Recaps

Wei Mingqi challenged Chen Changan to prove he was an alchemist by refining a perfect Emperor Impact Pill, promising to pay any price if Chen succeeded. Chen began refining without a furnace, leaving Wei Mingqi laughing at what he thought was a fraud, until Chen asked who said a furnace was necessary.

• Wei Mingqi questioned Chen Changan’s identity and demanded that he refine a perfect Emperor Impact Pill, wagering that he would pay any price if Chen succeeded.
• Chen Changan accepted and asked those present to witness the challenge, while the Yu Family welcomed the chance to watch him refine a pill.
• Chen Changan offered to give the Yu Family another Emperor Impact Pill and declined the ancestor’s offer to clear a space for him.
• Chen Changan placed the ingredients in one hand and conjured flames in the other, then combined them without an Alchemy Furnace.
• Wei Mingqi mocked Chen Changan for trying to refine a pill without a furnace, and Chen Changan asked who said one was needed.

Chen Changan refined five top-grade Emperor Impact Pills without an Alchemy Furnace and gave two to the Yu Family as a congratulatory gift. He then confronted Wei Mingqi over their agreement, and Wei Mingqi accepted his punishment rather than back down.

• Chen Changan used flames to refine five top-grade Emperor Impact Pills, stunning the guests and silencing Wei Mingqi.
• Chen Changan gave one pill to the Yu Family's ancestor and said the Yu Family's gift was two pills in total.
• Chen Changan reminded Wei Mingqi of their agreement and said he would teach him a lesson for his repeated provocations.
• Wei Mingqi invoked his status as the Heavenly Pillar Tower's young master, but the Yu Family's ancestor refused to interfere and urged him not to go back on his word.
• Wei Mingqi accepted his loss and dared Chen Changan to act, and Chen Changan said they would melt him.

Chen Changan punished Wei Mingqi for trying to steal the spotlight, then let the Yu Family auction his four top-grade Emperor Impact Pills at the banquet. He left with nearly ten billion mid-grade Eternal Stones and more than twenty rare treasures.

• Chen Changan burned Wei Mingqi to ashes repeatedly until the young man was left terrified, then warned him and let him leave.
• Da Huang asked why Chen Changan had not killed Wei Mingqi, and Chen Changan kept his ability to kill people secret.
• The Yu Family ancestor announced an auction of Chen Changan's four top-grade Emperor Impact Pills.
• The guests bid fiercely, and the Ma Family won the first pill for two billion mid-grade Eternal Stones and rare treasures.
• The remaining pills were auctioned, earning Chen Changan nearly ten billion mid-grade Eternal Stones and more than twenty kinds of rare treasures.

After the auction, Chen Changan explained that he could not refine pills at will because the Eternal Land lacked the necessary treasures. He then challenged the Yu Family to reconsider its prejudice against outsiders, leaving the Yu Family Ancestor to admit that the family could not yet answer what it would do.

• Chen Changan told the banquet guests that he would announce any future pill auctions, and they promised to gather more treasures for him.
• After the guests left, the Yu Family Ancestor asked why Chen Changan had chosen the Yu Family, and Chen Changan questioned whether they had the courage to support his ambitions.
• Chen Changan asked how the Yu Family would respond if he were an outsider, then argued that outsiders might possess abilities the Eternal Land lacked.
• The Yu Family Ancestor admitted that the Eternal Land's prejudice against outsiders might have cost it opportunities, but said he could not speak for the whole world or give Chen Changan a definitive answer.
• Chen Changan praised the Yu Family Ancestor's honesty and said he had come to the right place.

Chen Changan proposed working with the Yu Family and revealed that he was an outsider whose hidden mark would reappear in half a year. He showed them more than ten Supreme Emperor Impact Pills to demonstrate his resources, leaving the Yu Family’s Ancestor asking why he had revealed them.

• Chen Changan told the Yu Family he wanted to build ties in the Emperor Realm circle and saw them as potential allies.
• The Yu Family’s Ancestor asked how they would work together and whether Chen Changan planned to sell pills at an auction house.
• Chen Changan admitted he was an outsider, explained that he had hidden his mark temporarily, and said he was unafraid of the risks.
• The Yu Family’s Ancestor asked what benefits the family would gain and stressed the need to weigh the dangers before committing.
• Chen Changan produced more than ten Supreme Emperor Impact Pills, astonishing the Yu Family members.
• The Yu Family’s Ancestor asked why Chen Changan had shown them the pills.

Chen Changan secured the Yu Family’s submission by giving them an Emperor Impact Pill and assigning them to build a city for his future auction house. He then announced that he planned to destroy Heavenly Pillar Tower before Wei Mingqi could threaten him.

• Chen Changan gave the Yu Family Ancestor an Emperor Impact Pill, convincing the Yu Family to submit to him.
• The Yu Family Ancestor pledged the family’s loyalty, and Chen Changan told them to build a city for his future auction house.
• Chen Changan declined the Yu Family’s offer to help deal with the Emperor Realm cultivators when the mark appeared.
• Chen Changan asked the Yu Family Ancestor where Heavenly Pillar Tower was and revealed he intended to destroy it.
• The Yu Family members warned Chen Changan against acting rashly, but he said he would strike first to prevent Wei Mingqi from coming after him.

Chen Changan decided to travel to Fengling and destroy Heavenly Pillar Tower despite the Yu Family's warnings, while instructing the Yu Family to build a city around his future auction house and keep their connection to him quiet. He left with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang, but the Yu Family's old forefather realized he was flying in the wrong direction.

• The Yu Family's old forefather warned Chen Changan that attacking Heavenly Pillar Tower would make many powerful enemies, but Chen Changan welcomed the prospect of a bigger commotion.
• Chen Changan refused the Yu Family's offer to accompany him and learned that Heavenly Pillar Tower was in Fengling, two or three months away.
• The Yu Family's old forefather explained that Wei Mingqi had come alone to seek a marriage alliance with the Yu Family, possibly because he wanted to marry one of its women.
• Chen Changan told the Yu Family to use the top-grade Emperor Impact Pills, build a city around the auction house, and deny knowing anything about him if asked.
• Chen Changan left with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang, and the Yu Family's old forefather shouted that he was flying the wrong way.

After Wei Mingqi reported Chen Changan’s alchemy and combat abilities, Wei Fenghua prepared Heavenly Pillar Tower for a possible confrontation with the Yu Family. A month later, Chen Changan and Da Huang arrived in Fengling, planning to wipe out Heavenly Pillar Tower and draw the Emperor Realm’s attention to them.

• Wei Mingqi returned to Heavenly Pillar Tower and told Wei Fenghua how he had offended Chen Changan, an alchemist who could quickly refine top-grade Emperor Impact Pills.
• Wei Fenghua ordered his father-in-law to investigate whether Chen Changan remained with the Yu Family and instructed Heavenly Pillar Tower to prepare for a possible war.
• Wei Fenghua learned that Chen Changan had struck Wei Mingqi too quickly for him to react, confirming that Chen Changan was formidable despite being in the Throne Realm.
• A month passed as Heavenly Pillar Tower awaited news from the Yu Family, unaware that Chen Changan had already reached Fengling with Da Huang.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang they would wipe out Heavenly Pillar Tower to expose themselves as outsiders and attract the Emperor Realm’s attention, while Da Huang fretted about dying.

Chen Changan brought Mu Yunyao to Heavenly Pillar Tower, intending to wipe it out after its conflict with him. Tower lord Wei Fenghua tried to force Chen Changan into serving the tower, and Chen Changan declared his hostile purpose.

• Chen Changan explained that Wei Mingqi would likely alert Heavenly Pillar Tower and give it time to gather its people.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao arrived at Heavenly Pillar Tower while Da Huang waited at a distance.
• Wei Mingqi learned that Chen Changan had arrived, told his people to treat him politely, and reported it to Wei Fenghua.
• Wei Fenghua ordered secret preparations and went to meet Chen Changan in the first-floor hall.
• Wei Fenghua offered Chen Changan a chance to serve Heavenly Pillar Tower and threatened to imprison him if he refused.
• Chen Changan said he had come to wipe out Heavenly Pillar Tower.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao attacked the Heavenly Pillar Tower, overwhelming its forces and revealing their extraordinary thrones. The tower’s ancestor recognized Chen Changan’s Nine-Colored King's Throne as a sign he could reach the Ruler Realm, while Wei Fenghua began seeking a way to stop him.

• Wei Fenghua tried to suppress Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao with his aura, but neither of them was affected.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao revealed their thrones, including Chen Changan’s Nine-Colored King's Throne, and attacked the Heavenly Pillar Tower’s forces.
• The two overwhelmed the tower’s fighters, leaving Wei Fenghua stunned by their rout.
• The ancestor of Heavenly Pillar Tower emerged and learned that Chen Changan was an alchemist with a Nine-Colored King's Throne.
• The ancestor explained that Chen Changan could reach the Ruler Realm and declared the Heavenly Pillar Tower finished.
• Wei Fenghua suggested cutting off Chen Changan’s path to the Ruler Realm, but the ancestor questioned whether they could do so.

The Heavenly Pillar Tower’s old ancestor and Wei Fenghua offered to submit to Chen Changan after he and Mu Yunyao overwhelmed the tower. Their resolve held even after Chen Changan revealed he was an outsider, leaving him curious about whether his Nine-Colored King's Throne had prompted their decision.

• The old ancestor concluded that the Heavenly Pillar Tower had no way to defeat Chen Changan and proposed submission as its only chance to survive.
• The old ancestor pledged that the Heavenly Pillar Tower would serve Chen Changan and never betray him, and Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao stopped attacking.
• Chen Changan questioned the sincerity of the offer and revealed that he was an outsider, but the old ancestor reaffirmed the tower’s submission.
• Members of the Heavenly Pillar Tower protested that submitting to an outsider could bring the Eternal Land’s wrath, while Wei Fenghua backed the old ancestor and told them they could leave if they refused.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao suspected the old ancestor’s resolve was connected to Chen Changan’s Throne, and Chen Changan demanded that everyone choose whether to stay or leave.

After learning that Chen Changan’s Nine-Colored King's Throne might let him challenge the Ruler Realm, the Heavenly Pillar Tower chose to submit to him. Chen Changan accepted that he was an outsider but hesitated over whether to take the Tower in, leaving the decision unresolved.

• The Heavenly Pillar Tower ancestor told Chen Changan that the Tower would submit and asked him to forgive their earlier friction.
• The ancestor explained that a legend said only someone with a perfect Seven-Colored Throne could challenge the Ruler Realm, and that Chen Changan’s Nine-Colored King's Throne gave him an even greater chance.
• Chen Changan asked how reliable the legend was, and the ancestor described rumors that a past Ruler had monopolized the Eternal Land’s fortune and left later Thrones incomplete.
• The ancestor concluded that Chen Changan was the only person in the Eternal Land who could challenge the Ruler Realm and questioned whether he was an outsider; Chen Changan admitted that he was.
• The Heavenly Pillar Tower ancestor and his people vowed to obey Chen Changan, who asked Mu Yunyao whether he should accept them; she warned that they would be difficult to manage.

Chen Changan accepted Heavenly Pillar Tower’s submission and explained that he would manage the growing organization by appointing trusted leaders. He ordered a search for news of outsiders in the Emperor Realm, then returned to Miracle Treasure City to prepare for his campaign there.

• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao he would manage the organization through appointed leaders, with Di Yunting overseeing the Throne Realm.
• Chen Changan accepted Heavenly Pillar Tower’s submission, warned Wei Mingqi to stop acting arrogantly, and ordered the tower to cooperate with the Yu Family.
• Chen Changan asked Wei Fenghua to investigate whether outsiders had appeared in the Emperor Realm and to contact him using an Eternal Heart Lock.
• Da Huang arrived as their imprint was about to appear, and Chen Changan proposed returning to Miracle Treasure City to prepare for entering the Emperor Realm.
• Chen Changan announced that they would begin a campaign to dominate the Emperor Realm, exciting Heavenly Pillar Tower’s members.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang drew a massive pursuit from hostile natives after their outsider marks became visible. Near the edge of the Emperor Realm circle, Chen Changan stopped to confront the crowd, which mocked his warning and threatened to capture them.

• Chen Changan and his companions discovered that their outsider marks were visible, causing nearby natives to sense and pursue them.
• Da Huang suggested using the pursuers to their advantage, but Chen Changan chose to keep flying toward Miracle Treasure City.
• After months of pursuit, Chen Changan stopped near the Emperor Realm circle’s outskirts and waited for the growing crowd to arrive.
• The natives surrounded the three Throne Realm cultivators and threatened to imprison them, dismissing Chen Changan’s warning.
• Da Huang asked Chen Changan whether they should kill the crowd, while the natives continued to mock him.

Chen Changan killed the attackers who believed no one could die in the Eternal Land, then returned with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang to Miracle Treasure City. He warned their companions that some of them might have to stay behind as the group prepared for another departure.

• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao to watch for anyone escaping, then killed an attacker with a sword strike that reduced him to ashes.
• The crowd dismissed the death as a trick and attacked Chen Changan, who slaughtered them all without anyone fleeing.
• Da Huang reflected that the people of the Eternal Land might be trapped in ignorance, while Chen Changan wondered whether they and his father were also caught in a larger mystery.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang returned to Miracle Treasure City after being away for three or four years, surprising their companions with how soon they had come back.
• Chen Changan told everyone to prepare for important news and warned that some of them might have to stay behind.

Chen Changan assigned the people allied with Miracle Treasure City to keep expanding Miracle Treasure Pavilion while he moved on to the Emperor Realm circle. He distributed weapons and pills, then decided who would stay behind and who would travel with him, setting the departure for three days later.

• Chen Changan appointed Di Yunting to lead Miracle Treasure Pavilion in Miracle Treasure City and urged everyone to grow their strength and the Pavilion’s influence.
• Chen Changan gave the gathered allies a mountain of Top Grade King Grade Weapons and one hundred each of Explosive Source Pills and Emperor Impact Pills.
• Chen Changan asked Qi Shi's family of three, Jiang Si, and Dai Mao to stay behind and help manage the Miracle Treasure Pavilion in Miracle Treasure City and Kaiyuan City.
• Chen Changan agreed to take Di Feiyan and Chen Huan with him to the Emperor Realm circle.
• Li Yanran persuaded Mu Yunyao to let her come along, and Chen Changan said they would leave in three days.

Chen Changan improved the technique for concealing outsiders’ marks and entered the Emperor Realm with his companions. They arrived at the site where he had killed pursuers and found a crowd investigating, leaving him to question an impatient stranger.

• Chen Changan learned that no one from the Lei Family had openly appeared at Miracle Treasure Pavilion, though he suspected they were still investigating their relatives’ deaths.
• Mu Yunyao urged Chen Changan to improve the technique concealing their outsider marks, and three days later he left Miracle Treasure City with her and the others.
• During the journey, Chen Changan extended the concealment technique to three years and told Di Feiyan and the others to use it.
• Chen Huan led the group into the Emperor Realm, where they found a crowd gathered at the place Chen Changan had killed pursuers.
• Chen Changan asked a stranger why people had gathered, and the man impatiently asked what it had to do with him and whether someone in Chen Changan’s family had died.

Chen Changan returned to the Yu Family after misleading relatives of the people he had killed, then learned that an unknown force had built a city on the site the Yu Family wanted. The Heavenly Pillar Tower's ancestor arrived with news that the city had been named the Eternal City.

• Chen Changan pretended to know nothing about the deaths he had caused and left with Mu Yunyao and the others.
• A little over a month later, Chen Changan returned to the Yu Family and asked about the preparations he had assigned them.
• The Yu Family's ancestor explained that an unknown party had bought the Yu Family's preferred site and completed a city there, despite the Yu Family and Heavenly Pillar Tower investigating its identity.
• The Heavenly Pillar Tower's ancestor arrived and told Chen Changan that the city was called the Eternal City.

Chen Changan learned that the Eternal Ranking would reopen in six months in Eternal City and planned to use the event to promote the Miracle Treasure Pavilion. He contacted Jiang Yunchen to ask about the ranking, and Jiang Yunchen was surprised to hear it had reopened.

• The Heavenly Pillar Tower ancestor revealed that Eternal City had been built to open the long-dormant Eternal Ranking, and Li Yanran explained what she knew about its lists and history.
• The Yu Family ancestor and the Heavenly Pillar Tower ancestor said the ranking would open directly in the Emperor Realm tier, with only three lists, and remain open for ten years.
• Chen Changan decided to prepare for the event and make the Miracle Treasure Pavilion known in the Emperor Realm tier.
• The Heavenly Pillar Tower ancestor and the Yu Family ancestor agreed to prepare their people for the journey to Eternal City.
• Chen Changan contacted Jiang Yunchen to ask about the Eternal Ranking, then told him it had reopened.

Chen Changan asked Jiang Yunchen about the reopened Eternal Ranking and learned that it could offer a chance to reach the Ruler Realm, though its unusual opening left many questions. After a year of seclusion, Chen Changan and his companions emerged stronger as the competition in Eternal City intensified.

• Chen Changan asked Jiang Yunchen about the Eternal Ranking, and Jiang Yunchen explained its mysterious opening, purpose, and rumored reward of a chance to break through to the Ruler Realm.
• Jiang Yunchen warned that Chen Changan might face trouble participating, but Chen Changan said he wanted to join and asked about Jiang Yunchen’s wife before ending their conversation.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang and the others to cultivate for a year, while the Yu Family and Heavenly Pillar Tower headed to Eternal City to scout the situation for him.
• A year later, Chen Changan and his companions emerged from seclusion as the Eternal Ranking competition grew fierce, and Chen Changan praised Mu Yunyao’s progress.

Da Huang revealed that he had reached the ninth Ascension to Throne by consuming Explosive Source Pills, while Chen Changan and his group traveled to Eternal City for the Eternal Ranking. There, they learned that the Yu Family and Heavenly Pillar Tower had all failed to qualify for the Cultivation Ranking, whose entries were determined by cultivation speed.

• Da Huang bragged about his rapid rise to the ninth Ascension to Throne, and Chen Changan explained that he had advanced by taking many Explosive Source Pills.
• Chen Changan said he had sent Chen Huan and others to gather resources, then led his group to Eternal City to see the Eternal Ranking competition.
• The Yu Family and Heavenly Pillar Tower told Chen Changan that none of their people had qualified for the Cultivation Ranking, which ranked talent by cultivation speed.
• The Yu Family's Old Ancestor explained that the last-ranked competitor reached the ninth Ascension to Throne within a thousand years, while Xue Wudi led the list after reaching the Third Rank Emperor Realm in five hundred years.
• Chen Changan asked Di Feiyan her age, and she said she was a little over three hundred, prompting Da Huang to exclaim in shock.

Chen Changan and his party went to see the Cultivation Ranking after learning how the Eternal Ranking period worked. They arrived as people tested the energy stele, while Chen Changan ignored the crowd's hostility over his group flying in.

• The Yu Family's old patriarch explained that the Cultivation Ranking opened first, followed by the Combat Power Ranking and the Heavenly Pride Ranking, with one opening every three years.
• Chen Changan decided to rest for a day before visiting the Cultivation Ranking with his party and the old patriarch of the Heavenly Pillar Tower.
• Da Huang persuaded Chen Changan to fly over the crowd, and their group drew angry looks as they approached the ranking.
• Chen Changan saw that the golden list connected to a transparent energy stele, where people tested their eligibility by placing both hands on it.
• A man failed the test, and onlookers scolded him for having cultivated for over nine hundred years without reaching Ascension to Throne nine times.

Li Yanran tested the energy stele and unexpectedly ranked fourth on the Cultivation Ranking, having reached the Throne Realm with five Ascensions to Throne in just thirty-five years. As she celebrated with Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao, Chen Changan questioned whether she was really human.

• Li Yanran volunteered to test the energy stele while the crowd doubted that someone at her cultivation level could qualify.
• The stele sent a burst of golden light toward the Cultivation Ranking, prompting everyone to search for a change.
• The crowd discovered Li Yanran in fourth place, listed as having reached the Throne Realm with five Ascensions to Throne in thirty-five years.
• Da Huang and Di Feiyan discussed Li Yanran's unusual slow maturation and wondered whether something was wrong with her.
• Li Yanran excitedly told Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao about her ranking, and Chen Changan asked whether she was really human.

Li Yanran and Di Feiyan entered the Cultivation Ranking at fourth and third place, stunning the onlookers and drawing attention to Chen Changan’s group. Da Huang then announced that he would take his turn at the energy stele.

• Li Yanran received praise from Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao for placing fourth on the Cultivation Ranking.
• Di Feiyan touched the energy stele and ranked third, ahead of Li Yanran.
• Di Feiyan admitted she regretted not meeting Chen Changan’s group sooner, and Mu Yunyao encouraged her to keep striving.
• Da Huang teased the Yu Family’s old ancestor and the old ancestor of Heavenly Pillar Tower for having been timid, then declared that he would take his turn.

Da Huang defied the humans who tried to keep him off the Cultivation Ranking and claimed first place with a startling cultivation record. He returned to Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao, smugly asking whether they were ready to take their turns.

• Da Huang challenged the crowd’s claim that only humans could enter the Eternal Ranking and argued that it treated all races equally.
• Da Huang touched the energy stele, and a phantom Qilin burst from him as a golden beam shot toward the Cultivation Ranking.
• The ranking named Da Huang first, recording his Ninth Ascension to Throne cultivation and just twenty-three years of cultivation time.
• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao he felt no pressure because Da Huang still had to call him big brother.
• Da Huang returned to Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao and asked whether they were next.