Recaps

Chen Changan learned that the Pill Refining Ranking was a five-year faction competition requiring five participants to gather ingredients and refine pills for points. He selected the team and insisted Zhang Ergou fill the final spot, promising to teach him pill refining.

• Da Huang agreed to stay cautious in the Eternal Land after Chen Changan warned him not to go out alone.
• Zhang Ergou reported that the Pill Refining Ranking was a faction-based contest scored by points.
• Zhang Ergou explained that each faction had to send five pill refiners into a secret realm for five years to find ingredients and refine three assigned recipes.
• Chen Changan chose himself, Mu Yunyao, Chen Tian, and Jian Dan to participate, then assigned Zhang Ergou the fifth spot.
• Zhang Ergou protested that he could not refine pills, but Chen Changan told him to come along and promised to teach him.

Chen Changan and his group entered the Pill Refining Ranking’s secret realm, where contestants received three bizarre pill recipes with no refining instructions. As the factions searched for ingredients, Murong Wenjie ordered the Outsider Alliance to follow the others and steal their discoveries, confident his faction would take first place.

• With one day left before the secret realm opened, Zhang Ergou worried she would hold Chen Changan’s group back, but Mu Yunyao encouraged her to join and learn.
• Chen Changan wondered where Chen Jie and Chen Ling had gone, while Chen Tian suggested they might be hiding nearby.
• Chen Changan and his group entered the secret realm and received recipes for the One Qi Pill, Good Good Pill, and I Won't Die Unless I Laugh.
• The other factions discovered that the recipes lacked refining instructions and began searching the secret realm for ingredients.
• Murong Wenjie told the Outsider Alliance to trail the other factions and steal the ingredients they found, while avoiding the Miracle Treasure Pavilion.
• Murong Wenjie declared that the Outsider Alliance would take first place and claimed he could make any pill.

Chen Changan searched for alchemy ingredients with his group, then spoke with Murong Wenjie, who proposed cooperation and an alliance with the Outsider Alliance. The chapter ended with Murong Wenjie offering a secret in exchange for an alliance, while Chen Changan refused to consider it without hearing the secret first.

• Chen Changan told Chen Tian that they could rob other people for resources, but had his group search for ingredients because perception was weakened in the secret realm.
• Chen Changan sent his four companions to search nearby while factions kept their distance from him.
• Murong Wenjie approached Chen Changan and proposed sharing information about what other groups found so they could rob them together.
• Chen Changan rejected Murong Wenjie's partnership offer, saying he could rob people on his own.
• Murong Wenjie asked who would win the Eternal Ranking and proposed an alliance between Chen Changan and the Outsider Alliance.
• Murong Wenjie offered to trade Chen Changan a secret for an alliance, but Chen Changan told him to reveal the secret first.

Chen Changan learned that Murong Wenjie wanted his help taking control of the Outsider Alliance and bringing it under the Miracle Treasure Pavilion. Chen Changan agreed to help when the opportunity arose, leaving Murong Wenjie to prove his worth in alchemy.

• Murong Wenjie revealed that Su Qingmeng founded the Outsider Alliance and that Jiang Yunchen had returned, while ambitious leaders sought greater control.
• Murong Wenjie proposed an alliance, offering to bring the Outsider Alliance to Chen Changan’s side if Chen helped him become its leader.
• Murong Wenjie explained that he planned to eliminate his rivals during the competition and secure Jiang Yunchen’s support before taking power.
• Chen Changan agreed to help when a suitable opportunity appeared and asked Murong Wenjie to send him some of the seized resources.
• Murong Wenjie claimed his alchemy could rival anyone’s, and Chen Changan challenged him to prove it.

Chen Changan discovered that the secret realm’s spirit herbs could not be derived by the Eternal Jade Bottle, suggesting they came from outside the Eternal Land and that the ranking’s pills might be its greatest rewards. He focused his group on gathering ingredients, while three years passed without news from the secret realm.

• Mu Yunyao suspected Murong Wenjie had an ulterior motive for allying with Chen Changan, and Chen Changan secretly explained his thoughts to her.
• Chen Tian pulled a spirit herb from the ground, whereupon a monster emerged; he killed it and gave the herb to Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan tried deriving the herb in the Eternal Jade Bottle, but it did not react, leading him and Mu Yunyao to conclude that the herbs and pill recipes might not belong to the Eternal Land.
• Chen Changan ordered his group to focus on gathering spirit herbs, while people from other factions encountered herbs guarded by monsters and struggled against them.
• Three years passed, and people in Eternal City speculated about the silence from the Pill Refining Ranking and whether the participants could refine the pills.

Chen Changan began refining the gathered pills by hand, rapidly pushing Miracle Treasure Pavilion to the top of the Pill Refining Ranking. The other factions watched in shock, while Zhang Ergou realized she and the others could not learn his methods and might as well let him handle alchemy.

• Chen Changan's group counted enough materials for hundreds of One Qi Pills and Good Good Pills, but far fewer for I Won't Die Unless I Laugh.
• Chen Changan ignored Zhang Ergou's questions about studying the process and began rolling One Qi Pills by hand, producing pill fragrance almost immediately.
• The Pill Refining Ranking repeatedly updated as Miracle Treasure Pavilion's points surged past a thousand, startling competitors inside the secret realm and outside.
• The Eternal Hall's Hall Master raged at Miracle Treasure Pavilion's lead, while Murong Wenjie accepted that his group would likely aim for second place.
• Zhang Ergou and the others watched Chen Changan refine pills and concluded that they could not learn his technique and should simply reap the benefits.

Chen Changan refined 1,250 One Qi Pills, securing Miracle Treasure Pavilion's overwhelming lead on the Pill Refining Ranking, but discovered the pills seemed to do little on their own. Eternal Hall entered the ranking in second place with one point and, humiliated by the gap, began plotting to make Chen Changan their puppet.

• Chen Changan finished refining 250 batches of One Qi Pills, giving Miracle Treasure Pavilion 25,000 points and an apparently unshakable first place.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, Zhang Ergou, and the others tried a One Qi Pill and found it comforting but seemingly ineffective; Chen Changan guessed it might need to be combined with the other pills.
• Mu Yunyao and the others went to gather more ingredients while Chen Changan continued refining, and Miracle Treasure Pavilion's ranking score climbed by 500-point increments.
• Eternal Hall appeared in second place with just one point, prompting people watching the ranking to mock its paltry score.
• Eternal Hall's Hall Master and followers seethed over their humiliating result and discussed finding another way to stop Miracle Treasure Pavilion, naming Chen Changan as a suitable puppet.

Chen Changan marveled at Miracle Treasure Pavilion’s huge lead on the Pill Refining Ranking and questioned whether factions that failed to rank would be eliminated. After testing the Good Good Pill, he resumed refining the strangely named I Won't Die Unless I Laugh as more factions joined the ranking.

• Chen Changan saw that Miracle Treasure Pavilion had 140,000 points while Eternal Hall had only two, and Eternal Hall’s leaders celebrated their progress and vowed to catch up.
• Mu Yunyao and the others returned with few materials, and Chen Changan questioned whether the Pill Refining Ranking’s rules actually eliminated factions that failed to rank.
• Chen Changan and the others took Good Good Pills after One Qi Pills subdued their energy, but they could identify no clear effect beyond a subtle feeling of improved well-being.
• Saint Emperor Gate, Dao Source Gate, and Heaven's Mansion Gate each entered the Pill Refining Ranking with one point, prompting Chen Changan’s group to suspect the Three Hidden Sects might be allied.
• Chen Changan resumed refining I Won't Die Unless I Laugh and hoped it would make people laugh.

Chen Changan finished refining his ingredients as the Outsider Alliance surged into second place on the Pill Refining Ranking, led by Murong Wenjie. He then took the pill I Won't Die Unless I Laugh and discovered it tasted good, leaving his companions waiting to see what would happen.

• Miracle Treasure Pavilion's score climbed to 350,000, while the Outsider Alliance rapidly overtook Eternal Hall and passed a thousand points.
• Eternal Hall's members grew angry at the Outsider Alliance's rise and vowed to turn its people into puppets, believing Eternal Hall would still win the overall ranking.
• Chen Changan finished refining his materials without a single failure and mocked Eternal Hall for earning only three points.
• Chen Changan identified Murong Wenjie as the Outsider Alliance's lead pill refiner and said he had met him in the secret realm.
• Chen Changan swallowed I Won't Die Unless I Laugh, furrowed his brow, and told the worried group that the pill tasted good.

Chen Changan and his companions took pills whose hidden energy might help them break through to the Ruler Realm, while Zhang Ergou thought the pills had made him stronger. Murong Wenjie brought Chen Changan more pills and suggested that Jiang Yunchen’s disappearance was part of a plot.

• Chen Changan realized the pills’ energy reminded him of a power he had once gained but could not use, and wondered if it could help someone reach the Ruler Realm.
• Mu Yunyao and the others swallowed the pills, and Zhang Ergou said he felt stronger, so they went to test his strength against a monster.
• Murong Wenjie gave Chen Changan top-grade pills he had made and said he could conceal their distribution from the Outsider Alliance.
• Chen Changan and Murong Wenjie discussed whether the pills could prepare them for the Ruler Realm, and Chen Changan said he might use them when the time was right.
• Murong Wenjie questioned why Jiang Yunchen had stayed hidden and concluded that the powerful overlord must be plotting something.

Chen Changan and his companions waited for the Pill Refining Ranking to end, while Zhang Ergou discovered that the pills had greatly increased her combat strength. After the ranking closed, Eternal Hall learned its alchemists had eaten their pills, and the crowd noticed its people heading toward the Zhang Family.

• Murong Wenjie discussed Jiang Yunchen and the upcoming rankings with Chen Changan before leaving, and Chen Changan waited for the Pill Refining Ranking to end.
• Zhang Ergou told Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao that her combat strength had surged, while the others felt no change; Chen Changan urged everyone to cultivate as they waited.
• The Pill Refining Ranking placed Miracle Treasure Pavilion first, Outsider Alliance second, and Eternal Hall third with five points.
• After the secret realm closed, Eternal Hall's alchemists revealed they had made One Qi Pills and eaten them, believing the pills had no medicinal effect.
• Eternal City residents anticipated the next ranking three days later and noticed Eternal Hall's people heading toward the Zhang Family.

Chen Changan accompanied Zhang Ergou to the Zhang Family, where the Hall Master of the Eternal Hall demanded advance information about the rankings and threatened the family. After Zhang Xiaoni declared the Zhang Family’s partnership with Chen Changan, he expelled the visitors and destroyed the Eternal Hall members who had accompanied their Hall Master, leaving him furious and demanding their return.

• Chen Changan went with Zhang Ergou to the Zhang Family as factions gathered to seek advance information about the rankings.
• The Hall Master of the Eternal Hall threatened the Zhang Family, but Zhang Xiaoni refused to disclose any hints and warned him not to intimidate them.
• Chen Changan arrived and Zhang Xiaoni clarified that the Zhang Family were Chen Changan’s partners and might join Miracle Treasure Pavilion.
• The Hall Master of the Eternal Hall insulted Chen Changan, and Chen Changan ordered the visitors to leave on behalf of the Zhang Family.
• Chen Changan struck with his sword and reduced the Eternal Hall members accompanying the Hall Master to ashes.
• The Hall Master accused Chen Changan of using a trick and demanded that he release his people.

Chen Changan drove the Eternal Hall Master and the Three Hidden Sects away from the Zhang Family, then learned that the next Eternal Ranking would be the Sacred Weapon Ranking. The Sacred Weapon Secret Realm would remain open for ten years, and Chen Changan was left considering its rules and the danger of leaving before the rankings were settled.

• Chen Changan threatened the Eternal Hall Master and ordered him to leave, while the people from the Three Hidden Sects slipped away.
• The Eternal Hall Master backed down and left the Zhang Family after discovering he had no allies remaining there.
• Chen Changan explained to Zhang Ergou that people’s perceptions made them doubt he had killed anyone, and Zhang Xiaoni warned that Eternal Hall might target the Miracle Treasure Pavilion.
• Zhang Xiaoni revealed that the next event was the Sacred Weapon Ranking, with ten ranked sacred weapons in a secret realm open for ten years.
• Zhang Xiaoni explained that factions could bring any number of people, participants could leave the realm at any time but could not return, and they should avoid leaving before the rankings were settled.

Chen Changan prepared the Miracle Treasure Pavilion for the upcoming Sacred Weapon Ranking and gave five companions pills to test. The pills seemed to make them stronger, while Zhang Ergou reacted to their effects with unusual excitement.

• Chen Changan warned Zhang Xiaoni that the Eternal Ranking could distract the Emperor Above Realm from other threats, and she agreed to monitor the region.
• Chen Changan returned to the Miracle Treasure Pavilion, told everyone about the Sacred Weapon Ranking, and agreed to let them all participate.
• Chen Changan learned that Da Huang had gone to cultivate and decided to let him focus on training.
• Chen Changan gave Di Feiyan, Li Yanran, Song Yuheng, Zhang Dazhuang, and Zhang San Pao three kinds of pills to take in order.
• The five reported feeling stronger after taking the pills, while Zhang Ergou celebrated and left them baffled by her reaction.

Chen Changan led the Miracle Treasure Pavilion into the Sacred Weapon Secret Realm, where the factions raced toward ten sacred weapons on distant mountains. After discovering hidden Emperor Grade Weapons throughout the realm, he ordered his people to collect them while the others struggled to reach the sacred weapons.

• The factions entered the Sacred Weapon Secret Realm and flew toward ten mountains glowing with holy light.
• Chen Changan noticed that the realm’s pressure came from beyond the mountains and led the Miracle Treasure Pavilion away from them.
• Song Yuheng struck the ground where Chen Changan pointed and uncovered an Emperor Grade saber.
• Chen Changan ordered the Miracle Treasure Pavilion to split up and gather the hidden Emperor Grade Weapons.
• The Eternal Hall mistook the Miracle Treasure Pavilion’s search for aimless wandering and continued trying to reach the sacred weapons.

Chen Changan’s group gathered over two thousand Emperor Grade Weapons in the Sacred Weapon Secret Realm, and he promised to multiply them so everyone in the Miracle Treasure Pavilion could receive one. He revealed that he could make resources multiply, leaving the group stunned and confident that nothing in the Eternal Land could threaten him.

• Chen Changan led the Miracle Treasure Pavilion around the Sacred Mountains to search for Emperor Grade Weapons while other factions suspected the weapons were a distraction.
• The other factions dismissed the possibility of Emperor Grade Weapons and continued attacking the Sacred Mountains.
• After searching the realm, the Miracle Treasure Pavilion collected over two thousand Emperor Grade Weapons, and Chen Changan promised to provide one for everyone.
• Chen Changan asked the group to hand over their weapons and revealed that he could make resources multiply.
• Zhang San Pao and Zhang Ergou reacted in shock, and Chen Changan said he no longer had anything to fear in the Eternal Land.

Chen Changan led Miracle Treasure Pavilion to an unclaimed Sacred Mountain, where its overwhelming pressure forced most of the group to stop and cultivate. He climbed toward the summit with Mu Yunyao, reached it alone after she could not take the final step, and Hongchen appeared in human form.

• Chen Changan instructed the group to cultivate under the Sacred Mountain's pressure and advance only as far as they could endure.
• The Saint Emperor Gate followed Miracle Treasure Pavilion's example and began cultivating, while Chen Changan suspected Murong Wenjie was hiding his strength.
• Chen Tian and Jiandan stopped after ten steps to cultivate, and Chen Changan continued upward with Mu Yunyao.
• Mu Yunyao could not take the final step to the summit, so Chen Changan left her to cultivate and climbed up alone.
• A force more than ten times stronger than the mountain's earlier pressure struck Chen Changan, and Hongchen transformed into human form before him.

Chen Changan and Hongchen confronted the Saint Weapon atop Sacred Mountain, where Hongchen fought and overwhelmed the Demon Saint. The Demon Saint yielded to Hongchen but refused to acknowledge Chen Changan, prompting him to challenge it.

• Hongchen appeared and shielded Chen Changan from the Saint Weapon’s aura, then agreed to fight it.
• Hongchen shattered the holy light, revealing a crimson blade called the Demon Saint, which insulted her and attacked.
• Hongchen clashed with the Demon Saint while Chen Changan watched, and her strength grew as she taunted it.
• The Demon Saint admitted defeat to Hongchen but insisted it was yielding to her rather than Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan confronted the Demon Saint after it refused to acknowledge him.

Chen Changan subdued the Demon Saint Blade through brute force, earning Miracle Treasure Pavilion first place in the Sacred Weapon Ranking and lifting Sacred Mountain’s pressure. As Murong Wenjie began climbing the mountain, Chen Changan returned with the blade and called it ordinary.

• Chen Changan beat the Demon Saint until it submitted, and the Demon Saint Blade joined him.
• The Sacred Weapon Ranking placed Miracle Treasure Pavilion first, discouraging the Three Hidden Sects and enraging the Hall Master of Eternal Hall.
• The Three Hidden Sects’ leaders urged their members to keep improving, while Eternal Hall resolved to claim a Sacred Weapon before its rivals.
• Murong Wenjie said he had adapted to Sacred Mountain’s pressure and started climbing, while the Alliance Leader privately suspected he had hidden his strength.
• Chen Changan and his companions descended after the pressure disappeared, and he showed them the Demon Saint Blade, calling it ordinary.

Chen Changan led Miracle Treasure Pavilion to claim five Sacred Weapons and then brought his people to Saint Emperor Gate to cultivate. He warned the gate’s members about the strength required to subdue a Sacred Weapon, then said he was going to make the rounds while Mu Yunyao wondered what mischief he was planning.

• Chen Changan led Miracle Treasure Pavilion to collect five Sacred Weapons, putting the faction firmly in first place on the Sacred Weapon Ranking.
• Chen Changan said the lack of competition made cultivating boring and decided Miracle Treasure Pavilion should stay in the secret realm for now.
• Chen Changan took his people to Saint Emperor Gate and asked to borrow space for cultivation, promising not to take its Sacred Weapon.
• Chen Changan told Saint Emperor Gate’s Sect Master that contenders needed to be stronger than a Sacred Weapon and beat it into submission.
• Chen Changan declined to cultivate and told Mu Yunyao he was going to make the rounds to bring warmth and care.

Chen Changan strolled through the secret realm, taunting the other groups while boasting that Miracle Treasure Pavilion had already secured first place on the Sacred Weapon Ranking. He left the Outsider Alliance and Eternal Hall seething as he headed toward the sacred mountain.

• Chen Changan mocked the cultivators from Dao Source Gate and Heaven's Mansion Gate as he passed them.
• Chen Changan teased the Outsider Alliance, and its Alliance Leader apologized to avoid provoking him.
• Chen Changan left the Outsider Alliance and continued toward Eternal Hall.
• Chen Changan taunted Eternal Hall and urged its members to try harder so he would have competition for the Eternal Ranking.

Chen Changan tormented the Hall Master of Eternal Hall before returning to Saint Emperor Gate and hearing that Murong Wenjie had subdued a Sacred Weapon. The Outsider Alliance claimed second place on the Sacred Weapon Ranking, and its Alliance Leader left with the Heaven Slaying Blade while considering further conquests.

• Chen Changan forced members of Eternal Hall to kowtow, warned them against cursing him, and left for Saint Emperor Gate.
• Chen Changan heard fighting at the Outsider Alliance’s sacred mountain and realized Murong Wenjie was battling for a Sacred Weapon.
• Murong Wenjie subdued the Heaven Slaying Blade after nearly a month, placing the Outsider Alliance second on the Sacred Weapon Ranking.
• Murong Wenjie offered the Heaven Slaying Blade to the Alliance Leader, who accepted it and said Murong would look after it after the Eternal Ranking ended.
• The Alliance Leader led the Outsider Alliance away, and a member suggested that they seize more Sacred Weapons.

Murong Wenjie persuaded the Outsider Alliance to avoid provoking Chen Changan and leave the secret realm, while the Miracle Treasure Pavilion continued cultivating there. Five years later, Li Yanran reached the Emperor Above Realm Ninth Heaven, and Chen Changan asked the others whether they wanted to stay or leave, but they insisted on following his lead.

• The Outsider Alliance's Alliance Leader considered claiming other factions' Sacred Weapons, but Murong Wenjie warned that Chen Changan would likely intervene and advised the alliance to wait for the Eternal Hall and Miracle Treasure Pavilion to clash.
• The Alliance Leader questioned Murong Wenjie's respectful references to Chen Changan, but Murong Wenjie denied having any relationship with him.
• The Outsider Alliance left the secret realm, while the Miracle Treasure Pavilion remained to cultivate; over five years, most of its members advanced by one level, and Chen Tian and Jian Dan each advanced by two.
• Li Yanran asked Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao whether she should take the Emperor Nine Heavens Pill, then took it and broke through to the Emperor Above Realm Ninth Heaven.
• Chen Changan asked the Miracle Treasure Pavilion members whether they wanted to stay or leave, but they all told him to decide for them, leaving him exasperated.

After five years in seclusion, Da Huang emerged at the Emperor Above Realm Sixth Heaven and led the Miracle Treasure Pavilion’s powerful members out of Eternal City on a brothel expedition. Zhang Xiaoni learned what had happened and was confronted by her wife after boasting that she had seen the world.

• The Emperor Above Realm Ninth Heaven cultivators left, while those at the Eighth Heaven claimed Emperor Nine Heavens Pills from Chen Changan and departed too.
• Chen Changan joked to Mu Yunyao that the Sacred Weapons would only be entrusted to the others and that he would take them back later.
• Da Huang emerged from seclusion at the Emperor Above Realm Sixth Heaven and learned that Chen Changan and the others would remain in the secret realm for another five years.
• Da Huang talked the Miracle Treasure Pavilion members into visiting a brothel, and they rushed out of Eternal City together.
• Zhang Xiaoni learned half a year later that Da Huang had led the group to a brothel and cut off her subordinate’s connection when he asked to join them.
• Zhang Xiaoni claimed she had seen the world, and her wife appeared behind her and demanded to hear about her past.

Eternal Hall briefly celebrated reaching third place on the Sacred Weapon Ranking before stronger weapons pushed it down to sixth. Chen Changan received three sacred weapons from the Three Hidden Sects, then learned that the Emperor Above Realm had become unnaturally quiet as Da Huang and his companions returned.

• Eternal Hall obtained the Startling Swan Fan, but successive ranking updates pushed it from third place to sixth as other sects revealed stronger sacred weapons.
• The three sect masters of the Three Hidden Sects gave their sacred weapons to Chen Changan in gratitude for his help, and he promised Miracle Treasure Pavilion would not target them on the Eternal Ranking.
• Chen Changan returned with eight sacred weapons and cultivation at the fifth level of the Emperor Above Realm, while Mu Yunyao had reached the seventh level.
• Chen Changan noticed Da Huang was missing, and Song Yuheng awkwardly denied intending to visit a brothel with him.
• Zhang Ergou told Chen Changan that his father had reported an unusual quietness in the Emperor Above Realm, and that Da Huang and the others were already on their way back.