Recaps

Jiang Fan healed Jiang Ruilei and Jiang Xiaobei’s father, Jiang Jingwang, who recovered from his injuries and broke through to mid-level five. Jiang Jingwang recognized Jiang Fan as his great-grandfather, and his children learned that the young man before them was the legendary Jiang Fan.

• Jiang Ruilei explained that her father’s meridians had been damaged in a fight five years earlier, leaving him bedridden despite years of treatment.
• Jiang Fan said he could treat Jiang Jingwang and gave him a drop of Spirit Liquid, then used his power to heal him.
• Jiang Jingwang expelled black blood, recovered his strength, and broke through to mid-level five.
• Jiang Jingwang recognized Jiang Fan and knelt, naming himself Jiang Fan’s unfilial descendant and revealing that his ancestors included Jiang Sichen and Ma Ning.
• Jiang Fan reacted with surprise when Jiang Jingwang named Ma Ning as his great-grandmother.
• Jiang Jingwang told Jiang Ruilei and Jiang Xiaobei to kneel before their great-great-grandfather, and they realized Jiang Fan was the legendary founder of Blue Star’s martial arts.

Jiang Jingwang explained how the Jiang Family declined, and Jiang Fan gave him resources and promised protection before leaving Blue Star. The chapter ended with Jiang Fan pulling several of Blue Star’s strongest people through a shattered void.

• Jiang Jingwang told Jiang Fan that the family’s arrogance, lost heirs, and scattered branches had led to its decline, while injuries and poverty had crippled his own household.
• Jiang Fan confirmed Jiang Jingwang’s injuries had healed and his cultivation had reached level five, then learned that he planned to reopen the dojo and support Jiang Ruilei and Xiao Bei.
• Jiang Fan said he would leave Blue Star the next day and did not know when he would return.
• Jiang Fan gave Jiang Jingwang a bead filled with cultivation resources, taught him how to use its protected space, and warned him to keep it secret.
• Jiang Fan spread his consciousness across Blue Star, said he would have its strongest people protect the Jiang Family for a hundred years, and pulled several figures through a shattered void.
• Jiang Jingwang recognized the figures on the ground and was too shocked to speak.

Jiang Fan summoned Xiao Zhentian, Zhao Shanhe, and Su Mingyue to ask them to protect the scattered Jiang Family as he prepared to leave Blue Star again. Xiao Zhentian promised that the Xiao Family and Martial Arts Association would support the Jiang Family and ensure it could compete fairly.

• Jiang Fan transported Jiang Jingwang and the three leaders to a shabby room, startling them with his power.
• Xiao Zhentian recognized Jiang Fan as the legendary figure from two hundred years earlier, and he and the others respectfully greeted him.
• Jiang Fan explained that the Jiang Family had declined, but told the leaders he did not blame them for its fate.
• Jiang Fan asked the leaders to give the Jiang Family fair protection and a chance to rebuild before he left Blue Star again.
• Xiao Zhentian promised that the Xiao Family would stand with the Jiang Family and that the Martial Arts Association would open its resources and channels to them fairly.

Jiang Fan learned that Fei Ruoyun was barely holding back the Abyss beneath Antarctica, where powerful beasts threatened Blue Star. Recognizing his old friend, he went to deal with the crisis himself.

• Xiao Zhentian, Zhao Shanhe, and Su Mingyue promised to support the Jiang Family through proper channels, and Jiang Fan advised Jiang Jingwang to rely on his own efforts.
• Xiao Zhentian told Jiang Fan that the Abyss had threatened Blue Star for thirty years and that Fei Ruoyun had sealed its core at the cost of her life.
• Jiang Fan recognized Fei Ruoyun as an old friend and learned that her seal could last only three more months.
• Jiang Fan used his perception to see Fei Ruoyun and the Abyss beneath the Antarctic ice, then vanished to handle the crisis.

Fei Ruoyun’s failing seal at the Abyss broke, but Jiang Fan returned after nearly two hundred years and saved her from the strange beasts. He reinforced the entrance and entered the Abyss to confront the Star Beasts pouring through a spatial rift.

• Fei Ruoyun’s life-force ran out as the strange beasts battered the seal, and the barrier shattered.
• Jiang Fan appeared, destroyed the attacking beasts, and greeted Fei Ruoyun, who was shocked to see him unchanged after nearly two hundred years.
• Jiang Fan gave Fei Ruoyun Spirit Liquid and rebuilt the Abyss seal before entering the Abyss.
• Jiang Fan discovered a spatial rift connecting the Abyss to a star domain, with Star Beasts pouring through it.
• Jiang Fan raised his hand toward the rift, intending to destroy it before it could threaten Blue Star.

Jiang Fan destroyed the Abyss and saved Blue Star from the strange beasts, then reunited with the dying Fei Ruoyun and learned how she had sacrificed herself to seal the rift. As he prepared to leave before the Gate of Sighs closed, he gave her a bead containing a Time Fragment as a farewell gift.

• Jiang Fan collapsed the Spatial Rift, destroyed the Star Beasts, and declared that Blue Star would no longer face strange-beast disasters.
• Fei Ruoyun collapsed from her injuries, and Jiang Fan gave her a high-grade Spirit Medicine that could only briefly stabilize her condition.
• Fei Ruoyun explained that she had reached Level 12, developed her Time Ability, and burned her life to seal the Abyss for five years.
• Jiang Fan told Fei Ruoyun about his journeys beyond Blue Star, and she shared her relief that he had returned before her death.
• Jiang Fan confirmed he would soon leave and gave Fei Ruoyun a bead containing a Time Fragment as a farewell gift.

Jiang Fan gave Fei Ruoyun a Time Fragment before leaving Blue Star and the Qiyuan Star Domain. With time to spare before the Gate of Sighs reopened, he entered the Milky Way’s Star Beast Nest to cultivate by fighting Galaxy Beasts.

• Fei Ruoyun examined the bead and learned from Jiang Fan that it contained a fragment of the Time Rules.
• Fei Ruoyun initially refused the precious gift, but accepted it after Jiang Fan said he had already comprehended it and wanted her to keep it.
• After the Abyss was resolved and the Jiang Family was settled, Jiang Fan said farewell to Fei Ruoyun and left Blue Star.
• Jiang Fan visited friends and acquaintances in the Qiyuan Star Domain, then reached the Milky Way’s edge and calculated that he had time to cultivate before the Gate of Sighs reopened.
• Jiang Fan entered the Star Beast Nest, drew the Galaxy Beasts toward him, and began killing them with his Emperor realm strength.

Jiang Fan reached the peak of the Emperor realm after slaughtering Galaxy Beasts, then returned to the Gate of Sighs and captured three Time Fragments. As he tried to seize a grain of time, a surviving man and woman rushed over to stop him.

• Jiang Fan killed 826 Galaxy Beasts over three hours and broke through to the peak of the Emperor realm.
• Jiang Fan left the Star Beast Nest and reached the Gate of Sighs, finding no Heaven Sect disciples in the Time Scorch zone.
• Jiang Fan decided to collect Time Fragments and spent two hours capturing three of them.
• Jiang Fan reached for a grain of time as a test, but a man and a woman flew over and shouted for him to stop.

Jiang Fan reunited with Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi, the only other survivors they knew of in the sealed land, and warned them that Heaven Sect might betray them after they reported what they had learned. He proposed taking a Time Rules particle back as proof so the sect would be pressured to honor its promised rewards.

• Jiang Fan recognized Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi and heard their warning that Time Rules particles could kill anyone who touched them.
• Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi explained that a time riot had swept them into a vacuum zone, where they survived for three days while many disciples they guided there died.
• Jiang Fan told them he had survived in a Rule Void area and had escaped when the Seal Gate was about to reopen.
• Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi planned to report what they had learned to Heaven Sect in exchange for promised rewards.
• Jiang Fan cautioned them that Heaven Sect might deny its promises or eliminate them, then proposed bringing back a Time Rules particle as evidence.

Jiang Fan, Zeng Yang, and Jiang Zhuoxi worked together to capture a Time Rules particle and agreed to form an alliance. As the ancient Gate of Sighs began to move, they were left facing a new threat inside the seal.

• Jiang Fan explained that the Heaven Sect would likely target them after they claimed the reward, and the group agreed to capture the particle first.
• Jiang Fan used Spatial Cage while Zeng Yang stabilized the surrounding fluctuations and Jiang Zhuoxi raised a protective barrier.
• Jiang Fan sealed the Time Rules particle and sent it into his Bead Space.
• Jiang Zhuoxi proposed an alliance, and Jiang Fan and Zeng Yang agreed to help one another after returning to the Heaven Sect.
• The ancient Gate of Sighs rumbled and began to move.

Jiang Fan, Zeng Yang, and Jiang Zhuoxi escaped the sealed land with a grain of Time Rules and presented it to the waiting Heaven Sect elders. The elders praised them and ordered them to register their account for evaluation and rewards.

• Jiang Fan told Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi to present themselves as lucky survivors and keep their account of the sealed land consistent.
• Jiang Fan, Zeng Yang, and Jiang Zhuoxi passed through the opened Gate of Sighs and emerged before a gathering of powerful elders.
• Jiang Fan and his companions claimed that temporal turbulence had killed the other disciples and that they had barely survived.
• A purple-robed old man recognized Duan Gang and questioned him about what they had found inside the seal.
• Jiang Fan displayed a grain of Time Rules inside a Spatial Cage and claimed the three had risked their lives to recover it.
• The purple-robed old man examined the grain, praised the three, and the leading elder ordered them to register their account for evaluation and rewards.

The Heaven Sect elders believed Jiang Fan and his companions’ account of the sealed land but chose to follow ancient warnings and investigate further. After returning, Jiang Fan, Zeng Yang, and Jiang Zhuoxi were separately interrogated and confined to a courtyard while the sect verified their story and considered their rewards.

• The purple-robed sect master and the elders discussed the Time Rules particle, accepted that Jiang Fan and the others had told the truth, and decided to study the particle before entering the seal.
• The sect master ordered Elder Pei to continue finding candidates and suggested that Duan Gang and the others might represent the sect in the upcoming Mystic Heaven Realm ranking.
• The leading elder took Jiang Fan and his companions to the Law Enforcement Hall, where deacons separately questioned them for several hours about their time inside the seal.
• Jiang Fan and the others repeated their prepared account and attributed their success to luck, giving the deacons no inconsistencies to expose.
• The leading elder confined them to a courtyard until the sect verified their information and decided their rewards.
• Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi worried that the sect intended to mistreat them, but Jiang Fan told them the confinement and questioning were routine checks before they received their promised rewards.

Jiang Fan, Zeng Yang, and Jiang Zhuoxi received the Heaven Sect’s promised rewards for their work exploring the seal. Jiang Fan warned that the sect might have ulterior motives, then returned to his cave residence and planned to investigate the seal’s history in the Library Pavilion.

• An inner sect steward delivered the three disciples’ rewards, including cultivation resources, Purple Gold Tokens, cave residence privileges, and unlimited access to Enlightenment Peak.
• Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi celebrated their rewards, while Jiang Fan cautioned them to cultivate carefully in case the Heaven Sect schemed against them.
• Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi chose to enter seclusion, and Jiang Fan decided to return to his cave dwelling before visiting the Library Pavilion.
• Chen Ping welcomed Jiang Fan back with firecrackers and asked about his time in the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Jiang Fan told Chen Ping that the Law Enforcement Hall had only recorded events from the seal, then reconsidered his plan to seek information from the Heaven Sect’s upper ranks.
• Jiang Fan planned to search the Library Pavilion’s historical records for clues about the seal.

Jiang Fan used his Purple Gold Token to enter Heaven Sect’s Library Pavilion and gained access to its seventh floor, where the sect’s historical records were kept. After reading more than three hundred texts, he found an ancient volume describing a spacetime disturbance and Master Xuanyuan’s involvement in sealing it.

• Jiang Fan showed the stewards his Purple Gold Token, and they verified his access to all seven floors of the Library Pavilion.
• Jiang Fan entered the pavilion and passed through the light curtain to reach the restricted seventh floor.
• Jiang Fan spent the day rapidly reading the historical records and narrowed the remaining books to about fifty.
• Jiang Fan opened the ancient Taihua Secret Records and read that a disturbance had struck the Northern Region in the 3,721st year of the Taihua calendar.
• The record stated that Master Xuanyuan had received a message from the Holy Land’s envoy and helped the Holy Land seal the spacetime turbulence.

Jiang Fan found an old record linking the Heaven Sect’s rise to a mysterious Holy Land, but found no further clues in the Library Pavilion. After rewarding Chen Ping, he studied three Time Fragments and began to understand how time’s interwoven and layered rules formed the long river of time.

• Jiang Fan read that the Holy Land had ordered the Heaven Sect to guard a sealed place and rewarded it with Guardian Puppets, a scripture, spirit veins, and a Secret Realm.
• Jiang Fan searched the remaining ancient records but found no other references to the Holy Land, leaving him with it as his only lead.
• Jiang Fan returned to Withered Glory Pavilion and gave Chen Ping dozens of high-grade Spirit Stones for his diligent service.
• Jiang Fan chose to keep a low profile rather than frequently request more resources from the Heaven Sect and turned his attention to three Time Fragments.
• Jiang Fan studied the first two fragments and inferred that time formed from interwoven lines and layered networks, explaining the chaotic Time Rules in the Time Scorch.

Jiang Fan comprehended the Time Rules, developing precise time control and a thirty-foot domain before ending a month-long seclusion. After learning he had been selected for the Mystic Heaven Realm's decennial Sect Ranking Competition, he asked Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi to explain what it was.

• Jiang Fan explored the three time fragments and formed a basic understanding of the Time Rules.
• Jiang Fan fused spiritual power with the Time Rules, used it to accelerate a speck of dust, and created a domain where he could speed up or slow down time.
• Jiang Fan emerged from a month of seclusion and learned from Chen Ping that he, Zeng Yang, and Jiang Zhuoxi had been selected for the Sect Ranking Competition.
• Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi met with Jiang Fan and confirmed they had also received the sect's notice to participate.
• Jiang Fan asked Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi to explain the Mystic Heaven Realm's Sect Ranking Competition.

Jiang Fan learned that the Mystic Heaven Realm Sect Ranking Tournament determined sect status, recruitment prospects, and access to scarce resources, and suspected Heaven Sect intended to sacrifice lower-sect disciples like him. He resolved to face the tournament rather than flee, hinting that Heaven Sect underestimated their strength.

• Zeng Yang explained that more than a hundred sects from the Mystic Heaven Realm's seven domains competed in the ranking tournament for prestige, disciples, and limited resource quotas.
• Jiang Fan questioned why Heaven Sect had selected disciples from the sealed land instead of its strongest elites, suspecting a hidden motive.
• Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi revealed that the tournament could include five-group battles, where weaker fighters might be used to exhaust an opponent's stronger fighters.
• Jiang Fan realized Heaven Sect might be planning to use them as cannon fodder and make their deaths appear legitimate while preserving its reputation and ranking.
• Jiang Fan decided they had little chance to escape their watched cave residence and would face the tournament, while suggesting Heaven Sect did not know their true strength.

Jiang Fan learned the Sect Ranking Tournament rules and prepared to use the competition to confront the Heaven Sect and investigate whether a Holy Land was involved. After six months of study and cultivation, he received orders to report for the tournament and travel to Central City of the Guangling Domain.

• Jiang Fan told Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi to treat the Ranking Tournament as a trial, and they agreed to give it their all despite fearing the powerful sects' disciples.
• Jiang Zhuoxi told Zeng Yang that Jiang Fan seemed unfathomable and might have a plan, though they would focus on improving and adapt when the time came.
• Jiang Fan considered using the tournament to meet the Mystic Heaven Realm's prodigies and seek clues about the seal and the Holy Land.
• Jiang Fan spent the next half year cultivating, researching tournament records and Holy Lands, and gathering intelligence with Chen Ping's help.
• Jiang Fan received a Sect Command Jade ordering him to report to the Combat Readiness Hall within three days before departing for Central City of the Guangling Domain.

Jiang Fan left Chen Ping in charge of Withered Glory Pavilion and went to the Combat Readiness Hall to join the Sect Ranking Tournament. There, he reunited with Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi, faced inner disciples’ contempt, and identified Chu Yunhe as the gathering’s apparent center.

• Jiang Fan told Chen Ping to manage Withered Glory Pavilion while he was away and to use its cultivation resources.
• Jiang Fan flew to the Combat Readiness Hall, where disciples had gathered for the Sect Ranking Tournament.
• Jiang Fan joined Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi as inner disciples questioned why lower-sect disciples had been selected.
• Qi Hao claimed Jiang Fan had beaten him only through luck, while Wu Zhao provoked him and then backed down from a challenge.
• Zeng Yang identified Wu Zhao, and Jiang Fan recognized Chu Yunhe as the number one inner disciple.

Jiang Fan and his companions received their assignments for the Heaven Sect’s Sect Ranking Tournament, where they were designated as a sacrificial-looking surprise unit. After three days of preparation, the disciples departed by flying ship for the tournament in Guangling Domain.

• Zeng Yang introduced Chu Yunhe and Leng Yuexin as the Heaven Sect’s leading inner sect disciples, and Jiang Fan exchanged nods with Leng Yuexin.
• Elder Pei announced the tournament preparations and assigned Jiang Fan, Zeng Yang, and Jiang Zhuoxi to a special unit intended to disrupt enemy forces.
• Jiang Fan recognized that the assignment would put his group in danger, while other disciples mocked them and Leng Yuexin showed faint pity.
• Jiang Fan, Zeng Yang, and Jiang Zhuoxi reviewed the rules and completed basic drills during the three days before departure.
• Elder Pei led the twenty participating disciples aboard a flying ship, which set off toward Guangling Domain.

Jiang Fan, Zeng Yang, Jiang Zhuoxi, and the Heaven Sect delegation traveled from Taihua Domain to Guangling Domain for the Sect Ranking Tournament in the Mystic Heaven Realm. After reaching Central City and settling into the Myriad Sects Garden, they encountered a hostile delegation led by Elder Zhao, who taunted Elder Pei.

• Jiang Fan reassured Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi in their cramped cabins at the rear of the flying ship and urged them to prepare for the future.
• Jiang Fan, Zeng Yang, and Jiang Zhuoxi surveyed Guangling Domain and marveled at its scale, cities, and spiritual energy.
• After eleven days crossing Guangling Domain, the flying ship reached Central City and landed at the Myriad Sects Garden.
• A local steward welcomed Elder Pei and led Heaven Sect to Clear Ripple Garden, describing its courtyards and cultivation facilities.
• Elder Zhao and his disciples confronted Heaven Sect on an arched bridge, and Elder Pei answered Zhao's taunt in kind.

Jiang Fan provoked Ren Huai of the Red Firmament Sect, nearly triggering a deadly fight before Leng Yuexin intervened. Ren Huai backed down but threatened Jiang Fan at the upcoming Sect Ranking Tournament, leaving the rivalry unresolved.

• Jiang Fan insulted everyone present, enraging Ren Huai and prompting him to unleash his killing intent.
• Jiang Fan prepared to strike Ren Huai, but Leng Yuexin appeared and dispelled the killing intent with her sword intent.
• Leng Yuexin challenged Ren Huai to settle the dispute in the Sect Ranking Tournament, and Ren Huai decided to hold back for his sect’s interests.
• Ren Huai threatened Jiang Fan before leaving, while Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi worried about the danger of facing him in the tournament.
• Ren Huai praised Leng Yuexin as he departed and insulted people with empty reputations, leaving Chu Yunhe with an ashen face.

After arriving at Clear Ripple Garden, Jiang Fan and the Heaven Sect disciples settled in while Elder Pei organized preparations for the Sect Ranking Tournament. Jiang Fan spent several days cultivating, then joined Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi to explore Central City.

• Chu Yunhe hid his resentment toward Leng Yuexin after she had outshone him, while Elder Pei urged everyone to move on from the encounter with the Red Firmament Sect.
• Elder Pei chose a courtyard in Clear Ripple Garden and told the disciples to practice their tactics for a week before the Ranking Tournament.
• Elder Pei excused Jiang Fan, Zeng Yang, and Jiang Zhuoxi from rehearsals and advised them not to worry about the Red Firmament Sect; Jiang Fan suspected Elder Pei hoped Ren Huai would eliminate them.
• Jiang Fan, Zeng Yang, and Jiang Zhuoxi spent the next few days cultivating in their rooms.
• Zeng Yang invited Jiang Fan and Jiang Zhuoxi to tour Central City, and they decided to visit Myriad Treasures Street.

Jiang Fan, Zeng Yang, and Jiang Zhuoxi explored Myriad Treasures Street in Guangling Domain, marveling at its wealth of rare goods and the scale of the world beyond the Heaven Sect. Jiang Zhuoxi was drawn to the ornaments outside Glazed Light Pavilion, and Jiang Fan led the group over to look.

• Jiang Fan and his companions entered Myriad Treasures Street and were overwhelmed by its crowded stalls and rare treasures.
• Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi reflected on how limited their former horizons had been compared with the vast Mystic Heaven Realm.
• Jiang Fan recalled his journey from Blue Star through the starry realms to the Mystic Heaven Realm and recognized that cultivation had no end.
• Jiang Zhuoxi spotted Glazed Light Pavilion and eagerly examined its colorful ornaments carved from Spirit Stones.
• Jiang Fan invited Zeng Yang and Jiang Zhuoxi to take a closer look at the shop.

Jiang Zhuoxi tried to buy a peony carving, but Ren Huai provoked her by bidding twice the price and the shopkeeper favored him. Jiang Fan led his companions away after refusing to pay more, then insulted Ren Huai, who answered with a vicious curse as Jiang Fan's aura erupted.

• Jiang Zhuoxi admired a Qiluo Peony carving and agreed to buy it for ten high-grade Spirit Stones.
• Ren Huai arrived with four companions and bid twenty high-grade Spirit Stones to provoke Jiang Fan and his group.
• The shopkeeper refused Jiang Zhuoxi's payment and said he would sell the peony to whoever offered twenty high-grade Spirit Stones.
• Jiang Fan stepped in when Ren Huai mocked Jiang Zhuoxi, and the two exchanged threats while avoiding a fight in Central City.
• Jiang Zhuoxi declined to raise her bid, so Jiang Fan led the group away and mocked Ren Huai for overpaying.
• Ren Huai called Jiang Fan a motherless bastard, and Jiang Fan stopped as his aura burst out.