Recaps

The Primordial Holy Heaven set out for the Ten Institutes Grand Competition as Wan Renshan remained withdrawn after his failed breakthrough. Duan Nianwei, newly returned from seclusion and confident in her strength, planned to win a ranking and prove herself the Sword Pavilion’s strongest disciple.

• Wan Renshan appeared at the gathering in a gaunt, disheveled state, and onlookers realized his breakthrough had failed.
• Shentu Feng declared his resolve, while Wan Renshan watched silently and showed no interest in reclaiming his former status.
• Bai Wuya led the Ten Saints and holy teachers aboard sixteen flying boats bound for the Ten Institutes Grand Competition.
• Residents of the Primordial Domain recognized the procession and hoped the Primordial Holy Heaven would avoid another poor ranking.
• Duan Nianwei stood at the bow of the leading boat, confident that her strength could surpass Shentu Feng’s and eager to prove herself at the competition.

Lin Xuan’s disciples prepared to claim first place in the Ten Institutes Grand Competition as their vessel reached Holy Heaven City. Shentu Feng led the Primordial Holy Heaven students with rising confidence, while Wan Renshan privately expected someone to teach him a lesson.

• Qu Youmeng and Wang Yan discussed the Sword Dao, revealing that Qu Youmeng had reached Heavenly Venerable Perfection and Wang Yan had perfected his ninth-level Sword Intent.
• Lin Xuan praised their foundations and asked whether they could win the competition, and Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng promised not to disgrace their sect.
• The flying vessel reached Holy Heaven City, where the Primordial Holy Heaven group disembarked and drew admiring looks from other cultivators.
• Shentu Feng proudly led the group as the Ten Saints’ leader, while Duan Nianwei worried that his confidence bordered on conceit.
• Wan Renshan watched Shentu Feng and thought that someone else would teach him the lesson Primordial Holy Heaven had failed to teach.

The Primordial Holy Heaven party encountered Wang Yi of the Holy Heaven Association, who invited them to the exchange gathering before the grand competition. With Wan Renshan no longer leading the group, Shentu Feng accepted the invitation, leaving Qu Youmeng and Wang Yan curious to see the other Holy Heavens' prodigies.

• Wang Yi approached the Primordial Holy Heaven party and initially focused on Wan Renshan, who did not answer him.
• Shentu Feng introduced himself as Primordial Holy Heaven's foremost student and asked Wang Yi why he had come.
• Wang Yi realized Shentu Feng had replaced Wan Renshan as the leader and invited the group to the Holy Heaven Exchange Gathering.
• Shentu Feng accepted the invitation, and Qu Youmeng and Wang Yan agreed that they wanted to see the other Holy Heavens' prodigies.

Students from the Ten Great Saint Heavens gathered for an informal exchange, where Shentu Feng relished his new status as the Primordial Holy Heaven’s foremost student. The arrival of Mo Yun, newly first among the Ten Saints of the Southern Li Holy Heaven, drew everyone’s attention.

• Students from the Ten Great Saint Heavens arrived at the secluded venue and took their places in the sections marked for their Holy Heavens.
• Shentu Feng entered at the head of the Primordial Holy Heaven group, proud of his Thearch Realm Second Layer cultivation and his position as its foremost student.
• Other students admired Shentu Feng, and he eagerly welcomed their attention while resolving to make a name for himself at the competition.
• Shentu Feng glanced at Wan Renshan, who remained detached and silent behind him.
• Mo Yun arrived to cheers from the Southern Li Holy Heaven students, and those present recognized him as its newly first-ranked Ten Saint.

Jin Buhuan provoked Shentu Feng and the Primordial Holy Heaven students at the exchange meeting, escalating their longstanding hostility into a challenge. As Jin Buhuan and Shentu Feng prepared to fight, someone stepped forward to stop them.

• Luo Shuang of Big Dipper Holy Heaven arrived, and disciples discussed her exceptional musical talent and fierce methods.
• Jin Buhuan of Golden Feather Holy Heaven entered with his followers after returning from Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• The exchange meeting grew tense as the gathered Holy Heavens eyed one another, especially the rival groups from Primordial Holy Heaven and Golden Feather Holy Heaven.
• Jin Buhuan mocked Shentu Feng and Primordial Holy Heaven, prompting their students to rise in anger.
• Shentu Feng challenged Jin Buhuan to fight, and both men released their powerful presences.
• An unidentified person stepped forward and told Jin Buhuan and Shentu Feng to stop.

The resident envoy stopped Shentu Feng and Jin Buhuan from fighting, and Jin Buhuan led Golden Feather Holy Heaven away. As Shentu Feng resolved to defeat them in the competition, Shangguan Jue of Great Void Holy Heaven arrived, drawing attention to the powerful contenders Primordial Holy Heaven would face.

• The resident envoy warned Shentu Feng and Jin Buhuan that fighting or causing deaths before the competition could cost them eligibility, so Jin Buhuan left with Golden Feather Holy Heaven.
• Shentu Feng stayed behind, brooded over the insult, and vowed to teach Golden Feather Holy Heaven a lesson in the competition.
• A Big Dipper Holy Heaven student explained to a newcomer the long feud between Golden Feather Holy Heaven and Primordial Holy Heaven and the suspicions surrounding Primordial Holy Heaven's past losses.
• Shangguan Jue arrived at the gathering, and students recognized him as the strongest member of Great Void Holy Heaven.
• Duan Nianwei and Yan Tinghe explained Shangguan Jue's reputation and possible strength, while Yan Tinghe worried about the challenge facing Primordial Holy Heaven.

The Ten Great Saint Heavens gathered for an exchange of martial skills, and the prodigies' opening bouts revealed the high level of their students. As Primordial Holy Heaven's students worried about finishing last, Yan Ji stepped into the arena to represent them.

• Shangguan Jue arrived, followed by top prodigies from the other Holy Heavens, until the resident envoy declared all Ten Great Saint Heavens present and opened the gathering.
• Luo Qi of Divine Firmament Holy Heaven challenged the others, and Shan Yanshu of Cang Xuan Life Heaven joined him for a fierce bout of ice against fire.
• The gathered students praised Luo Qi and Shan Yanshu's skill, while students of Primordial Holy Heaven feared their own standing among the other schools.
• After watching several impressive matches, Yan Ji of Primordial Holy Heaven entered the arena and asked the others for guidance.

At the exchange gathering, Yan Ji of the Primordial Holy Heaven faced the little-known Xiao Yuan of the Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven. Xiao Yuan vanished before Yan Ji could react and defeated him with one strike, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Yan Ji stepped onto the platform as the first of the Ten Saints to fight at the gathering.
• Xiao Yuan appeared as Yan Ji’s opponent, and students questioned why they had never heard of him.
• A student from the Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven claimed Xiao Yuan could defeat Yan Ji in one move, prompting disbelief from the crowd.
• Yan Ji prepared to attack, but Xiao Yuan vanished and struck him before he could react.
• Xiao Yuan declared that he had won after defeating Yan Ji with one move.

Xiao Yuan defeated Yan Ji with one strike, deepening the Primordial Holy Heaven’s humiliation at the gathering. Wan Renshan chose to conceal his strength for the competition, while Shentu Feng seized a chance to challenge Zhou Quan and begin restoring his institute’s reputation.

• Xiao Yuan knocked Yan Ji from the platform with one strike, and Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven students mocked the Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Wenren Nian asked Wan Renshan why he would not intervene, and Wan Renshan said he was hiding his strength and wanted Shentu Feng to draw attention first.
• Shentu Feng suppressed his anger as the gathering continued and two more rounds of matches passed.
• Zhou Quan of the Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven stepped onto the platform, drawing attention for his reputation and hidden strength.
• Shentu Feng challenged Zhou Quan, hoping to make a name for himself and restore the Primordial Holy Heaven’s standing.

Shentu Feng challenged Zhou Quan to restore Primordial Holy Heaven’s standing, but Zhou Quan shattered his defenses with a single saber strike. Shentu Feng refused to accept the defeat and demanded another round.

• Shentu Feng stepped onto the platform, and Zhou Quan warned him that he could not win.
• Shentu Feng revealed his nearly greater-mastery indestructible sacred physique, drawing shock and excitement from the crowd.
• Zhou Quan sent out a ripple of saber intent that cracked Shentu Feng’s protective spiritual light and sent him staggering backward.
• Shentu Feng’s golden light shattered, leaving him stunned and frightened by how easily Zhou Quan had overcome him.
• Shentu Feng gathered golden light again, strode forward, and roared for Zhou Quan to fight him again.

Zhou Quan defeated Shentu Feng with a single formation attack, leaving Primordial Holy Heaven’s students shaken by the gulf in strength. As the exchange gathering continued, Shangguan Jue noticed a group of powerful cultivators from the Endless Sea, whose leader acknowledged him as interesting.

• Zhou Quan overwhelmed Shentu Feng’s spiritual power with layered formations and Saber Intent, then knocked him out of the arena.
• Zhou Quan mocked Shentu Feng’s defeat and left, while Shentu struggled to accept the loss and Primordial Holy Heaven’s students feared they would finish last again.
• A group of Sea Clan cultivators and human cultivators from the Endless Sea derided the human prodigies at the gathering.
• The Sea Clan leader warned his companions not to underestimate the humans and singled out Shangguan Jue as interesting.
• Shangguan Jue sensed several formidable cultivators among the strangers and looked forward to the Ten Institutes Grand Competition.

Shentu Feng rallied the Primordial Holy Heaven’s students after Zhou Quan defeated him, urging them to aim for a respectable ranking rather than challenge the strongest Holy Heavens. The exchange gathering continued, and Wang Dai of the Immortal-Burying Holy Heaven took the stage, where Wang Yan declared he could defeat him with one sword.

• Shentu Feng insisted that the Primordial Holy Heaven had not lost and vowed to win the remaining matches.
• The Primordial Holy Heaven’s students took heart and lowered their expectations, resolving that avoiding last place would be an acceptable result.
• Wang Dai of the Immortal-Burying Holy Heaven stepped onto the platform and unleashed an aura that impressed the crowd, Qu Youmeng, and Wang Yan.
• Qu Youmeng estimated that she would need nearly twenty moves to defeat Wang Dai, while Wang Yan said one sword would suffice.

Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng reflected on how much they had changed, then Qin Zhi challenged Wang Dai on the arena. The chapter ended as Wang Dai judged Qin Zhi’s strength insufficient and urged him to concede.

• Wang Yan told Qu Youmeng that she could defeat her opponent with one sword once she reached the Thearch Realm, and they reflected on their time apart.
• Qin Zhi of True Martial Holy Heaven stepped forward to challenge Wang Dai, drawing attention as a prodigy from a collapsing minor world.
• Duan Nianwei and Yan Tinghe explained that Qin Zhi was a seed recruited from the Martial Domain after he fought demons during its collapse.
• Qu Youmeng connected Qin Zhi’s story to her own origin in the Luminous Domain and felt hatred toward the demons.
• Qin Zhi activated the True Martial Holy Heaven Instruction at minor accomplishment, but Wang Dai calmly told him to concede if that was all the strength he had.

Wang Dai defeated Qin Zhi and helped him recognize how hatred was clouding his strength. Ji Chuan of the Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven then challenged Wang Dai, who agreed to fight him before the grand competition.

• Qin Zhi attacked Wang Dai, but Wang Dai caught his punches and suppressed his spiritual power.
• Wang Dai demonstrated how Qin Zhi could use his strength more effectively and urged him not to let hatred cloud his heart.
• Qin Zhi accepted his defeat, thanked Wang Dai for his guidance, and left the arena.
• Ji Chuan introduced himself as a member of the Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven, and the students recognized him as its elusive fifth-ranked Ten Saints prodigy.
• Wang Dai realized Ji Chuan's concealment cultivation method had reached minor accomplishment, and Ji Chuan attacked him to avenge his previous losses.
• Wang Dai welcomed the challenge and agreed to face Ji Chuan before the grand competition.

Wang Dai defeated Ji Chuan by sensing the spiritual power that exposed his hidden movements, then accepted challenges from cultivators across the Holy Heavens. After proving himself unbeatable, Wang Dai challenged Shangguan Jue, who refused and said Wang Dai was not yet worthy to fight him.

• Ji Chuan attacked Wang Dai from concealment, but Wang Dai closed his eyes and tracked him through the flow of spiritual power.
• Wang Dai struck Ji Chuan out of the arena, explaining that Ji Chuan could hide himself but not the spiritual power around him.
• Ji Chuan admitted defeat and left, while Wang Dai accepted challengers and offered them guidance as he defeated them without showing fatigue.
• After the challengers stopped coming, Wang Dai challenged Shangguan Jue to a fight.
• Shangguan Jue refused, telling Wang Dai he was not worthy yet.

Wang Dai withdrew after Shangguan Jue refused his challenge, then resolved to improve and eventually stand alongside the strongest prodigies. The Ten Institutes Grand Competition began amid rumors and absences, and the Primordial Holy Heaven’s tense gathering ended with Bai Wuya trading barbs with an old rival.

• Shangguan Jue refused Wang Dai’s challenge, and Wang Dai left the arena without resentment, believing he could one day match the greatest prodigies.
• The exchange gathering ended, and students spent several days recovering and preparing for the Ten Institutes Grand Competition.
• The competition began in the Holy City as crowds gathered and rumors spread about prodigies, including Wang Dai, Fairy Ruoxue, and changes at the Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Students at the True Martial Holy Heaven discussed Su’s return to the Sword Ruins to compete for the Holy Son position and Nangong’s continued seclusion after the Vast Sea Secret Realm.
• Bai Wuya attended the competition with the few surviving Primordial Holy Heaven holy teachers, and he exchanged insults with an old man in golden robes who arrived at their quarters.

Chang Yao challenged Bai Wuya to wager Golden Feather Holy Heaven’s Saint Artifacts against Primordial Holy Heaven’s High Antiquity Holy Heaven Secret Realm quota, betting on the Ten Institutes Grand Competition rankings. As Bai Wuya hesitated over the risk, someone privately urged him to accept.

• Chang Yao mocked Primordial Holy Heaven and challenged Bai Wuya to wager on the competition rankings.
• Chang Yao offered Golden Feather Holy Heaven’s Saint Artifacts if Primordial Holy Heaven avoided last place, but demanded its secret realm quota if it came last.
• Bai Wuya and the sage teachers recognized the severe cost of losing the wager, and Bai Wuya hesitated.
• An unidentified person sent Bai Wuya a voice transmission telling him to trust them and accept Chang Yao’s wager.

Bai Wuya accepted Chang Yao’s wager over the grand competition, while Chang Yao privately expected Primordial Holy Heaven to lose its secret realm slots. At the competition’s opening, the first trial was revealed: students would enter the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm and slay demons to earn points.

• Bai Wuya agreed to Chang Yao’s bet, and Chang Yao left, confident that Primordial Holy Heaven would be defeated.
• Students gathered in Holy Heaven Square and were astonished to see Spirit Jade Bright Marrow used as a ranking stele.
• A Half-Saint representative of the Holy Heaven Association announced that the Ten Institutes Grand Competition would have three rounds.
• The representative revealed a secret realm gate and announced that the first round required students to slay demons in the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm and earn ten thousand points to advance.
• The representative said all Holy Heaven students could participate without restrictions and keep any treasures they found, then ordered them to enter the gate.

Students from the Ten Institutes entered the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm to compete and seek treasures. Lin Xuan watched his disciples depart, while Li Fufeng entered determined to earn a good ranking.

• The middle-aged expert explained the dangers and treasures of the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm, and the students streamed inside when he opened its gates.
• Shentu Feng followed Jin Buhuan into the realm after Jin Buhuan taunted him, and other leading prodigies entered in succession.
• Qu Youmeng, Wang Yan, and Duan Nianwei bowed to Lin Xuan before entering, while Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King watched them go.
• Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King noticed a red-robed youth from the Desolate Wood Holy Heaven and discussed his desolate wood sacred physique.
• Li Fufeng entered the realm from the Cang Xuan Holy Heaven, determined to secure a good ranking.

Qu Youmeng found a ten-thousand-year mystic heart bamboo and planned to claim it for her master or Junior Sister Yunyi, but four Thearch Realm cultivators arrived and dismissed her as a rival. The chapter ended with Ke Qi and Xu Xu trading threats as the factions faced off over the treasure.

• Qu Youmeng entered the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm, killed two demons, and headed south to seek treasures.
• Qu Youmeng discovered a grove of mystic heart bamboo and recognized one stalk as ten-thousand-year mystic heart bamboo.
• Qu Youmeng decided to take the bamboo for Junior Sister Yunyi or her master and claimed it as hers.
• Ke Qi, Bi Feng, Xu Xu, and another cultivator arrived and focused on the bamboo while disregarding Qu Youmeng.
• Ke Qi challenged Xu Xu of Southern Li Holy Heaven, and Xu Xu mocked Ke Qi for being weaker and older.

Ke Qi, his junior brother, Xu Xu, and another cultivator fought over the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Heart Bamboo until they agreed to divide it. Qu Youmeng then revealed that she had found it first and challenged their claim to the treasure.

• Ke Qi and his junior brother attacked Xu Xu and another cultivator to seize the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Heart Bamboo.
• Qu Youmeng watched from a distant treetop, identified the poison Xu Xu spread through the battlefield, and judged that the fight would not produce a clear winner.
• After their Spiritual Power ran low, Ke Qi called a halt and proposed splitting the treasure equally.
• Xu Xu and the other cultivator accepted the deal, and the group prepared to take the bamboo.
• Qu Youmeng spoke up, said she had discovered the treasure first, and asked whether they planned to rob her.

Qu Youmeng confronted four powerful cultivators over the ten-thousand-year mystic heart bamboo and revealed that she belonged to the Primordial Holy Heaven. She defeated Xu Xu with one sword strike, leaving the other three stunned as the contest continued.

• Ke Qi mocked Qu Youmeng after she identified herself as a disciple of the Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Qu Youmeng agreed that the strong made the rules, then declared herself the strongest and ordered the four cultivators to leave.
• Xu Xu attacked Qu Youmeng, and she answered with a sword strike that killed his venomous creatures and split his python.
• Qu Youmeng gravely wounded Xu Xu, triggering the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm's elimination mechanism and sending him out.
• Ke Qi and the other two cultivators stared in shock at Qu Youmeng's strength.

Qu Youmeng took control of the field after Xu Xu was eliminated, demanding that the remaining students either surrender money or be eliminated. Outside the secret realm, Qiu Baichi boasted about Xu Xu’s prospects, only for Xu Xu’s bloody return to stun the assembled saint teachers.

• Qu Youmeng declared that she was stronger and demanded payment from the remaining students or threatened to eliminate them.
• Outside the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm, Qiu Baichi praised his disciple Xu Xu and predicted he would place in the top hundred.
• The secret realm entrance flared, and the saint teachers anxiously awaited the identity of the eliminated student.
• Xu Xu appeared on the ground, covered in blood, and the crowd recognized him in shock.

Xu Xu was eliminated from the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm with grievous injuries, while Qu Youmeng discovered a legendary spirit medicine garden filled with rare treasures. The cultivators gathered at its entrance as someone rushed to enter.

• Qiu Baichi saw Xu Xu emerge as the first eliminated student, badly wounded and missing an arm, and hurried to treat him.
• Xu Xu realized he had been eliminated, mourned his dead spirit beast and lost arm, then fainted from rage and pain.
• Qu Youmeng continued through the secret realm, gathering treasures for her master and fellow disciples while collecting only eighteen hundred points.
• Qu Youmeng discovered Immortal Ascension Grass and recognized a valley filled with precious herbs, fire essences, and other spirit treasures.
• The cultivators at the valley entrance recognized the legendary spirit medicine garden, and someone moved toward it.

The entrants discovered that the Heavenly Abyss Medicine Garden’s spirit herbs were illusions until won through a contest, and they chose to fight rather than accept a small gift and leave. Qu Youmeng revealed overwhelming sword intent in the melee, while Zou Yi watched another powerful black-robed swordsman from afar.

• A Big Dipper Holy Heaven student entered the garden and found that he could not grasp its spirit herbs, and the others confirmed they were illusions.
• A divine sense identified the garden as Li Sheng’s former residence and offered each entrant a low-grade herb to leave with or a chance to fight for the treasures.
• The entrants refused the gifts, and after three breaths the herbs vanished as everyone began attacking those around them.
• Qu Youmeng unleashed powerful sword intent and cut down those who approached, astonishing the other cultivators.
• Wounded and resentful, Zou Yi noticed a black-robed man holding off more than ten cultivators and judged him another powerful heaven’s chosen.