Recaps

Yang Zhen rose from an overlooked Shangyuan Sect disciple to a feared contender, mastering powerful techniques and outwitting Duan Langcai at the Youzhou Grand Assembly. After claiming the Thunder Essence Wood and giving it to Princess Changyang, he chose a body-tempering method as his reward, leaving the crowd stunned by her offer.

• Yang Zhen awakened with extraordinary talents, learned the Great Evolution Wind and Thunder Sword, and taught it to Liu Ruoning so she could escape her arranged marriage to Duan Langcai.
• Yang Zhen stole Spirit-Cleansing Marrow, tricked Duan Langcai into calling him Grandpa, and later claimed an old master had taught him the Three Origins Ghost Shadow Sword.
• Yang Zhen improved his cultivation, reached the Foundation Establishment Realm, and traveled to the Youzhou Grand Assembly, where he robbed cultivators hunting him for Duan Langcai’s bounty.
• At Ghost’s Sorrow, Yang Zhen helped Princess Changyang through the mist and defeated Duan Langcai with one move before joining her for noodles.
• Yang Zhen challenged Zhang Zongjin with bold insults, displayed a sudden enlightenment, and drew the crowd’s attention with a martial skill he was still creating.
• Yang Zhen raced ahead of the cultivators, seized the Thunder Essence Wood from the storm, and gave it to Princess Changyang.
• Yang Zhen asked Princess Changyang for a body-tempering method as his reward, and she offered him a fragment of a spirit-grade method after he rejected treating women as goods in a transaction.

Yang Zhen mastered the Ancient Elephant Lightning Defense Body, astonished the cultivators at the Dao Comprehension Stele, and escaped the trial without joining a major sect. On his way to Raging Fire City, he advanced through the Foundation Establishment Realm and accepted a dangerous Long Moon Pavilion challenge, where he befriended an old tea lover.

• Princess Changyang taught Yang Zhen the Ancient Elephant Lightning Defense Body, and Yang Zhen perfected it in the lightning marsh before setting off for the Dao Comprehension Stele.
• Yang Zhen knocked Zhang Zongjin unconscious with one punch, took his martial skill manual, and comprehended an enormous star at the Dao Comprehension Stele.
• Yang Zhen obtained the Heavenly Book’s Profound Principles Chapter and broke the restriction trapping the cultivators, then declined offers to join major sects.
• Yang Zhen used the Blood Silkworm incident to escape the sect leaders and fled Ma Dexing, taking his Startling Thunder Sword before advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm Seventh Layer.
• Yang Zhen joined Wu Guang’s group investigating the Volcanic Forest, ate a Heavenly Fragrance Fruit, and advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm Ninth Layer after the altar collapsed.
• In Raging Fire City, Yang Zhen provoked Ding Keqi at the Long Moon Pavilion and accepted its unsolved challenge to decipher a saint-level martial skill.
• Yang Zhen hid a caddy of Ten-Thousand-Year Spring from an old man, then joked and shared tea with him while Lan Fangyue watched.

Yang Zhen mastered Traversing the Void in Midair and won the soul trial despite challenges from rival cultivators. He entered the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda, seized a Fortune Fruit from Golden Core Realm experts, and escaped their pursuit.

• Yang Zhen cooked lamb during the secret chamber projection, mastered Traversing the Void in Midair, and received a Dark Gold Guest Elder Identity Token from Hua Youyue.
• Yun Jie and other geniuses targeted Yang Zhen before the Three Kingdoms Trial, where he initially failed to withstand the Soul Refining Formation.
• Yang Zhen obtained the Soul-Tempering Scripture from Hua Youyue, elevated it into the Three Talents Soul Tempering Scripture, and opened a spirit sea containing a mysterious sapling.
• Yang Zhen returned to the formation, provoked Yun Jie and Zeng Bishu into being expelled, and withstood the tenth level to win the soul trial.
• Hua Youyue mobilized Long Moon Pavilion cultivators after learning that the pagoda's ninth floor might open and a Heavenly Mandate Flower might appear, while Yuan Kong, Luo Kun, and Wan Yue proposed competing to kill Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen entered the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda and reached the Foundation Establishment Realm Ninth Layer Peak before seeking a realm treasure.
• Luo Kun won the bidding for a Fortune Fruit, but Yang Zhen seized it as Luo Kun and Yuan Kong attacked.
• Yang Zhen used Traversing the Void in Midair to escape Luo Kun, Yuan Kong, and Liang Qiushui while taunting his pursuers.

Yang Zhen survived the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda’s upheaval, returned to Raging Fire City, and disrupted Xiao Ji’s marriage proposal with Hua Youyue. After escaping with more treasures, he set out for the East Sea and sought passage to the Overseas Trial.

• Yang Zhen stole Luo Kun’s Fortune Fruit, defeated Yun Jie, and ate the fruit to break through to the Lesser Vehicle Realm.
• Yang Zhen killed a Profound Beast and took its Hundred Breaks Crystal Core, then remained inside the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda as its nine realms merged.
• Yang Zhen survived the transformation, restored his shattered Spirit Root, and saw a woman in a crystal coffin before the Pagoda expelled him.
• Yang Zhen returned to Raging Fire City and objected to Xiao Ji’s marriage proposal to Hua Youyue, then beat Xiao Ji’s gifts with Colorful Cloud Dew, a Holy Spirit Root, and Jade Lingzhi.
• Yang Zhen fled pursuing cultivators, captured several Golden Core Realm experts with a formation, and forced them to share their techniques and knowledge.
• Yang Zhen refined top-grade five-star Dantian Stabilizing Pills in his pressure-cooker furnace, then met Old Gu and Old Man Chi, who offered him tokens for Qishan Grotto-Heaven’s trials.
• Yang Zhen traveled to Xiushan City and learned of a merchant flying boat offering passage to the East Sea to those who answered three questions.
• Yang Zhen joined the crowd competing to answer Big Sis’s questions and split Young Master Niu’s plaque with his Startling Thunder Sword.