Recaps

Xu Yeming entered the blood pool to absorb the fused Essence Blood of seventy-five exotic beasts and faced its deadly pain alongside a lightning tribulation. As he endured, major political shifts swept across the Chaos Realm, including a marriage proposal to Jiu Bailu and an offensive against the Dark Domain.

• Xu Yeming completed Lu Changsheng's first requirement, then entered the blood pool to absorb the fused Essence Blood despite its destructive force.
• The Great Wilderness Beast Heart devoured the Blood Qi as Xu Yeming's body began to rupture, and Lu Changsheng and Willow Tree kept him alive while a lightning tribulation descended.
• Lu Changsheng and Willow Tree decided to watch Xu Yeming closely and intervene if he reached his limit.
• News spread that the Four Great Beast Clans of the Devil Beast Continent had submitted to a human, prompting powerful factions to investigate.
• The Seven Treasures Holy Sect proposed a marriage between its Holy Son and Jiu Bailu, while the Clear Breeze Pavilion and Xuanyuan Clan launched an offensive against the Dark Domain.
• Young prodigies entered the God Ascension Platform as power shifts and unrest spread through the Chaos Realm.

After three hundred years of special training, Ye Qiubai and the others emerged with greatly increased strength and new breakthroughs. Lu Changsheng then sent them to hear Liu Ziru’s report on the Xu Clan and recent developments.

• Liu Ziru gave Lu Changsheng intelligence about the Xu Clan, including its growing closeness to the Xuanyuan Clan and Cangxuan Academy, and reported that Xu Canghai and Bai Qingxin had returned to the Cangxuan Continent.
• Lu Changsheng told Liu Ziru to keep investigating the Xu Clan and its connection to Cangxuan Academy.
• Ye Qiubai and the others finished their three hundred years of special training and advanced along their individual paths, with several surviving lightning tribulations or other trials.
• Ye Qiubai entered the Divine Realm after surviving two lightning tribulations, while Hong Ying, Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, Mo Yu, Fang Qiong, Xiao Shitou, and Xu Yeming also made major breakthroughs.
• Lu Changsheng welcomed the group back to the Cottage and told them to hear Liu Ziru’s report because much had happened during their training.

After learning that the Seven Treasures Holy Sect was forcing the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty into a marriage alliance, Mu Fusheng hurried toward Jiu Bailu, while the group split up to pursue their separate goals. Mu Fusheng and Xiao Hei left the Chaotic Spirit Academy with Gu Sheng and information about the Seven Treasures Holy Sect, heading for the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty.

• Liu Ziru recounted the recent conflicts, and Mu Fusheng grew worried about Jiu Bailu while Xu Yeming reacted to news about the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan.
• Lu Changsheng and the others divided their plans: Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xu Yeming would travel with Liu Ziru, while Mu Fusheng and Xiao Hei would go to the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty.
• Lu Changsheng warned Liu Ziru to keep the disciples out of trouble, and Liu Ziru promised to watch over them.
• Mu Fusheng and Xiao Hei stopped at the Chaotic Spirit Academy, where Tan Zongzhao recognized that they knew about the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty's situation.
• Xiao Hei invited Gu Sheng to join them, and Vice Dean Lin gave Mu Fusheng a scroll of information about the Seven Treasures Holy Sect before the three set off.

The Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty debated whether Jiu Bailu should marry Ji Yang of the Seven Treasures Holy Sect, while Jiu Bailu waited for Mu Fusheng to help. Mu Fusheng arrived at the court hall, leaving the confrontation with Ji Yang about to begin.

• The Nine Dragons Sovereign hesitated over the marriage alliance as ministers argued over its benefits and the threat posed by the Seven Treasures Holy Sect.
• Ji Yang pressed the Nine Dragons Sovereign for a decision and questioned whether Mu Fusheng could challenge him.
• Jiu Bailu told Jiu Xuan she was waiting for Mu Fusheng and remained confident he would come.
• Mu Fusheng arrived at the hall with two companions and asked to see Jiu Bailu.
• Jiu Bailu greeted Mu Fusheng with a relieved smile.

Mu Fusheng arrived at the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty and challenged Ji Yang to stop him from forcing Jiu Bailu into a marriage alliance. Jiu Bailu revealed she was more worried about Ji Yang getting hurt, and the confrontation was about to begin.

• Jiu Bailu welcomed Mu Fusheng warmly, while Ji Yang grew jealous and claimed she could not leave with him.
• Ji Yang threatened that the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty would be destroyed if it rejected the Seven Treasures Holy Sect's marriage alliance.
• Mu Fusheng stood beside Jiu Bailu and challenged Ji Yang to a fight, saying victory would remove Ji Yang's right to force the marriage.
• Jiu Bailu took Mu Fusheng's hand and warned him not to cause too much trouble because she feared Ji Yang would be seriously injured.
• Jiu Yang mistook Jiu Bailu's concern as worry for Mu Fusheng, but she clarified that she was worried about Ji Yang and the Seven Treasures Holy Sect's retaliation.

Jiu Bailu urged Mu Fusheng to openly defeat Ji Yang and end the pressure behind their marriage alliance. Backed by the Mo Clan head and Chaotic Spirit Academy’s headmaster, Mu Fusheng stepped forward to challenge Ji Yang for his third-place position on the Cangxuan Ranking.

• Jiu Bailu explained that Mu Fusheng needed to defeat powerful suitors publicly so other factions would abandon their marriage-alliance plans.
• The Seven Treasures Holy Sect’s elders appeared beside Ji Yang, but the Mo Clan head and Chaotic Spirit Academy’s headmaster arrived and stood with Mu Fusheng.
• Ji Yang insisted that even losing a spar would not make the Seven Treasures Holy Sect cancel its marriage alliance with Jiu Bailu.
• Mu Fusheng declined Xiao Hei’s offer to fight and stepped up to face Ji Yang himself.
• Mu Fusheng summoned lightning and declared that he would try to take Ji Yang’s third-place seat on the Cangxuan Ranking.

Mu Fusheng challenged Ji Yang to prove himself worthy of third place on the Cangxuan Ranking and revealed eight kinds of Ancient Divine Lightning, raising his presence to Ji Yang’s fifth-tribulation level. After Ji Yang attacked with the Seven Treasures Sacred Art, Mu Fusheng destroyed his pill-furnace seal and invited him to use his remaining moves.

• Mu Fusheng declared that he would defeat Ji Yang at full strength, then followed him outside to fight.
• Mu Fusheng revealed eight kinds of Ancient Divine Lightning, including All-Heaven Divine Lightning, and raised his presence to match Ji Yang’s fifth lightning tribulation.
• The elders recognized that Mu Fusheng’s lightning carried the power of Tribulation Lightning, while Xiao Hei and Gu Sheng suspected he had not shown his full strength.
• Mu Fusheng let Ji Yang strike first, and Ji Yang attacked with the Seven Treasures Sacred Art’s Void Refining Seal.
• Mu Fusheng used talismans to hold back the flames and sent his Profound Yin Purple Lightning dragon to smash the pill furnace.
• Mu Fusheng told Ji Yang to use whatever moves he had left while he still had patience.

Mu Fusheng used tribulation lightning to break Ji Yang’s increasingly powerful Seven Treasure Seals. Ji Yang had two seals left, and Mu Fusheng waited to see what they could do.

• Ji Yang unleashed the Seven Slaughter Seal, but Mu Fusheng’s Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning shattered it.
• Ji Yang followed with the Sea Overturning Seal and Greedy Wolf Pojun, combining them into a stronger attack.
• Mu Fusheng summoned two lightning dragons with the Six-Nine Heavenly Lightning and Taiji Yin-Yang Righteous Qi Divine Lightning, while tribulation lightning gathered in the clouds.
• Ji Yang combined three treasure seals with the Everlasting Ancient Seal, but Mu Fusheng’s lightning dragons shattered all three.
• Mu Fusheng pointed out that Ji Yang had used five of the Seven Treasure Seals and challenged him to unleash the remaining two.

Mu Fusheng faced Ji Yang’s strongest attack, the Seven Treasure Seals, and destroyed it with his eight lightning dragons. As Ji Yang suffered the backlash, an elder of the Seven Treasures Holy Sect attacked Mu Fusheng with a powerful Void Refining Seal.

• Mu Fusheng resolved to act boldly to protect his woman and challenged Ji Yang to use his remaining seals.
• Ji Yang merged all seven treasure seals into the Seven Treasures seal, drawing on his Immortal Qi to create a strike that covered the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty.
• The Nine Dragons sovereign ordered the dynasty’s forces to brace for the attack, while the dean of the Chaotic Spirit Academy raised a barrier and the Mo Clan head deployed puppets.
• Ji Yang brought the Seven Treasures seal down on Mu Fusheng, who sent his eight lightning dragons to strike it.
• The lightning dragons cracked and shattered the Seven Treasures seal, causing Ji Yang to spit blood.
• A Seven Treasures Holy Sect elder attacked Mu Fusheng with a powerful Void Refining Seal.

Mu Fusheng defeated Ji Yang and thwarted a Seven Treasures Holy Sect elder’s surprise attack, revealing that he had prepared for it in advance. After Ji Yang threatened the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty over the marriage alliance, Jiu Bailu declared that Mu Fusheng was the only person she would choose.

• A Seven Treasures Holy Sect elder attacked Mu Fusheng, so Xiao Hei struck Ji Yang and blasted him through the grand hall.
• Mu Fusheng gathered Tribulation Lightning he had secretly accumulated in the clouds and shattered the elder’s Void Refining Seal.
• Mu Fusheng rebuked the elders for attacking him by surprise, while the Mo Clan head and the dean prevented them from striking again.
• Ji Yang declared that the Seven Treasures Holy Sect would not cancel its marriage alliance and threatened the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty with retaliation.
• After ministers urged the Nine Dragons Sovereign to accept the alliance, Jiu Bailu took Mu Fusheng’s hand and declared that only he could stand by her side.

Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu acknowledged their feelings, and the Nine Dragons sovereign rejected a marriage alliance with the Seven Treasures Holy Sect despite ministers’ warnings. Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu planned to leave for the Cangxuan Continent to protect the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty, but he insisted on waiting four hours so his senior brother would not tease him.

• Jiu Bailu and Mu Fusheng held hands and teased each other about their relationship.
• The Nine Dragons sovereign rejected the Seven Treasures Holy Sect’s marriage proposal, and ordered an attendant to secretly kill the ministers who left in protest.
• The Nine Dragons sovereign wished Mu Fusheng would protect Jiu Bailu and agreed to postpone their marriage until the conflict was over.
• Mu Fusheng suggested going to the Cangxuan Continent to draw the Seven Treasures Holy Sect’s attention away from the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty.
• Mu Fusheng proposed helping the Dark Domain establish itself, then joked that they should wait four hours before leaving so Senior Brother would not laugh at him.

Xuanyuan Junru and the elders followed the Listening Wind Pavilion’s intelligence to Sword Showcase City, believing Ye Qiubai would compete in the Sword Showcase Tournament. After seizing the wrong masked swordsman, they found no sign of Ye Qiubai and concluded the intelligence was false, so they decided to confront the Listening Wind Pavilion.

• Xuanyuan Junru received news from the Listening Wind Pavilion and brought the First Elder, the Second Elder, and their people to Sword Showcase City to find Ye Qiubai.
• The First Elder and the Second Elder watched the tournament semifinals with Xuanyuan Junru, waiting for the masked contestant they suspected was Ye Qiubai.
• The First Elder and the Second Elder seized the masked swordsman, and Xuanyuan Junru removed his mask, revealing that he was not Ye Qiubai.
• The Second Elder searched Sword Showcase City with his presence but could not find Ye Qiubai, while the organizer confirmed he had not seen him.
• Xuanyuan Junru and the elders suspected the Listening Wind Pavilion had provided false information and decided to visit it.

Liu Ziru and the others prepared to exploit the Listening Wind Pavilion’s false intelligence and draw the Xuanyuan Clan into a trap involving Ye Qiubai. At the Listening Wind Pavilion’s headquarters, the Xuanyuan Clan demanded compensation, and the pavilion master realized the Dark Domain had outmaneuvered them.

• Liu Ziru explained that the group would let news of the Listening Wind Pavilion’s false intelligence spread before making their next move.
• Xiao Hei, Gu Sheng, Mu Fusheng, and Jiu Bailu arrived, and the group teased Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu about their relationship and Xiao Hei’s cooking.
• Liu Ziru outlined a plan to give the Xuanyuan Clan genuine intelligence about Ye Qiubai’s whereabouts, requiring Ye Qiubai to face the clan’s high-level fighters in person.
• The Xuanyuan Clan’s first and second elders demanded a refund and the death of the person who provided the false intelligence to the Listening Wind Pavilion.
• The Listening Wind Pavilion’s pavilion master appeared and admitted that he had underestimated the Dark Domain.

The Listening Wind Pavilion faced a growing crisis after its intelligence about Ye Qiubai was exposed as false, while the Dark Domain prepared to use the scandal to establish itself. As the Pavilion lost much of its high-level business, its master sent informants to watch the Xuanyuan Clan, which grew active on the fourth day.

• The Listening Wind Pavilion's reputation suffered as forces withdrew from buying its intelligence, while its search for the Dark Domain found no traces.
• The black-robed pavilion master rejected lowering prices or issuing an explanation and said the Pavilion needed to catch the mastermind behind the false intelligence.
• The pavilion master ordered informants sent to the Xuanyuan Clan, predicting the Dark Domain would soon provide it with accurate intelligence about Ye Qiubai.
• The two deputy pavilion masters went to watch the Xuanyuan Clan, while the pavilion master vowed to stop the Dark Domain from swallowing the Listening Wind Pavilion.
• Over the next three days, the Listening Wind Pavilion lost forty percent of its customers and most first-rate and top-tier forces ended their cooperation.
• On the fourth day, the Xuanyuan Clan began bustling with activity.

Liu Ziru entered the Xuanyuan Clan to offer intelligence that could help it suppress the Listening Wind Pavilion. After negotiating with Xuanyuan Shun, he was invited to the clan’s main hall, an honor rarely granted to outsiders.

• Liu Ziru presented a bamboo scroll at the Xuanyuan Clan gates and was admitted, while the Listening Wind Pavilion’s deputy pavilion masters arranged to capture him alive when he left.
• Liu Ziru waited in a side hall as Xuanyuan Shun and the clan elders assessed him, but the clan head’s pressure did not affect him.
• Xuanyuan Shun asked whether Liu Ziru was the lord of the Dark Domain, and Liu Ziru explained that he was only in charge of its operations in the Chaos Realm.
• Liu Ziru hinted that the Dark Domain could provide authentic intelligence the Xuanyuan Clan needed, and Xuanyuan Shun agreed to discuss its value.
• Xuanyuan Shun invited Liu Ziru to the main hall, surprising the elders because so few outsiders had ever been admitted there.

Xuanyuan Shun welcomed Liu Ziru’s intelligence and considered building ties with the Dark Domain, then the Xuanyuan Clan slaughtered Listening Wind Pavilion spies who had been watching Liu Ziru. Elsewhere, Nan Tingfeng learned that preparations could begin and dismissed the Dark Domain as an insignificant rival.

• Xuanyuan Shun accepted Liu Ziru’s intelligence for half the Listening Wind Pavilion’s price and offered to help the Dark Domain oppose it, though Liu Ziru did not agree.
• Liu Ziru warned Xuanyuan Shun about surveillance and escaped the Xuanyuan Clan’s gates with a Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman.
• The Xuanyuan Clan’s elders confronted Listening Wind Pavilion members who had been watching Liu Ziru, and the second elder killed dozens with a single sword strike.
• The nine elders trapped and killed the remaining Listening Wind Pavilion members, leaving over a hundred bodies outside the gates.
• Nan Tingfeng received a message at the South Wind Divine Dynasty’s imperial court and ordered preparations to begin, calling the Dark Domain a petty force.

Ye Qiubai waited in a prepared ambush as the Xuanyuan Clan arrived to seize the inheritance and his Sword Bone. Xuanyuan Junru challenged him, and Ye Qiubai drew his sword as the confrontation began.

• Mu Fusheng repeatedly checked and reinforced the talismans and formations around Ye Qiubai, while Liu Ziru reminded everyone of their plan.
• Ye Qiubai stayed behind to pretend to cultivate while Liu Ziru and the others left the area, monitoring him with Mu Fusheng's surveillance talismans.
• The Xuanyuan Clan's first elder, second elder, Xuanyuan Junru, and others found Ye Qiubai and surrounded him while he appeared to be on the verge of a breakthrough.
• Xuanyuan Junru demanded Ye Qiubai's inheritance and Sword Bone, and the Jade Rosy Clouds Sect's Xu Yi arrived but refused to intervene.
• Ye Qiubai drew the Cloud Azure Sword and challenged Xuanyuan Junru to take the inheritance and Sword Bone by his own strength.

Ye Qiubai revealed complete Sword Dao Rules and overwhelmed Xuanyuan Junru during their duel. As the First Elder intervened to save Junru and attack Ye Qiubai, the confrontation escalated.

• Xuanyuan Junru ignored the First Elder’s warning and unleashed two powerful slashes at Ye Qiubai.
• Ye Qiubai revealed that he had survived two lightning tribulations and wielded complete Sword Dao Rules, shattering Junru’s cross-shaped attack.
• Ye Qiubai created a Sword Domain that suppressed Junru and the Xuanyuan Clan elders, then formed swords from Sword Dao Rules to attack Junru.
• The First Elder swept Ye Qiubai’s summoned swords away from Junru with a river of swords, then sent the river surging toward Ye Qiubai.

After revealing his breakthrough to Sword Dao Rules, Ye Qiubai faced the Xuanyuan Clan First Elder, but Mu Fusheng activated a vast lightning escape array and helped him vanish. The First Elder then persuaded Xu Yi to use the Jade Rosy Clouds Sect to search for Ye Qiubai.

• The Xuanyuan Clan First Elder intensified his attack, determined to kill Ye Qiubai before his talent could become a threat.
• Ye Qiubai replaced the Cloud Azure Sword with the ancient Azure Cloud Sword, intending to test it against the First Elder.
• Mu Fusheng activated layers of lightning barriers and a Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman Grand Array around Ye Qiubai.
• The Xuanyuan Clan and Jade Rosy Clouds Sect attacked the barriers, but Ye Qiubai escaped in a flash of lightning before they could break through them all.
• The First Elder demanded that Xu Yi help search Jade Rosy Clouds Ridge and offered to help him return to the Xu Clan's main line.
• Xu Yi accepted the offer and ordered the Jade Rosy Clouds Sect to search for Ye Qiubai while the Xuanyuan Clan searched nearby areas.

Ye Qiubai and his companions escaped the Jade Rosy Clouds Sect, while Liu Ziru explained how the Dark Domain had benefited from the top factions’ support and revealed the Xu Clan’s ties to the sect. The Seven Treasures Holy Sect retaliated by targeting the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty and ending its marriage alliance with Jiu Bailu.

• Mu Fusheng revealed that he had remotely activated the Heavenly Lightning Escape Talismans because he expected Ye Qiubai to rush into battle, and Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei threatened to test their strength on him.
• Jiu Bailu defended Mu Fusheng, and he jokingly promised to assert his authority as her husband while she accepted his challenge.
• Liu Ziru explained that the Dark Domain could suppress the Listening Wind Pavilion but should not destroy it, since that could make the Dark Domain a new target of resentment among the top factions.
• Liu Ziru revealed that the Jade Rosy Clouds Sect was a subordinate faction of the Xu Clan, then gave Xu Yeming a scroll recording an exchange between the Xuanyuan Clan’s grand elder and Xu Yi.
• The Seven Treasures Holy Sect’s sect master ordered an attack on the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty and ended the marriage alliance with Jiu Bailu.

After Jiu Bailu rejected the Seven Treasures Holy Sect’s marriage proposal, the sect backed the Black Tortoise and South Wind Divine Dynasties in a war against the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty. Mu Fusheng and his companions decided to seek help from the Four Great Beast Clans while avoiding a direct confrontation.

• The Black Tortoise Divine Dynasty accepted the Seven Treasures Holy Sect’s offer to provide resources for an attack on the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty.
• The South Wind ruler consulted Nan Tingfeng, who revealed that the war would help conceal his plans and told the ruler to accept and request more resources.
• The Black Tortoise and South Wind Divine Dynasties declared war, seized territory, and forced the Mo Clan and Chaotic Spirit Academy to send aid to the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty.
• Mu Fusheng warned Xiao Hei that appearing in the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty could draw the Seven Treasures Holy Sect into a more dangerous conflict, while Liu Ziru expanded the Dark Domain’s intelligence network.
• Xu Yeming suggested seeking aid from the Four Great Beast Clans, and Mu Fusheng agreed that their support could deter the Seven Treasures Holy Sect and other factions.

After Xu Yeming asked Xiangliu to summon the Four Great Beast Clans, their elders arrived at Nine Dragons City while it was under attack and intervened against the invading armies. The White Tiger Ancestor revealed the clans’ support for the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty and killed two Seven Treasures Holy Sect elders, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Xiangliu informed the Four Great Beast Clans of Xu Yeming’s message, and their elders arrived at Nine Dragons City two days later.
• The White Tiger Ancestor explained that he had come personally to gain favor with the person behind the arrangement and appeared above the city walls.
• The White Tiger Ancestor detected Seven Treasures Holy Sect experts among the invading forces and released his Domain Divine Realm pressure, stopping the fighting.
• The White Tiger Ancestor and the elders of the Qilin, Bifang, and Qiongqi Clans declared their clans’ ties to the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty, astonishing the Nine Dragons Sovereign and his allies.
• Two Seven Treasures Holy Sect elders demanded that the White Tiger Ancestor stay out of the conflict, but he dismissed their claim to respect and killed them with a punch.

The Four Great Beast Clans intervened to protect the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty, forcing the Seven Treasures Holy Sect and its allies to retreat. The Seven Treasures Holy Sect accepted that it could not retaliate directly and turned to the Dark Domain for information about the clans and their connection to the dynasty.

• The White Tiger Ancestor killed two Seven Treasures Holy Sect elders, and the South Wind and Black Tortoise Divine Dynasties ordered their forces to retreat.
• The White Tiger Ancestor and the other beast-clan elders joined the Nine Dragons Sovereign at a banquet, where Jiu Xuan suspected Mu Fusheng and his companions had called in the reinforcements.
• The Seven Treasures Holy Sect's survivors reported the defeat, and its sect master decided to stop fighting the Four Great Beast Clans.
• The sect master ordered an investigation into the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty's ties to the clans and instructed the elders to buy the Dark Domain's recent intelligence on the Devil Beast Continent.
• Liu Ziru relayed the Seven Treasures Holy Sect's request to Xu Yeming and the others, leaving them silent.

The group used the Dark Domain’s intelligence to make the Seven Treasures Holy Sect believe Jiu Bailu was connected to the Four Great Beast Clans, preventing it from pressuring the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty into a marriage alliance. As Ji Yang entered the dangerous Seven Treasures Death Realm, the group found a lead in rumors that Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan descendants had studied at Cangxuan Academy and planned to investigate there.

• Mu Fusheng proposed presenting Jiu Bailu as connected to the Four Great Beast Clans, and Xu Yeming arranged for the clans to support the false intelligence.
• The Seven Treasures Holy Sect learned of Jiu Bailu’s supposed ties to the clans, and its sect master told Ji Yang he could pursue her only on his own.
• Ji Yang chose to enter the Seven Treasures Death Realm, despite the grand elder’s warning about its danger.
• The Dark Domain found no solid information about the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan’s past hunt for Xu Canghai, but Mu Fusheng spotted a rumor linking their descendants to Cangxuan Academy.
• Ye Qiubai proposed that Xu Yeming and he visit Cangxuan Academy as exchange representatives from Azure Firmament Academy.

Ye Qiubai and Xu Yeming arrived at Cangxuan Academy for an exchange, where the headmaster explained why he had agreed to host students from Azure Firmament Academy. As Cangxuan students openly scorned the visitors, Xu Yeming reminded them that Azure Firmament Academy had defeated Cangxuan and taken first place in the Six Realms Academy Exchange.

• The Cangxuan Academy headmaster defended his decision to host Ye Qiubai and Xu Yeming, citing Azure Firmament Academy's victory and the Mortal Realm's rising fortune.
• The Third Elder announced that Ye Qiubai and Xu Yeming had arrived, and the First and Fourth Elders both volunteered to receive them.
• Cangxuan Academy's inner court students mocked Ye Qiubai and Xu Yeming for coming from Azure Firmament Academy.
• Ye Qiubai told Xu Yeming not to mind the students' sharp tongues, but Xu Yeming replied that their academy had been defeated by the people they called barbarians.
• Xu Yeming's retort stunned Ye Qiubai and angered the surrounding students.