Recaps

Qu Youmeng and Wang Yan, two powerful sword cultivators who were senior brother and junior sister, dominated the spirit medicine garden and divided its treasures among the eight remaining cultivators. After leaving the garden together to explore deeper into the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm, they left the others to resume fighting over what remained.

• Qu Youmeng and Wang Yan drew closer through the garden, and the other cultivators hoped they would fight until they discovered they were senior brother and junior sister.
• The garden’s countdown ended with eight cultivators remaining, and Qu Youmeng received about forty-five percent of the spirit medicines while Wang Yan received a little over thirty percent.
• The formation pushed everyone out of the garden, and Qu Youmeng suggested that she and Wang Yan explore deeper into the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm.
• Qu Youmeng and Wang Yan left together, and the remaining cultivators resumed their battle over the spirit medicines.

Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng encountered a powerful Five-Mark Demon Thearch in the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm, where a black-clad youth fought it with a great halberd. They helped him create an opening to defeat it, and he introduced himself as Feng Wuji of Big Dipper Holy Heaven.

• Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng found that they had encountered no demons as they traveled deeper into the secret realm.
• A Five-Mark Demon Thearch resembling a twisted, white-boned plant emerged through the rain.
• Feng Wuji rushed past Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng and fought the demon with fierce halberd techniques.
• Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng cut off the demon's arms with Sword Qi, giving Feng Wuji the chance to strike down its head and kill it.
• Feng Wuji thanked Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng and introduced himself as a member of Big Dipper Holy Heaven.

Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng recognized that Feng Wuji's halberd technique and appearance resembled the Vast Sea Saint King, though they knew he could not truly be the Saint King's disciple. They played along with his claim and let him join them as he boasted about his master and promised to protect them.

• Feng Wuji introduced himself as the Vast Sea Saint King's disciple, and Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng introduced themselves as disciples of the Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Qu Youmeng praised Feng Wuji's halberd technique, prompting him to boast about his master's Saint Art and his own future strength.
• Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng realized Feng Wuji resembled the Vast Sea Saint King before his rebirth, but knew his claim was false because the Saint King had no disciples and had been at the competition grounds.
• Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng chose not to expose Feng Wuji and played along to learn why he was posing as the Saint King's disciple.
• Feng Wuji offered to protect Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng, and the three traveled together while he continued praising the Vast Sea Saint King.

Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng spent the final days of the first round with Feng Wuji, who protected them and promised to help them in the future. When the contestants emerged from the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm, they discovered Feng Wuji had taken first place, and learned he was from Big Dipper Holy Heaven and claimed to be the Vast Sea Saint King's successor.

• Feng Wuji defeated powerful students and demons along the route, while Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng gathered enough points without seeking his help for more.
• Wang Yan, Qu Youmeng, and Feng Wuji parted as the secret realm closed, and Feng Wuji promised to stand up for them and appoint them as his protectors after restoring the Vast Sea Saint Dynasty.
• The first round ended, and the students gathered around the stone stele to check their rankings.
• The students were stunned to see Feng Wuji in first place and wondered which Holy Heaven he represented.
• A student who had encountered Feng Wuji explained that he had defeated powerful demons and several Ten Saints, and identified him as a Big Dipper Holy Heaven student who claimed to be the Vast Sea Saint King's successor.

Feng Wuji emerged as the first-round leader and claimed to be the Vast Sea Saint King's successor, prompting the King to consider testing his abilities. The rankings also revealed Shentu Feng of Primordial Holy Heaven in second place, surprising everyone.

• Feng Wuji came out of the secret realm and saw his name at the top of the rankings.
• The Ten Saints and instructors assessed Feng Wuji's intimidating presence and debated whether he had inherited the Vast Sea Saint King's legacy.
• Lin Xuan joked that Feng Wuji was falsely using the Vast Sea Saint King's name, and the King said he would judge the young man's abilities.
• The Vast Sea Saint King said he would intervene if Feng Wuji disgraced his name.
• Onlookers noticed that Shentu Feng of Primordial Holy Heaven had taken second place, despite not belonging to one of the top-ranked Holy Heavens.

Shentu Feng emerged from the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm in second place after fighting for three days and breaking through, bringing pride and hope to Primordial Holy Heaven. After the first round, the contestants received three days to rest and explore Holy Heaven City before the next round.

• Shentu Feng left the secret realm in second place, having risked his life fighting demons and broken through during the round.
• Primordial Holy Heaven's students and Saint Masters praised Shentu Feng for his result, and he basked in their admiration.
• Wan Renshan emerged behind Shentu Feng, dismissed the proceedings as boring, and walked away unnoticed.
• The first round ended, and the contestants were given three days to rest, prepare, or explore Holy Heaven City.
• Students from the Ten Great Saint Heavens reunited with friends and relatives in the city, while old enemies crossed paths.

At Jinyun Restaurant, students from Southern Li Holy Heaven attacked students from Primordial Holy Heaven after they discussed the crippled Ten Saint, leaving Yan Tinghe struggling to protect her juniors. Shentu Feng arrived as the confrontation continued, while Qu Youmeng said he would not want them to intervene.

• At a feast in Jinyun Restaurant, students discussed the artifact-refining inheritance and how a Southern Li Holy Heaven Ten Saint had been crippled after seeking it.
• A Southern Li Holy Heaven student attacked a Primordial Holy Heaven student, and a brawl broke out between the two groups.
• Yan Tinghe tried to protect her injured juniors as the Southern Li Holy Heaven students demanded that they kowtow and admit wrongdoing.
• Duan Nianwei wanted to help the Primordial Holy Heaven students, but Qu Youmeng stopped her and pointed out that Shentu Feng had arrived.
• Shentu Feng pushed through the onlookers toward the confrontation, drawing recognition as Primordial Holy Heaven's second-place finisher in the Ten Institutes Grand Competition.

Shentu Feng arrived to find Primordial Holy Heaven’s students injured and demanded that Southern Li Holy Heaven answer for its bullying. He challenged the Southern Li students with his Thearch Realm third-layer pressure, but Xing Yunxiao arrived to counter him, and Qu Youmeng recognized Xing from the restaurant’s third floor.

• Primordial Holy Heaven’s students grew anxious as they waited for help, and several blamed Zhang for provoking Southern Li Holy Heaven.
• Shentu Feng arrived, examined the gravely wounded student, and heard Yan Tinghe’s account of what had happened.
• Shentu Feng accused Southern Li Holy Heaven of going too far and demanded to know if they thought Primordial Holy Heaven had no one to stand up for it.
• Shentu Feng intensified his pressure against the Southern Li students, leaving their representative struggling to withstand it.
• Xing Yunxiao arrived and swept away Shentu Feng’s pressure with his own, while the Southern Li students welcomed their senior brother.
• Qu Youmeng watched Xing Yunxiao from the third floor and recognized him.

Xing Yunxiao arrived to confront Shentu Feng, and the spectators recounted his fearsome reputation as a Southern Li Holy Heaven genius. After recognizing Qu Youmeng watching from the third floor, Xing Yunxiao withdrew his pressure and apologized to Primordial Holy Heaven on Southern Li's behalf.

• Xing Yunxiao faced Shentu Feng, and their opposing presences began a contest that unsettled the Primordial Holy Heaven students.
• Spectators described Xing Yunxiao's slaughter of Devil Cultivators, his inheritance from the Cold Wind Secret Realm, and his reputation as a ruthless battle maniac.
• Zhou Xu taunted the Primordial Holy Heaven students, while Shentu Feng recognized Xing Yunxiao's overwhelming presence as a potential threat.
• Xing Yunxiao noticed Qu Youmeng watching from the third floor and recognized her from the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm, causing his presence to vanish.
• Xing Yunxiao apologized to Shentu Feng and the Primordial Holy Heaven students on behalf of Southern Li Holy Heaven.

Xing Yunxiao apologized to Shentu Feng and withdrew with the Southern Li Holy Heaven students, leaving Primordial Holy Heaven to believe Shentu Feng had scared them off. Wang Yan suspected Qu Youmeng had caused Xing Yunxiao’s sudden retreat, and she confirmed that she had defeated him before.

• Xing Yunxiao offered to pay for the injured students’ medicine and Spirit Stones, then silenced Zhou Xu when he tried to object.
• Shentu Feng accepted Xing Yunxiao’s apology, and Xing Yunxiao led the Southern Li Holy Heaven group away.
• Primordial Holy Heaven’s students concluded that Shentu Feng had intimidated Xing Yunxiao, though Shentu Feng privately doubted it.
• Wang Yan asked Qu Youmeng whether she knew Xing Yunxiao, and she said she had met and defeated him.

Xing Yunxiao warned Zhou Xu and the other Southern Li Holy Heaven students to avoid people from Primordial Holy Heaven, while Lin Xuan leisurely explored Holy Heaven City's antiques street. The chapter ended as Li Fufeng arrived with a group from Cang Xuan and was asked which Holy Heaven would win the competition.

• Zhou Xu questioned why Xing Yunxiao had apologized to Shentu Feng, and Xing Yunxiao told him Primordial Holy Heaven was not a gathering place for trash.
• Xing Yunxiao warned Zhou Xu and the others to stay away from people from Primordial Holy Heaven because some were beyond their ability to provoke.
• Lin Xuan visited Holy Heaven City's antiques street alone after the Vast Sea Saint King declined to accompany him and Qu Youmeng and Wang Yan stayed behind.
• Lin Xuan browsed the stalls without buying anything and enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere.
• Li Fufeng walked through the antiques street with a sage teacher from Cang Xuan as a shorter girl asked her which Holy Heaven would take first place.

Li Fufeng reflected on her rise in Cang Xuan Holy Heaven and worried about Lin Xuan, whom she had not heard from. At an antiquities stall, Lin Xuan refused to sell a bronze mirror to Duan Chengshou, and Li Fufeng recognized him.

• Li Fufeng considered her journey from the Profound Domain to Cang Xuan Holy Heaven and wondered how Lin Xuan was doing.
• Lin Xuan bought an old bronze mirror containing an incomplete High Antiquity body cultivation inheritance as a gift for Chen Xiao.
• Duan Chengshou and his companions demanded to buy the mirror, but Lin Xuan refused their offer of ten times the price.
• Duan Chengshou flaunted his status as a Cang Xuan Holy Heaven student while onlookers urged Lin Xuan to accept the deal.
• Li Fufeng saw Lin Xuan and called out his name in surprise.

Lin Xuan reunited with Li Fufeng at Cang Xuan Holy Heaven, where she mistook his plain appearance for a sign that he had struggled since leaving the Profound Domain. Believing he needed help, she asked Martial Uncle Ling to admit him into Cang Xuan.

• Li Fufeng emerged from the crowd, and Lin Xuan recognized his old acquaintance from the Profound Domain.
• Duan Chengshou stepped between them and asked whether they knew each other, and Li Fufeng called Lin Xuan an old friend.
• Lin Xuan and Li Fufeng exchanged greetings and recalled their past connection and the distance between their homelands.
• Li Fufeng saw Lin Xuan's simple clothes and lack of sect insignia and concluded that he must have been struggling.
• Li Fufeng decided to help Lin Xuan and asked Martial Uncle Ling to admit him into Cang Xuan.

Li Fufeng tried to secure Lin Xuan a place in Cang Xuan Holy Heaven, but he refused, unable to explain that he was already the Academy Master of Primordial Holy Heaven. A peak Half-Saint arrived and addressed him as Academy Master Lin, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Ling Peiyue declined to take Lin Xuan as a disciple but offered to arrange a place for him in Cang Xuan Holy Heaven's outer academy.
• Li Fufeng insisted that Lin Xuan wait for her master and promised to ask for help, while Lin Xuan tried to turn her down.
• The stall owner and Cang Xuan Holy Heaven students urged Lin Xuan to accept the opportunity, and Ling Peiyue repeated his offer.
• Before Lin Xuan could reveal his position as Academy Master of Primordial Holy Heaven, a peak Half-Saint arrived and asked why he was there.
• The woman told Lin Xuan that Dean Bai had been searching for him and that she had finally found him.

Lin Xuan’s identity as a Holy Heaven academy master stunned the Cang Xuan Holy Heaven cultivators, while Holy Teacher Yueyao recognized him as the swordsman who had slain a Saint Realm Wolf Ancestor. Lin Xuan departed with Ji Zhenyi after giving Li Fufeng his voice transmission jade token, leaving Yueyao astonished by their connection and his debt to her disciple.

• Ji Zhenyi addressed Lin Xuan as academy master, and the crowd realized he was a powerful Holy Heaven leader.
• Li Fufeng greeted her master, Holy Teacher Yueyao, who recognized Lin Xuan from the Vast Sea Secret Realm.
• Yueyao confirmed that Lin Xuan had slain the Saint Realm Wolf Ancestor with one sword strike.
• Lin Xuan explained that he and Li Fufeng were acquainted, gave her his voice transmission jade token, and left with Ji Zhenyi.
• Yueyao told Li Fufeng she had witnessed Lin Xuan’s strength and expressed surprise that he owed her disciple a favor.

After Lin Xuan’s Saint Realm identity was revealed, Holy Teacher Yueyao punished the Cang Xuan Holy Heaven disciples who had tried to take his bronze mirror, while Li Fufeng felt happy for her old friend. Three days later, the one-on-one second round of the Ten Institutes Grand Competition began, with Bai Wuya confident despite Chang Yao’s wager.

• Li Fufeng reflected on her history with Lin Xuan and felt glad that he had become a powerful Saint Realm expert.
• Duan Chengshou realized how badly he had misjudged Lin Xuan and feared the consequences of trying to take his bronze mirror.
• Holy Teacher Yueyao demoted Duan Chengshou and the woman who had egged him on to the outer institute for five years.
• The Holy Heaven Association announced that competitors needed ten wins in one-on-one battles to advance from the second round.
• Chang Yao silently taunted Bai Wuya about their wager, but Bai Wuya remained calm after speaking with Lin Xuan.

Cen Jinyue of Primordial Holy Heaven faced Gu You of Southern Li Holy Heaven in the tournament’s second round and was decisively defeated. Gu You revealed that she had entered the match to help Jin Buhuan, while Primordial’s students turned their anger toward him.

• Shentu Feng and the other Ten Saints watched the opening match between students from Divine Firmament Holy Heaven and Big Dipper Holy Heaven, and Shentu Feng grew hopeful about Primordial’s prospects.
• The referee paired Cen Jinyue with Gu You, whom other students described as an ordinary Southern Li student, giving Cen Jinyue some confidence.
• Gu You used her elusive movement and whip to wound and taunt Cen Jinyue, exploiting Cen’s inability to track her attacks.
• Gu You drove Cen Jinyue off the platform and won the match without being injured or tiring.
• Gu You told Cen Jinyue that Jin Buhuan sent his regards, prompting Yan Tinghe and Primordial’s students to accuse Jin of orchestrating the humiliation.
• Jin Buhuan dismissed their protests and declared that the weak had no right to make noise.

The Primordial Holy Heaven suffered defeat after defeat, drawing ridicule from the other Holy Heavens as Jin Buhuan’s targeting scheme fueled their anger. Shentu Feng then entered the arena as their last hope, facing Leng Yun of the Great Void Holy Heaven.

• Jin Buhuan openly defended targeting the Primordial Holy Heaven, while Wenren Nian vowed to make their opponents pay after seeing Cen Jinyue injured.
• Wu Yu, Yan Ji, Wenren Nian, and the other Primordial Holy Heaven contestants lost their matches, leaving Shentu Feng and Wan Renshan as the only members of the Ten Saints yet to fight.
• Spectators mocked the Primordial Holy Heaven for its string of losses and called it a disgrace among the Ten Great Saint Heavens.
• The announcer called Shentu Feng to fight Leng Yun, a noted Great Void Holy Heaven prodigy who was not one of its Ten Saints.
• Shentu Feng climbed into the arena, confident that he would defeat Leng Yun and erase the Primordial Holy Heaven’s humiliation.

Shentu Feng unleashed his Undefeated Sacred Physique against Leng Yun, but Leng Yun overwhelmed him with a single strike and forced him to admit defeat. The Primordial Holy Heaven was left despairing as its strongest contender fell in the second round.

• Shentu Feng activated his nearly complete Undefeated Sacred Physique, determined to win decisively for the Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Leng Yun mocked Shentu Feng, revealed a giant golden manifestation, and shattered his defense with one devastating blow.
• Shentu Feng was badly injured and realized he had lost to Leng Yun, whose Sacred Pupils and connection to Leng Yu were recognized by the spectators.
• Leng Yun asked whether Shentu Feng still wanted to fight, and Shentu Feng admitted defeat before leaving the platform.
• The Primordial Holy Heaven fell silent, fearing that its remaining competitors could not prevent it from finishing at the bottom.

After Shentu Feng’s defeat, spectators and rival Holy Heavens mocked Primordial Holy Heaven, while the dean of Golden Feather Holy Heaven declared his wager won. Wan Renshan then faced the feared Wen Shiling of True Martial Holy Heaven, and the chapter ended as he introduced himself and asked for instruction.

• The dean of Golden Feather Holy Heaven taunted Bai Wuya and claimed victory in their wager after Shentu Feng conceded.
• Spectators criticized Primordial Holy Heaven’s poor results, and gamblers who had bet on it regretted their losses.
• The referee announced that Wen Shiling of True Martial Holy Heaven would fight Wan Renshan of Primordial Holy Heaven.
• The audience recalled Wen Shiling’s strength and horrifying poison-pill methods, while Wenren Nian urged Wan Renshan to concede if necessary.
• Wan Renshan brushed off Wenren Nian’s concern, tied back his hair with straw rope, entered the arena, and introduced himself to Wen Shiling.

Wen Shiling covered the arena in deadly poison while spectators doubted Wan Renshan could survive the match. Wan Renshan then revealed a Saint Art that shocked the saint teachers, and the chapter ended as they identified it as Great Saint Lotus Severance’s signature art.

• Wen Shiling insulted Wan Renshan and filled the arena with his poisonous Divine Ability.
• Spectators discussed Wen Shiling’s poison and mocked Wan Renshan’s condition, while Primordial Holy Heaven’s students feared for him.
• Shentu Feng watched Wan Renshan and believed he was certain to lose, despite his conflicted feelings about him.
• Wan Renshan released his presence at the Thearch Realm second layer, startling the saint teachers.
• The saint teachers recognized Wan Renshan’s technique as Great Saint Lotus Severance’s signature Saint Art.

Wan Renshan revealed that he had nearly mastered Great Saint Lotus Severance’s Saint Art and defeated Wen Shiling in the tournament. His victory ended Primordial Holy Heaven’s losing streak and established him as its strongest student.

• Wan Renshan unleashed the Lotus Severance Saint Art, shocking the spectators with its power and near-major accomplishment.
• The art’s spiritual wind tore through Wen Shiling’s shield and left him with superficial wounds.
• Wen Shiling conceded, recognizing that he could not defeat Wan Renshan.
• The referee elder declared Wan Renshan the winner, giving Primordial Holy Heaven its first victory.
• Shentu Feng realized that Wan Renshan remained Primordial Holy Heaven’s undisputed number one.

Wan Renshan won nine matches in a row after confronting his past arrogance and resolving to keep improving. As he prepared for his final match, he learned he would face the seemingly obscure Gao Fu of the Golden Feather Holy Heaven, whom he assumed he could easily defeat.

• Wan Renshan continued winning decisively, earning admiration from students and prodigies of the other Holy Heavens.
• Wan Renshan reflected on how Lin Xuan’s overwhelming superiority had humbled him and driven him to pursue strength without arrogance.
• Wan Renshan won nine matches, while Qu Youmeng and Wang Yan noted he might reach ten victories if he avoided the strongest prodigies.
• After waiting through several rounds, Wan Renshan resolved to win his final match and heard the referee announce Gao Fu of the Golden Feather Holy Heaven as his opponent.
• Wan Renshan assumed Gao Fu was an insignificant Golden Feather Holy Heaven student, while spectators anticipated the rivalry between the two Holy Heavens and dismissed the matchup as an easy win for him.

Gao Fu, a hidden genius from Golden Feather Holy Heaven, faced Wan Renshan in the competition and easily blocked his Lotus Severance Saint Art. He revealed an eerie purple ice flame and declared that the fight could end if Wan Renshan had no stronger attacks.

• The crowd saw Gao Fu’s disfigured face and assumed Wan Renshan would defeat the unknown cultivator.
• Bai Wuya sensed that Gao Fu’s appearance in the arena had a purpose, while Chang Yao secretly regarded him as Golden Feather Holy Heaven’s greatest genius.
• Wan Renshan unleashed the Lotus Severance Saint Art to end the fight quickly.
• Gao Fu caught the incoming lotus platform with a purple Spiritual Power shield without moving his feet.
• Gao Fu acknowledged Wan Renshan’s strength, then summoned a purple ice flame and said the battle could end if that was all Wan Renshan could do.

Gao Fu defeated Wan Renshan in the final match, leaving Primordial Holy Heaven’s Ten Saints defeated and its hopes shattered. Chang Yao celebrated Golden Feather Holy Heaven’s victory and claimed he had won his wager with Bai Wuya.

• Wan Renshan rejected Gao Fu’s demand to concede and resumed attacking him with the Lotus Severance Saint Art.
• Gao Fu countered with the Golden Feather Holy Heaven’s Saint Art, and their attacks initially appeared evenly matched.
• As the fight continued, Gao Fu gained the advantage and steadily forced Wan Renshan onto the defensive.
• Gao Fu overwhelmed Wan Renshan, who was badly injured and exhausted, until Wan Renshan conceded.
• Gao Fu left the platform without explaining his deep hatred for Wan Renshan.
• Chang Yao mocked Bai Wuya, declared that Primordial Holy Heaven had finished at the bottom, and claimed victory in their wager.