Recaps

Chen Changan prepared the Yu Family and Heavenly Pillar Tower ancestors to manage the Miracle Treasure Pavilion, then opened its auction and introduced the Xuan Yuan Hui Xin Pill. The crowd discovered that his cultivation had risen to the Fifth Rank Emperor Realm, leaving them wondering whether he had hidden his strength.

• Chen Changan declined to recruit Zhang Ergou and returned to the Miracle Treasure Pavilion as Eternal City's attention turned from the Combat Power Ranking to the auction.
• Chen Changan instructed the Yu Family and Heavenly Pillar Tower ancestors to enforce the pavilion's rules and blacklist anyone who caused trouble.
• Chen Changan opened the auction, selling top-grade Saint Origin Pills, Emperor Impact Pills, and Emperor Pills before presenting ten top-grade Xuan Yuan Hui Xin Pills.
• Chen Changan explained that the Xuan Yuan Hui Xin Pill granted a Critical Strike, prompting speculation that he was confident enough to auction it before the Combat Power Ranking.
• The attendees noticed Chen Changan's cultivation had reached the Fifth Rank Emperor Realm and wondered whether he had concealed it.

Chen Changan addressed the Eternal Land’s doubts about whether he was an outsider, challenging its people to find confidence in their own abilities rather than their origin. The Miracle Treasure Pavilion fell silent as the audience reflected, while Da Huang and Li Yanran discussed Chen Changan and the auction’s unexpected turn into a forum.

• A guest asked Chen Changan whether he was truly an outsider, recalling that he had admitted it three years earlier but showed no outsider’s mark.
• Chen Changan declined to confirm his identity and argued that the Eternal Land’s people should base their pride on their own excellence, not on being natives.
• The audience fell silent and considered Chen Changan’s words about overcoming personal limits rather than obsessing over comparisons.
• Di Feiyan expressed surprise at Chen Changan’s speech, while Da Huang joked that he was known as Chen the Great Bluffer.
• Guests wondered whether the auction would continue, and Li Yanran explained that people struggled to recognize simple truths when they were used to thinking a certain way.

At the Miracle Treasure Pavilion auction, Chen Changan encouraged the attendees to question their prejudice against outsiders before turning their attention back to the lots. The bidding for the Xuan Yuan Hui Xin Pills began, while Chen Changan hinted that more major lots were still to come.

• People outside the pavilion speculated about the sudden silence inside, while Chen Changan lifted the sound barrier after the attendees reflected on their treatment of outsiders.
• Chen Changan urged everyone to focus on the auction, and he explained that the Xuan Yuan Hui Xin Pill was one of several major lots.
• The attendees fiercely bid for ten top-grade Xuan Yuan Hui Xin Pills, which could help secure a place on the Combat Power Ranking.
• Li Yanran grew numb to the enormous bids, and Mu Yunyao explained that Eternal Stones had become mere numbers to the wealthy bidders.
• A bidder joked about having a fortune but nobody to spend it on, and someone told him to shut up.

Chen Changan auctioned Top Grade King Grade Weapons after the Xuan Yuan Hui Xin Pills, astonishing the Emperor Realm crowd with the number and repeated designs. He ended the auction after selling thirty weapons and announced the next auction would be in five years, directing everyone’s attention to the Combat Power Ranking.

• Chen Changan announced that the auction’s final item was a Top Grade King Grade Weapon, surprising the crowd.
• Chen Changan began auctioning weapons, including the Qingyun Sword and Soul Devouring Saber, while attendees speculated that he could mass-produce pills and weapons.
• The crowd discussed how Chen Changan’s growing strength and the Miracle Treasure Pavilion might eventually make valuable auction items more widely available.
• Chen Changan auctioned a total of thirty Top Grade King Grade Weapons and ended the auction.
• Chen Changan announced that the next auction would take place in five years and told attendees to focus on the Combat Power Ranking.

After the auction, Chen Changan learned how the Combat Power Ranking assessment worked and decided to take part with his group. His confident claim that they would take the top five spots drew a crowd as they headed to the assessment.

• Outsiders in the Outsider Alliance questioned their leaders’ plan to seize Chen Changan’s resources, but resolved to focus on their missions and enter the rankings.
• The Yu Family Ancestor explained that combatants attacked a virtual opponent in an assessment space, and that Hao Pingzhou led the ranking with Three Star Five Thousand Combat Power.
• Chen Changan decided to take the assessment, and his companions said they would join him.
• Chen Changan declared that his group would take the top five spots, then led them toward the Combat Power Ranking.
• Onlookers gathered and debated how high Chen Changan’s combat power would reach as he approached the assessment site.

Chen Changan encountered Xue Wudi at the Combat Power Ranking, where Xue Wudi challenged him to a contest. Xue Wudi used a pill and a powerful sword to earn first place with Six Star, seventy-five thousand combat power, though he fell short of Seven Star.

• Chen Changan asked who Xue Wudi was, provoking Xue Wudi to remind him that he had once ranked first on the Cultivation Ranking.
• Xue Wudi entered the assessment space as onlookers discussed his Fourth Rank Emperor Realm cultivation and the resources the Xue Household had obtained for him.
• Xue Wudi swallowed a Xuan Yuan Hui Xin Pill and attacked the humanoid puppet with the Qingyun Sword, but its energy shield blocked his strike.
• The ranking showed Xue Wudi in first place with Six Star, seventy-five thousand combat power, below the one-hundred-thousand threshold for Six Star combat power.

After discovering that Chen Changan had advanced to the Fifth Rank Emperor Realm, Xue Wudi abandoned his hopes of taking first place on the Combat Power Ranking. Chen Changan encouraged Li Yanran and Di Feiyan to face their assessments without fear, and Li Yanran entered the assessment space as Xue Wudi doubted she could exceed Three Star Combat Power.

• Xue Wudi celebrated his first-place Combat Power Ranking result, then learned Chen Changan had reached the Fifth Rank Emperor Realm and resigned himself to second place.
• Chen Changan asked Li Yanran and Di Feiyan about their worries over matching Xue Wudi's combat power.
• Chen Changan reminded Li Yanran and Di Feiyan of how far they had advanced and urged them to focus on showing their strength rather than fearing failure.
• Li Yanran regained her confidence, ignored Da Huang's teasing, and entered the assessment space to test herself.
• Xue Wudi predicted Li Yanran would reach no more than Three Star Combat Power, while Chen Changan expected her to surpass Four Star.

Li Yanran reached first place on the Combat Power Ranking with Seven Star Combat Power, and Di Feiyan followed with an even higher Seven Star score. As Da Huang prepared to take his assessment, he declared that a real man never took pills.

• Chen Changan confidently watched as Li Yanran faced the humanoid puppet, and her sword cracked its energy barrier.
• Li Yanran ranked first with 110,000 combat power, earning Seven Star Combat Power and stunning the crowd.
• Chen Changan encouraged Li Yanran to keep training and explained that constant fighting would improve her combat power.
• Di Feiyan took a pill and struck the puppet, earning first place with 499,000 combat power and Seven Star Combat Power.
• Da Huang stood up to take his turn and announced that a real man never took pills.

Da Huang entered the assessment space and revealed his Qilin form, astonishing everyone with a combat power of nine-star, five million. The ranking left him in first place and earned him the right to boast.

• Da Huang strutted toward the assessment space while the onlookers complained about his shameless showboating.
• Chen Changan warned the others they might not be able to beat Da Huang, and Da Huang entered the assessment space.
• Da Huang revealed his true form as a Qilin and waited until everyone was watching before turning to face the humanoid puppet.
• Da Huang shattered the puppet’s energy barrier with one paw, leaving the onlookers stunned by his strength.
• The rankings placed Da Huang first with nine-star combat power of five million, and the onlookers acknowledged that he had earned his swagger.

Da Huang scored Nine Star combat power with five million points, but Mu Yunyao stunned the crowd by reaching Nine Star’s ten-million-point limit. With Chen Changan next to be tested, everyone wondered whether he could surpass the highest known rating.

• Zhang Ergou learned Da Huang had achieved Nine Star combat power and considered reporting Chen Changan’s potential to her father.
• Da Huang bragged about his performance, while Chen Changan teased him that Mu Yunyao would soon take first place.
• Mu Yunyao entered the assessment space and shattered the energy barrier with one punch, sending the humanoid puppet flying.
• The ranking announced Mu Yunyao’s result: Fourth Rank Emperor Realm, Nine Star, and ten million combat power.
• Mu Yunyao playfully offered Da Huang a punch, and he hid behind Chen Changan before urging him to take his turn.

Chen Changan casually struck the evaluation puppet and left, but his sword shattered both it and the energy barrier. The Eternal Ranking eventually named him first with ten-star combat power, leaving the crowd stunned and Xue Wudi regretting that he had provoked him.

• Chen Changan teased Xue Wudi about his ranking, then entered the evaluation space with the Red Dust Sword.
• Chen Changan made one casual sword strike and walked away before the crowd realized what had happened.
• The energy barrier shattered and the humanoid puppet split in two after Chen Changan had left the evaluation space.
• The Combat Power Ranking fluctuated violently before listing Chen Changan in first place with one hundred million combat power and a ten-star rating.
• Xue Wudi regretted provoking Chen Changan as the crowd wondered whether he had shown anything close to his full strength.

After the Combat Power Ranking assessment, Chen Changan learned how the upcoming Heavenly Pride Ranking would work and confirmed that the top thirty would enter a secret realm. He returned to Zhang Ergou, who asked whether he knew the results and wanted to know if he looked cool.

• Chen Changan's assessment revealed that he had held back, while Da Huang and Mu Yunyao complained that they had been too casual and made Li Yanran and Di Feiyan look weak.
• Chen Changan confirmed that Mu Yunyao and Di Feiyan carried Emperor Grade Weapons and said he might sell more through the Miracle Treasure Pavilion if he acquired enough materials.
• Li Yanran wanted to cultivate, but Chen Changan decided to ask Zhang Ergou about the unknown Heavenly Pride Ranking before making plans.
• Zhang Ergou explained that the Heavenly Pride Secret Realm would open after a three-month preparation period, admit the Combat Power Ranking's top thirty for three days, and close its exit three years later.
• Zhang Ergou said only the top ten on the Heavenly Pride Ranking would advance to the Emperor Above Realm tier, then asked Chen Changan whether he looked cool.

Chen Changan discussed a partnership with Zhang Ergou’s Zhang Family and learned that an influential figure in the Emperor Above Realm might secretly support the Outsider Alliance. Zhang Ergou suspected that this figure had ordered the Alliance to force Chen Changan into submission, leaving Chen to question their hidden motive.

• Zhang Ergou told Chen Changan that the Zhang Family would overlook his outsider status if he partnered with them and represented them in the Eternal Ranking’s final selection.
• Zhang Ergou offered the Zhang Family’s help finding and protecting Chen Changan’s missing companions, as well as information about the Outsider Alliance.
• Chen Changan said the Zhang Family’s offer lacked sincerity, but he agreed to consider what else he wanted and asked Zhang Ergou about the Alliance.
• Zhang Ergou revealed that someone influential in the Emperor Above Realm circle secretly stood behind the Outsider Alliance.
• Zhang Ergou said the Zhang Family suspected that person had ordered the Alliance to force Chen Changan to submit.

Chen Changan suspected the Outsider Alliance was backed by natives and used outsiders as cannon fodder, then asked Song Yuheng to investigate it. As his companions entered seclusion, Chen Changan remained uneasy about the truth behind the Eternal Land and the danger ahead.

• Chen Changan dismissed a visitor from the City Lord's Mansion after discussing the Outsider Alliance's attitude and possible hidden backing.
• Li Yanran, Di Feiyan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang chose to cultivate in seclusion, leaving Chen Changan alone with his worries.
• Chen Changan contacted Song Yuheng and learned that he knew nothing about the Eternal Ranking or Chen Changan's rise to its top position.
• Song Yuheng quickly offered to contact his father after Chen Changan mentioned his Miracle Treasure Pavilion, pills, and weapon-refining skills.
• Chen Changan asked Song Yuheng to investigate everything about the Outsider Alliance, and Song Yuheng agreed.

Chen Changan invited Jiang Yunchen to join him in the Emperor Above Realm circle, then agreed to let the Song Family participate in the Miracle Treasure Pavilion. The Song Family Head joined Chen’s group, while revealing that his family had only one person on the Cultivation Ranking and was struggling to maintain its standing.

• Chen Changan learned that Jiang Yunchen’s wife was slowly regaining consciousness and suggested Jiang Yunchen bring her to the Emperor Above Realm circle after the Eternal Ranking ended.
• Chen Changan asked whether Jiang Yunchen’s wife had ties to the Outsider Alliance, and Jiang Yunchen said she had rejected its attempt to recruit her.
• The Song Family Head arrived and asked Chen Changan to accept the Song Family into his group.
• Chen Changan agreed to let the Song Family participate in the Miracle Treasure Pavilion, provided it did not take shares belonging to the Yu Family or Heavenly Pillar Tower.
• The Song Family Head said his family had one person on the Cultivation Ranking but no one on the Combat Power Ranking, and Chen Changan encouraged him to rebuild the family with the pavilion’s resources.

A burly man arrived in Eternal City and challenged Chen Changan, unaware of his strength. Chen Changan accepted and knocked him out of the fight with one slap, then left as the crowd reacted.

• Chen Changan considered going into seclusion after the Song Family took over the situation at the Miracle Treasure Pavilion.
• A burly man carrying a giant sword entered Eternal City and asked where to find Chen Changan.
• The burly man challenged Chen Changan at the Miracle Treasure Pavilion, refusing to check the Combat Power Ranking first.
• Chen Changan accepted the challenge and slapped the seventh-grade Emperor Realm cultivator out of the city before leaving.
• The burly man came to his senses outside the city, confused about how he had gotten there.

Chen Changan scolded the leaders of the Yu Family, Heavenly Pillar Tower, and Song Family for letting challengers reach him, insisting they act as members of the Miracle Treasure Pavilion rather than outsiders. Three days later, they called on him to face an opponent they could not defeat.

• A burly man saw Chen Changan’s ranking of ten stars and one hundred million combat power, then left Eternal City in shame as bystanders mocked him.
• People began considering challenges against Chen Changan a way to gain fame, and challengers appeared from time to time.
• Chen Changan reprimanded the Yu Family Head, Heavenly Pillar Tower Head, and Song Family Head for making him handle every challenger himself.
• The three heads agreed to defend the Miracle Treasure Pavilion together and only call on Chen Changan if they could not handle an opponent.
• Three days later, the three heads reported that a powerful challenger had overwhelmed them and asked Chen Changan to step in.

Chen Changan met the eccentric Emperor Realm expert Ye Kuangtu outside Miracle Treasure Pavilion and saw through the doubts holding him back. Ye Kuangtu fell silent after Chen Changan asked what he wondered made him different.

• The Song Family Head told Chen Changan that Ye Kuangtu had arrived and was a legendary, formidable Emperor Realm expert.
• Chen Changan went outside Miracle Treasure Pavilion, where Ye Kuangtu examined him and praised his looks and potential.
• Ye Kuangtu asked to see Chen Changan's dogs, while the onlookers wondered whether the two would fight.
• Chen Changan said Ye Kuangtu was not mad or carefree enough and pointed out that he could not accept having flaws.
• Chen Changan asked what Ye Kuangtu doubted about himself, and Ye Kuangtu admitted he had wondered what made him different.

Chen Changan helped Ye Kuangtu realize that his obsession with being unique had held back his cultivation. Ye Kuangtu then challenged Chen Changan, and they prepared to fight above Eternal City.

• Ye Kuangtu explained that he had deliberately acted differently from everyone else to make himself unique, and Chen Changan told him that every person was already unique and urged him to let go of the fixation.
• Ye Kuangtu realized that his forced carefree attitude had been holding him back, while onlookers discussed his stalled cultivation and the absent Song Yuheng.
• Chen Changan asked why Ye Kuangtu had come, and Ye Kuangtu said he wanted to see Chen Changan's strength and now wished to challenge him.
• Chen Changan accepted, and the two rose above Eternal City as spectators gathered to watch.
• Ye Kuangtu said he had never lost but would welcome defeat, and Chen Changan promised to take the fight seriously and told him to prepare.

Chen Changan defeated Ye Kuangtu, who then spent half a year trying to become his sworn brother. Meanwhile, Zhang Dazhuang arrived at the City Lord's Mansion looking for Chen Changan.

• Chen Changan sent Ye Kuangtu flying with a sword strike and admitted he had used only thirty percent of his strength.
• Ye Kuangtu asked Chen Changan to become his sworn brother, but Chen Changan repeatedly refused and went back to his room for peace and quiet.
• Ye Kuangtu stayed outside Miracle Treasure Pavilion for half a year, while the top twenty places on the Combat Power Ranking became largely settled.
• Zhang Dazhuang embraced Zhang Ergou at the City Lord's Mansion and told her she had come to see Chen Changan.

Zhang Ergou discussed Chen Changan with her older sister, Zhang Dazhuang, and explained that she could not see through him. She described him as someone who showed different sides to different people yet was sincere and generous to those close to him.

• Zhang Dazhuang arrived and teased Zhang Ergou, who urged her to stop talking and discuss business.
• Zhang Dazhuang asked what Zhang Ergou thought of Chen Changan, and Zhang Ergou said she had met him but could not see through him.
• Zhang Dazhuang excitedly wanted to summon Chen Changan, but Zhang Ergou told her to wait until their conversation was finished.
• Zhang Ergou said Chen Changan responded to kindness rather than force and seemed fake because the person he showed others might not be his real self.
• Zhang Ergou explained that Chen Changan was sincere and exceptionally generous to his own people, making him difficult to understand.

Zhang Dazhuang arrived at the City Lord's Mansion and forced Zhang Ergou to summon Chen Changan, whom she eagerly inspected and teased. After meeting him, Dazhuang joked that Zhang Ergou might have been adopted, and Chen Changan suggested that Dazhuang could be the adopted one instead.

• Zhang Dazhuang pressured Zhang Ergou to call Chen Changan, threatening to shout his name throughout Eternal City until Ergou gave in.
• A guard from the City Lord's Mansion found Ye Kuangtu waiting outside Miracle Treasure Pavilion and summoned Chen Changan on behalf of the City Lord.
• Chen Changan learned that Zhang Dazhuang wanted to meet him and went with the guard to the City Lord's Mansion.
• Zhang Dazhuang flirted with and teased Chen Changan, then suggested he consider marrying Zhang Ergou.
• Chen Changan joked that Zhang Dazhuang might have been adopted, leaving her to wonder if he was right.

Zhang Dazhuang visited Chen Changan and proposed that he marry into the Zhang Family, but Chen Changan refused and teased her by suggesting her father make him his big brother. Zhang Dazhuang realized he had called her a fool only after he left.

• Zhang Dazhuang worried that she might have been adopted, and Zhang Ergou told her she looked like their mother.
• Zhang Dazhuang asked Chen Changan how he became so strong and proposed that he marry either her or Zhang Ergou, revealing that their father had sent her to secure him for the Zhang Family.
• Zhang Ergou objected that the marriage plan ignored Chen Changan's wishes, and Chen Changan agreed that he would not marry for an alliance.
• Chen Changan said he already had a wife and joked that the Zhang Family could have her father acknowledge him as his big brother instead.
• Zhang Dazhuang called Chen Changan her great-uncle, then protested when he left and wondered whether he had called her a fool.

Chen Changan found the Emperor Pill formula but was missing the Six Emperor Fruit and Emperor Fallen Earth. Ye Kuangtu gave him the ingredients in exchange for two pills, and the chapter ended with the Heavenly Pride Ranking set to open in three months, with Chen Changan expected to claim the top spot.

• Chen Changan returned to Miracle Treasure Pavilion, shut Ye Kuangtu outside, and worked on pills and Emperor Grade Weapons instead of entering seclusion.
• Chen Changan asked the Yu Family Ancestor about Chen Huan and learned that Chen Huan’s group would likely be away for another two years.
• Chen Changan told Ye Kuangtu he needed the Six Emperor Fruit and Emperor Fallen Earth to refine the Emperor Pill.
• Ye Kuangtu offered the ingredients in exchange for sworn brotherhood, but Chen Changan refused and demanded the ingredients or no deal.
• Ye Kuangtu agreed to give Chen Changan the ingredients for two pills, and Chen Changan prepared to multiply them before refining.
• The Combat Power Ranking ended, and the Heavenly Pride Ranking was announced to open in three months.

Chen Changan prepared his companions for the Heavenly Pride Ranking, then entered the Heavenly Pride Secret Realm with the other contestants. The realm revealed a long Heavenly Pride Road and said the rankings would depend on who reached the finish first, but Chen Changan suspected the trial was not so simple.

• Chen Changan gave Ye Kuangtu two top-grade Emperor Pills and put him in charge of the auction while the others prepared for the ranking.
• Mu Yunyao, Da Huang, and Li Yanran revealed their cultivation breakthroughs, while Chen Changan dismissed concerns about the quiet Outsider Alliance.
• Chen Changan and the other twenty-nine contestants were pulled into the Heavenly Pride Secret Realm, where they were separated.
• A mysterious voice told the contestants to follow the Heavenly Pride Road without looking back and said their finishing order would determine the rankings.
• Other contestants rushed ahead, but Chen Changan proceeded cautiously along the seemingly endless road and sensed a powerful restriction.