Recaps

After ten thousand years together, Mu Yunyao ordered Chen Changan to leave and sent him to visit his surviving Chen Family descendants. Chen Changan accepted her Storage Ring but continued bargaining for a bodyguard, asking to take the Qilin with him.

• Mu Yunyao recalled how she had taken Chen Changan in as a child, taught him everything she knew, and failed to help him cultivate, while he remained ageless and troublesome.
• Mu Yunyao gave Chen Changan a map to his surviving Chen Family descendants and warned him not to trust people too easily.
• Chen Changan reluctantly agreed to leave but asked Mu Yunyao for parting gifts, and she gave him a Storage Ring filled with treasures.
• Chen Changan argued that he needed protection and asked to take the Qilin as his bodyguard.

Chen Changan left Mu Yunyao’s residence and went to the Forbidden Forest to recruit the Qilin, Da Huang, to travel with him. Da Huang agreed after Chen Changan said Mu Yunyao considered it a powerful expert, though it refused to transform into a dog again.

• Chen Changan said goodbye to Mu Yunyao, who told him he could take the Qilin if it was willing.
• Chen Changan crossed the Forbidden Forest, where the demonic beasts hid from him and warned one another to stay away.
• Chen Changan found Da Huang asleep and reminded it of their first meeting and their long history together.
• Da Huang questioned Chen Changan about leaving, then agreed to accompany him when it heard Mu Yunyao had called it a powerful expert.
• Da Huang refused to become a Big Yellow Dog for the journey and insisted Chen Changan should be the one it rode.

The Liu Family visited the declining Chen Family to retrieve an old marriage contract before Liu Mengyan married the Fifth Prince, offering compensation in exchange. Chen Zhengyuan and Chen Yunxuan rejected the offer and demanded that Liu Mengyan apologize, leaving the two families on the verge of conflict.

• Liu Chengfeng and Liu Mengyan arrived at the Chen Family and spoke contemptuously of its decline.
• Liu Mengyan offered ten thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones and five Core Condensation Pills to settle the old marriage arrangement, but Chen Zhengyuan refused.
• Chen Zhengyuan accused Liu Mengyan of seeking to erase a potential stain before marrying the Fifth Prince.
• Chen Yunxuan revealed the old Contract and mocked Liu Mengyan’s claim that she was meant to marry him.
• Liu Mengyan demanded the Contract and offered to end the families’ ties, but Chen Yunxuan agreed to return it only if she apologized to the Chen Family.
• Liu Chengfeng and Liu Mengyan angrily challenged the Chen Family’s right to demand an apology.

Chen Changan returned to the Chen Family and revealed himself as its long-lost Old Ancestor, leaving the Liu Family shocked by his apparent power and age. The chapter ended with the Chen Family claiming he had been away for ten thousand years.

• Liu Chengfeng tried to overpower Chen Yunxuan with his aura and developed killing intent toward him.
• Chen Changan arrived with Da Huang, ignored Liu Chengfeng’s aura, and calmly sat down after the dog brought him a chair.
• Chen Zhengyuan recognized Chen Changan and knelt to greet him as the Chen Family’s Old Ancestor.
• The Chen Family members followed Chen Zhengyuan and knelt before Chen Changan while Liu Mengyan and Liu Chengfeng struggled to understand his return.
• Liu Chengfeng recalled an old rumor that the Chen Family’s Old Ancestor had been taken away centuries earlier, but a Chen Family member declared that Chen Changan had been gone for ten thousand years.

Chen Changan drove Liu Mengyan and her companion away, then promised to help the fallen Chen Family regain its strength without acting on its behalf. As he settled into the family’s home, a pearl left for him by his ancestors stirred an unfamiliar resonance in his body.

• Chen Changan refused to let Liu Mengyan take the contract, warned that the Chen Family would deliver it themselves, and sent her and her companion away.
• Chen Yunxuan explained that he had relied on the Liu Family’s concern for its reputation, and Chen Changan praised his courage while promising the family would not be humiliated.
• Chen Zhengyuan told Chen Changan that the Chen Family had migrated to the Great Zhou Kingdom after declining, and Chen Changan gave him a Storage Ring filled with Spirit Stones, cultivation manuals, martial skills, and treasures.
• Chen Changan invited Chen Yunxuan to cultivate with him, and Chen Yunxuan eagerly accepted.
• Chen Zhengyuan handed Chen Changan a Jade Box preserved by the family ancestors, and Chen Changan found a pearl inside that resonated intensely with his body.

Chen Changan learned that the Fetal Pearl left for him by the Chen Family could let him sense and absorb spiritual energy, finally making cultivation possible. As he practiced the Supreme Sword Emperor Art, he drew in the spiritual energy across the entire Northern Plains Commandery, leaving Da Huang and the region’s cultivators stunned.

• Chen Zhengyuan told Chen Changan that the Fetal Pearl had appeared with him at birth and that the Great Zhou Royal Family had taken one of the other eight pearls.
• The Fetal Pearl entered Chen Changan’s forehead, coursed through his body, and enabled him to sense and absorb spiritual energy.
• Chen Changan chose to practice the Supreme Sword Emperor Art and began cultivating for the first time.
• Da Huang and cultivators throughout Yan Gui City sensed spiritual energy rushing toward the Chen Family and wrongly speculated about Chen Changan’s cultivation level.
• Chen Changan continued absorbing spiritual energy until he had drained the entire Northern Plains Commandery, shocking Da Huang.

Nan Xiangtian and Wu Chengfeng investigated the sudden loss of spiritual energy, while Liu Chengfeng realized Chen Changan was behind it and hurried to tell the Liu Family. Chen Changan learned that his combat power far exceeded his cultivation, but his progress had stalled until he found the other eight Fetal Pearls; then he sensed his master nearby.

• Nan Xiangtian and Wu Chengfeng agreed to investigate why the spiritual energy in Northern Plains Commandery had vanished.
• Liu Chengfeng told Liu Mengyan that Chen Changan had drained the region's spiritual energy as a warning and to build momentum for the Chen Family.
• Liu Mengyan and Liu Chengfeng rushed back to the Liu Family to tell its Family Head and seek a chance to reconcile with the Chen Family.
• Chen Changan discovered he had reached the Nascent Soul Realm First Layer and could no longer absorb spiritual energy.
• Da Huang tested Chen Changan's Sword Qi and found its power comparable to the Transcendent Realm, then suggested the remaining eight Fetal Pearls could restore his path of advancement.
• Chen Changan joked that his master was an old lady, then shuddered as he sensed her familiar presence.

Chen Changan began training Chen Yunxuan with an Emperor-tier cultivation technique as the Chen Family rapidly grew stronger. After a month, the Xu and Ning Family Heads wrongly concluded that the Chen Family had obtained a treasure and planned to seize it.

• Chen Changan told Chen Yunxuan that Da Huang was the Dog King and chose him to cultivate by his side as the Chen Family’s next leader.
• Chen Changan passed Chen Yunxuan the Supreme Hegemon Body Art and explained that its Emperor-tier rank referred to the Great Emperor Realm.
• Chen Yunxuan and the rest of the Chen Family cultivated intensely, and the family’s strength soared over the following month.
• The Xu and Ning Family Heads grew angry that the Chen Family had shut its doors and refused their visitors.
• The Xu and Ning Family Heads speculated that the Chen Family had obtained a cultivation-assisting treasure and agreed to join forces to seize it.

After a month of cultivation under Chen Changan, Chen Yunxuan reached the True Qi Realm First Layer, and Chen Changan urged him to explore the wider world and help search for the Fetal Pearls. When the Xu and Ning Families arrived seeking the Chen Family’s supposed cultivation treasure, Chen Changan allowed them inside.

• Chen Yunxuan celebrated reaching the True Qi Realm First Layer, and Chen Changan encouraged him to travel beyond the Great Zhou Kingdom and broaden his horizons.
• Chen Changan hoped Chen Yunxuan would help search for the missing Fetal Pearls while traveling.
• Chen Zhengyuan reported that the Xu and Ning Families were making moves, and said the Chen Family had grown much stronger over the past month.
• Da Huang warned that the Xu and Ning Families had arrived, and Chen Changan chose to go watch as they confronted the Chen Family at the entrance.
• The Xu Family Head and Ning Family Head mistook the Chen Family’s rapid improvement for proof of a cultivation treasure and demanded entry; Chen Changan told Chen Zhanyuan to let them come in.

Chen Zhengyuan faced the Xu and Ning families as they demanded the Chen Family's treasure, but Chen Changan calmly ate melon and revealed himself as the Chen Family's ancestor. The Xu and Ning family heads were left stunned as Chen Zhengyuan prepared to act on his ancestor's order.

• Chen Zhengyuan let the Xu and Ning families enter the Chen Family compound, then ordered Chen Zhanyuan to close the gates.
• Xu Family Head and Ning Family Head demanded the Chen Family's supposed treasure and threatened to attack if it was not handed over.
• Chen Zhengyuan refused to yield, while Chen Changan lounged nearby eating melon with Da Huang.
• Xu Family Head mistook Chen Changan for a newcomer who had brought the treasure and offered him better treatment if he switched sides.
• Chen Changan called Chen Zhengyuan by name and told him to start the fight before Da Huang ate all the melons.
• Chen Zhengyuan addressed Chen Changan as Ancestor, shocking the Xu and Ning families.

The Chen Family crushed the Xu and Ning Families after Chen Changan ordered them to attack, revealing the clan’s newfound strength. Wu Chengfeng and Nan Xiangtian arrived afterward, learned that Chen Changan was the ancestor and Da Huang was the Dog King, and prepared to explain their visit.

• Chen Zhengyuan ordered the Chen Family to attack, and its Elders quickly slaughtered most of the Xu and Ning forces.
• Chen Zhengyuan killed the Xu Family Head and Ning Family Head with a single palm strike when Wu Chengfeng and Nan Xiangtian arrived.
• Wu Chengfeng identified himself as Northern Plains Commandery’s governor and introduced Nan Xiangtian, while both men noticed that Chen Changan had been directing the Chen Family.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang recalled a battle involving Lin Xiangliu and Wu Mingdao a thousand years earlier and discussed visiting them.
• Chen Zhengyuan introduced Chen Changan as the Chen Family’s ancestor and Da Huang as the Dog King, prompting Wu Chengfeng and Nan Xiangtian to bow respectfully.
• Chen Changan asked Wu Chengfeng and Nan Xiangtian why they had come to the Chen Family.

Chen Changan ordered Chen Yunxuan to wipe out the Xu and Ning Families, then told Wu Chengfeng that the Chen Family would soon leave for the capital. In the capital, the Liu Family’s head dismissed the Chen Ancestor’s power as a scheme and decided the Liu Family should proceed with Liu Mengyan’s engagement to the Fifth Prince.

• Chen Changan told Chen Yunxuan to kill every member of the Xu and Ning Families, and Chen Yunxuan took several men to carry out the order.
• Wu Chengfeng offered to help the Chen Family relocate, but Chen Changan said they would soon go to the capital; Wu Chengfeng then resolved to warn the emperor about the Chen Family’s return.
• Liu Mengyan and Liu Chengfeng urged the Liu Family’s head to reconsider Liu Mengyan’s engagement after reporting what they had witnessed in Yan Gui City.
• The Liu Family’s head concluded that Chen Changan had staged a warning to scare the Liu Family into breaking the engagement, and he insisted the Chen Ancestor could not challenge the Imperial Family.

The Liu Family Head urged Liu Mengyan to enlist the Fifth Prince and his Shangqing Sect uncle against the Chen Family. Meanwhile, Chen Changan, Chen Yunxuan, and Da Huang traveled slowly through Northern Plains Commandery, where Chen Yunxuan intervened in a dispute over a fortune-teller’s prediction.

• The Liu Family Head told Liu Mengyan to ask the Fifth Prince and his uncle to deal with the Chen Family before the engagement.
• Chen Changan, Chen Yunxuan, and Da Huang continued their journey, drawing attention because Da Huang rode a horse.
• Chen Yunxuan stepped in when a burly man accused a fortune-teller of lying and ordered his companions to attack him.
• The burly man threatened Chen Yunxuan by invoking the Nan Family, but Chen Yunxuan kicked him down.
• After the fortune-teller explained that the burly man had returned just before seven full days passed, Chen Yunxuan killed him for making threats.

Chen Changan reunited with Wang Tianji, the Third Generation Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, after Wang’s divination brought him to the Great Zhou Kingdom during a period when his cultivation had vanished. After Wang left, Chen Changan warned Chen Yunxuan that Wang had likely come for more than a friendly visit.

• Chen Yunxuan intervened under Chen Changan’s orders to help Wang Tianji, and Wang recognized Chen Changan as an old friend.
• Chen Changan, Chen Yunxuan, and Wang Tianji met at a tavern, where Chen Changan explained that Wang was the powerful Third Generation Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.
• Wang explained that his lineage lost its cultivation and grew old for ten years every thousand years as retribution for seeking Heaven’s secrets.
• Wang said he had come to the Great Zhou Kingdom after divining that an old friend might appear there, and he was surprised that Chen Yunxuan also lay beyond his ability to calculate.
• Chen Changan and Wang shared a meal and conversation before Wang left, while Chen Changan noted that Wang had hidden protectors.
• Chen Changan told Chen Yunxuan that Wang was not purely kind and likely had not come only to catch up.

Chen Changan and Chen Yunxuan discussed Wang Tianji’s hidden motives, while Wang Tianji ordered the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion to watch Chen Yunxuan and questioned Chen Changan’s role in the coming upheaval. Mu Yunyao confronted Wang Tianji, warned him not to scheme against Chen Changan, and learned that the Heaven Earth Human Three Rankings had reappeared on the day Chen Changan gained the ability to cultivate.

• Chen Yunxuan concluded that Wang Tianji had concealed his true reason for visiting, and Chen Changan explained that Wang Tianji had not truly lost his cultivation and would not dare harm them.
• Wang Tianji ordered the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion to monitor Chen Yunxuan and wondered whether Chen Changan would enter or break the coming game.
• Mu Yunyao appeared before Wang Tianji and the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, forced them to their knees, and threatened to destroy the Wang Family if they schemed against Chen Changan.
• Wang Tianji told Mu Yunyao that the Heaven Earth Human Three Rankings had reappeared, with their return dated to the sixth day of the sixth month.
• Mu Yunyao realized that the rankings had reappeared on the same day Chen Changan absorbed the Fetal Pearl and became able to cultivate, and she anticipated turmoil across the world.

Mu Yunyao learned that the Heaven, Earth, and Human Rankings remained sealed on Cloud Peak, while Chen Chang'an set Chen Yunxuan a cultivation goal for their journey to the capital. In Yan Gui City, Chen Zhengyuan led the Chen Family toward the capital and killed eight Shangqing Sect attackers, revealing that he had reached the Transcendent Realm Fifth Layer.

• Wang Tianji told Mu Yunyao that the rankings were still on Cloud Peak, which was shrouded in powerful energy, and she left to investigate.
• Wang Tianji ordered the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion to treat Chen Chang'an and Chen Yunxuan as friends and to offer Chen Yunxuan help when appropriate.
• Chen Chang'an challenged Chen Yunxuan to reach at least the True Qi Realm Ninth Layer Peak before they arrived in the capital, and Chen Yunxuan agreed.
• Ten days later, Chen Zhengyuan led the Chen Family out of Yan Gui City toward the capital and urged them to live up to their ancestor's expectations.
• Eight men from the Shangqing Sect confronted the Chen Family, but Chen Zhengyuan killed them all with a single saber strike.
• Chen Zhengyuan noted that the attackers had underestimated the Chen Family and revealed he had reached the Transcendent Realm Fifth Layer.

The King of Great Zhou confronted the Fifth Prince over reports of the Chen Family and a talking dog, then explained that the Aristocratic Clans controlled the Northern Domain and treated dynasties as pieces. The Fifth Prince accepted that Great Zhou might have to appease or fight the Chen Family, and the King ordered troops gathered near the capital.

• The King of Great Zhou summoned the Fifth Prince and questioned him about the Chen Family’s past Contract with the Liu Family.
• The Fifth Prince dismissed reports about the Chen Family and said his maternal uncle had been sent to destroy them, but the King pointed out Wu Chengfeng’s report of a talking dog.
• The Fifth Prince realized the dog could be a powerful Demonic Beast and insisted Liu Mengyan had not deliberately hidden the information from him.
• The Fifth Prince proposed negotiating with the Chen Family or fighting them if they refused to make peace, while the King said they could not abandon the Fifth Prince’s maternal uncle or the Shangqing Sect’s support.
• The King explained that the Aristocratic Clans had founded Great Zhou and used dynasties as pieces to settle their conflicts.
• The King ordered nearby troops gathered around the capital in case the Chen Family conflict escalated.

Chen Changan and Chen Yunxuan prepared for the Fifth Prince and Liu Mengyan’s lavish engagement banquet while trying to learn where the Fetal Pearl was. At the ceremony, the Liu Family’s Head believed the Chen Family had been destroyed, but Chen Changan’s family arrived with a special gift.

• Chen Changan asked Da Huang to sense the Fetal Pearl, but Da Huang said it gave off no trace of energy and could only be found by Chen Changan.
• Chen Yunxuan told Chen Changan he was not afraid of the engagement banquet and had grown more composed after seeing the world.
• At the palace banquet, the Liu Family’s Head learned the Chen Family’s whereabouts were unknown and asked the Third Elder about it.
• The Third Elder claimed the people he sent had already wiped out the Chen Family, reassuring the Liu Family’s Head.
• The Fifth Prince and Liu Mengyan exchanged vows of devotion and officially became engaged as the guests applauded.
• Chen Changan announced that the Chen Family had prepared a grand gift for the couple.

Chen Yunxuan crashed Liu Mengyan and the Fifth Prince’s engagement celebration, accusing the Liu Family of breaking its marriage contract with the Chen Family and presenting a letter of divorce. He defeated the Fifth Prince with one punch and revealed he was a sixteen-year-old in the first layer of the Transcendent Realm, leaving the Imperial Family’s response uncertain.

• Chen Yunxuan appeared at the celebration and reminded Liu Mengyan that the Liu Family’s contract bound her to marry into the Chen Family.
• Chen Yunxuan announced that he had come to deliver a letter of divorce, provoking Liu Mengyan and the Fifth Prince.
• The Fifth Prince charged at Chen Yunxuan, who sent him flying with a single punch.
• Wei Tianfeng asked Chen Yunxuan’s age and cultivation level, and Chen Yunxuan revealed he was sixteen and in the first layer of the Transcendent Realm.
• Liu Chengfeng realized Chen Yunxuan had advanced from the Essence Condensation Realm in only two months, while onlookers warned that the Imperial Family would not let him go.

Chen Yunxuan refused the Shangqing Sect and Great Zhou Imperial Family’s offer to recruit him, then fought Wei Tianfeng and Wu Yuan at once. As he held his own against the two Grand Elders, the King ordered soldiers to surround the palace and kill him, while a visiting observer marveled at his talent.

• Wei Tianfeng and Wu Yuan offered to recruit Chen Yunxuan and let the feud pass, but Chen Yunxuan refused to bow to them.
• Wei Tianfeng attacked Chen Yunxuan, who struck him back more than ten meters with a single punch.
• Chen Yunxuan challenged Wu Yuan to join the fight, and the two Grand Elders battled him together without gaining a clear advantage.
• The King of the Great Zhou Kingdom ordered nearby soldiers to surround the palace and kill Chen Yunxuan if anything went wrong.
• A visiting observer praised Chen Yunxuan and said the journey to Great Zhou had been worthwhile.

Cheng Yushu arrived at the engagement banquet and assessed Chen Yunxuan’s fight, while Chen Changan and Da Huang searched the palace for the Fetal Pearl. They suspected the Chen Family had given it to the Imperial Family as a gift and left to investigate the palace women’s belongings.

• Cheng Yushu arrived and asked Uncle Liu whether Chen Yunxuan would defeat the two Transcendence Realm experts, and Uncle Liu warned that Chen Yunxuan might lose if the fight dragged on.
• The King of the Great Zhou Kingdom identified Chen Yunxuan as a Chen Family descendant and welcomed Cheng Yushu to the seat of honor.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang searched the palace treasuries for the Fetal Pearl but found no trace of it.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang reasoned that the Chen Family might have given the Fetal Pearl to the Imperial Family to build connections, where it could have been made into a queen’s crown.
• Chen Changan suggested that he and Da Huang search among the palace women, and Da Huang agreed.

Chen Changan and Da Huang searched the palace for the Fetal Pearl while arguing over Da Huang’s desire to eat the unconscious palace women. Meanwhile, Chen Yunxuan kept fighting Wei Tianfeng and Wu Yuan until he broke through to the Transcendence Realm Second Layer, leaving the battle poised to shift.

• Chen Changan refused to let Da Huang eat the palace women and urged him to continue searching for the Fetal Pearl.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang headed toward Chen Yunxuan’s fight, where onlookers marveled that he had held off two Transcendence Realm Ninth Layer Peak opponents.
• The King of Great Zhou Kingdom and the Liu Family wanted Chen Yunxuan dead, while Uncle Liu predicted he would run out of strength within twenty moves.
• Chen Yunxuan’s aura surged as he broke through to the Transcendence Realm Second Layer in the middle of the battle.

Chen Yunxuan broke through to the Transcendence Realm Second Layer during his fight with Wei Tianfeng and Wu Yuan, then defeated them both and refused to let them leave. When Cheng Yushu offered to settle the conflict, Chen Yunxuan rejected him, and Cheng Yushu called on Uncle Liu.

• Chen Yunxuan broke through during the battle, surprising Cheng Yushu, Uncle Liu, Wei Tianfeng, and Wu Yuan.
• Chen Yunxuan struck Wei Tianfeng down with one punch, then stopped Wu Yuan from fleeing and defeated him with another.
• Wei Tianfeng and Wu Yuan admitted defeat and vowed to return to Shangqing Sect, but Chen Yunxuan refused to let them leave.
• Chen Yunxuan revealed Shangqing Sect had attacked his family in Yan Gui City, and the Third Elder confessed he had ordered the attack.
• The King of the Great Zhou Kingdom asked Cheng Yushu to intervene, and Cheng Yushu offered Chen Yunxuan friendship in exchange for ending the conflict.
• Chen Yunxuan rejected Cheng Yushu's offer, so Cheng Yushu summoned Uncle Liu.

Chen Changan found the Fetal Pearl in the Great Zhou royal bedchamber and fused with it, allowing him to absorb spiritual energy again. He arrived just as Uncle Liu was about to kill Chen Yunxuan and stood between them.

• Chen Changan and Da Huang found the Fetal Pearl in the Great Zhou Kingdom's royal bedchamber, though Chen Changan was disgusted by its greasy appearance.
• Chen Changan picked up the Fetal Pearl, which entered the area around his heart and restored his ability to absorb spiritual energy.
• Uncle Liu repeatedly struck Chen Yunxuan, who refused to give up despite being outmatched.
• Chen Yunxuan entered a state of enlightenment and unleashed an aura that sent Uncle Liu flying.
• Cheng Yushu ordered Uncle Liu to kill Chen Yunxuan before his enlightenment could change the fight.
• Chen Changan appeared with Da Huang and blocked Uncle Liu, declaring that Uncle Liu was not qualified to kill Chen Yunxuan.

Chen Changan and Big Yellow arrived at the Great Zhou Kingdom’s engagement banquet as Chen Yunxuan faced the Imperial Family. After the Cheng Family withdrew and the King mobilized his troops, Chen Changan began cultivating to test the second Fetal Pearl.

• Chen Changan and Big Yellow appeared, and Liu Chengfeng identified Chen Changan as the Chen Family’s Old Ancestor.
• Chen Changan praised Chen Yunxuan’s growth and asked everyone to wait while his junior dealt with the Imperial Family.
• The Great Zhou Kingdom’s King ordered two hundred thousand troops to attack Chen Yunxuan, Chen Changan, and Big Yellow, while Cheng Yushu and Uncle Liu left.
• Big Yellow agreed to keep order as Chen Changan prepared to test the second Fetal Pearl.
• Chen Changan began cultivating, drawing in the capital’s spiritual energy so quickly that the onlookers called him another prodigy.