Recaps

Han Xuanji arrived at Mystic Hue Valley and used ten sign-ins, gaining a Seven-Colored Mystic Origin Fruit Tree and other treasures, along with enough Ten Directions Sacred Light to meet the Ten Directions Immortal Hall’s entry threshold. The factions then prepared to distribute the seven fruits according to their recorded contributions to the hunt.

• Han Xuanji arrived with Lan Miao, Zhou Yuan, Chen Luo, and Chen Fei, drawing attention from the gathered cultivators and receiving greetings from Chi Yuan, Jiang Hanzhou, and Chen Bei.
• Han Xuanji completed ten sign-ins at Mystic Hue Valley, earning Sacred Light, a Seven-Colored Mystic Origin Fruit Tree, seven perfect fruits, Seven Origin Spirit Soil, and Profound Origin Fruit Sap.
• Han Xuanji realized his Sacred Light now exceeded the requirement for entering the Ten Directions Immortal Hall and considered planting the fruit tree in the Dustless Palace.
• Chi Yuan proposed distributing the seven fruits according to each faction’s recorded contributions to the Variant hunt.
• Jiang Hanzhou and Chen Bei agreed to Chi Yuan’s proposal, while Li Fu raised no objection.

Han Xuanji placed fourth in the Mystic Hue Valley hunt and claimed a red Profound Origin Fruit as the rewards were distributed. After the valley vanished, the factions departed, and Jiang Hanzhou invited Han to visit the Profound Origin Association before they went to the Ten Directions Immortal Hall.

• Liu Wanxu announced the battle merit rankings, placing Chi Yuan first, Jiang Hanzhou second, Chen Bei third, Han Xuanji fourth, and Li Fu fifth.
• Chi Yuan, Jiang Hanzhou, and Chen Bei each selected a Profound Origin Fruit suited to their cultivation.
• Han Xuanji chose the red Fire Element Profound Origin Fruit and returned to Lan Miao and the others.
• After Li Fu and the remaining leaders took the other fruits, Mystic Hue Valley vanished and everyone appeared in an open space.
• The Ten Thousand Immortals Association withdrew, Li Fu disappeared into the forest, and Jiang Hanzhou invited Han Xuanji to visit the Profound Origin Association.

After Mystic Hue Valley vanished, Zhou Yuan brought Han Xuanji and the others to his cave abode to rest. Zhou Yuan then offered to accompany Han Xuanji into the Ten Directions Immortal Hall and began to reveal what he knew about it.

• After the seven Profound Origin Fruits were picked, Mystic Hue Valley disappeared and the group left the area.
• Zhou Yuan led Han Xuanji and his companions to his crude cave abode, where they rested and recovered from hunting Variants.
• Zhou Yuan warned Han Xuanji that Jiang Hanzhou, Chi Yuan, and Chen Bei might turn against him over the Ten Directions Immortal Hall’s inheritance.
• Zhou Yuan offered to accompany Han Xuanji into the immortal hall and help him, despite having no interest in its inheritance.
• When Han Xuanji asked how to enter the hall and what lay inside, Zhou Yuan said he knew secrets about it and trusted Han Xuanji enough to share them.

Zhou Yuan revealed that he was descended from the Ten Directions Holy Lord and explained the trials and restrictions guarding the Ten Directions Immortal Hall. After Han Xuanji confirmed Zhou Yuan was sincere, they pledged to cooperate, and Han Xuanji gave him a crimson Profound Origin Fruit.

• Zhou Yuan explained that entrants to the Ten Directions Immortal Hall had to pass three personalized trials and later unlock four restrictions to open the final trial.
• Zhou Yuan disclosed that the Zhou Household descended from the Ten Directions Holy Lord but received no special advantage in claiming his inheritance.
• Han Xuanji used his detection function to confirm Zhou Yuan was telling the truth, then promised they would fight side by side.
• Zhou Yuan accepted Han Xuanji as his big brother, and the two discussed the immortal hall and the Sacred Domain's factions.
• Han Xuanji offered Zhou Yuan a crimson Profound Origin Fruit, and Zhou Yuan was stunned by the valuable gift.

Zhou Yuan accepted a scarlet Profound Origin Fruit from Han Xuanji, while Han Xuanji consumed another fruit to advance his cultivation. At the Ten Thousand Immortals Association’s encampment, Chi Yuan and Liu Wanxu discussed Han Xuanji’s growing power and mysterious background.

• Zhou Yuan accepted Han Xuanji’s scarlet Profound Origin Fruit and teased him before returning to the Chen brothers.
• Lan Miao watched Han Xuanji and Zhou Yuan interact and resolved to get closer to Han Xuanji in the Sacred Domain.
• Han Xuanji swallowed the Profound Origin Fruit he had obtained from the system, and its medicinal power loosened his cultivation bottleneck.
• Chi Yuan told the Ten Thousand Immortals Association’s core cultivators that Han Xuanji had become one of the Sacred Domain’s strongest young cultivators.
• Liu Wanxu warned Chi Yuan that Han Xuanji’s background was mysterious and that he must not be underestimated.

The Ten Thousand Immortals Association decided to enter the Ten Directions Immortal Hall early, with Liu Wanxu suspecting Han Xuanji was a Transcendent and a threat to their plans. Han Xuanji reached the Eternal True Lord Eighth Layer, and Zhou Yuan arrived to report that Chi Yuan and the Association’s elites were gathering at the divine tree’s roots.

• Liu Wanxu argued that Han Xuanji was likely a Transcendent, while Chi Yuan chose to set aside their grievance and focus on obtaining the Ten Directions Immortal Hall’s inheritance.
• Liu Wanxu urged Chi Yuan to enter the Immortal Hall before Han Xuanji and other cultivators could interfere, and Chi Yuan agreed to gather one thousand strands of Ten Directions Sacred Light and lead the ten core members inside.
• Han Xuanji advanced to the Eternal True Lord Eighth Layer after consuming four Profound Origin Fruits, while Zhou Yuan and the others gathered sacred light and hunted Variants.
• Zhou Yuan told Han Xuanji that Chi Yuan, Liu Wanxu, and the Ten Thousand Immortals Association’s core elites had gathered at the divine tree’s roots to enter the Immortal Hall.

Han Xuanji and Zhou Yuan prepared to enter the Ten Directions Immortal Hall after learning that the Ten Thousand Immortals Association had gathered at the divine tree. Han Xuanji told Lan Miao and the Chen brothers that only he and Zhou Yuan had enough sacred light to go ahead.

• Zhou Yuan told Han Xuanji that the Ten Thousand Immortals Association had moved to secure an advantage in entering the Immortal Hall, where the Ten Directions Holy Lord's inheritance awaited.
• Zhou Yuan revealed that his ancestor had hidden sacred light for the Zhou Household, leaving him with more than a hundred strands.
• Han Xuanji proposed that he and Zhou Yuan enter the Immortal Hall and give some of their extra sacred light to Lan Miao and the Chen brothers.
• Han Xuanji suspected Chi Yuan might be using the Ten Thousand Immortals Association's public movements to conceal his true plans, and decided to investigate in person.
• Han Xuanji summoned Lan Miao and the Chen brothers and explained that he and Zhou Yuan would enter the Immortal Hall, leaving the three of them stunned.

Han Xuanji shared surplus Ten Directions Sacred Light with Lan Miao, Chen Luo, and Chen Fei, who insisted on accompanying him and Zhou Yuan to the Immortal Hall. At the entrance, they learned that the Ten Thousand Immortals Association had sent people inside and planned to let everyone else enter after three days.

• Han Xuanji offered fifteen strands of Sacred Light each to Lan Miao, Chen Luo, and Chen Fei, while Zhou Yuan credited Han Xuanji for the gift.
• Chen Fei and Chen Luo insisted on accompanying Han Xuanji and Zhou Yuan to the Immortal Hall, and Han Xuanji agreed on the condition that they retreat if danger arose.
• Han Xuanji, Zhou Yuan, Lan Miao, Chen Luo, and Chen Fei arrived at the cavern entrance, where cultivators from many factions had gathered.
• Zhou Yuan learned that the Ten Thousand Immortals Association had already sent a few people inside and had promised to admit everyone else after three days.
• Han Xuanji studied the Association's guards and considered whether Chi Yuan might have information or plans that gave him an advantage.

Jiang Hanzhou gathered the Sacred Domain’s leading powers to oppose Chi Yuan, whose Ten Thousand Immortals Association had blocked the immortal palace passage while he entered ahead. The group agreed to join forces and considered recruiting Han Xuanji, though they were unsure whether he had enough Holy Light to enter.

• The Ten Thousand Immortals Association guarded the passage with a powerful restriction while Jiang Hanzhou, Chen Bei, and many other cultivators gathered outside.
• Li Fu, Fang Han, and Nie Yun condemned Chi Yuan for blocking the entrance and agreed they would enter the immortal palace.
• Jiang Hanzhou proposed an alliance with Li Fu, Fang Han, and Nie Yun, saying Chen Bei had already agreed to cooperate.
• Li Fu, Fang Han, and Nie Yun agreed to work together and push Chi Yuan out first once they entered the palace.
• Jiang Hanzhou suggested recruiting Han Xuanji, and Li Fu described how Han Xuanji had killed Wang Qing with one palm.
• The group approved asking Han Xuanji to join, but wondered whether he had accumulated the hundred strands of Holy Light needed to enter.

Jiang Hanzhou assembled a powerful coalition, including Han Xuanji, to force the Ten Thousand Immortals Association to let them enter the Immortal Hall and confront Chi Yuan. The Association agreed to open the restriction only if Li Fu and Han Xuanji were left behind, leaving the coalition to decide whether to abandon its two members or risk a fight.

• Jiang Hanzhou invited Han Xuanji to join the plan to eliminate Chi Yuan first, and Han Xuanji agreed.
• Jiang Hanzhou led more than a hundred cultivators, including Han Xuanji and Li Fu, to confront the Ten Thousand Immortals Association at the restriction.
• Jiang Hanzhou and Li Fu pressured the Association to remove the restriction, while Chen Bei and the others displayed their strength.
• A black-robed cultivator offered to let the group enter only if Li Fu and Han Xuanji stayed behind.
• The cultivators considered the demand, which threatened to divide the coalition and spare them from fighting the Association.

The Ten Thousand Immortals Association tried to fracture Jiang Hanzhou’s alliance by demanding that Han Xuanji and Li Fu stay behind, while the crowd weighed whether to abandon them. Li Fu and Han Xuanji stood their ground, leaving the black-robed cultivator unable to finish offering a compromise.

• Cultivators in the crowd argued that Han Xuanji and Li Fu should be sacrificed so the rest could enter the immortal palace, and many edged away from them.
• Chen Luo and Chen Fei prepared to fight for Han Xuanji, but Han Xuanji told them not to rush.
• Jiang Hanzhou rejected the demand and declared that he would not abandon his allies.
• Li Fu confronted the black-robed cultivator, challenged the crowd to try to make him stay, and warned that he would fight back.
• Han Xuanji stepped forward and quietly said that killing the Ten Thousand Immortals Association cultivators would resolve the problem.
• The black-robed cultivator tried to offer a compromise, but Li Fu shouted for him to shut up before he could finish.

Han Xuanji killed a Ten Thousand Immortals Association cultivator who tried to sow discord, then joined Jiang Hanzhou and the others in breaking the Association’s blockade. The Association’s forces scattered, leaving the passage to the Ten Directions Immortal Hall open and its former territory up for grabs.

• Han Xuanji killed the black-robed cultivator with Starfall Nine Swords before he could drive a wedge between the group.
• Jiang Hanzhou rallied the gathered cultivators against the Ten Thousand Immortals Association and promised them a share of its territory and opportunities.
• Li Fu, Han Xuanji, Jiang Hanzhou, Chen Bei, and the others attacked and shattered the restriction, then routed the Association’s remaining cultivators.
• Jiang Hanzhou announced that cultivators could enter the immortal hall if they had enough Holy Light or claim the Association’s abandoned holdings.
• Li Fu praised Han Xuanji’s decisive sword strike, and Jiang Hanzhou reflected that the scattered Association would never reunite.

Han Xuanji discovered an eleven-star sign-in location in the divine tree cave and obtained the Shengxin Dao Body trait before entering the Divine Tree Trial. He sent Zhou Yuan and Lan Miao ahead, then began merging with the trait alone.

• Lan Miao told Han Xuanji that he had gathered a hundred strands of Holy Light by buying the remaining strands from other cultivators.
• Han Xuanji, Zhou Yuan, and Lan Miao entered the divine tree cave and saw the stone platform used to begin the Divine Tree Trial.
• Han Xuanji received a system prompt identifying the Tower of the Divine Tree as an eleven-star sign-in location and signed in.
• Han Xuanji obtained the Shengxin Dao Body trait, which greatly enhanced his comprehension and mental will.
• Han Xuanji told Zhou Yuan and Lan Miao to proceed without him, and they entered the trial.
• Han Xuanji chose to claim the Shengxin Dao Body trait and began merging with it.

Han Xuanji fused with the Shengxin Dao Body and entered the Divine Tree Trial, where his flawless mind let him pass the first stage without noticing its test. The Spirit of the Sacred Domain recognized his physique and warned him that the second stage would be different.

• Han Xuanji completed the Shengxin Dao Body fusion in one day and gained the innate Divine Ability Shengxin Tribulation.
• Han Xuanji entered the trial space and heard that the first stage would question his Dao heart.
• The Spirit of the Sacred Domain declared Han Xuanji had passed because it could find no flaws in his mind.
• The Spirit of the Sacred Domain recognized Han Xuanji's Shengxin Dao Body and considered him worthy of nurturing, though he was not the Holy Lord's descendant.
• The Spirit of the Sacred Domain announced that the second stage would require Han Xuanji to cut down the self.

Han Xuanji passed the second stage of the Divine Tree trial by destroying his overwhelmingly powerful projection with Shengxin Tribulation. Chi Yuan also defeated his projection, then asked whether he had passed faster than the other trial takers, leaving the Spirit of the Sacred Domain’s brief silence to unsettle him.

• Han Xuanji faced a projection with far greater physical and spiritual strength than his own.
• Han Xuanji used Shengxin Tribulation to pierce the projection’s defenses and destroy it within a few breaths.
• The Spirit of the Sacred Domain announced that Han Xuanji had passed the second stage, making him the first to pass it using mind power.
• Chi Yuan defeated his projection after a grueling battle and received praise from the Spirit of the Sacred Domain.
• Chi Yuan asked whether he had passed faster than the other trial takers, and the Spirit of the Sacred Domain’s pause filled him with unease.

Chi Yuan learned that someone had passed the second stage before him but refused to believe anyone could be faster. The Spirit of the Sacred Domain explained Han Xuanji’s mind-based Divine Ability and began the third stage, leaving Han Xuanji without his cultivation in a familiar servant disciple courtyard.

• The Spirit of the Sacred Domain told Chi Yuan that another trial-taker had passed the second stage before him, but Chi Yuan dismissed the news and assumed the spirit was trying to humble him.
• The Spirit of the Sacred Domain asked Han Xuanji how he had passed the second stage, and Han Xuanji explained that he had used an innate Divine Ability related to the path of the mind.
• The Spirit of the Sacred Domain revealed that the Ten Directions Holy Lord’s Shengxin Dao Body had produced the defensive Divine Ability Ten Directions Heart Domain, which had helped him withstand a Saint King.
• The Spirit of the Sacred Domain introduced the third stage, breaking the illusion, and warned Han Xuanji that he would have to rely on himself.
• Han Xuanji lost access to his cultivation and found himself in the Divine Profound Sect’s servant disciple courtyard.

Han Xuanji passed the Divine Tree Trial after realizing that the system’s absence made the illusion meaningless to him. The Spirit of the Sacred Domain explained the Ten Directions Immortal Hall’s trials and inheritance, and told Han Xuanji that both of his friends were still progressing through the third trial.

• Han Xuanji used his retained talents to dominate the systemless illusion, ascend through the realms, and defeat the Devil Ancestor again.
• Han Xuanji realized that finding the system’s source might reveal the illusion’s nature, and the illusion shattered.
• The Spirit of the Sacred Domain congratulated Han Xuanji for passing the third trial in ten days and said he could enter the immortal hall.
• The Spirit of the Sacred Domain described the Ten Directions Immortal Hall’s ten heavens, their guardians, and the requirements for obtaining the Ten Directions Holy Lord’s complete inheritance.
• Han Xuanji asked when trial-takers would meet, and the Spirit of the Sacred Domain explained that they could interact throughout the hall and that only one person could claim the inheritance.
• The Spirit of the Sacred Domain told Han Xuanji that Zhou Yuan and his other friend were both in the third trial and seemed likely to pass.

Han Xuanji reached the Thunder World and waited for Zhou Yuan while cultivating. Chi Yuan passed the third trial stage, learned he was second again, and suspected Liu Wanxu might be the person who had taken first place twice.

• The Spirit of the Sacred Domain sent Han Xuanji from the Divine Tree Trial space to the Thunder World after tiring of his questions.
• Han Xuanji recognized the Thunder World’s enormous thunder dragon as its likely guardian and decided to wait for Zhou Yuan to learn more about the trial.
• Han Xuanji secluded himself in a cliff hollow and refined a Profound Origin Fruit while waiting for a month.
• Chi Yuan emerged from the Breaking Illusion stage after spending nearly five thousand years in its illusion.
• Chi Yuan asked whether he was the first to pass three stages, but the Spirit of the Sacred Domain told him he was second and that the same person had placed first twice.
• Chi Yuan apologized for offending the Spirit of the Sacred Domain and considered whether Liu Wanxu was the person ahead of him.

Chi Yuan entered the thunder world of the first heaven, confident that his mastery of the Thunder Principle would help him find the token needed to advance. After Chi Yuan planted a tracking mark for the Ten Thousand Immortals Association, Han Xuanji noticed it and secretly altered it to hinder the association’s members from gathering.

• Chi Yuan arrived in the thunder world and resolved to find its Principle token without challenging the guardian spirit.
• Chi Yuan found no nearby cultivators and planted a tracking mark for members of the Ten Thousand Immortals Association before heading into the mountains.
• Han Xuanji refined his fifth Profound Origin Fruit and advanced to the ninth layer of the Eternal True Lord realm.
• Han Xuanji sensed Chi Yuan nearby but chose not to pursue him alone.
• Han Xuanji discovered Chi Yuan’s tracking mark and reversed its effect so it would make the association’s members drift farther apart.

Han Xuanji waited for Zhou Yuan in the lightning world while the other trial-takers arrived, but Zhou Yuan remained missing. Meanwhile, the Ten Thousand Immortals Association’s members failed to find Chi Yuan and began suspecting Liu Wanxu of tampering with his marks, leaving the association divided.

• Li Fu entered the lightning world, explored alone, and was followed by Fang Han, Jiang Hanzhou, and other cultivators.
• Lan Miao arrived and chose to explore alone, while Han Xuanji continued cultivating and waited for Zhou Yuan, who did not appear.
• Nearly thirty trial-takers entered the first heaven, including eight members of the Ten Thousand Immortals Association, but Zhou Yuan was still absent.
• The association’s members searched the southern mountains for Chi Yuan’s marks for more than ten days without finding them.
• Liu Wanxu suspected someone had altered Chi Yuan’s marks, and Wan Kun suggested that Liu himself might be responsible.
• Liu Wanxu angrily denied Wan Kun’s accusation, as tensions rose among the association members.

Liu Wanxu led the Ten Thousand Immortals Association through suspicion and a series of successful ambushes in the Thunder World. After the group’s attacks drew other cultivators into cautious alliances, Zhou Yuan finally emerged from the Divine Tree Trial, exhausted by the unusually difficult test designed for the Holy Lord’s descendants.

• Wan Kun suggested a traitor had tampered with Chi Yuan’s mark, and the group eyed Liu Wanxu with suspicion.
• Liu Wanxu urged the Ten Thousand Immortals Association to set aside their suspicions and hunt the other trial takers together.
• The association ambushed and eliminated five cultivators over ten days, while Jiang Hanzhou held back and saw an opportunity to build opposition against them.
• Other cultivators began traveling in groups and discussing cooperation, prompting the Ten Thousand Immortals Association to lie low and wait for Chi Yuan.
• Zhou Yuan emerged from the Divine Tree Trial exhausted, having faced an especially difficult illusion designed to temper the Holy Lord’s descendants.

Zhou Yuan entered the Thunder World and was ambushed by the Ten Thousand Immortals Association, forcing him to flee toward a thundercloud-covered valley. Han Xuanji sensed Zhou Yuan’s signal and worried that he had run into the group.

• Zhou Yuan recognized the Thunder World’s guardian and used Han Xuanji’s jade talisman to locate him.
• Zhou Yuan sensed an ambush and hid as seven members of the Ten Thousand Immortals Association approached.
• Wan Kun identified Zhou Yuan as Han Xuanji’s follower, and Wang Jue volunteered to attack him.
• Liu Wanxu ordered the group to stop Zhou Yuan from escaping while the others watched their surroundings.
• Zhou Yuan fled southeast toward a valley where dense thunder Spiritual Qi could disrupt the pursuers’ perception.
• Han Xuanji sensed Zhou Yuan’s signal and worried that he had encountered the Ten Thousand Immortals Association.

Han Xuanji and Li Fu arrived to protect Zhou Yuan from seven members of the Ten Thousand Immortals Association. As the two sides faced off, Wang Jue and Wan Kun pushed the association to fight despite Liu Wanxu’s attempt to keep them cautious.

• Han Xuanji met Li Fu on his way to save Zhou Yuan, and Li Fu agreed to join him in confronting the Ten Thousand Immortals Association.
• Han Xuanji and Li Fu reached Zhou Yuan and blocked the seven pursuers, who stopped and grew wary of the pair.
• Liu Wanxu signaled his people not to act rashly and considered ways to avoid a fight.
• Wang Jue urged Liu Wanxu to attack, demanding a chance to avenge his brother Wang Qing and offering to fight Li Fu.
• Wan Kun backed Wang Jue, arguing that the seven should use their numbers to defeat Han Xuanji and Li Fu before the groups met again.

Liu Wanxu agreed to let the Ten Thousand Immortals Association fight Han Xuanji, Li Fu, and Zhou Yuan, ordering his side to finish quickly. Han Xuanji faced Wan Kun and three elite fighters at once, confident in his strength as their coordinated assault began.

• Wang Jue and Wan Kun urged the others to fight, and Liu Wanxu agreed after realizing he could not stop them.
• Wang Jue charged Li Fu, while Wan Kun and three allies surrounded Han Xuanji; another attacker went after Zhou Yuan as Liu Wanxu covered escape routes.
• Zhou Yuan urged Han Xuanji to leave him behind, but Han Xuanji calmly said he was confident he could handle the fight.
• Wang Jue and Li Fu clashed, with Liu Wanxu supporting Wang Jue as neither could quickly gain the upper hand.
• Wan Kun and three elites attacked Han Xuanji in a coordinated assault, but their usual tactics failed to affect him.

Han Xuanji fought off the Ten Thousand Immortals Association’s experts in the Nine Mysteries Saint Realm, injuring Wan Kun and forcing Liu Wanxu to join the battle. Surrounded by four opponents, Han Xuanji stopped defending and charged at them with his Indestructible Creation Body pushed to its limit.

• Han Xuanji overpowered a burly halberd wielder in a clash of physical strength and mocked the four experts.
• Wan Kun led a coordinated attack, but Han Xuanji anticipated his sneak attack and sent him flying into a rock wall, seriously injured.
• Zhou Yuan held off an expert from the Ten Thousand Immortals Association, while Liu Wanxu and Wang Jue fought Li Fu.
• Liu Wanxu left Wang Jue to assist the four attackers, and their combined assault pressured Han Xuanji in the Nine Mysteries Saint Realm.
• Han Xuanji enveloped himself in golden Qi flames and charged straight at Liu Wanxu and the others.