Recaps

Chen Yi told Hua Wuyan that a mysterious Black Hand would destroy the Human World's Five Elements Root Artifacts, and agreed to hide them across other planes. Hua Wuyan asked him to inherit the Human Race's Dao Protector position, and they began the Earth Spirit's inheritance ceremony.

• Chen Yi arrived at Hua Wuyan's dwelling and explained that his cultivation had surpassed the Void Realm's limit, leaving her Witch Dao unable to deduce anything about him.
• Chen Yi warned Hua Wuyan that the Black Hand would destroy the Five Elements Root Artifacts, and she agreed to give him the Mountain River Armor so he could conceal the artifacts in other planes.
• Hua Wuyan asked Chen Yi to become the Human Race's Dao Protector, explaining that her deductions had become unreliable and that the role granted longevity, Earth Spirit abilities, and the nourishment of the race's fortune.
• Chen Yi accepted the responsibility and promised to protect the Human World and the Human Race.
• Hua Wuyan summoned the Earth Spirit to begin the Dao Protector inheritance.

Chen Yi became the Human World's new Dao Protector and learned that other planes' Earth Spirits could help repair the Five Elements Root Artifacts. He then set out to find an Earth Spirit to nurture the Sun Moon Tower and suppress the evil spirit within it, opening a rift between planes.

• Chen Yi learned the Earth Spirit's method immediately and became a Dao Protector, gaining a connection to the thoughts of living beings across the Human World.
• Hua Wuyan explained the Dao Protector's duties and suggested Chen Yi use other planes' Earth Spirits to restore the damaged Five Elements Root Artifacts.
• Hua Wuyan declined to take the Ascension Path, and Chen Yi left to open a rift to another plane.
• Chen Yi told the Sun Moon Tower's Artifact Spirit that the Great Demon had suppressed its demonic nature and that an Earth Spirit could help contain it.
• Chen Yi shattered the World Barrier with a Light Speed Fist and called on an Earth Spirit for help.

Chen Yi entered the Wing World to find a powerful Earth Spirit, but his fiery landing devastated part of Alba City and injured its lord, Sotuofeiren. After learning that the Furry God was the world's supreme ruler, Chen Yi asked Sotuofeiren about the Dao Protector he had seen.

• Chen Yi used the Earth Spirit's vision to search the spatial turbulence and chose the Wing World as a powerful plane.
• Chen Yi fell from the sky into Alba City, where Sotuofeiren and the residents mistook him for a meteorite and tried to stop him.
• Chen Yi's landing destroyed half of Alba City and left Sotuofeiren badly injured.
• Chen Yi used the Star River Divine Skill to strip the nearby Winged Race residents of their feathers, then demanded to know who held the highest status.
• Sotuofeiren identified himself as Alba City's lord and told Chen Yi that the Furry God was the Wing World's supreme ruler; he had also once seen a Dao Protector.

Chen Yi dragged Sotuofeiren toward the Furry God but encountered the Five Heroes of Xuanlan, who were preparing to use an Immortal Artifact to reach the Human World. He destroyed their artifact and defeated them, leaving the five brothers unable to escape.

• Chen Yi forced Sotuofeiren to lead him through the Empty Land Barrier toward Sky City.
• Chen Yi sensed five Winged Race Martial Gods on Arsha and flew toward them, despite Sotuofeiren's warning.
• The Five Heroes of Xuanlan tried to repair the Wall Breaker, but Chen Yi smashed it with a flaming palm.
• Chen Yi revealed that he was a Human Race Dao Protector and refused the brothers' demand for compensation.
• The Five Heroes of Xuanlan attacked Chen Yi, who used Sotuofeiren as a meteor hammer to beat them back.
• The brothers' attacks failed to harm Chen Yi, and they tried to flee as he overwhelmed them.

Chen Yi defeated the Five Heroes of Xuanlan and forced them to gather rare materials across the Wing World so he could improve his Immortal Artifacts. He then arrived at Sky City, where the Winged Race’s forces confronted him and demanded an explanation.

• Chen Yi defeated the Five Heroes of Xuanlan, spared them, and ordered them to collect materials across the Wing World by any means necessary.
• The Five Heroes of Xuanlan considered fleeing, but Chen Yi appeared before them, frightened them into obedience, and made them begin gathering materials.
• Chen Yi and Sotuofeiren reached Sky City, where hundreds of thousands of warriors, the Ten Directional Gods, Furry God, and the Winged Race’s Dao Protector awaited them.
• Chen Yi said he had not come to wage war, and Furry God demanded to know who he was and why he had come to the Wing World.

Chen Yi defeated Sky City's Winged Race army without killing its warriors, then told Furry God and the Dao Protector that he wanted to use their Earth Spirit to nurture the Human World's damaged Five Elements Root Artifact. When they refused, Chen Yi revealed power that threatened to shatter the world, and the Dao Protector agreed to his terms.

• Furry God ordered the Winged Race army to attack Chen Yi and commanded them to kill Sotuofeiren first.
• Chen Yi used Sotuofeiren as a meteor hammer to defeat the Winged Race warriors and withstand the Martial God-level experts' attacks without killing anyone.
• Furry God withdrew Sky City's warriors and met Chen Yi with the Dao Protector in the Main God Hall.
• Chen Yi asked to borrow the Wing World's Earth Spirit to nurture the Human World's damaged Five Elements Root Artifact, explaining that he also wanted the Winged Race to protect it.
• Furry God and the Dao Protector refused after Chen Yi warned them of the Earth Spirit's cost.
• Chen Yi's power began cracking space around him, and the Dao Protector agreed to let the Earth Spirit repair the Five Elements Root Artifact.

Chen Yi learned how the World War had shifted from a quest for ascension into a self-sustaining struggle, then pressured the Winged Race into guarding the Human World's Sun Moon Tower. The Winged Race agreed to protect it, and Wing World's Earth Spirit began repairing the damaged artifact.

• Chen Yi and the Winged Race Dao Protector discussed the old golden age and the origins and changing purpose of World War.
• Furry God described how war had become a source of military merit and power, while he could not explain the ancient account's warning about resisting something.
• Chen Yi asked the Winged Race to protect the Sun Moon Tower from anyone who might destroy it, but Furry God refused to risk his people.
• Chen Yi unleashed his Desolate Realm aura, forcing the Winged Race Dao Protector to promise an elite unit of ten late-stage Qi Condensation cultivators would guard the Earth Spirit.
• Chen Yi and the Winged Race Dao Protector placed the Sun Moon Tower in Wing World's Earth Spirit, which willingly began repairing it.

While waiting for the Five Heroes of Xuanlan to gather materials, Chen Yi traveled through the Wing World and comprehended the Divine Ability Fragmentation. He rescued the Five Heroes from their pursuers by breaking through the World Barrier, then sent Chen Liu to investigate an unusual plane.

• Chen Yi toured the Wing World with his Immortal Artifacts and the Five Domains Sacred Pill while waiting for the Five Heroes of Xuanlan.
• Chen Yi comprehended Fragmentation, tested it by removing a tyrannical Winged Person’s wings, and demonstrated that he could detach and reattach his own head.
• The Five Heroes of Xuanlan returned with Chen Yi’s materials while thousands of Qi Transformation Realm Cultivators pursued them for their crimes.
• Chen Yi used a Light Speed Fist to shatter space and breach the World Barrier, then bound Sotuofeiren and the Five Heroes with the Immortal Binding Lock and took them through.
• The Winged Race’s Dao Protector and the Furry God suspected that Chen Yi had come from the Real Realm after witnessing his effortless breach of the World Barrier.
• Chen Yi sent Chen Liu into an unusual plane to investigate and kill himself afterward.

Chen Liu found himself in a decayed realm covered by Contamination, while Chen Yi brought his companions to the Holy Dragon Race’s plane and began plotting under a Dragon Person disguise. The chapter left Chen Yi intending to identify and kill the Holy Dragon Race’s heir to provoke its powerful members.

• Chen Liu recognized the black fog as Contamination and realized he would need to die so Chen Yi could summon him again.
• Chen Yi arrived with his companions in the Holy Dragon Race’s plane and learned about the race’s Dragon Transformation and strong World War record.
• Chen Yi transformed into a Dragon Person, then used his Six-Eared Macaque Term to make Sotuofeiren and the others look like him.
• Chen Yi assigned the Five Heroes of Xuanlan to gather materials under the Dragon Person Race’s name while Sotuofeiren stayed with him.
• Chen Yi asked Sotuofeiren who held the most important position in the Holy Dragon Race and decided to find and kill its heir.

Chen Yi and Sotuofeiren sought the Holy Dragon Realm’s World Master, learning that the Western Earth Kingdom was a vassal of the Central Fire Empire. Chen Liu reported that another plane was completely overrun by Contamination and inhabited by a hunting creature made of it, leaving Chen Yi wondering how many worlds had been lost to Contamination.

• Chen Yi captured seven Holy Dragon People, and Sotuofeiren interrogated them until their Crown Prince revealed he ruled no more than the Western Earth Kingdom.
• Sotuofeiren forced the Crown Prince to lead them to the kingdom, where the Holy Dragon People attacked and the king arrived to protect his son.
• The Western Earth King said he had never met the World Master but directed Chen Yi and Sotuofeiren to the Central Fire Emperor, who might know where to find him.
• As Chen Yi and Sotuofeiren traveled toward the Central Fire Empire, Chen Yi summoned Chen Liu to ask about the plane he had investigated.
• Chen Liu said Contamination had consumed the plane and that a creature made entirely of it had hunted and killed him.
• Chen Yi wondered how many planes, including the Void Realm, were filled with Contamination.

Chen Yi and Sotuofeiren framed the Dragon Person Race for the Holy Dragon Realm Young Master's murder to provoke conflict between the two realms. A month later, Chen Yi secured the Holy Dragon Realm's agreement to protect the Earth Spirit while the damaged Qiankun Mirror was restored, delaying its planned retaliation against the Dragon Person World.

• Chen Yi and Sotuofeiren fought their way through the Holy Dragon Realm and killed its Young Master, then left Chen Liu and Sotuofeiren to stage a spy's escape and apparent heroic death.
• The Holy Dragon Realm Master found the Young Master's body and, despite objections, ordered a fight with the Dragon Person Race to demand an explanation.
• One month later, Chen Yi met the Holy Dragon Realm Master and requested the realm's Earth Spirit and experts to help restore the Qiankun Mirror.
• The Holy Dragon Realm Master agreed to protect the Earth Spirit but said he would need to recall experts from expeditions before he could spare enough personnel.

After gathering materials and sowing distrust in the Holy Dragon Realm, Chen Yi led the Five Heroes of Xuanlan to the Dragon Person World to stir up conflict between the two powers. They arrived to find an industrialized world whose war-making capacity far surpassed the Wing World’s.

• The Five Heroes of Xuanlan finished gathering rare materials in the Holy Dragon Realm and spread rumors about the Dragon Person Race’s weapons and misdeeds.
• Chen Yi left the Qiankun Mirror behind to recover and announced that the group would travel to the Dragon Person World.
• Chen Yi located the Dragon Person World by sensing its powerful Earth Spirit and brought the group through the World Barrier.
• The group saw the Dragon Person World’s factories, cultivation assembly lines, and transport networks, which Sotuofeiren and Eldest Xuanlan recognized as evidence of its superior wartime productivity.
• Chen Yi planned to provoke a conflict between the Dragon Person Race and the Holy Dragon Race so the Human World could develop while their forces were occupied.

Chen Yi sought to use the Dragon Person World's Earth Spirit to restore the Mountain River Armor before plunging the world into chaos by killing its World Lord. He and Sotuofeiren flew openly through the Dragon Person World, where a squad of guards underestimated them until Chen Yi revealed Huchacha.

• Chen Yi sent the Five Heroes of Xuanlan to gather materials while he planned to kill the Dragon Person World Lord and ignite conflict with the Holy Dragon Realm.
• Chen Yi and Sotuofeiren traveled in human form to find the World Lord, but a squad of Dragon Person guards confronted them and mocked their strength.
• Chen Yi used Eavesdrop on Inner Thoughts to learn that the guards trusted their intelligence network, which had lost track of the Human World after Chen Yi purged its Dragon Person strongholds.
• Chen Yi released Huchacha from the Myriad Souls Banner, and Huchacha introduced himself as a member of the Human World Intelligence Working Group.
• Chen Yi teased the guards and offered to send more Dragon Person souls to keep Huchacha company, leaving the guards stunned as Huchacha called him master.

Chen Yi fought his way through the Dragon Person World, defeating Mu Feimu and learning that the World Master was in the Star Domain. The chapter ended with Dragon Kings and Dragon Saints kneeling before him, prompting him to reflect on how much had changed since his earlier simulations.

• Chen Yi killed the Dragon Person members who confronted him and used the Myriad Souls Banner to capture their souls, then continued searching for the World Master with Sotuofeiren.
• Mu Feimu, a late-stage Qi Condensation Martial God from the Five Elements Palace, challenged Chen Yi and killed an attendant who urged him to report their location.
• Chen Yi evaded Mu Feimu's branch attacks, set him ablaze with Samadhi True Fire, and slammed him into the earth with gravity.
• Chen Yi learned from Mu Feimu's thoughts that the World Master was in the Star Domain, while Mu Feimu's attendants surrendered and begged for mercy.
• Chen Yi reflected on his past battles against the Dragon Person Race and the changes represented by the Dragon Kings and Dragon Saints kneeling before him.

Chen Yi confronted the Dragon Person World Master and demanded that the Mountain River Armor be nurtured in the world's Earth Spirit, but the World Master refused and fought him. After defeating him without killing him, Chen Yi asked whether winning the World War truly granted immortality.

• Chen Yi told the Dragon Person Race members to lead him to their World Master, but they refused to betray him.
• The Dragon Person World Master and Dao Protector arrived, and Chen Yi demanded that they use their world's Earth Spirit to nurture the Mountain River Armor and send forces to guard it.
• The Dragon Person World Master refused, fought Chen Yi with powerful weapons, and ordered the Dao Protector to flee and protect the world's Earth Spirit.
• Chen Yi punched through the World Master's body and warned that he could unravel the Dragon Person World, but the World Master still refused to surrender.
• Chen Yi eased his hostility and asked whether victory in the World War could truly make someone immortal.

Chen Yi learned that the World War was not truly a path to immortality, but the Human Emperor’s plan to resist the Real Realm’s use of Void Realm planes as seals for Contamination. The Dragon Person World Lord explained that the war was meant to gather Mortal World Qi into a final refuge and force the Immortal Emperors to face the consequences of their actions.

• The Dragon Person World Lord told Chen Yi that the promise of immortality through victory in the World War had been passed down as the Human Emperor’s banner, though it was not literally true.
• The Dragon Person World Lord revealed that the Real Realm had been sending Contamination into Void Realm planes, using their World Barriers to contain its spread.
• Chen Yi recognized that Void Realm planes were being used as the Real Realm’s “Sealing Pool,” and the Dragon Person World Lord said planes were filled at random.
• The Dragon Person World Lord explained that draining a plane’s Mortal World Qi stopped it from communicating with the Real Realm, which the Human Emperor intended to exploit through the World War.
• The Human Emperor had sought to reduce the number of planes, gather their Mortal World Qi into a final refuge, and prevent the Immortal Emperors from dumping Contamination into the Void Realm.
• The Human Emperor had accepted the coming devastation and died fighting the Demon Race, intending to make the Real Realm’s arrogant Immortal Emperors pay.

The Lord of the Dragon Person World explained that the Dragon Person Race had served as the Human Emperor Palace’s contingency, first to destroy the Demon Race and then to spread the World War. He also revealed that war had accumulated Mortal World Qi enough to alter the Dragon Person World’s limits, leaving Chen Yi to reconsider whether the plane should be destroyed.

• The Lord of the Dragon Person World told Chen Yi that the Human Emperor had entrusted the Dragon Person Hall with destroying the Demon Race’s remaining forces and igniting the World War after his death.
• The Lord of the Dragon Person World demonstrated that he could reach the Core Formation Realm, then explained that accumulated Mortal World Qi might eventually let his world withstand greater power.
• Chen Yi asked whether the Dragon Person World’s High Priest could predict the past and future, and the Lord denied that the ceremonial office had such abilities.
• The Lord explained that Dragon Person Coins contained Longevity Source extracted from conquered planes’ Earth Spirits to extend Dragon Person souls’ lifespans.
• Chen Yi concluded that Longevity Source would not help him and reconsidered destroying the Dragon Person World because of its highly developed, war-focused society.

Chen Yi persuaded the Dragon Person World Lord to protect the Human World's Five Elements Root Artifact and supply him with materials, while arranging a way to locate the Human World. He left the Dragon Person World intact, intending to preserve it as an important ally against the suspected Black Hand.

• Chen Yi used “Chinese-style Succubus” to persuade the Dragon Person World Lord that a Black Hand planned to destroy the worlds and that the Human World's Five Elements Root Artifact needed protection.
• The Dragon Person World Lord agreed to guard the Earth Spirit and Root Artifact, set a ten-year deadline for Chen Yi to report back, and arranged for Feng Yucheng to become a beacon who could locate the Human World.
• Chen Yi helped foster the Mountain River Armor and gave the Dragon Person World Lord a list of Artifact Refining materials, which the Dragon Person World supplied.
• Chen Yi contacted the Five Heroes of Xuanlan to call off their operation, then departed with the materials.
• After Chen Yi left, the Dragon Person World Lord and the Dao Protector admitted that they had lost and decided to maintain the war effort while waiting to see whether Chen Yi returned.
• Chen Yi met Sotuofeiren and the Five Heroes of Xuanlan, rejected the plan to kill the World Lord, and said the Dragon Person World had to remain as an important chess piece.

Chen Yi chose to leave the World War unresolved until he became strong enough to decide its outcome, then headed for the Demon World to prepare allies for his seventh simulation. He located Hu Tiangong and left Sotuofeiren and the Five Heroes of Xuanlan waiting as they argued over serving him.

• Chen Yi decided not to interfere in the World War until he could solve its larger problem through further simulations.
• Chen Yi returned Dachun to the Human World, then assigned Sotuofeiren to lead the Five Heroes of Xuanlan as guards at his family home.
• Chen Yi discovered the Demon World while searching for the Human World and chose to visit it to prepare for his seventh simulation.
• Chen Yi arrived in the Demon World and used his Spiritual Sense to locate Hu Tiangong, while the Qilin Beast remained too far away to find.
• Chen Yi flew off to meet Hu Tiangong, leaving Sotuofeiren and the Five Heroes of Xuanlan to trade insults over who had chosen to become a dog.

Chen Yi recruited Hu Tiangong and the dead souls of the Demon Race to join him in the Real Realm, then freed the Qilin Beast and won its allegiance. With a vast army gathering in the Myriad Souls Banner, Chen Yi declared that he would overturn the heavenly order and change the future.

• Chen Yi found Hu Tiangong and persuaded him to gather the Demon Race’s dead souls for a new campaign in the Real Realm.
• Hu Tiangong summoned the Demon Race spirits, who flocked into the Myriad Souls Banner as Chen Yi’s forces.
• Chen Yi freed the Qilin Beast from the Soul-Binding Chains, and threw Huo Feihuo through the World Barrier when he attacked.
• The Qilin Beast pledged to follow Chen Yi, who explained that its role as Demon Race Dao Protector would still matter in the Real Realm.
• The Qilin Beast saw the growing army in the Myriad Souls Banner, and Chen Yi vowed to reverse the future.

Chen Yi returned to the Human World, upgraded his immortal artifacts, and settled his companions at Chen Mansion before beginning his seventh simulation. He drew the Golden Legend entry “New Beggar-Version Beggar-Version,” which let him create a roughly comparable copy of an object once per day by touching it.

• Chen Yi brought Sotuofeiren, the Five Heroes of Xuanlan, Hu Tiangong, the Qilin Soul, and three hundred million Demon Souls back to the Human World, where the Demon Souls and several others remained inside the Myriad Souls Banner.
• Chen Yi forged new Super Immortal Artifact vessel bodies for six immortal artifacts, allowing their Artifact Spirits to function in the Real Realm.
• Chen Yi returned borrowed immortal artifacts to their owners and compensated them with artifact-refining materials.
• Chen Yi returned to White Cloud County, appointed Sotuofeiren chief steward, and gave Black Wind a storage bag of Dragon Pearls.
• Chen Yi started the seventh simulation and drew the Golden Legend entry “New Beggar-Version Beggar-Version.”

Chen Yi tested the beggar-version entry by copying the Myriad Souls Banner, then began his seventh simulation with a new identity-concealing entry. He returned to the Real Realm planning to start at Fortune Star and tasked Chen Liu with guarding the Human World and gathering intelligence.

• Chen Yi copied the Myriad Souls Banner, tested its abilities, and found the beggar-version weaker and prone to overheating.
• Chen Yi burned the beggar-version to ash and decided to use the entry on powerful artifacts instead.
• Chen Yi began the seventh simulation and drew the golden entry "Who Am I?", which let him fabricate an identity that investigations would confirm.
• Chen Yi replaced "Barrier-Free Communication" with "Who Am I?" and planned to return to the Real Realm through Fortune Star, eventually helping the Human Race follow the same route.
• Chen Yi summoned Chen Liu and assigned him to guard the Human World, deter the Black Hand, and report intelligence.

You arranged for Chen Liu to handle your unfinished tasks in the Human World, then ascended to the Real Realm through the 999th dead end with the Five Domains Sacred Pill. After arriving, you set off to find a Winged God Sect elder whom you had met in a previous simulation.

• You instructed Chen Liu to protect your friends and family, guide future ascenders to the 999th dead end, and arrange for Black Wind and the others to ascend in turn.
• You stepped onto the Ascension Path and used the Running Playlist entry to race toward its finish line with Xiao Wu.
• You crossed the 999th beacon tower and arrived in the Real Realm, carrying your supplies in the Pot Heaven space.
• You recalled that you had arrived a few months earlier than in your previous simulation and concluded that the woman you sought was still at the Winged God Sect's General Sect Headquarters.
• You transformed into a dragon and flew toward the headquarters, intending to keep the woman alive if she cooperated.

You attacked the Winged God Sect’s Fortune Star headquarters and revealed yourself as Human Race after the archbishop mistook you for a Holy Dragon Person. Your Fragmentation ability overwhelmed the sect’s forces, while the stunned survivors wondered how they had provoked such a powerful cultivator.

• Duobao Tonglao met with the archbishop, who hired her to make a Dharma Artifact for controlling rebellious subjects and agreed to pay her demanded price.
• A priest warned the archbishop that an enemy had invaded the headquarters and devastated the sect’s forces.
• The archbishop mistook you for a Holy Dragon Person and offered the Winged God Sect’s service, but you transformed into human form and declared yourself Human Race.
• The archbishop ordered the Eight Legions to attack you, and you used Fragmentation to tear apart the charging fighters.
• The Winged God Sect’s mostly lower-ranked troops were slaughtered, leaving survivors shocked by your strength and identity.

Chen Yi defeated the Winged God Sect’s forces, exposed the Archbishop’s plan to flee, and captured him with an Immortal-Binding Rope. Duobao Tonglao escaped using a double, but Chen Yi tracked her down and attacked through her concealing mist.

• Chen Yi killed the Winged God Sect’s White-Robed Priests, while the Red-Robed Cardinals fled.
• Chen Yi broadcast the Archbishop’s thoughts, revealing his intention to escape with a Spirit Treasure, then bound and silenced him.
• Duobao Tonglao tried to flee through a teleportation portal, but Chen Yi destroyed her Dharma Artifact double and tracked her footprints with his boots.
• Chen Yi caught up to Duobao Tonglao and attacked her with a giant hand of flame.
• Duobao Tonglao used enhanced Mist Spreading to block Chen Yi’s sight and Spiritual Sense.