Recaps

Mu Yunyao transformed her throne into the legendary Seven-Colored Throne at the energy stele and rose to first place on the Cultivation Ranking at the Half-step Emperor Realm. News of her achievement spread through Eternal City, where people questioned whether the ranking was accurate.

• After Da Huang took first place, the crowd urged Mu Yunyao to challenge the energy stele and restore the Human Race's standing.
• When Mu Yunyao touched the stele, it transformed her throne phantom into a Seven-Colored Throne, which onlookers said was necessary for reaching the Ruler Realm.
• The Cultivation Ranking listed Mu Yunyao in first place with Half-step Emperor Realm cultivation after twenty-three years, while Da Huang fell to second.
• Mu Yunyao returned to Chen Changan, pleased that her throne had been perfected, while Chen Changan noted that Da Huang's throne had not evolved.
• The patriarchs of the Yu Family and Heavenly Pillar Tower marveled at Chen Changan's group, and news of Mu Yunyao's achievement spread through Eternal City, prompting doubts about the Cultivation Ranking.

Chen Changan’s turn at the Cultivation Ranking triggered a nine-colored phenomenon, placing him first and raising him to the Half-step Emperor Realm. The crowd noticed that he, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang had each cultivated for twenty-three years, and some suspected they were outsiders, though others denied it.

• The crowd gathered at the Cultivation Ranking reacted angrily to Xue Wudi falling to third behind Mu Yunyao and Da Huang.
• Chen Changan touched the energy stele, but it showed no response at first.
• Eternal City shook as nine-colored energy burst from the stele and enveloped Chen Changan.
• The Cultivation Ranking placed Chen Changan first with Half-step Emperor Realm cultivation after twenty-three years of cultivation.
• Onlookers realized Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang had all cultivated for exactly twenty-three years and speculated that they were outsiders.
• The crowd dismissed the outsider theory, insisting the matching cultivation times could be a coincidence.

Chen Changan left the Cultivation Ranking gathering after refusing Xue Wudi’s challenge and overpowering him with his aura. Back in Eternal City, Chen Changan planned to open a Miracle Treasure Pavilion and learned that someone from the City Lord’s Mansion had arrived.

• Chen Changan said his group had accomplished what they came for and headed to leave, telling curious onlookers to wait for news about becoming friends.
• Xue Wudi challenged Chen Changan, but Chen Changan refused and said they could test their abilities when the Combat Power Ranking began.
• When Xue Wudi threatened to stop Chen Changan from leaving, Chen Changan’s aura froze him in place, and Chen Changan departed.
• Xue Wudi left Eternal City, vowing to regain his face and prove himself when the Combat Power Ranking began.
• Chen Changan planned to find a location in Eternal City for a Miracle Treasure Pavilion, and someone from the City Lord’s Mansion arrived.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao met the detached city lord of Eternal City after she summoned them to learn about their Cultivation Ranking results. The city lord revealed that she was Zhang Ergou of the Zhang Family from the Emperor Above Realm, leaving Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao stunned by her name.

• A City Lord's Mansion escort invited Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao to meet the city lord, while Da Huang complained that he had been left out because she hated dogs.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao reached the modest City Lord's Mansion and met its silent, white-clad female city lord.
• The city lord explained that she avoided dealing with people because it tired them, and Chen Changan asked her about her origins and role in the Eternal Ranking.
• The city lord said she came from the Zhang Family of the Emperor Above Realm, which was executing the Eternal Ranking.
• When Chen Changan pressed for her name, the city lord revealed that she was Zhang Ergou, surprising Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao.

Chen Changan asked Zhang Ergou for permission to open a pill auction house in Eternal City and demonstrated his pill-making skill. Before leaving, he revealed that he was an outsider, and Zhang Ergou’s calm reaction left Mu Yunyao wondering what to make of her.

• Chen Changan learned that Zhang Ergou, her sister Da Zhuang, and her brother San Pao had inherited unusual names from their father, Zhang Xiaoni.
• Chen Changan asked Zhang Ergou for permission to open an auction house in Eternal City, and she agreed to assign him a location.
• Chen Changan refined a pill for Zhang Ergou, who said she had seen other pill refiners but found him more skilled and composed than they were.
• Chen Changan asked whether outsiders could enter the Eternal Ranking, then admitted to Zhang Ergou that he was an outsider.
• Mu Yunyao questioned Zhang Ergou’s unusually calm reaction, but Chen Changan said it did not matter as long as she did not interfere with them.

Chen Changan arranged to open the Miracle Treasure Pavilion in Eternal City, which announced that it would auction pills and caused a stir. He began refining new pills for the auction, planning to offer only a few at first.

• Chen Changan returned from the City Lord's Mansion and arranged for a suitable site for the Miracle Treasure Pavilion.
• The Yu Family and the Heavenly Pillar Tower completed the pavilion's construction in a month.
• The Miracle Treasure Pavilion announced an auction of pills half a month later and said natural treasures could be exchanged for Eternal Stones to pay.
• Chen Changan refused visitors while he and Chen Huan's group gathered materials and pill formulas for the auction.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang that he had found materials for two suitable pills but might only have time to auction a few.

Chen Changan explained the value of Emperor Pills and Ninth Grade Bodyguard Pills, then refined a top-grade batch for Miracle Treasure Pavilion’s first Emperor Realm auction. As the auction approached, Mu Yunyao was tasked with organizing it, and the pavilion announced that entry would be limited by eligibility and capacity.

• The Yu Family ancestor explained that Emperor Pills could help Emperor Realm cultivators advance, while Ninth Grade Bodyguard Pills could protect someone during the vulnerable period when their Origin Power was healing an injury.
• Chen Changan decided to refine both pills and told Mu Yunyao to arrange for the expected crowds at Miracle Treasure Pavilion’s auction.
• Chen Changan accelerated the growth of the pill ingredients with Eternal Stones, then refined both kinds of pills to top grade in one day.
• As Eternal City focused on the upcoming auction, Miracle Treasure Pavilion announced that entry would be limited because its venue could not hold everyone.

Miracle Treasure Pavilion opened its first auction, where Chen Changan revealed supreme-grade Saint Origin Pills that could repair imperfect thrones. He announced that twenty pills would be auctioned, setting the stage for fierce bidding.

• The Yu Family and Heavenly Pillar Tower ancestors welcomed guests and checked their eligibility as factions entered Miracle Treasure Pavilion.
• Chen Changan appeared at the auction and introduced the first item, the supreme-grade Saint Origin Pill.
• Chen Changan explained that a Saint Origin Pill repaired an imperfect throne, stunning the crowd with the possibility of enabling Seven-Colored Thrones.
• Chen Changan announced that twenty supreme-grade Saint Origin Pills would be auctioned, each with a starting price of one billion middle-grade Eternal Stones.

Chen Changan auctioned top-grade Saint Origin Pills at the Miracle Treasure Pavilion while the Lei Family’s head confirmed he was an outsider and feared his power. The Lei Family’s head proposed seeking help from the City Lord.

• Chen Changan told bidders that he only refined top-grade Saint Origin Pills and began auctioning the twenty pills for Eternal Stones or rare natural treasures.
• People outside the Miracle Treasure Pavilion listened to the fierce bidding, while the Lei Family’s head concluded that Chen Changan was the pavilion’s owner and an outsider.
• The Lei Family’s head warned his followers that Chen Changan might destroy the Lei Family if he had killed their people.
• The Lei Family’s followers suggested exposing Chen Changan’s outsider identity and turning others against him, but the Lei Family’s head doubted anyone would act against the pavilion’s benefits.
• The Lei Family’s head said they should ask the City Lord to deal with Chen Changan.

Lei Family's head told the City Lord that Chen Changan was an outsider, but the City Lord only replied, “Oh.” The Lei Family decided to flee Eternal City, while the auction at Miracle Treasure Pavilion drew astonishing prices for Saint Origin Pills.

• Lei Family's head reported Chen Changan's outsider identity to the City Lord, who declined to meet him and responded only, “Oh.”
• Lei Family's head told his family about the City Lord's reaction, and they feared Chen Changan might target them.
• Lei Family's head ordered his family to leave Eternal City, abandon their bid for the Eternal Ranking, and withdraw from the world.
• At Miracle Treasure Pavilion, bidders paid a hundred billion or offered rare treasures for each of the twenty top-grade Saint Origin Pills.
• Li Yanran was astonished by the prices, and someone explained that wealth and Eternal Stone holdings differed between the Throne Realm and Emperor Realm circles.

Chen Changan auctioned top-grade Emperor Impact Pills and Emperor Pills at the Miracle Treasure Pavilion, while Mu Yunyao explained why Eternal Stones mattered to him. The auction ended with buyers eager to strengthen themselves before the Combat Power Ranking and confident that Chen Changan was not afraid of the competition.

• Chen Changan announced that the Miracle Treasure Pavilion would auction one hundred top-grade Emperor Impact Pills in twenty lots of five, surprising the crowd and revealing that he had ample reserves.
• Bidders drove the Emperor Impact Pill prices higher than the Saint Origin Pill prices, while Li Yanran asked Mu Yunyao for a larger cultivation allowance and received her approval.
• The Yu Family's Ancestor asked why Chen Changan needed so many Eternal Stones, and Mu Yunyao said they strengthened the Pavilion and benefited his followers.
• Chen Changan presented ten top-grade Emperor Pills as the auction's final item, prompting attendees to connect them to the upcoming Combat Power Ranking.
• Attendees wondered why Chen Changan would help his rivals grow stronger, then concluded that he trusted his own strength.

After the auction, Chen Changan announced that the Miracle Treasure Pavilion would hold its next auction in three years and sell a wide range of top-grade pills regularly. He entrusted the Yu Family and Heavenly Pillar Tower with running the pavilion’s daily business and gave them pills to strengthen their forces.

• After the final Emperor Pill was sold, Chen Changan told the crowd that the next auction would likely take place in three years.
• Chen Changan announced that the Miracle Treasure Pavilion would sell seven kinds of top-grade pills every half month, with a hundred of each available.
• The crowd left astonished by the pavilion’s resources and the influence it could gain across the Emperor Realm.
• Chen Changan ordered the ancestors of the Yu Family and Heavenly Pillar Tower to move their elites into Eternal City and take charge of the pavilion’s daily sales.
• Chen Changan gave each faction a thousand of each regularly sold pill, along with a hundred Saint Origin Pills and Emperor Impact Pills, and the ancestors vowed loyalty.

Chen Changan entrusted the Miracle Treasure Pavilion to the Yu Family and Heavenly Pillar Tower ancestors, then prepared his companions to cultivate for the coming Combat Power Ranking. In a private meeting, Zhang Ergou asked about his attitude toward the Outsider Alliance, and Chen Changan warned that he would kill anyone who blocked his path.

• Chen Changan gave the Yu Family and Heavenly Pillar Tower ancestors pills for the Miracle Treasure Pavilion’s sales and left its affairs in their hands.
• Chen Changan supplied Di Feiyan, Li Yanran, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang with cultivation resources, and told Di Feiyan and Li Yanran to reach the Emperor Realm before the Combat Power Ranking closed.
• A messenger from the City Lord’s Mansion summoned Chen Changan, and he went alone to meet Zhang Ergou.
• Zhang Ergou told Chen Changan that the Lei Family had called him an outsider before fleeing, but Chen Changan said there was no need to pursue them.
• Zhang Ergou asked Chen Changan how he viewed the Outsider Alliance, and he said he would remove anyone who obstructed his goal of becoming the Overlord.
• Chen Changan claimed he had killed tens of thousands of people, leaving Zhang Ergou doubtful but more wary of him.

Chen Changan rejected Zhang Ergou’s attempt to learn whether he would side with the Outsider Alliance, saying he would stand with no one and kill anyone who blocked his path. After leaving the City Lord’s Mansion, he learned that outsiders had arrived in Eternal City to enter the Cultivation Ranking.

• Zhang Ergou warned Chen Changan that the Outsider Alliance might have ulterior motives and asked whether he would join them.
• Chen Changan blamed the Eternal Land’s people for driving outsiders into an alliance and said he would not choose sides.
• Zhang Ergou accepted Chen Changan’s answer, and he left the City Lord’s Mansion as she contacted someone with her Eternal Heart Lock.
• Chen Changan learned that about a dozen powerful outsiders had arrived to compete in the Cultivation Ranking, and the city lord had ordered that they not be stopped.

Chen Changan learned that a group of Emperor Realm outsiders had arrived in Eternal City and suspected they knew his identity. The group came to meet him at the Miracle Treasure Pavilion the next day, leaving their intentions unclear.

• Chen Changan visited the Cultivation Ranking, where he saw a dozen Emperor Realm outsiders and sensed that they knew he was an outsider.
• The outsiders' leader mocked the locals, then the group began taking tests on the ranking after Chen Changan left.
• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao and Da Huang that the outsiders might know about him from the Throne Realm circle and could be connected to the Outsider Alliance.
• Chen Changan said the group would likely come to him, and Da Huang joked that he might be rejected by both outsiders and locals.
• The outsiders visited the Miracle Treasure Pavilion the next day and were shown to the back courtyard to meet Chen Changan.

Chen Changan rejected the Outsider Alliance’s demand to bring the Miracle Treasure Pavilion under its control and refused to be intimidated by threats about his outsider identity. The three visitors threatened to expose him and stop him from helping the people of the Eternal Land.

• The Outsider Alliance sent three representatives to meet Chen Changan and asked him to join their faction, claiming the alliance would benefit from the Miracle Treasure Pavilion’s resources.
• Chen Changan refused, saying he had built the pavilion himself and would not give the alliance support it had done nothing to earn.
• The lead representative warned that Eternal Land natives would turn against Chen Changan if they learned he was an outsider and said the Emperor Above Realm would not let him grow unchecked.
• Chen Changan dismissed their threats, defended his ability to change people’s attitudes toward outsiders, and warned the alliance not to interfere with him.
• The three representatives threatened to reveal Chen Changan’s identity and accused him of helping the enemy by strengthening the people of the Eternal Land.

Chen Changan confronted Outsider Alliance members who threatened his territories if he refused to join them. He trapped the three men inside Miracle Treasure Pavilion and attacked, while observers saw their names vanish from the Cultivation Ranking.

• Chen Changan challenged the men over whether they spoke for the Outsider Alliance, and they dismissed his pill-making skill while demanding that he join.
• The men threatened Kaiyuan City and Miracle Treasure City, prompting Chen Changan to decide to deal with them.
• Chen Changan ordered Da Huang to block the door and raised a barrier to trap the three men inside Miracle Treasure Pavilion.
• Chen Changan argued that the Eternal Ranking rules did not forbid killing, then charged at the men as sword light.
• People watching the Cultivation Ranking noticed that the three men’s names had disappeared.

After three outsiders vanished from the Cultivation Ranking, the remaining Outsider Alliance members confronted Chen Changan at the Miracle Treasure Pavilion. Chen Changan denied knowing what happened as the pavilion’s customers rallied to protect him.

• Three names disappeared from the Cultivation Ranking, stirring speculation that the outsiders had died or been removed.
• Da Huang questioned Chen Changan about killing the three outsiders, but Chen Changan denied it and called the accusation slander.
• The remaining Outsider Alliance members went to the Miracle Treasure Pavilion to find out what had happened to their people.
• Chen Changan claimed the three outsiders had left after he refused to join the Outsider Alliance and told their allies to search elsewhere.
• The Outsider Alliance members threatened Chen Changan, but the pavilion’s customers defended him and warned them not to cause trouble.

Chen Changan admitted to the customers at Miracle Treasure Pavilion that he was an Outsider after the Outsider Alliance tried to expose him, but the crowd dismissed the Alliance’s accusations and the visitors left. Mu Yunyao worried that the Alliance would retaliate, and Zhang Ergou unexpectedly appeared and asked whether Chen Changan had killed them.

• The Outsiders accused Chen Changan of being one of them and tried to turn the crowd against him, but the customers defended him and questioned their motives.
• Chen Changan admitted that he and his companions were Outsiders, yet the crowd accepted the claim without concern and told the visitors to leave.
• The Outsiders threatened Chen Changan and the Outsider Alliance departed, saying someone needed to report back.
• Chen Changan told the customers he really was an Outsider, then returned to the courtyard when their reactions remained casual.
• Mu Yunyao asked whether the Outsider Alliance might attack, and Chen Changan said it would likely try to persuade Miracle Treasure Pavilion to join instead.
• Zhang Ergou suddenly appeared and asked Chen Changan whether he had killed the Outsiders.

Chen Changan denied responsibility for the disappearance of three outsiders and prepared to train with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang. The Outsider Alliance learned of the incident and debated how to secure Chen Changan’s support.

• Zhang Ergou questioned Chen Changan about the three people who vanished from the Cultivation Ranking, but he denied knowing what happened and mocked the possibility that he had broken the rules.
• Chen Changan said he, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang would enter seclusion to train toward the Emperor Realm and wait until they could use the Secret Technique again.
• The Left Protector told the Right Protector that Chen Changan had refused to join the Outsider Alliance and that three of their people had disappeared, possibly at his hands.
• The Left and Right Protectors convened the Outsider Alliance Council, where several Elders called for attacking Chen Changan’s businesses.
• The Protectors warned the Elders that Chen Changan could hide his outsider identity, possessed substantial resources, and might be able to kill, then urged them to focus on winning him over.

After more than a year in seclusion, Chen Changan and his companions emerged as the Combat Power Ranking opened, revealing that they had all advanced to the Emperor Realm. Chen Changan had reached Fifth Rank Emperor Realm, while the chapter left his ranking prospects unresolved.

• Eternal City residents debated whether Chen Changan was an outsider and whether he had killed three missing outsiders, but they decided not to oppose him or risk driving him toward the Outsider Alliance.
• The Combat Power Ranking opened, and residents waited for Chen Changan, who remained in seclusion for another year.
• Chen Changan, Di Feiyan, Li Yanran, Da Huang, and Mu Yunyao emerged from seclusion together and compared their cultivation advances.
• Di Feiyan revealed she had reached Second Rank Emperor Realm, Li Yanran First Rank, Da Huang Third Rank, and Mu Yunyao Fourth Rank.
• Mu Yunyao discovered that Chen Changan had reached Fifth Rank Emperor Realm and remarked that he had surpassed her again.

After emerging from seclusion, Chen Changan learned that the Miracle Treasure Pavilion had prospered and prepared to supply its next auction with weapons. He planned to try forging Emperor Grade Weapons while keeping his group’s outsider marks hidden, then blamed Da Huang for the others’ teasing.

• Mu Yunyao asked how Chen Changan had advanced so quickly, and he praised his own exceptional cultivation.
• The ancestors of the Yu Family and Heavenly Pillar Tower reported on the pavilion’s business, the Combat Power Ranking, and the outsiders’ inactivity.
• Chen Changan told his companions to keep their outsider marks hidden and learned that the next auction would take place in two months.
• Chen Changan gave the two ancestors a hundred Top Grade King Grade Weapons and ordered thirty more for the auction as he pursued materials to forge Emperor Grade Weapons.
• Di Feiyan teased Chen Changan about needing weapons when Da Huang and his sister-in-law did not, and Chen Changan accused Da Huang of teaching the others to make improper jokes.

Chen Changan forged an Emperor Grade saber for Di Feiyan and an Emperor Grade sword for Li Yanran, then explained the power of the Xuan Yuan Hui Xin Pill. After preparing the pills, he announced that the upcoming auction would include heavyweight items aimed at the Combat Power Ranking, then left the crowd wondering where he was headed.

• Chen Changan forged an Emperor Grade saber and sword, which Di Feiyan named Dog Head Saber and Li Yanran named Yanran Sword.
• Chen Changan told Di Feiyan and Li Yanran that their new weapons could help them rank highly in the Combat Power Ranking and reach the Heavenly Pride Ranking.
• Chen Changan explained that the Xuan Yuan Hui Xin Pill enabled a Critical Strike of two to ten times a person's power, while the Ninth Grade Bodyguard Pill could withstand one.
• Chen Changan decided to make the pills before deciding whether to auction them, then left the Miracle Treasure Pavilion.
• Chen Changan told the crowd that the upcoming auction would feature familiar items and heavyweight items aimed at the Combat Power Ranking, then disappeared.

Chen Changan visited the outsiders to learn how the Outsider Alliance had responded to his actions at the Miracle Treasure Pavilion. After rejecting their offer and sending them an insulting message, he went to the City Lord's Mansion to ask Zhang Ergou what the people behind her thought of him.

• Chen Changan visited the outsiders' residence and asked how the Outsider Alliance had responded to his earlier report.
• The outsiders offered Chen Changan a secret Grand Elder position and Alliance support in exchange for using the Miracle Treasure Pavilion's resources to strengthen them.
• Chen Changan rejected their offer and told them to pass along his command that they get out of his sight.
• The outsiders argued over what Chen Changan meant and decided they had to make him pay for disrespecting the Outsider Alliance.
• Chen Changan went to the City Lord's Mansion and asked Zhang Ergou what the people behind her had been saying about him.

Chen Changan questioned Zhang Ergou about the Zhang Family’s stance toward him and the Outsider Alliance, then discussed the upcoming auction and Combat Power Ranking. Zhang Ergou ended by asking how Chen Changan had enabled his companions to cultivate so rapidly and exceed their natural potential.

• Chen Changan teased Zhang Ergou for becoming more talkative before asking what the Zhang Family thought of him.
• Zhang Ergou said the Zhang Family planned to maintain stability, while she could not speak for other Emperor Above Realm groups or reveal the Outsider Alliance’s location.
• Chen Changan said he would consider the Combat Power Ranking after the auction, and Zhang Ergou asked whether he had reached the Fifth Rank Emperor Realm.
• Zhang Ergou marveled at how quickly Chen Changan, Li Yanran, and Di Feiyan had advanced and asked how he could change the potential of those around him.