Recaps

Xu Chen, Shen Yue, and Yue Shuwang climbed a mountain trial that they believed tested cultivation talent. Shen Yue left them behind, intent on reaching the summit to find Zi He and Yang Lingrui, while Xu Chen watched him pull ahead.

• Xu Chen invited Shen Yue and Yue Shuwang to climb the mountain with him, and they concluded the trial tested talent for cultivation.
• Xu Chen sped up and opened a lead, assuming the others could not match his pace.
• Shen Yue judged that climbing speed did not measure true talent and remembered that Zi He and Yang Lingrui might already be at the summit.
• Concerned for his friends, Shen Yue began crossing three steps at a time, stunning Yue Shuwang.
• Shen Yue caught up to Xu Chen, explained that he could not stop worrying about his friends, and hurried ahead, declaring Chengtian Academy's scenery superior to the mountains.

Xu Chen struggled to keep ahead of the relentless Yue Shuwang, while He Shenglai rejected Su Lingyun’s attempt to turn him against Yang Lingrui and continued toward the summit. Stung by He Shenglai’s words, Su Lingyun resolved to abandon the Dao of Calculation and reclaim the Heart of Ruthless Dao.

• Xu Chen gave up trying to catch Shen Yue, but Yue Shuwang’s furious pursuit forced him to keep racing uphill.
• He Shenglai and Su Lingyun climbed side by side, arguing over the old calamity that had befallen their families.
• Su Lingyun suggested that Elder Yu had tied the Yang Family to the Jade Firmament Sect and used them for his own purposes.
• He Shenglai said he valued Yang Lingrui for his potential regardless of who had raised him, then left Su Lingyun behind to reach the summit and help him.
• Su Lingyun recognized that his schemes and lingering feelings had failed him, and resolved to retrieve the Heart of Ruthless Dao himself.

Qiu Ran and Xiao Yize struggled up the third mountain trail while Shen Yue reached the summit first, followed by the other cultivators. In the next region, Yang Lingrui wandered alone through a featureless wasteland after a sandstorm separated him from his companions.

• Qiu Ran and Xiao Yize agreed to rest together after climbing at matching speeds, leaving their first trial likely tied.
• Shen Yue reached the summit first, rang the bronze bell, and was transported to the next region.
• Xu Chen and Yue Shuwang reached the summit, followed by Feng Lan and the other cultivators, who rang the bell to continue.
• A sandstorm separated Yang Lingrui from Zi He, Xue Qingluan, and Ban Kuizhen in the gray wasteland.
• Yang Lingrui continued alone through the directionless wasteland, where cultivators could barely use their true essence.

Yang Lingrui crossed a desolate wasteland filled with illusions that tried to turn him back, but his unwavering Dao heart carried him to the stone door and ended the trial. As his body returned to normal, countless other cultivators remained trapped in the wasteland, broken by its tests of body and mind.

• Yang Lingrui kept walking as illusions of Yang Linghu called to him, and he affirmed his resolve to shoulder the Lineage and continue forward.
• Yang Lingrui ignored illusions of Yang Guanfeng and Elder Yu pleading that the family was in danger, reasoning that the real ancestors would have urged him to flee instead.
• Illusions of Yang Lingqing, Zi He, Yang Lingshu, Li Qingwan, Zhao Qi, and Feng Linghua tried to stop Yang Lingrui, but he pressed on without wavering.
• Yang Lingrui aged as he crossed the wasteland, yet his steps and clear resolve never changed.
• Yang Lingrui reached a stone door, ending the trial as Dharma light restored his body to normal.
• Across the wasteland, many cultivators broke down or stopped walking under the torment of the illusions and their aging bodies.

Yang Lingrui reached the Fate Lake after passing the talent and perseverance trials, while Chen Yang learned from Ku Yun that the Twilight Ancient Path held three True Intent Formless Manifestations. To keep other cultivators from obtaining them, Chen Yang ordered Ku Yun to move the manifestations in the Starlight and Rising Sun Realms; one trial site then collapsed, leaving its cultivators baffled.

• Yang Lingrui entered the frozen lake area and became the first cultivator on the journey to reach the Fate Lake.
• Ku Yun's resentment was completely cleansed, and he thanked Chen Yang, who promised him a place in the reconstructed Divine Palace.
• Chen Yang asked Ku Yun about obtaining True Intent Formless Manifestations, and Ku Yun explained that he could guide them to appear but could not control who claimed them.
• Ku Yun revealed that three manifestations were within the Twilight Ancient Path and that the Starlight and Rising Sun Realms each had exploration sites.
• Chen Yang ordered Ku Yun to move the manifestations in those two realms and prevent cultivators from obtaining them.
• Ku Yun used divine power to draw three manifestations from a Rising Sun Realm ruin, causing the trial site to collapse as cultivators fled and wondered whether the ancient path was failing.

The Spiritual Connection cultivators debated whether the Twilight Ancient Path had exhausted its treasures, while the Starlight Realm’s palace vanished and Yang Lingshu discovered a mysterious stone door. Chen Yang watched him through a star-made mirror and urged him to catch up with Ling Rui by obtaining another True Intent Formless Manifestation.

• Chang Chengsheng argued that the cultivators who had failed to gain the supreme treasure lacked exceptional talent, and the others accepted his blunt assessment.
• The cultivators decided to judge whether the Twilight Ancient Path had treasures left by seeing if any of the four heaven’s prides in the Waning Moon Realm obtained a True Intent Formless Manifestation.
• The phantom palace in the Starlight Realm vanished and teleported its explorers out, while Zou Zhongyi and Yang Yuanliu celebrated the historical records they had gathered.
• Yang Lingshu, who had avoided the palace and collected resources elsewhere, saw its light fade and prepared to leave the hill.
• A stone door appeared behind Yang Lingshu as stars formed a mirror showing a stone and potted plant, and Chen Yang urged him to keep pace with Ling Rui.

Yang Lingshu entered a Trial Ground arranged by Chen Yang, who hoped one of eight True Intent Formless Manifestations would recognize him. Meanwhile, Zheng Qidao searched in vain for the vanished opportunity, and Yang Lingshu continued passing repeated aptitude tests with the Spirit Pearl’s help.

• Yang Lingshu recognized the Immortal Venerable’s arrangement and entered the stone gate.
• Chen Yang learned Ku Yun had placed all eight True Intent Formless Manifestations in the Trial Ground and arranged for Yang Lingshu to face the trial alone.
• Zheng Qidao arrived with Wind Thunder Temple cultivators, but the treasure-seeking guidance faded before they could locate the opportunity.
• Zheng Qidao dismissed his doubts and ordered his disciples to search the hills for the vanished opportunity.
• Chen Yang watched Yang Lingshu and Yang Lingrui through a round mirror as Yang Lingshu passed aptitude tests with the Spirit Pearl’s help.

Yang Lingshu endured five failed perseverance trials and, despite his exhaustion, entered the sixth without help after recognizing the challenge’s deeper purpose. Chen Yang watched him continue, then turned his attention to Yang Lingrui, who was advancing across the fortune trial’s frozen lake.

• Yang Lingshu collapsed after failing the first five trials, leaving only three True Intent Formless Manifestations remaining.
• Ku Yun considered secretly helping Yang Lingshu, but Chen Yang ordered him not to interfere so Yang Lingshu could temper himself.
• Yang Lingshu reflected on the hardships endured by his family’s predecessors, gathered strength with the Spirit Pearl’s help, and entered the sixth trial.
• Chen Yang saw Yang Lingshu proceed alone and decided he did not need to worry excessively about the remaining trials.
• Yang Lingrui advanced near the center of the frozen lake, his golden radiance lightening his steps in the fortune trial.

Yang Lingrui and the other cultivators crossed the frozen lake of fortune, where those with insufficient fortune fell into the water. At the shore, Ban Kuizhen accused Yue Shuwang of stealing his sect’s supreme treasure, and Xu Chen believed him.

• Wen Zishu, Zi He, and another Perfected Cultivator fell through the ice, while Hong Yao and Xue Qingluan continued onward.
• Ban Kuizhen arrived at the lake, saw Yang Lingrui crossing it with ease, and praised his prospects.
• Shen Yue, Xu Chen, and Yue Shuwang reached the shore, and Ban Kuizhen accused Yue Shuwang of taking his sect’s supreme treasure.
• Yue Shuwang denied seeing the treasure, but Xu Chen dismissed her denial and backed Ban Kuizhen’s accusation.

Ban Kuizhen framed Yue Shuwang for stealing the Jade Firmament Sect’s treasure and followed her across the frozen lake after Ku Yun used divine power to mend the ice. The other cultivators began crossing, and several found cracks forming beneath them as soon as they stepped onto the lake.

• Ban Kuizhen falsely claimed Yue Shuwang carried the Jade Firmament Sect’s treasure and gave Xu Chen a stone as supposed evidence.
• Shen Yue spotted Yang Lingrui crossing the lake, and Yue Shuwang and Xu Chen hurried after him.
• Ban Kuizhen tried to cross, but the ice cracked beneath him until Ku Yun’s power repaired it.
• Ban Kuizhen resolved to die in the ancient path and frame Yue Shuwang and Lanyue Sect, while Ku Yun spent nearly two hundred and eighty years of cultivation to help him cross.
• A group of young cultivators reached the lakeshore, and several saw cracks spread beneath their feet when they stepped onto the ice.

As the contestants crossed the lake of fortune, Su Lingyun resolved to kill Yang Lingrui and cut off He Shenglai’s Enlightenment Opportunity so he could reclaim the Heart of Ruthless Dao. Feng Lan, his faith restored, prepared to fight for the True Intent Formless Manifestation without regret.

• Several contestants fell into the water and were eliminated from the battle for the True Intent Formless Manifestation.
• Su Lixue asked Su Lingyun how Yang Lingrui had escaped the Jade Firmament Sect, but his icy expression frightened her.
• Su Lingyun asked Su Lixue to help him kill Yang Lingrui, and she agreed without understanding his true intentions.
• Su Lingyun recalled killing Su Lixue’s illusion 189 times to open the stone door, and resolved to end the feelings that had made his Heart of Ruthless Dao dissipate by killing her.
• Feng Lan crossed the lakeshore with his restored Dao Heart and faith, vowing to fight for the True Intent Formless Manifestation even if he died.

Qiu Ran won the fortune trial after Xiao Yize was stopped by the cracking ice, and Xiao Yize realized their sect’s fortune had passed to a junior brother. Meanwhile, Yang Lingshu passed the final trial in the Starlight Realm, leaving him with a chance to claim the Ancient Path Treasure.

• Qiu Ran and Xiao Yize agreed that this would be their final contest unless the fortune trial ended in a draw.
• Xiao Yize was stopped before crossing a fifth of the lake when cracks formed beneath his feet, and Qiu Ran realized he had won.
• Xiao Yize accepted the result and asked Qiu Ran to help Brother Shenglai and Ling Rui on the other shore.
• As Xiao Yize fell into the lake, he realized that a chubby junior brother had inherited the Myriad Transformation Sect’s fortune.
• Ku Yun saw the eighth light screen stabilize and confirmed that Yang Lingshu had passed the final trial.
• Yang Lingshu raised his arm toward the sky and asked Immortal Venerable whether Ling Rui had avoided embarrassing him.

Yang Lingshu reached the trial of fortune, where his wings grew as the Myriad Transformation Sect’s fortune gathered around him. Chen Yang realized Yang Lingshu might eventually lead the sect and then turned his attention to Yang Lingrui’s contest and a Jade Firmament Sect cultivator.

• Yang Lingshu arrived at a starlit cliff and saw the Ancient Path Treasure suspended across the clouds.
• Golden radiance formed wings behind Yang Lingshu, and Ku Yun explained that the Myriad Transformation Sect’s fortune had joined his own.
• Chen Yang concluded that Yang Lingshu might eventually lead the Myriad Transformation Sect and provide him with Divine Dao cultivation resources.
• Chen Yang shifted his attention to Yang Lingrui, whose rivals on the ice lake were preparing for a fierce contest over the True Intent Formless Manifestation.
• Ku Yun showed Chen Yang the third Jade Firmament Sect cultivator, whose face was flushed and emotions were agitated.

A Jade Firmament Sect cultivator empowered by Ku Yun crossed the frozen Lake of Fortune while every other cultivator in his batch fell in. His growing confidence led him to abandon his duty to protect Xu Chen and plot to claim the True Intent Formless Manifestation, and he saw Hong Yao slow near the opposite shore.

• The Jade Firmament Sect cultivator crossed the ice steadily while the two cultivators who started with him fell into the lake.
• The remaining cultivators in his batch tried their luck, but all fell into the lake before reaching the shore.
• Convinced his fortune made him exceptional, the cultivator decided to pursue the True Intent Formless Manifestation instead of protecting Xu Chen.
• He judged Hong Yao to be his main rival, then saw him slow down less than a hundred zhang from shore and believed his chance to claim the treasure had arrived.

Hong Yao crossed the ice and joined Yang Lingrui on the far shore while the Jade Firmament Sect cultivator behind them became consumed by his desire for the Ancient Path Treasure. Xue Qingluan then confronted Yue Shuwang over how she addressed her, leaving their old relationship openly strained.

• Hong Yao found that the cracks beneath his feet had vanished, crossed the ice, and received congratulations from Yang Lingrui.
• The Jade Firmament Sect cultivator grew increasingly furious and obsessed with claiming the Ancient Path Treasure as his hopes of changing his fate overwhelmed him.
• Yang Lingrui observed that Xue Qingluan’s calm, measured progress reflected a transformation in her state of mind.
• Yue Shuwang caught up with Xue Qingluan and mocked her for surviving the Moon Waterfall after following Yang Lingrui.
• Xue Qingluan called Yue Shuwang “Fellow Daoist Yue” and, when challenged, offered to call her “Shuwang” instead.
• Yue Shuwang angrily accused Xue Qingluan of becoming someone else’s slave and daring to speak disrespectfully to her.

Xue Qingluan rejected Yue Shuwang’s lingering claim over her and continued toward the far shore, while Yue Shuwang secretly resolved to kill her and Yang Lingrui. As the trial survivors gathered, Hong Yao reassessed the factions’ chances and grew wary of the Jade Firmament Sect cultivator at the back, whose agitated appearance suggested Qi Deviation.

• Xue Qingluan told Yue Shuwang they were only fellow Daoists and left to rejoin Yang Lingrui on the opposite shore.
• Yue Shuwang decided to kill Xue Qingluan and Yang Lingrui, while Xu Chen continued watching her to protect his sect’s supreme treasure.
• Shen Yue, Yue Shuwang, and Xu Chen crossed the ice, followed by Ban Kuizhen with Ku Yun’s help.
• Shen Yue told Hong Yao that Yue Shuwang had obtained Ban Kuizhen’s supreme treasure, easing Hong Yao’s concern about Ban Kuizhen.
• Hong Yao weighed the remaining factions’ strength but remained cautious of Yue Shuwang, Su Lingyun, and the agitated Jade Firmament Sect cultivator, whom he suspected of showing signs of Qi Deviation.

After the three trials ended, the supreme treasure and the True Intent Formless Manifestation appeared as the cultivators prepared to fight for them. Steward Zhang unexpectedly turned against Xu Chen and Ban Kuizhen, claiming he would seize the manifestation himself.

• Ban Kuizhen reached shore and joined Xu Chen in trapping Yue Shuwang, while Xue Qingluan crossed the lake and promised to help Yang Lingrui.
• He Shenglai and four other cultivators reached shore, bringing Tiger Chasing's total number of successful candidates to seven.
• The final Jade Firmament Sect cultivator reached shore, and the frozen lake broke apart as a water column revealed the supreme treasure and the True Intent Formless Manifestation.
• Xu Chen told Steward Zhang to help him and Ban Kuizhen restrain Yue Shuwang while he seized the manifestation.
• Steward Zhang mocked Xu Chen and declared that he would compete for the True Intent Formless Manifestation himself.

Zhang Jin defied Xu Chen and declared that he would claim the supreme treasure, while the others prepared to fight over it. As the suppressive laws faded and battle began, Su Lingyun suddenly attacked Su Lixue and killed her, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Zhang Jin rejected Xu Chen’s offer to pretend he had heard nothing and claimed that he was destined to seize the supreme treasure.
• Ban Kuizhen realized the Venerable God had arranged for Zhang Jin to witness events and carry news outside, while Zhang Jin denounced the sect and its treatment of him.
• Hong Yao ordered the others to restrain Zhang Jin and have six cultivators attack Su Lingyun and Su Lixue.
• Su Lingyun reassured Su Lixue as the suppressive laws around the lakeshore began to vanish.
• Hong Yao, Xu Chen, Yue Shuwang, and Ban Kuizhen launched their attacks, but Su Lingyun struck Su Lixue through the chest, crushed her heart, and summoned a blood-red spirit treasure to refine her.

Su Lingyun used the Four Symbols Source Connection to shield himself and the unawakened Su Lixue from the six attackers’ combined assault. He Shenglai revealed that the defense would eventually fail as its four Refined Ore treasures lost their spirituality.

• Su Lingyun began refining Su Lixue into a Blood Jade Puppet, prompting He Shenglai, Yang Lingrui, and the others to attack him.
• Chen Yang recognized the Ring Cloud Jade among Su Lingyun’s four treasures and considered scheming to obtain them and the blood jade.
• Su Lingyun formed a protective barrier with the four treasures, and it withstood the group’s combined killing moves.
• He Shenglai identified the defense as the Four Symbols Source Connection, a technique created by Su Dingcang, and explained that it consumed the treasures’ spirituality.
• He Shenglai told the others that their attacks were accelerating the treasures’ loss of spirituality, and the barrier would collapse once that spirituality was exhausted.

He Shenglai and his companions took Spirit Seeds and joined forces to fight Su Lingyun and the Blood Puppet. As Xue Qingluan revealed a secret technique she had deduced herself, Yue Shuwang began to question Lanyue Sect’s decision to abandon her.

• He Shenglai offered his companions Spirit Seeds to protect them from the Su Family’s Bloodstone Method and let them withdraw if they wished.
• Yang Lingrui, Xue Qingluan, Shen Yue, Qiu Ran, and Feng Lan each accepted a Spirit Seed and committed to fighting Su Lingyun.
• He Shenglai assigned Yang Lingrui and Shen Yue to help him fight Su Lingyun, while Xue Qingluan, Qiu Ran, and Feng Lan took on the Blood Puppet.
• After the Four Symbols Source Connection sorcery shattered, the Blood Puppet attacked, and Xue Qingluan, Qiu Ran, and Feng Lan restrained and wounded it with their techniques.
• Xue Qingluan invoked the Crimson Moon Method to strengthen her Falling Moon spell, and Yue Shuwang realized she had deduced the hidden art herself.

Yue Shuwang unexpectedly gained control of the Jade Firmament Sect’s Stone Tablet Treasure, turning the fight against Xu Chen and Ban Kuizhen. Zhang Jin attacked Xu Chen, and Ban Kuizhen sacrificed himself to block the tablet’s strike, leaving Xu Chen facing the battle alone.

• Ban Kuizhen and Xu Chen cornered Yue Shuwang and demanded the Jade Firmament Sect treasure she had never seen.
• The Stone Tablet Treasure appeared beside Yue Shuwang, and she used it to strike Ban Kuizhen and threaten Xu Chen.
• Zhang Jin broke free from Hong Yao’s lightning net and attacked Xu Chen to stop him and Ban Kuizhen from reclaiming the treasure.
• Zhang Jin’s spell slowed Xu Chen, leaving him unable to dodge Yue Shuwang’s tablet attack.
• Ban Kuizhen stepped between Xu Chen and the tablet’s spell, then exploded into a rain of flesh and blood.

Yue Shuwang’s Stone Tablet Treasure seemingly killed Ban Kuizhen, but Ban Kuizhen was reborn in Ku Yun’s inner realm and pledged himself to Chen Yang. Xu Chen then revealed his strength and attacked Yue Shuwang, who used her Moon Soul Power to defend herself.

• Yue Shuwang struck Ban Kuizhen with the Stone Tablet Treasure, and Xu Chen’s ritual plate detected no trace of his Primordial Spirit.
• Ban Kuizhen appeared alive as a spirit body before Chen Yang, thanked him for rebirth, and accepted his reward.
• Chen Yang crushed the Soul-Hosting Insect inside Ban Kuizhen, while Ban Kuizhen joined him to watch the events through the mirror.
• Zhang Jin laughed at Ban Kuizhen’s apparent death, so Xu Chen struck him down into the lake with a Jade Ruyi.
• Xu Chen unleashed his true strength and attacked Yue Shuwang, who used Soul Descent and blocked his Jade Ruyi with Moon Soul Power.
• Xu Chen’s Jade Ruyi scattered Yue Shuwang’s protective barrier, then coiled around her arm toward her head.

Xu Chen continued attacking Yue Shuwang, whose stone tablet repeatedly protected her, while the others fought Su Lingyun and his regenerating Blood Puppet. Watching the battles, Chen Yang decided to pursue a stronger forging inheritance through Yao Santu so the Yang Family could obtain supreme treasures of its own.

• Xu Chen shattered Yue Shuwang’s spells and nearly struck her, but her stone tablet’s halo forced him to retreat; he attacked again after the halo faded.
• Xue Qingluan, Qiu Ran, and Feng Lan changed tactics and focused on restraining Su Lixue’s Blood Puppet to conserve their true essence.
• Hong Yao joined Yang Lingrui and the others in suppressing Su Lingyun, but his Blood Jade Fusion and powerful defenses made him difficult to defeat.
• Chen Yang assessed the Yang Family’s lack of supreme treasures and considered its need for a stronger forging inheritance.
• Chen Yang planned to contact Yao Santu after the journey and help him seek a Spiritual Connection-level forging inheritance at Hundred Artifacts Tower.

Chen Yang began his plan to distribute the three True Intent Formless Manifestations by manipulating the Stone Tablet Treasure during the battles. The treasure struck Yang Lingrui, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Chen Yang assigned the visible True Intent Formless Manifestation to He Shenglai and planned to give the other two to Yang Lingrui and Xue Qingluan.
• Ku Yun opened a passage, allowing Chen Yang to intervene as Yue Shuwang and Xu Chen fought over the Stone Tablet Treasure.
• The treasure stopped responding at a crucial moment, and Xu Chen struck Yue Shuwang down before the tablet vanished from his grasp.
• The Stone Tablet Treasure reappeared beside Su Lingyun and fired a beam at Yang Lingrui.
• Yang Lingrui dodged the beam, but it changed direction and pierced his chest, prompting Xue Qingluan and the others to cry out.

After the Dharma light struck Yang Lingrui, he fell from the air, and Xue Qingluan caught him and used her treasured life-saving talisman. Xu Chen demanded that the supreme treasure be returned.

• Yang Lingrui’s true essence scattered after he was struck by the Dharma light, and he began tumbling toward the ground.
• Xue Qingluan caught Yang Lingrui in midair and pressed her life-saving talisman onto him.
• Yang Lingrui stared blankly with lifeless eyes as Xue Qingluan called to him.
• With the stone stele’s beam no longer a threat, Xu Chen demanded the supreme treasure back.