Recaps

After Chu Feng’s Dao De Jing lectures helped his disciples gain insights, Ye Beixuan learned that Feng Qiongyu’s family had arranged a martial contest for her hand. He decided to enter the contest himself, and the pair prepared to leave for her family’s home.

• Chu Feng held a banquet to celebrate the installation of the saint-grade spirit vein and announced a forty-nine-day series of Dao scripture lectures.
• Chu Feng lectured on the Dao De Jing, and the four Great Sages later entered seclusion after gaining insights.
• Chu Feng received rewards for helping Mountain-Mover, Bing Yan, Golden Wing, and Blazing Sun comprehend the True Essence of the Great Dao.
• Feng Qiongyu received a letter saying her family had arranged prospective husbands and a martial contest for her hand.
• Ye Beixuan offered to enter the contest, and he and Feng Qiongyu decided to bid Master farewell and travel to her family the next day.

Chu Feng and Ye Beixuan traveled to Fire Phoenix Valley for a martial arts contest to choose a husband, where Ye Beixuan was to prove his progress. Feng Qiongyu brought them to her courtyard, but her relatives discovered her return and arrived to confront her.

• Chu Feng agreed to accompany Ye Beixuan to Fire Phoenix Valley, while Qin Qin, Xu Caichen, and Bing Yan stayed behind at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute.
• Chu Feng, Ye Beixuan, Xiao Chen, Cao Youqian, Wang Baole, two young girls, and two inner disciples set out for Fire Phoenix Valley.
• Feng Qiongyu offered Chu Feng her courtyard as lodging, and he accepted.
• The Feng Lineage's phoenix parasol tree sensed Feng Qiongyu's return, prompting Third Brother Feng and a woman in a fiery-red dress to come find her.
• Third Brother Feng sent a fire phoenix into the courtyard, and Feng Qiongyu went to the gate with Ye Beixuan, where she found an angry face waiting.

Ye Beixuan struck Feng Yanxiang after he berated Feng Qiongyu, then revealed his Dao Integration Realm strength and drove off the Feng Lineage youths. Feng Yanxiang reported the conflict to the Feng Lineage head, whose family worried about losing face until Qingyan arrived with a contemptuous challenge.

• Third Brother Feng scolded Feng Qiongyu for bringing Ye Beixuan into her courtyard, and Ye Beixuan slapped him.
• Ye Beixuan released his Dao Integration Realm pressure, and Feng Yanxiang led the Feng Lineage youths away after learning his strength.
• Feng Qiongyu asked Ye Beixuan to apologize with her to her parents, and he agreed.
• A seductive woman suggested Feng Qiongyu had become Ye Beixuan's Dao companion to grow stronger, but Feng Yanxiang warned that opposing a Dao-Seeking Academy elder could provoke the academy.
• Feng Yanxiang told the Feng Lineage head that Ye Beixuan had struck him and was an elder of Dao-Seeking Academy, prompting the elders to worry about the family's reputation.
• Qingyan mocked the Feng Lineage elders for backing down, and the head asked what plan she had.

Feng Qingyan persuaded the Feng Lineage to let contestants enlist others to fight in the martial contest for Feng Qiongyu’s hand. Mother Feng discovered that Ye Beixuan was Qiongyu’s partner and a disciple of Great Sage Qiankun, then left reassured after learning his senior brothers would also participate.

• Feng Qingyan proposed changing the contest rules so the suitors could have others fight on their behalf, and the Feng Lineage agreed to keep Qiongyu in her courtyard residence.
• Feng Qiongyu and Ye Beixuan waited for Mother Feng, who arrived and questioned Ye after realizing their relationship was close.
• Ye Beixuan introduced himself as a Dao Integration Third Layer elder of the Miscellaneous Dao Institute and a disciple of Great Sage Qiankun, stunning Mother Feng.
• Mother Feng accepted Ye Beixuan’s explanation for striking Qiongyu’s third brother and grew pleased with him during their conversation.
• Mother Feng told Qiongyu and Ye Beixuan to stay in the courtyard residence until the contest, then learned Ye’s first and second senior brothers were present to compete.

As the martial contest for Feng Qiongyu’s hand began, Chu Feng and the Dao-Seeking Academy group arrived at the venue, drawing attention from the Feng Lineage and other forces. Great Sage Benlei recognized Chu Feng and bowed to him as his master, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Chu Feng invited Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian to take part in the contest, and allowed Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian to go out and play.
• As contenders and their allies gathered in Fire Phoenix Valley, the Feng Lineage announced that fellow disciples could assist contestants.
• Chu Feng and his companions traveled to the contest venue in a carriage pulled by a Dao Integration Realm black tiger demon.
• Feng Qiongyu’s father recognized Chu Feng as the young man who had injured Feng Yanxiang, while her mother defended her daughter’s choice.
• Great Sage Benlei brought his grandson toward Chu Feng, then bowed to him as his master, astonishing the Feng Lineage and the crowd.

Chu Feng reunited with Great Sage Benlei before the Feng Lineage began its martial competition for Feng Qiongyu’s hand. Ye Beixuan entered the arena first and challenged all her suitors to face him together as more opponents appeared.

• Great Sage Benlei greeted Chu Feng respectfully, accepted his criticism of his cultivation, and was invited to seek guidance at the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• The Feng Lineage announced that the winner of the competition could marry Feng Qiongyu, whose Phoenix Bloodline had awakened, and set the rule that the contestant still standing at sunset would win.
• Ye Beixuan rose from his seat, entered the arena, and told everyone who wanted to marry Feng Qiongyu to come at him together.
• Mountain-Splitting Axe and White Horse Silver Spear challenged Ye Beixuan, who dismissed them as too weak before several more figures entered the arena.

Ye Beixuan revealed that he was Great Sage Qiankun’s disciple and turned the contest for Feng Qiongyu’s hand into a series of requests for guidance. After demonstrating his skill, he accepted a challenge from Ao Ding of the South Sea Dragon Palace and proposed they fight in the air.

• Ye Beixuan released his Dao Integration Realm pressure and introduced himself as a disciple of Great Sage Qiankun, leaving the contestants and Feng Lineage stunned.
• Songyang Hand asked Ye Beixuan for guidance, and Daoist Priest Qingfeng and the other contestants followed suit.
• Ye Beixuan blocked their combined attacks with Primordial Chaos Light, demonstrated techniques for Songyang Hand and Daoist Priest Qingfeng, and earned their thanks.
• Ye Beixuan invited anyone else to spar, and Ao Ding of the South Sea Dragon Palace stepped onto the stage to challenge him.
• Ye Beixuan declined help from the Dao-Seeking Academy and suggested that he and Ao Ding battle in the air.

Ye Beixuan defeated Marquis Bilang with the Primordial Chaos Mirror, demonstrating that his Divine Physique and True Intent made him a formidable opponent. The Ninth Imperial Grandson then summoned two powerful elders to challenge Ye Beixuan, who opened his eyes to face them.

• Ye Beixuan released the power of his Divine Physique as Marquis Bilang transformed into a four-clawed flood dragon and attacked with Surging Azure Waves.
• Ye Beixuan used the Primordial Chaos Mirror to absorb Marquis Bilang's attack and trap him inside a world formed by its light.
• Marquis Bilang admitted defeat, and Ye Beixuan released him before returning to the arena to await another challenger.
• Cao Youqian, Chu Feng, and Xiao Chen discussed Ye Beixuan's strength while Marquis Bilang returned to the South Sea Dragon Palace delegation.
• The Ninth Imperial Grandson summoned two elders, who appeared on the arena and demanded that Ye Beixuan bring out his protector.
• Ye Beixuan slowly opened his eyes as everyone turned their attention back to the arena.

Ye Beixuan faced the South Sea Dragon Palace’s twin Great Sages, Heishui and Baiyan, but Chu Feng sent Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian to fight them instead. After Chu Feng agreed not to interfere if his disciples lost, the four fighters took to the sky and chose their opponents, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Heishui and Baiyan identified themselves as twin Great Sages and challenged Ye Beixuan to bring out an expert from the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• Chu Feng told Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian to fight the two elders, and the pair eagerly stepped onto the platform.
• Spectators recognized Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian and realized Chu Feng was Great Sage Qiankun; they saluted him.
• Chu Feng promised not to interfere if Heishui and Baiyan defeated his disciples, and the two Great Sages accepted the challenge.
• The four fighters rose into the sky, where Cao Youqian chose Baiyan and Xiao Chen faced Heishui.

Cao Youqian and Xiao Chen fought the Black and White Twin Sages in Fire Phoenix Valley, revealing strength that overwhelmed their opponents. Cao Youqian spared Great Sage Baiyan after defeating him, while Xiao Chen continued attacking Great Sage Heishui and unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin.

• Cao Youqian and Xiao Chen revealed their Immortal Physiques, and the Black and White Twin Sages transformed into black and white true dragons.
• Great Sage Baiyan attacked Cao Youqian with dragon breath, but Cao Youqian emerged unharmed and revealed his comprehension of the True Essence of the Great Dao.
• Cao Youqian shattered Great Sage Baiyan's true dragon manifestation with the Extreme Dao Divine Fist, then stopped short of striking him and accepted his surrender.
• Great Sage Heishui summoned divine black water, but Xiao Chen's sword strikes drove him back and left him sweating.
• Xiao Chen thrust his sword forward and unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin.

Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian defeated the Great Sages who challenged them, securing Ye Beixuan’s victory in the Feng Lineage’s martial contest for a bride. At the wedding banquet, the Feng Lineage pressed for a quick marriage, leaving Ye Beixuan and Chu Feng suspicious and demanding an explanation.

• Xiao Chen defeated Great Sage Heishui, and no one else dared challenge him or Cao Youqian.
• The Feng Lineage head declared Ye Beixuan the contest’s victor and announced his betrothal to the Feng Lineage’s legitimate daughter, Qiongyu.
• Chu Feng accepted the Feng Lineage’s invitation and offered support to Ye Beixuan’s new relatives by marriage.
• At the banquet, the Feng Lineage head asked for Ye Beixuan and Qiongyu to marry within three months, then agreed to within a year after Chu Feng questioned the rush.
• When Chu Feng said Ye Beixuan might not marry for three to five years, the Feng Lineage head pleaded with him to wed sooner, and Ye Beixuan asked why.

The Feng Lineage head explained that Ye Beixuan needed to marry Feng Qiongyu to enter the Phoenix Ancestral Land trial, and Chu Feng helped arrange their wedding. After Ye Beixuan left for Fire Phoenix Valley, Cao Youqian and Xiao Chen asked to train on another continent, so Chu Feng took them to the academy head, who wondered if Chu Feng could not guide them himself.

• The Feng Lineage head revealed that their ancestor came from the Desolate Continent and that the Phoenix Ancestral Land trial would open in a year.
• The Feng Lineage head explained that Ye Beixuan could join the trial by marrying Feng Qiongyu, and Chu Feng urged them to wed soon.
• Two months later, Ye Beixuan and Feng Qiongyu held their second wedding at Dao-Seeking Academy, and Ye Beixuan departed with her for Fire Phoenix Valley.
• Cao Youqian and Xiao Chen asked to train on another continent, and Chu Feng agreed to arrange a teleportation formation through the academy head.
• The academy head welcomed Chu Feng and his disciples and asked whether Chu Feng could not guide the two youngsters himself.

Chu Feng arranged for Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian to travel to the Sword Continent and Barbarian Continent for training. Xiao Chen arrived at the Sword Dao Academy, where the Sword Son and others questioned his welcome.

• Chu Feng asked the dean to open teleportation arrays so Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian could seek opportunities on other continents, and they chose the Sword and Barbarian Continents.
• The dean spoke with Chu Feng about his approaching sainthood and future plans, then played a game with him.
• Three days later, Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian each led their companions through a teleportation array, while Chu Feng wished them success.
• At the Sword Dao Academy, the dean warned his skeptical elders and Sword Son that Xiao Chen was an exceptional disciple and sword cultivator.
• Xiao Chen greeted the Sword Dao Academy's leaders, but someone in the crowd objected that his reception was against the rules.

Xiao Chen challenged the Sword Dao Academy’s sword rules and revealed his mastery of the True Essence of Sword Dao. He defeated Elder Ku in an aerial exchange, leaving the academy’s cultivators stunned as Elder Ku admitted defeat.

• Elder Ku insisted that Xiao Chen and his companions had to pass the Ten Absolutes Sword Formation or surrender their swords to enter the mountain.
• Xiao Chen dismissed the ten-person formation and declared that the ten Kings and Marquises could not withstand one strike from him.
• Xiao Chen released his Invincible True Essence of Sword Dao, forcing the ten swords from their scabbards and prompting Elder Ku to challenge him.
• Xiao Chen and Elder Ku revealed that they had comprehended five and four points of the True Essence of Sword Dao, respectively, then fought in the sky.
• Xiao Chen defeated Elder Ku with Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin, and Elder Ku thanked him for showing mercy and admitted defeat.

Xiao Chen defeated the Sword Dao Academy’s disciples and agreed to represent it at the Western Peak Sword Debate. Meanwhile, Cao Youqian overwhelmed the Giant God Academy’s cultivators, then won them over with sacred wine.

• Xiao Chen defeated the Sword Dao Academy’s disciples, and Elder Ku asked him to explain Sword Dao cultivation to them.
• The academy head revealed that the Western Peak Sword Debate would be held in six months, with the winner receiving ten places at Sword Emperor’s Cliff, and Xiao Chen agreed to represent the academy.
• The Sword Dao Academy’s members celebrated Xiao Chen’s agreement and invited him to a banquet, where he promised that none of them would go home sober.
• Cao Youqian broke the Giant God Academy’s Eighteen Giants Formation and defeated its cultivators, prompting the academy head to ask about his body-tempering method.
• At a banquet, Cao Youqian criticized the Barbarian Continent’s wine and shared sacred wine from the Dao-Seeking Academy, which the Heaven-Supporting Great Sage praised.

Cao Youqian impressed Giant God Academy with his extreme body-cultivation methods and agreed to join its campaign against the Fire God Sect. A month later, he assembled with the academy’s forces, where two figures approached from the horizon.

• Cao Youqian shared rare holy wine with the banquet guests, winning their favor.
• Cao Youqian described tempering his body with earth fire and an Extreme Yin holy vein, astonishing the academy’s cultivators.
• Cao Youqian urged the cultivators to break their limits, and the Heaven-Supporting Great Sage arranged for him to join the campaign against the Fire God Sect.
• Cao Youqian spent a month sparring with Giant God Academy’s Great Sages and receiving their guidance.
• Cao Youqian led the assembled forces in the academy plaza, where two figures flew toward them from the horizon.

Cao Youqian traveled with Giant God Academy’s elders and told them about Chu Feng’s mastery of every Dao and the hundred arts. Back at Dao-Seeking Academy, Chu Feng approved Wang Baole’s trip to a cooking competition and welcomed Great Sage Benlei, who planned to stay and seek his guidance.

• Cao Youqian boarded a Giant God Academy flying ship with Elders Eight Treasures and Profound Crystal, then served them tea.
• Cao Youqian described Chu Feng’s Buddhist-style life, his command of all Daos, and his mastery of the hundred arts to the two Great Sages.
• Wang Baole told Chu Feng he had received an invitation to the God of Cooking competition in Unrivaled City, and Chu Feng let him go.
• Shi Xuan told Chu Feng that Great Sage Benlei had brought a descendant seeking a master, and Chu Feng arranged for Benlei to visit him.
• Great Sage Benlei arrived at Chu Feng’s courtyard and said he wanted to stay at Dao-Seeking Academy and ask for cultivation guidance.

Great Sage Benlei received a week of sparring and Dao instruction from Chu Feng, while Cao Youqian proposed using himself as bait to draw out the Fire God Sect. The two Great Sages were tempted by his plan but asked whether his claimed trump card could truly suppress an ordinary Saint.

• Great Sage Golden Wing took Great Sage Benlei to spar with Dao-Seeking Academy’s chiefs, helping him build a reputation.
• Chu Feng taught Great Sage Benlei about the thunder scripture and clarified his shortcomings in a Dao lecture.
• Aboard Giant God Academy’s flying boats, Cao Youqian asked Great Sage Eight Treasures and Great Sage Profound Crystal why the Fire God Sect would not flee.
• Cao Youqian proposed posing as a Divine Physique bearer near the Fire God Sect to lure its forces into a trap.
• Cao Youqian claimed he had a trump card that could suppress an ordinary Saint, and Great Sage Eight Treasures asked if that was true.

Cao Youqian planned to lure the Fire God Sect into a trap by revealing his Immortal Physique and using himself as bait. After the Giant God Academy’s party reached the Frenzied Lion Kingdom, he made a public show of his status, and word quickly reached the sect’s hidden followers.

• Cao Youqian told Great Sage Blazing Sun, Great Sage Eight Treasures, and Great Sage Profound Crystal that he would reveal his Immortal Physique to attract the Fire God Sect.
• Cao Youqian explained his plan and asked Great Sage Profound Crystal to find disciples willing to accompany him to the sect’s headquarters.
• Several days later, the Giant God Academy’s airship landed outside the royal city of the Frenzied Lion Kingdom.
• Great Sage Eight Treasures and Great Sage Profound Crystal presented Cao Youqian as the academy’s Holy Son to the Frenzied Lion King.
• Cao Youqian attended the royal banquet, and news of his reputation reached the Fire God Sect followers hidden in the city.

At the Frenzied Lion Kingdom’s royal banquet, Cao Youqian demonstrated his overwhelming power by clearing the clouds and raising a sun over the city, shocking the gathered cultivators. The Fire God Sect, which had been plotting to capture him for his bloodline, was terrified by his display.

• Elder Xiong ordered the Fire God Sect to investigate Cao Youqian, hoping to capture him and help their sect leader become a Saint.
• At the royal banquet, Great Sage Eight Treasures praised Cao Youqian’s strength, and Cao announced that he would make the sun and moon shine together above Frenzied Lion King City.
• Cao Youqian released his pressure across the palace and city, then formed a red sun that drove away the darkness and turned night into dawn.
• The Frenzied Lion King and the Fire God Sect members trembled under Cao Youqian’s pressure, while Elder Xiong admitted he was frightened.
• Cao Youqian withdrew his presence and returned to his seat, leaving the banquet in stunned silence.

Cao Youqian recruited seventy-two followers and set out to travel through the kingdoms, secretly waiting for a Fire God Sect spy among them to reveal himself. After more than half a month on the road, he chose to enter Cloud Witch Mountain and asked a former resident named Black Harrier to guide him.

• Cao Youqian told Great Sage Eight Treasures to recruit followers and gave him a jade tablet to conceal his presence.
• Great Sage Profound Crystal selected seventy-two young cultivators, and Cao Youqian departed Frenzied Lion King City with them.
• Cao Youqian revealed that he had spotted a Fire God Sect spy among the followers by the greed and excitement in his eyes.
• After traveling for more than half a month, Cao Youqian decided to pass through Cloud Witch Mountain despite its dangers.
• The prince of the Frenzied Lion Kingdom introduced Black Harrier, who had lived in Cloud Witch Mountain for over ten years, and Cao Youqian asked whether he truly knew the mountain.

Cao Youqian tested Black Harrier and let him lead the group into Cloud Witch Mountain, while secretly anticipating a trap and preparing for the Fire God Sect’s destruction. After three days of travel, Black Harrier said they were two days from the dangerous place he had promised to show them.

• Cao Youqian questioned Black Harrier about Great Sages and Half-Demons, then ordered him to stay by his side and guide the group to a dangerous place.
• At midnight, Black Harrier sent a message by harrier pigeon, unaware that Cao Youqian and his companions were watching with their spiritual senses.
• Cao Youqian announced that the group would enter Cloud Witch Mountain, while Great Sage Eight Treasures revealed that the attack on the Fire God Sect was scheduled for seven days later.
• Cao Youqian led the group into Cloud Witch Mountain under the banners of the Frenzied Lion Kingdom and the Giant God Academy.
• After three days without serious trouble, Cao Youqian asked Black Harrier how long remained before they reached the dangerous place, and Black Harrier said two days.

Cao Youqian led his group into Witch Devil Valley despite Prince Mad Lion’s fears and encountered an ambush led by a Great Sage devilman. He revealed that Black Harrier had told him the Fire God Sect was waiting for him, leaving both sides stunned.

• Cao Youqian ordered the group to enter Witch Devil Valley before the three major forces swept Cloud Witch Mountain that night.
• Cao Youqian and his companions crossed the devil mist and reached a bizarre forest, where he warned them that a Great Sage and his ambushers were waiting.
• A scarlet-eyed old devilman emerged with a group of fiendish devilmen and pressured Cao Youqian’s attendants and mounts with his Great Sage presence.
• Cao Youqian calmly spoke with the old man, identified him as a Great Sage devilman with Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon blood, and said courtesy before force was the Miscellaneous Dao Institute’s rule.
• Cao Youqian revealed that Black Harrier had told him the Fire God Sect had arranged the ambush, and everyone turned to stare at Black Harrier.

Cao Youqian let Great Sage Blood Pupils escort him and his companions to the Fire God Sect headquarters, where he defied the sect’s Great Sages at the altar. When the Fire God Sect leader confronted the Great Sage Eight Treasures and Song Zhaoyi, a blazing sun appeared and a powerful woman emerged from it.

• Cao Youqian dismissed Black Harrier’s accusations and insisted that Great Sage Blood Pupils lead the group to the Fire God Sect headquarters.
• Cao Youqian and his companions crossed the Five Elements Devil Land under the Fire God Sect’s escort and reached its headquarters.
• Cao Youqian followed Great Sage Blood Pupils into the palace and arrived at the altar, where he refused to kneel before the Fire God Sect’s seven Great Sages.
• Cao Youqian stood his ground as a Fire God Sect Great Sage pressured him, while the sect leader pointed out that Great Sage Eight Treasures and Song Zhaoyi were with him.
• A blazing sun appeared above Cao Youqian’s group, and a confident woman stepped out after the Fire God Sect leader challenged her to show herself and fight.

Cao Youqian and Great Sage Blazing Sun confronted the Fire God Sect and its summoned Fire Devil God. Cao Youqian used his master's Sword Jade to destroy the demon, then challenged the stunned Great Sages to fight him.

• Great Sage Blazing Sun revealed her name and taunted the Fire God Sect master, who summoned the Fire Devil God from the altar.
• The Fire Devil God appeared, frightened Prince Mad Lion and the others unconscious, and declared that Cao Youqian and Great Sage Blazing Sun would be his offerings.
• Cao Youqian and Great Sage Blazing Sun mocked the Fire Devil God and said he was weaker than Saints they had faced before.
• The Fire Devil God attacked Cao Youqian with Devouring Devil Flame, but Cao Youqian called for his master and activated the Sword Jade.
• The sword light destroyed the Fire Devil God, and Great Sage Blazing Sun caught the devil crystal and gave it to Cao Youqian.
• Cao Youqian asked which Great Sage would fight him next, but the Fire God Sect remained silent.