Recaps

Chen Changan killed the Fifth Elder after confirming he would continue betraying the Myriad Worlds Sect, then received authority as its new Patrol Elder to hunt down hidden moles. The sect master revealed that the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance had been using its spies to infiltrate and eventually take over sects, leaving the Peak Masters to realize the scale of the threat.

• Chen Changan killed the Fifth Elder and explained that he had acted to end the elder’s torment and prevent further betrayal.
• Chen Changan warned that hundreds or more moles could remain in the Myriad Worlds Sect and urged them to leave voluntarily.
• The sect master appointed Chen Changan Patrol Elder and granted him authority to strike first and report later.
• The sect master explained that the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance’s moles had been infiltrating the sect to take it over from within.
• The Peak Masters realized the Alliance might be provoking other sects to help its spies gain status, then questioned whether the sect master had been testing them.

Chen Changan exposed the Myriad Worlds Sect’s suspicions of spies and gave suspected members one month to leave before facing consequences. He and the Peak Masters discussed how widespread the infiltration might be and planned to watch those they had marked.

• Chen Changan gave suspected spies one month to leave the Myriad Worlds Sect, warning that there would be no mercy or extensions afterward.
• Chen Changan admitted that he and the Sect Master suspected the Peak Masters too, prompting them to demand grounds for the accusations.
• Chen Changan said he had marked over three hundred people, while the other two had marked more than a hundred each, and warned that spies might also be among elite disciples, Personal Disciples, and Elders.
• Chen Changan reasoned that the Peak Masters might predate the Heaven Tribulation Alliance’s infiltration, but agreed that the Fifth Elder might not know the full story.
• Chen Changan said the marked people would be watched during the month and could be killed as a warning after the deadline.

Chen Changan monitored the Myriad Worlds Sect for a month as suspected spies disappeared, then reviewed the sect master and Peak Master Hao’s findings and uncovered more infiltrators, including elders and disciples. With the deadline reached and every spy who had fled caught, Chen Changan prepared to gather the sect and carry out the purge.

• Chen Changan watched everyone in the Myriad Worlds Sect and waited for suspected spies to reveal themselves by leaving.
• Sect members noticed that people they knew, including Gao Hao and Fang Chen, had vanished, and began to suspect they had been Heavenly Tribulation Alliance spies.
• The sect master and Peak Master Hao reported that 197 people had left and compared their lists of suspected infiltrators with Chen Changan’s records.
• Chen Changan gave them a new list naming 52 elite disciples, 15 Personal Disciples, and nine elders he had identified as suspects.
• The sect master and Peak Master Hao confirmed that none of the spies who had slipped away escaped, and Chen Changan ordered the sect master to gather everyone for the next step.
• Chen Changan looked over the list as a death warrant and asked Peak Master Hao if he was ready to slaughter the suspects.

Chen Changan purged suspected spies from the Myriad Worlds Sect, giving them one final chance to leave before naming those on his list. After Peak Master Hao executed the accused, including disciples and elders, Chen Changan warned that future inspections would come without notice.

• Chen Changan announced that spies from the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance were on his list and gave them one incense stick to leave the sect.
• More than thirty people fled before the time ran out.
• Chen Changan named Li He of Green Bamboo Peak, and Peak Master Hao killed him despite his protestations.
• Chen Changan named Qi Liunian of Red Leaf Peak, and Peak Master Hao killed him as well.
• Peak Master Hao executed the remaining people on Chen Changan's list, which included elders from several peaks and the Main Peak.
• Chen Changan declared the list finished and warned that future inspections could happen at any time without a grace period.

After purging suspected spies from the Myriad Worlds Sect, Chen Changan ordered a sect-wide investigation and returned to cultivation. Mu Yunyao and Da Huang came back with a captured informant who revealed he was the son of the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance’s Grand Elder.

• Chen Changan reassured the disciples that the people on his list had been spies, though he admitted to Peak Master Hao that he had no evidence.
• Chen Changan told the Sect Master and Peak Master Hao to focus on the sect’s growth and said the Boundary Breaking Sect and Heaven Realm Sect were unlikely to attack soon.
• Chen Changan explained that Elder Mu and Elder Gou were intercepting fleeing spies and argued that the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance would avoid a public conflict.
• Chen Changan proposed a full-scale investigation in which everyone would watch one another, with baseless accusations treated as evidence of spying, and the Sect Master agreed.
• Chen Changan returned to Red Leaf Peak, where Mu Yunyao and Da Huang had brought back a captive informant who claimed to be the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance Grand Elder’s son.

Chen Changan interrogated He Wenxuan about the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance’s infiltration of Myriad Worlds Sect and learned the alliance sought revenge against the sects as well as power rivaling Destroy Chen Hall. He Wenxuan could not reveal the alliance headquarters’ location.

• Chen Changan questioned He Wenxuan, who admitted his father had sent him to Myriad Worlds Sect to become its next sect master and bring it under the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance’s influence.
• He Wenxuan revealed that the alliance had infiltrated sects for a long time and might already control some, though he knew little about its other members in Myriad Worlds Sect.
• Chen Changan asked He Wenxuan about the alliance’s headquarters, members, and motives.
• He Wenxuan explained that the alliance leader wanted revenge because sects had repeatedly rejected him, and that the alliance sought to rival or surpass Destroy Chen Hall.
• He Wenxuan said he did not know where the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance’s headquarters was located.

Chen Changan questioned He Wenxuan about the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance and learned that its members relied on a mysterious middleman and that He knew a branch hall’s location. After Mu Yunyao captured He Wenxuan, Chen Changan kept the location secret and the group decided to continue cultivating.

• Chen Changan learned that most Alliance members did not know the headquarters’ location and communicated through a mysterious middleman who contacted them first.
• He Wenxuan revealed the location of a branch hall after Chen Changan promised it would be his last question.
• Mu Yunyao made He Wenxuan disappear as he tried to leave, while Da Huang complained that she had acted too quickly.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang agreed to keep the branch hall’s location between them and discussed why the Alliance Leader had supposedly been rejected by every sect.
• Chen Changan said the group should keep cultivating because strength would matter with trouble approaching.

After a century of seclusion, Chen Changan, Da Huang, and Mu Yunyao had each made only partial progress toward the Myriad Thousand Realm. They checked in with Peak Master Hao about the sect and the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance, then Chen Changan pressed him to make plans for improving Myriad Worlds Sect.

• Chen Changan, Da Huang, and Mu Yunyao emerged from seclusion after another hundred years and said they had each reached only halfway toward the Myriad Thousand Realm.
• Chen Changan took Da Huang and Mu Yunyao to ask Peak Master Hao about events inside Myriad Worlds Sect and beyond.
• Peak Master Hao reported that the sect had uncovered and executed more than twenty moles, while the outside world had remained quiet.
• Chen Changan explained that one dead mole, He Wenxuan, had been the son of the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance's Grand Elder and had revealed the existence of powerful intermediaries.
• Chen Changan warned that the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance might not keep taking the blame for Boundary Breaking Sect and Heaven Realm Sect, whose moles could expose the truth.
• Chen Changan asked Peak Master Hao about preparations and plans to expand or improve Myriad Worlds Sect, but Peak Master Hao admitted he had made none.

The Sect Master told Chen Changan and his companions that the Sacred Realm Sect had invited the Myriad Worlds Sect to the first Hundred Sects Assembly. As the sect prepared to leave in five days, Mu Yunyao suspected the gathering was a trap set by the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance to expose Chen Changan’s identity.

• The Sect Master arrived to tell Chen Changan, Peak Master Hao, and Da Huang about the Sacred Realm Sect’s invitation to the Hundred Sects Assembly.
• The Sect Master explained that the Sacred Realm Sect was the region’s number-one sect, but neither he nor the others knew what the assembly was for.
• Chen Changan agreed to attend, and the Sect Master said they would leave in five days with no more than fifteen people from the Myriad Worlds Sect.
• Mu Yunyao warned Chen Changan that the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance might be using the assembly to lure him out and reveal his identity.

Chen Changan and the Myriad Worlds Sect set out for the Sacred Realm Sect’s Hundred Sects Assembly, while Chen Changan urged the Sect Master not to approach the gathering with fear or deference. After three months of travel, they finally encountered others on the road.

• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang agreed to attend the Hundred Sects Assembly despite concerns that the Heaven Tribulation Alliance might target Chen Changan.
• The Sect Master chose a smaller group to travel, and Chen Changan suggested closing the Myriad Worlds Sect’s Grotto-Heaven entrance while they were away.
• After three months of flying, Da Huang persuaded the group to stop and rest, and Chen Changan encouraged the Sect Master to stop worrying about the Sacred Realm Sect’s status.
• Chen Changan and the others wondered why they had not encountered any other invited sects, then froze as someone approached.

Myriad Worlds Sect encountered Heaven Realm Sect at the Hundred Sects Assembly, where Heaven Realm Sect's sect master mocked Da Huang and demanded that Xie Yu hand him over. Xie Yu refused, and Chen Changan challenged the sect master to either fight or leave.

• Heaven Realm Sect's sect master and fourteen Elders flew over to confront Xie Yu's group and mocked Myriad Worlds Sect's delegation.
• Da Huang cursed at Heaven Realm Sect's sect master, then hid behind Chen Changan and left the fighting to him.
• Heaven Realm Sect's sect master demanded that Xie Yu hand over Da Huang and threatened Myriad Worlds Sect if he refused.
• Xie Yu rejected the demand and said he would not abandon any member of his sect, while accusing Heaven Realm Sect of avoiding a fight to conserve strength for the assembly.
• Chen Changan cut Xie Yu off and told Heaven Realm Sect's sect master to fight or leave instead of continuing to yap.

Chen Changan and the Myriad Worlds Sect reached the Sacred Realm Sect after confronting the Heaven Realm Sect on the way. With the Hundred Sects Assembly still six months away and its purpose unknown, Xie Yu worried about the invitation, but Chen Changan advised them to wait and see.

• Chen Changan taunted the Heaven Realm Sect's sect master, who chose to leave rather than fight before the Hundred Sects Assembly.
• Chen Changan told Xie Yu and the others that fighting the Heaven Realm Sect would not be worth it, and the group continued their journey.
• After a year of travel, Chen Changan and his companions arrived at the Sacred Realm Sect and were escorted to their newly prepared lodgings.
• Da Huang asked when the Hundred Sects Assembly would begin, and Xie Yu said it was scheduled for six months later.
• Xie Yu voiced suspicion about the Sacred Realm Sect's secretive plans, but Chen Changan told the group to wait until the assembly began.

After half a year of waiting, Chen Changan and the others attended the Hundred Sects Assembly, where Sacred Realm Sect revealed plans to choose ten great sects to govern regions and oversee the rest. As the assembled sects reacted with suspicion and alarm, Chen Changan urged Xie Yu to try for a place among the ten.

• Chen Changan and his companions cultivated for half a year while waiting for the Hundred Sects Assembly to begin.
• A Sacred Realm Sect disciple led the sect representatives to the assembly on the main peak, where the sect master welcomed them.
• The Sacred Realm Sect master said the assembly would promote sect development and healthy competition.
• The sect master announced that the assembly would select ten great sects to govern regions and oversee other sects for ten thousand years.
• The sect representatives suspected Sacred Realm Sect wanted to control their lands and resources, while Xie Yu worried about the plan.
• Chen Changan asked whether Xie Yu wanted to become one of the ten great sects and encouraged him to try.

At the Hundred Sects Assembly, the Sacred Realm Sect's master announced that resources would be consolidated and redistributed alongside the selection of the Ten Great Sects. He justified the plan by claiming the sects had to unite against the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance, leaving Chen Changan and the others to watch as the assembly gained support.

• Chen Changan said the Myriad Worlds Sect would compete for a place among the Ten Great Sects, while Xie Yu doubted they could match the other sects.
• A sect master asked whether ordinary sects would keep control of their resources after the Ten Great Sects were selected.
• Sect Master Fang announced that resources would be consolidated and redistributed, and claimed the Sacred Realm Sect would sacrifice its own resources first.
• Sect Master Fang revealed that the Sacred Realm Sect believed the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance was targeting every sect and said the sects needed to unite against it.
• The assembled sects voiced support for the selection and redistribution plan, and Chen Changan remarked that things were getting more interesting.

Chen Changan recognized that the top ten sect selection had been arranged behind closed doors, but Sacred Realm Sect still announced a tournament with elimination and revival rounds. After Myriad Worlds Sect drew Cloud Realm Sect as its opponent, Chen Changan devised a way to concentrate their strongest fighters and secure three wins.

• Chen Changan told Xie Yu that the top ten sects had already been chosen secretly and that the public selection was meant to make the decision appear legitimate.
• Sect Master Fang announced a tournament for 180 sects, with best-of-five matches, an elimination round, and a revival round for the top ten remaining sects.
• Myriad Worlds Sect drew number 150 and was paired against Cloud Realm Sect, which looked confident when it saw Chen Changan and the others.
• Xie Yu worried that Myriad Worlds Sect would lose its resources and suggested spreading their strength evenly across the groups.
• Chen Changan rejected Xie Yu's plan and proposed concentrating Myriad Worlds Sect's strongest members in one group while sending the other two groups against Cloud Realm Sect's strongest teams.

Chen Changan and the Myriad Worlds Sect planned to exploit the Cloud Realm Sect’s arrogance in the Ten Great Sects selection. When their match finally began, Xie Yu sent three Elders to face the Cloud Realm Sect’s strongest fighters, provoking an angry challenge.

• Chen Changan and Da Huang explained how the Myriad Worlds Sect could use the Cloud Realm Sect’s arrogance to choose advantageous matchups.
• Chen Changan and the Myriad Worlds Sect waited two months while other sects competed before their turn arrived.
• The Heaven Realm Sect mocked the Myriad Worlds Sect, but Chen Changan and his companions ignored them.
• The Cloud Realm Sect sent its patriarch and two strongest Elders into the arena, expecting an easy victory.
• Xie Yu sent three Myriad Worlds Sect Elders to fight them, and the Cloud Realm Sect’s patriarch ordered an attack.

The Myriad Worlds Sect recovered from two deliberate losses to tie its match against the Cloud Realm Sect, leaving Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang to fight for the deciding victory. As the final match began, Chen Changan asked the referee whether killing was allowed and learned that the rules did not forbid it.

• The Cloud Realm Sect won the first two matches, while the Myriad Worlds Sect sent out weaker groups.
• Xie Yu led Peak Master Hao and the peak master of Green Bamboo Peak to defeat the Cloud Realm Sect's team.
• The Myriad Worlds Sect's remaining peak masters won their match, tying the score at two to two.
• The Cloud Realm Sect's sect master ordered his final team not to let their opponents leave the arena unharmed, while Xie Yu urged Chen Changan not to kill anyone.
• Chen Changan entered the arena with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang, then asked the referee whether killing was permitted.
• The referee told Chen Changan that the rules did not prohibit killing, though he advised against it.

Chen Changan killed all three Cloud Realm Sect elders in the Ten Great Sects selection, securing victory for the Myriad Worlds Sect and provoking the Cloud Realm Sect. Back at their lodgings, Xie Yu warned Chen Changan that his actions could invite retaliation against the sect.

• Chen Changan charged the Cloud Realm Sect’s three elders after they insulted Mu Yunyao and Da Huang.
• Chen Changan killed the first elder with a single sword strike, shocking the spectators.
• Xie Yu defended the Myriad Worlds Sect against the Cloud Realm Sect leader’s protest, while Chen Changan killed the other two elders.
• The referee declared the Myriad Worlds Sect the winner, and Chen Changan taunted the Cloud Realm Sect about being unable to enter the resurrection round.
• The Cloud Realm Sect leader took his people away, threatening to remember the grudge.
• Xie Yu brought Chen Changan back to their lodgings and warned him that the Cloud Realm Sect might retaliate against the Myriad Worlds Sect.

Chen Changan returned to cultivation after reassuring the Myriad Worlds Sect that the risks of the tournament were manageable, while his feat made the sect the focus of attention. After the first round, the Myriad Worlds Sect drew the Heaven Realm Sect as its opponent, and Xie Yu warned them on Chen Changan’s behalf.

• Chen Changan told Xie Yu that opponents capable of killing their people instantly could be avoided by conceding, and that the Myriad Worlds Sect’s closed Grotto-Heaven offered protection.
• Chen Changan went into seclusion, while the Sacred Realm Sect investigated his identity and considered recruiting him; Xie Yu stayed behind as the other Myriad Worlds Sect members cultivated.
• Half a year later, the first round ended with ninety of the one hundred and eighty sects advancing, and the eliminated sects remained for the repechage.
• Xie Yu drew the Heaven Realm Sect as the Myriad Worlds Sect’s next opponent and warned its sect master to be careful on Elder Chen’s behalf.
• The Heaven Realm Sect’s sect master claimed Chen Changan’s previous killings had likely damaged his body, and Xie Yu and the others realized that was what the sect had assumed.

Chen Changan prepared to face the Heaven Realm Sect’s Sect Master, while others assumed he was still weakened by the secret technique he had used before. The match began with Chen Changan challenging the Sect Master directly, leaving the crowd—and even the Sacred Realm Sect’s Sect Master—waiting to see what he could do.

• Xie Yu told Chen Changan that the Heaven Realm Sect believed his earlier victory had come at the cost of severe injuries, and Chen Changan planned to kill its Sect Master.
• Chen Changan said the Myriad Worlds Sect would face the Heaven Realm Sect within a month and assigned himself the match against its Sect Master.
• Half a month later, Chen Changan entered the arena with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang while the crowd speculated that he was still recovering.
• Chen Changan challenged the Heaven Realm Sect’s Sect Master, who accepted and entered the arena with two members of his group.
• The crowd believed Chen Changan was being sacrificed to wear down the Heaven Realm Sect’s strongest fighter, but the Sacred Realm Sect’s Sect Master noticed Chen Changan looked healthy.

Chen Changan swiftly defeated the Heaven Realm Sect Master and his companions, securing another victory for the Myriad Worlds Sect. The Sacred Realm Sect Master, Fang, then privately suggested he had recognized Chen Changan’s name and warned him that he should not have come to the Hundred Sects Assembly.

• Chen Changan killed the Heaven Realm Sect Master’s two companions and defeated the sect master with a rapid series of sword strikes.
• The remaining Heaven Realm Sect members conceded, giving the Myriad Worlds Sect its second-round victory.
• The Sacred Realm Sect Master visited Chen Changan and reassured the Myriad Worlds Sect members that he did not intend to recruit him.
• After asking Chen Changan’s full name, Fang guessed that he was called Changan and said his performance had made people suspicious.
• Fang told Chen Changan he should not have come to the Hundred Sects Assembly, while insisting he meant no harm and would not become his enemy.

Chen Changan learned that Sect Master Fang was consolidating the sects to root out the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance and its spies, while warning him about mysterious intermediaries. Sect Master Fang revealed his ambition to ally with Chen Changan, and the chapter ended with Chen Changan asking whether he would help the Myriad Worlds Sect join the Ten Great Sects.

• Sect Master Fang explained that the Hundred Sects Assembly was meant to consolidate resources and investigate infiltration by the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance.
• Chen Changan told Sect Master Fang that mysterious intermediaries contacted the Alliance's spies and might be directing the Alliance.
• Sect Master Fang admitted he could not guarantee that the other nine chosen sects were clean, though he considered them safer than most.
• Sect Master Fang said he did not want to become someone else's pawn and hoped Chen Changan could help him gain greater power for the Sacred Realm Sect.
• Chen Changan asked whether Sect Master Fang planned to help the Myriad Worlds Sect secure a place among the Ten Great Sects.

Chen Changan secured the Sacred Realm Sect’s support for the Myriad Worlds Sect’s rise, while keeping his identity secret. After the sect advanced to the top twenty, it drew the Tianyi Sect, and Chen Changan chose Mu Yunyao, Da Huang, and their teams to lead the decisive match.

• Sect Master Fang offered to help the Myriad Worlds Sect reach the top twenty in exchange for Chen Changan helping him rule Chaos Heaven, and Chen Changan agreed to try.
• Chen Changan told Xie Yu and the others about the Sacred Realm Sect’s backing but kept his own identity secret.
• The Myriad Worlds Sect rose to twenty-third place, survived the repechage period, and won its top-forty match to secure a place among the final twenty.
• Chen Changan learned that the Tianyi Sect, an enemy of the Heavenly Heart Clan, would be the Myriad Worlds Sect’s opponent in the round deciding the ten great sects.
• Chen Changan assigned Mu Yunyao, Da Huang, and their teams to fight the Tianyi Sect, with the match set to begin after three days of rest.

The Myriad Worlds Sect faced the Tianyi Sect in the final competition, and Mu Yunyao revealed her ferocious fighting strength. The Myriad Worlds Sect secured its first victory and left the Tianyi Sect reeling after Mu Yunyao overwhelmed their group.

• The Myriad Worlds Sect and the Tianyi Sect prepared to compete for a place among the top ten after their key fighters were split into separate groups.
• Chen Changan let Xie Yu lead the first match, and the Tianyi Sect sent out its weakest group.
• Xie Yu and the two Peak Masters won the opening match for the Myriad Worlds Sect.
• Mu Yunyao entered the arena against another Tianyi Sect group, and her battle intent frightened her opponents.
• Mu Yunyao struck first and battered all three Tianyi Sect members with a relentless storm of punches.
• The Tianyi Sect acknowledged that it had lost.

Chen Changan faced the Tianyi Sect Master and withstood his attack without defending himself, then killed him with a single sword strike. The Myriad Worlds Sect won and became the first sect to secure a place among the Ten Great Sects.

• The Tianyi Sect Master gathered his people and entered the arena, hoping to defeat Chen Changan and keep the Tianyi Sect in the competition.
• Chen Changan stood still as the Tianyi Sect Master's full-force attack struck him, leaving the attacker and spectators stunned.
• Chen Changan swung his sword and killed the Tianyi Sect Master before he could recover from his shock.
• The referee announced the Myriad Worlds Sect's victory, making it the first sect to secure a place among the Ten Great Sects.