Recaps

Lin Xuan and his allies defeated the Mingli forces, rescued Taiyu, and helped Yunli establish the Divine Departure Sect. Back in Primordial Holy Heaven, Lin Xuan reunited with his people and celebrated Lin Fang’s wedding before the Ten Institutes Grand Competition began.

• Lin Xuan rejected Great Saint Mingli’s offers, and after Lin Zhiruo shattered the Ten Thousand Li Mountains and Rivers Seal, Lin Xuan killed Mingli while Gu Hao defeated Yuwen Ming.
• Dongfang Ji named Dongfang Muxue his heir, thanked Lin Xuan and Gu Hao for saving Taiyu, and accepted Lin Xuan’s invitation to join the Sword Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan found Yunli facing hostility from her former disciple Fu Xing, and the princely estates, Silver River Palace, and Dongfang Muxue arrived to support her Divine Departure Sect ceremony.
• The Heavenly March Mansion Master crippled Fu Xing, Yunli severed her memories of him, and she advanced to the final step of the Great Emperor realm before resolving to cultivate in Taiyu.
• Lin Xuan returned to Primordial Holy Heaven with Ji Zhenyi, promised Bai Wuya that Primordial would win the Ten Institutes Grand Competition, and invited him to Lin Fang’s wedding.
• Lin Xuan reunited with his household and disciples as guests from powerful factions arrived for Lin Fang and Zeng Yijun’s wedding.
• After the wedding, Bai Wuya asked the Ten Saints to help Primordial avoid finishing last, and Shentu Feng pledged to meet his expectations after reaching the Thearch Realm Second Layer.

The Ten Institutes Grand Competition began after the Primordial Holy Heaven’s students were humbled at the exchange gathering and Bai Wuya accepted Chang Yao’s wager. In the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm, Qu Youmeng claimed treasures and fought off other cultivators as the first contestants were eliminated.

• Bai Wuya led the Primordial Holy Heaven delegation to Holy Heaven City, where Shentu Feng took the lead and Wang Yi invited them to the Holy Heaven Exchange Gathering.
• At the gathering, Shentu Feng challenged Jin Buhuan, then lost to Zhou Quan, while Xiao Yuan defeated Yan Ji in one move.
• Wang Dai defeated Qin Zhi and Ji Chuan, offered guidance to challengers, and was refused a fight by Shangguan Jue.
• Bai Wuya accepted Chang Yao’s wager that Primordial Holy Heaven would avoid last place, and the Holy Heaven Association opened the competition with a demon-slaying trial in the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm.
• Qu Youmeng found ten-thousand-year mystic heart bamboo and confronted Ke Qi, Xu Xu, and their companions when they tried to take it.
• Qu Youmeng gravely wounded Xu Xu, triggering his elimination from the secret realm and shocking the spectators outside.
• Qu Youmeng gathered treasures and found a spirit medicine garden, where a divine sense offered entrants a choice between leaving with one low-grade herb or fighting for the treasures.
• When the entrants chose to fight, Qu Youmeng cut down those who approached her, while Zou Yi noticed a black-robed man fighting off more than ten cultivators.

Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng explored the secret realm with Feng Wuji, then the students gathered in Holy Heaven City for the second round of the competition. Primordial Holy Heaven suffered a string of losses before Wan Renshan won nine matches and was defeated by Gao Fu, leaving Chang Yao claiming victory in his wager with Bai Wuya.

• Qu Youmeng and Wang Yan left the garden together, killed a Five-Mark Demon Thearch alongside Feng Wuji, and later parted from him as he finished first in the secret realm rankings.
• Shentu Feng placed second in the first round and later confronted Xing Yunxiao during a dispute between Primordial Holy Heaven and Southern Li Holy Heaven, before Xing Yunxiao apologized and offered compensation.
• Lin Xuan reunited with Li Fufeng at the antiques street, where he bought a bronze mirror, and Ji Zhenyi arrived to take him away after identifying him as the academy master.
• The second round began with one-on-one matches, and Gu You defeated Cen Jinyue before the other Primordial Holy Heaven contestants also lost.
• Leng Yun defeated Shentu Feng, but Wan Renshan won his match against Wen Shiling and went on to claim nine victories with the Lotus Severance Saint Art.
• Gao Fu stopped Wan Renshan’s lotus attack, overcame him in their match, and forced him to concede, after which Chang Yao mocked Bai Wuya and claimed their wager.

Qu Youmeng and Wang Yan turned the competition against the Primordial Holy Heaven’s rivals, while Mo Yao and Chu Li crippled Duan Nianwei and Feng Wuji. Wang Yan defeated Jiang Chengzun, and the arc ended with Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng beginning the final match.

• Qu Youmeng defeated Gao Fu with a single sword strike, then Duan Nianwei fought Mo Yao, who crippled her after she tried to concede.
• Lin Xuan rescued Duan Nianwei, and Qu Youmeng later challenged Mo Yao and defeated him so decisively that Yin Duo attacked her before the sacred teachers intervened.
• Wang Yan stunned the spectators by defeating Cheng Yiran with one punch, while Chu Li crippled Feng Wuji in their match.
• Wang Yan challenged Chu Li, revealed his strength, and knocked him off the platform with a drawn sword.
• Qu Youmeng defeated Shangguan Jue with ninth-level Sword Intent, securing her place in the final against Wang Yan.
• Wang Yan shed his Spirit-Sealing Talismans and fought Jiang Chengzun, then revealed ninth-level Sword Intent at great perfection and shattered the arena with Blazing Flame.
• Jiang Chengzun conceded, and Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng began the final match with their sword intents piercing the elders’ formations.