Recaps

Yang Zhen learned that Qianyuan Ridge would host a treasure appraisal gathering and deliberately claimed he was heading elsewhere. After others reported his supposed plans, he and Han Yan'er still searched for directions, but Han Yan'er returned without an answer after beating two cultivators.

• Yang Zhen asked a group of travelers where Qianyuan Ridge was and learned that a treasure appraisal gathering there would draw attention because everyone was searching for him and Holy Maiden Hua.
• Yang Zhen pretended he was going to the Northern Region, but the old man flew off to warn the Yaoguang Holy Land, while the young pair discussed reporting him and a Rogue Cultivator spread the alarm.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat admitted they still did not know where Qianyuan Ridge was, so Yang Zhen sent Han Yan'er to ask approaching cultivators for directions.
• Han Yan'er returned after beating two Celestial Phenomenon Realm cultivators who had asked intrusive questions, and Yang Zhen angrily tried to defend her before she stopped him.

Yang Zhen, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat traveled toward Qianyuan Ridge while considering whether its treasure appraisal gathering was a trap targeting Yang Zhen and Hua Youyue. At a teahouse, they heard that Hua Youyue had arrived with Flowerless Great Saint and that Yaoguang Holy Son Li Chengyu was trying to approach them, leaving Yang Zhen delighted and suspicious of Li Chengyu.

• Yang Zhen flew toward Qianyuan Ridge with Han Yan'er and Shameless Cat after learning Hua Youyue was headed there.
• Han Yan'er and Shameless Cat warned that the treasure appraisal gathering might be a trap or an attempt to seize the Samsara Bell, and Yang Zhen vowed to protect Hua Youyue.
• The group disguised themselves and questioned the locals, learning that the Black Lotus Holy Land's experts were waiting for Yang Zhen and that Yaoguang Holy Son Li Chengyu wanted to meet him.
• Yang Zhen and his companions heard that Flowerless Great Saint had brought Hua Youyue to Qianyuan Ridge and that Li Chengyu had been trying to get close to them.
• Yang Zhen added Li Chengyu to his mental list of enemies and ordered the teahouse waiter to bring fine tea because he was happy to hear news of Hua Youyue.

Yang Zhen learned that the treasure appraisal gathering was connected to opening Holy Maiden Tianxuan’s hidden treasure, which held her ice coffin and required the Heavenbreaker Shuttle. As a powerful disturbance shook the teahouse, Chu Liuhua urged Yang Zhen not to look at whoever had arrived.

• Yang Zhen posed as Yang Pipi and asked Chu Liuhua about the treasure appraisal gathering, while Han Yan'er twisted his leg when he called her his wife.
• Chu Liuhua shared rumors that Yang Zhen was an Evil Cultivator who ate people and that Hua Youyue had become a Holy Lord and joined Yaoguang Holy Land.
• Chu Liuhua revealed that the gathering was meant to open Holy Maiden Tianxuan’s hidden treasure, whose ice coffin could be opened with the Heavenbreaker Shuttle.
• Yang Zhen realized Hua Youyue was likely at Yaoguang Holy Land to help win recognition from the Heavenbreaker Shuttle, and thought the title Yaoguang Holy Son sounded tacky.
• A rumble shook the teahouse, and Chu Liuhua warned Yang Zhen not to look at the people who had arrived.

Yang Zhen and Han Yan'er waited in a teahouse as Holy Maiden Qingquan and Holy Son Qingchen arrived to debate the Dao with other powerful cultivators. When the gathering turned toward visiting the Flowerless Great Saint, Yang Zhen asked where he was staying and drew everyone's attention.

• Yang Zhen hid Shameless Cat and quietly drank tea as powerful figures gathered in the teahouse.
• Holy Maiden Qingquan arrived with three floating Saint Weapon swords and two Saint Realm elders, while Chu Liuhua explained that the Three Mountains Holy Land regularly debated martial arts there.
• Holy Son Qingchen entered through a window and greeted Holy Maiden Qingquan, who noted that he had emerged from seclusion.
• A voice proposed postponing the debate to visit the Flowerless Great Saint, and Yang Zhen asked where he was staying.
• Chu Liuhua moved away as Holy Son Qingchen and Holy Maiden Qingquan turned their curious attention to Yang Zhen.

At the Qianyue Teahouse, Yang Zhen was caught in a debate on the Dao as several experts used strands of Dao Rhyme and Divine Sense to examine his powers. Yang Zhen secretly turned their technique back on them and realized that their scrutiny could benefit him, though the experts gained more; the examination continued.

• Yang Zhen arrived with Han Yan'er and was warned that speaking during the Qianyue Teahouse’s treasure appraisal gathering was inappropriate.
• Holy Son Qingchen sent Dao Rhyme into Yang Zhen’s body, but could not understand his diverse powers.
• The red-faced elder and several others, including Holy Maiden Qingquan, added their own strands of Dao Rhyme and Divine Sense to examine Yang Zhen.
• The red-faced elder criticized Yang Zhen’s varied cultivation and asked him to release his Dao Intent.
• Yang Zhen spread his Dao Rhyme throughout the teahouse and secretly used the strands to examine the experts in return.
• Holy Son Qingchen resumed the examination, and Yang Zhen realized that enduring it could bring him benefits while helping the examiners more.

Yang Zhen pretended to seek advice while studying the Saint Realm experts and learning from the way their powers worked. He discovered that Holy Maiden Qingquan and the others had serious problems of their own, and Qingquan asked whether he had noticed something.

• Holy Maiden Qingquan judged Yang Zhen's mixed powers too jumbled for him to defeat even a Celestial Phenomenon Realm First Heavenly Layer cultivator, and Yang Zhen eagerly agreed.
• Holy Son Qingchen identified Yang Zhen's Heaven and Earth True Runes and explained that he lacked their origins, while Yang Zhen studied how Qingchen combined his powers.
• The red-faced Saint Realm expert suggested Yang Zhen use the Saint Realm power in his body to make up for the imbalance in his cultivation.
• Yang Zhen discovered that Saint Realm power was consuming Holy Maiden Qingquan's True Essence and noticed that Qingchen and the other experts also had problems.
• Chu Liuhua and others criticized Yang Zhen for staring at Qingquan instead of listening to the experts, but Qingquan asked him whether he had noticed something.

Yang Zhen endured Holy Son Qingchen’s punishing Dao Rhyme while Holy Maiden Qingquan helped him counter it. He used the debate to expose Qingchen’s private problem with the Heavenly Origin Array, then admitted he had been messing with him.

• Holy Maiden Qingquan asked Yang Zhen whether he had noticed anything, while Yang joked with her and provoked Holy Son Qingchen.
• Holy Son Qingchen unleashed his Qingchen Dao Intent on Yang, causing him pain, and Holy Maiden Qingquan taught Yang methods to resist it.
• Qingchen added departing water to disrupt Qingquan’s method, and she gave Yang another technique to counter the new danger.
• Yang pointed out that the Three Talents Formation concealed a cold yin Heavenly Origin Array that could leave someone unable to have descendants.
• Yang described symptoms matching Qingchen’s condition, and, when Qingchen demanded to know whether he was messing with him, Yang grinned and said yes.

Yang Zhen recognized that Luo Qingchen and Holy Maiden Qingquan were suffering from problems with their Saint Realm power, and he claimed he could treat them. Their conditions also gave Yang Zhen new ideas for integrating the powers within himself and advancing toward Half-Step Great Saint.

• Luo Qingchen attacked Yang Zhen after realizing the crowd understood his ailment, but stopped his sword when Yang Zhen suggested he could help.
• Yang Zhen asked Holy Maiden Qingquan whether she trusted Luo Qingchen, then identified her damaged innate essence and unstable Saint Realm power.
• Holy Maiden Qingquan asked Yang Zhen for a solution, but he briefly remained silent while considering how her methods might help him integrate his own powers.
• Yang Zhen declared that he could solve Qingquan's problem, leaving her and the teahouse stunned.

Yang Zhen claimed he could cure Holy Maiden Qingquan’s ailment and insisted he needed to place a hand on her Dantian to diagnose it. Qingquan agreed, and when Yang Zhen touched her abdomen, light blazed from her body.

• Holy Son Qingchen lowered his sword but remained certain Yang Zhen could not cure Qingquan.
• Yang Zhen said he could solve Qingquan’s problem, but needed to place his palm on her Dantian to trace the Saint Realm power.
• Holy Son Qingchen and the crowd accused Yang Zhen of being lecherous, while Han Yan’er questioned whether the touch was necessary.
• Yang Zhen claimed he was a thousand percent confident and began to leave, but Qingquan called him back and agreed to his diagnosis.
• Yang Zhen placed his hand on Qingquan’s abdomen, and her body shuddered as light blazed from her.

Yang Zhen triggered the ice dragon’s Saint Realm power inside Holy Maiden Qingquan and began guiding her cultivation to help refine it. The chapter ended with Qingquan warning that his attempt would kill him as the surrounding experts urged him to stop.

• Yang Zhen touched Holy Maiden Qingquan and unleashed the Saint Realm power within her, which erupted as an ice dragon before the Saint Realm experts contained it.
• Yang Zhen manipulated Qingquan’s Nascent Soul and told her to circulate the Pure Heart Everlasting Spring Sutra against the current along her three yin meridians.
• Yang Zhen poured his True Essence into Qingquan as she ran the Saint-grade cultivation method at full speed.
• Yang Zhen began to refine the Saint Realm power, and Qingquan warned him that even her Great Saint master had failed and that he would die.
• Holy Son Qingchen and the other observers urged Yang Zhen to stop, warning that he could also endanger Qingquan.

Yang Zhen forcibly broke apart the Saint Realm power inside Holy Maiden Qingquan, helping her advance from Half-Step Great Saint into the Saint Realm. As her Heavenly Tribulation began, her Great Saint master arrived and ordered everyone away.

• Holy Maiden Qingquan trusted Yang Zhen and let him attempt to refine the Saint Realm power within her.
• Yang Zhen used Heaven and Earth True Runes and the Heavenly Book: Life Assault Chapter to break apart the power and send it through Holy Maiden Qingquan's meridians.
• Holy Maiden Qingquan spat blood, then began undergoing a Heavenly Tribulation as she broke through into the Saint Realm.
• Yang Zhen fled the teahouse with Han Yan'er, while Shameless Cat asked what he had done and Yang Zhen explained his method.
• A Great Saint arrived beside Holy Maiden Qingquan and threatened everyone who did not leave.

Yang Zhen fled after Holy Maiden Qingquan’s master announced she would betroth Qingquan to him, suspecting the Great Saint had ulterior motives. The Great Saint caught up with Yang Zhen, Han Yan’er, and the Shameless Cat, and Yang Zhen ran again.

• Yang Zhen watched Holy Maiden Qingquan undergo her tribulation as her master demanded to know who had helped her refine Saint Realm power.
• After learning Yang Zhen was responsible, Holy Maiden Qingquan’s master announced she would betroth Qingquan to him in repayment.
• Yang Zhen grabbed Han Yan’er and fled, then joked that Qingquan’s master wanted to become his mother.
• Yang Zhen bragged about his abilities, while the Shameless Cat and Han Yan’er teased him that the Great Saint might want him for herself.
• Holy Maiden Qingquan’s master found the group, and Yang Zhen grabbed Han Yan’er and the Shameless Cat and ran again.

Yang Zhen fled from Holy Maiden Qingquan's master, who decided to recruit him into the Three Mountains Holy Land, while he and Han Yan'er continued toward Qianyuan Ridge. There, Hua Youyue prepared to give Yang Zhen an important treasure and trusted that he would protect her as the rival holy lands gathered for the Treasure Appraisal Conference.

• Yang Zhen ran from Holy Maiden Qingquan's master, then escaped after claiming he had the same problem as Holy Son Qingchen.
• Holy Maiden Qingquan's master resolved to recruit Yang Zhen into the Three Mountains Holy Land and planned to see him at the Treasure Appraisal Conference.
• Yang Zhen, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat headed for Qianyuan Ridge, where Yang Zhen expected to meet Hua Youyue at the conference.
• Hua Youyue told Flowerless Great Saint that the treasure mattered more to Yang Zhen than to her and insisted he retrieve it even if she faced danger.
• Yang Zhen learned that the Three Mountains Holy Land and Yaoguang Holy Land were searching for them, then declared they would enter the conference openly.

Yang Zhen, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat reached Qianyuan Ridge as the treasure appraisal gathering drew near, while leaders inside discussed its purpose and the danger posed by unexpected arrivals. Yang Zhen promised Han Yan'er he would be careful, and the chapter ended with Elder Diao naming Nine Dragons as the person who worried him.

• Yang Zhen and Han Yan'er wondered how they would find Hua Youyue and enter Qianyuan Ridge amid the huge crowd, while Shameless Cat mocked Yang Zhen for refusing to become Three Mountains' son-in-law.
• Yang Zhen sealed Shameless Cat inside his sleeve, and Han Yan'er warned Yang Zhen not to act recklessly before leaning into his arms and asking him not to die.
• At Qianyuan Ridge, the white-bearded elder and Elder Gong discussed reviving Holy Maiden Tianxuan and keeping the treasure appraisal gathering free of disruptions.
• Elder Gong asked Elder Diao about Yang Zhen, but Elder Diao and Li Chengyu dismissed him as a threat and Li Chengyu vowed to deal with him if he appeared.
• Elder Diao said he was worried about Nine Dragons.

Yang Zhen and Han Yan'er attended the treasure appraisal convention at Qianyuan Ridge, where Yang Zhen tried to keep a low profile while searching for the young lady. Their plans were interrupted by the arrival of powerful figures from Yaoguang Holy Land and Three Mountains Holy Land, including Holy Maiden Qingquan, whose talent made Yang Zhen itch to stir up trouble.

• Yang Zhen told Han Yan'er and Shameless Cat that they would leave after finding the young lady, since he wanted to focus on breaking through to Half-Step Great Saint.
• Bai Xinsi approached Yang Zhen and Han Yan'er, then led them into the crowd while hoping Yang Zhen could get him closer to the convention’s most important guests.
• Yang Zhen and Han Yan'er sat with Bai Xinsi and joked about Flower-Fruit Mountain being a primordial legacy, prompting his fellow disciples to mock the claim.
• Three Great Saints from Yaoguang Holy Land appeared above Qianyuan Ridge, followed by two Great Saints from Three Mountains Holy Land.
• Bai Xinsi recognized Holy Maiden Qingquan as a newly advanced Saint, and Yang Zhen wondered how she compared with the Yaoguang Holy Son as his hands began itching.

Yang Zhen attended the treasure appraisal conference and was stunned when the Yaoguang Holy Land revealed the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda, a treasure he remembered from his past. As the Yaoguang Holy Son moved to refine it, Yang Zhen wondered about the pagoda’s connection to Hua Youyue and tried to resist causing trouble.

• Yang Zhen learned that the Three Mountains Holy Land and Yaoguang Holy Land had begun the treasure appraisal conference without consulting the gathered cultivators.
• The Yaoguang Holy Land revealed the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda, and Yang Zhen recognized it from his memories of entering it before.
• Bai Xinsi explained that the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda was an ancient supreme treasure comparable to the Samsara Bell.
• Yang Zhen wondered how the pagoda related to Holy Maiden Tianxuan, the ice coffin, and Hua Youyue, who was at Qianyuan Ridge.
• The Yaoguang Holy Son approached the pagoda intending to refine it, and Yang Zhen restrained his urge to show off.

Yang Zhen and Han Yan'er watched as the Yaoguang Holy Son tried to refine the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda, only for the treasure to reject him and overpower the white-bearded elder's restraint. The little girl finally appeared and offered to try refining it.

• Yang Zhen sat with Han Yan'er to watch the Yaoguang Holy Son attempt to refine the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda.
• The Yaoguang Holy Son used Law Seals to refine the pagoda, and Yang Zhen recognized that his skill was formidable.
• The Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda rejected the Yaoguang Holy Son with a beam of purple light, and the white-bearded elder restrained it with Dao Rhyme.
• The pagoda summoned thunder, broke free of the elder's restraint, and sent the Yaoguang Holy Son flying.
• The little girl appeared and offered to try refining the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda, delighting Han Yan'er and startling Yang Zhen.

Hua Youyue and Mei Wuhua faced Diao Wutian over the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda, and Diao Wutian proposed that Hua Youyue marry the Yaoguang Holy Son. Hua Youyue refused, and Yang Zhen stepped forward to declare that she was already spoken for.

• Diao Wutian said Hua Youyue and the Yaoguang Holy Son could each try to refine the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda, then proposed a union between the Three Flowers and Yaoguang Holy Lands.
• Yang Zhen recognized Diao Wutian’s proposal as a trap, while Han Yan'er and Bai Xinsi reacted to his objections.
• Hua Youyue firmly refused the proposal, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned.
• Yang Zhen drew the Great Deficiency Sword and announced that Hua Youyue was already spoken for.
• The Yaoguang Holy Son recognized Yang Zhen, and Yang Zhen traded insults with Diao Wutian.

Yang Zhen pretended to give up the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda and leave with Hua Youyue, but Diao Wutian blocked them and demanded that she stay with Yaoguang Holy Son. When Yang Zhen realized a fight was unavoidable, he loudly cursed Diao Wutian and Yaoguang Holy Son, stunning everyone.

• Bai Xinsi and the gathered disciples recognized Yang Zhen and reacted to his arrival.
• Hua Youyue told Yang Zhen the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda could help him reach the Half-Step Great Saint realm, but Yang Zhen said he could break through without it.
• Yang Zhen apologized to Yaoguang Holy Son and tried to leave with Hua Youyue.
• Diao Wutian stopped Yang Zhen and claimed Hua Youyue should stay because Yaoguang Holy Son had fallen for her.
• Yang Zhen took up the Great Deficiency Sword and asked whether they still had to fight.
• Yang Zhen cursed Diao Wutian and Yaoguang Holy Son, leaving them stunned.

Yang Zhen challenged the Yaoguang Holy Son at the treasure appraisal gathering and fought him despite being outmatched. After revealing powerful techniques and enduring several attacks, Yang Zhen gained the upper hand through brute strength, leaving the Yaoguang Holy Son scrambling to recover as the battle continued.

• Yang Zhen entrusted the little girl's safety to Mei Wuhua, then challenged the Yaoguang Holy Son to fight him.
• The Yaoguang Holy Son struck Yang Zhen with a palm technique and sent him flying, dismissing the legends about him as exaggerated.
• Yang Zhen unleashed the Nine-Character Mantra and attacked with the Great Deficiency Sword, but the Yaoguang Holy Son's sword formation knocked him to the ground and left him bleeding.
• Yang Zhen charged again, unleashed waves of blood, and activated the Ninth Dragon Elephant after clashing with the Yaoguang Holy Son's Sword-Rays.
• Yang Zhen repeatedly rushed the Yaoguang Holy Son and beat him back, astonishing Diao Wutian and the onlookers.

Yang Zhen defeated the Yaoguang Holy Son but was surrounded by Yaoguang Holy Land’s experts. As two Great Saints advanced to fight him, Yang Zhen summoned the Desolate Heaven Sacrifice and prepared to face them both.

• Yang Zhen finished beating the Yaoguang Holy Son, and Diao Wutian rushed over and ordered Saint Realm experts to surround him.
• After recovering, the Yaoguang Holy Son demanded that Yang Zhen be killed, while the surrounding experts hesitated to attack.
• Elder Gui stepped forward to fight Yang Zhen, and Yang Zhen challenged a second old man to join him.
• The second old man revealed his overwhelming pressure as he approached, and Yang Zhen realized he was the greater threat.
• Yang Zhen put away the Great Deficiency Sword, invoked the Desolate Heaven Sacrifice, and drew in energy to face both Great Saints.

Yang Zhen challenged Elder Jian and Elder Gui after reaching the Half-Step Great Saint Realm, but Elder Jian wounded him with a branch and prepared a second strike. As Yang Zhen appeared to stare helplessly at the attack, Shameless Cat realized he had entered a state of enlightenment.

• Mei Wuhua and Hua Youyue worried that Yang Zhen could not survive against two Great Saints, while Holy Maiden Qingquan and her master watched from the Three Mountains Holy Land.
• Elder Jian asked Yang Zhen why he was called Elder Jian, and Yang Zhen joked that it was because he was shameless.
• Yang Zhen charged Elder Jian and used the Heaven-Extinguishing Finger, but Elder Jian struck his shoulder with a branch and sent him falling.
• Elder Jian rushed after Yang Zhen to deliver another strike as the crowd cried out and Yaoguang Holy Son mocked him.
• Shameless Cat realized Yang Zhen had entered a state of enlightenment while Elder Jian's attack closed in.

Yang Zhen unleashed every power within him and began a desperate breakthrough to Half-Step Great Saint while Elder Jian threatened him at close range. Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er believed he would succeed as Shameless Cat realized Yang Zhen was attempting to fuse his powers.

• Elder Jian stopped his branch sword just before Yang Zhen's forehead and threatened to make him despair before killing him.
• Yang Zhen mocked Elder Jian, then erupted with his Heaven and Earth True Runes, Companion Heavenly Fire, True Essence, Dao Intent, Qi and Blood, and soul power.
• Elder Diao recognized Yang Zhen's surging Qi and urgently shouted for the others to kill him.
• Yang Zhen burned his soul and the power in his body to force a breakthrough to Half-Step Great Saint.
• Mei Wuhua and Shameless Cat discussed the danger of Yang Zhen's attempt to fuse his powers, while Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er declared that he would succeed.

Yang Zhen’s tribulation summoned the World-Ending Heavenly Lotus, which terrified the cultivators gathered at Qianyuan Ridge. He used it to confront the Great Saints, and the lotus erupted just as they dismissed his threat.

• A World-Ending Heavenly Lotus appeared above Yang Zhen, and Shameless Cat and Mei Wuhua warned that it could destroy all living beings while leaving divine souls intact.
• Elder Jian, Elder Diao, and another Great Saint prepared to seize Yang Zhen’s divine soul, hoping to refine it into a Saint Soul Pill.
• Yang Zhen charged the Great Saints with the lotus following him, then struck Elder Jian into the ground with the Great Deficiency Sword.
• Yang Zhen traded blows with Elder Diao, who pushed him back and insisted that he could not defeat a Great Saint.
• Yang Zhen declared the warm-up over, and the World-Ending Heavenly Lotus erupted, sending lightning in every direction as the Great Saints turned pale.

Yang Zhen endured the World-Ending Heavenly Lotus’s lightning while using it to keep three Great Saints occupied, and he emerged from a chasm in the form of a golden dragon. He taunted Elder Jian and invited all three Great Saints to attack as another bolt tore into him.

• Elder Diao ordered Elder Jian and the other elder to form the Three Talents Sword Formation against Yang Zhen.
• A bolt of world-ending lightning struck Yang Zhen, breaking the formation and sending him crashing down as Elder Jian mocked him.
• Elder Jian unleashed Saint Realm power and shattered the ground where Yang Zhen had fallen, but the World-Ending Heavenly Lotus remained active.
• Yang Zhen emerged from the chasm as a golden dragon and spat on Elder Jian, who charged at him with his sword.
• Yang Zhen taunted Elder Jian and challenged all three Great Saints while enduring more lightning, which tore a large piece of flesh from him.