Recaps

Chen Changan concealed his true strength as he fought an Eight-Tier Primordial Sage in the Life-and-Death Arena, then killed him with the Red Dust Sword and claimed his winnings. After learning about other ways to acquire resources in Turbulent City, Chen Changan decided to keep fighting and challenged the crowd to face him.

• Chen Changan kept his opponent guessing by acting as though the two were evenly matched, while Da Huang and Mu Yunyao explained that he was holding back.
• Chen Changan's opponent grew badly injured and realized Chen Changan had been pretending to struggle, but could not land a blow.
• Chen Changan drew the Red Dust Sword and killed his weakened opponent, winning the fight and collecting his resources.
• The arena attendant told Chen Changan that stronger opponents might challenge him and suggested killing and robbing as another way to get resources.
• Chen Changan said he would try more arena fights and looked to the crowd for his next opponent.

Chen Changan challenged a Third-grade Hongmeng Saint in the Life-and-Death Arena to build resources for a more profitable future match. He killed his opponent with a single sword strike, leaving the stunned crowd in silence.

• Chen Changan taunted the crowd until a burly Third-grade Hongmeng Saint accepted his arena challenge.
• Chen Changan staked his resources, and the two Elders worried that he was risking his life against a much stronger opponent.
• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao and Da Huang that he wanted to win resources and draw out a stronger opponent for a third match.
• After the preceding matches ended, Chen Changan and the burly man entered the arena as spectators mocked Chen Changan and bet on his defeat.
• The burly man launched a killing blow, but Chen Changan struck him down with a flash of sword light, leaving the crowd stunned.

Chen Changan killed a Third-grade Primordial Saint with one strike at Turbulent City’s Life-and-Death Arena, then taunted the crowd into bringing more challengers. As the arena filled with people eager to fight him, he accepted every challenge and welcomed the chance to win their resources.

• Chen Changan killed a Third-grade Primordial Saint in one blow and claimed the resources he had won.
• Chen Changan announced that he would fight one more match and taunted the people of Turbulent City for being afraid to challenge him.
• Several spectators left to spread word of Chen Changan’s challenge, and the news drew more people to the Life-and-Death Arena.
• The arriving crowd argued over who would challenge Chen Changan first, while he asked the staff member whether a confirmed challenger could withdraw.
• After learning that challengers could not back out without severe penalties, Chen Changan offered to fight them one by one and accepted every challenge.

Chen Changan challenged the crowd at the Life-and-Death Arena, eager to defeat them and claim their resources. He instantly killed his first opponent, leaving the remaining challengers regretting their decision but trapped by their commitment.

• Chen Changan mocked the crowd and invited everyone to challenge him, and several Fifth- and Sixth-Rank Primordial Saints accepted.
• Chen Changan asked the arena staff to register the challengers and arrange the order, but the staff refused to let him challenge everyone at once or place more bets.
• Chen Changan stepped into the arena against the first challenger and instantly killed him with a burst of power and a sword strike.
• The crowd realized Chen Changan could easily defeat Fifth-Rank Primordial Saints, and the remaining challengers regretted accepting but could neither advance nor retreat.

After winning a fortune at the Life-and-Death Arena, Chen Changan left Turbulent City with Da Huang and Mu Yunyao, wary that other cultivators would target his resources. When a group of thirty or forty cultivators caught up with them, Chen Changan chose to fight and demanded they surrender their goods.

• Chen Changan left the Life-and-Death Arena with far more resources than he had expected, while the stunned crowd struggled to believe what they had witnessed.
• Chen Changan warned Da Huang and Mu Yunyao that their winnings might attract stronger cultivators, and the three hurried out of Turbulent City.
• A group of cultivators, including two Eighth-Rank Hongmeng Saints and a Ninth-Rank Hongmeng Saint, pursued Chen Changan to seize his resources.
• Two Elders from Heavenreach Sacred Academy noticed the pursuit and followed, planning to protect Chen Changan and his companions.
• Chen Changan revealed he had noticed the pursuers, asked whether their resources would remain if he killed them, and prepared to fight while Da Huang and Mu Yunyao stayed back.
• Chen Changan offered the pursuers one last chance to leave their resources and go, or face him.

Chen Changan effortlessly killed a group of resource hunters, then spent five years cultivating at Heavenreach Sacred Academy and reached the Third-grade Hongmeng Saint Realm. He left seclusion after consuming his resources and asked the Dean for more, prompting the Dean to ask whether he ate resources.

• Chen Changan charged into the attackers and killed them all, but found their resources disappointing.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, Da Huang, and the two elders returned to Heavenreach Sacred Academy, where the elders reported Chen Changan's strength to the Dean.
• The Dean decided to keep Chen Changan and his companions at their current positions until the Promotion Tournament and ordered an investigation into other academies' Ascenders.
• Chen Changan and his companions cultivated in seclusion for five years, and Chen Changan consumed nearly all their resources.
• Chen Changan left seclusion at the Third-grade Hongmeng Saint Realm and asked the Dean for more resources, leaving the Dean astonished.

Chen Changan asked the Dean how to secure a lasting supply of cultivation resources for the Heavenreach Sacred Academy. With fewer than five years until the Promotion Tournament, he set out to rob the Qingfeng Sacred Academy after the Dean named three potential targets.

• Chen Changan told the Dean that he wanted a long-term solution to the Heavenreach Sacred Academy's resource shortage, not more resources from the Academy.
• The Dean explained that the Sacred Academy Alliance restricted each Academy's territory and that Heavenreach had only a small Primordial Stone Vein.
• The Dean suggested that Chen Changan raid the veins controlled by other Sacred Academies and named Qingfeng, Southern Forest, and Yun Xiao as targets.
• The Dean explained that the veins' output was delivered at different intervals and that Chen Changan might be able to mine them himself.
• Chen Changan learned that fewer than five years remained until the Promotion Tournament, then left for the Qingfeng Sacred Academy.

Chen Changan raided Qingfeng Sacred Academy’s Primordial Stone Vein and discovered that the Jade Bottle could absorb its energy, though it did not upgrade. He rushed toward Nanlin Sacred Academy’s vein, eager to test the bottle again.

• Chen Changan ambushed and killed the people guarding Qingfeng Sacred Academy’s Primordial Stone Vein, then took their Primordial Stones and other resources.
• Chen Changan tried absorbing the vein’s energy himself, then channeled it into the Jade Bottle when he prepared to leave.
• The Jade Bottle absorbed energy faster than Chen Changan and dimmed half the vein in one day, but it showed no sign of upgrading.
• Qingfeng Sacred Academy’s Dean arrived, found the guards dead and the vein depleted, and ordered an investigation.
• Chen Changan hurried toward Nanlin Sacred Academy’s vein and reached its territory in half a month.

Chen Changan returned after two years of looting fifteen Holy Academy mineral veins for Primordial Stones. He kept his reason for ruining some veins secret, while the Dean and others learned how extensive his robberies had been.

• The Dean, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang worried about Chen Changan's absence, while the Vice Dean reported that seven Holy Academies' mineral veins had been looted.
• The Dean and Vice Dean learned that Chen Changan had targeted the three academies the Dean had named, as well as many others; Mu Yunyao and Da Huang defended his actions.
• Chen Changan returned to Heavenreach Sacred Academy, and the Dean asked how many mineral veins he had looted.
• Chen Changan said he had wiped out around fifteen veins in two years and gained about two hundred thousand Primordial Stones.
• Chen Changan refused to explain why he had rendered some mineral veins useless.

Chen Changan learned that the Jade Bottle had become the Primordial Jade Bottle, then cultivated with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang before leaving for the Promotion Tournament. On the journey, the Dean explained that Heavenreach Sacred Academy faced a team battle against thirty rival academies, and Chen Changan learned that killing opponents was forbidden.

• Chen Changan revealed that the Jade Bottle had improved into the Primordial Jade Bottle and said it could absorb energy from mineral veins.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang cultivated for two years, and Chen Changan advanced to Fourth-tier Primordial Saint while the others reached the peak of Third-grade Primordial Saint.
• The Dean came to take them to the Promotion Tournament, and three days later he led the group away from the Holy Academy.
• The Dean explained that the Promotion Tournament was a team battle against thirty other Holy Academies and that alliances had repeatedly targeted Heavenreach Sacred Academy.
• Chen Changan asked if he could kill opponents to avoid trouble, and the Dean told him that killing anyone was forbidden.

Chen Changan and the Heavenreach Sacred Academy arrived in Competition City and prepared for the Promotion Tournament, discussing how promotion would affect their future territory. When the tournament began, Chen Changan entered the newly opened space with the other academies, puzzled by their rush to claim a good spot.

• The Dean explained that the Sacred Academy Alliance controlled Competition City and kept participating academies from approaching its members before the tournament.
• Chen Changan urged the Dean to consider where the Heavenreach Sacred Academy would relocate after promotion and volunteered to draw lots and choose its new location.
• The Dean agreed that Chen Changan would handle the future selection, and the academy settled into its lodgings to await the tournament.
• About half a month later, representatives of all thirty academies gathered in the central square, where a Sacred Academy Alliance representative opened the Promotion Tournament space.
• The academies rushed into the space to secure good spots, and Chen Changan followed them while wondering what those spots meant.

Chen Changan charged into the Promotion Tournament and single-handedly defeated seven academies outside the formations. He then threatened the academies still occupying the formations and gave them time to decide whether to leave or face him.

• The Dean explained that the Promotion Tournament had a time limit and that academies used the ten formations to gain an advantage while waiting for rivals to fight.
• Chen Changan ignored the formations and attacked the academies gathered outside, alarming the Heavenreach Sacred Academy and drawing amused attention from the formation occupants.
• The Dean told the Heavenreach Sacred Academy to watch as Chen Changan effortlessly defeated opponents from seven academies.
• Chen Changan warned the defeated academies that he could cripple them, and they left the Promotion Tournament space.
• Chen Changan turned toward the twenty-two academies occupying the formations and demanded that they leave or face an even harsher fight.

Chen Changan faced the forces of twenty-two Holy Academies in the Promotion Tournament and overwhelmed them, crippling every opponent who attacked him. The Heavenreach Sacred Academy’s Dean praised his strength, but Da Huang stopped him from considering Chen Changan for the Dean’s position.

• Mu Yunyao told the Heavenreach Sacred Academy’s Dean that Chen Changan planned to handle the team battle alone, and the Dean agreed to watch from the sidelines.
• Chen Changan charged into a formation after the other academies refused to surrender.
• Chen Changan crippled every opponent he fought, making the other academies abandon their plans and attack him together.
• Chen Changan continued crippling everyone who came at him, leaving the Heavenreach Sacred Academy awed by his strength.
• The Dean admitted he was inferior to Chen Changan and suggested he would suit the Dean’s position, but Da Huang objected, saying Chen Changan had no interest in the job.

Chen Changan defeated the remaining opponents in the Promotion Tournament, securing victory for Heavenreach Sacred Academy. After refusing an invitation to join the Sacred Academy Alliance, he left with his companions to choose a location for the academy.

• Mu Yunyao advised the Dean to respect Chen Changan's freedom and treat him as an equal instead of trying to control him.
• Chen Changan rejected the opponents' surrender and defeated them after they resisted until the end.
• Chen Changan returned to Heavenreach Sacred Academy's group and said they could leave the tournament space.
• Sacred Academy Alliance representatives invited Chen Changan to join, but he refused and said he wanted to stay at Heavenreach Sacred Academy.
• The representatives confirmed Heavenreach Sacred Academy's victory and directed the group to choose a new location at the alliance branch.

Chen Changan and Heavenreach Sacred Academy reached the Sacred Academy Alliance branch ahead of the other advancing academies, where the Dean reunited with an old acquaintance who had once left the academy. When the academies drew for locations, Chen Changan chose Ghost Abyss first, alarming the branch personnel and prompting the others to assume he had picked a poor destination.

• The Dean greeted a branch member who had left Heavenreach Sacred Academy to join the Sacred Academy Alliance, and assured him that the academy understood his choice.
• After about a month, representatives from ten advancing Holy Academies gathered at the branch to draw their selection order.
• Chen Changan represented Heavenreach Sacred Academy in the drawing and drew Di Yi Ming, earning the first choice among ten locations.
• Chen Changan closed his eyes briefly, then chose Ghost Abyss, leaving the branch personnel stunned.
• The other academies mocked Heavenreach Sacred Academy's choice and assumed Ghost Abyss was an undesirable location.

Heavenreach Sacred Academy chose Ghost Abyss as its new territory despite warnings that the chaotic region was dangerous. During the long journey there, Da Huang defended brothels as places where people could comprehend the Dao, leaving the academy impressed by his wisdom.

• Chen Changan chose Ghost Abyss for Heavenreach Sacred Academy, and the branch president confirmed the academy's promotion and new territory.
• A former Heavenreach Sacred Academy member warned the Dean that Ghost Abyss was full of hostile factions, but the Dean accepted the danger as an opportunity for growth.
• Heavenreach Sacred Academy packed up and began the journey to Ghost Abyss, which would take several years.
• After a year of travel, Da Huang said he wanted to visit a brothel, and Chen Changan told him to be quiet.
• Da Huang argued that a brothel could help someone comprehend the Dao, and the people of Heavenreach Sacred Academy regarded him as a wise dog.

Chen Changan brought Heavenreach Sacred Academy to Ghost Abyss and decided to investigate before trying to claim territory, with negotiations or battle to follow. Reports revealed that three powerful factions dominated Ghost Abyss, leaving the academy facing a dangerous challenge.

• Chen Changan explained that each person had to follow their own path after Da Huang's talk nearly swayed the group.
• Chen Changan told the Dean that Heavenreach Sacred Academy should seize a suitable location in Ghost Abyss, investigate first, and let him negotiate before resorting to a fight.
• Chen Changan and the academy arrived at Ghost Abyss, rested in a quiet place, and sent people out to gather information.
• The returning scouts reported that the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion, the World Alliance, and the Ironblood Sect were Ghost Abyss's three strongest factions, each with multiple Primordial Saint Venerable-level experts.
• The Dean asked whether they should reconsider their plan after hearing how dangerous Ghost Abyss was.

Chen Changan visited the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion and announced that the Heavenreach Sacred Academy would take control of the Ghost Abyss. The Pavilion Master pointed him toward the dangerous Qingcang blessed land, and Chen Changan left with its location memorized, promising to invite the pavilion to the academy’s opening.

• Chen Changan sent the Dean, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang to settle down while he went to find the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion.
• After three months of travel, Chen Changan reached the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion and announced that the Heavenreach Sacred Academy would take control of the Ghost Abyss.
• The Pavilion Master challenged Chen Changan’s intentions, and Chen Changan asked where the academy should establish itself.
• The Pavilion Master told Chen Changan about the rich but dangerous Qingcang blessed land, where the powerful Qingcang Clan had made its lair.
• The Pavilion Master showed Chen Changan Qingcang’s location on a map, and Chen Changan memorized it and promised to invite the pavilion to the academy’s opening.

The Heavenly Dragon Pavilion's Pavilion Master feared the Sacred Academy Alliance's plans for Ghost Abyss and regretted missing a chance to build ties with Chen Changan. Chen Changan led Heavenreach Sacred Academy to Skyvault and discovered two valuable Primordial Stone Veins, leaving the academy determined to claim the land despite the Qingcang Clan's presence.

• The Heavenly Dragon Pavilion's Pavilion Master told his people that the Sacred Academy Alliance had set its sights on Ghost Abyss and urged them not to act rashly.
• The Heavenly Dragon Pavilion's Pavilion Master regretted suggesting Skyvault to Chen Changan and planned to bring gifts when Heavenreach Sacred Academy officially opened.
• Chen Changan told Heavenreach Sacred Academy that Skyvault was better than the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion's territory but was occupied by the unknown Qingcang Clan.
• Chen Changan led the academy toward Skyvault and said he would meet the Qingcang Clan while the others waited farther away.
• Chen Changan discovered that two high-grade Primordial Stone Veins lay beneath Skyvault and declared that Heavenreach Sacred Academy had to claim the place.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang went to meet the Qingcang Clan after discovering two high-grade primordial stone veins on its territory. The clan chief said the land had been occupied for Chen Changan in advance and would be handed over the next day, leaving Chen Changan wondering what his father had arranged and what remained hidden.

• The Dean sent Chen Changan to investigate the Qingcang Clan's territory, and Mu Yunyao and Da Huang joined him while the others stayed behind.
• Two Qingcang Clan members escorted Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang to their settlement, where Chen Changan found that the clan's chief had power he could not gauge.
• The chief told Chen Changan that the Qingcang Clan had occupied the land for him and would hand it over the following day, but refused to explain who had arranged it.
• Chen Changan left the chief's residence still suspecting that his father was involved and that a larger secret remained undisclosed.

Chen Changan and Heavenreach Sacred Academy took over the Qingcang Clan’s abandoned territory in Skyvault and prepared to open the academy in half a year. As Ghost Abyss factions gathered nearby, they waited to see what Heavenreach Sacred Academy would do.

• Chen Changan told the Dean that the Qingcang Clan had ceded its territory and would leave the next day, though the academy’s members suspected a trap.
• The next day, Chen Changan led everyone into Skyvault, where they found the Qingcang Clan had vanished and left the place empty.
• Chen Changan ordered the Dean to rebuild the Holy Academy and invite Ghost Abyss factions to its opening half a year later while he focused on cultivation.
• Ghost Abyss factions learned that Heavenreach Sacred Academy had occupied Skyvault, and the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion’s Pavilion Master doubled its congratulatory gift out of caution.
• Heavenreach Sacred Academy was rebuilt at more than three times its former scale, and factions gathered nearby as the opening day approached.

The Heavenly Dragon Pavilion Master chose not to oppose Heavenreach Sacred Academy and arrived at its opening with extravagant congratulatory gifts. His stance alarmed the other factions, leaving the World Alliance Leader and Ironblood Sect Master uncertain how to respond.

• The World Alliance Leader and Ironblood Sect Master discussed Heavenreach Sacred Academy, while the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion Master warned that it had driven away the Qingcang Clan and had the Sacred Academy Alliance behind it.
• The Heavenly Dragon Pavilion Master declared that the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion would not make an enemy of Heavenreach Sacred Academy and led his people to the academy.
• The World Alliance Leader followed, while the Ironblood Sect Master mocked him and remained behind for the moment.
• The Heavenly Dragon Pavilion Master presented his invitation and gifts at the academy entrance, including a primordial stone vein, three hundred drops of primordial Dao source, ten Primordial Mystic Heaven Stones, and ten stalks of primordial dragon-raising grass.
• The lavish gifts shocked the gathered factions, and several panicked about how their own offerings would compare.

At the Heavenreach Sacred Academy’s opening, the Dean demanded regular tribute from Ghost Abyss’s factions, prompting the Ironblood Sect and many others to leave. The World Alliance’s Alliance Leader questioned why the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion remained, and its Pavilion Master silently invited him to stay.

• The Heavenreach Sacred Academy welcomed the visiting factions, whose leaders judged the new Intermediate Sacred Academy to be weak.
• The Dean announced that Ghost Abyss’s factions could keep their resources but had to offer regular tribute to the Heavenreach Sacred Academy.
• The Ironblood Sect’s Sect Master rejected the demand and threatened to drive the Heavenreach Sacred Academy out of Ghost Abyss.
• The Ironblood Sect left, and many other factions followed it out of the academy.
• The World Alliance’s Alliance Leader questioned the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion’s Pavilion Master about staying, and the Pavilion Master responded with an inviting gesture.

After the World Alliance and other factions left, Heavenreach Sacred Academy prepared to bring the Ghost Abyss under its control while using the resources from the opening to grow stronger. Ten years later, Chen Changan emerged from seclusion having advanced to sixth-rank primordial saint, though his progress had slowed.

• The World Alliance Leader left Heavenreach Sacred Academy, and fewer than thirty percent of the factions stayed behind.
• The Dean told the remaining factions that Heavenreach Sacred Academy intended to control the Ghost Abyss for the Sacred Academy Alliance, while the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion Master asked about Chen Changan.
• The Dean and Vice Dean confirmed they had recorded the factions that left, then followed Chen An's plan to sort the gifts, take over mineral veins, distribute Primordial Stones, and focus on cultivation.
• The factions that left grew less anxious and mocked Heavenreach Sacred Academy for taking no action against them.
• Chen Changan spent ten years in seclusion and reached sixth-rank primordial saint, but lamented that his cultivation had slowed.

Chen Changan reflected on how little he understood about the Qingcang Clan as he drew closer to Ultimate Heaven, while the Dean broke through into the primordial saint venerable realm and reported on the academy’s resources. Chen Changan tested whether Gou Sheng could refine Primordial Heaven’s rare ingredients, but Gou Sheng’s flames could not affect them.

• Da Huang and Mu Yunyao emerged from seclusion as sixth-rank primordial saints, and Chen Changan explained that the closer he got to Ultimate Heaven, the farther the truth seemed.
• Mu Yunyao urged Chen Changan to focus on cultivation and wait until they reached Ultimate Heaven to uncover the truth.
• The Dean broke through into the primordial saint venerable realm and told Chen Changan that the academy had accumulated primordial stones but lacked other resources.
• The Dean gave Chen Changan primordial Dao source, a Primordial Mystic Heaven Stone, and primordial dragon-raising grass, prompting Chen Changan to ask about pill and artifact refining.
• Chen Changan asked Gou Sheng to refine the primordial dragon-raising grass, but Gou Sheng’s Annihilation Fire failed to affect it.