slaughtered, they entered the gorge and faced an Eighth Stage Quasi-Saint Holy Flame Raging Lion.

• Zhou Jin detected Devil Beast scents in the gorge, and Zhou Zhulu sensed a holy beast’s accumulated killing intent.
• A white-robed man mocked Xie Feng’s group and led Cold Cloud Heaven’s party into the gorge.
• Severed heads flew from the gorge, and the wounded white-robed man begged Zhou Zhulu for help; Zhou Zhulu kicked him back inside.
• Xie Feng and the others entered the gorge, where Zhou Jin used black flames to burn away the poisonous miasma.
• A Holy Flame Raging Lion appeared on the cliffs, and Xie Feng identified it as an Eighth Stage Quasi-Saint.

Xie Feng killed a Holy Flame Raging Lion and used Zhou Jin’s roar to lure Devil Beasts into the Five Elements Saint Formation, where the beasts were slaughtered for their cores. As the chaos alarmed the Gloomy Forest and drew Luo Xingchuan toward the canyon, Ye Yuan and Meng Wuqu appeared before him.

• Xie Feng killed the Holy Flame Raging Lion with the Beacon Cloud Hook, and Zhou Zhulu killed its four cubs and collected their devil cores.
• Xie Feng proposed luring Devil Beasts into the canyon, and Zhou Jin used a roar to draw them from across the Gloomy Forest.
• Xie Feng and the others formed the Five Elements Saint Formation and killed the Devil Beasts that entered its hundred-thousand-li domain.
• The formation’s destruction alarmed contestants throughout the forest, who recognized the Xuanji Sect and retreated from the area.
• Luo Xingchuan and his group watched the hunt, and Luo gathered spiritual power before Ye Yuan and Meng Wuqu appeared and asked where they were going.

Ye Yuan and Meng Wuqu stopped Luo Xingchuan from interfering with Xie Feng and the Xuanji Sect, forcing the Immortal Alliance into a standoff. Elsewhere, Jun Ran confronted the Demonic Sect’s four great elders and warned them not to touch Xie Feng.

• Luo Xingchuan confronted Ye Yuan and Meng Wuqu as the Immortal Alliance tried to stop Xie Feng’s group from gathering Devil Cores.
• Ye Yuan challenged Luo Xingchuan to trade insults and threatened to block him until the second round ended.
• Meng Wuqu warned Luo Xingchuan that he would cripple him if he advanced, leaving the two sides locked in a standoff.
• The Demonic Sect’s four great elders headed toward the gorge where the Xuanji Sect had gathered.
• Jun Ran blocked the elders and declared that Xie Feng was her opponent and no one else could touch him.
• The elders recognized Jun Ran of Green Duckweed Manor and worried that offending her could anger Ming Cangyan.

Jun Ran stopped the Demonic Sect elders from pursuing Xie Feng, while the leaders watching the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly argued over the Seven Stars Domain and the Great Wilderness Heaven. The second round ended with the Xuanji Sect in first place, and only five thousand factions advanced.

• Jun Ran praised Xie Feng’s ability and explained to Jiu Zhi that he would be difficult to control, while the two concluded that they were not the ones under immediate threat.
• Madam Wenqu told Ning Xuantian not to blame the Seven Stars Domain for Lord Kaiyang’s actions, and Ming Cangyan rebuked Ning Xuantian’s proposal to tighten control over the Great Wilderness Heaven.
• The second round ended with the Xuanji Sect first at two hundred million points, the Demonic Sect second, and the Immortal Alliance third.
• Contestants discussed the Xuanji Sect’s upset victory and Ye Yuan’s contribution to the Seven Stars Domain’s points.
• The assembly eliminated all factions ranked below five thousandth, leaving five thousand factions and just over thirty thousand contestants.

During the third trial, Xie Feng encountered his master amid a battle in a distant space and realized the meeting was caused by a spatial misalignment rather than the dream illusion. As the Great Dao of Dreams reclaimed the realm, his master told him they would meet again when he reached the end of the Great Dao, and then vanished.

• The examiners began the final trial, explaining that contestants would face dream illusions and be eliminated if they failed to pass within two hours.
• Xie Feng entered a glasslike space, read the words urging him to still his heart and comprehend fully, and meditated until a vision of bloodshed appeared.
• Xie Feng saw his master, dressed in white, fighting a sea of swords and rushed toward him, but could not cross the distance between them.
• Xie Feng sensed no trace of the Great Dao of Dreams on his master and concluded that a spatial misalignment had brought them together across time and space.
• Xie Feng asked his master where he was, and his master said they would meet when Xie Feng reached the end of the Great Dao before disappearing as the space collapsed.
• At the same moment, Xie Feng's master stood on a mountain ridge beneath a starry sky, besieged by lightning.

Ye Yuan awakened the full power of his Double Pupils while escaping the illusion space, gaining immense strength and the highest score. He emerged onto a wild plain, where Meng Wuqu and Changying were waiting.

• A silver-robed woman destroyed the lightning force and discussed the Chaos Sacred Body disciple with the white-robed man, then left after hearing that Abbess Jingyuan was in the First Heavens.
• Ye Yuan tried to escape the illusion space but was struck in the eyes by sword light, awakening the power of his Double Pupils.
• Ye Yuan opened the heavens with his Double Pupils, created a new space, and rapidly advanced through multiple cultivation realms.
• Ye Yuan restrained the surging power of his Double Pupils, compressed it into a spirit stone, and received a jade token marked one hundred million for breaking the illusion.
• Ye Yuan emerged onto a wild plain and found Meng Wuqu and Changying there.

Xie Feng emerged from the third trial with no score, but the examiners allowed him to pass, and the Xuanji Sect placed fourth overall. As the two hundred finalists gathered for the final battle, Xie Feng prepared to adapt to the rules and confronted an unseen stare.

• Ye Yuan joined Meng Wuqu and Changying, who compared their scores after passing the illusion trial.
• Zhou Zhulu, Zhou Jin, Yun Muchen, and the other Xuanji Sect members emerged with fifty million points each, while Xie Feng remained missing.
• Xie Feng appeared in the final ten minutes with a blank jade token; the examiners ruled that he had passed with zero points.
• After the trial eliminated most contestants, the Demonic Sect ranked first, the Immortal Alliance second, Green Duckweed Manor third, and the Xuanji Sect fourth.
• Xie Feng told Zhou Jin he would normally fight in the final battle and that the group would adapt to the rules and tactics.
• The two hundred finalists took their seats around the arena, and Xie Feng raised his hood and stared back at someone watching him.

The Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly’s final battle began, with Xie Feng overseeing his sect’s participation and the Martial Dao matches starting under rules that heavily favored combat rankings. As the contests continued, Jun Ran spoke to Xie Feng and called their meeting at the assembly a fated encounter.

• The Cloud Palace Master threatened Xie Feng over Yun Muhan’s crippling, but Xie Feng ignored him while Madam Wenqu watched the Palace Master from the bamboo pavilion.
• Xie Feng sent Zhou Zhulu to compete in forging and Yun Muchen to enter Alchemical Dao, while Changying stayed behind with him.
• The Palace Master explained the Martial Dao challenge-and-defense rules and announced that the competition would decide most of the assembly’s points.
• Purple Cloud Valley defeated Jade Mystic Pavilion, then successfully defended its new rank when Jade Mystic Pavilion challenged it back.
• As the lower-ranked factions continued their matches, Jun Ran turned to Xie Feng and remarked that meeting him at the assembly was a fated encounter.

Jun Ran tried to arrange a deal for Saint Grade pills with Xie Feng, who postponed the discussion and asked whether Green Duckweed Manor had disciple trial grounds. As the tournament’s top factions began competing, Meng Wuqu took the Seven Stars Domain’s turn to challenge, while Ye Yuan told Xie Feng that he intended to help the Xuanji Sect reach first place.

• Jun Ran offered to buy two thousand Saint Grade pills from Xie Feng, who asked about Green Duckweed Manor’s trial grounds and deferred their business discussion until after the gathering.
• Jiu Zhi accused Jun Ran of being bewitched by Xie Feng and warned her not to fall for a young genius, prompting her to angrily silence him.
• The faction ranked eleventh challenged ninth-ranked Hidden Abyss Pavilion and lost, leaving the pavilion in place ahead of the Seven Stars Domain’s turn.
• Meng Wuqu took the battle platform as Lord Kaiyang, while the other top-ten factions feared that he would choose them.
• Ye Yuan told Xie Feng that he and Meng Wuqu intended to help the Xuanji Sect claim first place, but Xie Feng reminded him that they represented the Seven Stars Domain.

Meng Wuqu led the Seven Stars Domain from tenth to fifth place by defeating several challengers, then challenged the Green Duckweed Manor. Jun Ran forfeited, leaving the Seven Stars Domain to take third place and the story focused on the crowd’s speculation about Meng Wuqu’s motives and his ties to Xie Feng.

• Meng Wuqu defeated the Hidden Abyss Pavilion’s representative and climbed the rankings, knocking Heavenly Balance Mountain from fifth place.
• Spectators debated why Meng Wuqu was advancing one faction at a time and speculated that he was clearing obstacles for the Xuanji Sect.
• Meng Wuqu challenged the Green Duckweed Manor, drawing the crowd’s attention to Xie Feng, Changying, and Zhou Jin.
• Ye Yuan reassured Xie Feng while Changying eavesdropped on the gossip and imagined writing a story about Ye Yuan and Meng Wuqu.
• Jun Ran announced that the Green Duckweed Manor forfeited, and Meng Wuqu respectfully saluted her.