Chapter Summaries

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.

Han Xuanji went to Hunyuan Hall after Immeasurable Saint Emperor summoned him and met Lu Mingyan, the Saint Emperor’s disciple, who escorted him through the hall. He greeted Immeasurable Saint Emperor in a secluded courtyard, where the Saint Emperor looked him over and said, “Not bad.”

• Han Xuanji climbed the white jade staircase to Hunyuan Hall, wondering why Immeasurable Saint Emperor had summoned him.
• Lu Mingyan appeared, welcomed Han Xuanji as his martial nephew, and led him into Hunyuan Hall.
• Lu Mingyan told Han Xuanji that Immeasurable Saint Emperor had made an exception to meet him and waited outside the courtyard.
• Han Xuanji entered the courtyard, bowed to Immeasurable Saint Emperor, and received the Saint Emperor’s brief approval.

Han Xuanji met Fen Wuliang, the Immeasurable Saint Emperor, who encouraged him ahead of the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet and granted him access to Hunyuan Hall for cultivation. Han Xuanji left with a new sign-in opportunity before him and the Sacred Court's support behind him.

• Han Xuanji detected a twelve-star sign-in location in Immeasurable Space but could not sign in because he had not reached the Eternal Sage Realm.
• Fen Wuliang praised Han Xuanji for defeating Ying Yuan and advised him to treat future opponents seriously.
• Fen Wuliang asked about Shifang's inheritance, then urged Han Xuanji to fight at the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet without worrying about the Sacred Court's support.
• Fen Wuliang gave Han Xuanji a jade token to enter Hunyuan Hall and cultivate there until the banquet.
• Lu Mingyan welcomed Han Xuanji outside, then reunited warmly with Mo Chenxiao and teased him about taking Han Xuanji as a disciple.

Han Xuanji visited the Supreme Qian Dao Arena with Mo Chenxiao and Leng Qianshuang, then used ten check-ins there to gain powerful techniques, artifacts, pills, and a talent trait. He planned to collect his rewards at Hunyuan Hall and strengthen himself before the coming battle.

• Mo Chenxiao told Han Xuanji that few people in the Sacred Court held a Hunyuan Hall access token and worried the Saint Emperor might take his talented disciple.
• Han Xuanji chose to visit the Supreme Qian Dao Arena with Mo Chenxiao and Leng Qianshuang before cultivating at Hunyuan Hall.
• Han Xuanji entered a room in the pavilion overlooking the White Jade Square and spent 20,000 Eternal Points on ten check-ins.
• Han Xuanji obtained the Taiqian Dao Art, the Hunyuan Heaven-Splitting Seal, insights into spacetime, Taiqian Spirit Boots, and several other rewards, including the Clear and Luminous Shengxin trait.
• Han Xuanji resolved to claim his rewards at Hunyuan Hall and improve himself before the great battle.

The Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet began as cultivators gathered at the Supreme Qian Dao Arena, where Han Xuanji arrived as the Sacred Court’s foremost chosen and number one seed. He took his place near the center while Ying Yuan watched from the Ying Household’s table, and the lower terraces saw cultivators quietly competing for seats and status.

• The Sacred Court hosted the gathered factions and Rogue Cultivators across the arena’s raised platforms and jade terraces.
• Ying Jiutian gave Ying Yuan a hundred-thousand-year-old Purple Marrow Immortal Peach, which Ying Yuan ate to strengthen himself.
• Han Xuanji arrived with Little White, Mo Chenxiao, and Leng Qianshuang, drawing the attention of the crowd and exchanging a silent look with Ying Yuan.
• Han Xuanji sat at the fine table reserved for the Sacred Court’s foremost chosen, and Mo Chenxiao identified Leng Qianshuang’s Thousand-Autumn Snow Lotus Fruit as a rare treasure.
• Han Xuanji offered the fruit to Leng Qianshuang, while Little White ate the spirit fruit prepared for him and Han Xuanji sampled the banquet offerings.
• Cultivators on the lower terraces competed through spiritual senses and presence for seats that represented status at the banquet.

Han Xuanji learned how the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet worked and identified Li Linglong of the Hongmeng Dao Palace as a formidable rival. He also spotted his old friend Hui Feng among the Eternal Chamber of Commerce’s contenders, then took his place as the Sacred Court’s number one seed, waiting to be challenged.

• Mo Chenxiao explained the history and rules of the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet to Han Xuanji.
• Han Xuanji recognized Li Linglong and learned that she was the reincarnation of a primordial eternal deity, making her a likely rival.
• Han Xuanji spotted Hui Feng among the Eternal Chamber of Commerce’s contestants and recalled their rise from obscurity.
• Mo Chenxiao explained that number one seeds advanced directly to the top sixteen while number three seeds had to qualify.
• Han Xuanji took the seat reserved for the Sacred Court’s number one seed and waited for challengers.

The Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet began as the Immeasurable Saint Emperor and the four great Saint Venerables addressed the gathered geniuses and announced the rules. Han Xuanji watched the preliminary matches from the Sacred Court’s platform, confident that none of the competitors could match his strength.

• Han Xuanji surveyed the gathered experts and understood why geniuses waited centuries to attend the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet.
• Xiao Jiuyuan relayed Xiao Yan’s message, and Han Xuanji promised to fight on Xiao Yan’s behalf.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor appeared with the four great Saint Venerables, welcomed the participants, and declared that ability—not background—mattered on the Dragon Terrace.
• The arena formed dozens of separate battlefields, and a light screen displayed the participants and their matchups.
• Han Xuanji watched the preliminary matches with his master, senior sister, and Little White, judging the competitors’ techniques and comparing their strength to his own.

Han Xuanji watched the Dragon Terrace Sacred Banquet’s battles as the round of thirty-two ended and the final sixteen were decided. Wan Zhu, a dark horse from a first-rate faction, drew Han Xuanji’s attention when he learned that Wan Zhu was the reincarnation of the true spirit of Zhu, a primordial eternal deity.

• Hui Feng defeated a spear-wielding prodigy by enduring his attacks and using the Heaven-Seizing Sacred Hand to seize his weapons.
• The first round ended with every eliminated contestant coming from a first-rate faction, while the Sacred Court’s top seeds advanced without difficulty.
• Over a dozen days, Han Xuanji watched the battles and saw Ying Yuan and Hui Feng advance to the final sixteen.
• Hui Feng defeated the Myriad Ages Divine Palace’s second seed by disarming him and overpowering him in close combat.
• Han Xuanji investigated Wan Zhu and learned that the Myriad Gods Sect disciple was the reincarnation of the true spirit of Zhu.

Han Xuanji drew Di Shengtian, the Eternal Empire’s first seed, as his opponent in the round of sixteen. As they took their places in the arena, Han Xuanji learned that Di Shengtian had mastered a Golden Bloodline Emperor Technique.

• Han Xuanji realized Wan Zhu was the reincarnation of the primordial Eternal Deity Zhu and decided to investigate him.
• The round-of-sixteen draw paired Han Xuanji with Di Shengtian, the Golden Emperor Bloodline’s first seed.
• Leng Qianshuang warned Han Xuanji about Di Shengtian’s immortal body, resistance to mental attacks, and versatile fighting style.
• Di Shengtian’s elders urged him to win, while he privately recognized Han Xuanji’s strength and judged his own chances at roughly fifty percent.
• Han Xuanji and Di Shengtian entered the battlefield, where Han Xuanji learned Di Shengtian had mastered a Saint King-level Emperor Technique.

Han Xuanji faced Di Shengtian in the battlefield, where Di Shengtian unleashed the Golden Emperor Bloodline’s Undying Golden Body. Han Xuanji overwhelmed him in their clash and shattered his golden war halberd, leaving both sides stunned.

• Holy Venerable Tianming told Mo Chenxiao that Han Xuanji’s chances of winning were higher than Mo Chenxiao’s estimate of seventy percent.
• Di Shengtian transformed into his Undying Golden Body and summoned a golden war halberd as the Eternal Empire’s cultivators cheered him on.
• Di Shengtian struck Han Xuanji with a powerful halberd beam, but Han Xuanji met it with his cyan sword and shattered the attack.
• Han Xuanji held his ground against Di Shengtian’s successive blows and counterattacked, driving the golden giant back.
• Han Xuanji used the Heaven and Earth Finger to smash Di Shengtian’s war halberd, stunning the spectators.

Han Xuanji effortlessly defeated Di Shengtian with the Unfettered Ultra Instinct Technique and the Great Heaven and Earth Finger, shocking the spectators and himself. As Di Shengtian returned to the Eternal Empire’s platform, his uncle comforted him, while Holy Venerable Tianming wagered with Wangdao Saint Venerable that Han Xuanji would keep winning.

• Mo Chenxiao and Leng Qianshuang wondered how Han Xuanji had become so formidable, while Holy Venerable Tianming proposed a wager with Wangdao Saint Venerable on Han Xuanji’s continued victories.
• Ying Yuan accepted Han Xuanji’s strength and resolved to keep improving, while Chi Yuan’s confidence faltered as he compared himself with Han Xuanji.
• Han Xuanji realized that combining the Unfettered Ultra Instinct Technique with the Great Heaven and Earth Finger had greatly amplified his power.
• Han Xuanji shattered Di Shengtian’s Golden Divine Body and sent him back to the Eternal Empire’s platform, where Di Shengtian struggled with the defeat.
• The Golden Emperor Lord comforted Di Shengtian and urged him to rise after losing, though he privately doubted Di Shengtian could catch up to Han Xuanji.