Arc 10Secrets Before the Tournament
Ling Chengxuan exposed Ling Zhantian’s sacrifices and the Blood Baleful Intent Tower’s infiltration before dying in the emperor’s formation. Chu Yunfei prepared to rescue Ling Xueyao, investigated his lost origins, and resolved to enter the tournament’s secret-realm trap while Yao Yue pursued him over a ruins map.
- Ling Chengxuan warned Chu Yunfei that Ling Zhantian had sacrificed the princes for their origins and would eventually target Ling Xueyao.
- Ling Chengxuan gave Chu Yunfei evidence of the Blood Baleful Intent Tower’s infiltration and blood rite plans before Ling Zhantian killed him, while a hidden wisp of his true spirit escaped.
- Chu Yunfei prepared a weapon against Ling Zhantian, defeated Yao Yue after she sought his ruins map, and concealed that her suppressed cultivation would recover naturally.
- Lin Wanyin revealed Chu Yunfei’s forgotten past, leading him to suspect that Chu Batian had transferred his constitution’s origin to save Situ Shuang'er.
- Zhao Baimei discovered a death tribulation through divination and asked to borrow Yan Guining’s Dao Fruit origin to avert it.
- Xiaoxiao Dragon told Chu Yunfei that someone was tracing his karmic connection and that another person in the lower realm was concealing his karmic thread.
- Qin Yangui and Wen Daoyuan reported purges of infiltrators, and Chu Yunfei resolved to enter the imperial family’s secret-realm tournament despite recognizing its trap.
- Yao Yue repeatedly asked Chu Yunfei to strike her again because she mistakenly believed his supposed restoration technique would strengthen her recovering cultivation.