Recaps

Yang Zhen joked with Elder Yao about mastering Crossing the Void in Midair, and Elder Yao agreed to call him grandpa if he succeeded. Two days later, a crowd gathered outside Long Moon Pavilion, and Pavilion Master Hua returned.

• Lan Fangyue watched Yang Zhen and Elder Yao become close, while worrying that Yang Zhen would die trying to comprehend Crossing the Void in Midair.
• Yang Zhen wagered that Elder Yao would call him grandpa if he mastered the martial skill, and Lan Fangyue heard the wager through the water screen.
• Elder Yao told Yang Zhen the secret chamber would open in two days and said Hua Youyue might return in time to help him.
• News of the wager spread, and a crowd gathered outside Long Moon Pavilion, mostly expecting to see Yang Zhen die.
• Pavilion Master Hua emerged from Long Moon Pavilion, and the crowd erupted at her return.

Yang Zhen shamelessly praised Hua Youyue’s beauty and unworldly bearing, making her smile and leaving the crowd stunned. He then entered the secret chamber, while Hua Youyue called him interesting and the jealous onlookers hoped he would not come back out.

• Yang Zhen stared at Hua Youyue until she asked why he was looking at her.
• Yang Zhen praised Hua Youyue as more beautiful and unworldly than words could describe, and she smiled.
• Yang Zhen sighed again, then criticized Hua Youyue for veiling her beauty and walked toward the secret chamber.
• Yang Zhen asked the guard to open the chamber and went inside, while Hua Youyue chuckled and called him interesting.
• The crowd relaxed when the chamber door shut, then worried that Yang Zhen might win Hua Youyue’s favor.

Yang Zhen entered the Long Moon Pavilion’s secret chamber to study Crossing the Void in Midair, but turned the Water Curtain Projection into a livestream and began preparing cumin mutton instead. Outside, Hua Youyue and the crowd watched in disbelief as he ignored the martial skill and entertained himself.

• Hua Youyue explained why the Long Moon Pavilion had revealed part of Crossing the Void in Midair and announced that she would cancel the task regardless of Yang Zhen’s result.
• Hua Youyue projected the secret chamber for the crowd, who saw Yang Zhen poke at the Water Curtain Projection and try to speak to it.
• Yang Zhen realized the projection could show him from afar and announced that he was starting a livestream.
• Yang Zhen introduced Gale Sheep meat and announced that he would teach viewers to make cumin mutton.
• The crowd, Lan Fangyue, Elder Yao, and Hua Youyue watched Yang Zhen’s cooking demonstration in frustration and astonishment.

Yang Zhen ignored the crowd’s anger and turned the secret chamber into a barbecue while claiming to demonstrate saber techniques. His astonishing Sword Intent impressed the observers, but he used it to chop up Hua Youyue’s valuable wooden table for firewood and skewers, then began grilling meat.

• Yang Zhen cut Gale Sheep meat with the Startling Thunder Sword and called his knife work a saber technique, infuriating the crowd outside the secret chamber.
• Hua Youyue let Yang Zhen continue despite the complaints, while the crowd wondered how he could cook without a pot or fire.
• Yang Zhen brought out Hua Youyue’s sunken flower wood table and announced that he would demonstrate a saber technique.
• Yang Zhen revealed powerful Sword Intent with the Startling Thunder Sword and chopped the table into firewood and skewers.
• Yang Zhen lit a bonfire, threaded the meat onto skewers, and started grilling it as an outraged old man noticed the delicious smell.

Yang Zhen roasted lamb and drank wine inside the secret chamber while the crowd and Hua Youyue, Lan Fangyue, and Elder Yao watched in astonishment. After joking about livestreaming his sleep, he announced that he would finally comprehend the Cultivation Method.

• Yang Zhen's roast lamb filled the area with its aroma, making the gathered cultivators drool and impressing Elder Yao, Lan Fangyue, and Hua Youyue.
• Hua Youyue wondered whether Yang Zhen could comprehend Traversing the Void in Midair, while Lan Fangyue and Elder Yao doubted he could.
• Yang Zhen feasted on lamb and wine, and Hua Youyue sensed Dao in the words he recited about drinking and inviting the moon.
• Yang Zhen said he would livestream his sleep, then sat up and joked with the crowd about who had requested it.
• Yang Zhen stood and announced that he would comprehend the Cultivation Method, telling the crowd to watch for a miracle.

Yang Zhen began comprehending Traversing the Void in Midair, enduring an overwhelming surge of Heavenly Dao chants that made onlookers believe he was failing. Azure light then appeared around him, and lifelike figures began demonstrating the martial skill's footwork, leaving Hua Youyue and the crowd stunned.

• Hua Youyue agreed with Elder Yao to watch Yang Zhen and intervene if necessary while he comprehended Traversing the Void in Midair.
• Yang Zhen read the inscription and took its contents into his mind all at once, enduring a force far more painful than the gradual comprehension that had killed the previous cultivator.
• Yang Zhen's body trembled as Qi and Blood surged through him, prompting onlookers to mock his apparent failure and leave to see visiting cultivators Zeng Bishu and Shi Feixue.
• Azure light and Primordial Qi fluctuations emerged from Yang Zhen, startling the crowd and drawing a shocked reaction from Hua Youyue.
• Figures formed in the azure mist above Yang Zhen and began displaying the footwork of Traversing the Void in Midair.

Yang Zhen successfully comprehended Traversing the Void in Midair, stunning Hua Youyue, Lan Fangyue, and the crowd. As the Three Kingdoms Trial approached, Hua Youyue warned him that powerful rivals would likely join forces against him and gave him a Dark Gold Guest Elder Identity Token.

• Yang Zhen demonstrated Traversing the Void in Midair, leaving Lan Fangyue, Elder Yao, and Hua Youyue astonished.
• Yang Zhen teased Elder Yao about their bet and offered to teach Hua Youyue and Lan Fangyue the movement technique.
• Hua Youyue explained that the Three Kingdoms Trial would determine who could enter the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda.
• Lan Fangyue and Hua Youyue warned Yang Zhen that formidable youths from major sects and the Youyang Kingdom could oppose him.
• Yang Zhen demanded compensation for being targeted, and Hua Youyue gave him a Dark Gold Guest Elder Identity Token.

Yang Zhen learned that his dark gold guest elder plaque had made him a target for geniuses from the Three Kingdoms, including Yun Jie, who planned to challenge him during the trial. As Lan Fangyue warned him that he stood alone against everyone, Yang Zhen confidently insisted that no crowd could trample him.

• Elder Yao explained that Yang Zhen's dark gold plaque was the Long Moon Pavilion's highest guest elder distinction, and Hua Youyue nearly stumbled after hearing Yang Zhen speculate that she fancied him.
• Yun Jie decided to challenge Yang Zhen's comprehension and take his plaque, while Yun Kong agreed to spread the news and Yun Jie said the other sects could be dealt with in turn.
• Rumors spread through Raging Fire City that Yun Jie, Zeng Bishu, Ding Keqi, and other geniuses were targeting Yang Zhen, leaving him isolated ahead of the Three Kingdoms Trial.
• Lan Fangyue warned Yang Zhen that the geniuses of the three kingdoms wanted to defeat him, but Yang Zhen answered that even the whole world could not trample him.

Yang Zhen arrived at Bright Peak for the Three Kingdoms Trial intent on having fun, but quickly drew the attention of rival geniuses by mocking Yun Jie, Zeng Bishu, and Ding Keqi. The trial’s opening bell rang while Yang Zhen still had no idea what the competition involved.

• Yang Zhen followed Lan Fangyue to the trial site on Bright Peak and reacted with surprise to the Heaven-Piercing Pestle.
• Yun Jie approached Yang Zhen and challenged his confidence, but Yang Zhen accused him of using underhanded tricks and mocked him.
• Zeng Bishu and Ding Keqi insulted Yang Zhen, who baited Ding Keqi into calling himself a jumping clown.
• Yang Zhen greeted the shy Ten Thousand Flowers Valley disciple Shi Feixue, prompting her senior sister Liang Qiushui to intervene.
• After the opening bell rang, Yang Zhen asked Lan Fangyue what the competition was and admitted he did not know, drawing laughter from Ding Keqi.

Yang Zhen discovered that the Three Kingdoms Trial’s first contest tested soul strength, a discipline he had never trained, and the crowd mocked him for being unprepared. The contest was about to begin, and Yang Zhen promised to remember those who had laughed at him.

• Ding Keqi mocked Yang Zhen for not knowing what the contest involved, while Zeng Bishu and Yun Jie discussed competing for Yang Zhen’s dark-gold pavilion token.
• Zeng Bishu revealed that he had comprehended the Heartless Sect’s Heartless Bewildering Phantom, astonishing the crowd.
• Tan Fengl​​ie, lord of Raging Fire City, arrived at Bright Peak with Hua Youyue and the other trial leaders, then announced that the top three contestants could be recommended for the Overseas Trial.
• Tan Fengl​​ie announced that the first stage would test soul strength in the Soul Refining Formation, where contestants would compete to get closest to the Heaven-Piercing Pestle and remain there longest.
• Yang Zhen realized he had not cultivated a soul-tempering method, and the crowd laughed at his lack of preparation.
• Yang Zhen told the people mocking him that he had remembered all of them.

Yang Zhen failed to withstand the first ring of the Heaven-Piercing Pestle trial and left to find a method for tempering his spirit. He asked Hua Youyue to lend him one, then confronted the Lachan Temple lama and Heartless Sect scholar who mocked him.

• The Heaven-Piercing Pestle trial began, and cultivators entered its first ring while Yang Zhen stayed outside with Lan Fangyue.
• Yang Zhen staggered out of the first ring after being overwhelmed by its pressure, and the cultivators mocked him.
• Yang Zhen asked Lan Fangyue whether cultivators could attack each other inside the trial, then left to cultivate a method for tempering his spirit.
• A lama and a scholar mocked Hua Youyue for giving Yang Zhen a dark gold tower token, and Hua Youyue rejected their criticism.
• Yang Zhen asked Hua Youyue for a spirit-tempering method and snapped back at the lama and scholar when they mocked him.

Yang Zhen faced down Ku Toutuo and chose Hua Youyue’s Soul-Tempering Scripture over the Soul-Invigorating Pill, despite everyone assuming the pill was his only sensible option. As the others advanced through the divine soul trial, Yang Zhen left confidently, insisting he really was impressive.

• Ku Toutuo threatened Yang Zhen, but Hua Youyue dispelled his pressure and made clear she would protect Yang Zhen.
• Hua Youyue offered Yang Zhen a Soul-Invigorating Pill or the Soul-Tempering Scripture, drawing objections from Ku Toutuo and the refined middle-aged man over fairness.
• Yang Zhen chose the Soul-Tempering Scripture, surprising everyone, and argued that a lasting cultivation method was better than a consumable pill.
• Ku Toutuo accused Yang Zhen of putting on an act as Yun Jie, Zeng Bishu, and the others advanced toward the sixth level of the trial.
• Yang Zhen winked at Hua Youyue, laughed, and declared that he really was impressive.

Yang Zhen began cultivating the Soul-Tempering Scripture and unexpectedly transformed it into the Three Talents Soul Tempering Scripture, opening a spirit sea in his Foundation Establishment Realm. As thunder struck inside the new world in his mind, a small green shoot emerged.

• Tan Fenglie questioned Hua Youyue's decision to trust Yang Zhen, and she said he reminded her of her master, Senior Feng.
• Yang Zhen began cultivating the Soul-Tempering Scripture in front of the crowd instead of taking the Soul-Invigorating Pill Hua Youyue had prepared for him.
• Yang Zhen's Qi fluctuated violently, alarming Shi Feixue and Hua Youyue as the onlookers expected him to fail.
• Yang Zhen's extraordinary talent elevated the Soul-Tempering Scripture into the Three Talents Soul Tempering Scripture and opened a spirit sea inside his mind.
• Lightning struck the center of Yang Zhen's spirit sea, where a tender green shoot emerged from the ground.

After surviving a dangerous attempt to cultivate the Soul-Tempering Scripture, Yang Zhen discovered his soul power had grown immensely. He reentered the formation and mocked the cultivators who had ridiculed him, leaving them stunned by his strength.

• A mysterious sapling sprouted in Yang Zhen's Spirit Sea as violent changes reshaped the Savage Wilderness, and he blacked out before waking outside the formation, exhausted but newly able to sense the essence of heaven and earth.
• Lan Fangyue warned Yang Zhen about the Soul-Tempering Scripture's dangers, while Yun Jie and other cultivators mocked his weakened state and Liang Qiushui disparaged him beside Shi Feixue.
• Yang Zhen stood and headed back toward the formation despite Lan Fangyue's and Hua Youyue's concerns.
• Yang Zhen released soul power greater than Yun Jie's and Zeng Bishu's, then strode through the formation to its fifth layer.
• Yang Zhen repeatedly touched the robe of a cultivator who had mocked him and taunted him until the man spat blood.

Yang Zhen moved freely between the fourth and fifth levels of the soul trial and angered Ma Jing until the formation expelled him. After others condemned Yang Zhen, he crossed to the seventh level and taunted Zeng Bishu and Yun Jie, leaving them furious and afraid of being expelled too.

• Yang Zhen mocked Ma Jing during the soul trial until Ma Jing spat blood, lost consciousness, and was carried away for treatment.
• The crowd and Hua Youyue watched in shock as Yang Zhen moved freely between the fourth and fifth levels, and Hua Youyue recognized his mastery of the Soul-Tempering Scripture.
• Zeng Bishu, Yun Jie, and others accused Yang Zhen of shamelessly bullying Ma Jing and warned him not to offend them.
• Yang Zhen rejected their accusations, challenged the people who had condemned him, and walked toward Zeng Bishu and Yun Jie.
• Yang Zhen squatted between Zeng Bishu and Yun Jie, asked whether they were angry, and warned them not to get worked up or the formation might throw them out.

Yang Zhen mocked Yun Jie and Zeng Bishu through the soul trial, then casually entered the ninth level while they were thrown out. He turned his attention to Liang Qiushui after Shi Feixue admitted that she bullied her.

• Yang Zhen's taunts made Zeng Bishu spit blood, while Yun Jie broke his prayer beads as he tried to maintain his composure.
• Yang Zhen sang about rings and stepped onto the ninth level, hopping between it and the eighth as the spectators watched in disbelief.
• Yang Zhen's insults broke Yun Jie and Zeng Bishu's states of mind, and the formation expelled them.
• Yang Zhen asked Shi Feixue whether Liang Qiushui bullied her, and Shi Feixue admitted that she did.

Yang Zhen encouraged Shi Feixue to stand up to Liang Qiushui, then entered the trial’s dangerous tenth level despite Hua Youyue’s warning. He met its soul-suppressing force head-on, leaving the observers stunned by his strength.

• Yang Zhen urged Shi Feixue to believe in herself and teased the crowd by refusing to reveal the end of his story about a broken engagement.
• Yang Zhen gave Liang Qiushui the choice to leave, and she withdrew from the trial after threatening him.
• Yang Zhen headed for the tenth level despite Hua Youyue warning him that its suppression was extraordinary.
• The Heaven-Piercing Pestle unleashed a storm of primal Qi that injured and expelled several trial participants, while Hua Youyue tried to intervene.
• Yang Zhen released a terrifying soul fluctuation that collided with the formation’s force, straightened up, and laughed as Ku Toutuo and the refined middle-aged man stared in disbelief.

Yang Zhen endured the tenth-level formation’s soul suppression, securing the soul trial’s victory and shocking the observers. After faking an injury to cling to Hua Youyue, he was carried away as a powerful group of sword-flying experts approached Bright Peak.

• Yang Zhen continued to withstand the tenth-level formation, and City Lord Tan agreed that he had won the soul trial.
• Ku Toutuo and the refined middle-aged man suspected Yang Zhen had opened his spirit sea and considered him a threat, while Hua Youyue questioned him about it.
• Yang Zhen denied opening his spirit sea, then pretended the tenth-level soul suppression had injured him and fell toward Hua Youyue.
• Hua Youyue caught Yang Zhen and carried him to the sixth level, where he clung to her neck and would not let go.
• Hua Youyue and the others saw a group of powerful Golden Core Realm experts flying toward Bright Peak on swords.

More than a hundred Golden Core Realm cultivators arrived at Bright Peak after news spread that a Heavenly Mandate Flower might appear on the ninth floor of the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda. As Yang Zhen drew the anger of powerful newcomers, Hua Youyue revealed her Nascent Soul Realm strength by stopping a Golden Core Realm woman from attacking him.

• Hua Youyue learned that the Great Jiang Kingdom's state preceptor and priest had predicted the ninth floor would open and a Heavenly Mandate Flower might appear, so she ordered Hall Master Fang to gather the Long Moon Pavilion's Golden Core Realm cultivators.
• Lan Fangyue explained the flower's inheritance and rarity, and Yang Zhen insisted they should try to reach it despite the risk that other Golden Core Realm cultivators would claim it.
• A young Golden Core Realm lama and a scholar with a feather fan confronted Yun Jie and Zeng Bishu about their injuries, while both men glared at Yang Zhen.
• A young woman from Ten Thousand Flowers Valley ignored Shi Feixue and challenged Yang Zhen, who mocked her and called her unreasonable.
• The woman charged at Yang Zhen, but Hua Youyue stopped her without moving, leaving the woman shocked that Hua Youyue was a Nascent Soul Realm expert.

Hua Youyue and Tan Fenglie escorted Yang Zhen toward the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda, where Golden Core cultivators had gathered to explore its newly changed levels. Yuan Kong, Luo Kun, and Wan Yue each agreed to compete to kill Yang Zhen, while Yang Zhen reached the pagoda and prepared to enter.

• Hua Youyue and Tan Fenglie joined forces to escort Yang Zhen toward the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda and discussed the surge of True Essence inside it.
• Yun Jie introduced Yuan Kong to Zeng Bishu and Luo Kun, while both injured men warned them that Yang Zhen was cunning and dangerous.
• Yuan Kong proposed that he, Luo Kun, and Wan Yue compete to kill Yang Zhen, with the winner earning the first chance to enter the ninth-level world.
• Hua Youyue warned Yang Zhen to stay vigilant as he arrived at the towering Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda.

Hua Youyue and Lan Fangyue warned Yang Zhen that powerful enemies might target him inside the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda, but he entered anyway. He left with a wooden token meant to help Long Moon Pavilion locate him, while Lan Fangyue remained uneasy.

• Hua Youyue urged Yang Zhen to keep a low profile, while Ma Yuan’s companions warned him that Yang Zhen could be killed inside the pagoda and persuaded him to stay back.
• Hua Youyue told Yang Zhen to hide and cultivate on the fourth floor for three days, and offered to grant him one condition if he reached the Lesser Vehicle Realm in that time.
• Yang Zhen learned Long Moon Pavilion’s Golden Core Realm cultivators had already entered and were waiting on the first floor, then headed for the pagoda with Lan Fangyue following.
• Ku Toutuo and his companions approached the pagoda as Hua Youyue worried that Yang Zhen would ignore her advice.
• Lan Fangyue explained that Yang Zhen’s wooden token would reveal his location and urged him to crush it if he faced danger; Yang Zhen entered the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda as she watched anxiously.

Yang Zhen entered the first floor of the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda and rapidly advanced his cultivation in its dense primordial Qi. As Lan Fangyue and her companions searched for him before Yuan Kong’s group could find him, they guessed he would be drawn to the world treasure.

• Yang Zhen entered the pagoda’s first-floor world and found that its dense primordial Qi greatly accelerated his cultivation.
• After half an hour, Yang Zhen reached the Foundation Establishment Realm Ninth Layer Peak and decided he would make his next breakthrough to the Lesser Vehicle Realm in front of a crowd.
• Yang Zhen set out to find the entrance to the second floor, hoping to cultivate at the highest floor he could reach.
• Senior Brother Dong and Lan Fangyue discussed the reward Yuan Kong’s group had offered for information about Yang Zhen’s whereabouts.
• Senior Sister Lü said Yang Zhen was cautious beneath his apparent arrogance, and she and Senior Brother Dong predicted he would head for the world treasure.
• Lan Fangyue agreed that Yang Zhen would not miss the excitement and joined them in searching for the world treasure.

Yang Zhen learned the directions to the second-level entrance and a realm treasure while dealing with two scheming cultivators, then raced west. He arrived as the treasure ripened among a crowd that included Yuan Kong.

• Yang Zhen overheard a pair of Foundation Establishment cultivators discussing his bounty and revealing that the second-level entrance lay north while a realm treasure had appeared in the west.
• Yang Zhen knocked out the pair, tied them to a tree, took their belongings, and questioned them about the directions.
• Yang Zhen discovered he had been turned around, then headed west using Skyward Cannon and Traversing the Void in Midair.
• Yang Zhen reached a crowd that included Yuan Kong as a red, lollipop-shaped realm treasure ripened amid a surge of primal Qi.

Yang Zhen disguised himself and joined the crowd gathered around a ripened Realm Treasure, while Luo Kun proposed that Golden Core Realm cultivators bid for it. After Luo Kun won the bidding with one hundred thousand crystals, Lü Ping recognized the treasure as a legendary Fortune Fruit, and someone shouted at Luo Kun to let go of it.

• Yang Zhen put on a stolen straw hat and squeezed into the crowd surrounding the Realm Treasure.
• Luo Kun proposed that Golden Core Realm cultivators bid for the treasure and divide the winning bid among the others.
• Yuan Kong and several sect leaders supported Luo Kun's proposal, while Dong Lei and Lü Ping suspected they planned to manipulate the bidding.
• Luo Kun bid one hundred thousand crystals and won after the other Golden Core Realm cultivators withdrew.
• Lü Ping recognized the Realm Treasure as a Fortune Fruit as Luo Kun reached to pick it up.
• An unknown person shouted, "Let go of that lollipop!"

Yang Zhen appeared at the Fortune Fruit and claimed the Realm Treasure belonged to him, then provoked Luo Kun and Yuan Kong before snatching it and escaping. He left the pursuers behind with his strange movement technique as the crowd watched in amazement.

• Yang Zhen arrived and claimed the Fortune Fruit was his, insisting it would answer him as proof.
• Yang Zhen insulted Luo Kun and Yuan Kong by pretending to scold the Fortune Fruit, infuriating the two Golden Core Realm experts.
• As Luo Kun and Yuan Kong attacked, Yang Zhen grabbed the Realm Treasure and vanished into the sky with a burst of Vital Qi.
• Luo Kun, Yuan Kong, and Liang Qiushui pursued Yang Zhen, but Liang Qiushui's sword passed through his afterimages.
• Lan Fangyue recognized Yang Zhen's movement as Traversing the Void in Midair, and Yang Zhen escaped faster while taunting his pursuers.