Recaps

During her duel with Wang Yan, Qu Youmeng broke through to the Thearch Realm in the arena, drawing a terrifying lightning tribulation because she had comprehended seventeen Great Daos. She endured the final strike and successfully attained the realm.

• Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng fought evenly, displaying ninth-level Sword Intent, until Qu Youmeng stopped and knelt as her Spiritual Power surged chaotically.
• Lin Xuan recognized that Qu Youmeng was breaking through, and Holy Heaven Association elders surrounded the arena with layers of arrays.
• Qu Youmeng began connecting with the Spiritual Power of heaven and earth, revealing seventeen Great Daos and drawing a powerful lightning tribulation.
• As the tribulation struck, Qu Youmeng remained unharmed and used its lightning to temper herself while her presence neared the Thearch Realm.
• Qu Youmeng withstood the final bolt and attained the Thearch Realm.

Qu Youmeng resumed her match against Wang Yan after breaking through and unleashing a sword strike that threatened to crack the reinforced space. Wang Yan calmly dissolved her Sword Qi with precise control, and Qu Youmeng conceded, leaving him the victor of the Ten Institutes Grand Competition.

• Qu Youmeng rose and charged at Wang Yan, eager to fight him at full strength after reaching the thearch realm and the peak of the ninth level of sword intent.
• Qu Youmeng gathered her sword intent and unleashed an attack infused with the Dao of Space, making cracks appear in the venue's reinforced space.
• The Saint Teachers marveled at Qu Youmeng's talent, while Jiang Chengzun realized he might not be able to withstand her strike.
• Wang Yan used his sword intent to dissolve Qu Youmeng's Sword Qi and turn her Spiritual Power into a shower of spiritual rain without counterattacking.
• Qu Youmeng smiled, conceded the match, and thanked Wang Yan for his guidance.

Wang Yan defeated Qu Youmeng by forcing her to concede, securing first place in the Ten Institutes Grand Competition for the Primordial Holy Heaven. As its people celebrated, a haughty Sea Clan voice challenged the prodigies of the Saint Heaven Realm to fight.

• Qu Youmeng conceded to Wang Yan, believing there was no need to continue their fight and sensing that he had not revealed the full extent of his strength.
• The presiding elder announced Wang Yan of the Primordial Holy Heaven as the undisputed champion of the competition.
• The Primordial Holy Heaven's students and teachers, including Chi Yizhou and Bai Wuya, erupted in joy over their first-place finish.
• Spectators reflected on the unexpected victory, while Wang Yan's triumph placed Jiang Chengzun and Shangguan Jue in third and fourth place.
• A haughty voice from the Sea Clan dismissed the celebration and challenged the Saint Heaven Realm's prodigies to face them.

Endless Sea cultivators challenged the Saint Heaven Realm's prodigies, provoking the crowd with their contempt and demands for a fight. Shangguan Jue accepted the challenge and stepped into the arena to face them.

• The Sea Clan revealed themselves as cultivators from the Endless Sea and drew the Saint Heaven Realm crowd's wary attention.
• The Endless Sea prodigies dismissed the Saint Heaven Realm's competitors and resented the realm's safety and abundant resources.
• A Sea Clan prodigy cleared the arena and challenged the Saint Heaven Realm's cultivators to fight him.
• Shangguan Jue rose, declared he would defeat the Sea Clan's arrogant challengers, and stepped onto the arena.
• The crowd welcomed Shangguan Jue and praised his demonic physique as a counter to the sea cultivators.

Bo Yier, a Sea Clan prodigy, easily defeated Shangguan Jue and revealed that he was an Ancient Emperor, stunning the human cultivators. As Jiang Chengzun prepared to challenge him, Bo Yier dismissed him as unqualified to fight.

• Shangguan Jue unleashed his Sacred Physique and challenged Bo Yier, expecting to make the Sea Clan cultivator pay for his disdain.
• Bo Yier struck once with his silver-blue spear, overwhelmed Shangguan Jue, and left him gravely injured outside the arena.
• Bo Yier mocked Shangguan Jue as second-rate, then revealed an Ancient Emperor's presence and shocked the gathered human cultivators.
• The Sea Clan members took pride in Bo Yier's display, while Jiang Chengzun prepared to enter the arena despite his unease.
• Bo Yier told Jiang Chengzun to stand down, declaring that he was not qualified to fight him.

Qu Youmeng unleashed her hidden strength against the arrogant Sea Clan prodigy Bo Yier, stunning the gathered Human Race cultivators. The chapter ended as her sword strike rushed toward him and he realized the Humans had a prodigy like her.

• Bo Yier dismissed Qu Youmeng and challenged Wang Yan, claiming he could easily defeat the Thearch Realm cultivator.
• Qu Youmeng took offense at Bo Yier's contempt and told him to defeat her before he could challenge her senior brother.
• Bo Yier accepted Qu Youmeng's challenge and began to threaten her, but she attacked before he could finish speaking.
• Lin Xuan recognized that Qu Youmeng had mastered the Sword Dao teaching he had given her, while the Vast Sea Saint King praised her rapid progress.
• Qu Youmeng's sword strike overwhelmed Bo Yier, leaving him and the shocked onlookers staring at her strength.

Qu Youmeng defeated the arrogant Sea Clan prodigy Bo Yier, leaving him gravely wounded and forcing the Sea Clan group to withdraw. After the Saint Heaven Realm celebrated the victory, Primordial's leaders worried that the approaching secret realm opening and the Sea Clan's attention on Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng could bring trouble.

• Qu Youmeng unleashed a powerful sword technique that shattered Bo Yier's defenses and left him barely alive.
• Qu Youmeng sheathed her sword and rebuked Bo Yier for daring to challenge her senior brother, Wang Yan.
• The Sea Clan Saint Realm cultivator treated Bo Yier's injuries and prepared to leave, but Holy Heaven saint teachers moved to stop him.
• An unseen authority ordered the saint teachers to let the Sea Clan group go, and the Sea Clan cultivator led them away.
• The Saint Heaven Realm cultivators celebrated Qu Youmeng and Wang Yan, while Primordial's dean and court masters worried about the approaching secret realm and the Sea Clan's interest in the new prodigies.

After the competition, crippled Feng Wuji sank into despair as he believed he had disgraced the Vast Sea Saint King and lost all worth. The Vast Sea Saint King appeared at his bedside and offered to teach him the true Vast Sea Saint Art.

• Wang Yan won the Ten Institutes Grand Competition, Qu Youmeng placed second, and Jiang Chengzun and Shangguan Jue took third and fourth.
• Feng Wuji returned to Big Dipper Holy Heaven's quarters crippled, rejected his institute master's efforts to save him, and listened to others mock him.
• Feng Wuji blamed himself for falsely claiming to be the Vast Sea Saint King's successor and briefly considered death.
• The Vast Sea Saint King appeared beside Feng Wuji's bed, criticized his aptitude and character, then offered to teach him the true Vast Sea Saint Art.

Feng Wuji was recognized as the Vast Sea Saint King's disciple, while news of Primordial Holy Heaven’s unexpected sweep of the Ten Institutes Grand Competition stunned the Eastern Continent. Vice Dean Sha Tianwen summoned the deans of Cang Xuan and Golden Feather Holy Heavens and raised concerns about Primordial Holy Heaven’s growing power.

• The Vast Sea Saint King told Feng Wuji that he could now truly call himself the king’s disciple.
• Ancestor Henghuang learned from Great Void Holy Heaven’s vice dean that Jiang Chengzun and Shangguan Jue had missed the top two, which both went to Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Chang Yao and the dean of Cang Xuan Holy Heaven waited in a secret chamber after receiving Vice Dean Sha Tianwen’s invitation.
• Sha Tianwen arrived, displaying a presence near the late stage of the Saint Realm, and asked whether Primordial Holy Heaven’s edge was too sharp.

Sha Tianwen urged Chang Yao and Cang Xuan Holy Heaven's dean to join Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven in opposing Primordial Holy Heaven and seizing the Primordial Token. He asked whether they had made their decision, leaving their response unresolved.

• Sha Tianwen warned that Primordial Holy Heaven's prodigies could signal its return to power and said Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven would not allow it to rise.
• Chang Yao and Cang Xuan Holy Heaven's dean recognized that Sha Tianwen was signaling a possible war against Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Sha Tianwen pointed out that the Primordial Token could unlock a divine treasury in the High Antiquity Holy Heaven Secret Realm.
• Chang Yao and the other dean considered the possibility that Primordial Holy Heaven's prodigies had been nurtured with treasures from the treasury and saw the token as a chance to gain power.
• Sha Tianwen framed the plan as a joint effort and asked Chang Yao and the other dean whether they had made their decision.

Sha Tianwen persuaded Golden Feather Holy Heaven and Cang Xuan Holy Heaven to join Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven’s plan against Primordial Holy Heaven. Divine Firmament Holy Heaven learned of the alliance, but Elder Qiu insisted it stay out of the conflict, warning that the other Holy Heavens were heading for disaster.

• Chang Yao agreed to Sha Tianwen’s proposal on behalf of Golden Feather Holy Heaven.
• The dean of Cang Xuan Holy Heaven overcame his hesitation and agreed to join, expecting Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven to bear the greatest risk.
• Divine Firmament Holy Heaven’s leaders discussed the growing alliance and the chance to seize the Primordial Token and Primordial Holy Heaven’s resources.
• Elder Qiu declared that Divine Firmament Holy Heaven must not get involved and ordered the dean to refuse Chang Yao.
• The dean questioned Elder Qiu’s decision, but Elder Qiu predicted that the allied Holy Heavens were heading to their deaths.

Situ Jian and Dongfang Muxue traveled to the Saint Heaven Realm to seek out Lin Xuan, while Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven led two allies in an assault on Primordial Holy Heaven. Bai Wuya had prepared for the attack, but Sha Tianwen’s Saint Artifact threatened the grand formation as other Holy Heavens watched from the shadows.

• Elder Qiu warned the dean of Divine Firmament Holy Heaven not to accept Golden Feather Holy Heaven’s invitation, saying it was unclear whether the allied Holy Heavens could defeat Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Situ Jian asked Dongfang Muxue to tell him more about Lin Xuan as they traveled toward the Saint Heaven Realm to find him.
• Bai Wuya activated Primordial Holy Heaven’s grand formation when Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven, Cang Xuan Holy Heaven, and Golden Feather Holy Heaven arrived with five Saint Realm experts.
• Sha Tianwen demanded that Primordial Holy Heaven surrender the Primordial Token and apologize, then attacked its formation with a Saint Artifact.
• Experts from nearly every other Holy Heaven watched secretly as Sha Tianwen’s Saint Artifact made Primordial Holy Heaven’s formation seem close to collapsing.

The Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven and its allies besieged the Primordial Holy Heaven, while observers expected its defenses to fail and prepared to claim its resources. Bai Wuya and Bai Wushang faced the coming destruction after their pleas for aid went unanswered, and the chapter left Primordial’s fate uncertain but seemingly doomed.

• Experts from other Holy Heavens recognized Sha Tianwen’s Jade Marrow Exquisite Pearl and judged that the Primordial Holy Heaven could not withstand the combined forces attacking it.
• Surviving remnants of the Primordial Slaying Alliance chose to stay and watch the Primordial Holy Heaven fall rather than flee.
• The holy instructors inside Primordial’s academy formation despaired as five Saint Realm experts attacked and the Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven’s academy master remained absent.
• Bai Wushang reported to Bai Wuya that nearby residents had been evacuated, and Bai Wuya thanked him and said they might have to die alongside Primordial.
• Bai Wushang recalled that no faction had answered his appeals for aid and that he had been injured on his return, leaving him wondering whether Primordial would perish.

As Primordial's grand formation neared collapse and its defenders ran out of strength, Bai Wuya ordered everyone else to flee while he faced the attackers alone. The Saint Teachers and institute leaders refused to abandon Primordial and vowed to fight to the death.

• Elder Zuo despaired that Primordial could not escape its doom as the grand formation rapidly consumed its Spirit Stones.
• The Heaven-Reaching Institute's vice head collapsed after exhausting himself to sustain the formation, while Bai Wushang and the other defenders struggled to keep fighting.
• Bai Wuya told everyone that once the formation shattered, he would fight alone and the rest should flee separately.
• A Saint Teacher rejected retreat, saying the defenders would protect Primordial even if they had no hope of survival.
• The Saint Teachers and institute leaders declared together that they would fight to the death and never retreat.

As nine Holy Heavens gathered to attack Primordial Holy Heaven, Ji Zhenyi, Wan Renshan, and the Ten Saints vowed to defend it rather than retreat. Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King remained confident they could overcome the hidden Saint Realm forces, while Yunyi told Duan Nianwei to trust her Master; the battle had not yet begun.

• Ji Zhenyi declared she would burn her lifespan to reach the Saint Realm temporarily and defend Primordial Holy Heaven with Bai Wuya.
• Wan Renshan and the Ten Saints refused to retreat and vowed to fight to the death.
• The Vast Sea Saint King recognized that all nine Holy Heavens had sent forces, including hidden Saint Realm experts, to besiege Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King remained confident they could suppress the attackers, and Lin Xuan kept his Great Saint Summoning Card in reserve.
• Yunyi reassured Duan Nianwei that Lin Xuan's power surpassed ordinary judgment and urged her to trust her Master without panicking.

After the Primordial Holy Heaven’s formation shattered, Bai Wuya fought Sha Tianwen to protect his people but was defeated and left gravely injured. Sha Tianwen demanded the Primordial Token and the person who crippled the Desolate Ancient prodigy, offering to spare the others only if they abandoned the Saint Heaven Realm forever.

• Duan Nianwei and Qu Youmeng reaffirmed their faith that their Master would protect them as the formation collapsed.
• Sha Tianwen ordered the other Holy Heavens to destroy Primordial, and Bai Wuya stepped forward to shield its students and Sacred Masters.
• Bai Wuya and Sha Tianwen fought in the sky, but Bai Wuya’s Saint Domain shattered and he fell gravely injured.
• Bai Wushang caught Bai Wuya and cried out to him as Sha Tianwen recovered and descended.
• Sha Tianwen gave Primordial three breaths to surrender the Primordial Token and the person who crippled the Desolate Ancient prodigy, then swear to leave the Saint Heaven Realm forever.

Sha Tianwen ordered five Saints to attack the badly wounded Bai Wuya, intending to destroy Primordial Holy Heaven. With their combined strength arrayed against him, Bai Wuya appeared doomed, and Primordial Holy Heaven faced imminent annihilation.

• Bai Wuya rejected Sha Tianwen’s demand to surrender, and Sha Tianwen ordered his forces to attack.
• Sha Tianwen summoned four other Saints so they could kill Bai Wuya together.
• Sha Tianwen armed himself with a Saint Artifact, while the Cang Xuan Holy Heaven academy master and Chang Yao prepared their Saint Arts.
• The five Saints unleashed their techniques against Bai Wuya, and the watching Saints believed he could not survive.

As five Saint Realm experts attacked Bai Wuya, Lin Xuan stopped Primordial Holy Heaven’s allies from rushing to help and revealed that Wu Cenqing, a Saint Realm Chongming Bird Holy Spirit, would join the battle. Wu Cenqing’s arrival seemed insufficient to turn the tide, but a mysterious chuckle preceded a burst of Sword Intent and Halberd Intent that clashed with the five experts’ attack.

• Ji Zhenyi and the other Primordial Holy Heaven experts prepared to rush to Bai Wuya’s aid, but Lin Xuan blocked them and told them not to hurry.
• Lin Xuan nodded to Wu Cenqing, a Saint Realm elder of the Chongming Bird Clan who had stayed in Supreme City, and Wu Cenqing entered the battlefield.
• Bai Wuya and the others recognized Wu Cenqing and were shocked to learn he was a Saint Realm expert.
• Sha Tianwen dismissed Wu Cenqing and joined four other Saint Realm experts in attacking Bai Wuya and Wu Cenqing.
• A faint chuckle sounded, and Sword Intent and Halberd Intent erupted from Primordial Holy Heaven to collide with the five experts’ attacks.

Lin Xuan and Gu Hao arrived on the battlefield and revealed two more Saint Realm experts defending Primordial Holy Heaven. Sha Tianwen urged the watching Holy Heavens to join the attack before Primordial could rise again.

• Lin Xuan and Gu Hao intervened, shattering the combined techniques of five Saint Realm experts with their halberd and sword domains.
• The onlookers realized Primordial Holy Heaven had four Saint Realm experts, counting the Chongming Bird Clan expert who had already stepped forward.
• Lin Xuan concealed his and Gu Hao’s true strength and judged that he could defeat the five opponents with only thirty percent of his power.
• Sha Tianwen recognized that Primordial’s hidden strength had disrupted his plans but decided that the attackers could not retreat.
• Sha Tianwen called on the watching Holy Heavens to join the assault and warned them not to let Primordial regain its former dominance.

Situ Jian, posing as a Sword Pavilion elder named Si Jian, arrived with Dongfang Muxue to stop the other Holy Heavens from destroying the Primordial Holy Heaven. His Peak Saint Realm presence halted the attackers, while Sha Tianwen realized the masked woman carried powerful Emperor-Grade Law Artifacts.

• Sha Tianwen warned that the Primordial Holy Heaven’s return to its former strength would threaten the other Holy Heavens, prompting hidden Saint Realm experts to reveal themselves and charge.
• More than a dozen additional Saint Realm experts joined the five already present, leaving the Primordial Holy Heaven’s teachers and students despairing at the overwhelming assault.
• A flying boat burst through the clouds, and its rider challenged the attackers before striking with a sword that forced several Saint Realm experts to retreat.
• Sha Tianwen probed the masked Dongfang Muxue with his Divine Sense, recoiled from its foul, unfathomable depths, and recognized her mask, vestments, and bracelet as Emperor-Grade Law Artifacts.
• Situ Jian explained that he had concealed his identity as Si Jian, an elder of the Sword Pavilion, so he could help the Primordial Holy Heaven without exposing the Taiyu Divine Dynasty’s connection to Lin Xuan.

Situ Jian of the Sword Pavilion arrived to support the Primordial Holy Heaven, and his peak Saint Realm cultivation and Sword Domain halted the attack. The other Holy Heavens’ cultivators considered retreating, while Duan Nianwei realized that her master, Lin Xuan, was the Sword Pavilion’s master.

• Situ Jian revealed his Sword Domain and locked onto Sha Tianwen, Chang Yao, and the other attackers, making clear that he was protecting the Primordial Holy Heaven.
• The cultivators from the nine Holy Heavens recognized Situ Jian as a peak Saint Realm sword cultivator and hesitated to challenge him.
• Sha Tianwen noticed that Situ Jian had not drawn the sword at his waist and feared it might be a powerful Saint Artifact.
• Duan Nianwei realized that Lin Xuan was the master of the Sword Pavilion and marveled at the strength hidden within his force.
• The attackers exchanged glances and increasingly considered withdrawing, regretting that they had trusted Sha Tianwen and Chang Yao.

Situ Jian’s arrival forced Sha Tianwen and the other attackers to retreat, saving Primordial Holy Heaven. After accepting Primordial Holy Heaven’s hospitality as a Sword Pavilion elder, Situ Jian met Lin Xuan, who recognized him as Attendant Situ or Elder Si.

• Sha Tianwen assessed the newly revealed Saint Realm cultivators and concluded that his forces could not win.
• Sha Tianwen warned Situ Jian against the Taiyu Divine Dynasty interfering in other domains, then ordered his forces to retreat.
• Bai Wuya told Bai Wushang to clean up the battlefield and invited the remaining guests back to Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Situ Jian accepted Primordial Holy Heaven’s hospitality and settled into his lodgings before meeting Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan greeted Situ Jian by asking whether he should call him Attendant Situ or Elder Si of the Sword Pavilion.

Lin Xuan thanked Situ Jian for helping the Sword Pavilion and invited him to stay, then agreed to test their Sword Daos in a duel. After the fight, Situ Jian returned with a grave expression and called Lin Xuan unfathomable.

• Lin Xuan thanked Situ Jian for his help and said the Sword Pavilion would remember the debt.
• Lin Xuan offered Situ Jian a place in the Sword Pavilion and asked if he had come to test his Sword Dao.
• Lin Xuan and Situ Jian went to the Supreme Institute's cultivation grounds to fight.
• Dongfang Muxue waited with Lin Zhiruo and Xuan Bing, who ate their apology gifts and soul-repair medicine.
• Situ Jian returned without apparent injury and told Dongfang Muxue that the Pavilion Master was unfathomable.

Su Lianxin and Lin Ling trained with swords in a secluded Sword Tomb while Great Saint Goumang guided them and lamented that Su Lianxin refused to become his disciple. After their spar, Su Lianxin wondered which of them would form a sword domain first, and she privately thought of her absent master.

• Su Lianxin and Lin Ling sparred in a Sword Tomb as Great Saint Goumang watched and assessed their remarkable progress in sword intent.
• Great Saint Goumang recalled that Su Lianxin had repeatedly refused his offer to become her master because she already had a master.
• Great Saint Goumang remembered the Vast Sea Saint King and wondered whether the king had survived the fall of the Vast Sea Saint Dynasty.
• Su Lianxin won the spar and told Lin Ling she believed Lin Ling would soon reach ninth-level sword intent.
• Lin Ling praised Su Lianxin's talent, and Su Lianxin silently thought of her own master while looking at Lin Ling.

Great Saint Goumang urged Su Lianxin and Lin Ling to leave the Sword Ruins and explore the Endless Sea’s hidden vaults, where they might find powerful treasures and inheritances. Meanwhile, the Vast Sea Saint King advised Lin Xuan to go there before his Saint Realm breakthrough, and Lin Xuan agreed.

• Great Saint Goumang said Su Lianxin and Lin Ling had reached the limit of what they could gain from sparring and needed to strengthen their foundations elsewhere.
• Great Saint Goumang told Su Lianxin and Lin Ling that the Endless Sea’s hidden vaults would soon open and explained their connection to realms beyond its nine layers.
• Su Lianxin and Lin Ling decided to go to the Endless Sea to seek resources and fortuitous opportunities.
• The Vast Sea Saint King advised Lin Xuan to travel to the Endless Sea before breaking through to the Saint Realm, where he might also find items to repair his ancestor’s soul.
• Lin Xuan agreed to head to the Endless Sea.