Recaps

Hun Zangfeng advised Hun Qianchen to test Han Xuanji’s loyalty and abilities before deciding how to undermine Hun Qianxue. Days later, Han Xuanji attended a Soul Household banquet celebrating Hun Qianling’s return and introducing him as an S-rank talent, while his system concealed his true strength.

• Hun Zangfeng warned Hun Qianchen not to act rashly and proposed sending Han Xuanji a generous offer to probe him.
• Hun Zangfeng outlined plans to exploit Han Xuanji’s response or any weakness to damage Hun Qianxue’s authority and advance Hun Qianchen.
• Hun Qianchen accepted Hun Zangfeng’s counsel, while Hun Zangfeng privately vowed to reclaim what Hun Wanli had taken from him.
• Han Xuanji spent the following days cultivating and relied on his system to hide his true talent and cultivation from anyone below the Eternal Sage Realm.
• Han Xuanji arrived at Hun Qianxue’s banquet beside Hun Qianling, where the Soul Household’s members regarded him as a valued S-rank talent.

Han Xuanji attended a banquet at the Soul Household with Hun Qianling, keeping his identity quiet as he befriended Wang Ping. Hun Qianxue announced Hun Qianling’s new duties and began revealing that the household had taken in an S-rank prodigy, leaving the guests searching the hall for him.

• Hun Qianling deflected questions about Han Xuanji while he withdrew to a corner and sampled the banquet’s food and wine.
• Wang Ping approached Han Xuanji, introduced himself, and shared drinks and complaints about being overlooked by his family.
• Hun Qianxue arrived, and Wang Ping urged Han Xuanji to behave respectfully before the household head.
• Hun Qianxue celebrated Hun Qianling’s safe return and appointed her to serve under Elder Yulong, managing the Lineage’s businesses in Thousand Souls City.
• Hun Qianxue announced that an outside Dao of Principle genius had become an honored guest with S-rank treatment, prompting the guests to search for the prodigy.

Han Xuanji was revealed as the Soul Household’s S-rank prodigy at a banquet, drawing disbelief and jealousy from the guests. After Hun Qianxue defended his talent without explaining it, Ling Feng resolved to test Han Xuanji’s abilities.

• Wang Ping realized that Han Xuanji, whom he had mistaken for an ordinary young scion, was the S-rank prodigy announced by Hun Qianxue.
• Han Xuanji joined Hun Qianxue and Hun Qianling while the guests scrutinized his seemingly modest cultivation and questioned his status.
• Ling Feng, another S-rank talent, resented the special attention Han Xuanji received and decided to test whether he deserved it.
• Hun Xuanji remained unconcerned by the guests’ doubts, while Hun Qianxue said his talent was more than it appeared and left the banquet.
• The banquet resumed, and Ling Feng continued watching Han Xuanji closely.

At a banquet honoring Han Xuanji’s S-Rank Talent, Hun Hao challenged him, but Wang Ping stepped in to defend him. Ling Feng then approached Han Xuanji and demanded to test his skill as a fellow S-Rank genius.

• After Hun Qianxue left, guests toasted Han Xuanji and offered him gifts, while some young cultivators resented his sudden rise.
• Hun Hao approached Han Xuanji and asked for a lesson, hoping to expose him as unworthy of his S-Rank title.
• Han Xuanji declined with a curt “No time,” prompting Hun Hao to publicly insult him.
• Wang Ping defended Han Xuanji and rebuked Hun Hao for disrespecting an honored guest.
• Ling Feng acknowledged Hun Hao’s rudeness, then challenged Han Xuanji to prove his skill as a fellow S-Rank genius.

Ling Feng challenged Han Xuanji’s S-rank status, but Hun Qianling intervened and stopped him from forcing a duel. As gossipers questioned Han Xuanji’s merit, Wang Ping defended him, and Han Xuanji considered giving Wang Ping some guidance.

• Han Xuanji used his investigative ability and learned that Ling Feng had been sent by Hun Qianchen’s faction to undermine him.
• Hun Qianling came to Han Xuanji’s side and told Ling Feng to take his objections to the household head instead of provoking Han Xuanji.
• Ling Feng backed down when Hun Qianling rebuked him, and the crowd stopped openly challenging Han Xuanji.
• Several guests whispered that Han Xuanji relied on connections, so Wang Ping stood up and defended his friend.
• Han Xuanji was surprised by Wang Ping’s loyalty and thought that he could offer Wang Ping a few pointers.

At the banquet, Han Xuanji befriended and encouraged Wang Ping, helping him recognize his aptitude for combat secret treasures and artifact refinement. Han Xuanji later left for the Purple Soul Grotto-Heaven, while Ling Feng and Hun Qianchen's informants took note of his departure.

• Hun Qianling defended Han Xuanji from Ling Feng, then reassured Han Xuanji and affirmed his standing as an S-Rank Heaven's Chosen.
• Han Xuanji noticed Wang Ping sitting alone and went to speak with him, easing his embarrassment about his mediocre cultivation and low standing in the Wang Household.
• Han Xuanji drew out Wang Ping's interest in collecting combat secret treasures and studying artifact refinement, then encouraged him to pursue those talents.
• Wang Ping grew hopeful and thanked Han Xuanji for understanding him, while a Wang Household expert approved of their friendship.
• Han Xuanji left the banquet and returned to the Purple Soul Grotto-Heaven, drawing the attention of Ling Feng and Hun Qianchen's informants.

Han Xuanji used his S-Rank Talent allowance to obtain a Lesser Reincarnation Stone and secluded himself to cultivate the Reincarnation Dao Principle. After ten years, he absorbed the stone’s power and reached the peak of the Eternal Dao Master Third Layer, ready to condense the Principle.

• Han Xuanji sent Hun Qianling his observations about people using his status as an excuse to challenge Hun Qianxue, and she said she would discuss it with Hun Qianxue.
• Han Xuanji exchanged his allowance for cultivation resources and received a Lesser Reincarnation Stone from the Life and Death Domain.
• Han Xuanji sealed his cave abode and began ten years of secluded cultivation with the stone.
• Han Xuanji absorbed the Lesser Reincarnation Stone’s power, bringing his cultivation to the peak of the Eternal Dao Master Third Layer.
• Han Xuanji checked Hun Qianling’s messages, learned that accusations against him had been suppressed, and prepared to condense the Reincarnation Dao Principle.

Ling Feng agreed to challenge Han Xuanji’s S-Rank Talent status at a lineage council meeting after Hun Zangfeng covertly encouraged him. Meanwhile, Han Xuanji completed the Reincarnation Dao Principle and worried about the cost of further cultivation before a Soul Household meeting began with Hun Qianxue presiding.

• Ling Feng asked Hun Zangfeng to help expose Han Xuanji as undeserving of his S-Rank Talent title, and Hun Zangfeng secretly decided to use him to probe Han Xuanji and stir trouble for Hun Qianxue.
• Hun Zangfeng advised Ling Feng to raise the issue at the next lineage council meeting, and Ling Feng agreed.
• After a year of effort, Han Xuanji condensed the Reincarnation Dao Principle and realized his remaining allowance would make cultivating another Dao principle difficult.
• Han Xuanji reviewed invitations sent during his seclusion and ignored them to avoid entangling himself with other factions.
• The Soul Household convened an internal meeting, with Hun Qianxue seated in the place of honor.

Ling Feng and Hun Qianchen’s faction challenged Han Xuanji’s S-Rank Talent title at a Soul Household meeting, leaving Hun Qianxue to decide the matter. Meanwhile, Han Xuanji learned that his system upgrade had succeeded and began checking how its functions had changed.

• Ling Feng asked Hun Qianxue to revoke Han Xuanji’s S-Rank title, arguing that the outsider had not earned it.
• An elder allied with Hun Qianchen supported Ling Feng, and other elders from that faction joined the challenge.
• Neutral elders who had accepted Hun Zangfeng and Hun Qianchen’s support offered only qualified remarks and left the decision to Hun Qianxue, angering Hun Qianchen.
• Hun Qianxue remained silent as the meeting waited for his decision, while Hun Xuanji remained unaware that his title was under threat.
• Han Xuanji received notice that the system upgrade had succeeded, restoring its functions with cultivation-based limits on sign-ins and simulations and improved concealment and investigation.
• Han Xuanji asked the system about the upgraded sign-in and simulation functions and learned they differed from before.

Han Xuanji learned that the system used Eternal Points for check-ins and simulations, then received an order to compete in Thousand Souls City’s Principle Conference a thousand years later. As Ling Feng and Hun Zangfeng plotted to use the contest to undermine him, Han Xuanji had time to prepare for the test of his S-Rank Talent and Hun Qianxue’s standing.

• Han Xuanji discovered he had one Eternal Point and learned that checking in at the ten-star Purple Soul Grotto-Heaven cost ten points, with thirty check-ins available.
• An elder from Hun Qianxue’s faction told Han Xuanji he had to compete in Thousand Souls City’s Principle Conference, where the top ten qualified for the provincial contest.
• Han Xuanji understood that the conference would test his S-Rank Talent and serve as a contest between Hun Qianxue and Hun Qianchen, but noted it would not begin for a thousand years.
• Ling Feng told Hun Zangfeng he expected Han Xuanji to fail at the conference and lose his title.
• Hun Zangfeng secretly decided to use Ling Feng against Han Xuanji and promised him more resources if he exposed Han Xuanji’s shortcomings.

Han Xuanji spent ten Eternal Points to sign in at the Purple Soul Grotto-Heaven and obtained a rare Star Crystal that greatly aided his understanding of the Star Dao Principle. While rumors spread that he was avoiding the Principle Conference, he ignored them and, after three months of cultivation, had saved up enough points for nine more sign-ins.

• Han Xuanji used ten Eternal Points to sign in at the Purple Soul Grotto-Heaven and received a Star Crystal.
• Han Xuanji studied the Star Crystal and drew its power into his Dao foundation and divine soul.
• Ling Feng spread rumors that Han Xuanji was unworthy of his reputation, while Hun Qianling and the others tried to suppress them.
• Han Xuanji ignored the rumors and cultivated with the Star Crystal for three months, greatly advancing his understanding of the Star Dao Principle.
• Han Xuanji opened his eyes and found he had accumulated 90 Eternal Points, enough for nine sign-ins.

Han Xuanji spent 90 Eternal Point Count on nine check-ins at Purple Soul Grotto-Heaven and received powerful star-related treasures. He made major progress understanding the Star Dao Principle, but found the Star-Splitting Heavy Sword too heavy to wield and stored it away until he grew stronger.

• Han Xuanji used all 90 Eternal Point Count on nine consecutive check-ins and obtained the Star Soul Secret Canon, Starfall Nine Swords, Star-Splitting Heavy Sword, Star Marrow Jade, and Moonlight Stone.
• Han Xuanji studied the Star Soul Secret Canon for several days and greatly improved his understanding of the Star Dao Principle.
• Han Xuanji learned that the Star Soul Secret Canon could temper his divine soul and help him condense a star soul.
• Han Xuanji chose Starfall Nine Swords as his offensive swordsmanship and planned to cultivate it while using Star Marrow Jade to strengthen his Dao foundation and body.
• Han Xuanji could barely lift the Star-Splitting Heavy Sword, so he refined it with the system and stored it in the System Space until he became stronger.

Li Tiantong reached Thousand Souls City and sought to join the Divine Flame Sect. Han Xuanji ended his year of seclusion after condensing the Star Dao Principle, then learned that the Soul Household had no news of the Dao Ancestor or Tongtian Dao Venerable.

• Li Tiantong entered Thousand Souls City, considered joining the Divine Flame Sect, and asked one of its stewards to accept him.
• Han Xuanji condensed the Star Dao Principle, reached the peak of the fourth layer of the Eternal Dao Master realm, and gained an initial grasp of Star Extinction.
• Han Xuanji finished signing in at the Purple Soul Grotto-Heaven and decided to seek other sign-in locations with his remaining 60 Eternal Points.
• Han Xuanji asked Hun Qianling whether the Soul Household had found the Dao Ancestor and Tongtian Dao Venerable.
• Hun Qianling told Han Xuanji she had no news, and Han Xuanji resolved to wait until he grew stronger before searching further.

Han Xuanji sought locations in Thousand Souls City where he could study the Dao charm of Eternal True Gods to help condense powerful Dao Principles. After reviewing Hun Qianling's information, he chose the Five Elements Pavilion as his next destination.

• Hun Qianling told Han Xuanji she had posted a bounty for clues about Dao Ancestor and Tongtian Dao Venerable.
• Han Xuanji asked Hun Qianling about local experts who cultivated the Dao of Principle and places linked to them.
• Hun Qianling sent Han Xuanji information about five locations, including the Heavenly Fire Pavilion, Yin-Yang Grotto-Heaven, Five Elements Pavilion, Life and Death Ravine, and Creation Platform.
• Han Xuanji chose the Five Elements Pavilion because its former master had mastered all five elemental Dao Principles.

Han Xuanji entered seclusion to strengthen his cultivation before seeking entry to the Five Elements Pavilion, while Hun Qianling arranged connections for him and wondered about his hidden resources. Three years later, he broke through to the fifth layer of the Eternal Dao Master realm.

• Han Xuanji decided to cultivate in seclusion before visiting the Five Elements Pavilion and asked Hun Qianling to gather information and make connections for him.
• Hun Qianling offered Han Xuanji Cultivation Resources, but he declined and told her to look after her own cultivation.
• Han Xuanji promised to do well at the Principle Conference, then began absorbing star power and Eternal Spiritual Qi in the Purple Soul Grotto-Heaven.
• Hun Qianling suspected Han Xuanji had hidden sources of resources, then contacted powerful cultivators of the Five Elements Pavilion on his behalf.
• After three years of seclusion, Han Xuanji broke through to the fifth layer of the Eternal Dao Master realm.

After three years of cultivating at the Purple Soul Grotto-Heaven, Han Xuanji broke through to the fifth level of Eternal Dao Master and traveled to the Five Elements Pavilion to seek its Dao resonance. The pavilion’s gatekeeper recognized the Soul Household’s recommendation and escorted him inside to meet Elder Fang Xuanhe.

• Han Xuanji broke through to the fifth level of Eternal Dao Master after three years of cultivation and noted that his remaining star-related treasures had become less useful.
• Han Xuanji checked that he had accumulated 1,200 Eternal Points and hoped future sign-ins would provide treasures and traits suited to other Dao principles.
• Han Xuanji thanked Hun Qianling for arranging his introduction to Elder Fang Xuanhe and left his cave abode for the Five Elements Pavilion.
• Han Xuanji reached the Five Elements Pavilion and observed its disciples, who mainly cultivated the five elemental Daos.
• Han Xuanji showed the gatekeeping disciple the Soul Household token and said he had come to find Elder Fang Xuanhe.
• The gatekeeping disciple treated Han Xuanji as an honored guest and led him into the pavilion.

Han Xuanji visited the Five Elements Pavilion to seek a chance to comprehend the Five Elements Dao Principle, while Hun Hao publicly mocked his reputation and followed him inside. Han Xuanji met Elder Fang, whose conversation with him revealed his genuine understanding and left the elder impressed.

• Hun Hao recognized Han Xuanji as the Soul Household's S-Rank Heaven's Chosen and mocked him in front of the gathered cultivators.
• Han Xuanji ignored Hun Hao's taunts and asked the gatekeeping disciple to lead him into the Five Elements Pavilion.
• Hun Hao followed Han Xuanji, convinced that he would fail the pavilion's trial.
• Han Xuanji met Fang Xuanhe and directly requested the opportunity to comprehend the Five Elements Dao Principle.
• Han Xuanji and Fang Xuanhe discussed the Dao of Principle, and Fang Xuanhe became convinced Han Xuanji's talent surpassed the rumors.

Han Xuanji asked Fang Xuanhe for permission to visit the Five Elements Altar and study its Dao essence. Fang Xuanhe granted him an exception, but Han must first climb the Five Elements Heavenly Stairway, and they set out for it.

• Fang Xuanhe praised Han Xuanji's understanding of the Dao of Principle and advised him to ignore rumors and hold fast to his original heart.
• Han Xuanji asked to enter the Five Elements Altar to comprehend the Five Elements Dao Principle.
• Fang Xuanhe explained that the altar was forbidden to outsiders but agreed to make an exception because of Han's talent and the Five Elements Pavilion's ties to the Soul Household.
• Fang Xuanhe told Han that he must climb the 3,650-step Five Elements Heavenly Stairway, a difficult trial that few had ever completed.
• Han Xuanji accepted the challenge, and Fang Xuanhe led him toward the stairway.

Han Xuanji visited the Five Elements Heavenly Stairway with Elder Fang Xuanhe’s permission and began its trial amid the pavilion disciples’ skepticism. As he steadied himself on the first step, he detected a nine-star check-in location suited to his cultivation.

• Fang Xuanhe secured permission for Han Xuanji to challenge the Five Elements Heavenly Stairway and enter the Five Elements Altar.
• Hun Hao mocked Han Xuanji, and Wang Lin challenged him to a bet while other disciples doubted Han Xuanji would advance far.
• Fang Xuanhe warned Han Xuanji to proceed steadily and protect his Dao foundation, and Han Xuanji accepted the advice.
• Han Xuanji stepped onto the stairway’s first step and faced its Five Elements Dao trial, steadying his mind to sense its essence.
• Han Xuanji received a system prompt identifying the Five Elements Heavenly Stairway as a nine-star check-in location with twelve check-ins available.

Han Xuanji used twelve sign-ins to gain Five Elements Dao Principle insights and began climbing the Five Elements Heavenly Stairway while absorbing them. As onlookers debated his chances, a young man with the Saint King Bloodline explained why he had chosen the Dao of Principle over bloodline cultivation, and Han Xuanji’s understanding continued to grow.

• Han Xuanji claimed twelve sets of Five Elements Dao Principle insights and stepped onto the Five Elements Heavenly Stairway, absorbing them one at a time.
• Hun Hao mocked Han Xuanji and vowed to surpass Wang Lin, while Wang Lin watched Han Xuanji with curiosity.
• A young man in black told Uncle Wang that he rejected the Saint King Bloodline path because he believed it was an easy shortcut, and praised the Five Elements Pavilion Master’s achievements through the Dao of Principle.
• Uncle Wang agreed that the Dao of Principle could lead farther than bloodline cultivation, and the young man said he hoped Han Xuanji would prove a worthy opponent.
• Fang Xuanhe sensed Han Xuanji’s presence beginning to merge with the stairway’s Dao charm as Han Xuanji continued climbing and digesting the insights.

Han Xuanji used the Heavenly Stairway’s pressure and the system’s insights to comprehend the Five Elements Dao Principle as he climbed. His rapid progress stunned the onlookers and unsettled Hun Hao, while Wang Lin taunted him over their wager.

• Han Xuanji climbed the Heavenly Stairway while digesting the system’s insights, and the stairway’s pressure eased as he comprehended the Five Elements Dao Principle.
• A disciple noticed Han Xuanji was comprehending the Dao, drawing the crowd’s attention to his calm progress past the hundredth step.
• Han Xuanji accelerated past the five hundredth and six hundredth steps, surpassing Hun Hao’s own previous record and leaving Hun Hao shocked.
• Hun Hao tried to convince himself Han Xuanji would fail before reaching the thousandth step, while Wang Lin taunted him about his silence and asked if he was afraid.

Han Xuanji steadily climbed the Five Elements Heavenly Stairway, proving his mastery of the Five Elements Dao and silencing those who doubted him. As he neared two thousand steps, the crowd wondered whether he could reach the summit.

• Hun Hao dismissed Wang Lin’s confidence and insisted Han Xuanji would fail before reaching the thousandth step.
• Han Xuanji passed the thousandth step, stunning the crowd and winning the admiration of Fang Xuanhe and the Five Elements Pavilion elders.
• Han Xuanji reached the 1,510th step, deepening his understanding of the Five Elements Dao while Hun Hao fell silent and the black-clad young man began to take notice of him.
• Han Xuanji reached the 1,800th step after absorbing the ninth portion of inherited insight from the twelve predecessors.
• The crowd watched Han Xuanji approach two thousand steps, while Fang Xuanhe grew more expectant and Hun Hao’s confidence collapsed.

Han Xuanji climbed the Five Elements Heavenly Stairway with ease and reached its summit, astonishing the Five Elements Pavilion and the Divine Son of the Sacred Dynasty. After Hun Hao accepted his loss, Han Xuanji finished digesting twelve portions of insight and heard a voice congratulate him.

• Han Xuanji passed the two-thousandth step without slowing, and Wang Lin told Hun Hao that Han Xuanji was on another level.
• Han Xuanji continued climbing past three thousand steps, using the stairway’s Dao essence to temper his Five Elements Dao Principle as the crowd watched.
• The young man in black at the summit recognized Han Xuanji’s superior understanding of the Five Elements Dao Principle, while Uncle Wang suspected his origins were unusual.
• Han Xuanji climbed all 3,650 steps, triggering five-colored light and a bell that alerted powerful figures throughout the Five Elements Pavilion.
• Fang Xuanhe praised Han Xuanji, and Hun Hao admitted he was inferior and accepted his bet loss to Wang Lin.
• At the summit, Han Xuanji finished digesting all twelve portions of insight, and a voice congratulated him on reaching the top.

Han Xuanji reached the top of the Five Elements Heavenly Stairway and met Xiao Yan, a Great Sheng Sacred Dynasty heir who had rejected bloodline cultivation to pursue the Dao of Principle. After their conversation, Han Xuanji headed to the Five Elements Altar to seek its inheritance, while Xiao Yan decided he was worth fighting.

• Han Xuanji used his system to learn Xiao Yan's background and discovered that he had rejected his Saint King Bloodline path to pursue the Dao of Principle.
• Han Xuanji and Xiao Yan discussed the stairway and their cultivation insights, developing mutual respect.
• Xiao Yan told Han Xuanji how to reach the Five Elements Altar, and Han Xuanji set off to seek the inheritance.
• Wang Chong wondered whether Han Xuanji had recognized Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan welcomed the possibility that Han Xuanji was even less ordinary than they had imagined.

Han Xuanji entered the Five Elements Altar and learned that he needed to comprehend its Dao characters to receive the core inheritance. He used the system to sign in twenty times, obtaining the entry “Five Elements Source and Flow.”

• Han Xuanji passed through the five-colored barrier after resonating with it and entered the altar’s inner world.
• Han Xuanji examined the Five Elements Altar and read the patriarch’s instructions, learning that comprehending its eighty-one Dao characters would grant access to the core inheritance.
• Han Xuanji discovered that the altar was a ten-star sign-in location with twenty available sign-ins costing thirty Eternal Points each.
• Han Xuanji spent 600 Eternal Points to sign in twenty times and received the entry “Five Elements Source and Flow.”