Recaps

The Jade Holy Palace elders realized Yang Zhen might have spotted Wan Jian’s hidden injuries and other secrets himself. After Wan Jian offered to obey Yang Zhen in exchange for a cure and handed him five tokens, Yang Zhen agreed to help and waited behind a rock; when four figures approached, he demanded a toll from them.

• The palace master, Elder Jian, and the Third Holy Maiden concluded that Yang Zhen could identify hidden ailments, recalling that he had noticed Wu Tao’s injury.
• Wan Jian offered to obey Yang Zhen if he could save his life, but Yang Zhen initially sat silently while Wan Jian walked away.
• Wan Jian threw Yang Zhen five tokens, and Yang Zhen told him to wait behind a large rock while he prepared to help.
• When four figures approached, Yang Zhen ordered Wan Jian to stay hidden and demanded that the newcomers leave a toll to pass.

Yang Zhen confronted four people from the Central Court's Grievance-Dissolving Valley and revealed that he had secretly placed something in their Divine Sense spaces. As one disciple attacked him, the bewitching woman struck the disciple down, and the Jade Holy Palace suspected Yang Zhen had affected their minds with Common Qi.

• The bewitching woman asked Yang Zhen who he was, and he answered that he intended to rob them.
• Yang Zhen warned the four that something had appeared in their Divine Sense spaces, and they discovered an undetectable poison they could not remove.
• Yang Zhen sat down and claimed he could kill them with a thought, while the bewitching woman tried to expel the poison.
• A male disciple from the Grievance-Dissolving Valley charged at Yang Zhen, but the bewitching woman knocked him to the ground with a ribbon of light.
• The Third Holy Maiden asked what poison could cause such symptoms, and the Jade Holy Palace's palace master and Elder Jian suspected Common Qi had affected the disciple's mind.

Yang Zhen used Common Qi to make the Grievance-Dissolving Valley disciples believe they had been poisoned, then extorted their tokens before giving them a deliberately absurd cure. He left them with the Nameless Heart Art as the supposed remedy, while the Jade Holy Palace onlookers realized how far his scheme had gone.

• Yang Zhen pretended to remember poisoning a Grievance-Dissolving Valley disciple and let the group believe their fear was making the Common Qi take effect.
• The Jade Holy Palace master and Elder Jian recognized Yang Zhen's trick, while Elder Geng praised him and expected Yue Yazi and the others to arrive soon.
• Yang Zhen negotiated with the enchanting woman and took the tokens from her and the other disciples.
• Yang Zhen claimed the poison was called Smile and Go Mad in Half a Step and said there was no antidote.
• Yang Zhen told the group they could cure it by cultivating the Nameless Heart Art in an extreme yin place, prescribing one woman for a man but two men for a woman.

Yang Zhen helped Wan Jian dispel the strange poison before Le Ying and her companions returned and unleashed their Bone Shadow Bees. When the swarm attacked, Yang Zhen summoned a gigantic bird of fire, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yang Zhen told Wan Jian to release his Heavenly Radiance and circulate the Nameless Heart Art in a heavenly ring pattern to cure the poison.
• Wan Jian realized Yang Zhen had tricked Le Ying and her companions, but they returned before the two could leave.
• Le Ying summoned a box of Bone Shadow Bees, and Wan Jian charged at her while urging Yang Zhen to run.
• Yang Zhen asked Le Ying if the bees were for sale, and she sent the swarm storming toward him.
• Yang Zhen summoned a gigantic bird of fire behind him, startling everyone as the bees attacked.

Yang Zhen used his Companion Heavenly Fire to hold back the Bone Shadow Bees while the four experts from Grievance-Dissolving Valley attacked. He revealed that he had laid a Heaven-Befuddling Grand Formation across the valley, leaving Le Ying and the others stunned and the Jade Holy Palace observers wondering whether his mastery of formations was his greatest strength.

• Yang Zhen summoned a huge bird of flame that kept the Bone Shadow Bees at bay, and Le Ying recognized it as Companion Heavenly Fire.
• Le Ying ordered the other three Grievance-Dissolving Valley experts to attack Yang Zhen and Wan Jian, while the observers feared the pair would be overwhelmed.
• Wan Jian prepared to fight the four Ninth Heaven Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators, but Yang Zhen dismissed the threat and casually waved his hand.
• Yang Zhen introduced himself to Le Ying as the valley erupted with power from countless formation plates, revealing his Heaven-Befuddling Grand Formation and bringing down the Bone Shadow Bees.
• Le Ying and the palace observers were shocked by the formation, while the Third Holy Maiden suspected Yang Zhen's command of formations was his source of confidence.

Yang Zhen trapped Le Ying and her companions in a heaven-and-earth formation, then emerged calmly brewing tea after stripping them of their storage rings and leaving them unconscious. His display impressed the Jade Holy Palace’s leaders and left Wan Jian wary, as Yang Zhen asked what the Jade Pool Holy Land really wanted them to do.

• Elder Jian recognized Yang Zhen’s formation skill as extraordinary, and the Jade Holy Palace’s palace master said he would favor Yang over Lin Haotian if Yang won the assessment.
• The Third Holy Maiden revealed her confidence in Yang and looked forward to his eventual clash with Lin Haotian.
• Yang Zhen’s formation weakened, and he emerged brewing tea while the crowd wondered what had happened to Le Ying and the others.
• Onlookers saw Le Ying and three companions hanging unconscious from trees, stripped of their storage rings, and argued over Yang Zhen’s treatment of them.
• Wan Jian approached Yang Zhen uneasily and asked how he had done it, but Yang Zhen instead asked what the Jade Pool Holy Land wanted them to do.

Yang Zhen learned from Wan Jian that Eaglefall Cliff’s trial led to another place, which he called a hidden dungeon, and decided to leave his safe formation to find it. After criticizing the weak foundations of High Antiquity legacy disciples, he promised to prove that basic knowledge was the foundation.

• Yang Zhen questioned what the Jade Pool Holy Land expected Heaven-Favored People to do, while observers admitted that the Eaglefall Cliff trial had no consistent explanation.
• Wan Jian told Yang Zhen a rumor that collecting more tokens made it likelier to enter another place where the real trial began.
• Yang Zhen called the place a dungeon and asked whether Wan Jian would stay or search for Yue Yazi and the others.
• Yang Zhen decided to leave his formation and seek the hidden dungeon, startling the observers who feared he would be vulnerable outside it.
• Yang Zhen told Wan Jian that High Antiquity legacy disciples had weak foundations and struggled to learn from experience, then promised to demonstrate the importance of basic knowledge.

Yang Zhen combined three foundational arts to locate Mount Sumeru in Eaglefall Cliff, astonishing the Jade Holy Palace and its elders. After they sent for the Holy Lord, Yang Zhen decided to leave his formation behind and search for the place he had found.

• Yang Zhen combined the Essence Condensation Technique, Essence Discrimination Instruction, and Earth Vein Technique to reveal Mount Sumeru’s location on a changing terrain map.
• Elder Jian and the palace master of the Jade Holy Palace marveled that Yang Zhen had found Mount Sumeru without the Sumeru Seal, and the palace master ordered the Holy Lord to be informed.
• The old woman and the people on the Cloud Terrace reacted to Yang Zhen’s discovery, while Old Man Chi’s group vowed to master their foundational arts.
• Wan Jian asked how Yang Zhen had done it, and Yang Zhen told him that his grasp of foundational arts was shallow.
• Yang Zhen drank Wan Jian’s tea and announced that they should leave to search for Mount Sumeru, surprising Wan Jian because Yang Zhen planned to abandon his formation disks.

Yang Zhen left the Heaven and Earth Grand Array, while the Jade Pool Holy Land’s leaders discussed his talent and whether to support him. In the Sacred Hall, Lin Haotian expressed interest in testing Yang Zhen as the leaders watched him on the Heaven-Observing Mirror.

• Yang Zhen walked away from the Heaven and Earth Grand Array, leaving four unconscious members of Grievance-Dissolving Valley hanging from a tree.
• Elder Jian praised Yang Zhen and said he might take him as a disciple, while the Jade Holy Palace master warned that Yang Zhen was destined to clash with Lin Haotian.
• The Jade Holy Palace master, Elder Jian, and the Third Holy Maiden went to the Sacred Hall after learning that Senior Yue and Lin Haotian were there.
• The group joined the Holy Lord and Senior Yue in the Sacred Hall, where the Holy Lord asked whether Yang Zhen had found a way to locate Mount Sumeru.
• Lin Haotian said he wanted to test Yang Zhen himself, prompting Elder Jian to mutter that he was becoming increasingly conceited.

Lin Haotian secured permission to enter Mount Sumeru and challenge Yang Zhen, threatening the Third Holy Maiden’s plan to use Yang Zhen to activate the Heavenly Star Stele. The chapter ended with Lin Haotian setting out with the Sumeru Seal while the others watched him through the Heaven-Observing Mirror.

• Yue Qian doubted that Yang Zhen could accomplish the task tied to Mount Sumeru, and Lin Haotian requested permission to enter Eaglefall Cliff and test himself against Yang Zhen.
• The Third Holy Maiden supported Lin Haotian’s request, and he declared that their contest would be a fight to the death.
• The Third Holy Maiden feared Lin Haotian would kill Yang Zhen and disrupt her plan to use him to activate the Heavenly Star Stele and save herself and the Jade Pool Holy Land.
• The Holy Lord of Jade Pool gave Lin Haotian the Sumeru Seal, and Lin Haotian left for Mount Sumeru after telling the Third Holy Maiden he would await her there.
• The Third Holy Maiden and the others watched the Heaven-Observing Mirror as Yang Zhen and Wan Jian continued searching for Mount Sumeru, then the Holy Lord of Jade Pool shifted its view to Lin Haotian at Eaglefall Cliff.

Lin Haotian entered Eaglefall Cliff with eleven strands of Heavenly Radiance and headed for Mount Sumeru, apparently carrying the Sumeru Seal. Onlookers realized he could enter the mountain’s core while Yang Zhen and the other Heaven-Favored People might be shut out, and Lin Haotian suddenly demanded that someone come out.

• Lin Haotian arrived at Eaglefall Cliff, where Jade Pool Holy Lord and Yue Qian praised his talent and predicted he could reach the Saint Realm before thirty.
• Cultivators learned Lin Haotian had already reached the Heavenly Cycle Realm and watched him head directly toward the mountaintop ruins.
• Onlookers suspected Lin Haotian possessed the Sumeru Seal, which, together with the Third Holy Maiden’s Heavenly Star Mystic Art, allowed entry to Mount Sumeru’s core.
• The crowd concluded that Lin Haotian’s entry could leave Yang Zhen and the other Heaven-Favored People unable to enter, and criticized the Jade Pool Holy Land for abandoning them.
• Lin Haotian stopped on his way to the ruins, turned toward someone, and ordered them to get out.

Lin Haotian killed Tuoba Hai with one strike and seized his tokens before heading toward Mount Sumeru in pursuit of Yang Zhen. He caught up with Yang Zhen and his companions, and Yang Zhen learned Lin Haotian seemed to be coming after him despite not knowing why.

• Lin Haotian killed Tuoba Hai instantly, took his six tokens, and used the Sumeru Seal to set his course toward Mount Sumeru.
• Lin Haotian defeated Heaven-Favored People he encountered along the way, taking their tokens as he advanced.
• The Shameless Cat worried that Yang Zhen might not be able to face Lin Haotian after the two came within sight of each other.
• Yang Zhen, Wan Jian, and Yue Yazi discussed Lin Haotian’s reputation as the unrivaled talent of the Western Region and his Heavenly Cycle Realm cultivation.
• Luo Guangcheng pointed out that Lin Haotian seemed to be targeting Yang Zhen, who protested that he had never offended him.

Yang Zhen faced Lin Haotian, who challenged him out of jealousy, and pretended to praise him until Lin walked away. The Third Holy Maiden watched Yang Zhen with growing curiosity while Yue Gan mocked her choice of a Heaven-Favored Person.

• Yang Zhen learned that Lin Haotian was coming for him, and his companions warned him not to provoke the powerful cultivator.
• Yun La and the others joined Yang Zhen, while Lin Haotian said he would prove himself superior to Yang Zhen in every field.
• Yang Zhen praised Lin Haotian as far above him, prompting Lin to push past him and head toward Mount Sumeru.
• Yang Zhen warned Lin to watch his step on the uneven mountain path as Lin walked away.
• In the Jade Pool Holy Hall, Yue Gan mocked the Third Holy Maiden for seeking Yang Zhen, but she continued watching him with curiosity.

Yang Zhen followed Lin Haotian toward Mount Sumeru as the other Heaven-Favored People feared Lin Haotian’s power and worried for Yang Zhen. When Lin Haotian used the Sumeru Seal to locate the mountain, Yang Zhen smiled, confident that he would not back down from a contest of strength.

• The crowd discussed Lin Haotian’s powerful backing, master, and extraordinary talent as he headed toward Mount Sumeru with Yang Zhen following.
• Mo Shuiyan warned Yang Zhen not to act rashly, and Lin Haotian revealed that the Jade Pool Holy Land’s Heaven-Observing Mirror and seniors from other continents were watching.
• The crowd suspected Lin Haotian planned to ruin Yang Zhen’s reputation, while Yun La, Wu Tao, and Mo Shuiyan watched over Yang Zhen.
• Lin Haotian used the Sumeru Seal to find Mount Sumeru, making Yang Zhen’s own method seem inferior.
• Wu Tao promised not to let Yang Zhen be killed, and Yang Zhen reassured her that he was difficult to kill.
• Lin Haotian entered a strange state as the group approached Mount Sumeru, and Yang Zhen watched him with a playful smile, ready to test his strength.

Lin Haotian and Yang Zhen entered Mount Sumeru, where a restriction suppressed everyone’s True Essence. Lin Haotian challenged Yang Zhen to a body-tempering race up the mountain path, and onlookers noticed the ground shifting beneath his feet.

• Yang Zhen entered Mount Sumeru, followed by Yun La, Wu Tao, Mo Shuiyan, Luo Guangcheng, Wan Jian, and the other Heaven-Favored People.
• Yang Zhen discovered that Mount Sumeru’s restriction had suppressed everyone’s True Essence, while Wu Tao warned him that Lin Haotian excelled at body tempering.
• Lin Haotian taunted Yang Zhen and proposed a race to the summit using only their body-tempering abilities.
• Lin Haotian sprinted up the mountain path at astonishing speed, and the onlookers noticed the ground moving beneath his feet.

Lin Haotian fell twice while trying to climb Mount Sumeru, despite the crowd’s belief that he would succeed. After Yang Zhen loudly warned him not to fall, Lin Haotian crashed into a stone club and landed in front of him again, leaving everyone suspicious of Yang Zhen.

• The crowd noticed Lin Haotian slowing down as he climbed Mount Sumeru, while Yang Zhen cheered him on and warned him not to fall.
• Pits appeared unpredictably in the mountainside, causing Lin Haotian to stumble and plummet in front of Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen pretended to be bewildered and praised Mount Sumeru’s restrictions as he helped Lin Haotian up; Lin Haotian vowed to try again.
• Mo Shuiyan told Yang Zhen his feigned admiration was too exaggerated, and Yang Zhen said he would make his acting more convincing.
• Lin Haotian climbed again and gained confidence, but after Yang Zhen warned him not to fall, a stone club appeared and he crashed into it, landing in front of Yang Zhen once more.

Yue Qian demanded an explanation for the strange restrictions that had thwarted Lin Haotian on Mount Sumeru, while Elder Jian and the Jade Holy Palace Master invented a story about omens to conceal what they knew. Yang Zhen offered to climb next, then charged through the mountain’s brutal obstacles as Lin Haotian and the crowd watched in disbelief.

• Yue Qian questioned the Jade Pool Holy Lord about the restrictions after Lin Haotian twice fell on Mount Sumeru.
• The Jade Holy Palace Master claimed to have seen strange omens, and Elder Jian declared they foretold the Heavenly Star Stele’s full activation.
• Lin Haotian angrily demanded to know who had caused his falls, while Yang Zhen pretended to suspect deliberate sabotage.
• Yang Zhen offered to try climbing Mount Sumeru, and Lin Haotian ordered him to go.
• Yang Zhen ran faster than Lin Haotian and blasted upward through pits, nails, and clubs of earth and stone, loudly denouncing the person responsible.

Yang Zhen endured Mount Sumeru’s violent restrictions, reached the summit, and cleared the way for the others, humiliating Lin Haotian. As the group headed toward the mountain’s heart, a strange presence affected their minds, and Yang Zhen urged Lin Haotian to try entering a difficult-to-access opening first.

• Yang Zhen was battered by Mount Sumeru’s clubs and nearly fell, but used one club to spring back up and continued climbing.
• Yang Zhen reached the summit while Lin Haotian failed, leaving Lin humiliated before the crowd.
• Yang Zhen announced that he had removed the restrictions, allowing the others, including Lin Haotian, to climb Mount Sumeru safely.
• The Heaven-Favored People followed Yang Zhen toward the mountain’s heart, where Yun La warned them of a presence that could affect their minds.
• Yang Zhen released ten strands of Heavenly Radiance, found what seemed to be an entrance, and asked Lin Haotian to go in first.

Yang Zhen provoked Lin Haotian with shameless flirtation as they reached Mount Sumeru’s core entrance, where Lin Haotian was repelled by an invisible restriction. Observers outside the Heaven-Observing Mirror realized Yang Zhen had secretly tampered with the entrance, and Yue Qian reacted furiously.

• Yang Zhen fawned over Lin Haotian and pretended to profess romantic feelings, leaving the people on the mountaintop stunned.
• Lin Haotian threatened Yang Zhen and drew his sword, but then turned toward the core entrance instead of attacking him.
• The Sumeru Seal failed to get Lin Haotian past an invisible force that pushed him away from the entrance.
• The people on Mount Sumeru looked to Yang Zhen to try the entrance, while Mo Shuiyan suspected Lin Haotian had spared him to test dangers first.
• Viewers in the Jade Pool Holy Hall realized Yang Zhen had buried more black objects at the entrance, and Yue Qian smashed a table in anger.

Yang Zhen pretended to decipher the restriction at Mount Sumeru’s core while secretly leading Lin Haotian toward his trap. When Yang Zhen identified the site as a Land of Three Yin Lacking Yang and said the restriction required the fire of righteousness, Yue Qian rushed to Mount Sumeru.

• Yang Zhen buried pitch-black objects around the entrance to Mount Sumeru’s core while Yue Qian watched with suspicion.
• Elder Jian and the Third Holy Maiden recognized Yang Zhen’s cunning and wondered whether he could survive Lin Haotian.
• Yang Zhen claimed he had deciphered the entrance restriction and called it a Land of Three Yin Lacking Yang, astonishing the Jade Pool Holy Hall.
• Lin Haotian said he had been testing Yang Zhen’s basic cultivation knowledge, and Yang Zhen eagerly asked whether his claim was true.
• The Third Holy Maiden described Yang Zhen’s unusual knowledge and skills, prompting Yue Qian to set off for Mount Sumeru.
• Yang Zhen said the restriction required burning the rocks and earth with the fire of righteousness, and Yue Qian suddenly vanished.

Yang Zhen tested the entrance to Mount Sumeru's core, first causing Lin Haotian to be blasted into the air and then startling him with two kinds of Companion Heavenly Fire. Yang Zhen ultimately walked through the entrance with ease, leaving Lin Haotian stunned.

• Lin Haotian used his Companion Heavenly Fire at the entrance, triggering a huge explosion that sent him flying and left him badly injured.
• Yang Zhen tried to calm Lin Haotian and said he would break the restriction, then approached the entrance.
• Yang Zhen shouted about Companion Heavenly Fire and unleashed two streams of flame, making Lin Haotian flee in terror.
• Yang Zhen asked whether he should begin and stepped through the entrance in a single stride, leaving Lin Haotian unable to believe what he had seen.

Yang Zhen astonished everyone by entering Mount Sumeru’s core, leaving Lin Haotian humbled and bewildered. The chapter ended with Yue Qian of the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land arriving in a murderous rage and demanding that Yang Zhen come out.

• Yang Zhen entered Mount Sumeru’s core effortlessly, while Lin Haotian’s attempt had failed.
• The Jade Pool Holy Land elders and disciples praised Yang Zhen, and Nanny Hu considered him a better choice than Lin Haotian.
• Yue Qian suddenly appeared beneath the Heaven-Observing Mirror and shouted for Yang Zhen to come out.
• Elder Geng identified Yue Qian as a Heavenly Cycle Realm expert who had once wiped out a holy land after Lin Haotian was injured.
• The onlookers on and beneath Mount Sumeru feared Yue Qian would kill Yang Zhen.

Yue Qian threatened to kill Yang Zhen’s loved ones unless Yang Zhen came out of Mount Sumeru and accepted death. Yang Zhen stepped out with the Great Deficiency Sword and vowed to destroy the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land if Yue Qian harmed them, then unleashed a terrifying presence.

• Yue Qian arrived and accused Yang Zhen of playing Lin Haotian, while Lin Haotian struggled to understand what had happened.
• Yang Zhen realized Yue Qian could not enter the core of Mount Sumeru and chose to remain inside.
• Yue Qian threatened to kill everyone close to Yang Zhen if he refused to come out.
• Yang Zhen agreed to leave the entrance, and the Jade Pool Holy Lord and Elder Jian reacted in shock.
• Yang Zhen summoned the Great Deficiency Sword, threatened the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land, and released a powerful presence.

Yang Zhen emerged from the restriction and challenged Yue Qian, revealing overwhelming power as he defeated Lin Haotian with a single kick. He then confronted Yue Qian, who vowed to kill him, and the two prepared to fight.

• Yang Zhen ignored the Third Holy Maiden’s warning and challenged Yue Qian to come at him.
• Yang Zhen unleashed his power, shocking Yue Qian, Lin Haotian, and the onlookers with his overwhelming presence.
• Lin Haotian attacked Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen evaded the strike and kicked him off Mount Sumeru into Eaglefall Cliff.
• Yang Zhen approached Yue Qian and declared that he would die, while the Jade Pool Holy Lord tried to prevent a fight.
• Yue Qian vowed that Yang Zhen would die, and Yang Zhen declared that Yue Qian could not be saved as they faced off.

Yang Zhen challenged Yue Qian despite the vast difference in their strength, enduring Yue Qian’s attacks before using his clones and Buddha’s Wrathful Fire Lotus to strike him. The chapter ended with Yue Qian driven into the rock as the stunned crowd watched.

• Yang Zhen declared that he wanted to kill Yue Qian, while Lin Haotian still had not returned after Yang Zhen kicked him away.
• Yue Qian unleashed his overwhelming presence and blasted Yang Zhen underground with a wave of Qi, then sent Heavenly Fire into the dust.
• The Jade Pool Holy Lord assured the Third Holy Maiden that Yang Zhen was still alive.
• Yang Zhen emerged carrying the Great Deficiency Sword and forming Buddha's Wrathful Fire Lotus in his palm.
• Yang Zhen used Heavenly Nether Divine Cloud Movement to send countless clones at Yue Qian, then struck him in the face with the lotus and drove him into the rock.