Recaps

Chen Changan slaughtered the forces of Destroy Chen Hall and killed its Hall Master. He returned to find the War Alliance empty and, after a month without clues, sensed a child nearby.

• Chen Changan ignored the attackers’ assaults and slaughtered the people brought by Destroy Chen Hall.
• The Hall Master of Destroy Chen Hall urged his experts to keep attacking, but Chen Changan killed them until only the Hall Master remained.
• Chen Changan questioned the Hall Master about following orders, then killed him when he refused to back down.
• Chen Changan returned to the War Alliance and found it completely empty, with Mu Yunyao and the others missing.
• Chen Changan waited a month without finding clues, then sensed the aura of a child.

Chen Changan followed a mysterious child for years to reach a hidden grotto-heaven where Mu Yunyao and the others were being held. After confirming they were safe, he learned that his captors wanted him to meet someone, and he agreed to go.

• A child at the greater ruler late-stage told Chen Changan that his people were in their hands and led him away.
• Chen Changan traveled with the child for three years, then another six months, while they traded threats over the captives' lives.
• The child opened an entrance to a vast grotto-heaven, and Chen Changan sensed that its energy differed from Chaos Heaven.
• After flying for several months, they reached an immense city where Chen Changan sensed Mu Yunyao and the others were safe.
• The child said the captives' safety depended on Chen Changan's choice and told him someone had long wanted to meet him.
• Chen Changan agreed that he wanted to meet the person, too.

Chen Changan met Tian Zhongmou and his eleven Peak Greater Ruler companions, who had been ordered to kill him but wanted answers about the forces controlling their lives. After Chen Changan explained that his failure could erase all existence, Tian Zhongmou concluded that killing Chen would doom them too, leaving the group to decide whether to oppose him.

• Chen Changan entered the palace and confronted Tian Zhongmou, who admitted exposing his location to test his strength and draw him out.
• Tian Zhongmou explained that a mysterious voice had ordered his group to wait for Chen Changan and kill him, though he wanted to know who was controlling events and why.
• Chen Changan said a terrifying being in Ultimate Heaven saw him as a threat and that his failure could make everything return to zero and cease to exist.
• Tian Zhongmou reasoned that killing Chen Changan would bring about that destruction and eliminate them as well.
• Chen Changan told Tian Zhongmou and the others that they had to choose whether to become his enemies, and they asked if he would decide their future.

Chen Changan and Tian Zhongmou agreed to cooperate against the hidden force, with Tian Zhongmou planning to ascend to Primordial Heaven first and recruit allies. Chen Changan realized Chen Tian and the others were missing and feared they might be in danger.

• Tian Zhongmou explained that the War Alliance had originally wanted Chen Changan to cooperate and submit, but agreed they would now become partners.
• Chen Changan said he intended to cultivate and ascend to Primordial Heaven, while Tian Zhongmou proposed ascending first to recruit people and strengthen their camp.
• Tian Zhongmou confirmed that he had captured everyone from the War Alliance but had taken no one outside it.
• Chen Changan realized Chen Tian and the others had never appeared and might be hidden somewhere in Chaos Heaven.
• Chen Changan left with Mu Yunyao and the others, and Mu Yunyao wondered whether Chen Tian and the rest had encountered danger.

Chen Changan waited for news of Chen Tian and the others while he and his companions cultivated in seclusion. Three hundred years later, Chen Changan had reached the Greater Ruler Late-Stage, but the missing group had still not returned.

• Chen Changan concluded that Chen Tian and the others were likely being held against their will and returned to the War Alliance rather than searching blindly.
• Chen Changan secured resources for his allies, sent his family into seclusion, and urged Da Huang and Mu Yunyao to cultivate so they could keep up with him.
• Chen Changan told Saintess Xiang'er that she could choose whether to cultivate or return to the Abyssal Clan, and she considered the freedom she had gained.
• Over three hundred years, Chen Yunxuan and the others reached the Greater Thousand Realm, while Mu Yunyao and Da Huang advanced to the Mid-Greater Ruler Realm.
• Chen Changan broke through to the Greater Ruler Late-Stage and realized that the growth of Chen Yunxuan and the others had also increased his cultivation.
• Chen Changan wondered why there was still no news of Chen Tian and the others and whether their captors were waiting for him to find them.

Unable to locate Chen Tian and the others with the Spirit Guiding or Blood Guiding Techniques, Chen Changan followed a lead to Fengling Tomb. He uncovered the tomb’s horrifying true appearance, but still had not found its entrance when an unseen voice invited him inside.

• Chen Changan used blood from the Murong Sisters and Yu Nian Nian to perform the Blood Guiding Technique, but it spun in confusion before disappearing.
• Tian Zhongmou’s brother sent a child to tell Chen Changan that a disturbance at Fengling Tomb might reveal where the people in hiding were.
• After learning Fengling Tomb’s location, Chen Changan traveled there and sensed that its peaceful scenery was an illusion.
• Chen Changan strengthened his spiritual power and saw Fengling Tomb’s true form as a blood-soaked place filled with wailing ghosts.
• An unseen voice invited Chen Changan inside, though he still could not see the entrance or any living beings.

Chen Changan entered the blood-red Grotto-Heaven and confronted Red Demon, who admitted he had tried to turn Chen Tian and the others into puppets. Chen Changan killed Red Demon and freed the captives, then scolded them for getting caught.

• Chen Changan entered the Grotto-Heaven after Red Demon opened its entrance and learned that Red Demon had tried to make Chen Tian and the others his puppets.
• Red Demon revealed that he had originally intended to use Chen Changan to conquer Ultimate Heaven, but had targeted his children when he could not handle him.
• Chen Changan attacked Red Demon until he agreed to lead him to Chen Tian and the others.
• Red Demon refused to release the prisoners, so Chen Changan struck him down and killed him.
• Chen Changan freed Chen Tian and the others, then rebuked them for being captured.

After Chen Jie and Chen Ling’s encounter with Red Demon, Chen Changan warned his children to act more cautiously while accepting responsibility for leaving them to fend for themselves. Years later, Chen Changan reached Peak Greater Ruler and discussed the War Alliance’s growth as he anticipated ascending to Primordial Heaven.

• Chen Jie admitted he had been reckless and said he would act cautiously and focus on increasing his strength; Chen Ling and Chen Tian agreed.
• Chen Changan took Chen Tian and the others back to the War Alliance, where Mu Yunyao, Yu Nian Nian, and the Murong Sisters lectured them before returning to cultivation.
• Over the passing years, Mu Yunyao, Da Huang, and the others cultivated rapidly while Chen Changan reached Peak Greater Ruler.
• Chen Changan visited the War Alliance Master and learned that the War Alliance had become Chaos Heaven’s second-largest power, behind Starfall Hall.
• Chen Changan told the War Alliance Master that his ascension to Primordial Heaven might be near and urged him to keep striving toward Ultimate Heaven.

Mu Yunyao and Da Huang reached the Peak Greater Ruler Realm and sensed their chance to ascend, while Chen Changan could not sense ascension despite his greater cultivation. When they opened the passage to Primordial Heaven, an invisible force barred Chen Changan, and he began weakening it with the Red Dust Sword.

• Mu Yunyao and Da Huang told Chen Changan that their cultivation had surged and they had sensed an opportunity to ascend.
• Chen Changan decided he would force his ascension by following them if he still could not sense the opportunity when they were ready.
• Fifty years later, Mu Yunyao and Da Huang's ascension signs had grown stronger, but Chen Changan still sensed nothing, so he decided to go with them.
• Chen Changan summoned Chen Yunxuan and the others, and they exchanged farewells before Mu Yunyao and Da Huang prepared to ascend.
• When the passage to Primordial Heaven appeared, Chen Changan flew toward it first, but an invisible force blocked him.
• Chen Changan repeatedly struck the passage entrance with the Red Dust Sword until the resistance began to weaken.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang entered Primordial Heaven and found its energy astonishingly pure and powerful. After Da Huang gathered information, he led them to a village of ordinary people, whose nervous, curious reaction to the newcomers left Chen Changan puzzled.

• Chen Changan entered the passage into Primordial Heaven, and Mu Yunyao and Da Huang followed him.
• Da Huang asked whether Chen Changan was wanted in Primordial Heaven, and Mu Yunyao advised Chen Changan to stay hidden while they learned more.
• Da Huang went to gather information and returned the next day, reporting that he had found a village of ordinary people.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao followed Da Huang to the village and found several dozen residents with no cultivation.
• Chen Changan reassured the nervous villagers that they meant no harm, but their curious and confused looks left him wondering why they reacted that way.

Chen Changan questioned a village elder about Primordial Heaven and learned that ordinary people feared cultivators and needed a Dao Heart to cultivate. He and Mu Yunyao and Da Huang headed for Burning Ancient City, which they reached in less than half a day, and discovered cultivators were there.

• Chen Changan asked the village elder about Primordial Heaven, and the elder explained that ordinary people feared cultivators and could not cultivate without a Dao Heart.
• The elder told Chen Changan that Burning Ancient City lay west of the village, so Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang set off to seek information there.
• Da Huang asked why Chen Changan had not asked the villagers whether they knew the name Chen Changan, and Chen Changan said they should seek answers from cultivators instead.
• The group reached Burning Ancient City in less than half a day, despite the elder estimating the trip would take a month.
• Chen Changan and his companions realized that cultivators were in the city.

Chen Changan and his companions entered Burning Ancient City and met its five city lords, who explained the basics of cultivation in Primordial Heaven. They learned that Primordial Saint was the first realm, received an introductory cultivation art, and heard of the distant Primordial Sacred Academy.

• Chen Changan and his companions entered Burning Ancient City and observed that five cultivators ruled the small city.
• A city lord recognized them as recent ascenders, then invited them to the City Lord's Mansion to share information.
• The city lords introduced themselves as Primordial Saints and explained that it was the first cultivation realm in Primordial Heaven.
• Chen Changan asked how ascenders could cultivate, and the city lord gave them the Hongmeng One Qi Art.
• The city lord said he knew little about nearby powers but had heard of the Primordial Sacred Academy, which he and the other city lords could not join.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang learned about the Primordial Sacred Academy from the people of Burning Ancient City and decided to seek information there. After confirming they could cultivate the Hongmeng One Qi Art, they traveled for nearly half a month to the academy, with Da Huang lamenting that they had found no brothels along the way.

• Chen Changan asked the people of Burning Ancient City about the Primordial Sacred Academy and whether earlier ascenders had gone there, then promised to repay their kindness if he became successful.
• Chen Changan asked whether anyone in Primordial Heaven knew the famous name Chen Changan, and the five people said they had never heard of him.
• Chen Changan left Burning Ancient City with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang, dismissing Da Huang’s concerns that their hosts might have had a hidden scheme.
• Chen Changan found a remote place and tested the Hongmeng One Qi Art; he, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang all cultivated it successfully because they had Dao Hearts.
• Chen Changan said the Primordial Sacred Academy could help them learn about Primordial Heaven, and the three reached it after traveling for nearly half a month.
• Da Huang complained that the cities they had passed through had no brothels.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang arrived at Heavenreach Sacred Academy and were admitted as Ascenders despite its usual enrollment rules. The Dean explained that Ascenders were considered exceptionally talented, and Chen Changan left with more questions about their rarity and history in Primordial Heaven.

• Chen Changan explained to Da Huang that Heavenreach Sacred Academy was the local institution known generally as a Primordial Sacred Academy.
• A Heavenreach Sacred Academy student recognized Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang as Ascenders and escorted them to meet the Dean.
• The Dean welcomed the three and said Ascenders were exempt from the academy's usual requirements because they were believed to have greater potential.
• The Dean said Ascenders had appeared elsewhere in Primordial Heaven, with the earliest appearing nearly a thousand years earlier.
• Chen Changan wondered whether the earliest Ascender might have been Star Elder and admitted that he still knew very little about Primordial Heaven.

The Dean explained Primordial Heaven’s twelve star domains, the structure of the Vast Starfield and Azure Origin, and how Heavenreach Sacred Academy operated. Chen Changan and his companions joined the academy as entry-level disciples and prepared to settle in.

• The Dean told Chen Changan that Primordial Heaven had twelve star domains and that Heavenreach Sacred Academy stood in the Vast Starfield.
• The Dean explained that they were on Azure Source Continent, which was centered around the Primordial Sacred Academy, and described the academy’s three tiers and cultivation ranks.
• The Dean described the Holy Academy’s disciple categories, cultivation resources, and optional guidance from Elders.
• Chen Changan agreed that he and his companions would stay at Heavenreach Sacred Academy as entry-level disciples.
• The Dean offered to arrange lodgings and robes, while Da Huang asked whether Primordial Heaven had brothels.

Chen Changan failed to upgrade his Chaos Jade Bottle despite repeated attempts, while Mu Yunyao and Da Huang cultivated to the Hongmeng Saint Realm. When Chen Changan finally began cultivating, he broke through in a single day and concluded that his body was unusually suited to Primordial Heaven.

• A Heavenreach Sacred Academy disciple gave Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao Primordial Dao Source and said the Dean wanted to see them after they reached the Hongmeng Saint Realm.
• Chen Changan tried to upgrade the Chaos Jade Bottle, but it could neither absorb nor hold the Primordial Dao Source, and nearly a year of attempts brought no progress.
• Mu Yunyao and Da Huang reached the Hongmeng Saint Realm while Chen Changan set aside the Jade Bottle and began cultivating.
• Chen Changan broke through to the Hongmeng Saint Realm in one day, astonishing Mu Yunyao and Da Huang.
• Chen Changan said his body seemed naturally suited to Primordial Heaven, and Da Huang suggested that Primordial Heaven might belong to him.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang reached the Primordial Saint Realm and visited the Dean to learn what came next in their cultivation. After Chen Changan drove off disciples who challenged their special privileges, the Dean told them they would need to take a test before choosing a better cultivation art.

• Mu Yunyao told Da Huang that Chen Changan's Nameless Physique was suited to Primordial Heaven and might be stronger than Primordial Heaven itself.
• Da Huang decided to seek enlightenment in brothels, and the three headed to find the Dean after reaching the Primordial Saint Realm.
• Four disciples confronted Chen Changan over the Ascenders' special privileges, and he knocked all four down before they left.
• The Dean praised the trio's rapid progress and explained that the Hongmeng One Qi Art was no longer useful to them.
• The Dean said the trio had to take a test before choosing a better cultivation art.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang went to Heavenreach Sacred Academy’s testing grounds to determine which cultivation techniques suited them. Da Huang’s test produced the highest-grade gold result, allowing him to practice every type of cultivation technique.

• The Dean took Chen Changan and his companions to the testing grounds, where other disciples gathered to watch the ascenders’ results.
• The Dean and the testing Elder realized they did not know the three companions’ names, so Mu Yunyao, Da Huang, and Chen Changan introduced themselves; Chen Changan used the name Chen An.
• The testing Elder explained that each person had to enter a formation and sense its energy without resisting it.
• Da Huang entered the formation and accepted its energy, causing a golden halo to appear around him.
• The Dean and the testing Elder recognized the halo as the highest test grade, and the Dean said Da Huang could practice every type of cultivation technique without restrictions.

Da Huang and Mu Yunyao received brilliant golden test results that let them cultivate any technique, but Chen Changan’s test nearly destroyed the formation because it could not measure him. The Dean took Chen Changan and his companions to the Technique Pavilion, where he offered to let them see the restricted fourth floor.

• Da Huang and Mu Yunyao each produced a dazzling golden halo, astonishing the Dean and the other disciples.
• Chen Changan entered the formation, but its energy vanished into him without producing a result, and the formation began to fail.
• Mu Yunyao concluded that the formation was not high-level enough to test Chen Changan, so the Dean called him out before it broke.
• The Dean told Chen Changan to try techniques for himself, since the formation could not determine what he could cultivate.
• The Dean led Chen Changan and his companions to the Technique Pavilion and asked whether they wanted to look at its restricted fourth floor.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang chose Heavenreach Sacred Academy’s powerful Primordial Creation Art and began cultivating it with startling ease. The Dean hoped their progress would help the Academy win the Holy Institute Advancement Tournament in fifteen years, while the Deputy Dean and Elders worried the deadline was too short.

• The Dean took Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang to the Technique Pavilion’s fourth floor, where he explained its rare techniques were difficult for most people to cultivate.
• The Dean gave Chen Changan the Primordial Creation Art and explained that its strict requirements had kept even Heavenreach Sacred Academy’s members from mastering it.
• Chen Changan decided that all three would cultivate the Primordial Creation Art, and they quickly entered a state of cultivation after returning to their quarters.
• The Dean and Deputy Dean discussed the trio’s potential, and the Dean said their test results and rapid progress made him believe they could succeed.
• The Dean told the Elders that Heavenreach Sacred Academy had fifteen years to prepare for the Holy Institute Advancement Tournament, while they cautioned that failure would cost the Academy another thousand years.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang reached the fifth tier of the Primordial Saint realm in a year, but Chen Changan needed more resources to keep advancing. When they visited the Dean to negotiate, they learned the Holy Institute Advancement Tournament would take place in about fourteen years, and Chen Changan turned on a suspiciously gentle smile.

• Chen Changan explained that the Primordial Creation Art had accelerated their cultivation, while his own breakthroughs demanded increasingly vast amounts of energy.
• Mu Yunyao pointed out that they had few resources left, so Chen Changan proposed visiting the Dean and showing him their progress.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang headed to the Dean's residence, drawing attention from academy members who noticed their fifth-tier cultivation.
• The Dean was astonished by their progress and praised the Primordial Creation Art after Chen Changan credited their rapid advancement to it.
• The Dean revealed that the Holy Institute Advancement Tournament was about fourteen years away and that qualifying would make the academy an Intermediate Sacred Academy.
• Da Huang urged Chen Changan to take advantage of the opportunity, and Chen Changan smiled at the Dean in a way that made him uneasy.

Chen Changan secured cultivation resources from the Dean by promising rapid progress before the Promotion Tournament. He and the other two exhausted the supplies in a year and reached the Eighth-Tier Primordial Sage Realm, then decided to ask the Dean where they could find more.

• Chen Changan asked the Dean for resources, and the Dean agreed to provide his personal supplies first and reconsider academy resources after five years.
• The Dean gave Chen Changan, Da Huang, and their companion three thousand Primordial Stones and ten drops of Primordial Dao Source.
• Chen Changan divided the resources equally, and the three cultivated until they had used them all in one year.
• Chen Changan and the other two reached the Eighth-Tier Primordial Sage Realm, astonishing Heavenreach Sacred Academy's disciples.
• Chen Changan and the other two decided to visit the Dean to seek more resources or ask where they could find them.

After exhausting their cultivation resources, Chen Changan and his companions went to Turbulent City to seek more, despite the danger. Two Elders secretly followed them to protect them, and the group reached the city in just two months.

• A year after their previous visit, Chen Changan and his companions returned to the Dean as Eight-Tier Primordial Sages and said they had used up their cultivation resources.
• The Dean explained that the academy could supply them for at most five years and warned them about the dangerous resource-hunting opportunities in Turbulent City.
• Chen Changan decided to go to Turbulent City immediately, took resources from the academy, and learned the way there from the Dean.
• The Dean ordered two Elders to follow Chen Changan, Da Huang, and Mu Yunyao secretly and keep them safe.
• Chen Changan detected the Elders following them and told Da Huang and Mu Yunyao that the Dean was worried about them.
• Chen Changan and his companions reached Turbulent City in two months, astonishing the two Elders with their speed.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang entered Turbulent City to seek resources, where a lecherous man challenged Chen Changan to a fight in the Life-and-Death Arena over Mu Yunyao. They arrived at the arena, and its manager demanded their resources as collateral before the match.

• Da Huang questioned why the Dean had sent them to Turbulent City, and Chen Changan decided they should proceed with their search for resources.
• A lecherous man tried to claim Mu Yunyao, who challenged him to fight Chen Changan in the Life-and-Death Arena.
• Chen Changan accepted the challenge and asked whether the man had many resources, while the man boasted that he would kill Chen Changan and take Mu Yunyao.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang followed the man to the Life-and-Death Arena as two Heavenreach Sacred Academy Elders secretly followed them.
• The arena manager told Chen Changan and the man to hand over their resources as collateral and said the winner would receive them minus a ten percent commission.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao waited for their Life-and-Death Arena match, where the lopsided betting odds reflected the crowd’s confidence that Chen Changan would lose. When he stepped onto the stage, his opponent offered him the first strike, and Chen Changan prepared to take advantage of the opening.

• Chen Changan handed over his resources and learned that the Life-and-Death Arena took a commission from the losing side and offered betting odds.
• After a day of waiting, Da Huang told Chen Changan that most spectators had bet on him to die because his opponent was an eighth-stage Primordial Saint.
• Mu Yunyao explained that Arena visitors sought steady gains rather than gambling recklessly, and predicted the odds would change after Chen Changan’s match.
• Chen Changan’s match began, and the crowd expected him to lose against his much stronger opponent.
• Chen Changan’s opponent offered him the first strike, and Chen Changan agreed to make good use of the chance.