Recaps

Chen Changan reached Temple of Heavenly Sounds to reclaim his Fetal Pearl, which Holy Buddha had mistaken for a Sacred Buddha Sarira, and confronted the corrupt monks there. After Chen Changan effortlessly killed two Great Emperor Realm monks, Holy Buddha refused to return the pearl.

• Holy Buddha learned that the Life Lamps of the monks sent to oversee the Golden Buddha and many others had gone out, then ordered the temple to prepare for invading enemies.
• Chen Changan arrived at Temple of Heavenly Sounds and sent Da Huang to rescue the surviving babies while he entered the temple alone.
• Holy Buddha ordered his monks to attack Chen Changan, but Chen Changan killed them with Sword Qi and demanded what belonged to him.
• Holy Buddha sent two Great Emperor Realm monks against Chen Changan, who killed them with pebbles and left the temple devastated by their explosive deaths.
• Chen Changan demanded the pearl from Holy Buddha and revealed that the Sacred Buddha Sarira was his Fetal Pearl, but Holy Buddha refused to hand it over.

Chen Changan exposed the Holy Buddha's deception and destroyed the Temple of Heavenly Sounds. The chapter ended with people across the western lands wondering whether the Holy Buddha had ascended.

• The Holy Buddha offered Chen Changan the Sacred Buddha Sarira in exchange for sparing him and the Temple of Heavenly Sounds.
• When Chen Changan refused to bargain, the Holy Buddha tried to destroy the bead, but could not damage it; the monks realized he had deceived them about its identity.
• Chen Changan took the bead from the Holy Buddha and used Soul Cage to immobilize him and every monk in the temple.
• Chen Changan summoned a colossal sword that reduced the Temple of Heavenly Sounds and everyone inside to ashes.
• People across the western lands felt the sword's terrifying aura and wondered whether the Holy Buddha had ascended.

Chen Changan absorbed the eighth Fetal Pearl, broke through to the first level of the Undying Realm, and dismissed the heavenly tribulation before it could strike. After rescuing tens of thousands of infants and destroying the Western Lands’ temples, he and Da Huang left for Peak of Taihua.

• Chen Changan absorbed the eighth Fetal Pearl, and a powerful energy sent him straight into the first level of the Undying Realm.
• Chen Changan ordered the gathering heavenly tribulation to disperse, and the sky cleared.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang found tens of thousands of unconscious infants and decided to seek someone reliable to care for them.
• Da Huang revealed that he had stolen the Temple of Heavenly Sounds’ gold and silver, and Chen Changan carried the infants away with him.
• Chen Changan destroyed the temples they passed and killed the monks before he and Da Huang finally left the Western Lands after a year.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang set out for Peak of Taihua to see how things had gone there.

Chen Yunxuan and Ye Zhi Qiu advanced to within a hundred paces of Peak of Taihua and prepared to break through to the Undying Realm. As a heavenly tribulation appeared, Chen Changan returned and revealed that Chen Yunxuan had reached the summit.

• Contestants outside the barrier discussed the long Earth Ranking trial and the gains and risks of cultivating under its pressure.
• Chen Yunxuan and Ye Zhi Qiu, both at the eighth level of the Supreme Realm, decided to use the barrier’s pressure to attempt breakthroughs to the Undying Realm.
• Li Qiye and two others reached the seventh level of the Supreme Realm, while fewer than three hundred contestants remained in the barrier and Nie Haotian and Ye Beiming had been eliminated.
• A heavenly tribulation appeared above the barrier, prompting contestants to wonder who had broken through to the Undying Realm.
• Chen Changan returned and said that Chen Yunxuan had reached the summit of Peak of Taihua.

Chen Changan returned and revealed that Chen Yunxuan had reached the Peak of Taihua and broken through to the Undying Realm. Chen Yunxuan survived an extraordinary ninety-nine-bolt heavenly tribulation, but another tribulation began as Ye Zhi Qiu also reached the summit.

• Chen Changan returned, and everyone learned that Chen Yunxuan had reached the Peak of Taihua and entered the Undying Realm.
• Chen Changan said his strength had long surpassed the peak of the Great Emperor Realm and that he had killed an expert at that level.
• Chen Yunxuan faced the heavenly tribulation head-on, punching away its bolts as the number climbed past the expected nine.
• Chen Yunxuan endured ninety-nine bolts of heavenly lightning over seven days and successfully survived the tribulation.
• The tribulation began gathering again, and Chen Changan revealed that Ye Zhi Qiu had reached the Peak of Taihua and was now breaking through.

Chen Yunxuan, Ye Zhi Qiu, Li Qiye, Gu Xian'er, and Gu Fengyao reached Peak of Taihua as heavenly tribulations struck the summit. When fifty people arrived and the barrier vanished, they argued over rankings and whether to fight, until golden light announced that the Earth Ranking had been tallied.

• Chen Yunxuan and Ye Zhi Qiu continued cultivating at the summit, and Li Qiye reached it three months later to face his tribulation.
• Gu Xian'er and Gu Fengyao reached the summit half a year later as observers speculated about the tribulations and the remaining contestants.
• When fifty people reached Peak of Taihua, the barrier disappeared, prompting them to question whether the Earth Ranking contest was over.
• Chen Yunxuan and Ye Zhi Qiu heard others criticize their cultivation, while Li Qiye and Gu Xian'er proposed dividing the challengers among themselves for a fight.
• More than half the contestants refused to fight, and golden light appeared as the Earth Ranking was tallied.

The Earth Ranking ended abruptly, and the Heaven Ranking set a ten-year countdown before a final battle involving cultivators under ten thousand years old. After Chen Yunxuan and the others received powerful rewards, including Immortal Methods, Chen Changan warned them not to cultivate the suspicious methods while he investigated their origin.

• The Earth Ranking announced its results and rewards unusually quickly, leaving Chen Changan and others wondering why the rankings seemed rushed.
• The Heaven Ranking declared that cultivators under ten thousand years old in the Great Profound Realm could participate, with a Battle at the Peak scheduled after ten years.
• Chen Yunxuan and the others met Chen Changan and reported that their rewards had advanced their cultivation by several minor realms.
• Chen Yunxuan revealed that the Heavenly Dao had also bestowed Immortal Methods, which he and the others suspected were meant to tempt them.
• Chen Changan told them not to cultivate the bestowed methods and said he would investigate them.

Chen Changan parted ways with his companions and accepted an invitation to the Immortal Sealing Sacred Land’s return before Mu Yunyao suddenly appeared. He reunited with his Master, who confronted him about his earlier remark, while Da Huang tried to slip away.

• Chen Yunxuan, Ye Zhi Qiu, and Li Qiye left after Chen Changan encouraged Chen Yunxuan to pursue the Great Emperor Realm.
• Gu Xian'er asked to stay with Chen Changan after the Heaven Ranking concluded, and Gu Fengyao suggested they get married, but Chen Changan told her to think about it when she was older.
• Feng Yunian invited Chen Changan to the Immortal Sealing Sacred Land’s return at the Immortal Sealing Platform in three months, and Chen Changan agreed to go.
• Chen Changan wondered why the Holy Lord had invited him and recalled that his Master might know about the original Immortal Sealing Sacred Land.
• Mu Yunyao appeared before Chen Changan and rebuked him for saying he could not eat or sleep without her, while Da Huang tried to sneak away.

Mu Yunyao warned Chen Changan that Feng Xiu planned to return to the Great Profound Realm and rule it, then tested Chen Changan’s strength and effortlessly defeated him. She left Chen Changan to investigate the Immortal Sealing Sacred Land, cautioning him that Feng Xiu relied on manipulation and underhanded methods.

• Mu Yunyao confronted Da Huang about visiting brothels, and he promised not to go again.
• Mu Yunyao told Chen Changan that Feng Xiu, the Holy Lord of the Immortal Sealing Sacred Land, had planned to return to the Great Profound Realm and rule it.
• Mu Yunyao asked Chen Changan to check whether Feng Xiu was at the Immortal Sealing Sacred Land because Feng Xiu might flee if she went herself.
• Chen Changan said he could easily defeat a peak Great Emperor, so Mu Yunyao challenged him to test his strength.
• Mu Yunyao dispelled Chen Changan’s attack with one slap and sent him flying, revealing a vast gap between their strength.
• Mu Yunyao said Feng Xiu might not match Chen Changan in a direct fight but warned that his manipulative, despicable methods could catch Chen Changan off guard.

Mu Yunyao warned Chen Changan about Feng Xiu and told him to find Feng Xiu and destroy the Immortal Sealing Sacred Land while she searched for the last Fetal Pearl. Chen Changan and Da Huang headed for the Immortal Sealing Platform, where the Sacred Land was making a high-profile return to the Great Profound Realm.

• Mu Yunyao said she had a rough idea where the last Fetal Pearl was and assigned Chen Changan to confront Feng Xiu and destroy the Immortal Sealing Sacred Land, warning him to stay safe.
• After Mu Yunyao left, Da Huang realized she had been holding back when she beat him, and Chen Changan teased him about being proud of it.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang set off for the Immortal Sealing Platform as rumors spread that the Immortal Sealing Sacred Land was returning and gathering powerful allies.
• Da Huang wondered why Feng Xiu was publicizing the Sacred Land's return, and Chen Changan suspected he planned to use the occasion to achieve a larger goal.
• Chen Changan looked forward to learning more at the Immortal Sealing Platform, while Da Huang urged him to hurry and Chen Changan told him to take it easy.

The Immortal Sealing Sacred Land gathered its guests for its return ceremony, astonishing them with its many Great Emperor Realm experts. As the ceremony began, Long Wuqi waited for Chen Changan, while the hidden Feng Xiu prepared to test him and pursue his great plan.

• Gu Fenghua, the Nie Family's Ancestor, and the Ye Family's Ancestor arrived at the Immortal Sealing Platform and questioned the Immortal Sealing Sacred Land's strength and its failure to greet them.
• Feng Xiu told Long Wuqi that the new body he had found was ideal for him and said he planned to test Chen Changan, whose help could advance his great plan.
• Long Wuqi left the secret chamber to make preparations, and Feng Xiu's shadow disappeared into the darkness.
• At the return ceremony, guests saw more than a thousand Great Emperor Realm experts among the Immortal Sealing Sacred Land's ranks, including former members of other forces.
• Gu Fenghua and the other ancestors sensed that something was wrong, while Long Wuqi wondered why Chen Changan had not arrived.

The Immortal Sealing Sacred Land trapped its guests in an array that suppressed their spiritual energy and revealed that its Holy Lord wanted to meet Chen Changan. Chen Changan agreed to go to the secret chamber after Long Wuqi promised to keep the others alive, leaving Da Huang behind to protect them.

• Long Wuqi introduced himself as the Immortal Sealing Sacred Land’s Grand Elder, startling Gu Fenghua and the others with his changed appearance.
• Long Wuqi said the gathering was waiting for someone, and Chen Changan arrived as the guests realized he was the person expected.
• Long Wuqi and over a thousand Great Emperor Realm powerhouses activated an array that sealed off the Immortal Sealing Platform and suppressed everyone’s spiritual energy.
• Long Wuqi told Chen Changan that the Holy Lord wanted to meet him and threatened the guests’ lives to make him comply.
• Chen Changan agreed to meet the Holy Lord if the guests remained alive, left Da Huang to guard them, and followed Long Wuqi to the secret chamber.

Chen Changan met with Feng Xiu, who claimed the Great Profound Realm was a cage controlled by powerful beings from the Primordial Immortal Realm and asked him to join forces. Chen Changan distrusted Feng Xiu’s motives and revealed that his master was Mu Yunyao.

• Chen Changan entered the secret chamber and spoke with the concealed Feng Xiu, who asked whether he belonged to the Great Profound Realm.
• Feng Xiu proposed cooperating with Chen Changan and claimed the Heaven Earth Human Three Rankings selected geniuses for the powerful beings who controlled the Great Profound Realm.
• Feng Xiu said he wanted to unite the Great Profound Realm’s strength to resist the Upper Realm and asked Chen Changan to join him.
• Chen Changan questioned Feng Xiu’s account, pointed out its gaps, and said he would not let Feng Xiu manipulate him.
• Feng Xiu warned Chen Changan that he could not escape the Primordial Immortal Realm’s control alone, and Chen Changan revealed that Mu Yunyao was his master.

Chen Changan overwhelmed Feng Xiu’s Dark Domain with his Absolute Domain and revealed that Feng Xiu’s soul was no match for him. After Mu Yunyao arrived at the Immortal Sealing Platform and broke its formation, she confronted Long Wuqi and the others.

• Feng Xiu tried to recruit Chen Changan by asking about Mu Yunyao, but Chen Changan refused and stood by his master.
• Feng Xiu trapped Chen Changan in his Dark Domain, but Chen Changan opened his Absolute Domain and erased it.
• Chen Changan subdued Feng Xiu and said he could discuss the matter with Mu Yunyao when she arrived.
• Mu Yunyao reached the Immortal Sealing Platform and shattered its formation, restoring the strength of Long Wuqi, Gu Fenghua, Luo Yiyi, and the others.
• Mu Yunyao looked toward Long Wuqi and the others and said, “Die!”

Mu Yunyao arrived at the Immortal Sealing Platform, killed the Immortal Sealing Sacred Land’s forces, and confronted Feng Xiu in Chen Changan’s Absolute Domain. After Feng Xiu revealed her connection to the Mu Family, Mu Yunyao explained that she came from the Primordial Immortal Realm and that the Great Profound Realm was a Small World controlled by the Zhou Family, one of her family’s affiliates.

• Mu Yunyao killed over a thousand Great Emperor Realm experts from the Immortal Sealing Sacred Land with one palm and told the others to leave.
• Mu Yunyao entered Chen Changan’s Absolute Domain, and he admitted he had realized she had used him to draw out Feng Xiu.
• Mu Yunyao explained that Feng Xiu was from the Primordial Immortal Realm and sought to seize control of the Great Profound Realm.
• Feng Xiu recognized Mu Yunyao as a member of the Mu Family, learned that the Zhou Family was affiliated with her family, and accepted his death.
• Mu Yunyao shattered Feng Xiu’s soul, then told Chen Changan she came from the Mu Family, one of the Nine Great Immortal Clans, which controlled over a hundred Small Worlds.

Chen Changan questioned Mu Yunyao about the Heaven Earth Human Three Rankings, his mysterious constitution, and the Zhou Family’s motives for holding his final Fetal Pearl. He left the conversation with the pearl’s location known, but his questions about Mu Yunyao’s past remained unanswered as she revealed that her strength exceeded her Great Emperor Realm cultivation.

• Chen Changan asked Mu Yunyao whether the Heaven Earth Human Three Rankings were controlled by the Zhou Family, and she explained that the family used them to recruit talent and could reclaim the benefits it had granted.
• Mu Yunyao told Chen Changan that heavenly tribulations and Heavenly Punishment feared him because he was her disciple, and she said his unusual constitution and Fetal Pearls had no known explanation.
• Chen Changan learned that the Zhou Family held his final Fetal Pearl and intended to use it as an offer while trying to recruit him.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao considered why the Zhou Family had known about the pearl and whether the rise of Chen Yunxuan and the others had changed its plans.
• Chen Changan asked why Mu Yunyao had visited a Small World controlled by the Zhou Family, but she refused to answer and said her realm was at the peak of the Great Emperor Realm while her strength was not.

Mu Yunyao explained how the Great Profound Realm’s rules affected cultivation and revealed that Da Huang came from the Primordial Immortal Realm. Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao set out to find his final Fetal Pearl, while Da Huang learned he was a Qilin Royal Clan descendant.

• Mu Yunyao explained that the Zhou Family had changed the Great Profound Realm’s rules for her, and she estimated Chen Changan’s combat strength at the peak of the Emperor Venerable Realm.
• Mu Yunyao said the Primordial Immortal Realm had many Quasi-Emperors because its rules made cultivation easier, then offered to take Chen Changan to find his final Fetal Pearl.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao returned to the Immortal Sealing Platform and found Da Huang waiting alone.
• Mu Yunyao revealed that she had brought a newborn Qilin from the Primordial Immortal Realm to the Great Profound Realm, and Da Huang excitedly tried to fawn on her before she kicked him away.
• Mu Yunyao explained that Da Huang had remained at the ninth rank because the Great Profound Realm restricted Divine Beasts, and confirmed that he carried Qilin Royal Clan blood through his father.

Mu Yunyao brought Chen Changan to the Zhou Family’s hidden residence to retrieve the final Fetal Pearl. The Zhou Family returned it and sought permission to recruit Chen Yunxuan and the others, while Chen Changan learned why they secretly governed the Great Profound Realm.

• Mu Yunyao opened an entrance to an independent space atop Cloudtop Mountain and brought Chen Changan and Da Huang inside.
• Five Zhou Family members greeted Mu Yunyao and confirmed that they held the final Fetal Pearl.
• The Zhou Family asked Chen Changan to let Chen Yunxuan and the others join them, and Chen Changan said their choices were theirs to make.
• Chen Changan asked why the Zhou Family had obtained the Fetal Pearl through deception, and they explained that the rules of heaven and earth limited their interference in the Great Profound Realm.
• The Zhou Family explained that they had detected Feng Xiu and secretly watched him, then gave Chen Changan the final Fetal Pearl.

Chen Changan fused with the final Fetal Pearl and reached the peak of the Great Emperor Realm, while Mu Yunyao learned that the Mu Family was closing in on the Zhou Family. As Mu Yunyao prepared to leave, a rift appeared in the sky, bringing the threat she had hoped to avoid.

• Chen Changan absorbed Immortal Spiritual Qi from the Fetal Pearl so rapidly that the Zhou Family opened an exit, and Mu Yunyao kicked him and Da Huang back into the Great Profound Realm.
• The Zhou Family told Mu Yunyao that the Mu Family had begun investigating its vassals and might soon send someone to the Great Profound Realm.
• Mu Yunyao thanked the Zhou Family for keeping her whereabouts secret and promised to look after them before returning to Cloudpeak Mountain.
• Chen Changan absorbed spiritual energy until he reached the peak of the Great Emperor Realm, and Mu Yunyao told him she had no choice but to face what awaited her in the Primordial Immortal Realm.
• Da Huang spotted a rift opening in the sky, and Mu Yunyao accepted that the inevitable had finally arrived.

Wang Zhiwei of the Wang Family arrived in the Great Profound Realm to bring Mu Yunyao back for her arranged marriage. When Chen Changan learned that she did not want to marry, he stood between her and Wang Zhiwei and vowed that neither family would force her.

• Wang Zhiwei appeared before Mu Yunyao and revealed that the Mu and Wang Families’ marriage alliance had already been agreed upon.
• Mu Yunyao rejected the arranged marriage and said she would choose whom she married, while Wang Zhiwei insisted she could not escape it.
• Chen Changan asked Mu Yunyao whether she wanted to marry Wang Zhiwei, and she answered that she did not.
• Chen Changan stood in front of Mu Yunyao and declared that neither the Wang Family nor the Mu Family could force her to marry.

Chen Changan endured Wang Zhiwei’s strongest attack without injury, then prepared to fight back despite Mu Yunyao’s warning that the battle could destroy the Great Profound Realm. He drew the Immortal Slaying Sword for the first time, leaving Wang Zhiwei stunned.

• Wang Zhiwei attacked Chen Changan, but Chen remained unharmed and mocked the Wang Family’s strength.
• Wang Zhiwei unleashed a more powerful attack that shook the Great Profound Realm and terrified its inhabitants.
• Wang Zhiwei questioned Chen Changan’s identity after realizing his strongest power could not hurt him.
• Mu Yunyao urged Chen Changan to stop and protect the Great Profound Realm, but Chen said he wanted to test the gap between them.
• Chen Changan drew a long sword, and Wang Zhiwei recognized it as the Immortal Slaying Sword.

Chen Changan used the Immortal Slaying Sword and a sudden surge of power to kill Wang Zhiwei’s clone, despite Mu Yunyao warning that Wang Zhiwei’s true body remained in the Wang Family. He declared that he would go to the Primordial Immortal Realm and kill every Wang Family member he encountered, while Wang Zhiwei’s true body swore revenge.

• Wang Zhiwei recognized the Immortal Slaying Sword and mocked Chen Changan, believing Chen could not hurt him.
• Chen Changan restrained Wang Zhiwei, amplified his strength a thousandfold, and stabbed him with the Immortal Slaying Sword.
• Wang Zhiwei felt the sword’s deadly force spread through his body as Chen Changan explained that his overconfidence had made the attack possible.
• Mu Yunyao revealed that Wang Zhiwei was likely only a clone and that his true body remained in the Wang Family.
• Chen Changan pulled out the sword, vowed to kill the Wang Family members he met in the Primordial Immortal Realm, and watched Wang Zhiwei’s clone die.
• Wang Zhiwei’s true body spat blood in the Wang Family and vowed not to let Chen Changan get away with it.

After Chen Changan killed Wang Zhiwei's clone to help Mu Yunyao leave safely, she prepared to return to the Mu Family in the Primordial Immortal Realm. Mu Yunyao departed through a rift, leaving Chen Changan and Da Huang to settle their affairs before following her.

• Mu Yunyao questioned Chen Changan about killing Wang Zhiwei, and he explained that becoming the Wang Family's enemy would give her time to leave and draw the family away from the Great Profound Realm.
• Mu Yunyao warned Chen Changan that the Wang Family and members of the Mu Family could retaliate against him, but he accepted the danger.
• Mu Yunyao and Chen Changan recalled their early days together, and she patted his head before telling him she had to leave.
• Mu Yunyao gave Chen Changan her Storage Ring and opened a rift to the Primordial Immortal Realm, then departed through it.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang they would leave through the rift soon, and the two agreed to handle some matters before departing.

Chen Changan returned to the Chen Family, left them resources and connections, and said farewell before departing the Great Profound Realm. After visiting old friends with Da Huang, he realized only Chen Yunxuan and four others remained to see.

• Chen Changan returned to the Chen Family, told Chen Zhengyuan he would soon leave the Great Profound Realm, and gave the family resources and names of allies to seek if needed.
• Chen Zhengyuan mourned Chen Changan's departure, while the Immortal Cloud Sect's Grand Elder marveled at the Ancestor's power and connections.
• Chen Changan left the Chen Family and traveled around the realm to bid farewell to his old friends.
• Chen Changan lingered in the Chaos Zone to comfort the Murong Sisters, while Da Huang revisited the brothels he had once frequented.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang noted that Chen Yunxuan and four others were the only people left for them to visit.

Chen Changan gathered Chen Yunxuan and the others to say farewell before ascending to the Primordial Immortal Realm, explaining what awaited them there and leaving their choices about the Zhou Family up to them. As Da Huang transformed into his Qilin form and broke through, an ascension rift opened, and Chen Changan prepared to leave with him.

• Chen Changan told Chen Yunxuan and the others he was leaving and explained the Three Rankings, the Zhou Family, and their freedom to decide whether to accept the family’s advances.
• Gu Xian'er asked how she could find Chen Changan after ascending, while Gu Fengyao insisted she still intended to marry him; Chen Changan told her not to feel bound by their engagement.
• Chen Changan decided it was time to leave before the Wang Family reached the Great Profound Realm.
• Chen Changan gave Da Huang the crystal-like object, which Da Huang swallowed before transforming into his Qilin form and breaking through.
• An ascension rift opened in the sky, and Chen Changan called Da Huang to leave with him.