Recaps

Jiang Fan defeated the Abyss Master, secured the Star River Fragment, and prepared to kill the remaining Dark Abyss members before Grand Elder Chen Qingshan persuaded him to let them go. Afterward, Dream Weaver, Rock, and the other Void Echoers emerged from the canyon and learned that their side had won.

• Jiang Fan trapped the Dark Abyss members with the Three Great Force Fields and attacked their defensive formation as they begged Chen Qingshan for help.
• Chen Qingshan asked Jiang Fan to spare the Dark Abyss, and Jiang Fan stopped his attack and let them leave.
• Jiang Fan ordered the Dark Abyss members to tell the Abyss Master that the Void Echoers had won and that Dark Abyss must honor the wager and stop using Evil Arts to extend their lives.
• Dream Weaver, Rock, and the other Void Echoer squad members emerged from the canyon and saw Jiang Fan with the Star River Fragment.
• Dream Weaver and the others celebrated their victory, then noticed that the Dark Abyss members were gone and the canyon platform had been destroyed.

After the battle at the Dark Abyss, Jiang Fan confronted Grand Elder Chen Qingshan about why the Void Echoers had repeatedly restrained themselves instead of destroying their enemy. Chen Qingshan explained that the two organizations shared a common enemy from beyond the star system.

• Dream Weaver sensed signs of a devastating battle at the canyon, while Chen Qingshan ordered everyone to evacuate before the unstable space collapsed.
• Jiang Fan left ahead of the others, and Chen Qingshan followed him into the Void Corridor to explain his earlier actions.
• At a tea room, Chen Qingshan said the Void Echoers and Dark Abyss had maintained a subtle balance despite repeated provocations.
• Chen Qingshan revealed that the organizations were not fighting to the death because they shared a powerful enemy from beyond the star system.

Chen Qingshan told Jiang Fan about a Golden-Armored Being that had overwhelmed an expedition at the Gate of Sighs and suggested their star system was a cage or ranch. He explained that the Void Echoer and Dark Abyss restrained their conflict to preserve strength for a possible future fight against the powerful race beyond the passage.

• Chen Qingshan recounted how, a hundred years earlier, a Golden-Armored Being at the Gate of Sighs called his expedition insects, injured their souls, and sent them back to the edge of the Milky Way.
• Chen Qingshan said the being’s words and power led the explorers to suspect their star system was a ranch controlled by incomprehensible outsiders.
• Chen Qingshan explained that the expedition was sealed away and that the Void Echoer and Dark Abyss barred explorers from the Gate of Sighs until they reached Level 19.
• Jiang Fan reasoned that the two sides restrained their conflicts to preserve the star system’s strength against the race beyond the passage, and Chen Qingshan agreed.

Jiang Fan agreed to spare Dark Abyss for now, then learned that his blood energy was about 4.5 billion, placing him near the peak of Level 18. Chen Qingshan invited him to a future exploration of the Milky Way and began explaining what lay within it.

• Jiang Fan accepted Chen Qingshan's request to keep Dark Abyss alive, while warning that he would kill them if they broke their agreement or repeated their crimes.
• Chen Qingshan asked Jiang Fan about his strength, and Jiang Fan estimated that he was between mid-Level 18 and high-Level 18.
• Chen Qingshan tested Jiang Fan with the Star Core Resonance Instrument, which measured his blood energy at about 4.5 billion.
• Chen Qingshan invited Jiang Fan to join the next Gate of Sighs exploration, which he expected to happen no earlier than half a year later.
• Jiang Fan asked what was inside the Milky Way, and Chen Qingshan described its vast regions and the Red Tree Forest of whirling dark-red stellar-core fragments.

Chen Qingshan explained the six perilous regions leading to the Gate of Sighs, leaving Jiang Fan stunned by the Galaxy’s immense scale and the dangers still beyond their exploration.

• Chen Qingshan described the Star Beast Nest, where groups of ancient, powerful Star Beasts could overwhelm explorers.
• Chen Qingshan warned that the Energy-Draining Vortex rapidly consumed the energy and life force of injured beings, then explained the lethal particle rays of the Shattered Light Wonderland.
• Chen Qingshan explained that collapsed rules in the Chaos Realm disrupted space, perception, and thought, while Time Scorch could erase vast stretches of a person’s life in an instant.
• Chen Qingshan told Jiang Fan that the previous Abyss Master of the Dark Abyss had vanished in Time Scorch and that the Gate of Sighs lay beyond it.
• Jiang Fan learned that explorers had crossed millions of light-years but reached only one-third of the Galaxy region, and he was left in awe of what lay beyond the Gate of Sighs.

Chen Qingshan explained why the explorers repeatedly ventured into the Galaxy: to prepare for survival and seek powers that could help them break through. After half a year of cultivation, Jiang Fan joined Chen Qingshan and four members of Dark Abyss for their planned expedition, where he spotted the Abyss Master.

• Jiang Fan asked Chen Qingshan why the explorers entered the Galaxy before they were strong enough to confront its dangers.
• Chen Qingshan explained that the explorers trained in dangerous regions and searched for higher-dimensional powers, such as fragments of the Time Scorch, that could advance their cultivation.
• Huai Zhen checked on Jiang Fan after his discussion with Chen Qingshan, and Jiang Fan told him he planned to cultivate before their next Galaxy expedition in about half a year.
• Jiang Fan spent the next six months cultivating in Deep Space, hunting Star Beasts and refining his abilities until he reached the peak of Level 18.
• Chen Qingshan told Jiang Fan that the expedition would depart the next day, and Jiang Fan arrived at Starfall Terrace to find Chen Qingshan and four members of Dark Abyss waiting.
• Jiang Fan recognized the Abyss Master among the group and looked at him as if he were prey.

Jiang Fan joined Chen Qingshan, the Abyss Master, and three Dark Abyss elders on an expedition into the Galaxy to retrieve Time Scorch Fragments from the Sixth Region. After traveling for a month, they reached the Red Tree Forest, the Galaxy’s First Region, and began navigating its dangerous crystals.

• The Abyss Master challenged Jiang Fan’s fitness for the expedition, and the two traded insults until Chen Qingshan ordered them to put aside their grudges and cooperate.
• Chen Qingshan explained that the group had to collect Scorch Fragments on the outskirts of the Time Scorch in the Sixth Region and avoid touching complete Scorch bodies.
• Chen Qingshan activated the formation at Starfall Terrace and transported the six-person group to a distant star region, from which they traveled through space for a month.
• Chen Qingshan led the group into the Red Tree Forest and told them to watch the drifting crystals’ movements as they followed him through the First Region.

Jiang Fan and the group crossed the Red Tree Forest and entered a region filled with sleeping Galaxy Beasts, which they tried to avoid. When Chen Qingshan accidentally woke one and a stampede began, Jiang Fan stopped to face the beasts, eager to hunt them.

• Jiang Fan punched a Red Crystal away from the Dark Abyss elders, and the Abyss Master saved Jiang Fan from a shard before teasing him about staying alert.
• The group crossed the Red Tree Forest and entered a vast void where mountain-sized Galaxy Beasts slept among Star Remains.
• Chen Qingshan warned everyone to conceal their auras and pass through quickly, while Jiang Fan reluctantly left the beasts alone.
• After a week of travel, Chen Qingshan stepped onto what he realized was a Galaxy Beast's body and woke it, triggering roars throughout the Star Beast Nest.
• Chen Qingshan and the Abyss Master led the group toward the third region as Jiang Fan stopped and stared excitedly at the Galaxy Beasts.

Jiang Fan drew the Galaxy Beasts away from his companions and slaughtered them, rapidly rising from peak Level 18 to near high-stage Level 19. The others watched in shock as he continued hunting alone in the Star Beast Nest.

• Jiang Fan unleashed his blood energy and charged toward the Galaxy Beasts to give his companions time to escape.
• Chen Qingshan prepared to retrieve Jiang Fan, but the Abyss Master stopped him and offered to go instead.
• Jiang Fan killed three Galaxy Beasts in quick succession using his domains and attacks, stunning Chen Qingshan and the Abyss Master.
• Jiang Fan broke through to Level 19 as the Life Origin blood energy from the beasts poured into him.
• Jiang Fan killed the Star Beast King with a punch and continued hunting, confident that more kills would raise his level further.

Jiang Fan escaped the growing Galaxy Beast tide after breaking through, then joined Chen Qingshan and the others as they crossed the Energy-Draining Vortex, Shattered Light Wonderland, and Chaos Realm. Three months later, the five survivors reached the Sixth Region, Time Scorch.

• Jiang Fan punched away the last Level 17 Galaxy Beast and left the beast tide before it grew stronger.
• Jiang Fan caught up with Chen Qingshan and the others near the Third Region, and they entered the Energy-Draining Vortex together.
• The Abyss Master shielded the group from the vortex's energy-draining force while Jiang Fan and Chen Qingshan helped maintain their defenses.
• A Dark Abyss elder rushed into Shattered Light Wonderland and was sliced into countless fragments, after which Jiang Fan used his control over space to guide the group through safely.
• Chen Qingshan and the Abyss Master led the group through the Chaos Realm, and three months later the five survivors reached Time Scorch.

Jiang Fan and the others entered the Time Scorch to find fragments of time laws, where Elder Mo Yue died after touching one. Chen Qingshan and the Abyss Master tried to collect a calmer fragment, but its temporal turbulence struck the group and transformed Mo Yan into a child, leaving Chen Qingshan wondering whether reverse aging could prevent death.

• Jiang Fan and the group entered the Time Scorch and saw vast, motionless forms shaped by time laws.
• Elder Mo Yue ignored Chen Qingshan and the Abyss Master's warning and touched a fragment, which rapidly consumed him and turned him to ash.
• The survivors cautiously searched for a suitable fragment and chose a knuckle-sized Time Crystal with relatively calm fluctuations.
• The Abyss Master reached for the crystal as Chen Qingshan surrounded it with spatial barriers, but disturbing a nearby membrane unleashed temporal turbulence.
• Chen Qingshan, the Abyss Master, and Jiang Fan avoided the turbulence, while Mo Yan rapidly aged and then reverted into a five- or six-year-old child.

After Mo Yan died from the Time Scorch’s chaotic effects, Jiang Fan and his allies seized the Time Crystal shard, triggering a violent time torrent. Jiang Fan was swept away and later awoke on solid ground, with his destination unknown.

• Mo Yan’s body rapidly aged and transformed until he burst apart, leaving the team with only Jiang Fan, Chen Qingshan, and the Abyss Master.
• Jiang Fan worked with Chen Qingshan and the Abyss Master to overcome the Time Crystal’s resistance and pull the shard free.
• Jiang Fan stored the Time Crystal shard in his Bead Space, causing the Sixth Region’s Time Scorch to erupt and the Gate of Sighs to activate.
• A torrent of time and spatial turbulence swept Jiang Fan away while Chen Qingshan and the Abyss Master narrowly avoided it.
• Jiang Fan clutched the Time Crystal and focused on its information as he endured the torrent, then awoke lying on a stretch of land.

Jiang Fan entered a hidden realm connected to the Gate of Sighs and disguised himself as a dead Falling Cloud Sect disciple to escape with the evacuating group. After discovering the world beyond the realm had far denser Heaven and Earth Energy than the Galaxy, he was summoned by a powerful-looking woman who had noticed him.

• Jiang Fan found himself in a forest where sect disciples were evacuating a Secret Realm after trouble erupted in its core area, and he decided to follow them to learn where he was.
• Jiang Fan found the dead Falling Cloud Sect disciple Duan Gang, copied his appearance with the Primordial Meditation Technique, and joined the rear of the group.
• When disciples recognized Duan Gang and questioned how he had survived being killed by Zhao Wuya, Jiang Fan claimed he had been left for dead and showed them a matching sword wound.
• A woman leading the evacuation noticed Jiang Fan's face and chest but said nothing as the group passed through the light gate.
• Jiang Fan emerged into a valley filled with powerful Heaven and Earth Energy, realized it could explain the limits on advancement in the Galaxy, and was ordered by the woman to come with her.

Jiang Fan, disguised as Duan Gang, was drawn into a dispute over Zhao Wuya’s attack and learned the history behind their feud. Elder Li took the accusation to Mystic Ice Valley, where Zhao Wuya denied it before recognizing Duan Gang alive.

• Xue Chen brought Jiang Fan and Wang Lin to Elder Li to report that Zhao Wuya had attacked Duan Gang in the Secret Realm.
• Wang Lin described Zhao Wuya taking Duan Gang’s Purple Vein Jade Leaf Grass and explained that Zhao Wuya and Duan Gang had a feud over Liu Yu'er.
• Jiang Fan confirmed Wang Lin’s account, and Elder Li decided to confront Mystic Ice Valley before the disciples left.
• Elder Li accused Zhao Wuya before Elder Li Feng, but Zhao Wuya denied trying to kill Duan Gang.
• Xue Chen presented Jiang Fan as Duan Gang, and Zhao Wuya stared at him in shock and asked how he was still alive.

Zhao Wuya’s attack on Duan Gang sparked a confrontation between Falling Cloud Sect and Mystic Ice Valley, but a warning forced the sects to leave the Secret Realm before they could settle the dispute. Aboard the Green Phoenix Boat, Jiang Fan hid his suspicions while learning that an ancient terror sealed within the Secret Realm might be connected to the upheaval.

• Wang Lin accused Zhao Wuya of killing Duan Gang, and Jiang Fan showed his Frost Sword Qi wound as evidence that Mystic Ice Valley had broken the alliance pact.
• Elder Li Feng made Zhao Wuya apologize but refused to accept Elder Li’s demand for justice, and the two elders prepared to fight before a warning ordered all sects to leave the Secret Realm.
• Elder Li led the Falling Cloud Sect onto its flying boat, gave Jiang Fan healing medicine, and promised that Zhao Wuya and Mystic Ice Valley would face consequences.
• Xue Chen questioned Jiang Fan’s calmness, but he claimed he felt uneasy about drawing the sect into his personal dispute.
• Jiang Fan asked Wang Lin about the Secret Realm and learned that an ancient terror sealed there might have caused the upheaval.

Jiang Fan learned about the Mystic Heaven Realm and Falling Cloud Sect, then decided to remain under Duan Gang's identity while investigating the Gate of Sighs. His plan to cultivate was interrupted when Duan Gang's younger sister arrived, saying their parents had been hurt and their eldest sister was to be forced into marriage.

• Wang Lin explained the Mystic Heaven Realm's seven domains, the Heaven Sect's power, and its control over the Taihua Domain.
• Jiang Fan returned to Falling Cloud Sect and, with Wang Lin's help, settled into Duan Gang's courtyard in Cloud Perch Valley.
• Jiang Fan decided it was safer to keep using Duan Gang's identity and investigate the Gate of Sighs from within the sect.
• A disciple told Jiang Fan that a girl claiming to be his younger sister had come seeking him.
• At the mountain's foot, Duan Gang's younger sister told Jiang Fan that their parents had been beaten and their eldest uncle planned to force their eldest sister to marry a Chen Family bully the next day.

Jiang Fan learned that the Chen Family planned to seize Duan Yunxiu and the Duan Family heirloom jade, so he took Duan Yuqing and Uncle Zhong back to Blue Stone City. He arrived just as Yunxiu was about to kill herself, stopped the attack, and killed Chen Sanhu and the other Chen Family members, leaving the Duan Family stunned.

• Jiang Fan used spiritual probing to learn how Duan Hong had incited the Chen Family to force Duan Yunxiu into marriage and take the precious jade.
• Jiang Fan promised Duan Yuqing he would protect the Duan Family, then carried her and Uncle Zhong swiftly back to Blue Stone City.
• Duan Yunxiu resisted Chen Sanhu, Duan Hong, and their followers as they demanded the jade and tried to take her away.
• Jiang Fan arrived as Duan Yunxiu was about to stab herself, freezing the courtyard and forcing the Chen Family members to their knees.
• Jiang Fan dismissed Chen Sanhu's threat about the Chen Family's Old Ancestor and killed Chen Sanhu and the other Chen Family members with a gesture.

Jiang Fan killed the Chen Family members and Duan Hong’s family after they threatened the Duan family, then confronted the Chen Family’s Xiantian Realm Old Ancestor. After learning that Zhao Wuya’s family had ordered the attacks, Jiang Fan killed the Old Ancestor and prepared to settle the score with Zhao Wuya.

• Jiang Fan forced Duan Hong to his knees, killed him and Madam Wang, and struck down Duan Peng when he attacked.
• Duan Wenyuan condemned Jiang Fan for killing relatives, but Jiang Fan challenged his devotion to family ties, and Duan Yunxiu and Duan Yuqing defended him.
• The Chen Family’s Old Ancestor arrived, threatened the Duan family, and used his pressure to make them struggle to breathe.
• Jiang Fan shattered the Old Ancestor’s pressure and seized him by the neck, then questioned him about why he had dared to attack a Falling Cloud Sect disciple.
• Jiang Fan probed the Old Ancestor’s memories and learned that the Jiangbei Zhao Family, Zhao Wuya’s family, had ordered the Chen Family’s actions.
• Jiang Fan declared he would go after Zhao Wuya, then killed the Chen Family’s Old Ancestor with a blow to the head.

After killing the Chen Family's Old Ancestor, Jiang Fan went to Lingguang City to settle the Zhao Family's role in the attack on the Duan Family. He killed the Zhao Family patriarch and steward, then destroyed the family estate, while the Duan Family argued over the consequences of his revenge.

• Jiang Fan told the Duan Family he would wipe out the Zhao Family and vanished before they could stop him.
• Duan Wenyuan condemned Jiang Fan's plan as violent and feared it would bring disaster on the Duan Family, while Duan Yunxiu and Duan Yuqing defended him.
• The Zhao Family patriarch learned that his steward had acted on Zhao Wuya's orders and agreed to silence the Chen Family and Duan Gang to hide the scheme.
• Jiang Fan appeared in the Zhao Family council hall, rejected the patriarch's offer of compensation, and killed him and the steward.
• Jiang Fan summoned a gigantic palm that reduced the Zhao Family manor to ruins, declaring that he would make Zhao Wuya suffer.

After Jiang Fan destroyed the Zhao Family, he returned to the Duan Family courtyard and told Duan Wenyuan what he had done. Duan Wenyuan condemned him, so Jiang Fan severed their father-son relationship and declared he would leave the Duan Family.

• Jiang Fan annihilated the Zhao Family in Lingguang City, prompting the city's residents to discuss the destruction and speculate about his strength.
• Jiang Fan returned to the Duan Family courtyard in Blue Stone City, where Duan Wenyuan mistakenly thought he had stayed away from Lingguang City.
• Jiang Fan told Duan Wenyuan that he had killed the entire Zhao Family and considered their grudge settled.
• Duan Wenyuan condemned Jiang Fan for killing more than a hundred people and hurried to the ancestral hall to seek forgiveness from the Duan ancestors.
• Jiang Fan declared that he would sever his father-son relationship with Duan Wenyuan and have nothing more to do with the Duan Family.

Jiang Fan left the Duan Family after offering Duan Yunxiu and Duan Yuqing a Communication Talisman, then investigated the guarded Ancient Ruins Secret Realm entrance and found it too dangerous to approach. Back at the Falling Cloud Sect, he heard about the sect tournament and decided to seek a chance to advance to the inner sect.

• Jiang Fan walked away from Duan Wenyuan, while Duan Yunxiu pulled Duan Yuqing back and wished him safety.
• Jiang Fan gave Duan Yunxiu a one-use Communication Talisman and urged her to leave the Duan Family if she could.
• Jiang Fan returned to the Ancient Ruins Secret Realm entrance, but a powerful divine sense above Level 20 forced him to abandon his investigation.
• Jiang Fan returned to the Falling Cloud Sect and overheard disciples discussing the delayed Secret Realm training and the upcoming sect tournament.
• Jiang Fan decided that advancing to the inner sect could bring him closer to Heaven Sect and headed for Wang Lin's courtyard.

Jiang Fan visited Wang Lin and learned about the benefits of reaching the inner sect, then went to the Library Pavilion to find cultivation methods that could help him adapt to the world’s spiritual energy system. He paid 5,000 resource points to enter and began reviewing the books available on each floor.

• Jiang Fan visited Wang Lin, who said the Secret Realm’s unexpected events had ruined his hopes of reaching the inner sect through the sect competition.
• Wang Lin explained the inner sect’s resources and its yearly chance to visit Heaven Sect’s Enlightenment Peak, prompting Jiang Fan to see advancement as a way to investigate the Gate of Sighs.
• Wang Lin warned Jiang Fan that Zhao Wuya was gathering resources to break through and might try to harm him, while Jiang Fan said the sect had already been informed.
• Jiang Fan decided to enter the Library Pavilion to convert his cultivation to the local system and spent 5,000 resource points for access.
• Jiang Fan entered the pavilion and examined the jade stele’s list of books, including texts on cultivation methods and higher realms.

Jiang Fan confronted Liu Yu'er in the Library Pavilion after learning she knew about the attack on the Duan Family, but Xue Chen intervened before he could strike. Xue Chen told him the sect had already made a decision about Liu Yu'er and Zhao Wuya, leaving Jiang Fan eager to learn what it was.

• Jiang Fan planned to study the Library Pavilion's basic cultivation methods before Liu Yu'er approached and mocked him.
• Jiang Fan told Liu Yu'er to leave, then confronted her after she hinted that she knew what had happened to the Duan Family.
• Liu Yu'er threatened Jiang Fan with Zhao Wuya's impending breakthrough to the Spirit Master realm, and Jiang Fan prepared to attack her.
• Xue Chen arrived, rebuked Liu Yu'er, and ordered everyone not to disturb the Library Pavilion; Liu Yu'er left.
• Xue Chen told Jiang Fan that the sect had already decided what to do about Liu Yu'er and Zhao Wuya, and Jiang Fan asked what the sect had said.

Xue Chen told Jiang Fan that Liu Yu'er would be expelled while Zhao Wuya would likely receive only a token punishment, and urged him to prepare for the Sect Grand Competition. After studying cultivation texts, Jiang Fan devised a way to convert his qi and blood into spiritual power, then began drawing in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi on a massive scale.

• Xue Chen told Jiang Fan that the Discipline Hall would announce Liu Yu'er's expulsion in three days, while Mystic Ice Valley would probably give Zhao Wuya only a minor punishment.
• Xue Chen advised Jiang Fan to focus on cultivation and enter the inner sect through the upcoming Sect Grand Competition, and Jiang Fan thanked her.
• After Xue Chen left, Jiang Fan studied the cultivation system and compared its realms and methods with the techniques he had learned in the Martial Arts Space.
• Jiang Fan concluded that he could convert his abundant qi and blood into spiritual power instead of cultivating from scratch, and devised a conversion Dharma Gate.
• Jiang Fan began converting his qi and blood in Cloud Perch Valley, drawing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into a violent storm around himself and deciding to complete the process despite the commotion.

Jiang Fan converted Heaven and Earth Energy into spiritual power, causing a massive breakthrough that alarmed Falling Cloud Sect and drew attention from outside. After reaching the peak of the Venerable Realm, he concealed his aura and prepared for the Sect Grand Competition, which began half a month later.

• A spiritual energy storm spread across Falling Cloud Sect as Jiang Fan’s cultivation surged from the Spirit Master Realm to the Venerable Realm.
• The sect master failed to identify the source of the storm and decided the spectacle could bolster Falling Cloud Sect’s reputation.
• Jiang Fan emerged from the spiritual energy cocoon at the peak of the Venerable Realm and concealed his aura from probing divine senses.
• Jiang Fan planned to enter the inner sect to gain resources and investigate the Gate of Sighs through the Heaven Sect.
• Jiang Fan spent half a month consolidating his cultivation, then rose when the bells announced the Sect Grand Competition.