Recaps

Lin Heng learned that the Eight Great Imperial Clans planned to sabotage his sect’s founding and force him to join the ascenders of the five factions, so he resolved to answer their test with overwhelming strength. He organized seven thousand years of preparation to build a powerful sect, train its disciples, and bring his family and allies to the Ninefold Heaven.

• Lin Xiao and Miao Jingkong advised Lin Heng that the Eight Great Imperial Clans might be testing him and urged him to avoid showing too much strength, but Lin Heng rejected compromise.
• Lin Heng told Sun Yuan and Situ Jiannan that upper-realm envoys would try to disrupt the sect’s founding, and both men supported resisting the Eight Great Imperial Clans.
• Lin Heng ordered the sect to use seven thousand years inside the time spirit treasure to build an army of several thousand Nirvana Realm cultivators and more than a hundred Samsara Realm cultivators.
• Lin Heng told Sun Yuan to cultivate toward the Nine-Turn Samsara Realm so he could serve as the sect’s public expert at its founding.
• Lin Heng sent Situ Jiannan to bring his mother, Linglong, and the other women from the Ten Regions, then began supplying the disciples with resources and guiding their soul comprehension.

Seven years after Lin Heng’s transformation, the Battle Heaven Pavilion prepared for its founding ceremony as factions across the Ninefold Heaven chose whether to oppose or support it. Lin Heng led the assembled disciples in a defiant declaration as guests from the rival factions headed toward the Pavilion.

• Yan Tianxin ordered Yan Lan to provoke the Battle Heaven Pavilion and prevent Lin Heng from establishing a new ascender faction.
• Miao Baixue told Miao Jingkong to let the Fire Clan take the lead and avoid making an enemy of Lin Heng if they could not stop him.
• Lin Fang entrusted Lin Xiao with handling the Battle Heaven Pavilion matter and gave him a jade token to summon help if needed.
• Ao Zhantian instructed Liuyun Lan to ensure Lin Heng established the Pavilion and stayed safe, while Sikong Tianzhen told Chen Yulin to offer Lin Heng every possible assistance.
• The factions set out for the Battle Heaven Pavilion, where Lin Heng and his disciples gathered for the founding ceremony.
• Lin Heng raised his fist as tens of thousands of disciples shouted, “Who but us would dare battle the Nine Heavens!”

The Fire Clan arrived at the Battle Heaven Pavilion’s opening, where Yan Lan was shocked by the pavilion’s powerful lineup and tried to provoke its leaders. Chen Yulin and the Asura Island forces arrived in support, and Yan Lan finally said the Fire Clan would offer congratulations only if the pavilion met the Thirteen Factions’ requirements.

• Yan Lan saw Sun Yuan’s peak Ninth-Turn Samsara cultivation, Liu Ling’er and the other women, and a hundred first-transformation Samsara disciples, and he wondered how powerful Lin Heng might be.
• Situ Jiannan welcomed Yan Lan and the visiting sect leaders, but Yan Lan complained that Lin Heng had not received them personally.
• Liu Ling’er and Yue Linglong rebuked Yan Lan for slighting Lin Heng’s mother, and Yan Chuan tried to excuse his lord’s mistake.
• Chen Yulin arrived with Asura Island, the Firmament Hall, and their allied sects, and declared that Asura Island would not let the Battle Heaven Pavilion be bullied.
• Sun Yuan warned Yan Lan against making trouble, and Yan Lan said the Fire Clan would congratulate the pavilion only if it met the Thirteen Factions’ requirements.

The Battle Heaven Pavilion welcomed the Ninefold Heaven’s factions with a display of immense wealth and military strength, then declared that the Nine Heavens would submit to it. Yan Lan challenged Lin Heng to explain the pavilion’s arrogant claim.

• Liu Ling'er calmed Sun Yuan before he could clash with Yan Lan, and Situ Jiannan welcomed the visiting factions into the Battle Heaven Pavilion.
• Situ Jiannan summoned a guide of more than a hundred thousand Initial-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure flying swords, stunning Yan Lan and the other guests.
• Sun Yuan and Liu Ling'er led the visitors past the pavilion’s imposing grounds, where Lin Heng’s sword-carved sect emblems intimidated the factions.
• The Battle Heaven Pavilion’s disciples assembled in ranks of three thousand Samsara Realm, twenty thousand Third Nirvana, and fifty thousand Second Nirvana disciples, shocking the visitors.
• Sun Yuan announced the pavilion’s founding and declared that the Nine Heavens would submit, prompting Yan Lan to demand that Lin Heng explain himself.

Sun Yuan confronted the Ninefold Heaven forces challenging Battle Heaven Pavilion’s opening and killed the Nine Bends Tower’s leader. With Yan Lan restrained by a Seventh-Grade Heavenly Venerable soul power, the Heaven-Battling First Squad trapped the tower’s remaining cultivators in a sword formation.

• Sun Yuan offered the Wind Sword Sect and Nine Bends Tower single combat or a group battle after their leaders demanded an explanation.
• When the Nine Bends Tower’s leader insulted Battle Heaven Pavilion, Sun Yuan seized him, while Time Reversal stopped Yan Lan from intervening.
• A Seventh-Grade Heavenly Venerable soul power restrained Yan Lan as Sun Yuan killed the Nine Bends Tower’s leader with his serpentine spear.
• Sun Yuan ordered the Nine Bends Tower’s remaining cultivators killed, and the Heaven-Battling First Squad formed the Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation around them.
• The Nine Bends Tower cultivators tried to flee, but unstable space prevented Teleportation and the flying swords enclosed them.

Battle Heaven Pavilion slaughtered the Nine Bends Tower’s people, and Sun Yuan challenged the gathered factions to oppose them. Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao supported the pavilion, while Yan Lan rallied six of the Eight Great Imperial Clans against it.

• Sun Yuan ordered Zhang Tiezhu to lead his squad to the Nine Bends Tower’s sect after Battle Heaven Pavilion killed every Nine Bends Tower member in the square.
• Yan Lan stopped himself from confronting Sun Yuan, and the assembled sects stayed silent as Sun Yuan taunted them.
• Miao Jingkong declared that the Water Race had no objection to the Battle Heaven Pavilion’s establishment.
• Lin Xiao also supported the pavilion, explaining that Lin Heng’s guidance had helped him break through to the Heavenly Venerable Realm.
• Yan Lan said six of the Eight Great Imperial Clans would oppose the pavilion and warned that Lin Heng’s growth could threaten their foundations.

Sun Yuan revealed that he had reached the Heavenly Venerable Realm when he killed Yan Lan in a single strike, demonstrating the Battle Heaven Pavilion's power before the imperial clans. As the pavilion disciples celebrated, Lin Heng sensed that the Upper Realm envoy had arrived.

• Yan Lan reluctantly accepted Sun Yuan's challenge after Lei Wushuang pushed him forward to fight.
• Yan Lan charged Sun Yuan with a flaming sword, but Sun Yuan used Time Reversal to force Yan Lan backward and restrain him.
• Sun Yuan struck Yan Lan with his five-colored staff, killing the Nine-Turn Samsara Realm Fire Clan representative in an instant.
• Sun Yuan revealed the pressure of a First-Grade Heavenly Venerable, and the Battle Heaven Pavilion disciples shouted their defiance.
• Lin Heng opened his eyes in the main hall and asked whether the Upper Realm envoy had arrived.

After Sun Yuan killed Yan Lan in the first platform fight, the Eight Great Imperial Clans challenged the Battle Heaven Pavilion, but the ascenders defended the contest’s rules. Yan Tianxin stepped forward for the Fire Clan’s second fight, and Lin Heng appeared to face him.

• Sun Yuan killed Yan Lan, prompting the other imperial clans to glare at the Battle Heaven Pavilion.
• Lei Wushuang accused Sun Yuan of declaring war, while Liuyun Lan and the ascenders’ factions defended the agreed rules of the contest.
• Chen Yulin reminded Lei Wushuang that the Eight Great Imperial Clans had used their strength to suppress ascenders in the past.
• Yan Tianxin arrived, accepted Yan Lan’s defeat, and announced he would fight for the Fire Clan in the second round.
• Liuyun Lan questioned whether Yan Tianxin’s seniority made his participation unfair, but Yan Tianxin insisted that he and Sun Yuan were peers because both were Heavenly Venerables.
• Lin Heng appeared before Yan Tianxin and declared that the Battle Heaven Pavilion would accept the challenge.

Lin Heng arrived at the Battle Heaven Pavilion opening with a Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable soul, Seventh-Grade cultivation, and the Eight-Origin Heaven-Piercing Spear, shocking the gathering. Yan Tianxin decided to fight despite the disparity, revealing the Fire Clan’s Eighth-Grade Crimson Silk Sword as the others discussed its power.

• Lin Heng appeared above the square and revealed his Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable soul, Seventh-Grade cultivation, and Eight-Origin Heaven-Piercing Spear.
• The gathered factions reacted with shock, while Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao accepted Lin Heng as their master and the ascenders anticipated the Battle Heaven Pavilion’s opening.
• Lin Heng demanded that Yan Tianxin either fight or retreat, and Yan Tianxin weighed his chances before choosing to fight.
• Yan Tianxin summoned the Crimson Silk Sword, and Liuyun Lan and Miao Jingkong explained its rank and abilities.
• Lin Xiao claimed that the Water Race could suppress the Crimson Silk Sword even with a Seventh-Grade Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure.

Lin Heng used the Origin of Water to counter Yan Tianxin’s Crimson Silk Sword and defeat him with a single attack. Afterward, Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao wondered how strong their master had become.

• Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao warned Lin Heng that the Water Race’s Origin of Water countered Yan Tianxin’s fire, while Yan Tianxin threatened them to stay silent.
• Lin Heng summoned the Origin of Water, and Yan Tianxin attacked him with Heaven-Reaching Fireflies, which failed to break his water shield.
• Lin Heng used Water Venerable’s Wrath to strike Yan Tianxin, extinguish his flames, knock away his sword, and blast him into a crater.
• Lin Heng remarked that Yan Tianxin was much weaker than he had imagined, leaving the spectators stunned.
• Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao secretly speculated that Lin Heng was stronger than an ordinary Seventh-Grade Heavenly Venerable and might challenge an Eighth- or Ninth-Grade one.

Lin Heng defeated Yan Tianxin, securing recognition and ten thousand years of protection for the Battle Heaven Pavilion. Yan Tianxin warned that Lin Heng would have to move to the Eighth Heaven, then Sun Yuan’s taunts enraged him into fainting as the Fire Clan left.

• Lin Heng’s attack left Yan Tianxin badly injured, and Yan Tianxin admitted defeat.
• Liuyun Lan declared that the Battle Heaven Pavilion had earned a place in the Nine Heavens and could not be attacked for ten thousand years.
• Yan Tianxin argued that the Battle Heaven Pavilion could still be expelled if it endangered the Nine Heavens, and Lin Heng threatened to kill any who challenged it.
• Yan Tianxin announced that Lin Heng had to go to the Eighth Heaven within ten years, and Sun Yuan mocked him until he passed out from rage.
• Lin Heng ordered the Fire Clan to take Yan Tianxin away, and the remaining clans departed.

After the Battle Heaven Pavilion’s celebration, Liuyun Lan and the other ascender representatives warned Lin Heng and Sun Yuan about the dangers awaiting them in the Eighth Heaven. Drunk on wine, Chen Yulin and Liuyun Lan revealed that the ascender factions expected Lin Heng to challenge the Eight Great Imperial Clans, and promised their support.

• Liuyun Lan told Lin Heng and Sun Yuan that factions in the Eighth Heaven had to fight to secure territory and influence.
• Chen Yulin warned that the Eight Great Imperial Clans would likely assign the Battle Heaven Pavilion the barren Heavenly Radiance Mountain Range.
• Sun Yuan suggested that the Battle Heaven Pavilion could simply seize better territory, prompting a strange reaction from Liuyun Lan and the others.
• During a drinking contest, Chen Yulin revealed that the ascender factions’ leaders wanted Lin Heng tempered and resented the Eight Great Imperial Clans over the Battle to Seize Heaven.
• Liuyun Lan urged Lin Heng to teach the Eight Great Imperial Clans a lesson in the Eighth Heaven and promised that all five ascender factions would back him.

After the Battle Heaven Pavilion’s celebration, Yan Lin asked Lin Heng to help his Fire Clan branch seize control of the Eighth Heaven, offering to secure a resource-rich region in return. Lin Heng drove him to improve the offer, then reconsidered the sect’s original purpose: gathering the Power of Faith needed for his future breakthrough to the Primordial Realm.

• Yan Lin secretly met Lin Heng and offered to negotiate a resource-rich region for the Battle Heaven Pavilion if Lin Heng helped his branch take control of the Fire Clan in the Eighth Heaven.
• Lin Heng rejected Yan Lin’s initial offer and intimidated him with a glance before leaving, expecting him to return with better terms.
• Lin Heng summoned Sun Yuan, Situ Jiannan, and the others to discuss what to demand from the Fire Clan; Sun Yuan proposed asking for multiple time spiritual treasures and raising an army of a million.
• Situ Jiannan asked Lin Heng to consider what he was preparing for next and reminded him that he had founded the Battle Heaven Pavilion to gain the Power of Faith required to reach the Primordial Realm.
• Lin Heng realized he still did not understand the Power of Faith, a mysterious force that Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerables needed to advance.

Lin Heng planned to expand Battle Heaven Pavilion’s influence by targeting the Fire Clan’s subordinate sects and refining the Nether Ancestor Puppet with a Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable skeleton. Meanwhile, the Fire Clan’s elder told Yan Lin to accept any terms Lin Heng demanded because he believed Lin Heng was close to death.

• Situ Jiannan proposed that Battle Heaven Pavilion recruit subordinate sects to gain more Power of Faith, and Sun Yuan urged Lin Heng to target the Fire Clan.
• Lin Heng agreed to begin with the Fire Clan but said others would act in his place, and he instructed Situ Jiannan to demand Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasures from Yan Lin in exchange for helping his branch seize the Eighth Heaven.
• Lin Heng set three origin swords as his minimum demand and entered seclusion to fuse the Nether Ancestor Puppet with a Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable skeleton using the eight Powers of Origin.
• Yan Lin reported his failed negotiations to his great-grandfather, who told him to return to Battle Heaven Pavilion and agree to whatever terms Lin Heng demanded.
• Yan Lin’s great-grandfather said Lin Heng was on the verge of death, so the Fire Clan could afford to agree to his demands.

Lin Heng finished refining the Nether Ancestor Puppet and tested its strength before rushing to the Origin Vein, where the Origin Soul Spirit was about to awaken. After the little one’s cries nearly destroyed the mine, it absorbed all the Power of Origin Lin Heng had poured into its restriction.

• Lin Heng completed the Nether Ancestor Puppet, tested it in a fight, and gave it a Sixth-Grade Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure.
• Situ Jiannan told Lin Heng that the Origin Soul Spirit was about to awaken, so Lin Heng teleported with him to the Origin Vein.
• Lin Heng strengthened the restriction around the restless Origin Soul Spirit after Sun Yuan, Liu Ling'er, and the others could not contain its energy.
• The Origin Soul Spirit awoke crying, and its cries shook the Origin Vein until Lin Heng spent nearly all his Power of Origin stabilizing the restriction.
• The little one stopped crying, then inhaled and absorbed all the Power of Origin in the restriction before burping contentedly.

Lin Heng and the others brought the Origin Soul Spirit back to the Battle Heaven Pavilion after it acknowledged Lin Heng and showed immense power. They named it Aba, and Situ Jiannan suggested building an Origin Vein inside the sect to care for it while Lin Heng prepared to leave for the Eighth Heaven.

• The Origin Soul Spirit devoured the restriction's energy, bonded with Lin Heng, and climbed onto his shoulder.
• Liu Ling'er teased Lin Heng and Duanmu Yunshang about giving her a grandchild before Situ Jiannan urged everyone to return to the Battle Heaven Pavilion.
• At the sect, Liu Ling'er held the Origin Soul Spirit, while it knocked Duanmu Yunshang back when she tried to touch it.
• Lin Heng named the Origin Soul Spirit Aba, and it happily accepted the name.
• Situ Jiannan explained that an Origin Vein would help Aba grow and suggested building one within the sect.

Lin Heng’s Origin Soul Spirit Aba transformed three fake Origin Veins into real ones, and the Battle Heaven Pavilion began constructing more. Yan Lin brought four Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure flying swords in exchange for Lin Heng’s promise to confront Yan Lie in the Eighth Heaven, leaving Lin Heng closer to assembling the Eight-Origin Heavenly Desolation Sword Formation.

• Lin Heng used Origin Soul Spirit Aba to turn three fake Origin Veins into real low-grade Origin Veins, prompting Situ Jiannan to start building fake mineral veins.
• Yan Lin mistook the Battle Heaven Pavilion’s construction work for new residences and assumed the pavilion was recruiting more disciples.
• Yan Lin offered Lin Heng four flying swords carrying the Powers of Origin of fire, metal, earth, and yang, explaining that this was the Fire Clan’s greatest available offer.
• Yan Lin asked Lin Heng to defeat Yan Lie in the Eighth Heaven, preferably in front of the Thirteen Factions and in a way that harmed the Fire Clan, and Lin Heng agreed.
• After Yan Lin left, Lin Heng claimed the four swords and said he needed four more to refine the Eight-Origin Heavenly Desolation Sword Formation.

Lin Heng left the Ninefold Heaven for the Eighth Heaven with a powerful force, promising Liu Ling'er he would bring her there within ten years. After arriving at the Army-Breaking Mountain Range, he learned its history of slaughter by the Lei Clan, whose origin sword he had just received as a system reward.

• Liu Ling'er lamented that Lin Heng and Duanmu Yunshang had made no progress in their relationship, while Lin Heng prepared to leave for the Eighth Heaven.
• Lin Heng brought Sun Yuan, Situ Jiannan, Ao Lie, and three thousand Samsara Realm disciples through the grand teleportation array, promising Liu Ling'er he would reunite with her within ten years.
• Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao welcomed Lin Heng at the Army-Breaking Mountain Range, where they had established a concealed teleportation point.
• Lin Heng signed in at the mountain range and received the Lightning Punishment Sword, a Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure belonging to Lei Buhuo of the Lei Clan.
• Miao Jingkong told Lin Heng that the Lei Clan had massacred Army-Breaking Mountain after its people detained a Lei Clan member who had tried to seize one of their elders by force.

Lin Heng learned that the Fire Clan planned to suppress the Battle Heaven Pavilion, so he led his forces to the Dragon Flame Sect to “borrow” a place to rest. Xutuzi mistook the visit for an attack and ordered the sect to prepare its defenses, despite an elder trying to warn him about the Battle Heaven Pavilion.

• Miao Jingkong explained that the ascenders had not defended Army-Breaking Mountain because Lei Buhuo was favored by the Lei Clan ancestor, and Lin Heng recognized the name as the owner of his Lightning Punishment Sword.
• Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao told Lin Heng that the Fire Clan and the other imperial clans planned to push the Battle Heaven Pavilion into a remote region of the Eighth Heaven.
• Lin Heng chose the Fire Clan-backed Dragon Flame Sect as a place to “borrow” for rest and led over three thousand followers toward it.
• Lin Xiao and Miao Jingkong left before the group reached the Dragon Flame Sect to avoid exposing their ties to the Water Race and Wood Clan.
• Lin Heng told Xutuzi that the Battle Heaven Pavilion wanted to borrow a place to rest, while Sun Yuan provoked him and Situ Jiannan assured Sun Yuan that the sect would be at fault if it attacked first.
• Xutuzi ordered the Dragon Flame Sect to activate its protective formation and form the Dragon Flame Sword Formation, cutting off an elder who tried to warn him about the Battle Heaven Pavilion.

Lin Heng destroyed the Dragon Flame Sect’s protective formation and let Sun Yuan rampage through the sect, drawing the Fire Clan’s intervention. The chapter ended with Yan Lie demanding that the attack stop, as Lin Heng realized he had forgotten Sun Yuan’s name.

• Xutuzi activated the Dragon Flame Sect’s protective formation, summoning a Flame Dragon made from a true dragon’s soul.
• Lin Heng seized and destroyed the Flame Dragon, disabling the formation, and Sun Yuan transformed into a giant ape and attacked the sect.
• Xutuzi joined two Heavenly Venerable experts in trying to stop Sun Yuan, who killed more than a thousand sect members in under three minutes.
• The Fire Clan arrived, and Yan Lie accused Lin Heng of trying to start a war in the Eighth Heaven.
• Lin Heng agreed to stop the attack, then admitted he had forgotten Sun Yuan’s name.

Lin Heng stalled Yan Lie while Sun Yuan destroyed the Dragon Flame Sect, then fought Yan Lie and revealed that he wielded the Origin of Fire. The battle ended with the Dragon Flame Sect in ruins, and representatives of the ascenders’ factions arrived to confront the Eight Great Imperial Clans.

• Lin Heng pretended not to remember a name while Sun Yuan crushed Dragon Flame Sect disciples, provoking Yan Lie to intervene.
• Yan Lie summoned a flaming great saber, but Lin Heng blocked him and argued that the Battle Heaven Pavilion had acted in self-defense.
• Lin Heng clashed with Yan Lie and used the Origin of Fire to devour Yan Lie’s fire wolf, shocking him.
• Sun Yuan defeated Xutuzi and killed the Dragon Flame Sect’s disciples and elders before returning to human form.
• Representatives of the Firmament Hall, Asura Island, and the other Thirteen Factions arrived, challenging Yan Lie as tensions rose between the ascenders and the Eight Great Imperial Clans.

Lin Heng introduced the Battle Heaven Pavilion to the Eighth Heaven’s faction leaders, who debated whether to accept it after Sun Yuan slaughtered the Dragon Flame Sect. Lin Heng defended the massacre by pointing out that Xutuzi was still alive, while Yan Lie opposed the pavilion and struck Situ Jiannan down with a glare.

• Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin introduced Lin Heng to the faction leaders, including Xiao Wuyu of Firmament Hall and Li Qiuhai of Asura Island.
• Li Qiuhai challenged Yan Lie’s authority, and Yan Lie silently turned away rather than answer him.
• Lin Nansheng proposed deciding where the Battle Heaven Pavilion would settle, but Yan Lie objected to accepting it after the Dragon Flame Sect massacre.
• Lin Heng argued that the massacre was not complete because Xutuzi was still breathing, drawing approval from the ascenders and angering Yan Lie.
• Yan Lie condemned Lin Heng and declared that the Battle Heaven Pavilion would bring unrest, then made Situ Jiannan cough up blood when he tried to explain their arrival.

After Yan Lie injured Situ Jiannan, Lin Heng crippled him with a terrifying illusion and warned the Eight Great Imperial Clans not to discipline Battle Heaven Pavilion members. Yan Feng proposed arena matches to decide whether Battle Heaven Pavilion could claim the Dragon Flame Sect’s territory, and Ao Lie accepted on harsher terms; the contests were set for the next day.

• Yan Lie injured Situ Jiannan with a shock of soul power, prompting Lin Heng to attack him.
• Lin Heng trapped Yan Lie in an illusion of being trampled by cavalry, crippled his cultivation, and left him mentally broken.
• Lin Heng warned Yan Feng that only he could discipline Battle Heaven Pavilion members, then asked what the pavilion had to do to establish itself in the Eighth Heaven.
• Yan Feng proposed three arena matches for teams of three, ten, and a hundred, offering the Dragon Flame Sect’s territory if Battle Heaven Pavilion won two.
• Ao Lie accepted the arena challenge and declared that Battle Heaven Pavilion would count the challenge as a loss if it lost even one match.

Battle Heaven Pavilion agreed to face the Fire Clan’s chosen forces in three arena battles, while Xiao Wuyu explained that the conflict reflected the Eight Great Imperial Clans’ campaign against the Ascenders. As the first battle approached, the Fire Clan prepared a new leader for its forces in the Eighth Heaven.

• Ao Lie declared that Battle Heaven Pavilion’s squad would fight for victory in all three battles or die trying, and Lin Heng accepted Yan Feng’s proposed opponents and numbers.
• Xiao Wuyu invited Lin Heng and Battle Heaven Pavilion to Firmament Hall, where the factions held a banquet.
• Xiao Wuyu warned Lin Heng that the arena battles were part of the Eight Great Imperial Clans’ effort to weaken the Ascenders before the coming War of the Foreign Domain.
• Xiao Wuyu explained that the Ascenders avoided civil war because the foreign race was also growing stronger, but he refused to reveal more about it.
• After Yan Feng reported Yan Lie’s crippling, the Fire Clan sent Yan Lang, a Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable Realm cultivator nearing the Primordial Realm, to take over its forces in the Eighth Heaven.

Yan Lang chose the Turtle Field Clan’s secret art as a weapon against Lin Heng’s Battle Heaven Pavilion in the upcoming arena battles. As the factions of the Eighth Heaven prepared for the confrontation, Lin Heng led his forces to the square and ordered Ao Lie to leave no enemy alive.

• Yan Lang heard that Lin Heng had subdued Yan Lie with one move and decided to make Lin Heng suffer a setback through the Battle Heaven Pavilion’s three fights.
• Yan Lang ordered Yan Feng to threaten Guitian Dalang with the loss of the Fire Clan’s protection unless the Turtle Field Clan fought and won using its secret art.
• Yan Lang told Yan Feng to send two other clans into the arena first and use the Turtle Field Clan only if both were defeated.
• Lin Heng and Sun Yuan prepared the Battle Heaven Pavilion for the arena battles, while Xiao Wuyu brought Firmament Hall to watch.
• Lin Heng led his forces to the square and told Ao Lie not to let a single opponent leave alive.