Recaps

Chen Ning inherited the Great Dao of Time, became Emperor Yu’s disciple, and trained for the Grand One God Clan’s martial contest. He defeated Luo Wuchen and Luo Wuming, advancing toward the championship as the Heavenly Eagle Emperor feared the wager would force him to support Emperor Yu.

• Chen Ning and his companions destroyed the Red Scorpion Clan, then waited for a time-restricted cave to open.
• Emperor Yu revealed himself and entered the cave with the gathered cultivators, where Yellow Dragon offered an inheritance through three secret realms.
• Yellow Dragon passed the Great Dao of Time to Chen Ning, while cultivators fought over lifespans and Chen Ning’s allies battled off attackers.
• Chen Ning gained Yellow Dragon’s inheritance and the Undying Ancient Lamp, then Emperor Yu protected him from Chu Tianxiong and took him as a disciple.
• Emperor Yu and the Grand One God Clan’s patriarch secretly agreed to stage a public dispute and use Chen Ning’s rise to prepare the clan for the coming calamity.
• Chen Ning accepted Ding Erliang’s service, took part in Emperor Yu’s waterfall training, and mastered its rhythms before the martial contest began.
• Chen Ning defeated Luo Qian and then beat Luo Wuchen by taking control of his seventeen swords, winning the Heaven group.
• Luo Wuxia defeated Luo Hongye, and Luo Qingcheng beat Luo Shanhai to secure the other group victories.
• Chen Ning faced Luo Wuming in the semifinal, countered his growing strength with the Great Dao of Time, and knocked him off the platform.

Chen Ning won the Grand One God Clan’s contest, received Divine Meridians, and entered the Heaven of Profound Understanding with the clan’s heirs. There he defeated the Darkness God Clan’s Chu Kuangge and Chu Tianyu, secured an alliance for the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty, and left after refusing offers from Li Changsheng and Ji Hongyi.

• Chen Ning defeated Luo Wuxia in the martial contest, won the Grand One Clan Leader’s promise to forge his Divine Meridians, and endured the painful process as he learned about the Heaven of Profound Understanding.
• Chen Ning entered the Heaven of Profound Understanding with Luo Qingcheng, Luo Wuxia, and Luo Wuming, then solved an ancient city’s maze and claimed the tortoise’s Draw the Ground as a Prison legacy.
• The Wind God Clan attacked Chen Ning’s group over the legacy, but Chen Ning, Luo Qingcheng, and Luo Wuxia killed Zhou Heng, Zhou Ya, and their allies.
• Chen Ning and his companions freed the God of Compassion’s divine will from evil thoughts and fought off the Darkness God Clan, with Chen Ning killing Blazing Star Lord and Chu Kuangge.
• Fairy Qinghe explained the contest among the three imperial dynasties, and Chen Ning challenged Chu Tianyu to secure an alliance with the Sword Imperial Dynasty’s camp.
• Chen Ning defeated Chu Tianyu, prompting Li Changsheng to pledge the Sword Imperial Dynasty’s alliance with the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty.
• Luo Wuxia castrated Han Xingkong, Qian Yu, and Nie Feng after they fled their bet, while Fairy Qinghe negotiated with Jun Tianming and Chen Ning declined offers from Li Changsheng and Ji Hongyi.

Chen Ning uncovered the Devil Emperor’s plot, survived the invasion of the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty, and faced political pressure from the God Clans. In the City of Light, he helped Ji Hongyi resist a forced marriage and secured the Light God Clan’s protection, though its patriarch urged him to make their fake engagement real.

• Chen Ning refused to enter the God of Dreams’ dream, and the Holy Spirit and Heavenly Wolf emperors revealed their staged war and plot to use God Clan bloodlines to restore the Devil Emperor.
• Chen Ning and his allies fought the emperors until Emperor Yu arrived and killed the Evil Wolf Emperor and the aged emperor, while Chen Ning destroyed the Devil Emperor’s soul remnant from within.
• The Grand One God Clan expelled Emperor Yu under pressure from the Darkness God Clan, and Chen Ning agreed to a fake engagement with Ji Hongyi to gain protection and travel to the City of Light.
• Chen Ning insisted that Ji Hongyi bring his companions into the City of Light, where Ji Qianyang confronted them and the War God Clan’s envoys attacked them.
• Chen Ning survived Kong Hen’s attempted assassination and ordered his companions to kill the attackers, leaving Ji Hongyi’s marriage alliance with the War God Clan in crisis.
• Chen Ning persuaded Heavenly Venerable Zhu to bring him before the Light God Clan leader, who acknowledged Chen Ning’s importance and questioned his intentions toward Ji Hongyi.
• The Light Clan Patriarch explained that Ji Hongyi’s father had died protecting a World Origin and that Chen Ning’s founding ancestor had asked him to shelter Chen Ning and pass on the Light Divine Mark.
• The Light Clan Patriarch approved Chen Ning and Ji Hongyi’s marriage to protect Chen Ning and urged them to make their fake relationship real.

Chen Ning won a Divine Fruit of Dao Comprehension, killed Ning Gucheng, and married Ji Hongyi while Emperor Yu established Flower in the Mirror, Moon in the Water. Emperor Yu defeated the Saint Emperors who tried to destroy the faction, securing its place among the God Clans.

• Chen Ning learned the Light Divine Mark, discovered that the Fate God Clan had made Hua Luo a Person of Calamity, and vowed to avenge her.
• Ji Qianyang challenged Chen Ning and tried to force him out of the contest, but Chen Ning defeated him and secretly planted the Heaven-Burying Devil Scripture’s method on his bow.
• At the contest for the Divine Fruits of Dao Comprehension, Ji Hongyi defeated Jun Tianming and Chen Ning killed Ning Gucheng, earning fruits for himself and Ji Hongyi alongside Li Changsheng.
• The Evil Prison Bureau ambushed Chen Ning and Ji Hongyi on their return, but Emperor Yu killed three Ghost Emperors and captured the fourth before Ji Chengkun killed the surviving prisoners and was confined by the Light Clan Patriarch.
• Emperor Yu recruited Rogue Cultivators into Flower in the Mirror, Moon in the Water, naming Chen Ning its true leader as the faction rapidly grew.
• Chen Ning refined his Divine Fruit, advanced six Great Daos to their highest realm, and married Ji Hongyi while Emperor Yu attended the ceremony.
• When Saint Emperors demanded that Emperor Yu disband his faction, he and its members fought back, and Emperor Yu defeated the Emperor of Undercurrents and Stargazing Elder before killing Chu Tianxiong.
• Emperor Yu secured the God Clans’ acceptance of Flower in the Mirror, Moon in the Water, and Chen Ning continued cultivating as his friends gathered outside his courtyard.