Recaps

Ji Zining entered a grotto-heaven city and discovered its exceptionally dense spiritual energy and the combat advantage granted to its occupying faction. At the Heavenly Pride Ranking Stele, she found herself ranked 665th despite being only at the first layer of the Saint Manifestation Realm, and wondered how few Saint King Realm heavenly prides were present.

• Ji Zining entered the grotto-heaven city and felt its spiritual energy raising her cultivation, while Xiao Jing explained its benefits and the thirty-percent combat-strength boost for the occupying faction.
• Ji Zining reached the Ziwei Holy Land's base and learned from Xiao Jing that the golden stele ranked the battlefield's top thousand heavenly prides by combat strength.
• Ji Zining read the top rankings: Ao Xue was first, Huang Xi second, and Mo Shang of the Ziwei Holy Land third, all with peak Saint King Realm combat strength.
• Ji Zining found Xiao Jing ranked twelfth, with combat strength at the eighth level of the Saint King Realm, and praised him.
• A Ziwei Holy Land disciple spotted Ji Zining in 665th place, leaving the group astonished and Ji Zining wondering whether only around six hundred Saint King Realm heavenly prides were in the battlefield.

Ji Zining arrived at Qingming City and proved her strength by placing six hundred and sixty-fifth on the Heavenly Pride Ranking despite being in the Saint Manifestation Realm. Xiao Jing told her that the Martial Emperor Secret Realm, which held a Great Emperor’s inheritance, would open the next day.

• Xiao Jing became convinced of Ji Zining’s strength, and she told him and the other Ziwei Holy Land prodigies to get along as fellow disciples.
• Xiao Jing led Ji Zining to the base while gathered prodigies recognized her and spread news of her arrival throughout the Heavenly Pride Battlefield.
• Proddigies from more than a dozen cities left for Qingming City after hearing that Ji Zining had arrived.
• Ji Zining asked Xiao Jing about nearby secret realms, and he told her that the Martial Emperor Secret Realm would open a thousand li away the next day.
• Xiao Jing explained that the secret realm contained a Great Emperor’s inheritance and rare treasures, and Ji Zining was surprised to encounter such an opportunity so soon.

Ji Zining learned how secret-realm grades revealed the inheritances within them and why the Ziwei Holy Land’s heavenly prides had to compete for entry while others guarded Qingming City. She went with Xiao Jing to watch the selection for the Martial Emperor Secret Realm, where the gathered disciples greeted her.

• Xiao Jing explained that secret realms were graded by their opening phenomena and that empty realms had already had their inheritances claimed.
• Ji Zining learned that at least five Heavenly Pride Ranking experts had to remain in Qingming City, and she thanked Xiao Jing and the others for protecting it.
• Ji Zining chose to watch the heavenly prides compete for places in the Martial Emperor Secret Realm and left the hall with Xiao Jing.
• In the plaza, the disciples predicted that Tiancang, Hua Wuxiao, and Qing Tan would win three spots among the thirteen competitors.
• When Ji Zining arrived, the gathered heavenly prides greeted her, and she told them to continue without minding her.

Ji Zining watched Xiao Jing organize a free-for-all to decide which of the Ziwei Holy Land's thirteen Heavenly Pride Ranking members would enter the Martial Emperor Secret Realm. As the contest erupted into chaotic battles, she recognized the exceptional strength of two Saint King Realm fighters.

• Ji Zining agreed to assess the thirteen ranked heavenly prides before the Martial Emperor Secret Realm opened.
• Xiao Jing set up a spatial arena and announced a free-for-all, with fighters able to withdraw and no alliances allowed.
• The contestants hesitated until one young man launched a saber attack, prompting the others to begin fighting.
• Hua Wuxiao challenged Tiancang, and the two began a fierce sword-and-saber duel that tore through the arena's space.
• Xiao Jing asked Ji Zining what she thought of the contestants, and she said they were extremely strong and that she was no match for either duelist.

Ji Zining and Xiao Jing watched the free-for-all determine which heavenly prides would enter the Martial Emperor Secret Realm. The contest ended with eight victors, who prepared to set out the next morning with Ji Zining, while Xiao Jing said Mo Shang might not join them.

• Xiao Jing told Ji Zining that Tiancang and Hua Wuxiao were Saint King Realm fighters ranked among the top four hundred on the Heavenly Pride Ranking.
• As the arena battle intensified, five heavenly prides were eliminated, and Ji Zining resisted the urge to join the contest.
• Xiao Jing ended the free-for-all, gave healing pills to the five eliminated heavenly prides, and assigned them to guard Qingming City.
• Tiancang and Hua Wuxiao agreed to compete for cultivation resources in the Martial Emperor Secret Realm, and Xiao Jing told the eight victors to prepare to leave in the morning.
• Xiao Jing said other Ziwei Holy Land heavenly prides would meet them at the secret realm and that Mo Shang might not come, prompting Ji Zining to tease the group and ask them to rely on her.

Ji Zining prepared to enter the Martial Emperor Secret Realm with Qingming City's heavenly prides, then cultivated in a hall before using her newly unlocked check-in opportunity. She ended the chapter awaiting the result of her check-in.

• Ji Zining learned that Mo Shang had not joined the group, and Xiao Jing speculated that he was trapped exploring an unfamiliar secret realm.
• Ji Zining told the selected heavenly prides to prepare to leave for the Martial Emperor Secret Realm at dawn and urged the injured, eliminated fighters to protect Qingming City without risking their lives.
• Xiao Jing led Ji Zining to a hall and agreed to lead the group the next morning.
• Ji Zining cultivated in the hall's concentrated Spiritual Qi and raised her cultivation to the peak of the first level of the Saint Manifestation Realm.
• The system announced that Ji Zining's check-in opportunity had unlocked, and Ji Zining chose to check in.

Ji Zining received a spiritual power cultivation infusion that raised her to the Saint Manifestation Realm Eighth Layer, and the Heavenly Pride Ranking placed her 315th. As she prepared to enter the Martial Emperor Secret Realm, Xiao Jing and the other prodigies told her how much attention her sudden rise had drawn.

• Ji Zining used the spiritual power cultivation infusion to break through from the Saint Manifestation Realm First Layer Peak to the Eighth Layer.
• The Heavenly Pride Ranking stele moved Ji Zining from 665th to 315th place and listed her combat strength as reaching the Fifth Level of the Saint King Realm.
• Pro​​digies across the seventy-two grotto-heaven cities spread news of Ji Zining's rise and marveled at her strength.
• Ji Zining tried to comprehend the third layer of the Seven Orifices Exquisite Immortal Art before dawn but ran out of time.
• Ji Zining went to the square to meet Xiao Jing, Tiancang, Hua Wuxiao, and the other prodigies before entering the Martial Emperor Secret Realm.
• Xiao Jing told Ji Zining that she had become 315th on the Heavenly Pride Ranking, explaining the other prodigies' fervent attention.

Ji Zining led the Ziwei Holy Land heavenly prides toward the Martial Emperor Secret Realm after learning her new Heavenly Pride Ranking, and Xiao Jing explained the realm’s rules and introduced the other holy sons. They arrived at the sealed golden gate and met Lin Shan and Qingshuang, who welcomed Ji Zining before the realm opened.

• Ji Zining learned that she had risen to three hundred and fifteenth on the Heavenly Pride Ranking and set out with Xiao Jing, Tiancang, Hua Wuxiao, and the other heavenly prides.
• Xiao Jing told Ji Zining that the Martial Emperor Secret Realm would open in one shichen, remain open for three days, and kill anyone trapped inside after it closed.
• Ji Zining chose to use the usual group arrangements, and Xiao Jing described Lin Shan and Qingshuang’s cultivation, combat strength, and rankings.
• Xiao Jing led the group through a spatial rift, and they emerged before the closed golden gate that served as the entrance to the Martial Emperor Secret Realm.
• Lin Shan and Qingshuang greeted Ji Zining, who praised their strength and said the group would rely on them inside the realm.

Ji Zining gathered the Ziwei Holy Land heavenly prides and prepared them for the Martial Emperor Secret Realm, urging them to prioritize their own opportunities over her grudges. The secret realm opened, and she led her followers toward its entrance.

• Lin Shan and Qingshuang welcomed Ji Zining to the Ziwei Holy Land’s temporary mountain base, where its heavenly prides gathered to greet her.
• Ji Zining told the disciples not to let her enmity with the Innate Dao Sect and Wuji Divine Sect interfere with pursuing opportunities.
• Lin Shan identified the neighboring Innate Dao Sect’s strongest heavenly pride as Qianxiao, ranked forty-first, and pointed out the Wuji Divine Sect’s base nearby.
• Lin Shan introduced the gathered faction powerhouses, including Bai Xiao of the White Tiger Clan, ranked eighth and the strongest attendee.
• The golden portal opened, and Ji Zining ordered the Ziwei Holy Land heavenly prides to enter the Martial Emperor Secret Realm.

Ji Zining entered the Martial Emperor Secret Realm with the Ziwei Holy Land disciples and organized them into teams to search for opportunities. She agreed to let Xiao Jing and the others accompany her, then chose Extreme Thunder Valley as their first destination.

• Ji Zining and the other heavenly prides of Ziwei Holy Land entered the secret realm and gathered in Qi Gazing Valley.
• Xiao Jing gave Ji Zining a map showing her location and marking places of opportunity in blue and dangerous places in red.
• Ji Zining sent the Ziwei Holy Land teams in different directions and arranged for them to reunite in three days.
• Ji Zining reluctantly agreed to let Xiao Jing, Lin Shan, Qingshuang, and Qing Tan accompany her after they insisted on protecting her.
• Lin Shan recommended Extreme Thunder Valley, where Lightning Spirit Beasts yielded Lightning Crystals, and Ji Zining agreed to go there with the group.

Ji Zining and her companions arrived at Extreme Thunder Valley to hunt Lightning Spirit Beasts and strengthen her physical cultivation. Mo Li and Qianxiao ambushed them with hidden allies, but Ji Zining stopped a surprise sword attack, and the sword cultivator Li Chang'an revealed himself.

• Ji Zining and Lin Shan surveyed Extreme Thunder Valley, where Lightning Spirit Beasts absorbed purple lightning, and Lin Shan celebrated the chance to collect Lightning Crystals.
• Xiao Jing sensed uninvited guests, so Qingshuang and Qing Tan moved to protect Ji Zining as a group emerged from hiding.
• Mo Li identified himself and acknowledged that his group could not defeat Xiao Jing and the others through numbers alone.
• Mo Li revealed that more allies were present, and an unseen attacker launched a sharp strike at Ji Zining.
• Ji Zining drew the Void-Soaring Sword and used the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique to block the attack.
• Li Chang'an emerged from hiding, praised Ji Zining's swift swordsmanship, and introduced himself as a sword cultivator.

Li Chang'an appeared to join Mo Li and the Wuji Divine Sect against Ji Zining's group, but he rejected the deal and attacked Mo Li instead. Xiao Jing ordered Ji Zining's allies to attack as the confrontation erupted.

• Ji Zining and her allies grew wary after learning that Li Chang'an, a powerful Rogue Cultivator, had joined the Wuji Divine Sect and the Innate Dao Sect.
• Xiao Jing urged Ji Zining to flee once the fighting began, and she silently agreed.
• Mo Li reminded Li Chang'an of their agreement to help kill Ji Zining and Xiao Jing in exchange for access to the Wuji Divine Sect's Sword Law.
• Li Chang'an said he preferred working with good-looking people and attacked Mo Li, calling him too ugly.
• Xiao Jing ordered his allies to attack as Sword Intent, Saber Intent, and other forces erupted.

Li Chang'an turned against Mo Li's coalition after insulting Mo Li's appearance, and joined Xiao Jing and the others in a battle that overwhelmed the Wuji Divine Sect and Innate Dao Sect. The chapter ended with Heavenly Prides from both sects falling rapidly, their names vanishing from the ranking steles.

• Qianxiao rallied the Innate Dao Sect and Wuji Divine Sect Heavenly Prides to fight, while Mo Li blocked Li Chang'an's sword strike with his Destruction Palm.
• Xiao Jing attacked Mo Li from behind and broke his Ghost-Slaying Claw, forcing Mo Li to defend against both him and Li Chang'an.
• Li Chang'an decided to kill Mo Li and asked Ji Zining to owe him a favor; Ji Zining agreed and joined the fight.
• Ji Zining cut down several Wuji Divine Sect Heavenly Prides, while Lin Shan pursued Qianxiao and Qingshuang held off the stronger opponents.
• Names of Wuji Divine Sect and Innate Dao Sect Heavenly Prides disappeared from ranking steles across the seventy-two grotto-heaven cities.

As the prodigies in the Martial Emperor Secret Realm fought, Li Chang'an and Xiao Jing overwhelmed Mo Li and the forces of the Innate Dao Sect and Wuji Divine Sect. Li Chang'an’s taunts drove Mo Li to self-destruct, leaving Ji Zining wondering if she could undo her agreement with him.

• Prodigies across the realm concluded that Ziwei Holy Land was slaughtering the Innate Dao Sect and Wuji Divine Sect, unaware that the two sects had actually surrounded Ziwei Holy Land.
• Li Chang'an and Xiao Jing joined forces in Extreme Thunder Valley and grievously wounded Mo Li with their combined attacks.
• Mo Li saw that his forces were losing across the battlefield and realized no one could come to save them.
• Li Chang'an mocked Mo Li’s appearance, provoking him to reverse his spiritual power and charge at Li Chang'an to self-destruct.
• Mo Li’s explosion shattered space around Extreme Thunder Valley, and Ji Zining, coughing blood, wondered whether she could back out of her agreement with Li Chang'an.

Mo Li blew himself up after Li Chang'an’s taunts, leaving Ji Zining and the others injured but alive. The group regrouped outside the blast zone, and Ji Zining treated the wounded before leading them to rest ahead of entering Extreme Thunder Valley.

• Mo Li self-destructed after Li Chang'an verbally provoked him, and the blast badly injured Ji Zining and others nearby.
• Ji Zining, Xiao Jing, Lin Shan, Qingshuang, and Qing Tan confirmed they had survived and made their way out of the lingering blast zone.
• Ji Zining saw that Qingshuang was badly injured and Qing Tan had lost an arm, while Xiao Jing, Li Chang'an, and Lin Shan were mostly unharmed.
• Ji Zining rebuked Li Chang'an for his venomous words, then gave Qingshuang and Qing Tan healing pills.
• Ji Zining found no other survivors and ordered the group to rest and heal before entering Extreme Thunder Valley.

After healing, Ji Zining and her companions discovered that Mo Li’s self-destruction had wiped out nearly all the Lightning Spirit Beasts in Extreme Thunder Valley, leaving a vast haul of Lightning Crystals. Li Chang’an claimed credit and suggested Ji Zining distribute the crystals, while she postponed the decision until Qingshuang and Qing Tan recovered.

• Qingshuang, Qing Tan, Lin Shan, Xiao Jing, and Li Chang’an began healing while Li Chang’an privately planned to benefit from his connection with Ji Zining.
• An hour later, Ji Zining recovered and learned that Qing Tan had regrown most of her severed arm, though her hand was still missing.
• Ji Zining joined Xiao Jing and Lin Shan at the valley entrance and saw that Mo Li’s self-destruction had left the ground covered in Lightning Crystals and nearly all the Lightning Spirit Beasts dead.
• Li Chang’an claimed that his actions had earned the group the easy harvest and proposed that Ji Zining distribute the Lightning Crystals.
• Ji Zining postponed distribution until Qingshuang and Qing Tan recovered, then sent the others to collect the crystals.

Li Chang'an and the others gathered Lightning Crystals in Extreme Thunder Valley while Lin Shan guessed that Li Chang'an was hiding painful experiences behind his eccentric behavior. After Qingshuang and Qing Tan recovered, the group divided the crystals, and Li Chang'an gave his share to Ji Zining.

• Li Chang'an entered Extreme Thunder Valley ahead of the others and began gathering Lightning Crystals.
• Lin Shan guessed that Li Chang'an was interested in Ji Zining, but Ji Zining said he was devoted to sword Dao and might be hiding painful experiences.
• Ji Zining, Xiao Jing, and Lin Shan joined Li Chang'an in collecting crystals, and Ji Zining's physical cultivation rose a level during their two hours inside.
• Qingshuang and Qing Tan arrived fully recovered, so Ji Zining called the others out of the valley.
• Ji Zining took the largest share of the Lightning Crystals, and Li Chang'an gave her his share because he had no use for it.

After leaving Extreme Thunder Valley, Ji Zining weighed suggestions for the group’s next destination and chose the Holy Spirit Sea, where rumors placed the Great Emperor’s inheritance. Li Chang'an urged them to visit the dangerous Ancient Chaos Graveyard for a major opportunity, but Ji Zining set off without him.

• Lin Shan celebrated receiving Lightning Crystals while Xiao Jing teased him, and Qingshuang recommended traveling to the Holy Spirit Sea.
• Qingshuang said the Holy Spirit Sea offered cultivation opportunities and might contain the Great Emperor’s inheritance, prompting Ji Zining to study the map.
• Xiao Jing proposed the Ancient Chaos Stone Stele, but Ji Zining decided they could visit it after the Holy Spirit Sea.
• Ji Zining asked Li Chang'an for a destination, and he recommended the Ancient Chaos Graveyard because it held a great opportunity.
• Ji Zining led the group toward the Holy Spirit Sea, and Li Chang'an hurried after them.

Ji Zining and the others reached the Holy Spirit Sea just as its first eruption of opportunities began, and they collected treasures from the streaks of light. Ji Zining found a mysterious, indestructible jade key and asked Xiao Jing and the others if they recognized it.

• Li Chang'an caught up with Ji Zining and her group and followed them to the Holy Spirit Sea.
• Ji Zining and the others descended toward the Holy Spirit Sea, where a vortex formed and the gathered heavenly prides waited for opportunities to emerge.
• The Holy Spirit Sea erupted with streaks of light, and Ji Zining collected a jade key before pursuing a golden streak.
• Ji Zining obtained Saint Rank Supreme Grade inner armor from the golden light, while Xiao Jing and the others collected their own treasures.
• Ji Zining tested the jade key without success and asked Xiao Jing and the others whether they recognized it.

Ji Zining decided to enter the Holy Spirit Sea vortex after suspecting its opportunities came from another space. She and her companions vanished inside, where Ji Zining sensed a hidden space that might have been created by a Great Emperor.

• Ji Zining let Xiao Jing and the others examine the jade key while she asked Qing Tan whether anyone had ever entered the vortex.
• Ji Zining decided to investigate the shrinking vortex herself and invited the others to follow or wait for her return.
• Xiao Jing and the others followed Ji Zining into the vortex, while the watching prodigies reacted with disbelief.
• Ji Zining sensed another space as she entered the vortex and wondered whether it concealed a Great Emperor's inheritance.
• Xiao Jing and the others entered after Ji Zining, and they all disappeared into the vortex.

Ji Zining and the others entered a hidden dimension inside the Holy Spirit Sea’s vortex and explored its ancient cave abode. They discovered that its ordinary-looking plants and objects were rare treasures, leaving them searching for more.

• Ji Zining appeared in the cave abode inside the vortex, and Xiao Jing and the others soon arrived safely.
• Ji Zining explained that she had brought them along because time was short, then suggested they search the cave abode for the source of the Holy Spirit Sea’s opportunities.
• Qingshuang identified an ordinary-looking orchid as a Heavenly Tongue Orchid, a main ingredient for an Emperor-Breaking Pill.
• After hearing what the orchid was, Ji Zining and the others realized the cave abode’s unremarkable objects might also be treasures.
• Xiao Jing found eighteen Bala Fruits, Lin Shan discovered Black-Yellow Grass, Li Chang'an identified an Emperor weapon fragment, and Qing Tan recognized a lower-grade Saint Rank bell.

Ji Zining realized that the grotto-heaven was concealing the divine radiance of its treasures and suspected it held a deeper secret. When Xiao Jing brought out the jade key, it lit up and opened a portal in the grotto-heaven’s ceiling.

• Ji Zining gathered Xiao Jing and the others and pointed out that the treasures looked unnaturally ordinary inside the grotto-heaven.
• Ji Zining warned the group to watch for clues as they collected treasures, saying the grotto-heaven might only be an entrance to a larger space.
• Ji Zining asked Xiao Jing for the jade key she had given him, and Xiao Jing took it from his storage ring.
• The jade key released white light, floated from Xiao Jing’s palm, and rose to the grotto-heaven’s ceiling.
• A portal appeared in the rock wall at the top of the grotto-heaven.

Ji Zining and her companions opened the gateway with the jade key and entered a dark hall that held an inheritance tomb. They learned that the hall’s Black Demon carvings were made with the blood of a Great Emperor Black Demon, and the mysterious owner’s voice left them asking to meet him.

• Ji Zining gathered the treasures they had found, then led Xiao Jing and the others through the gateway opened by the jade key.
• Ji Zining and her companions arrived in an empty dark hall lined with pillars carved with ferocious beasts.
• Xiao Jing identified the carvings as Black Demons once responsible for great slaughter in the True Martial Dao Domain.
• Li Chang'an found traces of Demonic Qi on the carvings and warned that the Black Demons seemed almost alive.
• A mysterious voice welcomed them to an inheritance tomb and claimed to have carved the pillars with the blood of a Great Emperor Black Demon.
• Ji Zining asked the voice to show itself so they could verify who owned the inheritance tomb.

Ji Zining and her companions began the first of four tests, facing a horde of Saint King Realm Black Demons in the dim hall. After discovering that the Demonic Qi corroded their bodies and weapons, Ji Zining drew the Immortal-Slaying Sword and unleashed its power against the demons.

• The voice announced the first test, Black Demon Chaos, and summoned Black Demons from the stone pillars around the hall.
• Ji Zining killed a Black Demon with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique, and the group launched into battle against the horde.
• Xiao Jing and Li Chang'an fought the strongest demons while Lin Shan, Qingshuang, and Qing Tan supported the group.
• Ji Zining noticed Demonic Qi corroding the Void-Soaring Sword and warned everyone that it was weakening them.
• Ji Zining summoned the Immortal-Slaying Sword, whose Sword Qi and imperial might forced back the Black Demons.
• Ji Zining used Sword Slashes the Eight Desolations to attack the demons with the Immortal-Slaying Sword.

Ji Zining revealed the Immortal-Slaying Sword and led Xiao Jing and the others to defeat the black devils in the first trial. The voice in the hall offered her its complete inheritance and identified himself as Chen Luanxing, the Chaotic Star Emperor Venerable, a name none of them recognized.

• Ji Zining unleashed the Immortal-Slaying Sword, an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, and destroyed the black devils before her.
• Ji Zining rallied Xiao Jing and the others, who routed the remaining black devils until they fled back into the stone pillars.
• The voice in the hall praised Ji Zining and said she might obtain his complete inheritance.
• Ji Zining refused to consider the inheritance until the voice revealed his identity, warning that it might be dangerous.
• The voice identified himself as Chen Luanxing, the Chaotic Star Emperor Venerable, but Ji Zining and the others had never heard of him.