Recaps

Chen Zhixing learned that Soth planned to renew the dying Universal Realm through slaughter and the World Tree’s destruction, while preparing for a journey beyond it. The arc left him considering Ziwei Mountain as a world-crossing ark as Chen Tianheng proved the Star Lord Dao.

• Soth gave Chen Zhixing the Heavenly Dome Divine Kingdom’s star divinity, then confronted the returning Mistre and ended his existence after Mistre granted the Sky Dao technique to worshippers.
• Chen Zhixing recognized that his Tribulation of Losing Self had begun, while Soth postponed their plans to reform the Universal Realm until Chen could recover.
• Soth’s actions caused unrest as Ciyun received the fire godhood and the Watchers debated how to control races and claim divine seats.
• Li Er revealed that the World Tree had been dead for twenty thousand years, that the Three Great Holy Lands planned to plunder the Universal Realm, and that the realm could not be saved.
• Chen Zhixing deduced that Soth intended to use slaughter, Karma Fire, the Azure Wood Longevity World, and three Phoenixes to burn the World Tree and renew the Universal Realm.
• One Wonder transformed Ciyun and other beings into chickens, and Chen Zhixing obtained two eggs for Soth to study as he investigated star maps and vessels for traveling beyond the Universal Realm.
• Chen Zhixing concluded that Ziwei Mountain could serve as a world-crossing ark and planned to develop another Blessed Land Grotto Heaven before deciding who would join him.
• Chen Tianheng proved the Star Lord Dao, while the Chen elders debated his next steps and the return of the Ziwei Emperor Lamp to Ziwei Mountain.

Chen Zhixing navigated a crisis over the Universal Realm’s life-extending pill and the returning Galaxy Beast while strengthening his grasp of the Star Lord Path. Back in Heavenly Xuan, he reunited with Ci Hong and astonished Chen Wanhong with his cultivation and swordsmanship.

• Chen Wanhong awoke after more than four hundred years, learned Chen Tianyuan had died, and discovered Ziwei Mountain was hidden until its return in eighty-four years.
• Chen Moqing left Shi Village with the Longevity Emperor Weapon Beacon Fire Connecting Cities, while Chen Wanhong claimed the Southern Region Alliance headquarters as Chen Clan property.
• Chen Zhixing kept Shi Hao in the Azure Wood Longevity World to train with its divine spark and gave him two Jin Biao cubs as pets.
• Chen Zhixing fought Li Er, who overwhelmed his Ziwei Dharma Idol, while Soth recalled the World Tree’s history with the Galaxy Beast.
• One Wonder and Li Er sought Soth’s Longevity Extension Great Pill, but Chen Zhixing defended Soth and later fought One Wonder to break through the Universal Realm’s spatial defenses.
• Li Er took the pill and left the Universal Realm, while Chen Zhixing rescued Bai Yu from the Sea Eye with Soth’s help.
• Chen Zhixing returned to Heavenly Xuan, where Ci Hong resolved to serve him and Chen Wanhong struggled to control the Chen Clan factions.
• Chen Wanhong examined Chen Zhixing’s sword and recognized that his sixth-Sequence junior could cut through the seventh-Sequence limit with one strike.

Chen Zhixing confronted Chen Wanhong’s Dream Awakening, uncovered the dangers of the Carefree Immortal inheritance, and learned more about the Heavenly Xuan Realm’s place in the immortal order. He left the arc weighing the immortal and Chaos Godfiend paths while Willow God urged him to claim a Godfiend position.

• Chen Wanhong used Dream Awakening to roll Heavenly Xuan Realm back in time, but Chen Zhixing retained fragments of the erased events and learned how the technique worked.
• Chen Zhixing discovered that Mo Zhen was a Living Dead, met the Heavenly Saint, and witnessed One Wonder challenge him for his position before Wang Chuan urged the Heavenly Saint to return.
• Chen Zhixing sealed a three-eyed Drought Demon whose voice could destabilize Longevity Realm beings, and the Heavenly Saint identified it as the source of a future calamity.
• Willow God explained the Chaos Godfiend path and the immortal cultivation stages, while Chen Zhixing decided to pursue immortality first and leave the other path open.
• Chen Zhixing accepted Chen Wanhong’s Great Dream Three Thousand method, sent thought incarnations into dreams, and brought Chen Wanhong to the Carefree Immortal Tomb to seek its inheritance.
• Wang Chuan revealed the dangers behind Chen Wanhong’s cultivation and let the Chen Family take the Great Dream Inheritance in exchange for guarding the immortal corpse.
• Chen Zhixing learned that Chen Wanhong was an avatar refined into a Phantom Dream Spirit Body, then concluded that Great Firmament beings could perceive time and remove future threats.
• Willow God confirmed that Heavenly Xuan Realm was a failed Heavenly Immortal and asked Chen Zhixing to claim a Chaos Godfiend position and join forces, but Chen Zhixing considered the proposal premature.