Recaps

Chen Changan weighed the risks of attending Starfall Hall’s exchange meeting and chose to focus on cultivation instead. After more than a hundred years, he reached Myriad Thousand Realm Peak but still could not break through to the Greater Ruler Realm, so he asked Chen Yunxuan how long it would take him to reach the Ruler Realm.

• Chen Changan learned that the War Alliance had been specifically named for Starfall Hall’s exchange meeting and that the War Emperor was expected to attend, likely because Starfall Hall wanted to recruit him.
• The leader of the War Alliance warned Chen Changan that attending could expose his identity, while noting that Starfall Hall might approach him privately.
• Chen Changan considered the risk, then told Saintess Xiang'er he would enter seclusion to cultivate and said she could explore the War Alliance freely.
• After more than a hundred years of cultivation, Chen Changan reached Myriad Thousand Realm Peak but showed no sign of breaking through to the Greater Ruler Realm.
• Chen Changan entered the Small World and asked Chen Yunxuan, who had reached Emperor Above Realm, how long he needed to break through to the Ruler Realm.

Chen Changan learned that his companions were not yet close to breaking through, so he went out with Mu Yunyao, Da Huang, and the changed Saintess Xiang'er. The War Alliance Master told him that a Chaos Star Stone had been found, and Hongchen reacted to it with great excitement.

• Chen Yunxuan admitted he could not reach the Ruler Realm within a few decades, so Chen Changan told him and the others to do their best and stopped rushing them.
• Chen Changan learned that Mu Yunyao and Da Huang had reached the Myriad Thousand Realm Peak but faced a difficult breakthrough, and he suggested they go out and look around.
• Saintess Xiang'er returned with a warmer, more cheerful disposition and asked to join Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang on their outing.
• The War Alliance Master told Chen Changan that someone had found a Chaos Star Stone that could greatly benefit Hongchen.
• Hongchen said the Chaos Star Stone stirred her soul and could give her a tremendous boost, and Chen Changan promised to obtain it for her.

Chen Changan set out for the Star Sea after learning that a Chaos Star Stone there could strengthen Hongchen’s sword. After arriving and finding a Star Stone guarded by a Star Behemoth, he let Saintess Xiang’er take the lead in fighting it.

• Chen Changan questioned whether the Chaos Star Stone news had appeared too conveniently, then asked the War Alliance Master where it had been found and who knew about it.
• The War Alliance Master said the Chaos Star Stone was rumored to be somewhere in the Star Sea, and Chen Changan decided to leave for it with Mu Yunyao and the others.
• Da Huang explained that Star Stones were guarded by Star Behemoths, which were at least at the Myriad Thousand Realm, and Hongchen asked Chen Changan to gather Star Stones for her.
• Four months later, Chen Changan’s group reached the Star Sea and entered, finding many Greater Ruler-level cultivators already searching there.
• Chen Changan found a Star Stone beside an Early Greater Ruler-stage Star Behemoth, and Saintess Xiang’er volunteered to fight it.

Saintess Xiang'er eagerly hunted Star Behemoths and gathered Star Stones while Chen Changan watched the other Star Sea entrants for clues to the Chaos Star Stone. He led the group toward people who seemed to know its location, where a terrifying roar interrupted their approach.

• Saintess Xiang'er killed a Star Behemoth with one punch and gave its Star Stone to Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang not to treat Xiang'er as a tool, then assigned her to hunt Star Behemoths after she said she was happy to feel useful.
• Xiang'er gathered Star Stones while Chen Changan observed the other Star Sea entrants and identified people who seemed to have a clear destination.
• Chen Changan led Mu Yunyao, Da Huang, and Xiang'er toward those people, suspecting someone had deliberately spread the Chaos Star Stone's location to selected groups.
• A deafening roar and overwhelming pressure made the group wonder whether the Chaos Star Stone's guardian beast had appeared.

Chen Changan and his companions reached the Chaos Star Stone’s guardian, a gigantic ferocious beast too powerful for the gathered cultivators to harm. After searching for a weakness, Chen Changan announced that he had found one.

• Chen Changan judged the guardian beast to be a Greater Ruler Late-Stage and decided to wait for others to create an opportunity rather than confront it directly.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, Da Huang, and Saintess Xiang'er approached the beast, drawing attention because of Xiang'er’s Abyssal Clan wings.
• Da Huang and the others saw the enormous beast battering nearby cultivators, while Hongchen told Chen Changan that the Chaos Star Stone was likely inside its body.
• Chen Changan moved away from the crowd and watched the beast, then circled around with his companions to inspect its back for a weakness.
• After finding no flaw on the beast’s back, Chen Changan declared that he had found one.

Chen Changan discovered that the vicious beast’s heart contained the Chaos Star Stone and killed it by striking that weakness, then took the stone. The surrounding experts confronted him and demanded that he hand it over.

• Hongchen told Chen Changan that the Chaos Star Stone was located in the vicious beast’s heart, and Chen Changan noticed the beast guarded that area.
• Chen Changan sent Da Huang, Mu Yunyao, and Saintess Xiang'er away to collect ordinary Star Stones while he stayed to face the beast.
• Chen Changan charged through the beast’s attacks, cut open its chest with the Red Dust Sword, and stored the Chaos Star Stone in the Chaos Jade Bottle.
• The vicious beast lost its power and collapsed, while Chen Changan decided to strengthen himself with ordinary Star Stones before using the Chaos Star Stone.
• The gathered experts surrounded Chen Changan and demanded the Chaos Star Stone, but he asked them to decide among themselves who should receive it.

Chen Changan defeated the people from Starfall Hall who demanded the Chaos Star Stone, then waited at the Star Sea entrance for Mu Yunyao and the others. When they returned, they told him that two people had competed to find more treasures while he had waited.

• The factions argued over who should receive the Chaos Star Stone, but Chen Changan warned them that he had killed the ferocious beast.
• The people from Starfall Hall demanded the stone, and Chen Changan sent them flying with one sword slash before they let him leave.
• Chen Changan said he would attend Starfall Hall's exchange gathering, prompting its people to suspect that he belonged to the War Alliance.
• Chen Changan waited at the Star Sea entrance for Mu Yunyao and the others, who returned and described a bloody competition to find more treasures.
• Mu Yunyao and the others said Chen Changan had served as the competition's fair and impartial judge.

Chen Changan returned to the Star Sea to gather enough Star Stones to strengthen Hongchen, whose power eventually reached a level that could rival an Early Greater Ruler. There, he met Star Elder, who claimed to live in hiding to escape a fate controlled by others.

• Chen Changan gave Hongchen the newly derived Star Stones, and she said she needed dozens of times more to reach her limit.
• Chen Changan returned to the Star Sea, where he spent ten years gathering Star Stones until ordinary ones could no longer improve Hongchen.
• Da Huang returned to the War Alliance and learned Chen Changan was still in the Star Sea, so he decided to cultivate instead of joining him.
• Chen Changan sensed a mysterious aura in the Star Sea and found a hidden entrance leading to a small space and courtyard.
• Chen Changan met the white-haired Star Elder, who said he had been observing him and lived in the Star Sea to avoid a fate controlled by others.

Chen Changan met Star Elder, who had awakened from the voices compelling people to kill Chen Changan and hoped to learn who controlled them. Star Elder learned that Ultimate Heaven held the answers, then left to ascend to Primordial Heaven, while Chen Changan returned to the War Alliance with Star Elder’s gifts.

• Star Elder told Chen Changan that he had heard a command to kill Chen Changan since awakening, and that he had found the same command in others.
• Chen Changan admitted that he was also searching for answers about the mysterious enemy and told Star Elder parts of his story.
• Chen Changan identified Ultimate Heaven as the destination where all things ended, prompting Star Elder to renew his resolve to seek the answers there.
• Star Elder gave Chen Changan his accumulated possessions, including three Chaos Star Stones, then left to ascend to Primordial Heaven.
• Chen Changan left the Star Sea and returned to the War Alliance, where people were discussing the recent ascension.

The War Alliance Leader told Chen Changan that Star Elder was the first person from Chaos Heaven to ascend to Primordial Heaven, and reports soon arrived of more ascensions. Chen Changan suspected his appearance had opened the ascension passage, then learned the exchange meeting had been moved up and they needed to leave immediately.

• The War Alliance Leader asked Chen Changan about the person who had ascended, and Chen Changan said he had met Star Elder near the Star Sea.
• The War Alliance Leader explained that Star Elder was the first person from Chaos Heaven to ascend, giving others hope of reaching Primordial Heaven.
• Chen Changan wondered whether his appearance had opened the ascension passage or whether his father had arranged it.
• The War Alliance Leader received word that people had ascended in other regions and celebrated the prospect of Primordial Heaven.
• Mu Yunyao asked Chen Changan about his children, and he admitted he had nearly forgotten to ask about them.
• The War Alliance Leader announced that the exchange meeting had been moved up and that they had to set off immediately.

Chen Changan and the War Alliance leader discussed why Starfall Hall had advanced its exchange meeting and set out to attend. After nearly a year of travel, they arrived at Starfall Hall and received unusually comfortable lodgings, leaving the War Alliance leader suspicious that the special treatment concealed an ulterior motive.

• Chen Changan suspected the exchange meeting had been moved up because of the Ascension incident and said he wanted allies to help avoid trouble in Chaos Heaven.
• Chen Changan, the War Alliance leader, six Elders, and the rest of their group departed for Starfall Hall, with Da Huang counted as a pet.
• During the journey, the War Alliance leader explained that the invitation made him happy because it acknowledged the War Alliance's strength.
• After nearly a year, the group reached Starfall Hall's Grotto-Heaven, where its people recognized the War Alliance by their lack of uniform clothing.
• Starfall Hall's representative led the group to excellent lodgings prepared personally by the Hall Master, prompting the War Alliance leader to suspect a trap.

Chen Changan confronted factions angered that the War Alliance had received better lodging than theirs. As the factions demanded that the War Alliance leave, he asked how they planned to force them out.

• Da Huang mocked the Alliance Leader, who worried that Starfall Hall’s favorable lodging would make other factions resent the War Alliance.
• Several factions gathered outside the War Alliance’s residence, angry that it had been given better accommodations and intending to drive it out.
• Chen Changan decided to face the visitors himself despite the Alliance Leader’s warning, while Mu Yunyao urged the others to let him handle it.
• Mu Yunyao told Saintess Xiang'er to stop treating herself as an outsider and to learn how friends interacted.
• Chen Changan confronted the approaching factions, who insulted him and demanded that the War Alliance leave, and asked how they planned to be impolite.

Chen Changan slaughtered the powerful figures who threatened him at Starfall Hall while its Hall Master watched, having learned his identity. After the survivors fled, Chen Changan reassured the War Alliance leader and went out to speak with Starfall Hall.

• Chen Changan charged into the crowd with the Red Dust Sword after his opponents threatened him, and he began killing them.
• The Hall Master of Starfall Hall revealed that Chen Changan was the legendary figure Chen Changan and ordered the others to watch rather than intervene.
• Chen Changan’s opponents panicked at his strength and fled, abandoning the exchange gathering.
• The War Alliance leader questioned Chen Changan about the enemies he had made, and Chen Changan said he had offended everyone who attended.
• Chen Changan told the War Alliance leader he was going out to talk with Starfall Hall, despite the leader’s concerns.

Chen Changan met privately with the Hall Master of Starfall Hall, who explained that he wanted to profit from Chen Changan’s rise without becoming his enemy. They agreed that Starfall Hall would provide resources in exchange for Chen Changan helping the Hall Master ascend to Primordial Heaven, if his fortune allowed it.

• Chen Changan entered Starfall Hall’s main hall and asked the Hall Master why he had arranged the gathering and summoned him.
• The Hall Master said he feared the consequences of opposing or ignoring Chen Changan and wanted to seize the opportunity to ascend while Chaos Heaven could do so.
• Chen Changan demanded an offer before agreeing to help, and the Hall Master promised the War Alliance resources taken from the factions Chen Changan had driven away, along with resources from Starfall Hall.
• The Hall Master asked Chen Changan to help him ascend to Primordial Heaven, and Chen Changan cautioned that the outcome depended on the Hall Master’s own fortune.
• The Hall Master said Chen Changan’s extraordinary luck could benefit those bound to him through karma, and that joining his side could rewrite his own fortune.

Chen Changan allied with Starfall Hall, then returned to the War Alliance and entered seclusion with Mu Yunyao and the others to pursue the Greater Ruler Realm. After three hundred years, Chen Changan broke through directly to the Mid-Stage Greater Ruler Realm, stunning the War Alliance leader.

• Chen Changan agreed to ally with Starfall Hall, and its Hall Master promised to support the War Alliance and honor their arrangement.
• Starfall Hall's Hall Master persuaded his Elders to commit to the alliance, seeing it as a chance to escape Chaos Heaven and reach Primordial Heaven.
• Chen Changan left the exchange gathering and returned to the War Alliance, where he distributed resources and began cultivating with Mu Yunyao and the others.
• After three hundred years of seclusion, an immense surge of energy alerted the War Alliance that someone had broken through to the Greater Ruler Realm.
• The War Alliance leader arrived at Chen Changan's residence and discovered that Chen Changan had reached the Mid-Stage Greater Ruler Realm in a single breakthrough.

Chen Changan welcomed the people who had broken through to the Ruler Realm, explained the dangers and circumstances of Chaos Heaven, and told them to cultivate in the War Alliance. The War Alliance Leader then brought news that something had happened to Chen Tian.

• Fifteen people, including Xuan Wudao, broke through to the Ruler Realm, advancing Chen Changan to the Mid-Stage Greater Ruler Realm.
• Chen Yunxuan explained that Xuan Wudao had comprehended the Dao in brothels, and Chen Changan learned that Chen Tian, Chen Jie, and Chen Ling were not present.
• Chen Changan briefed the newcomers on Chaos Heaven and instructed them to cultivate in the War Alliance.
• Mu Yunyao and Da Huang broke through to the Greater Ruler Early Stage, while Da Huang introduced a Qilin and reunited with Xuan Wudao.
• The War Alliance Leader brought an Elder to Chen Changan, who reported news concerning Chen Tian.

Chen Changan learned that Cloud Rain Pavilion was hunting Chen Tian and Jian Dan, so he prepared to deal with the threat himself. He left with Mu Yunyao to confront Cloud Rain Pavilion, confident that his strength made a complicated search unnecessary.

• The War Alliance Elder reported that Cloud Rain Pavilion was hunting Chen Tian and Jian Dan, while Chen Jie and Chen Ling remained unaccounted for.
• Chen Changan told Chen Yunxuan and the others to focus on cultivation, then distributed resources and returned the Abyssal Stone to Saintess Xiang'er so she could try absorbing it.
• Da Huang stayed behind to look after the others, while Chen Changan gave Hongchen the Chaos Star Stone and set out with Mu Yunyao.
• Mu Yunyao asked how they would find Chen Tian, but Chen Changan said they would deal with Cloud Rain Pavilion instead of searching for him.
• Chen Changan said he would find Cloud Rain Pavilion and wipe it out, then decided to settle that matter before investigating what else Chaos Heaven might be hiding.

During their three-year journey to Cloud Rain Pavilion, Hongchen absorbed four Chaos Star Stones and reached the limit of her growth. After learning Cloud Rain Pavilion was hunting a man named Chen Tian because of his surname, Chen Changan discovered its location and headed there with Mu Yunyao, leaving the reason for Cloud Rain Pavilion’s suspicion unresolved.

• Hongchen absorbed four Chaos Star Stones over three years, reaching power comparable to a Greater Ruler Late-Stage expert before she hit her limit.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao spent nearly half a year in Cloud Rain Pavilion’s territory before finding a city.
• Chen Changan overheard locals discussing Cloud Rain Pavilion’s hunt for Chen Tian, which they suspected was connected to his surname.
• Chen Changan asked the locals where Cloud Rain Pavilion was and revealed that his surname was Chen before disappearing with Mu Yunyao.
• Mu Yunyao teased Chen Changan about his family’s habit of setting up the next generation, and they set off for Cloud Rain Pavilion.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao entered Cloud Rain Pavilion to learn why it was hunting Chen Tian, and Chen Changan revealed that he was Chen Tian’s father. They massacred the pavilion’s members, and the Pavilion Master recognized Chen Changan as the battle unfolded.

• Chen Changan asked Cloud Rain Pavilion’s guards why they were hunting Chen Tian, and they said Chen Tian had repeatedly caused trouble and might be connected to Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan told the guards that Chen Tian was not Chen Changan and revealed that he was Chen Tian’s father, prompting them to try to capture him.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao killed the guards and began slaughtering Cloud Rain Pavilion’s members.
• The Pavilion Master learned that two attackers had killed hundreds of members and several Elders, then went to confront them with Cloud Rain Pavilion’s experts.
• The Pavilion Master initially underestimated Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao, but recognized Chen Changan as the attack continued.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao attacked Cloud Rain Pavilion, where Chen Changan declared his intention to destroy the force. After killing the Pavilion Master and leaving Mu Yunyao to finish off the remaining members, Chen Changan left Cloud Rain Pavilion in ruins.

• Chen Changan revealed himself to the Pavilion Master and said he had come to destroy Cloud Rain Pavilion.
• The Pavilion Master sent his people to fight Chen Changan but hesitated to attack him himself as Chen Changan slaughtered the Pavilion's members.
• The Pavilion Master abandoned his people and fled, so Chen Changan pursued him while Mu Yunyao continued the massacre.
• Chen Changan caught up with the Pavilion Master, questioned him about powerful forces hidden in Chaos Heaven, and killed him with the Red Dust Sword.
• Chen Changan returned to find Mu Yunyao had nearly finished killing Cloud Rain Pavilion's members, then confirmed their Pavilion Master was dead and ended the survivors' lives.

After destroying the Cloud Rain Pavilion and plundering its resources, Chen Changan returned to the War Alliance and planned to cultivate until he could ascend to Primordial Heaven. Just as he and Mu Yunyao went into seclusion, the War Alliance leader warned that Chen Changan’s identity had been exposed throughout Chaos Heaven.

• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao destroyed the Cloud Rain Pavilion, and Chen Changan spent several months plundering its resource sites and killing its remaining members.
• Chen Changan returned to the War Alliance and told the War Alliance leader that the Cloud Rain Pavilion had been wiped out.
• Chen Changan said he had no desire to rule Chaos Heaven and planned to cultivate and ascend to Primordial Heaven.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao discussed Da Huang, Xuan Wudao, Yi Tuo, and Little Earthworm, then went into seclusion.
• The War Alliance leader rushed back and told Chen Changan that his identity had spread throughout Chaos Heaven, though he did not know who exposed it.

After Chen Changan’s identity was exposed, he and the leaders of the War Alliance and Starfall Hall suspected the disclosure was connected to Cloud Rain Pavilion’s destruction and planned to wait for their hidden enemies to act. Meanwhile, the Five Clans Alliance and Myriad Worlds Sect pledged to support him, and news spread that he was in the War Alliance.

• The Hall Master of Starfall Hall warned Chen Changan that his identity had been exposed and that his location might soon be revealed.
• The War Alliance leader suspected the exposure was connected to Chen Changan destroying Cloud Rain Pavilion, and Chen Changan proposed waiting to draw out his enemies.
• The Yun Family Head and the other Five Clans Alliance leaders agreed to stand with Chen Changan, and none of their clansmen chose to leave.
• The Myriad Worlds Sect leaders pledged loyalty to Chen Changan and prepared to coordinate with the Sacred Realm Sect to support him.
• People across Chaos Heaven discussed Chen Changan, and new reports claimed he had joined the War Alliance and was currently there.

After Chen Changan's location was exposed, the War Alliance feared an attack, but Chen remained unconcerned as allied factions gathered to stand with him. Starfall Hall's Hall Master explained that Chen was nearly impossible to kill, while worrying that Chen might ascend and leave Chaos Heaven before others could follow.

• The War Alliance Master panicked over the exposure of the War Alliance's location, but Chen Changan told him there was nothing he could do about it.
• Starfall Hall's Hall Master brought most of Starfall Hall to join the War Alliance, while some members chose to leave.
• The Sacred Realm Sect, the Myriad Worlds Sect, and the Five Clans Alliance arrived to support Chen Changan.
• Starfall Hall's Hall Master told the War Alliance Master that Chen Changan was extremely difficult to kill and that this made defeat unlikely.
• Starfall Hall's Hall Master worried that Chen Changan might ascend before the others had a chance to do so, then returned to cultivate.

After ten quiet years, Destroy Chen Hall gathered the factions of Chaos Heaven and led them toward the War Alliance to confront Chen Changan. As the enemy forces approached, Chen Changan insisted he could handle them alone, while Saintess Xiang'er summoned the Abyssal Clan.

• Destroy Chen Hall's Hall Master dismissed concerns about who had spread news of Chen Changan and waited until factions from across Chaos Heaven had gathered.
• Destroy Chen Hall led the assembled factions toward the War Alliance.
• After absorbing the Abyssal Stone, Saintess Xiang'er reached the Greater Ruler Late-Stage and summoned the Abyssal Clan to the War Alliance.
• Chen Changan told Saintess Xiang'er that he had joined the War Alliance to reduce trouble and casualties, and said no one could kill him.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang and Xuan Wudao to stay put as the enemy forces arrived.

Chen Changan faced a massive army sent to subdue him, while the Abyssal Clan and his allies remained at the War Alliance. After his first sword strike devastated the crowd, the Destroy Chen Hall Master urged the survivors to keep fighting.

• Saintess Xiang'er told the Abyssal Clan that she had broken through by fusing with the Abyssal Stone, and the clan joined Chen Changan's allies at the War Alliance.
• Chen Changan suspected that someone had leaked news of his presence and warned that the enemy might try to lure him away from his allies.
• Chen Changan left alone to meet the approaching army, telling the Abyssal Clan and the others to guard the War Alliance in case of a diversion.
• The Destroy Chen Hall Master identified himself and claimed that his hall had been established to destroy Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan cut down a vast section of the army with one sword strike, prompting many to doubt that they could defeat him.
• Chen Changan offered the army a chance to leave, but the Destroy Chen Hall Master called on them to charge and promised rewards for killing him.