Recaps

Yang Zhen struggled to control the evolved Nameless Heart Art as his Heavenly Radiance multiplied, then triggered a hundred-radiance burst and a vast heavenly phenomenon. The chapter left him inside a cave amid crashing lightning while Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, the little witch, and Wu Tao wondered what he had unleashed.

• Yun La told the little fatty and the others to keep trying to bring Yang Zhen to the Western Region, then left to ask the Third Holy Maiden about his impossible cultivation.
• Yang Zhen told Shameless Cat that he could not stop cultivating the Nameless Heart Art and hurried into the far north to enter secluded cultivation.
• Yang Zhen endured growing pain as his Heavenly Radiance climbed past fifty streaks and his body and perception transformed.
• A surge of complex presences overwhelmed Yang Zhen, and he crawled into a nearby cave as his body began to tremble.
• Yang Zhen unleashed a hundred streaks of Heavenly Radiance, while thunderclouds and heavenly lightning gathered overhead.
• Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, the little witch, and Wu Tao saw the heavenly phenomenon and questioned what Yang Zhen had done.

Yang Zhen emerged from a dangerous cultivation technique with his body transformed and his Heavenly Radiance gains astonishing everyone. His argument with the Little Witch ended with him claiming he was interested in meeting the Third Holy Maiden.

• Yang Zhen experienced a sudden breakthrough as heaven and earth's power repaired and strengthened his body.
• After the phenomenon faded, Han Yan'er and Hua Youyue hurried to the cave, and the Shameless Cat assured them Yang Zhen was safe.
• Yang Zhen emerged, complained about his overly smooth, pale skin, and found that Monk Yun La had already left.
• The Little Witch said Yang Zhen had gained more than the other cultivators combined, and he confirmed he had cultivated twenty strands of Heavenly Radiance.
• The Little Witch teased Yang Zhen about meeting the Third Holy Maiden, and he finally said he was interested.

Yang Zhen spent his days avoiding questions about his Heavenly Radiance and advising Wu Tao to rest from cultivation. Mo Shuiyan tried to learn why he treated ordinary people kindly, but the shopkeeper could only say that everyone respected Yang Zhen.

• Yang Zhen let Mo Shuiyan believe he had cultivated only twenty strands of Heavenly Radiance and repeatedly told her he had reached his limit.
• Yang Zhen warned Wu Tao not to use her strength until he found a way to treat her hidden ailment, and she agreed to stop fighting so readily.
• Mo Shuiyan asked Yang Zhen why he was kind to mortals, and he told her to treat them as he did if she wanted to understand.
• Yang Zhen advised Wu Tao to stop cultivating and using True Essence for five days so she could see the world differently, and she agreed to try.
• Mo Shuiyan asked the liangpi shopkeeper why Yang Zhen was so good to ordinary people, and he said they respected Yang Zhen but did not know the reason.

Jin Heng questioned why Mo Shuiyan and Wu Tao had stopped cultivating and spent their time among ordinary people. When Mo Shuiyan appeared to have advanced beyond him, she said she had found the answer, and Jin Heng rushed to confront Yang Zhen.

• Jin Heng warned Wu Tao that neglecting cultivation could make her regress, but she stayed focused on watching ants fight a caterpillar.
• Wu Tao asked whether Jin Heng thought she and Mo Shuiyan were wasting their time, and he insisted that Yang Zhen was an ignorant, lazy cultivator.
• Jin Heng boasted that he had broken through a minor realm and could now condense six heavenly phoenixes, making him stronger than Mo Shuiyan.
• Mo Shuiyan silently appeared behind Jin Heng, and he realized she had advanced so far that he could not sense her presence or True Essence.
• Mo Shuiyan told Jin Heng she had found the answer, and Jin Heng rushed toward Yang Zhen's thatched hut, suspecting he was responsible.

Yang Zhen revealed that Hua Youyue had cultivated thirty-six strands of Heavenly Radiance and teased Han Yan'er about his own achievement, which she guessed was a hundred strands. When Jin Heng arrived seeking help after seeing Mo Shuiyan’s rapid cultivation progress, Yang Zhen promised to help him in exchange for answers to his questions.

• Han Yan'er said she had cultivated twenty-nine strands of Heavenly Radiance, while Hua Youyue revealed she had cultivated thirty-six.
• Yang Zhen hinted that he had cultivated far more than fifty strands, and Han Yan'er guessed he had reached a hundred.
• Jin Heng arrived at Yang Zhen’s cottage and asked how Yang Zhen had helped Mo Shuiyan improve so quickly.
• Yang Zhen brought Jin Heng inside the ice palace and offered to improve his cultivation if Jin Heng answered his questions.
• Jin Heng eagerly agreed to tell Yang Zhen everything he knew.

Yang Zhen questioned Jin Heng about the Jade Pool Holy Land and learned that its Land of Seven Yin and Seven Yang was a protected sacred domain. He then offered to teach Jin Heng a technique that could unleash ten times his strength, ending by naming it Buddha's Wrathful Fire Lotus.

• Jin Heng admitted he did not know why the Third Holy Maiden had summoned the Heaven-Favored Children, but promised to answer Yang Zhen's other questions.
• Yang Zhen asked about the Jade Pool Holy Land, and Jin Heng mistook his interest for a desire to win the Third Holy Maiden's favor.
• Yang Zhen told Jin Heng he wanted to see the Third Holy Maiden, and Jin Heng promised to protect him in the Western Region.
• Yang Zhen asked about the Land of Seven Yin and Seven Yang, and Jin Heng explained that it was a sacred domain that required a special method to enter.
• Yang Zhen learned that Jin Heng possessed Heavenly Phoenix Spirit Fire and Golden Luan Star Fire, then offered to teach him a technique that could unleash ten times his strength.
• Jin Heng eagerly agreed to learn, and Yang Zhen named the method Buddha's Wrathful Fire Lotus.

Yang Zhen taught Jin Heng the principles of Buddha's Wrathful Fire Lotus, which required fusing two Companion Heavenly Fires, and led the group to a deserted place so Jin Heng could experiment. Mo Shuiyan challenged Yang Zhen to prove the fusion could work, promising to do whatever he said if Jin Heng succeeded.

• Jin Heng agreed to learn Buddha's Wrathful Fire Lotus after Yang Zhen explained that it could let him unleash ten times his strength.
• Yang Zhen explained that the technique required fusing two Companion Heavenly Fires, and Jin Heng admitted he had tried before but nearly blown himself up.
• Mo Shuiyan and Wu Tao arrived at the ice palace, and Jin Heng told them Yang Zhen wanted him to try fusing his fires.
• Yang Zhen stopped Jin Heng from experimenting in the ice palace and led everyone to find a deserted place.
• Mo Shuiyan insisted Companion Heavenly Fires could not be fused, and Yang Zhen challenged her to prove her wrong.
• Mo Shuiyan promised to do whatever Yang Zhen said if he could help Jin Heng succeed.

Yang Zhen gave Jin Heng his untested method for fusing two Companion Heavenly Fires, but Jin Heng’s first attempt exploded. After realizing what had gone wrong, Yang Zhen prepared to try the fusion himself, surprising Mo Shuiyan by revealing his own two flames.

• Yang Zhen led Jin Heng to a remote ravine and explained his method for fusing two Companion Heavenly Fires, while the others watched from a safe distance.
• Jin Heng began the fusion, but Yang Zhen stepped aside, admitting to Shameless Cat that he had never tested the method himself.
• Jin Heng’s attempt caused a powerful explosion, and he concluded that he had made a mistake despite sensing a chance for the flames to connect.
• Mo Shuiyan warned Yang Zhen not to let Jin Heng try again because their mission required him to remain unharmed.
• Yang Zhen asked Mo Shuiyan what she would do if he succeeded, then produced a Companion Heavenly Fire in each hand, leaving her stunned.

Yang Zhen revealed that he possessed Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire and Netherworld Karmic Fire, then attempted to fuse them despite warnings that the unstable flames could kill him. He successfully created a terrifying black lotus, leaving Jin Heng and Mo Shuiyan stunned.

• Jin Heng recognized Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire and Netherworld Karmic Fire in Yang Zhen's hands, while Mo Shuiyan reacted with disbelief at the rare flames.
• Yang Zhen told Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er to move away and announced that he would fuse the two fires to demonstrate Buddha's Wrathful Fire Lotus.
• Jin Heng, Mo Shuiyan, Wu Tao, Shameless Cat, Hua Youyue, and Han Yan'er warned Yang Zhen as the flames unleashed a dangerous presence.
• Yang Zhen pressed the two fires together and successfully fused them into a beautiful black lotus.
• Jin Heng and Mo Shuiyan stared in shock at the black lotus and its terrifying power.

Yang Zhen fused two Companion Heavenly Fires into a Buddha's Wrathful Fire Lotus and demonstrated its power by blasting a hillside into a valley. He offered to teach Jin Heng how to do it, leaving the young man eager to try.

• Jin Heng approached Yang Zhen in excitement, while Mo Shuiyan warned Yang Zhen to throw away the dangerous Buddha's Wrathful Fire Lotus.
• Wu Tao sensed that the lotus was stable and wondered how Yang Zhen had fused the fires.
• Yang Zhen told everyone to stand behind him, then threw the lotus and destroyed a nearby hillside in a massive explosion.
• Mo Shuiyan and Wu Tao were stunned by the lotus's power, while Jin Heng rushed to ask Yang Zhen how he had made it.
• Yang Zhen asked Jin Heng if he wanted to try, and Jin Heng eagerly asked whether he could do it too.

Yang Zhen taught Jin Heng to form a Buddha's Wrathful Fire Lotus and watched Wu Tao enter the Dao a second time through him. As Yang Zhen shut himself off in dismay, Yun La arrived with news that something had happened in the Western Region.

• Yang Zhen showed Jin Heng how to make yin and yang complement each other, and Jin Heng repeatedly failed before producing a weak Buddha's Wrathful Fire Lotus.
• Yang Zhen explained that Jin Heng had fused less than a third of the fire, while Yang Zhen had fused almost all of his.
• Wu Tao erupted with True Essence and Dao Rhyme, entering the Dao for a second time while staring at Yang Zhen.
• Mo Shuiyan realized that Wu Tao had entered the Dao through Yang Zhen, who squatted down and shut himself off in dismay.
• Yun La arrived and told Mo Shuiyan that something had happened in the Western Region.

Yun La returned with news that two Southern Frontier geniuses had entered the Jade Pool Holy Land, then learned Wu Tao had achieved Dao Entry through Yang Zhen. As the group prepared to return, Wu Tao’s presence surged and Yun La recognized that Great Origin was ascending to the Dao.

• Yun La told Mo Shuiyan and Jin Heng that two geniuses who had refined nine strands of Heavenly Radiance were being considered as Heaven-Favored People at the Jade Pool Holy Land.
• Yun La revealed that Jade Pool officials had mocked him when he reported Yang Zhen’s twenty strands of Heavenly Radiance, and urged the group to return so they could see the officials’ reaction.
• Yun La noticed the strange presence around Wu Tao, and Mo Shuiyan and Jin Heng explained that she had achieved Dao Entry through Yang Zhen.
• Yun La worried that Wu Tao had abandoned her own Dao, while Jin Heng insisted without explanation that it was a good thing.
• Wu Tao raised her head as her presence erupted, and Yun La exclaimed that Great Origin was ascending to the Dao.

Wu Tao entered Great Origin Dao Ascension and reached Subtlety after entering the Dao through Yang Zhen. Yang Zhen agreed to go to the Western Region with her and Yun La to confront the people who mocked him.

• Yun La saw that Wu Tao, Mo Shuiyan, and Jin Heng had advanced while he remained at a bottleneck, and realized Yang Zhen had helped them.
• Yun La urged Yang Zhen to go to the Western Region, but Yang Zhen initially dismissed the insults there and told Shameless Cat to stop him from giving people cultivation pointers.
• Wu Tao finished her breakthrough and thanked Yang Zhen, explaining that heaven and earth seemed deeper to her after entering the Dao through him.
• Yun La was shocked to hear that Wu Tao had reached Subtlety, while Wu Tao sensed a new connection to Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen turned down Wu Tao's proposed contest of strength and promised to take her to beat up the people in the Western Region who mocked him.

As rumors about Yang Zhen’s Heavenly Radiance spread through the Western Region, Yue Yazi revealed that Yun La had reported Yang Zhen cultivated twenty rays. Yue Yazi confronted Yun Kong over his defense of Yun La, but an unexpected voice interrupted their standoff.

• Cultivators in the Western Region debated whether Yang Zhen had cultivated twenty-five rays of Heavenly Radiance.
• Yue Yazi said Yun La had described Yang Zhen as cultivating twenty rays in front of the Jade Pool Holy Land’s people and the two Heaven-Favored People from the Southern Frontier.
• Yun Kong recognized Yue Yazi as the Demonic Sect’s Third Demoness and accused her of slandering Yun La.
• Yue Yazi revealed she had reached the Ninth Heaven of the Spirit Transformation Realm and challenged Yun Kong to make her apologize.
• An unfamiliar voice asked Yue Yazi whether the place was the Western Region.

Yun La and the North Isle group returned to the Western Region, and Yue Yazi questioned Yang Zhen about his Heavenly Radiance. Yang Zhen claimed he had cultivated a hundred strands, leaving everyone stunned.

• Yue Yazi greeted Yun La and noticed Yang Zhen among the newcomers from North Isle.
• Yue Yazi asked Yang Zhen whether he had cultivated twenty strands of Heavenly Radiance, while Yun La eagerly watched his response.
• A young cultivator challenged Yang Zhen, then was struck and sent flying by an unseen figure; Yang Zhen denied moving and accused him of staging the attack.
• Yue Yazi pressed Yang Zhen to say how many strands he had cultivated, and Yang Zhen claimed he had cultivated a hundred.

Yang Zhen claimed he had cultivated a hundred strands of Heavenly Radiance, enraging Yue Yazi and astonishing the people around him. After Yue Yazi left, he doubled down on his boasts, leaving Yun La convinced the whole Western Region would hear of them.

• Yang Zhen claimed he had cultivated a hundred strands of Heavenly Radiance and said he might have managed two hundred if he had trained his body more.
• Yue Yazi grew furious at Yang Zhen's unbelievable claim, while he and Shameless Cat acted wounded that nobody believed him.
• Yue Yazi pretended to accept Yang Zhen's claim and asked to leave, but Yang Zhen teased her before she stormed off.
• Mo Shuiyan laughed at Yang Zhen, and Yun La warned him that Yue Yazi would spread his claim throughout the Western Region.
• Yang Zhen loudly repeated that he had cultivated a hundred strands and boasted that he would someday have a candlelit dinner with the Third Holy Maiden, prompting Yun La to shut himself away.

Yue Yazi told Luo Chengguang, Wan Jian, and the others that Yang Zhen claimed to have cultivated a hundred strands of Heavenly Radiance, but they dismissed him as a braggart. The Jade Pool Grand Assembly was approaching, and Luo Chengguang planned to prove himself while Wan Jian warned him to focus on the Third Holy Maiden’s assessment.

• Yue Yazi kicked open the room’s door and told Luo Chengguang and the others that Yang Zhen was in the area.
• Yue Yazi revealed that Yang Zhen claimed to have cultivated a hundred strands of Heavenly Radiance, shocking the group.
• Wan Jian broke a table in anger and asked where Yang Zhen was, while Luo Chengguang promised to bring him Yue Yazi’s head as revenge.
• Wan Jian warned Luo Chengguang that Yun La might have a plan and urged him to focus on the Jade Pool Grand Assembly and the Third Holy Maiden.
• Luo Chengguang and Junior Sister Yu mocked Yang Zhen and doubted he could pass the Jade Pool Holy Land’s assessment.
• Yang Zhen sneezed beneath the sun and joked that someone was thinking about him because he was handsome.

Yang Zhen tried to find the entrance to the Seven Yin and Seven Yang, but learned it could only be triggered through a special method held by the Jade Pool Holy Land. A Jade Pool successor gave him a token for the Jade Pool Grand Assembly, which Yun La explained was a deadly contest, leaving Yang Zhen shocked by its rules.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat searched for the Seven Yin and Seven Yang and learned it was a phenomenon that required the Jade Pool Holy Land's special method to activate.
• Yang Zhen returned to Shield Emperor City and found cultivators gathering as a Jade Pool Holy Land successor arrived.
• A woman in yellow gave Yang Zhen a jade token and told him it qualified him to enter the Jade Pool Holy Land.
• Yun La explained that the Jade Pool Grand Assembly sent seventy competitors from seven teams into a deathtrap, where the competitor with the most tokens won.
• Yang Zhen compared the Jade Pool Grand Assembly to a winner-winner chicken-dinner tournament.

Yang Zhen learned that the Jade Pool Grand Assembly would send seven teams into the dangerous Falling Eagle Cliff, where participants would compete for tokens while unable to fly. As the teams reached the cliff, Yang Zhen broadcast a taunt daring everyone to meet him at the summit ruins, leaving the Jade Pool Holy Land’s elders alarmed.

• Yun La explained that Falling Eagle Cliff was a lifeless ancient battlefield where cultivators could not fly, and Song Chong realized the Nameless Heart Art could help them go without food.
• Yun La warned Yang Zhen that the other teams included powerful young cultivators, including two Central Court teams with experts who had cultivated eight strands of Heavenly Radiance.
• Song Chong and the others planned how to handle being targeted, while Yang Zhen prepared formation plates, high explosives, and pills instead of joining their discussion.
• Seven flying boats carried the teams toward Eaglefall Cliff as sect leaders watched them through the Heaven-Observing Mirror.
• Yang Zhen broadcast a traffic-safety jingle and challenged the other contestants to jump to the summit ruins, shocking the Jade Pool Holy Land elders.

Yang Zhen provoked the trial participants into jumping into Eaglefall Cliff’s mountaintop ruins, then refused to join them while they rushed ahead. He eventually leaped from his flying boat to farm the jungle and level up, leaving the Jade Pool Holy Land’s observers stunned by his shameless tactics and unexpected flattery of the Third Holy Maiden.

• Yang Zhen challenged the trial participants to jump into the mountaintop ruins, and the Jade Pool Holy Land’s elders watched the flying boats converge there.
• Wan Jian’s group and three other teams jumped into the ruins, putting forty trial participants in the coming melee.
• Yang Zhen stayed aboard his flying boat and told his companions that charging into the crowd would be foolish.
• Yang Zhen explained to Song Chong that surviving to the end mattered more than fighting heroically, then jumped from the flying boat to farm the jungle and level up.
• The woman in yellow wondered whether Yang Zhen knew the Holy Land could hear him, while the Shameless Cat praised his flattery of the Third Holy Maiden.

Yang Zhen skipped the summit ruins and landed at Eaglefall Cliff, where he discovered that the spiritual Qi contained the dangerous Common Qi and used ten strands of Heavenly Radiance to counter it. The Jade Pool Holy Land’s observers were stunned by his power, while the woman in yellow found him interesting.

• Yang Zhen jumped past the summit ruins and landed at Eaglefall Cliff, leaving many contestants who had fought over the ruins searching for him in vain.
• Yang Zhen sensed that the spiritual Qi carried Common Qi that could corrupt cultivators, then released ten strands of Heavenly Radiance to burn it away.
• The observers watching through the Heaven-Observing Mirror praised Yang Zhen for noticing the danger, then gaped when he revealed ten strands of Heavenly Radiance.
• Old Man Chi asked Nanny Hu whether Yang Zhen was an illegitimate child of the Jade Pool Holy Land, and she angrily denied it.
• The white-bearded old man warned that Common Qi might adapt to Yang Zhen’s Heavenly Radiance, while Old Man Chi predicted it would soon overwhelm him.
• The woman in yellow laughed as she watched Yang Zhen and said he was interesting.

Yang Zhen adapted to Common Qi quickly, then left the ruins to search Eaglefall Cliff for treasures. At the Jade Pool Holy Land, the Third Holy Maiden showed Elder Jian and the palace master his ten strands of Heavenly Radiance, and they concluded that he offered hope.

• Yang Zhen countered Common Qi in less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea and headed away from the mountain ruins to hunt for treasures.
• Old Man Chi and the observers realized how quickly Yang Zhen had discovered and countered Common Qi, then suspected his success had been rigged.
• The Third Holy Maiden assured the observers that Yang Zhen had never entered Eaglefall Cliff before and went to the Jade Holy Palace to find Elder Jian.
• The Third Holy Maiden opened the Heaven-Observing Mirror and showed Elder Jian and the palace master Yang Zhen's Heavenly Radiance.
• Elder Jian and the palace master saw ten strands of Heavenly Radiance and agreed that there was hope.

The Jade Holy Palace elders watched Yang Zhen bury formation disks and cultivate in sudden enlightenment while Wan Jian approached him. The Third Holy Maiden urged the others to keep watching, confident from having met Yang Zhen that he would protect himself.

• The Third Holy Maiden objected to Lin Haotian, and Elder Jian suggested that Yang Zhen accompany him while the palace master promised to arrange Yang Zhen's protection.
• Elder Jian and the palace master watched Yang Zhen bury pitch-black objects and saint-grade formation disks, puzzled by his preparations.
• On the Cloud Terrace, the old woman and the elders praised Luo Guangcheng and Yu Qing, while Wan Jian drew attention for killing three Heaven-Favored People and collecting their tokens.
• Wan Jian realized Yang Zhen had tricked him about jumping into the summit ruins, then detected someone hiding behind a boulder.
• Yang Zhen entered sudden enlightenment while cultivating a body-tempering method, and the Third Holy Maiden recognized that Wan Jian was approaching him.
• The Third Holy Maiden stopped Elder Jian and the palace master from warning Yang Zhen, saying she had met him and believed he would not disregard his own life.

Yang Zhen cultivated openly on Eaglefall Cliff and entered enlightenment as Wan Jian approached, leaving Wan Jian wary of a possible trap. Yang Zhen woke and greeted him casually, leaving Wan Jian baffled.

• Observers learned that Yang Zhen had cultivated ten rays of Heavenly Radiance but remained at the Peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Wan Jian sensed Yang Zhen nearby, summoned his companions, and approached him while the observers predicted Yang Zhen would be killed.
• Wan Jian spotted Yang Zhen sitting motionless in enlightenment and hesitated, suspecting traps or an ambush.
• Yang Zhen opened his eyes, grinned at Wan Jian, and said, "Here you are, bro?"

Yang Zhen revealed Wan Jian’s hidden injuries and illness to prove he knew him thoroughly, then hinted that Wan Jian could survive without finding a Heavenly Transformation Fruit. The chapter left Wan Jian and Elder Geng waiting tensely for Yang Zhen to explain, while Yang Zhen wondered whether the Jade Pool Holy Land had noticed his show of strength.

• Yang Zhen greeted Wan Jian casually and recited his reputation, cultivation, and past deeds, leaving Wan Jian and the observers surprised.
• Yang Zhen revealed Wan Jian’s hidden injury and the poison from a giant scorpion, predicting he would die within three years without a Heavenly Transformation Fruit.
• Elder Geng confirmed Yang Zhen was right and declared that Yang Zhen must not die.
• Wan Jian sat down at Yang Zhen’s request and asked him to continue analyzing his condition.
• Yang Zhen said Wan Jian did not have to die even if he could not find a Heavenly Transformation Fruit, prompting Wan Jian and Elder Geng to stand up in alarm.