Recaps

After a hundred years of seclusion, Han Xuanji discovered that the Seed of Primordial Beginning had greatly strengthened his body, divine soul, and Daos, giving him the ability to contend with a weaker Eternal Sage. He emerged from the Dustless Palace to reassure his worried disciples and elders, then thanked Li Taiqing for managing his affairs.

• Han Xuanji tested his newly awakened strength and judged that he could fight a weaker Eternal Sage, though he would struggle against one in peak condition through conventional means.
• Han Xuanji examined his divine soul and found an embryonic Saint Manifestation, while his many Daos had merged into a purer, more harmonious foundation.
• Han Xuanji decided to focus on reaching the peak of the True God Realm before the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet, where he hoped to gain further opportunities and power.
• Han Xuanji noticed his disciples and elders waiting anxiously outside the Dustless Palace, then opened the doors and reassured them with his presence.
• Han Xuanji thanked Li Taiqing for managing his holdings, and Li Taiqing explained that the earlier commotion had made everyone fear an enemy attack.

Han Xuanji rewarded his disciples and continued cultivating before learning that the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet selection tournament would begin in a month. Mo Chenxiao explained the tournament’s fierce competition and asked Han Xuanji about his current realm.

• Han Xuanji apologized for neglecting his disciples and gave them cultivation treasures, including a Dao book to Li Taiqing, a divine sword to Nangong Wenjian, and a Seven-Colored Profound Origin Fruit to Yun Wuji.
• Han Xuanji dismissed his disciples and resumed cultivating, practicing Divine Abilities and secret techniques while conserving his Eternal Points.
• After several decades, Han Xuanji practiced the Return to Origin Technique when Mo Chenxiao summoned him to the Nine Mysteries Hall.
• Mo Chenxiao told Han Xuanji that the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet selection tournament would begin in a month and that the Sacred Court had only five slots.
• Mo Chenxiao and Leng Qianshuang warned Han Xuanji that experienced cultivators were suppressing their realms to compete, and Mo Chenxiao asked what realm Han Xuanji had reached.

Han Xuanji's astonishing cultivation speed convinced Mo Chenxiao that he had not used a harmful shortcut, and Mo Chenxiao took him to the Great Qian Domain for the selection battle. As they traveled, Mo Chenxiao began warning Han Xuanji about the powerful competitors vying for only five spots.

• Han Xuanji told Mo Chenxiao he had reached the ninth layer of the Eternal True God realm, and Mo Chenxiao questioned whether he had forced his breakthroughs or damaged his origin with a Secret Method.
• Mo Chenxiao examined Han Xuanji and confirmed his foundation was sound, then told him to prepare for the selection battle and promised to explain its details on the way.
• Little White and the purple sable asked to accompany Han Xuanji, and Leng Qianshuang persuaded him to let them stay with her.
• Han Xuanji, Mo Chenxiao, and the two beasts traveled through a teleportation formation to White Emperor City in the Great Qian Domain.
• Mo Chenxiao took Han Xuanji aboard a top-grade Saint-rank warship and explained that the Twelve Sacred Halls and the Arbitration Sacred Hall were competing for five spots before beginning to name dangerous opponents.

Han Xuanji learned the selection battle’s rules and traveled with Mo Chenxiao and Leng Qianshuang to Falling Star Mountain, where he prepared to compete for a place at the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet. He discovered that Chi Yuan was also entered in the battle, and the chapter ended as the contestants gathered for the opening of the Galaxy Platform.

• Mo Chenxiao explained the leading Heaven’s Chosen, Han Xuanji’s low ranking, and the selection rules, while Han Xuanji decided to fight his way up from the bottom.
• Han Xuanji and his companions arrived at Falling Star Mountain, where Leng Qianshuang gave him a Jade Slip listing the participants.
• Han Xuanji found Chi Yuan’s name on the list and learned that Chi Yuan had reached the ninth level of Eternal True God after suppressing his realm to temper his Dao foundation.
• Han Xuanji followed Mo Chenxiao to the Galaxy Platform as the gathered elites prepared for the ranking battle to begin.

Han Xuanji arrived at the selection battles on Galaxy Mountain, where other cultivators doubted his rank and Chi Yuan dismissed him as no threat. The battles began on the Galaxy Platform, and Han Xuanji received a prompt to sign in at the eleven-star location.

• Other cultivators criticized Han Xuanji for ranking 108th despite being a recent Eternal True God.
• Han Xuanji noticed Chi Yuan, who believed Han Xuanji was not worthy of being his rival.
• The First Sacred Hall's hall master announced the rules and started the selection battles.
• Han Xuanji and the other participants took their places on the Galaxy Platform and checked their rankings and battle information.
• Han Xuanji received a system prompt offering a sign-in at the Galaxy Platform for 3,000 points.

Han Xuanji accepted Zhao Yuanlang’s challenge and defeated him with a single casual finger flick, revealing strength that stunned the Galaxy Platform. He returned to the platform as spectators reconsidered their underestimation of him.

• Han Xuanji accepted Zhao Yuanlang’s challenge instead of checking in at the Dao resonance site.
• Zhao Yuanlang taunted Han Xuanji and charged him with a silver spear.
• Han Xuanji shattered Zhao Yuanlang’s spear and sent him flying with one finger flick.
• Zhao Yuanlang admitted defeat, and Han Xuanji returned to the Galaxy Platform.
• Mo Chenxiao, Leng Qianshuang, Chi Yuan, Gu Changfeng, and the other spectators reacted to Han Xuanji’s decisive victory.

After defeating his opponent, Han Xuanji signed in ten times at the Galaxy Platform and received powerful star-related rewards. He began merging with Favor of the Galaxy, unknowingly drawing the attention of a vast existence in the sea of stars.

• Han Xuanji signed in ten times at the Galaxy Platform and obtained Favor of the Galaxy, the Galaxy Sword Canon, and several other rewards.
• Han Xuanji examined the rewards, including a Holy Lord-level sword inheritance, a fifth-tier Star Saint Robe, and the Galaxy Indestructible Dao Seed.
• Han Xuanji decided that Favor of the Galaxy and the Galaxy Sword Canon were the rewards he could use immediately.
• Han Xuanji claimed Favor of the Galaxy and began merging with the trait, which would take one hundred breaths.
• A vast figure in the distant sea of stars sensed Han Xuanji, looked toward him briefly, and then turned away unnoticed.

Han Xuanji tested the power of [Favor of the Stars] and began climbing the Galaxy Platform rankings with a string of decisive victories. After six wins, he remained determined to keep challenging opponents, while Chi Yuan worried that Han Xuanji might soon reach his rank.

• Han Xuanji felt the stars’ power become docile after merging with [Favor of the Stars], though his cultivation did not change.
• Han Xuanji challenged the contestant ranked ninety-eighth and tested his speed against the blue-robed young man.
• Han Xuanji struck with a swift sword-light attack, and the blue-robed young man surrendered before the attack landed.
• Han Xuanji won six consecutive matches and climbed from ninety-eighth to thirty-eighth place.
• Mo Chenxiao and Leng Qianshuang praised Han Xuanji’s chances, while Chi Yuan grew uneasy about being ranked forty-first.

Han Xuanji climbed rapidly through the selection rankings, winning easily and drawing the attention of the top contenders. Chi Yuan finished his own battle at thirty-seventh place and convinced himself he had nothing to fear from Han Xuanji.

• Han Xuanji tried to challenge Chi Yuan, but Chi Yuan was already fighting, so Han Xuanji chose the thirty-eighth-ranked Meng Changge instead.
• Meng Changge conceded after watching Han Xuanji's earlier fights, introduced himself, and revealed that Elder Meng Xingyun was his clan uncle.
• Han Xuanji accepted the concession and rose to thirty-eighth place, then won two more matches to reach eighteenth without using his full strength or secret techniques.
• Mo Chenxiao celebrated Han Xuanji's rise, while Leng Qianshuang credited Han Xuanji's own hard work and Little White noted that he still had not used his full strength.
• Chi Yuan defeated the cultivator ranked thirty-seventh and rose to that position, telling himself that Han Xuanji was no stronger than he was.

Han Xuanji climbed to eighteenth place and immediately challenged eighth-ranked Xiao Jiuyuan, shocking the spectators and powerful figures at Galaxy Mountain. The battle began with Xiao Jiuyuan unleashing overwhelming pressure on Han Xuanji.

• Chi Yuan discovered that Han Xuanji had reached eighteenth place and realized he could no longer challenge him.
• Han Xuanji appeared in the Starry Sky Battlefield and challenged Xiao Jiuyuan, ranked eighth, without resting.
• Spectators and Holy Lord-level experts at Galaxy Mountain gathered their attention on Han Xuanji's challenge.
• Xiao Jiuyuan questioned Han Xuanji's choice, and Han Xuanji explained that the rules made Xiao Jiuyuan the highest-ranked opponent he could challenge.
• Xiao Jiuyuan vanished and sent crushing pressure surging toward Han Xuanji.

Han Xuanji challenged Xiao Jiuyuan, the previous generation's Great Sheng Sacred Dynasty divine son, and met his Saint King Bloodline-powered attacks head-on. Xiao Jiuyuan began to falter as Han Xuanji held the advantage, leaving the spectators and Holy Lords eager to see whether Xiao Jiuyuan would unleash his full strength.

• Leng Qianshuang explained that Xiao Jiuyuan's bloodline made him one of the strongest contenders, while Zixiao remained confident in Han Xuanji.
• Han Xuanji used the system to learn that Xiao Jiuyuan had once fought an Eternal Sage without defeat and recognized his connection to the Great Sheng Sacred Dynasty.
• Xiao Jiuyuan tested Han Xuanji with his Saint King Bloodline pressure, but Han Xuanji remained unmoved and invited him to attack.
• Xiao Jiuyuan launched a powerful palm strike, and Han Xuanji met it with one of his own before matching Xiao Jiuyuan through a rapid series of close combat exchanges.
• Xiao Jiuyuan intensified his bloodline power but still could not gain an advantage, then withdrew as the spectators realized Han Xuanji had the upper hand.

Han Xuanji defeated Xiao Jiuyuan in the Starry Sky Battlefield and rose to eighth place. The spectators recognized him as a contender for the top five, while Chi Yuan suspected his next challenger would be unexpected.

• Xiao Jiuyuan hesitated over whether to use his Saint King Bloodline, but Han Xuanji struck first with the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Xiao Jiuyuan unleashed his Saint King Bloodline and met Han Xuanji's attack with a golden war spear, but Han Xuanji remained unharmed while Xiao Jiuyuan was wounded.
• Xiao Jiuyuan charged again, and Han Xuanji used the Ten Directions Return to Origin Seal to overwhelm him.
• Xiao Jiuyuan was transported out of the battlefield, and Han Xuanji took eighth place in the rankings.
• Mo Chenxiao celebrated Han Xuanji's victory, while Gu Changfeng fell silent and Chi Yuan wondered who would challenge him next.

After defeating Xiao Jiuyuan and rising to eighth place, Han Xuanji studied the Galaxy Sword Canon while his rivals weighed his strength. As the first day ended, he challenged the top-ranked Ying Yuan, and the two entered the Starry Sky Battlefield.

• Chi Yuan steadied himself after watching Han Xuanji defeat Xiao Jiuyuan and began choosing an opponent for his own challenge.
• Xiao Jiuyuan accepted his loss, resolved to fight his way back into the top ten, and returned to the Galaxy Platform.
• Han Xuanji claimed his system reward and cultivated the Galaxy Sword Canon while other contenders watched him warily.
• Jiang Qingshan assessed Han Xuanji's strengths and worried that he could not defend his fifth-place ranking against him.
• Han Xuanji challenged first-ranked Ying Yuan, and both fighters appeared in the Starry Sky Battlefield.

Han Xuanji challenged Ying Yuan, the undefeated first-ranked Heaven's Chosen, and met him in a fierce physical battle. Their exchange left both standing, with Han Xuanji proving he could match Ying Yuan's strength.

• Han Xuanji challenged Ying Yuan, shocking the Sacred Court cultivators and visiting factions.
• Ying Yuan accepted calmly, and Han Xuanji said he did not expect beating him to be difficult.
• Ying Yuan struck first with a powerful punch, and Han Xuanji met it head-on; both fighters were driven back a thousand zhang.
• Ying Yuan found blood on his knuckles and questioned how Han Xuanji's body could withstand his strength.
• Han Xuanji pressed the attack, and he and Ying Yuan clashed repeatedly as the battlefield's restrictions trembled.

Han Xuanji and Ying Yuan fought evenly until Ying Yuan unleashed the Ying Household’s Hunyuan World-Suppressing Cauldron. Han Xuanji answered with his newly comprehended Galaxy Sword Intent, and the clash left the spectators debating whether Ying Yuan’s technique would overwhelm him.

• Han Xuanji matched Ying Yuan’s full strength, alarming the spectators and making Dongfang Ye and Jiang Jiuyan doubt they could defeat him.
• Ying Yuan resolved that he could not lose his title as the Ying Household’s Young Emperor and summoned the Hunyuan World-Suppressing Cauldron.
• Mo Chenxiao and Leng Qianshuang explained the cauldron’s Saint King-level power and its ability to absorb attacks.
• Han Xuanji gathered star power and formed a streak of Galaxy Sword Intent to strike the cauldron.
• The cauldron absorbed and shattered Han Xuanji’s first sword strikes, prompting some spectators to predict that he would be exhausted while others noted he had not yet lost.

Han Xuanji defeated Ying Yuan after a prolonged battle that pushed both fighters and the Starry Sky Battlefield to their limits. Ying Yuan accepted his loss, and Han Xuanji took first place on the Galaxy Platform.

• Han Xuanji unleashed a relentless assault, while Ying Yuan used the Hunyuan World-Suppressing Cauldron and golden dragons to hold him back.
• Ying Yuan’s body began cracking under the cauldron’s power, but he drove his strength to its limit and continued fighting Han Xuanji.
• Han Xuanji found an opening in Ying Yuan’s defenses, shattered the cauldron, and forced him to his knee.
• Han Xuanji told Ying Yuan he had lost, and Ying Yuan calmly admitted defeat before leaving the battlefield.
• Han Xuanji appeared on the Galaxy Platform, where the rankings placed him first.

Han Xuanji defeated Ying Yuan and took first place on the Galaxy Platform, provoking anger among the Ying Household while leaving other contenders stunned. Ying Jiutian resolved to protect Ying Yuan, and Jiang Jiuyan and Dongfang Ye discussed whether to challenge Han Xuanji while he recovered.

• Han Xuanji returned from his battle with Ying Yuan and rested after claiming first place in the rankings.
• Ying Household elders condemned Ying Yuan's defeat as a disgrace, while Ying Jiutian decided to shield his disciple from the Lineage's accusations.
• Ying Jiutian wondered whether Han Xuanji was the person Holy Venerable Tianming had identified, but believed Ying Yuan still had room to grow.
• Jiang Jiuyan asked Dongfang Ye whether he would challenge the recovering Han Xuanji for first place.
• Dongfang Ye refused to exploit Han Xuanji's fatigue and questioned whether Jiang Jiuyan intended to challenge him instead.

Han Xuanji’s victory over Ying Yuan impressed the Sacred Court’s leaders and reshaped the selection battle standings. As the final day ended, Han Xuanji held first place, while the other contestants maneuvered for the ranks below him.

• Chi Yuan accepted that he could not compete with Han Xuanji and decided to stop dwelling on their rivalry.
• Mo Chenxiao celebrated Han Xuanji’s success with the Cloud Wasteland Holy Lord, Lan Miao, and Jian Wuji, who praised Han Xuanji’s potential and discussed having him train at the Eternal Sword Pavilion.
• Dao Lord Chongyuan claimed that Hongmeng Dao Palace’s talents surpassed Han Xuanji, and Mo Chenxiao challenged him to settle the dispute at the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet.
• Han Xuanji rested and watched the remaining selection battles as the contestants competed for their places.
• Ying Yuan defeated Dongfang Ye to reclaim second place, while Dongfang Ye and Jiang Jiuyan each maneuvered back into the next available rank.
• The selection battle ended with Han Xuanji in first place and the other contestants each moving down one rank.

The fifteen-day selection battle ended with Han Xuanji in first place and Chi Yuan narrowly securing fifth. After receiving the top reward and congratulations from allies and powerful cultivators, Han Xuanji was approached by Ying Jiutian, who thanked him for sparing Ying Yuan.

• The final standings placed Han Xuanji first, followed by Ying Yuan, Dongfang Ye, Jiang Jiuyan, and Chi Yuan, who defended fifth place in a close battle.
• Ying Jiutian announced the final rankings and awarded prizes, while Ying Household elders lamented that Han Xuanji had taken the reward they had arranged for Ying Yuan.
• A crowd of cultivators surrounded Han Xuanji to praise him, and Leng Qianshuang led him away to rest with Mo Chenxiao.
• Mo Chenxiao, Little White, and Zixiao celebrated Han Xuanji's victory, while Lan Miao and Li Fu struggled to adjust to how far he had surpassed them.
• Ying Jiutian approached Han Xuanji, acknowledged that Ying Yuan's defeat was deserved, and thanked Han Xuanji for showing his disciple mercy.

Han Xuanji received a portrait containing the second Saint Emperor’s inheritance after winning the selection battle, while Ying Yuan accepted his defeat and chose to pursue another inheritance to grow stronger. The chapter left Ying Yuan determined to face Han Xuanji again at the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet.

• Ying Jiutian praised Han Xuanji for sparing Ying Yuan and awarded him the Divine Might Like a Prison Painting, which contained the second Saint Emperor’s inheritance.
• Han Xuanji kept the painting and declined to exchange it for another reward.
• Ying Jiutian found Ying Yuan reflecting on his loss and reassured him that he was still worthy of his title.
• Ying Jiutian told Ying Yuan that the clan had proposed he receive another inheritance left by the Saint Ancestor, despite the risks.
• Ying Yuan chose to pursue the inheritance and vowed that he would not lose to Han Xuanji again.

After Han Xuanji returned to Nine Mysteries City as the selection tournament’s champion, his fame spread across the Eternal Continent. In the Great Sheng Sacred Dynasty, Xiao Yan asked Xiao Jiuyuan about Han Xuanji’s strength, and Xiao Jiuyuan realized Xiao Yan had become an Eternal Sage.

• Mo Chenxiao returned to Nine Mysteries City with Han Xuanji and the others, pleased that his disciple’s victory had raised his standing in the Sacred Court.
• People in Nine Mysteries City and across the Eternal Continent discussed Han Xuanji’s first-place finish and his fearsome talent.
• Xiao Jiuyuan brooded over finishing eleventh in the tournament when Xiao Yan visited him in the Great Sheng Divine Palace.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had fought Han Xuanji at the Principle Conference in Thousand Souls City and had lost.
• Xiao Jiuyuan described Han Xuanji’s overwhelming strength, and Xiao Yan reflected on how far his old opponent had advanced.
• Xiao Jiuyuan sensed Xiao Yan’s power and realized that he had broken through to become an Eternal Sage.

Xiao Yan told Xiao Jiuyuan that inheriting the Great Sheng ancestral blood had raised his cultivation to Eternal Sage, preventing him from attending the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet. With a hundred years left before the banquet, Han Xuanji began studying the Immortal Saint Emperor’s painting to comprehend its Dao.

• Xiao Yan explained to Xiao Jiuyuan that he had inherited the Great Sheng ancestral blood five hundred years earlier and reached Eternal Sage.
• Xiao Yan warned that Han Xuanji might stir up events at the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet, and Xiao Jiuyuan recalled Han as the strongest person he had ever faced.
• Han Xuanji returned to the Dustless Palace, heard Little White recount his selection-battle victories, and rewarded his disciples for their cultivation progress.
• Han Xuanji entered seclusion with a hundred years remaining before the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet and took out the Divine Might Like a Prison Painting.
• Han Xuanji practiced facing the Immortal Saint Emperor’s gaze until he could calmly contemplate the painting and glimpse its unique Dao.

After decades studying the Divine Might Like a Prison Painting, Han Xuanji entered its inner void and faced the deity formed from the Immortal Saint Emperor’s will. He gradually learned the inheritance’s combat state, though the chapter left him still striving to master it.

• Han Xuanji spent decades contemplating the painting and realized he needed to communicate with the will within it.
• Han Xuanji joined his will with the painting’s, entered a boundless void, and was expelled by the phantom’s first punch.
• Han Xuanji returned the next day and attacked the phantom, but it dodged his punch and defeated him again.
• Han Xuanji repeatedly faced the phantom and began studying its unified use of true essence, Qi and Blood, soul, mind, and body.
• Han Xuanji practiced the combat state for fifty years and eventually endured the phantom’s attacks for half an incense stick before being struck out.

Han Xuanji mastered the Unfettered Ultra Instinct Technique after finally matching the deity’s punch in the painting. With the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet approaching, he reviewed the rival representatives and set out for the contest with Mo Chenxiao and Leng Qianshuang.

• Han Xuanji matched the deity’s punch in the void, completed the inheritance, and learned its name: the Unfettered Ultra Instinct Technique.
• Leng Qianshuang summoned Han Xuanji to the Nine Mysteries Hall, where Mo Chenxiao asked about his cultivation; Han Xuanji said he had reached consummation and improved his strength.
• Leng Qianshuang gave Han Xuanji a Jade Slip with information about the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet’s representatives and their factions.
• Han Xuanji studied the rivals, especially Li Linglong, the Xiaoyao Saint King’s disciple, and sensed that he might avenge the Ten Directions Holy Lord’s defeat by Li Xiaoyao.
• Mo Chenxiao urged Han Xuanji to set off for the banquet, and Han Xuanji agreed, confident in his new technique.

Han Xuanji arrived at the Supreme Qian Dao Arena for the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet and drew attention as the Sacred Court’s foremost genius. After Mo Chenxiao told him that the Saint Emperor had summoned him, Han Xuanji entered the central hall alone.

• Mo Chenxiao brought Han Xuanji, Leng Qianshuang, and Little White to the Supreme Qian Dao Arena, where cultivators from many factions had gathered.
• The assembled cultivators recognized Han Xuanji and discussed his rise and victory over Ying Yuan.
• Han Xuanji detected an eleven-star check-in location and considered earning a place to cultivate in the Dao arena’s inner areas.
• Mo Chenxiao led Han Xuanji and Leng Qianshuang through the crowd and told Han Xuanji that the Saint Emperor had summoned him.
• Han Xuanji walked toward the central hall to meet the Saint Emperor.