Recaps

Su Chen arrived at Yingtian Academy and crushed the Heaven-Dominating Patriarch with his divine might, killing the Transcendence Realm expert. He then turned away from the kneeling Heaven-Dominating Sect members, who were slaughtered moments later.

• Su Chen appeared above the battlefield, and his pressure forced the Heaven-Dominating Patriarch and the Heaven-Dominating Sect members to their knees.
• Xiao Jing, Shen Li, Liu Mengli, and the academy disciples greeted Su Chen as their Academy Master.
• Su Chen questioned the Heaven-Dominating Patriarch, rejected his plea for mercy, and crushed him to death with divine might.
• Zhao Qianren and the remaining Heaven-Dominating Sect members begged Su Chen to spare them, but dozens of heads were soon sent flying.

Su Chen confronted the founders of three powerful factions after they arrived at Yingtian Academy, forcing them to offer treasures under threat of his overwhelming power. When their gifts failed to satisfy him, he demanded their spatial rings, and they hesitated as his divine might surged again.

• Su Chen called out Xuanxiaozi, Cang Yan, and Granny Meng, who emerged and respectfully greeted him.
• The three founders denied intending to make Yingtian Academy their subordinate force and claimed they had come to visit Su Chen.
• Su Chen demanded sincerity, and the three presented precious treasures before he threatened them with divine might.
• The founders offered dozens more treasures, but Su Chen declared them insufficient and fixed his gaze on their spatial rings.
• Xuanxiaozi, Cang Yan, and Granny Meng resisted handing over their rings, and Su Chen's terrifying divine might surged again.

Su Chen spared the three founding ancestors after taking their spatial rings, saying they were still useful, and Yingtian Academy’s reputation spread across the domains. At the Heaven-Commanding Imperial Court, Xuanxiaozi told a mysterious phantom about Su Chen, who ordered him to leave the academy alone for now and continue bringing Canglan Star’s factions under control.

• The three founding ancestors surrendered their spatial rings to Su Chen, who told Liu Mengli to distribute their contents among Yingtian Academy’s disciples.
• Su Chen let the three ancestors flee, explaining to Xiao Jing, Liu Mengli, and Shen Li that they were still of use and could not die yet.
• The ancestors ordered their factions not to provoke Yingtian Academy, and news of Su Chen’s power spread throughout the Human Domain and the other four great domains.
• After six months, Xuanxiaozi reported Yingtian Academy and Su Chen to the black phantom in the Heaven-Commanding Imperial Court.
• The phantom told Xuanxiaozi to leave Yingtian Academy alone for the time being and focus on bringing Canglan Star’s factions under control.

The Evil God descended on Canglan Star and attacked Xuanxiaozi for failing to subjugate its strongest forces. Xuanxiaozi led him toward the War God Hall, where blood-red clouds gathered as its experts confronted the newcomer.

• An illusory figure told Xuanxiaozi that the Evil God would descend in one year to help control Canglan Star and find the Heart of the Earthfall.
• A year later, the Evil God emerged from a blood-red tear in the sky at the Heaven-Commanding Imperial Court, and Xuanxiaozi welcomed him.
• The Evil God attacked Xuanxiaozi for failing to subjugate the major forces, leaving him injured and frightened.
• Xuanxiaozi chose to take the Evil God to the War God Hall before the World-Suppressing Sacred Cult, hoping to prevent the Hall from preparing for their arrival.
• Blood-red clouds covered the War God Hall, and more than a hundred figures rose into the sky after a grave voice asked who had come.

Xuanxiaozi demanded that the War God Hall submit to the Heaven-Commanding Imperial Court, but the Evil God turned on him and then killed Jiang Qian. Cang Yan took up arms against the Evil God to avenge Jiang Qian, and the battle began.

• Jiang Qian met Xuanxiaozi and the Evil God as they approached the War God Hall, and Xuanxiaozi demanded that the hall become a subordinate force of the Heaven-Commanding Imperial Court.
• Xuanxiaozi attacked Jiang Qian, but Cang Yan appeared and blocked the blow before the two could fight further.
• The Evil God kicked Xuanxiaozi away, then suddenly pierced Jiang Qian's chest and crushed his heart.
• Cang Yan attacked the Evil God in anger, but the Evil God evaded his punch and taunted him.
• Cang Yan handed Jiang Qian's corpse to an elder, drew a black battle-axe, and charged the Evil God as the War God Hall members called for vengeance.

The Evil God defeated Cang Yan by striking him from behind with Blood Qi, then planted something in his divine soul that forced him to obey. Cang Yan submitted to the Evil God to end the unbearable pain, but remained unwilling to accept his control.

• The Evil God used Blood Qi to pierce Cang Yan from behind, destroying his body and leaving only his divine soul.
• The Evil God sent a blood-red ray into Cang Yan's brow and planted a strange cross-shaped mark in his divine soul.
• The Evil God inflicted intense pain on Cang Yan and demanded that he call him master.
• Cang Yan resisted until the pain became unbearable, then called the Evil God master and gained relief.
• The Evil God sensed that Cang Yan was still unwilling to submit and gave him a cold smile.

The Evil God forced Cang Yan and several major Human Domain factions into submission, then learned that Yingtian Academy’s head might be stronger than anyone else in the region. Dismissing Xuanxiaozi’s warnings, he decided to confront the academy head, while Cang Yan secretly understated the threat.

• Cang Yan knelt before the Evil God, who then set out to subdue the World-Suppressing Sacred Cult and left Xuanxiaozi behind.
• The Evil God subdued the World-Suppressing Sacred Cult, where many people died, and made its progenitor submit.
• A month later, the Evil God killed a War God Hall disciple for refusing to serve him and asked Xuanxiaozi which factions remained unconquered.
• Xuanxiaozi explained that Yingtian Academy’s head might be above Transcendence, but Cang Yan claimed the man was weaker than the Evil God.
• The Evil God ordered Xuanxiaozi to lead him to Yingtian Academy so he could test its head’s strength.

Cang Yan and Xuanxiaozi revealed their resentment toward the Evil God as they accompanied him to Yingtian Academy. Shen Li confronted the Evil God and matched him in battle, leaving their fight without a victor.

• Cang Yan admitted he wanted the Evil God dead, and Xuanxiaozi acknowledged that he also hoped the Evil God would perish.
• The Evil God arrived at Yingtian Academy with Xuanxiaozi, Granny Meng, and Cang Yan, where Shen Li attacked him with a spear.
• Xuanxiaozi, Granny Meng, and Cang Yan claimed the Evil God had forced them to come and appealed to Shen Li for help.
• The Evil God struck at the three with a massive palm, but Shen Li pierced through it and charged at him.
• Shen Li dispersed the Evil God's Blood Qi and clashed with his red energy beam, and the two continued fighting without a clear victor.

Shen Li battled the Evil God while Liu Mengli and Xiao Jing fought the three people he controlled. When Su Chen blocked the Evil God's escape, the Evil God activated a forbidden technique and claimed no one could stop him.

• Shen Li fought the Evil God evenly, then resisted the Evil God's attempt to control Xuanxiaozi, Cang Yan, and Granny Meng against him.
• Liu Mengli and Xiao Jing arrived and attacked Xuanxiaozi and the others, leaving the Evil God wary of Yingtian Academy's strength.
• The Evil God tried to flee, but Shen Li hurled his spear and forced him to defend himself.
• Su Chen appeared and blocked the Evil God's escape, making the Evil God suspect that Su Chen was a God King.
• The Evil God activated a forbidden technique and told Su Chen that he could not stop him, while Su Chen smiled.

Su Chen revealed his True God-level power and crushed the Evil God to death with his divine might. He then questioned Xuanxiaozi about the outsider, but Xuanxiaozi began suffering a violent backlash before he could answer.

• The Evil God tried to escape with a forbidden technique, but Su Chen shattered it instantly and overwhelmed him with divine might.
• The Evil God realized Su Chen was a True God and begged for mercy before Su Chen crushed him to death.
• Xiao Jing, Shen Li, and Liu Mengli watched in awe as Su Chen defeated the Evil God without making a visible move.
• Su Chen questioned Xuanxiaozi, Granny Meng, and Cang Yan about the man who was not from Canglan Star.
• Xuanxiaozi agreed to speak, but a sudden violent pain disrupted his Qi and threatened to make him self-destruct.

Su Chen broke Xuanxiaozi’s curse, then exposed him as a traitor who had colluded with forces from beyond the domain and killed him after searching his memories. The Heart of the Earthfall was hidden on Canglan Star by Sawa, and a rumor about its location had drawn outsiders to the planet.

• Su Chen destroyed the black Qi that emerged from Xuanxiaozi and broke his curse.
• In the God Realm, a purple-eyed man learned that the Evil God was dead and Xuanxiaozi’s curse had been broken, but focused on preparing for the Primordial Ruins.
• At Yingtian Academy, Su Chen accused Xuanxiaozi of colluding with forces from beyond the domain, prompting Shen Li and the others to turn against him.
• Su Chen searched Xuanxiaozi’s memories and killed him despite his offer to talk.
• Su Chen told the others that Sawa had hidden the Heart of the Earthfall on an unknown planet, and a rumor tens of millions of years earlier had pointed outsiders toward Canglan Star.

Su Chen explained the Heart of the Earthfall and warned that God Realm forces, including the Imperial Court, might return to Canglan Star. As Cang Yan and Granny Meng offered to place their forces under Yingtian Academy, Su Chen visited Su Jianxi and asked her to take over the academy, but she refused.

• Su Chen explained that Canglan Star had a low-grade Heart of the Earthfall, while the Heart of the Earthfall Sawa stole was high-grade, and said the rumor about one being on Canglan Star was unconfirmed.
• Su Chen identified the Imperial Court as Xuanxiaozi's God Realm ally and warned that God Realm experts would return, prompting Shen Li to call for Canglan Star's forces to unite.
• Cang Yan and Granny Meng offered to make the War God Hall and World-Suppressing Sacred Cult subordinate forces of Yingtian Academy, and Shen Li went to ask Xue Ya for approval.
• Su Chen visited Su Jianxi at the Mystic Hall and asked her to become head of Yingtian Academy.
• Su Jianxi refused the position, saying she did not want the work and responsibilities of leading the academy.

Su Chen appointed Lin Fan as the new head of Yingtian Academy so he could pursue a life of freedom. He then visited Ye Lingxi and gave her a High-grade Heart of the Earthfall, which could free her from Canglan Star's restraints.

• Su Chen asked Xue Ya to become academy head, but she declined and recommended Lin Fan instead.
• Su Chen appointed Lin Fan as head of Yingtian Academy, and Lin Fan eagerly accepted the responsibility.
• Su Chen left Lin Fan and traveled to the island where Ye Lingxi was cultivating.
• Su Chen gave Ye Lingxi a High-grade Heart of the Earthfall and explained that refining it could free her from Canglan Star's restraints.

Ye Lingxi refused to refine the High-grade Heart of the Earthfall, choosing instead to cultivate through her own efforts and give it to the resurrected Heavenly Dao Wanqing to protect Canglan Star. Su Chen revived Wanqing, and the feat inspired Ye Lingxi to advance to the peak of the ninth level of the Transcendence Realm, while Wanqing remained asleep.

• Su Chen warned Ye Lingxi to be careful refining the High-grade Heart of the Earthfall, but she said she wanted to reach the pinnacle through her own cultivation rather than rely on external power.
• Ye Lingxi asked Su Chen to resurrect the Heavenly Dao so Wanqing could refine the Heart of the Earthfall and protect Canglan Star while Ye Lingxi gained experience in the God Realm.
• Su Chen used his power to restore Wanqing's origin, bringing her back to life within a gathering of divine radiance.
• Watching Su Chen resurrect Wanqing inspired Ye Lingxi to strengthen her resolve to surpass him, and she broke through to the peak of the ninth level of the Transcendence Realm.
• Ye Lingxi promised to work hard to catch up to Su Chen, then asked why Wanqing had not awakened.

Ye Lingxi prepared Canglan Star for the approaching calamity by organizing the Genius Battle, while Jianxin emerged from his inheritance and rushed to find Bai Luo Xue. The chapter ended with Jianxin learning she had left the Bai Household and fearing she had married someone else.

• Su Chen told Ye Lingxi that the rebirth he had begun would take years or decades, and Ye Lingxi chose to let the Heavenly Dao refine the High-grade Heart of the Earthfall rather than rely on it for strength.
• Ye Lingxi explained that she had organized the Genius Battle to strengthen Canglan Star, and Su Chen agreed to attend and support her.
• A month before the Genius Battle, countless talents and spectators gathered in Coiling Dragon City, which Ye Lingxi had built for the event.
• Jianxin broke out of the Immortal Sea hall with the Light Scar Sword, while the voice of the inheritance's owner planned to seek him out in the God Realm and force him to become a disciple.
• Jianxin forced his way into the Bai Household to find Bai Luo Xue, but its elders told him she was no longer there.
• Jianxin feared Bai Luo Xue had married someone else and unleashed a furious torrent of Sword Intent.

Jianxin fought the Bai Household elders in a furious display of swordsmanship, stopping just short of killing their grand elder because he did not want to hurt Bai Luo Xue. The Bai Household patriarch, Bai Zhenyue, arrived and addressed Jianxin, saying Luo Xue often mentioned him.

• The Bai Household elders demanded that Jianxin surrender for hurting one of their disciples, but Jianxin challenged them and attacked.
• Jianxin fought off the elders, injuring one with a powerful sword strike and then battling the Bai Household's grand elder to a standstill.
• Jianxin sent the grand elder flying and raised his sword to strike, but stopped the blade just short of killing him.
• Jianxin withdrew his sword and grieved that he had not come sooner to prevent Luo Xue from marrying another man.
• Bai Zhenyue arrived, and after the elders and disciples greeted him as patriarch, he told Jianxin that Luo Xue often mentioned him.

Jianxin learned from Bai Zhenyue that Bai Luo Xue had never married and was waiting for him at Yingtian Academy, while his master Su Chen had secretly helped him in the past. After reaching the academy, Jianxin found Bai Luo Xue attending Xue Ya’s class, but Xue Ya noticed him before he could speak to her.

• Bai Zhenyue told Jianxin that Bai Luo Xue had waited decades for him and had gone to Yingtian Academy to cultivate.
• Bai Zhenyue explained how Su Chen had helped Jianxin, leaving Jianxin tearful and remorseful; Jianxin apologized for attacking the Bai Household and left for Yingtian Academy.
• Two academy disciples recognized Jianxin as the academy head’s disciple and directed him toward Su Chen and Bai Luo Xue.
• Jianxin found Bai Luo Xue in Xue Ya’s class, but Xue Ya noticed him and asked who he was.

Jianxin reunited with Bai Luo Xue at Yingtian Academy, then visited Su Chen and apologized for having resented him. Su Chen forgave him and asked whether he knew about the Genius Battle.

• Bai Luo Xue ran to Jianxin and embraced him during Xue Ya's class, surprising the disciples who admired her.
• Jianxin introduced himself to Xue Ya as Su Chen's disciple, easing the disciples' hostility, and he and Bai Luo Xue left to talk alone.
• Jianxin and Bai Luo Xue spent the night together and went to the bamboo grove the next day to find Su Chen.
• Jianxin knelt before Su Chen, apologized for resenting him, and explained that he understood why Su Chen had let him face hardship on his own.
• Su Chen forgave Jianxin and asked if he knew about the Genius Battle; Jianxin said Bai Luo Xue had told him a little.

Jianxin reunited with Su Chen, received gifts for himself and Bai Luo Xue, and learned about the God Realm and its cultivation realms. With ten days left before the Genius Battle, Su Chen and Su Jianxi joined Lin Fan and the others in Coiling Dragon City as races gathered under a truce between the Human Race and Devil Race.

• Jianxin told Su Chen he hoped to place first in the Genius Battle unless Lin Fan competed, and he greeted Qin Zixuan as his mistress.
• Qin Zixuan gave Jianxin a Sword Intent scroll and Bai Luo Xue a jade pendant that could help her escape danger.
• Su Chen told Jianxin that his inheritance came from the God Realm and described its powerhouses and realms beyond Transcendence; Jianxin then left with Bai Luo Xue to speak with Lin Fan.
• Ye Lingxi ended hostilities between the Human Race and Devil Race, and she silenced Human Race opposition by suppressing a Transcendence Realm powerhouse with one palm strike.
• Su Chen and Su Jianxi arrived outside Coiling Dragon City, met Lin Fan, Jianxin, Bai Luo Xue, Youyue, and Ye Ningshuang, and entered the city together.

Lin Fan and his companions arrived in Coiling Dragon City for the Genius Battle, where they encountered the Devil Race prodigy Jin Tian before the contest began. Ye Lingxi opened the secret realm and launched the competition, while Su Chen hinted that he would soon leave Canglan Star and entrusted its protection to the others.

• Su Jianxi provoked the Devil Race prodigies, but Jin Tian stopped them from fighting and led them away.
• Su Chen and the others stayed at the luxurious inn Ye Lingxi had prepared, and ten days passed before the Genius Battle began.
• Ye Lingxi appeared above Coiling Dragon City, and Lin Fan recognized her as his junior martial aunt and the Heavenly Dao.
• Ye Lingxi announced rewards for the top hundred and opened a secret realm for the competitors.
• Lin Fan, Su Jianxi, and the others entered the realm, while Su Chen told them Canglan Star would be counting on them after he left.

The Genius Battle’s preliminary round began, and Su Chen’s disciples and other powerful contestants fought to earn points and advance. As the rankings shifted, Su Chen watched from Coiling Dragon City and confidently backed his disciples to place first.

• Xia Meng and Murong Xue searched for Su Chen and reminisced about their feelings for him before Ye Lingxi explained the contest’s rules and started the preliminary round.
• Lin Fan defeated a burly axe-wielding contestant, then rapidly defeated more opponents to earn over a hundred points.
• Jianxin fought off groups of challengers, while Youyue, Ye Ningshuang, Bai Luo Xue, Jin Tian, and other geniuses also accumulated points in their arenas.
• A giant screen outside Coiling Dragon City displayed the fight footage and rankings, with Shen Chuzhao in first place, Hu Youxi in second, and Yun Youyou rising into second.
• Su Chen watched the contest with Ye Lingxi and said he believed his disciples would take first place; Ye Lingxi promised them a mysterious gift if they reached the top ten.

The preliminary round ended with Lin Fan in first place and the top thousand advancing to the arena battles. After three days of rest, Jianxin and Shen Chuzhao were matched in the same arena and began a fierce duel.

• Su Chen and Ye Lingxi recognized Star Holy Land names on the leaderboard, but Su Chen chose not to meet them.
• When time ran out, Ye Lingxi ended the preliminary round, and everyone outside the top thousand was teleported away.
• Ye Lingxi announced a three-day rest before the arena battles, while Shen Chuzhao vowed to claim first place and Lin Fan and Jianxin discussed their rivals.
• After the rest, Ye Lingxi explained that the thousand contestants would fight in groups of one hundred, with ten from each group advancing to the grand finals.
• Jianxin and Shen Chuzhao fought in the same arena, trading powerful attacks that forced nearby contestants away and left Shen Chuzhao injured.

Ye Lingxi announced the Genius Battle finals after Jianxin and Shen Chuzhao learned that only ten contestants remained on their arena. As the first match began, Gu Xun'er faced Lin Fan and asked about Su Chen, hoping to see him again after the competition.

• Ye Lingxi stopped Jianxin and Shen Chuzhao from fighting, confirmed that Jianxin called her his junior martial aunt, and explained that the finals would use random matchups.
• The battles ended across all nine other arenas, leaving one hundred contestants, and Ye Lingxi announced a three-day rest before the finals.
• Xia Meng and Murong Xue left Coiling Dragon City after finishing in the top thousand; Su Chen saw them depart and asked Ye Lingxi to protect their Star Holy Land.
• After three days, Ye Lingxi began the finals, and the first matchup paired Lin Fan with Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Xun'er asked Lin Fan whether Su Chen was well and watching; Lin Fan promised to take her to see his master after the Genius Battle, then Gu Xun'er launched the first attack.

Lin Fan defeated Gu Xun'er in the arena and continued winning matches alongside the other undefeated contestants. Shen Chuzhao and Yun Youyou faced off, and their battle escalated into a clash between his spear and her thunderbolt.

• Lin Fan overwhelmed Gu Xun'er with a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Divine Ability, and she conceded defeat before asking him to take her to see his master.
• Lin Fan and Jianxin won all their subsequent matches, while Bai Luo Xue, Yun Youyou, Shen Chuzhao, Hu Youxi, Youyue, Ye Ningshuang, and Su Jianxi also remained undefeated.
• Shen Chuzhao and Yun Youyou began their arena match, trading attacks with vines, runes, and spear strikes.
• Su Jianxi mocked the fighters, and Jin Tian dismissed her strength, prompting her to threaten him if they met in a match.
• Shen Chuzhao shattered Yun Youyou's vine defense and sent her flying, but she summoned a massive thunderbolt against him.
• Shen Chuzhao struck the thunderbolt with his spear, and the collision tore open a vast stretch of nothingness.

Shen Chuzhao defeated Yun Youyou after surviving her lightning attack, then Su Jianxi overwhelmed Jin Tian with a colossal phantom’s strike. The Genius Battle continued with the watching prodigies recognizing how far beyond them Su Jianxi was.

• Yun Youyou unleashed a devastating thunderbolt, but Shen Chuzhao dodged it, reached her, and forced her to admit defeat.
• Shen Chuzhao left the arena as the prodigies watched him warily and reconsidered underestimating their peers.
• Su Jianxi faced Jin Tian and summoned a towering phantom that filled the onlookers with fear.
• Jin Tian collapsed in terror and tried to concede, but Su Jianxi ordered the phantom to strike him.
• The phantom’s palm smashed Jin Tian into the arena, leaving him badly injured as Su Jianxi mocked his weakness.