Chapter Summaries

Xu Long turned the Heavenly Immortal cultivator’s sword qi back against him and blocked his counterattack with a manifested Dharma Body hand. As the opponent’s command flags lost their power, Xu Long prepared to strike them from below.

• Xu Long seized control of the Heavenly Immortal cultivator’s sword qi and sent it rushing back at him like a furious dragon.
• The Heavenly Immortal cultivator released a magical seal and command flags, but the seal only slowed the sword qi, and the clash shook the fragment space.
• Xu Long summoned a giant Dharma Body hand to break through the shockwave and meet the falling command flags.
• Xu Long enveloped the command flags with his will and recited an incantation that drained their might.
• Xu Long raised the giant hand beneath the weakened command flags.

Xu Long defeated a Heavenly Immortal cultivator and challenged the others hiding in the fragment space. He ambushed one cultivator who stepped forward, then forced the rest to reveal themselves, leaving them cowed by his strength.

• Xu Long broke the Heavenly Immortal cultivator's command flags and let the spatial rift eliminate him.
• Xu Long called on the hidden cultivators to attack him together.
• A cultivator stepped forward and urged the others to join forces against Xu Long, but Xu Long seized him with his giant hand.
• Xu Long hurled the captured cultivator into a spatial rift, prompting the other hidden cultivators to reveal themselves.
• Xu Long's display of strength left the cultivators afraid to meet his gaze.

A cultivator in the golden-roofed hall altered the fragment spaces, causing more contestants to converge and battles to intensify. Yunya faced Yunluan and the Deacon Hall disciples, while Xu Long found himself surrounded after attacking a cultivator who had been swallowed by a spatial rift.

• The middle-aged cultivator activated the jade tablets, changing the fragment spaces and adding unusual coordinates.
• Contestants encountered more opponents and fought increasingly frequent battles as the selection accelerated.
• Yunya defeated two Heavenly Immortal cultivators, but a spatial rift removed them before he could strike.
• Yunluan arrived with more than a dozen Deacon Hall disciples to confront Yunya, and a battle appeared imminent.
• Xu Long's jade tablet revealed more coordinates as a spatial rift swallowed a cultivator, and nearby contestants surrounded Xu Long after his sneak attack.

Xu Long faced nearly twenty cultivators who joined forces to eliminate him, and he used his Dharma Body palm to disrupt their attack. The cultivators trapped him with spell seals, but Xu Long cut them apart with a flash of sword light.

• The nearby cultivators rushed Xu Long together after realizing he had meant to pick them off one by one.
• Xu Long sent his enormous Dharma Body palm at the group, then spread its fingers to let their spell seals pass through.
• The cultivators redirected their weapons to stall the palm and scattered to evade its blow.
• The cultivators saw Xu Long surrounded by their spell seals and expected him to have no way out.
• Xu Long unleashed a sword cry, cutting the spell seals to pieces before they could strike him.

Xu Long was attacked by coordinated Heavenly Immortal cultivators and became trapped as they pressed in from every side. He formed a powerful Dharma Seal while the giant palm above him mimicked his hand movements, leaving the seal moving toward his enemies.

• Xu Long’s sword light disrupted the pursuing cultivators’ True Spirits, and several surrendered before the spatial rift eliminated them.
• The eliminated cultivators’ flying swords and sword qi continued attacking Xu Long, while others rushed in to replace them.
• Xu Long dodged the sword qi and Dharma Seals but was surrounded, with his routes of retreat sealed off.
• Xu Long rapidly formed hand seals and gathered Magic Power and the Power of Oblivion, while the giant palm above him formed seals in tandem.
• Xu Long completed a solid Dharma Seal filled with points of starlight and sent it toward the surrounding cultivators.

Xu Long used his Dharma seal to blast the surrounding Heavenly Immortal cultivators into retreat, but the pursuing threads of sword qi cut through his defenses. After stalling while he waited for his recalled sword light, he used it to sever the threads, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xu Long's Dharma seal collided with the flying swords and unleashed heavenly fire and a shockwave that shattered the spatial barrier.
• The Heavenly Immortal cultivators admitted defeat and escaped as the fiery shockwave swallowed the field.
• Xu Long retreated behind a barrier, but the threads of sword qi wrapped around it and began cutting through.
• Xu Long sensed the threads pursuing him and stalled until his recalled sword light returned, carrying fierce Geng Metal Qi.
• Xu Long's sword light slashed through the threads of sword qi, stopping their advance.

Xu Long used his Dharma Body’s magic seal and sword light to trap the Heavenly Immortal cultivators in a wall of fire and attack them. When one cultivator fled through the flames, Xu Long’s waiting sword light closed in on him.

• Xu Long destroyed the threadlike sword qi and decided to attack the Heavenly Immortal cultivators to draw out their hidden allies.
• Xu Long empowered his enormous magic seal with an Edict, forcing the cultivators to brace against its flames and pressure.
• Xu Long sent his sword light against the cultivators’ defensive magic seals and shattered them, causing their energy to form a wall of fire.
• Xu Long’s fire dragons drew the wall of fire around the Heavenly Immortal cultivators, trapping them beneath the descending magic seal.
• One Heavenly Immortal cultivator broke through the wall of fire, but Xu Long’s sword light was waiting outside and bore down on him.

Xu Long tried to force the hidden cultivator to reveal himself by attacking the trapped cultivators with a sword strike empowered by the Law of Slaughter. The concealed figure intervened, clashed with Xu Long, and opened a spatial rift that let the others escape.

• Xu Long's sword light pursued a fleeing cultivator, but a spatial barrier split open and swallowed him before the strike could land.
• Xu Long sent the sword light through the gap in the wall of fire, then transformed it into a falling star carrying the Law of Slaughter to threaten the cultivators trapped inside.
• Perfected Yunxiang watched through a jade token, lamented the Jade Screen Sect School disciples' lack of drive, and sent messages before using another token to trigger spatial energy.
• The hidden cultivator appeared and met Xu Long's sword strike with a streak of light, causing a violent collision that tore through the fragment space.
• A spatial rift opened behind the trapped cultivators, and they abandoned resistance and escaped.

Xu Long faced Yun Xiao and the Deacon Hall disciples as the contest’s final test began in the fragment space. After their spell seals unleashed a destructive vortex, Xu Long attacked Yun Xiao with his sword, and Yun Xiao countered with his own sword qi.

• Yun Xiao and six Deacon Hall disciples emerged from the fragment space and confronted Xu Long.
• Xu Long used his Dharma Body’s giant palm and a spell seal to attack Yun Xiao, who defended himself with a spell seal of his own.
• The spell seals collided and created a violent vortex that tore through the space around Yun Xiao.
• Xu Long sent a streak of sword light through the chaotic energy toward Yun Xiao.
• Yun Xiao summoned his True Spirit and directed a sharp white sword gleam above his head to meet the attack.

Yun Xiao and Xu Long clashed with opposing sword energies, while Yun Xiao’s six junior brothers prepared a coordinated attack. The chapter ended with the six brothers’ magical seals forming walls around Xu Long.

• Yun Xiao ordered his scattered junior brothers to prepare while he and Xu Long sent their sword techniques against each other.
• Yun Xiao’s spinning wheel of white sword qi trapped Xu Long’s star-like sword light, but the opposing energies shattered the reinforced spatial barriers.
• Yun Xiao recognized that Xu Long’s power and sword qi let him challenge opponents above his cultivation level, but continued fighting.
• Yun Xiao’s six junior brothers gathered around Xu Long and combined their magical seals above him.
• Xu Long sent his Dharma Body’s flaming palm toward the seals, but the six seals scattered into a formation that enclosed him.

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.