Recaps

Chen Changan discovered he could bring others into and out of the sealed space, then led his companions into Empty City. His unexplained ability left the city guards and residents stunned as the group went to speak with the city lord.

• Chen Changan brought Mu Yunyao, Da Huang, Song Yuheng, and the others into the sealed space by having them hold hands with him.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao wondered whether the space had been waiting for him, while he questioned whether his father or his allies had enslaved the Eternal Land.
• Chen Changan argued that the Eternal Land might not be unique and that even Sovereigns might not be the endpoint of power.
• Chen Changan brought everyone back to the Illusion Dream Domain and then took them into Empty City.
• The guards opened the city gates for Chen Changan and his companions, and the residents stared in shock at the newcomers.

Chen Changan told the people of Empty City that he had found a way to take them out and discussed terms with the city lords. The city lords agreed to gather the residents and promised that Empty City would stay together after returning to the Eternal Land.

• Chen Changan announced that he could soon take everyone out of the space, and the residents wondered whether they would still have a place in the changed Eternal Land.
• Chen Changan and the women went to the City Lord's Mansion, where one city lord tested the exit and confirmed that only Chen Changan could freely come and go.
• Chen Changan negotiated with the three city lords for compensation, and they offered to give him thirty percent of the resources they collected after leaving.
• Chen Changan warned that resources in the Eternal Land were scarce and controlled by powerful factions, but the city lords trusted Empty City's strength.
• The city lords decided that Empty City's residents would stay together after they left, and Chen Changan told them to prepare to go home.

Chen Changan discovered he could only bring people out of Empty City in groups of up to a hundred, then made repeated trips until all its residents reached the Eternal Land. The residents were finally home, while Da Huang continued to trade insults with the three city lords.

• The city lords told Chen Changan that Empty City had nearly sixty thousand residents and that no children had been born there because having children in the Eternal Land was difficult.
• The city lord reported that the residents accepted Chen Changan’s terms and promised to help him if needed, so Chen Changan led them toward the white gate.
• Chen Changan failed to take everyone out at once, but confirmed he could leave with Mu Yunyao and then bring out the three city lords.
• The three city lords arrived in the Eternal Land and celebrated being home while arguing with Da Huang.
• Chen Changan carried the residents out in groups of up to a hundred until all of them had returned, and Da Huang declared, “I'm vulgar, therefore I am!”

Chen Changan set out with his companions to find the Li Family and settle its score, using Li Yanran’s blood to track its main branch. Before they reached it, they were confronted by a hostile crowd, and one survivor recognized Li Yanran as the Li Family’s Saintess.

• Chen Changan told the three City Lords they could find him at the Eternal Ranking competition in five or six years, and they parted ways.
• Chen Changan rejected Mu Yunyao’s suggestion to visit the Zhang Family and decided to take Li Yanran to the Li Family; Li Yanran agreed to his plan.
• Chen Changan used a drop of Li Yanran’s blood to locate the Li Family’s branches and followed the pull leading to the main family.
• A crowd surrounded Chen Changan and his companions, threatened them, and demanded information about the Outsider Alliance.
• Chen Changan, Da Huang, Mu Yunyao, and the others swiftly defeated the crowd, while Song Yuheng watched in astonishment.
• A surviving man claimed to be Li Yunhe’s son, and after Chen Changan made him look closely at Li Yanran, he recognized her as the Li Family’s Saintess.

Chen Changan and his companions captured a Li Family member who recognized Li Yanran and forced him to guide them to the Li Family. There, the Li Family realized their people had vanished and sensed Li Yanran’s presence.

• A Li Family man recognized Li Yanran as the Saintess and begged her to return, but she rejected her family and said Chen Changan had killed the people they sent after her.
• Di Feiyan and Mu Yunyao challenged the man’s claims, while Li Yanran warned she would wipe out the Li Family if she had the power to kill.
• Chen Changan threatened the man into agreeing to lead them to the Li Family, and Da Huang suggested killing him instead.
• The man traveled with Chen Changan and the others, while Chen Changan warned him against leading them into a trap.
• The Li Family discussed the strange feeling of death and discovered they could not contact the people sent to the Emperor Realm layer.
• The Li Family Head ordered a search, but someone reported that he had already sensed Li Yanran’s presence.

The Li Family’s ancestor reprimanded his descendants for mishandling the Saintess and dismissed their fears that missing clansmen had been killed, insisting that death did not exist in the Eternal Land. As Chen Changan and his companions approached the Li Family with its young master, Da Huang chose to stay behind because he feared death, leaving the others to continue toward the family alone.

• The Li Family’s ancestor rebuked Li Yunhe and the others for neglecting the Saintess, warning that the family’s decline threatened its standing.
• Li Yunhe asked about the ancestor’s stalled cultivation and reported that their missing clansmen might have been killed, but the ancestor dismissed the possibility because they were in the Eternal Land.
• Chen Changan and his companions approached the Li Family with the young master, who was eager to return home.
• Da Huang announced that he would go no farther, and Chen Changan led the others onward without him.
• Chen Changan told Song Yuheng that Da Huang stayed behind because he feared dying, and the group prepared to reach the Li Family.

Chen Changan and his companions attacked the Li family to protect Li Yanran, and Chen Changan killed the family’s young master before slaughtering the household. Song Yuheng, targeted by the Li family ancestor as a weak link, awakened to the power of belief and fought back, leaving the ancestor on the defensive.

• The Li family ancestor demanded that Li Yanran return to her Saintess duties and threatened her companions, but she rejected him.
• Chen Changan killed the Li family’s young master and ordered Mu Yunyao and the others to surround the Li family while he attacked.
• The Li family ancestor tried to escape through Song Yuheng, whom Li Yunhe had identified as the weakest opponent.
• Song Yuheng’s combat strength and cultivation surged to the second level of the Emperor Above Realm, and he forced the ancestor back.
• After the ancestor ambushed him, Song Yuheng fought with growing confidence and overwhelmed him.

Chen Changan destroyed the Li Family and killed its ancestor, ending the family’s abuse of its Saintesses. Li Yanran regained her memories, broke through to the fifth level of the Emperor Above Realm, and chose to live as herself; the group prepared to move on.

• Da Huang arrived and looted the Li Family’s remaining Eternal Stones while Song Yuheng fought the Li Family Ancestor.
• Chen Changan recalled Song Yuheng and condemned the ancestor for sacrificing generations of Saintesses for the Li Family’s selfish ambitions.
• The Li Family Ancestor threatened revenge, but Chen Changan killed him with a single sword strike.
• Li Yanran entered a mysterious state and broke through to the fifth level of the Emperor Above Realm as a seal inside her was apparently undone.
• Li Yanran remembered that she had always been the Li Family’s Saintess, then said she wanted to live in the present as herself and stay by Chen Changan’s side.
• The group discussed what to do next, and Da Huang cried out after someone kicked him.

Chen Changan and his companions traveled to Shangling to meet the Zhang Family after he contacted Zhang Ergou. At the Zhang Family gates, an unknown man named Ren Aotian challenged their welcome.

• Zhang Ergou arranged for Lü Zhengyuan to escort Chen Changan and his companions to the Zhang Family in Shangling.
• Chen Changan and his group spent three months traveling to Shangling, where Lü Zhengyuan explained the Zhang Family's growing influence and the unopened Eternal City.
• Da Huang joked that Lü Zhengyuan was a dog borrowing a man's power, then realized the insult also implicated Chen Changan and the others.
• Lü Zhengyuan left after leading the group to the Zhang Family, whose members admitted Chen Changan without hesitation.
• A stranger questioned why the Zhang Family welcomed Chen Changan so readily, and introduced himself as Ren Aotian.

Ren Aotian insulted Chen Changan at the Zhang Family, but Zhang Ergou, Zhang Dazhuang, and Zhang San Pao stood up for him. Ren Aotian boasted that he would dominate the Eternal Ranking and suggested Chen Changan was Zhang Ergou’s lover, while Zhang Ergou tried to keep the confrontation from escalating.

• Ren Aotian confronted Chen Changan, mocked him as an ignorant outsider, and threatened that the Zhang Family would not dare offend him.
• Chen Changan dismissed Ren Aotian’s chances on the Eternal Ranking, and Zhang Ergou and Zhang Dazhuang appeared to defend him.
• Zhang San Pao rushed in to fight Ren Aotian, but Zhang Ergou stopped him; Chen Changan and Da Huang joked about San Pao’s name and appearance.
• Ren Aotian challenged the Zhang Family’s status as Eternal Ranking enforcers and declared that he would claim dominion, prompting Zhang San Pao and Zhang Dazhuang to demand a fight.
• Zhang Ergou questioned why Ren Aotian had come to the Zhang Family, but he called Chen Changan a coward and implied that Chen Changan was her lover.

Chen Changan confronted Ren Aotian and overwhelmed him despite Ren Aotian’s superior cultivation, leaving the arrogant visitor humiliated and fleeing. The Zhang family and their companions watched as Ren Aotian learned not to provoke Chen Changan again.

• Ren Aotian mocked the Zhang Family Three Heroes and challenged Chen Changan after saying he disliked his look.
• Chen Changan struck Ren Aotian before he could finish speaking and repeatedly tossed him around while Zhang San Pao watched in amazement.
• Chen Changan taunted Ren Aotian, slapped him whenever he spoke or showed anger, and told him to leave.
• Ren Aotian fled without daring to show displeasure, while Zhang San Pao praised Chen Changan’s fighting.

Chen Changan and his companions arrived at the Zhang Family, where Zhang Ergou introduced them and explained that some family members opposed getting involved with them. Zhang Ergou arranged their quarters and left to handle other matters, while Zhang Family Head Zhang Xiaoni asked the Elders if they still questioned her decision.

• Zhang Ergou introduced Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, Di Feiyan, Li Yanran, and Song Yuheng to Zhang Dazhuang and Zhang San Pao, while Da Huang complained that she had not introduced him.
• Zhang San Pao asked Chen Changan how he had defeated Ren Aotian, and Chen Changan told him to believe in himself.
• Chen Changan noticed that some Zhang Family members opposed his arrival, and Zhang Ergou explained that her father, Zhang Family Head Zhang Xiaoni, had the final say.
• Zhang Ergou escorted Chen Changan and his companions to their prepared quarters, then dragged Zhang San Pao away with her.
• Zhang Xiaoni asked the Elders whether they still questioned her decision.

Zhang Xiaoni defended the Zhang Family’s decision to back Chen Changan, while Chen and his companions settled into their new residence and discussed the upcoming Eternal Ranking. The chapter ended with jealous Zhang Family recruits confronting Chen, who dismissed them as unqualified and left them to his companions.

• Zhang Xiaoni warned the elders not to provoke Chen Changan and said she would take responsibility for the Zhang Family’s gamble on him.
• Chen Changan and his companions inspected the residence Zhang Ergou had prepared and discussed learning more about the Emperor Above Realm’s Eternal Ranking.
• Several dozen Zhang Family recruits confronted Chen Changan, questioning his right to compete and complaining about his fine residence.
• Chen Changan explained that he had been invited rather than recruited, declared the challengers unqualified to fight him, and left them to his companions.

Zhang Xiaoni arrived to tell Chen Changan that the Zhang Family supported him and to discuss what she knew about the Outsider Alliance. She revealed that the alliance would likely return for the next Eternal Ranking because one of its rounds was the Power Ranking.

• Chen Changan returned to his room, where Zhang Xiaoni assured him that the Zhang Family had not caused the earlier trouble.
• Zhang Xiaoni and Da Huang argued over brothels while Chen Changan and the others watched.
• Zhang Xiaoni told Chen Changan that the Zhang Family supported him and would help him win the Eternal Ranking.
• Chen Changan asked Zhang Xiaoni about the Outsider Alliance, his children, and the Emperor Above Realm competition.
• Zhang Xiaoni said the Outsider Alliance had vanished after the Emperor Realm ranking but would return because the competition included a Power Ranking.

Chen Changan learned that the Zhang Family could not compete in the Power Ranking as enforcers, so Zhang Xiaoni proposed forming a separate force under his leadership. He agreed to enter under the Miracle Treasure Pavilion’s name, then went into seclusion to break through to the Emperor Above Realm.

• Zhang Xiaoni told Chen Changan that the Zhang Family could not compete in the Power Ranking, though they had formed a group of members to enter through a new force.
• Zhang Xiaoni asked Chen Changan to lead the force, and he recognized that the arrangement would let Zhang Family members compete without drawing suspicion.
• Chen Changan agreed to enter the Power Ranking under the Miracle Treasure Pavilion’s name and left the remaining arrangements to Zhang Xiaoni.
• Zhang Xiaoni said she had found no news of Chen Jie or Chen Ling and had only heard of Chen Tian.
• After Zhang Xiaoni left, Chen Changan went into seclusion to prepare for a breakthrough to the Emperor Above Realm.

Chen Changan began his breakthrough to the Emperor Above Realm, drawing a terrifying nine-colored Lightning Tribulation over the Zhang Family. He took its first strike head-on and appeared unharmed, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• After half a year of seclusion and training, Chen Changan triggered a Lightning Tribulation above the Zhang Family.
• Zhang Ergou explained that Chen Changan's tribulation might be linked to his Nine-Colored King's Throne, while the others worried it could threaten him and the Zhang Family.
• Chen Changan flew toward the tribulation with the Red Dust Sword in hand as the Zhang Family watched.
• A nine-colored bolt struck Chen Changan, who did not counterattack and instead endured it with his body.
• Zhang Xiaoni and the others feared the strike had injured him, but Chen Changan seemed fine.

Chen Changan endured nine days of the nine-colored Lightning Tribulation and broke through to the Emperor Above Realm as the lightning strengthened his body and stirred the energy from the Prodigy Secret Realm. Afterward, Zhang Ergou challenged him to a spar, and Chen Changan warned her that she might not withstand even one casual move.

• Chen Changan remained unharmed as the nine-colored Lightning Tribulation struck him with increasingly powerful bolts, and the energy from the Prodigy Secret Realm began responding within him.
• The Lightning Tribulation continued for nine days, leaving the watching crowd exhausted and some people unconscious before it finally dissipated.
• Chen Changan returned to his lodgings after successfully breaking through to the Emperor Above Realm, where Zhang Xiaoni and the Zhang Family Three Heroes came to see him.
• Zhang Ergou asked to spar with Chen Changan to understand the gap between them, and he warned her she might not be able to take one casual strike.
• Zhang Xiaoni excitedly asked Chen Changan to spar with her instead.

Chen Changan agreed to compete for the lead of the Zhang Family’s new faction at the Power Ranking selection. Zhang Xiaoni also learned that he had brought the newly emerged experts from Empty City, who would not oppose him.

• Zhang Xiaoni explained that the Zhang Family’s allied factions wanted an outsider with genuine strength to lead them, and asked Chen Changan to compete in a selection three months later.
• Chen Changan agreed to crush the competition after learning the strongest rivals were at the Seventh Heaven of the Emperor Above Realm.
• Zhang Xiaoni’s sons disrupted the conversation, and Zhang Ergou carried Zhang Dazhuang and Zhang San Pao away.
• Zhang Xiaoni warned Chen Changan about powerful Emperor Above Realm experts who had appeared from nowhere and might enter the Power Ranking.
• Chen Changan told Zhang Xiaoni that he had brought the experts from Empty City and that they would not come into conflict with him.

Chen Changan arrived at the Zhang Family estate to compete for leadership of the factions, but many representatives doubted his strength and resented the Zhang Family's choice. After one man claimed Chen Changan couldn't cut it just by looking at him, Chen Changan challenged him to settle the matter with their fists.

• Representatives from the Zhang Family's factions gathered to support or oppose Chen Changan as their potential leader.
• Chen Changan and Zhang Ergou arrived, and the gathered representatives focused on Zhang Ergou before dismissing Chen Changan.
• The representatives objected to an outsider leading them and questioned Chen Changan's qualifications.
• A representative said Chen Changan couldn't cut it just by looking at him, and Chen Changan challenged him to a fistfight.

Chen Changan challenged everyone competing for the leader position, then proved his strength by effortlessly defeating one of them. The others mistook his invitation for a scheme, until Zhang Ergou warned them that Ren Aotian had once fallen to Chen Changan in a single move.

• The competitors welcomed Chen Changan's offer to settle the leadership contest through strength, while Zhang Ergou told him to be careful.
• Chen Changan challenged everyone to attack him together, but they mocked him and Zhang Ergou said she would only witness the contest.
• One competitor struck Chen Changan, whose power absorbed the blow before he casually sent the man flying.
• Chen Changan urged the others to unite against him and waited in the air, but they accused him of scheming to make his defeat seem honorable.
• Zhang Ergou warned the crowd that Ren Aotian had failed to withstand a single move from Chen Changan, even before Chen Changan entered the Emperor Above Realm.

Zhang Ergou persuaded the contenders for leadership to unite against Chen Changan, but his sword strike overwhelmed them all. Convinced by his strength, they accepted him as their leader, and Chen Changan named their new force the Miracle Treasure Pavilion.

• Zhang Ergou told the contenders that Chen Changan had defeated Ren Aotian with a casual strike and warned that they had no chance against him one by one.
• The contenders agreed to attack Chen Changan together and challenged him to show his full strength.
• Chen Changan swung his sword, sending the contenders flying and leaving them unable to resist.
• The contenders returned, acknowledged Chen Changan's strength, and agreed that he deserved to lead them.
• Chen Changan named their new force the Miracle Treasure Pavilion and revealed that he already had such a place.

Chen Changan won over the Emperor Above Realm groups by revealing the resources of the Miracle Treasure Pavilion and promising to share them with its members. After everyone left to gather treasures and pill recipes, Zhang Ergou accused him of poaching her people.

• Chen Changan described the Miracle Treasure Pavilion's reach and resources, impressing the assembled groups.
• Chen Changan showed them Top Grade Emperor Pills and Top Grade King Grade Weapons, and they eagerly asked about joining the Pavilion.
• Chen Changan promised members a share of future resources and told them to gather natural treasures and pill recipes from the Emperor Above Realm circles.
• The groups left enthusiastically to carry out Chen Changan's requests, ignoring Zhang Ergou as they departed.
• Zhang Ergou confronted Chen Changan and asked if he had come to poach her people.

Zhang Ergou realized Zhang Xiaoni intended for her to take over the Miracle Treasure Pavilion after Chen Changan left, tying its remaining influence to the Zhang Family. Zhang Xiaoni urged her to build a good relationship with Chen Changan, then joked that she must not run off with him.

• Zhang Ergou told Zhang Xiaoni how Chen Changan had brought people from the Zhang Family manor into the Miracle Treasure Pavilion.
• Zhang Ergou inferred that Zhang Xiaoni had arranged for Chen Changan to win support and hoped she would eventually lead the Pavilion.
• Zhang Xiaoni confirmed he wanted the Miracle Treasure Pavilion connected to the Zhang Family after Chen Changan departed.
• Zhang Ergou warned that the Pavilion would decline without Chen Changan, but Zhang Xiaoni said Chen Changan would prepare for his departure and the Zhang Family could still benefit.
• Zhang Xiaoni told Zhang Ergou to get along with Chen Changan but keep their relationship moderate, prompting her to wonder if she could kill her father.

Chen Changan learned that the Three Hidden Sects had emerged ahead of the Eternal Ranking and heard about a gathering for rising stars. He refused to attend, but asked Zhang San Pao to watch for his children, while three figures from the Zhang Family revealed themselves to him.

• Chen Changan reached the second heaven of the Emperor Above Realm, and Zhang San Pao visited to tell him about a gathering before the Eternal Ranking.
• Zhang San Pao told Chen Changan that the Heavenly Mansion Gate, Dao Source Gate, and Saint Emperor Gate had emerged from seclusion.
• Chen Changan declined to attend the gathering but asked Zhang San Pao to tell him if he heard news of Chen Tian and the others.
• Zhang San Pao said he and his two sisters would attend, and Chen Changan asked them to bring his children back if they saw them.
• Chen Changan addressed three figures who had been listening, saying he had noticed them since arriving at the Zhang Family's territory.

Chen Changan learned that the Zhang Family's three ancestors believed he was destined to change the Eternal Land, though they could not explain why. He remained focused on reaching the Overlord Realm and leaving, while the ancestors prepared for the Eternal Ranking amid turmoil in the Emperor Above Realm.

• Chen Changan recognized the three visitors as the Zhang Family's ancestors and asked why they had come to see him.
• The ancestors said they sensed their memories had been erased and believed someone would appear to change the Eternal Land; they suspected Chen Changan was that person and that the Zhang Family was destined to help him.
• Chen Changan said he cared only about cultivating, reaching the Overlord Realm, and leaving the Eternal Land, and the ancestors promised the Zhang Family would not oppose him.
• Chen Changan asked why the ancestors felt their memories had been erased, and they admitted they did not know what they had forgotten.
• The ancestors asked whether Chen Changan would attend the gathering of rising talents, but he dismissed it because they were too weak to interest him.
• The ancestors left to prepare for the Eternal Ranking, explaining that turmoil in the Emperor Above Realm required the Zhang Family to stay vigilant.