Recaps

Xu Long was trapped inside six connected dharma seals controlled by Yun Xiao and five Deacon Hall disciples. As the seals’ pressure forced him down, he fought back with his giant palm and sword qi, but Yun Xiao ordered the others to intensify the confinement.

• Xu Long accelerated his giant palm toward a cultivator, but the six Deacon Hall disciples linked their True Spirits and enclosed him in rotating dharma seals and light curtains.
• The seals’ combined force restrained Xu Long and hammered him with mounting pressure, so he recalled the giant palm to protect himself.
• Xu Long reshaped the giant palm into a blade and sent it slashing at the light curtains while Yun Xiao tried to suppress him with a spinning wheel of sword qi.
• Xu Long unleashed sword qi from the star within his will and shattered Yun Xiao’s spinning wheel, while their sword lights continued battling in midair.
• Yun Xiao ordered the five disciples to strengthen the seals, and their faster rotation pressed Xu Long downward until spatial cracks appeared beneath his feet.

Xu Long broke free of the six cultivators’ Dharma seals, but they ensnared his shoulder blades with chains while Yun Xiao prepared to strike him out of the contest. As Yun Xiao’s sword qi closed in, Xu Long remained composed, and his gaze unsettled Yun Xiao.

• Xu Long used his giant palm to smash the light screen, causing the six Dharma seals to shatter and unleash a sea of fire.
• The six cultivators pulled Xu Long backward with chains attached to his shoulder blades, slowing his magic power.
• Yun Xiao knocked Xu Long’s sword light aside and sent his white-glowing sword qi toward him.
• Xu Long faced Yun Xiao’s incoming strike without panic, and his gaze stirred suspicion and unease in Yun Xiao.

Xu Long used the mysterious power of the fragment space to seal Yun Xiao and counter his white radiance sword qi, then broke free from the six cultivators’ restraints. Yun Xiao recognized that Xu Long had won the trial, though withdrawing his sword qi could make the result appear to be a draw.

• Yun Xiao intensified his white radiance sword qi and sent it spinning toward Xu Long.
• Xu Long spoke the word “Seal,” slowing the space and severing Yun Xiao’s connection to his sword qi.
• Xu Long’s World-Breaking Blade struck Yun Xiao, who blocked it with a Mystic Immortal dharma seal before fleeing the explosion.
• As the fragment space collapsed in waves of energy, Xu Long forced the chain-like Dharma Artifacts from his body and freed himself and the six cultivators.
• Yun Xiao realized he had failed the final trial and accepted that Xu Long was the true victor.

Xu Long defeated Yun Xiao and the other cultivators in the fragmented space, impressing Perfected Yunxiang with his strength. Yunxiang ordered the results spread and prepared to meet the twenty-one people who passed the second test, while Yunluan anxiously asked Yun Xiao how Xu Long had fared.

• Xu Long broke apart the energy shockwave with his sword light and left through a rift into the void, earning Yun Xiao's respect.
• Yun Xiao reported his defeat to Perfected Yunxiang and apologized for failing to stop Xu Long.
• Perfected Yunxiang praised Xu Long's extraordinary combat power and said he had renewed his confidence in the sect's younger generation.
• Yunxiang ordered Yun Xiao to spread the results and prepared to receive the twenty-one people who passed the second test.
• Yunluan asked Yun Xiao through a voice transmission whether Xu Long had passed the final test.

Yun Xiao oversaw the announcement of the twenty candidates who passed the core disciple second examination while Yunluan anxiously waited to hear whether Xu Long had succeeded. Perfected Yunxiang named Yunmo as the twentieth passer, and Xu Long emerged before the crowd to greet him.

• Yun Xiao saw Yunluan anxiously ask about Xu Long and told him to watch rather than reveal the result.
• Yunluan admitted that Yunya had defeated him in the examination.
• Perfected Yunxiang announced that the twenty passing candidates had been chosen and began calling their names.
• Yunya was named the nineteenth passer, and Yunluan bowed to him.
• Perfected Yunxiang named Yunmo as the twentieth passer, and Yunluan secretly sent a message in celebration.
• Xu Long appeared before the crowd and greeted Perfected Yunxiang as Yunmo.

After the second-round candidates were selected, Xu Long recognized Yunya as a dangerous Early-stage Mystic Immortal who cultivated a potent death aura. Yunya became intrigued by Xu Long’s achievements and resolved to face him in the next round, which the sect master would personally oversee.

• Perfected Yunxiang announced the twenty candidates, told them to keep their jade tokens, and said the sect master Yunlong would examine them in the next round.
• Xu Long noticed Yunya’s shadowy gaze and sensed the death aura surrounding him, which reminded him of Shankui’s far greater mastery of the Law of Life and Death.
• Yunya used a soul-captivating manifestation on Xu Long, but Xu Long broke free and looked away.
• Yunya recognized Xu Long as Yunmo, learned he had passed the test despite being a Middle Stage Earth Immortal, and decided to wait for a chance to fight him.
• Xu Long considered Yunya’s strength and examined the twenty candidates, noting that most were Mystic Immortals and a few were exceptionally capable Heavenly Immortals.

After the second trial, Yunlong and Yunxiang discussed whether to nurture Yunya despite his dangerous aura and agreed to give him a chance. They also recognized Yunmo’s talent and decided the two candidates should be sent together to the Vast Sea to face life-and-death trials.

• The twenty candidates who passed the Deacon Hall’s second trial were celebrated, with the final core disciples to be chosen later by the sect master.
• Yunxiang told Yunlong that Yunya was a guarding lord with exceptional talent but a dangerous, murderous aura that could cause a cultivation backlash.
• Yunlong considered Yunya’s fate and decided the sect should nurture him.
• Yunxiang praised Yunmo’s strength, and Yunlong agreed that he resembled Yun Kun in his prime.
• Yunxiang proposed sending Yunya and Yunmo together to the Vast Sea for trials, and Yunlong agreed that they needed to survive hardship before receiving great responsibilities.

Yun Hong warned Yun Feng that Yunya and Yunmo had earned their places in the selection, while explaining the stakes for the clan cultivators. Yun Feng and Yun Peng learned of the newcomers and prepared for the coming contest, with Yun Peng still regarding Yun Feng as his only worthy rival.

• Yun Hong told Yun Feng that Yunya and Yunmo had passed Yunluan and Yun Xiao’s tests and earned Perfected Yunxiang’s approval.
• Yun Hong explained that the selection could determine whether the clan cultivators survived within the sect.
• Yun Feng reconsidered Yunya and Yunmo as potential rivals and worried about losing control of her own fate if she failed to place in the top three.
• Yun Feng sent Yun Peng a meaningful message about the twenty candidates in the second round.
• Yun Peng decided he would not hold back, but declared that only Yun Feng was worthy of fighting him.

Yunlong presided over the Jade Screen Sect School’s final core-disciple selection and revealed that only twelve of the twenty-five candidates would be chosen. The chapter ended with the masters reacting in surprise to the reduced number.

• Yunlong gathered the Mystic Immortal peak masters in the main hall and reminded them of his authority over the sect.
• Yunxiang read out the names of the candidates, many of whom came from the Boundless Wilderness, while Yun Hong reacted with concern and relief at Yun Feng’s name.
• The assembled masters asked Yunlong to decide the final assessment.
• Yunlong announced that only twelve of the twenty-five candidates would become core disciples, prompting the masters to object that earlier selections had chosen fifteen.

Yunlong established combat strength as the sole criterion for selecting the twelve core disciples, using the poor results of the grotto-heaven blessed land’s disciples to silence the mountain masters. He worried that Yun Peng’s resentment toward Yun Feng would erupt during the competition, but took some comfort in the strength of Yunya and Yunmo.

• Yun Hong recognized that Yunlong’s selection plan would exclude clan cultivators and hoped Yun Feng could place in the top three.
• Yunlong declared that seniority and personal ties would not matter and that combat strength alone would determine the core disciples.
• The mountain masters accepted Yunlong’s judgment after he invoked the formidable cultivators from the Boundless Wilderness.
• Yunlong recalled how Yun Peng had once shattered a mountain and fought his way toward Yun Feng after resenting Yunlong’s decision to raise Yun Feng in Yun Kun’s place.
• Yunlong worried that Yun Peng would challenge Yun Feng during the competition, but felt steadier when he thought of Yunya and Yunmo’s strength.

The Jade Screen Sect began its final selection for core disciples, summoning twenty-five candidates to the main vein. Yunlong announced that only twelve would survive the individual-combat trials, which were about to begin.

• Yunlong rang the bronze cauldron bell and announced the start of the final selection throughout Beyond the Cloudy Heavens.
• Yun Feng and Yun Peng heard the summons and prepared to enter the selection, each carrying personal hopes and concerns.
• Yunmo arrived at the main vein in a dramatic display, and Yun Feng recognized him as the figure she had seen before.
• Twenty-five candidates gathered in the great hall and paid their respects to Yunlong and the sect's elders and hall masters.
• Yunlong explained that the candidates would fight individually and that the twelve who endured to the end would become core disciples.

Xu Long learned that the final selection would pit twenty-five cultivators against one another in a fragment space under Yunlong’s supervision, with twelve earning places as core disciples. As Yun Peng and Yun Feng entered the gateway after confronting each other, the other cultivators followed and the selection began.

• Yunlong announced a fragment-space trial in which the remaining cultivators would claim twelve core disciple spots, with him ensuring the space stayed safe and fair.
• Xu Long noticed Yun Feng, the sect’s eldest senior brother, and watched as Yun Peng confronted him and challenged him to settle their conflict inside the gateway.
• Yun Peng entered the fragment space, and Yun Feng sent Xu Long a voice transmission explaining Yun Peng’s harsh childhood, his bond with Yun Kun, and the source of their conflict.
• Yun Feng followed Yun Peng into the fragment space, then Xu Long and the other cultivators began entering for the final selection.

The final trial to select core disciples began, and Xu Long confronted a Mystic Immortal who attacked him immediately. Xu Long overwhelmed his opponent with powerful strikes, but the cultivator escaped behind an unfamiliar talisman that absorbed the force of Xu Long’s sword light.

• The sect master announced the final trial as the disciples entered the fragment space, where their jade tokens showed the locations of the twenty-five contestants.
• Xu Long saw a nearby cultivator approaching and prepared to fight, knowing twelve would advance and the sect master would choose five from among them.
• The Mystic Immortal attacked Xu Long with a streak of light, but Xu Long stopped it with one palm strike and counterattacked with a magic seal and sword light.
• Xu Long’s sword qi shattered the Mystic Immortal’s protective magic seal and drove him into retreat.
• The Mystic Immortal threw out an ancient pale yellow talisman, which expanded into a wall and absorbed Xu Long’s sword light as he fled.
• Xu Long sensed something unusual about the talisman while tracking his descending sword light.

Xu Long defeated a Mystic Immortal cultivator and then fought Yunya in the fragment space, revealing his Dharma of Heaven and Earth and overpowering Yunya with Heaven-Slaying One Sword. Yunya conceded, but Xu Long unleashed the sword anyway, leaving a spatial rift overhead and his Dharma Body nearly broken.

• Xu Long used his magic seal and sword light to eliminate a Mystic Immortal cultivator despite the opponent's protective talisman.
• Yunya arrived to challenge Xu Long, and the two exchanged attacks with his black curved blade and Xu Long's sword light.
• Xu Long summoned a Dharma of Heaven and Earth, which caught Yunya's descending blade and helped him counter Yunya's attacks.
• Xu Long struck Yunya with the Dharma Body's palm and prepared Heaven-Slaying One Sword as his Magic Power dwindled.
• Yunya conceded after Xu Long named his sword strike, but Xu Long unleashed its full force, blasting open a spatial rift and leaving his Dharma Body illusory and damaged.

Xu Long defeated Yunya with Heaven-Slaying One Sword, and the Jade Screen Sect School named him among its twelve new core disciples and placed him third. The sect publicly announced the disciples, bound them to the sect register, and left the crowd stunned to discover Xu Long was only a Middle Stage Earth Immortal.

• Xu Long overcame Yunya with Heaven-Slaying One Sword and entered the spatial rift after the selection results reached twelve.
• Yun Hong argued for his preferred top-three candidates, but Yunxiang challenged his list and Yunlong announced Yun Feng, Yun Peng, and Yunmo as the top three.
• Yunlong proclaimed the twelve core disciples, and the disciples accepted their responsibilities and were entered into the sect register.
• Xu Long and the other eleven disciples left the hall in ceremonial robes as the Jade Screen Sect School announced them to the gathered crowd.
• Yun Ya sensed Xu Long's aura and realized that the third-ranked core disciple was a Middle Stage Earth Immortal.

Xu Long was publicly proclaimed one of the Jade Screen Sect School’s twelve core disciples, drawing admiration from allies and scrutiny from rival powers. After the ceremony, Yun Feng accepted her father Yun Hong’s plan to seek a Dao companion for political support, while Xu Long awaited the sect’s decision about an expedition into the Vast Sea.

• The sect master proclaimed the twelve core disciples, with Xu Long named third and recognized as the youngest among them.
• Yun Ya recognized Xu Long as Yunmo, while Yun Feng realized he was the free-spirited cultivator who had lingered in her heart.
• Two blue-robed informants discussed the Jade Screen Sect School’s rising strength and reported that rival powers would target Yunmo and the other core disciples.
• The twelve received the crowd’s salute and treasured light as Yunlong watched, prepared with jade tokens and mindful of the danger facing his generation.
• Yun Hong told Yun Feng that the family cultivators wanted her to find a Dao companion to secure support, and she agreed to follow his guidance.
• Xu Long returned to his mountain hall and considered the coming decision about who would explore the Vast Sea, where the three great powers planned to pursue a mysterious opportunity.

Xu Long prepared to explore the Vast Sea anomaly, which might be connected to his True Dragon bloodline. Yun Ya tried to recruit him into the clan cultivators’ faction by proposing Yun Feng as his Dao companion, but Xu Long refused and reaffirmed his commitment to the Boundless Wilderness.

• Xu Long recalled his near-death encounter with the Vast Sea’s dragon-shaped creature and resolved to investigate the anomaly despite the danger.
• Yun Ya visited Xu Long and awkwardly tried to persuade him to consider taking a Dao companion.
• Yun Ya revealed that Elder Yun Hong had sent him to recommend Yun Feng and draw Xu Long closer to the clan cultivators.
• Xu Long questioned Yun Ya’s role as Yun Hong’s spokesman, and Yun Ya explained that cultivators in the grotto-heaven blessed land had to choose between the sect master and the clans.
• Xu Long rejected the proposal, deciding not to join the clan cultivators’ faction and to focus on entering the Vast Sea and cultivating in the Boundless Wilderness.
• Yun Ya stopped trying to persuade Xu Long after seeing his firm refusal.

Xu Long asked Yun Ya about defensive talismans and learned that Elder Yun Hong made them, then used a Divination Talisman to investigate his growing unease and saw visions of dangers awaiting him in the Vast Sea. As Xu Long set out to seek talismans from Yun Hong, the sect master summoned him to the secluded residence of the Twofold Immortal old ancestor, Yun He.

• Xu Long asked Yun Ya about a defensive talisman that could withstand a mystic immortal's attack, and Yun Ya revealed that Elder Yun Hong was the sect's only talisman maker.
• Xu Long realized that rejecting Yun Hong's goodwill might have cost him access to talismans, but his concern about the coming trip to the Vast Sea led him to decide to visit Yun Hong anyway.
• Xu Long used a Divination Talisman to investigate his unease and saw a lightning-fast streak, a dragon-shaped being, and a square object that overwhelmed and suppressed him.
• Xu Long concluded that the square object threatened him and that the Vast Sea journey held danger, though he remained determined to go and sought defensive talismans for protection.
• As Xu Long left to find Elder Yun Hong, the sect master's message ordered him to report immediately to the secluded residence of the old ancestor, Yun He.

Ancestor Yun He told Sect Master Yunlong that the Vast Sea might contain an ancient inheritance and ordered all five finalists to explore it despite the risks. He revealed that his own tribulation was approaching, then summoned the disciples and explained their mission, leaving them about to enter the dangerous Vast Sea.

• Yun He chose Yunya, Yun Feng, Yunmo, Yun Peng, and Yun Feng as the five disciples to send into the Vast Sea, while Yunlong worried about the danger.
• Yun He explained that the Vast Sea contained strange treasures, spiritual essences, residual energy, and possibly an ancient place of inheritance.
• Yun He told Yunlong that Perfected Lord Pinglu was approaching his tribulation and revealed that his own tribulation was near, urging Yunlong to prepare to support the sect.
• Xu Long and the other four finalists gathered outside Yun He's mountain, then followed Yunlong inside and paid their respects to the ancestor.
• Yun He informed the disciples that they were to obtain as much of the Vast Sea's inheritance as possible and warned them that its opportunities came with danger.

Ancestor Yun He warned the Jade Screen Sect School’s five strongest disciples about the dangers of entering the Vast Sea and revealed that the Duck Beast King was being sought by the Saint Daoist Sanctuary. Xu Long resolved to go, then sought defensive talismans from Yun Hong as Yun Feng weighed whether to accept the expedition.

• Ancestor Yun He told Xu Long, Yun Peng, Yun Feng, Yunya, and the others to gather at Qinghe Daoist Sanctuary in half a month, warning that rival sect disciples posed the greatest danger in the Vast Sea.
• Xu Long and the other disciples accepted the challenge, and Ancestor Yun He promised to explain the Twofold Immortal realm if they returned alive.
• Ancestor Yun He warned that the Duck Beast King had visited the Jade Screen Sect School and ordered the disciples to report sightings of him to the sect.
• Xu Long connected the Duck Beast King’s movements and the strange Vast Sea phenomenon to a possible pursuit by the Saint Daoist Sanctuary, while the others recalled his supposed battle with the beast king.
• Xu Long told Yun Feng that he had declined Yun Hong’s offer but still needed defensive talismans, so Yun Feng advised him to ask Yun Hong directly.
• Xu Long headed to Yun Hong’s mountain as Yun Feng discussed the expedition’s risks with her father and asked him to decide whether she should go.

Yun Feng urged Yun Hong to rely on the family’s own strength after their attempt to recruit Xu Long failed, and she prepared to seek influence by joining the journey to the Vast Sea. Xu Long came to Yun Hong for defensive talismans, endured a demonstration of their power, and left after Yun Feng confronted him about rejecting her.

• Yun Feng discussed the family’s predicament with Yun Hong and accepted that she would have to make a name for herself on the journey to the Vast Sea.
• Xu Long visited Yun Hong to ask for defensive talismans and offered to pay a high price.
• Yun Hong tested Xu Long by manifesting a talisman in his Sea of Consciousness, where Xu Long’s Wisdom Sword countered its lightning, wind, and fire attacks.
• Yun Hong praised Xu Long’s abilities and challenged him for thinking he wanted Spirit Stones and resources.
• Yun Feng asked Xu Long whether he rejected her because she did not catch his eye or because he wished to avoid attachments.
• Xu Long said he feared slowing either himself or another person on the arduous path of cultivation, then left without answering Yun Feng’s unasked question.

Xu Long prepared to journey to the Vast Sea, accepting Yun Hong’s talismans before leaving Beyond the Cloudy Heavens for the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field. As factions across the Boundless Wilderness secretly mobilized, Luo Huayu agreed to represent Luo River Valley, and the chapter ended with the Qinghe Daoist Sanctuary drawing the attention of cultivators and vicious beast clans.

• Yun Feng withdrew from the Vast Sea journey after Xu Long turned her down, and Yun Hong decided to preserve the clan cultivators’ influence by backing someone else.
• Xu Long used his core disciple jade token to obtain nearly thirty thousand Spirit Stones’ worth of resources on credit, bringing his preparations to nearly sixty thousand Spirit Stones’ worth.
• Yun Ya delivered five-colored talismans from Yun Hong to Xu Long, who accepted them and prepared to leave for the Vast Sea with the young man.
• Xu Long departed Beyond the Cloudy Heavens for the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field, while the Jade Screen Sect School began consolidating teleportation arrays at the Qinghe Daoist Sanctuary.
• Luo Ning delivered the old ancestor’s orders and pill formulas to Luo Huayu, who agreed to make the Vast Sea journey and murmured about the Qinghe Daoist Sanctuary.
• Vicious beast clans across the Boundless Wilderness began watching the Qinghe Daoist Sanctuary as other factions secretly prepared for the Vast Sea journey.

He Huaibao prepared to join the trip to the Vast Sea and vowed to kill Yunmo, while the Sword Pavilion sent seven disciples and Falu set out after hearing news about Lady Li. Xu Long returned to the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field, delegated its defense and expansion, then left with the young man for the Qinghe Daoist Sanctuary, where his new core-disciple status gave him easy passage through transport arrays.

• He Huaibao emerged from the lake with his partially controlled aquatic vicious beast, learned Yunmo was on the Vast Sea expedition list, and resolved to kill him there.
• The Sword Pavilion announced that it had dispatched seven Mystic Immortal disciples to investigate the Vast Sea anomaly, and Falu left his Buddhist kingdom after hearing that Lady Li was in trouble.
• Xu Long returned to the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field and revealed that the sect master had ranked him among the top three in the selection and made him a core disciple.
• Xu Long gave Feng Sihu a copied core-disciple jade token and ordered the four guardian cultivators to protect and expand the Dao field while he was away.
• Xu Long and the young man departed for the Qinghe Daoist Sanctuary, and Xu Long discovered that his jade token let him use transport arrays without obstruction.

Xu Long arrived at the Qinghe Daoist Sanctuary as the Jade Screen Sect School prepared to enter the Vast Sea, where he reunited with Yun Feng and met the arriving parties from Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge and Luo River Valley. He recognized He Huaibao among the wary Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge cultivators and noticed that Luo Huayu bore a golden flower like the one on the Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill.

• Xu Long presented his token at the Qinghe Daoist Sanctuary and met Yun Hu, who welcomed him as a core disciple judged among the selection's top three.
• Yun Hu gathered Xu Long, Yun Feng, and the other disciples, urged them to pursue the Vast Sea opportunity, and sealed the sanctuary's teleportation formation.
• Xu Long sensed Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge's arrival, and he recognized He Huaibao among the cultivators entering the sanctuary.
• Yun Feng greeted He Huaibao and his party, who recognized Xu Long but kept their distance from the Jade Screen Sect disciples.
• Luo Huayu led the Luo River Valley party into the sanctuary, and Xu Long noticed the golden flower between her brows resembled the flower on the Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill.
• Yun Feng told Xu Long that Luo Huayu had established her own sanctuary and become renowned for her alchemical talent despite her family's earlier disregard.

At the Qinghe Daoist Sanctuary, the three factions prepared to enter the Vast Sea, where torrents and a tornado made the crossing deadly. He Huaibao used a copper ring and a Kui Ox to open a passage, and the first group of cultivators was swallowed by the beast and carried into the sea as another group prepared to follow.

• Luo Huayu distributed Water-Avoidance Pills refined by Luo River Valley to the gathered cultivators.
• He Huaibao sent a Mystic Immortal cultivator into the torrents, but the man was swallowed by mist and died; He Huaibao then used an incantation to activate the cultivator's copper ring and release a ferocious beast.
• A second Mystic Immortal cultivator took the first man's place, and He Huaibao used a spell seal and the copper ring to shield him from the force of the sea.
• He Huaibao told the cultivators to enter through the center of the beast's silhouette, and the Kui Ox swallowed the first group as they approached.
• Luo Huayu's unbroken jade token confirmed that the group had not been betrayed, while another Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge cultivator took position for the next crossing.