Recaps

Chen Yi captured a Dragon Person Race member and ambushed Sect Leader Yu, learning that Yu had helped the Dragon Person Race establish hidden outposts. After discovering the Chixin Sect’s ancient pagoda could connect the outposts, Chen Yi released his captive to help him use its formations.

• Chen Yi imprisoned the Dragon Person Race member in the Myriad Souls Banner beside Feng Yucheng and waited for Sect Leader Yu to return.
• Chen Yi caught Sect Leader Yu writing a map to an outpost at Bolang Valley and forced him to answer questions.
• Sect Leader Yu revealed that he had helped establish outposts at Bolang Valley and Hanfeng Temple for the Dragon Person Race.
• Chen Yi remembered that the ancient pagoda’s Demon Bridge Formations connected the outposts, but Sect Leader Yu could not activate them.
• Chen Yi released the Dragon Person Race member, who accused Yu Qian of betraying the Dragon Person Race.

Chen Yi learned the locations of five Dragon Person Race strongholds and ordered Yu Qian to keep helping them build more while reporting each new one. He chose to head to Bolang Valley in the Eastern Wilderness to retrieve the Nine Provinces Cauldron, and Dachun agreed to become its Artifact Spirit.

• Chen Yi questioned Huchacha and learned from Yu Qian how to read the Teleportation Formations, identifying strongholds at Chixin Sect, Bolang Valley, Hanfeng Temple, Dashiguo, and Changhai Forest.
• Chen Yi let Yu Qian continue cooperating with the Dragon Person Race, ordering him to report any new strongholds and warning him not to betray their arrangement.
• Chen Yi chose Bolang Valley as his first target because it was near the Nine Provinces Cauldron, despite knowing Huchacha's disappearance might make the Dragon Person Race suspicious of Yu Qian.
• Chen Yi returned to Chen Mansion and asked Dachun to accompany him and become the Nine Provinces Cauldron's Artifact Spirit.
• Dachun agreed to become the Artifact Spirit because the cauldron would greatly help Chen Yi.

Chen Yi flew with Dachun to the Eastern Wilderness, learned the Dragon Person Race's language from Huchacha, and awakened the Nine Provinces Cauldron by making Dachun its Artifact Spirit. After sensing the Earth Spirit, Chen Yi ignored the Myriad Souls Banner's urging to pursue it and entered the cauldron's Small World with Dachun.

• Chen Yi flew with Dachun on the Flame Iron Heavy Sword and decided to learn the Dragon Person Race's language from Huchacha.
• Chen Yi used a trait to learn the language quickly, while Huchacha taught him after the Myriad Souls Banner insulted it.
• Chen Yi reached Bolang Valley, dug down to the buried Nine Provinces Cauldron, and had Dachun touch it.
• Dachun awakened the Nine Provinces Cauldron as its core Artifact Spirit, activating its Small World and beginning to restore memories by eating peaches.
• Chen Yi sensed the Earth Spirit but refused to follow the Myriad Souls Banner's urging, choosing instead to explore the cauldron's Small World with Dachun.

Chen Yi destroyed a Dragon Person Race outpost in Bolang Valley, then traveled to Lake of Ten Thousand Demons to retrieve the Demon Refining Pot. He revealed himself to the Heng Ha Demon Generals and began fighting them to reclaim the territory for the Human Race.

• Chen Yi named his inner Small World the Cauldron World and set out to handle his next mission.
• At Bolang Valley, Chen Yi ambushed two Dragon Person Race soldiers, but they self-destructed rather than reveal their secrets; their deaths completed one out of six outpost objectives.
• Chen Yi traveled to Lake of Ten Thousand Demons, where he sensed the Demon Refining Pot sealed beneath the lake and found the Heng Ha Demon Generals guarding it.
• Chen Yi challenged the demons' claim to the Great Wilderness and used the Star River Divine Skill to make Ha Demon float upward.
• Chen Yi claimed to be Shen Yi of the Shen Family and declared that he had come to reclaim the Great Wilderness for the Human Race.

Chen Yi defeated two Demon Kings and rescued the Demon Refining Pot from its seal beneath Lake of Ten Thousand Demons. He then headed to Changhai Forest to destroy another Dragon Person Race outpost and quickly defeated its lone guard.

• Chen Yi overwhelmed the two Demon Kings, knocked them unconscious, and left them alive.
• Chen Yi broke the sealing formation beneath Lake of Ten Thousand Demons and claimed the Demon Refining Pot as his artifact.
• The Demon Refining Pot mistook the Myriad Souls Banner for an evil artifact, and Chen Yi persuaded it that the banner had turned over a new leaf.
• Chen Yi traveled to Changhai Forest and found a remote Dragon Person Race outpost guarded by a single soul-form member.
• Chen Yi punched the outpost's guard and ended the battle.

As New Year approached in White Cloud County, Chen Yun and Chen Cang invited Chen Yi to dinner, but he offered to host them at his mansion instead. Li Chengqian arrived with Princess Li Lingyue to visit Chen Yi, and Chen Cang scrambled to welcome them.

• Chen Yi destroyed part of the Dragon Person Race's formation, bringing the stronghold destruction mission progress to 2/6.
• White Cloud County prospered under Chen Cang after he abolished unreasonable policies and enforced the law without favoring the powerful.
• Chen Yun visited Chen Mansion to invite Chen Yi to New Year's Eve dinner, and Chen Cang arrived with the same invitation.
• Chen Yi appeared and offered to host the New Year's Eve dinner at his mansion with food from Yuelai Inn.
• Li Chengqian arrived with a grand procession to visit Chen Yi, and the townspeople knelt as Chen Cang rushed to greet him.
• Li Chengqian introduced Princess Baihua, Li Lingyue, and Chen Cang knelt again, apologizing for not arranging her formal reception.

Chen Yi celebrated New Year's Eve with family, friends, and Li Chengqian and Li Lingyue, then set out again after the holiday. He left with Black Wind and began testing whether the dragon-person beads could be eaten.

• Chen Cang learned that Chen Yi was close to Li Chengqian and welcomed the group at the Chen Mansion.
• Chen Yi hosted a crowded New Year's Eve dinner, bringing together his family, Shen Qingshan's family, Chen Cang's family, Li Chengqian, and Li Lingyue.
• Chen Yi arranged fireworks through the night for Li Lingyue and received the Earth Grade Myriad Souls Banner and cultivation resources from Li Chengqian.
• Chen Yi spoke privately with Li Chengqian, advising him to persevere through future trials without revealing what lay ahead.
• Li Chengqian and Li Lingyue returned to Qianzhou on New Year's Day, and Chen Yi soon departed with Black Wind inside the Cauldron World.
• Chen Yi showed Black Wind three Dragon Person Beads and asked whether he could eat them.

Chen Yi discovered that Black Wind could awaken by eating Dragon People, then traveled to Dashiguo to destroy a Dragon Person stronghold and investigate the Demon Origin Pill. He rescued Sun Cheng'en from the Savage Elephant Army and warned him to retreat, leaving Sun indebted to him.

• Black Wind ate three Dragon Person Beads, grew black dragon scales, and became faster and stronger.
• Chen Yi recognized that the Savage Elephant Army in Dashiguo bore the Dragon Person Race’s aura and realized they were behind its strength.
• Chen Yi removed his Eternal Half-Emperor trait so he could intervene in the battle without violating the rules against Martial King experts fighting on the front lines.
• Chen Yi used the Star River Divine Skill to lift the Savage Elephants and defeat their soldiers, freeing Sun Cheng'en from their encirclement.
• Chen Yi urged Sun Cheng'en to lead his troops back to Central Plains territory, and Sun promised to repay him for saving his life.

Chen Yi pursued the Dragon Person Race’s traces to Dashiguo’s royal palace and accused its king of betraying humanity. With Protector Yan Cong questioning him, Chen Yi began smashing through the palace to expose the hidden base beneath it.

• Chen Yi warned Sun Cheng'en against blind loyalty before continuing his pursuit of the Dragon Person Race.
• Chen Yi traced the Dragon Person Race’s auras to Dashiguo’s royal palace and found that Spiritual Sense could not reach beneath its main hall.
• Protector Yan Cong confronted Chen Yi over his apparent intent to attack the king, and Chen Yi revealed Dashiguo’s alleged alliance with the Dragon Person Race.
• Chen Yi identified himself as a Shen Family Enforcer and persuaded Yan Cong to accompany him to inspect the palace’s hidden depths.
• Chen Yi burst into the king’s private quarters, accused the Dashiguo King of treason, and began punching through the ground beneath the palace.

Chen Yi and Yan Cong uncovered and destroyed a Dragon Person Race stronghold beneath Dashiguo’s palace, then killed the Big Fat Pig King after he tried to bury them underground. Chen Yi left with evidence and intelligence, intending to use the discovery to persuade the Shen Family to unite the Human World against the invasion.

• Chen Yi and Yan Cong broke into an underground chamber beneath the palace, where Chen Yi revealed and killed four concealed Dragon Person Race members, collecting their Dragon Person Beads.
• The Big Fat Pig King caused a collapse to seal the chamber, and Yan Cong realized the king was working with the Alien Race and trying to silence them.
• Chen Yi showed Yan Cong the Dragon Person Race’s collected intelligence and claimed the Shen Family was preparing the Human World for a decisive invasion; the files gave him the idea to ask the Shen Family Ancestor to organize resistance.
• Chen Yi and Yan Cong fought their way back to the surface, where Yan Cong killed the Big Fat Pig King and took charge of Dashiguo’s affairs.
• Chen Yi left Dashiguo with Dragon Person Beads and intelligence, while the king’s death removed Sun Cheng'en’s death trap and Li Lingyue’s need for a marriage alliance; his mission progress reached 3/6.

Chen Yi raided Xunyao Sect and discovered that the Demon Origin Pill formula came from an ancient Human Race sect, though the Dragon People had manipulated events to provoke war. After learning Yu Qian had died, Chen Yi decided to investigate the Shen Family in the Star Domain for a possible Dragon Person insider.

• Chen Yi appeared in Xunyao Sect’s hidden cave, took and ate its first Demon Origin Pill, then used the Star River Divine Skill to pin down the Sect Master and five Elders.
• Chen Yi found a Demon Origin Pill formula signed by Luo Zhihua of the ancient Shangdan Sect and learned that Xunyao Sect had discovered it in a valley.
• Chen Yi left the six Elders trapped under increased gravity while the Myriad Souls Banner captured their souls for Little Wan to interrogate.
• Chen Yi learned that Yu Qian had died, confirming his suspicion that contacting him had exposed the Chixin Sect stronghold.
• Chen Yi concluded that the Shen Family in the Star Domain might harbor a Dragon Person insider and set his sights on investigating it.

Chen Yi avoided involving the Shen Family in his plans, then recruited Zhenpin after discovering his unusual physique. He collected the Dust-Forgetting Water and gave Zhenpin three Earth Grade manuals, leaving the greater opportunity in his own keeping.

• Chen Yi destroyed the Ancient Pagoda concealing the Demon Bridge Formation, advancing his mission to destroy Dragon Person Race strongholds to four of six.
• Two months later, Chen Yi watched Zhenpin get turned away from Vajra Temple and learned that the novice possessed an Ascetic Spirit Body.
• Chen Yi approached Zhenpin in a Red Maple Leaf Forest and promised him a stroke of fortune, which Zhenpin eagerly accepted.
• Chen Yi took Zhenpin to Yuexia River and collected the reappearing Dust-Forgetting Water in a specially made vessel.
• Chen Yi kept the Dust-Forgetting Water for himself and gave Zhenpin the Shen Family's Starry Three-Piece Set of Earth Grade manuals.

Chen Yi destroyed the Dragon Person Race stronghold at Hanfeng Temple, then decided to head to the Star Domain to complete the final stage of his simulation mission. After resting and visiting his family, he set off beneath the night sky.

• Chen Yi gave Zhenpin three handwritten cultivation methods and promised to help him reach the Martial King Realm in fifty or sixty years, then flew away laughing with his artifacts.
• Chen Yi investigated Hanfeng Temple, killed its six Dragon Person Race members, destroyed their Demon Bridge Formation, and spared the monks who had been possessed.
• Black Wind devoured six Dragon Person Beads and gained dragon-claw-like hooves, bringing his combat strength to the Soul Tempering Realm while improving his speed and defense.
• Chen Yi visited the Northern Territory and watched his elder brother without interfering, then decided the Star Domain was the best place to find the remaining Dragon Person Race strongholds.
• After resting for several days and treating Third Sister's family to lavish meals, Chen Yi set off for the Star Domain.

Chen Yi infiltrated the Shen Family’s Star Domain in disguise and searched for signs of the Dragon Person Race, but found none after a month. As he left Barbecue Star, someone with a familiar voice called after him.

• A Shen Family patrol discovered that a Martial King had broken through the Empty Land Barrier and warned the family to stay vigilant.
• Chen Yi hid from the patrol on Wild Grass Star, then lowered his aura and searched the Star Domain for the Dragon Person Race.
• Chen Yi secretly mingled with Shen Family travelers and borrowed a Star Shuttle to move between inhabited stars.
• On Meimei Star, Chen Yi bought Beauty Liquid and used it to alter his face so Spiritual Sense could not reveal his original appearance.
• After a month of searching without finding clues, Chen Yi rode away from Barbecue Star eating roasted meat when a familiar voice called, “Little brother, please wait!”

Chen Yi followed Shen Wanquan’s Dragon Person Race aura to Star Source Star and learned that the Qiankun Mirror and a suspected infiltrator were there. Unable to enter by force, he planned to use the Star Assembly competitions to win access to the Star Source.

• Wan Sanqian asked Chen Yi for directions to Miaofa Star, and Chen Yi guided him toward the Star Assembly host.
• Shen Wanquan arrived to escort Wan Sanqian, and Chen Yi detected a trace of Dragon Person Race aura on him.
• Chen Yi secretly followed Shen Wanquan’s trail from Miaofa Star to Star Source Star, where the aura was strongest.
• Chen Yi recalled that the Star Source held a Divine Spring that could repair the Qiankun Mirror and learned that Star Assembly winners could earn a year’s access.
• Chen Yi decided to enter the Star Assembly competitions and head for the beginner divisions.

Chen Yi disguised himself as Yi Qianjun to compete in the Star Assembly and faced Tian Xiaofeng, whose Beast Taming Saint Body let him command a vast army of Exotic Beasts. Chen Yi cut through the beasts with the Wuji Sword Sect’s sword arts, leaving Tian Xiaofeng’s defeat looming.

• Chen Yi used the Beauty Liquid and his lowered aura to impersonate Yi Qianjun and entered the arena to face Tian Xiaofeng.
• Tian Xiaofeng taunted Chen Yi and released ten Refined Iron Black Oxen at the start of the match.
• Chen Yi killed all ten oxen with a single sword technique, stunning Tian Xiaofeng.
• Tian Xiaofeng released more than a hundred Exotic Beasts, and Chen Yi fought them across the arena with sword techniques and Sword Control Technique.
• The audience watched Chen Yi cut down the Hundred Beast Legion and praised his profound Sword Dao and apparent Human Sword Unity.

Chen Yi defeated Tian Xiaofeng and then Wu Yue to win the Martial Dao competition and secure Wuji Sword Sect a Star Source slot. Recognizing Wu Yue as his missing second sister, Chen Yue, he asked to speak with her privately, though she mistook his request for romantic interest.

• Chen Yi used brute strength to destroy Tian Xiaofeng's Exotic Beasts, prompting Tian Xiaofeng to surrender and thank him for showing mercy.
• Chen Yi advanced through the tournament, and the Sword Master heard other sect leaders congratulate Wuji Sword Sect on its Star Source slot.
• Chen Yi recognized Wu Yue as resembling his missing sister Chen Yue and used the Human Body Detector to confirm her extraordinary talent and fortune.
• Wu Yue challenged Chen Yi for holding back, so he used Half-Step Martial King strength to break through her sword technique and defeat her.
• Chen Yi asked Wu Yue to speak somewhere private, and she agreed while misunderstanding his intentions.
• Chen Yi won the competition and Wuji Sword Sect's Star Source slot, while the Sword Master continued to ponder the result.

Chen Yi failed to confirm whether Wu Yue was his missing Second Sister, then secured a Star Source spot and confessed his secrets to the Sword Master. The Sword Master accepted Chen Yi’s explanation cautiously and escorted him safely to Star Source Star.

• Chen Yi met Wu Yue and told her embarrassing stories from Luoding Village, but she showed no sign of recognizing them and left without resolving his doubts.
• At the Star Assembly’s closing ceremony, Shen Yue announced that every faction that participated would receive one spot to enter Star Source.
• Chen Yi insisted on claiming his spot, and the Sword Master supported his choice before escorting him and Yi Qianjun toward Star Source Star.
• The Sword Master confronted Chen Yi about the missing disciple and the Martial King who had trespassed into the Star Domain, and Chen Yi admitted he was on Wild Grass Star and claimed to have returned from the future.
• Chen Yi revealed the Sword Master’s private beauty recipe to prove his connection, and the Sword Master agreed not to obstruct him unless he threatened the Sword Sect or Human Race.
• The Sword Master vouched for Chen Yi at Star Source Star, then left to attend Shen Yue’s banquet.

Chen Yi entered Star Source Star with the other disciples and used a Beast Catching Mirror to locate a Dragon Person Race member. He slipped away from the pools and discovered Shen Wanquan entering the hidden cave where the member was located.

• The Shen Family Elder warned the disciples to use only the smaller Star Source Pools and avoid the Qiankun Mirror in the large pool.
• Chen Yi shared a pool with Tian Xiaofeng, who gave him a Beast Catching Mirror that could see through the dense mist.
• Chen Yi used the mirror to spot a Dragon Person Race member hiding in a cave, then pretended to cultivate while waiting for a chance to leave.
• Chen Yi excused himself from the pool, put on his clothes, and stealthily approached the cave while avoiding guardian Exotic Beasts and array restrictions.
• Shen Wanquan arrived by Star Shuttle and entered the cave, while Chen Yi watched and tried to read his lips.

Chen Yi uncovered a Dragon Person’s plot to poison the Star Source and lure the Qiankun Mirror into helping him escape. After contacting the mirror through the Nine Provinces Cauldron and promising peaches and refuge, Chen Yi persuaded it to erupt from the great Star Source Pool.

• Chen Yi overheard Shen Wanquan reject the Dragon Person’s plan to poison the Star Source with Demon Seed Poison and order him to leave.
• Chen Yi found a warning formation near the Dragon Person’s cave and decided to contact the Qiankun Mirror through the Nine Provinces Cauldron.
• Chen Yi returned to the Star Source Pool and used Dachun to awaken the Qiankun Mirror, which Shen Family Martial Kings quickly forced back into the pool.
• Chen Yi promised the Qiankun Mirror a hundred peaches each month and a home in the Cauldron World if it helped him.
• The Qiankun Mirror agreed and burst with divine light, causing the great Star Source Pool to explode.

The Qiankun Mirror rampaged through the Star Domain, forcing the Shen Family to evacuate visitors while Chen Yi disguised himself as the Heaven Soul Demon Venerable and drove the disciples off Star Source Star. Chen Yi broke the Shen Family’s formations and absorbed all the Star Source Liquid, then spotted a Dragon Person watching him.

• The damaged Qiankun Mirror tore through the Star Domain, and the Shen Family mobilized to capture it and warned visitors to leave.
• Wan Sanqian was caught in a chaotic spacetime torrent but was rescued by Shen Family members as the Qiankun Mirror passed.
• Chen Yi, disguised as the Heaven Soul Demon Venerable, frightened the disciples off Star Source Star with the Myriad Souls Banner.
• Chen Yi used the Nine Provinces Cauldron and his martial techniques to break the formations protecting Star Source, then absorbed its Star Source Liquid into the Demon Refining Pot.
• A Dragon Person watched Chen Yi’s theft in soul form, but Chen Yi noticed him after finishing and turned toward him.

Chen Yi destroyed the Dragon Person Race stronghold on Star Source Star, escaped the Shen Family with the Qiankun Mirror, and returned to the Cauldron World with a pool of Star Source. The Shen Family began investigating the destruction, while Chen Yi settled in to process his spoils.

• Chen Yi killed the Spirit Sea Realm dragon person and found Shen Family intelligence and information about the Human Dao Protector Succession Sequence in the ruined stronghold.
• Chen Yi disguised himself as a Shen Family Guard Army member, met the Qiankun Mirror near Wild Grass Star, and escaped through the Empty Land Barrier with it.
• The Sword Master and his disciples left the Star Domain, while Yi Qianjun tried to convince them that he had not participated in the tournament.
• Shen Yue ordered an investigation after discovering Star Source Star had been leveled and the Qiankun Mirror had vanished, and he blamed the four Martial Kings stationed there.
• Chen Yi returned to the Cauldron World with the Qiankun Mirror and Star Source, then poured the Star Source into the Demon Refining Pot as Dachun soaked in it.

Chen Yi claimed his simulation rewards, brought the four great Immortal Artifacts under his control, and read the history of the Human Dao Protectors. He learned that Hua Wuyan was the current protector and resolved to begin his fifth simulation.

• Chen Yi agreed with the Qiankun Mirror that it would cooperate with him, joining the Nine Provinces Cauldron, Demon Refining Pot, and Myriad Souls Banner under his control.
• Chen Yi claimed the Fenji War Spear set, the Burning Heart Undying Art, and the purple Epic trait Irritable Constitution.
• Chen Yi read that Shen Yang, Li Wentian, Dongfang Xiaoyao, the Great Demon, and Hua Wuyan had successively served as Human Dao Protectors.
• Chen Yi learned that Hua Wuyan had held the position for nearly three thousand years and wondered how the Dao Protectors had lived beyond a Martial God's usual lifespan.
• Chen Yi resolved to uncover the Human World's history, oppose the Dragon Person Race's invasion, and pursue greater strength, then activated the simulator.

Chen Yi began a new simulation determined to reach the Martial King Realm, rebuild his connections, kill Blood Moon, and destroy the Dragon Person Race. In the Eastern Wilderness, he ambushed a Demon Race attack on a Wuji Sword Sect mine, preparing to save its defenders and befriend the Sword Master.

• Chen Yi chose not to adjust his common entry and set out from White Cloud County Town, planning to find a Holy Land breakthrough method and reconnect with people across the Five Domains.
• Chen Yi reached the Eastern Wilderness and waited near a crystal stone mine, hoping to intervene in a Demon Race attack and earn the Sword Master's friendship.
• Chen Yi drew the purple entry "My Knowledge Has Become Miscellaneous," which let him cultivate Alien Race methods without innate restrictions, and kept it.
• Chen Yi trained in the Nine Provinces Cauldron while waiting, using the Star Source and enhanced pills to maintain his cultivation progress.
• The Golden-Haired Rat King led more than a hundred Demon Race members in a surprise attack on the mine, and Chen Yi burst from the earth to confront them.
• The Demon Refining Pot urged Chen Yi to strike, and he prepared to use its demon-slaying power against the attackers.

The protagonist rescued Sword Sect disciples from the Golden-Haired Rat King’s attack and earned the Sword Sect’s gratitude before setting off for the Great Wilderness. As the Sword Master saw him off, he revealed that he had recognized the protagonist by a mark he had placed on him in the Star Domain.

• The protagonist used the Demon Refining Pot and Star River Divine Skill to trap the Demon Race attackers, while the Sword Sect disciples helped drive them into the pot.
• The Sword Master thanked the protagonist, invited him to the Sword Sect, and gave him a map of the Great Wilderness after the protagonist asked for one.
• The protagonist stayed at the Sword Sect for a month, discussed the Sword Dao with the Sword Master, and accepted gifts of crystals and materials when he departed.
• The Sword Master escorted the protagonist three hundred li and asked whether he was really going to seek relatives rather than pursue a treasure.
• The protagonist asked how the Sword Master recognized him, and the Sword Master said he had marked him in the Star Domain the previous year.