Recaps

Chen Changan learned what the Primordial Mystic Heaven Stone and Primordial Dragon-Raising Grass were used for, and discovered that alchemy and artifact forging required rare abilities. He told the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion Master that he was an Ascender who would eventually leave Azure Origin, while reassuring him the Pavilion would not be affected by the Heavenreach Sacred Academy.

• Chen Changan asked Hongchen about the Primordial Mystic Heaven Stone, then discussed the academy’s lack of recruits and the forces that had refused to submit with the Dean.
• Chen Changan, Hongchen, and Gou Sheng went to the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion, where its Pavilion Master was shocked that Chen Changan had reached Sixth-Rank Primordial Saint.
• The Pavilion Master explained that the Primordial Dragon-Raising Grass was used for alchemy and the Primordial Mystic Heaven Stone for forging Primordial Dao Artifacts.
• The Pavilion Master said alchemy required comprehending Primordial Dao Fire and artifact forging required summoning Nine-Violet Thunder, though he knew of no practitioners.
• Chen Changan said Azure Origin needed collective effort to change its state of dominance, then revealed that he and his companions were Ascenders and promised the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion would remain unaffected.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang quickly comprehended flames they believed were the Primordial Dao Fire, then Chen Changan summoned and dismissed the Nine-Violet Thunder. The Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion watched in disbelief as Chen Changan made feats that had eluded others seem effortless.

• The Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion explained that the Primordial Dao Fire came from within one's Dao Heart and required comprehension.
• Chen Changan closed his eyes and soon produced a flame in his palm, leaving the Pavilion Master unsure whether it was the Primordial Dao Fire.
• Mu Yunyao and Da Huang also comprehended flames, astonishing the Pavilion Master.
• Chen Changan tried to summon the Nine-Violet Thunder, and a bolt descended from the sky and obeyed his command to return.
• Da Huang mocked the Pavilion Master and others for failing to achieve what Chen Changan had done so easily.

Chen Changan learned that the Sheng Family possessed a pill formula and traveled there to investigate its origins. The Sheng Family Head received Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang, and Chen Changan asked to see the formula.

• The Heavenly Dragon Pavilion's Pavilion Master told Chen Changan that the Sheng Family had obtained a pill formula and gave him the family's location.
• Chen Changan explained that he planned to eliminate the Sheng Family if necessary, confident that Heavenreach Sacred Academy would soon be strong enough to handle the consequences.
• The Heavenly Dragon Pavilion's Pavilion Master left in a state of distress, and Da Huang criticized his shaken mindset.
• Chen Changan and his companions traveled for three months to reach the Sheng Family, intending to learn how it had acquired the pill formula.
• The Sheng Family Head received Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang, and Chen Changan asked to see the pill formula.

Chen Changan negotiated with the Sheng Family Head for access to the Primordial Golden Pill formula and learned where the Sheng Family had found it. The discovery led him to suspect that the Azure Lotus Mountain Range concealed a secret.

• Chen Changan rejected the Sheng Family Head's demand for a promise that Heavenreach Sacred Academy would leave the family alone, then asked how the Sheng Family had obtained the formula.
• The Sheng Family Head agreed to show Chen Changan the formula and explain its origins after Chen promised his words carried weight at the academy.
• Chen Changan examined the Primordial Golden Pill formula and learned it required six ingredients, including primordial dragon-raising grass, and could grant a hundred years of cultivation.
• The Sheng Family Head said his family had found the formula in the Azure Lotus Mountain Range, where people sometimes discovered precious resources.
• Chen Changan studied the location and suspected the mountain range held a hidden secret.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang traveled to the Azure Lotus Mountain Range to find a hidden space they believed was linked to its rare resources. After wandering through the ordinary mountains, they unexpectedly entered the space and discovered energy purer than Skyvault, while Mu Yunyao and Da Huang left the exploration to Chen Changan.

• Chen Changan honored his promise to spare the Sheng Family, then discussed Mu Yunyao’s theory that a hidden space periodically merged with the Azure Lotus Mountain Range.
• Mu Yunyao and Da Huang praised Chen Changan’s extraordinary luck, and Chen Changan joked that he was the chosen son of heaven.
• Chen Changan led Mu Yunyao and Da Huang to the Azure Lotus Mountain Range, which appeared too ordinary to produce precious resources.
• As the three wandered through the mountains, their surroundings suddenly changed, and they entered an unfamiliar space with energy purer than Skyvault.
• Mu Yunyao and Da Huang decided to follow Chen Changan and let him investigate, and Chen Changan noticed something ahead.

Chen Changan and his companions searched the resource-rich hidden side of the Azure Lotus Mountain Range, where they found several unfamiliar materials and a huge Primordial Mystic Heaven Stone. Chen Changan concluded that the strange place was the mountain range’s Twofold Realm, divided by an unpredictable hidden boundary.

• Chen Changan collected an unfamiliar plant and several other resources in the Primordial Jade Bottle as the group explored.
• Da Huang recognized a person-sized Primordial Mystic Heaven Stone, and Chen Changan collected it.
• Mu Yunyao and Da Huang sensed that their surroundings felt unreal, though the resources they had gathered remained real.
• After examining the area, Chen Changan determined that the space itself was an illusion connected to the ordinary Azure Lotus Mountain Range.
• Chen Changan explained that the mountain range had a hidden boundary forming a Twofold Realm, though he did not know how it had arisen.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang searched the strange realm for alchemy knowledge and realized the missing wind element pointed to a hidden Third Layer Realm. Chen Changan found its entrance and brought the others inside, where they discovered other lifeforms and wondered whether the wind element had been isolated there for their sake.

• Chen Changan and his companions spent days collecting resources and Primordial Dao Sources but found no information about pills or signs that anyone had lived in the realm.
• Chen Changan questioned whether someone might still be alive there, and the group searched the area more thoroughly without finding any clues.
• Mu Yunyao noticed that there had been no wind, and Chen Changan reasoned that the wind element had likely been isolated in another realm rather than the Azure Lotus Mountain Range.
• Chen Changan sensed his way forward, found the hidden Third Layer Realm, and took Mu Yunyao and Da Huang inside.
• The group saw that the Third Layer Realm was small and inhabited by other lifeforms, and wondered whether the wind element had been isolated there for their sake.

Chen Changan and his companions followed wind-element lifeforms to a hidden residence inside the Third Layer Realm, where they met its powerful master. After learning how the master created the realm and planted a pill formula as a clue, Chen Changan revealed his Primordial Dao Fire, and the master invited the group to come with him.

• Chen Changan sensed that the wind-element lifeforms were observing him and asked them to lead him to their master.
• The lifeforms guided Chen Changan, Da Huang, and Mu Yunyao to a thatched cottage that contained a hidden world and a courtyard in the middle of a lake.
• The master welcomed the group and explained that he had created the Third Layer Realm over an existing Twofold Realm.
• Chen Changan asked about the pill formula found in the Azure Lotus Mountain Range, and the master said he had planted it to see whether anyone could discover the realm's secret.
• Chen Changan displayed his flame, and the master identified it as the Primordial Dao Fire and invited him to come along.
• Da Huang and Mu Yunyao said they had comprehended the Primordial Dao Fire too, so the master invited all of them.

Chen Changan demonstrated that he could refine a Primordial Golden Pill without an Alchemy Furnace, astonishing the man who had supplied the ingredients. The chapter ended with Chen Changan successfully forming the pill and the man realizing he might be able to practice alchemy too.

• The man gave Chen Changan pill recipes and ingredients for a Primordial Golden Pill, expecting him to discover how difficult alchemy was in Primordial Heaven.
• Chen Changan began refining the ingredients without an Alchemy Furnace, despite the man's warnings that one was essential.
• Da Huang and Mu Yunyao watched as Chen Changan carefully refined the ingredients, while the man became increasingly amazed by his control and speed.
• Chen Changan reached the pill-forming stage, and the man realized alchemy could be practiced without a furnace.
• Chen Changan successfully refined the Primordial Golden Pill, leaving the man excited by the possibility of learning alchemy himself.

Chen Changan learned about the Sacred Academy Alliance’s exploitation of Azure Origin’s Holy Academies and received three pill recipes before leaving the Third Layer Realm with his companions. Back at Heavenreach Sacred Academy, he learned that the World Alliance and the Ironblood Sect were targeting the academy.

• The man explained that the Sacred Academy Alliance controlled Azure Origin’s Holy Academies and seized valuable resources, and warned Chen Changan not to attract its attention.
• The man gave Chen Changan recipes for the Hongmeng Limit Pill, the Hongmeng Immortal-Breaking Pill, and the Hongmeng Exquisite Pill, then asked him to teach pill refining.
• Chen Changan taught the man to refine pills without an Alchemy Furnace for ten days, then left the Third Layer Realm with his two companions.
• The three returned to Heavenreach Sacred Academy, where Chen Changan sensed that something had changed and asked the Dean what had happened.
• The Dean told Chen Changan that the World Alliance and the Ironblood Sect were coming after Heavenreach Sacred Academy.

Chen Changan suspected the World Alliance and Ironblood Sect were being prompted by a hidden force to target Heavenreach Sacred Academy, possibly as part of the Sacred Academy Alliance’s plans for Ghost Abyss. He ordered a surprise raid on nearby forces to seize their resources and disrupt the enemy’s preparations.

• Chen Changan and the Dean discussed why the World Alliance and Ironblood Sect had begun recruiting forces and preparing to move against Heavenreach Sacred Academy.
• Chen Changan suspected a hidden force was directing them, and the Dean revealed that the Sacred Academy Alliance’s branch had unusually requested regular reports on the academy’s development.
• Chen Changan proposed attacking nearby forces first to isolate them, seize resources, and strike before they could react.
• Chen Changan assigned the Dean to guard Heavenreach Sacred Academy while he led its elites on a surprise raid, leaving disciples behind to cultivate.
• The Dean agreed to organize the manpower and mark the nearby forces’ locations, while Chen Changan said they would act as soon as possible.

Chen Changan’s rapid destruction of twelve factions made the World Alliance and Ironblood Sect cautious, buying Heavenreach Sacred Academy time. He revealed his pill-making abilities to the Dean and urged the academy to gather alchemy resources as he pursued ways to strengthen its people.

• The World Alliance Leader learned that Heavenreach Sacred Academy had destroyed twelve factions and ordered his people to investigate while watching the academy.
• Chen Changan explained to the Dean that he had used overwhelming strength to destroy the factions and secure their resources, and that the attack was meant to pressure their enemies and test whether someone was backing them.
• Chen Changan asked Heavenreach Sacred Academy to focus on cultivation and gather alchemy resources.
• Chen Changan showed the Dean a Primordial Golden Pill and explained that it could grant an ordinary person at least three hundred years of cultivation.
• Chen Changan described the Hongmeng Limit Pill’s ability to increase potential and break through limits, then mentioned pills that could improve combat strength and comprehension.

Chen Changan asked the Dean about the Sacred Academy Alliance and then returned to seclusion while the Dean sought materials for pills that could boost aptitude. Heavenreach Sacred Academy’s rise unsettled Ghost Abyss, and the World Alliance received an order to stop plans against it and wait.

• The Dean warned Chen Changan that the Sacred Academy Alliance was powerful and dangerous to challenge, then promised to search for the pill materials.
• Chen Changan entered seclusion with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang, while the Dean secretly sent trusted people to find the resources.
• Ghost Abyss factions grew fearful after Heavenreach Sacred Academy destroyed twelve factions and the World Alliance and Ironblood Sect stayed silent.
• The Heavenly Dragon Pavilion's Pavilion Master ordered his faction to treat Heavenreach Sacred Academy's affairs as its own and said its future depended on the opportunity.
• The World Alliance's Alliance Leader met an envoy, who said Heavenreach Sacred Academy had acted on its own strength and ordered the Alliance to abandon its plans against it and await further instructions.

The Sacred Academy Alliance sent the Heavenreach Sacred Academy Dean a mission to Severing Saint Abyss, offering exactly three places for its people to accompany three Senior Sacred Academies. Chen Changan concluded that the Alliance was targeting him and his companions, and agreed to go investigate its intentions while the Dean warned them to stay cautious.

• The Sacred Academy Alliance branch president praised Heavenreach Sacred Academy’s progress and assigned it three places on an expedition to Severing Saint Abyss in six months.
• The Dean realized the places were intended for Chen An and the other two, and summoned Chen Changan from seclusion to explain the mission.
• Chen Changan suspected the Alliance had ulterior motives, agreed that the three of them should go, and told the Dean to prepare for trouble in Ghost Abyss while they were away.
• The Dean urged Chen Changan to conceal his abilities and avoid conflict with the Senior Sacred Academies.
• Mu Yunyao appeared and remarked that Chen Changan would not tolerate being wronged, even if that meant confronting the Sacred Academy Alliance.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang revealed their Ninth-Rank Hongmeng Saint cultivation and prepared to travel to the Severing Saint Abyss. After they reached the Sacred Academy Alliance branch, Chen Changan realized the branch had deliberately summoned them to make sure the three of them appeared.

• Da Huang told the Dean that Chen Changan and the others would not tolerate being wronged, then revealed that all three had reached Ninth-Rank Hongmeng Saint.
• Chen Changan gave the Dean ten Primordial Golden Pills and learned the group would need three months to reach the branch.
• Chen Changan teased the Dean about interrupting a breakthrough, and Mu Yunyao clarified that the three were not yet ready to break through.
• Chen Changan made Da Huang cultivate for three more months before the three set off for the Sacred Academy Alliance branch.
• At the branch, the president sent Chen Changan and the others toward the Severing Saint Abyss to meet the Senior Sacred Academies.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang that the branch had summoned them to ensure the three of them appeared.

Chen Changan and his companions reached the Severing Saint Abyss with members of three Senior Sacred Academies, who resented being assigned to accompany Heavenreach Sacred Academy. After the others mocked their cultivation, Chen Changan held back Da Huang and chose to wait for events to prove their strength.

• Chen Changan and Da Huang suspected the Sacred Academy Alliance had targeted Heavenreach Sacred Academy and discussed how they might respond if the alliance acted against them.
• Members of Cloudridge Sacred Academy, Soaring Cloud Sacred Academy, and Phoenix Sacred Academy waited three months at the Severing Saint Abyss and complained about being made to wait for Heavenreach Sacred Academy.
• Chen Changan, Da Huang, and their companion arrived, and a branch member told the Senior Sacred Academies to take them along before leaving.
• The Senior Sacred Academy members questioned Chen Changan about his background and warned that his group would be a liability in the dangerous abyss.
• Chen Changan challenged their assumption that they were escorting his group, and Da Huang warned them not to hold the others back.
• The Senior Sacred Academy members mocked Da Huang, but Chen Changan stopped him from arguing and decided to let their actions speak for them.

Chen Changan learned that the Sacred Academy Alliance forced the Senior Sacred Academies to surrender half the resources they gathered in the Severing Saint Abyss, and he urged them to consider secretly keeping some. After the group entered the Abyss, Chen Changan sensed something moving beneath the sand just before the beach began to shake.

• Chen Changan questioned the Senior Sacred Academies about the dangers and resources of the Severing Saint Abyss and learned they had to hand half their gains to the Sacred Academy Alliance.
• Chen Changan challenged them to secretly keep some resources, and the group admitted they were tempted but feared the consequences.
• Chen Changan and the others entered the Severing Saint Abyss and cautiously surveyed the sandy shore beside a vast sea.
• Chen Changan warned that something was moving beneath the sand, and the beach began to shake violently.

Da Huang killed five Sand Kui beneath the beach and brought back their Sand Hearts, while Chen Changan refused to surrender his spoils to the Sacred Academy Alliance. The group was left stunned by Da Huang’s strength as Chen Changan asked whether more Sand Kui were nearby.

• Chen Changan sensed a powerful presence beneath the beach, and Da Huang charged underground to confront it.
• Da Huang killed five Sand Kui, stopped the beach from trembling, and returned with five sand sculptures he called drops.
• The Holy Academy members identified the sculptures as Sand Hearts containing the Sand Kui’s refined energy and explained that the creatures could destroy them if threatened.
• Chen Changan refused to hand over half of his Sand Hearts to the Sacred Academy Alliance and rejected the others’ concerns about consequences.
• Chen Changan asked if more Sand Kui were nearby, while Da Huang dismissed the idea that he had hidden his cultivation.

Chen Changan and his group entered the Severing Saint Abyss, where flight and floating were impossible and the dark seabed suppressed their sight and perception. They immediately encountered the feared Deep-Sea Overlord, but Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang sensed it might not be hostile and wondered whether it was waiting for Chen Changan.

• Chen Changan learned that they had to walk across the sea floor, where creatures carried valuable resources despite the dangers.
• Chen Changan and his group descended into the sea, set up a barrier, and found that the darkness suppressed their vision and perception.
• Da Huang created light, revealing a gigantic eye staring at the group.
• The others recognized the Deep-Sea Overlord and despaired, believing no one could escape it.
• Mu Yunyao and Da Huang sensed no killing intent from the Deep-Sea Overlord and wondered if it had been waiting for Chen Changan.

Chen Changan met the Deep-Sea Overlord, who revealed that his father had left it to wait for him, deliver a message, and provide resources. The Overlord swallowed Chen Changan and his companions into a safe inner space and presented him with a gift.

• Chen Changan approached and stroked the Deep-Sea Overlord, which greeted him as Young Master and said his father had arranged for it to wait for him.
• The Deep-Sea Overlord relayed Chen Changan's father's message that he should keep moving forward and would learn the answers in Ultimate Heaven.
• The Deep-Sea Overlord offered to take Chen Changan and the others across the sea and give him resources prepared by his father.
• Chen Changan called the others over, and Mu Yunyao and Da Huang joined him before the rest cautiously followed.
• The Deep-Sea Overlord swallowed the group into a comfortable inner space, where its consciousness appeared and presented Chen Changan with a gift.

Chen Changan received a vast gift of resources from the Deep-Sea Overlord, whose extraordinary respect left the Heavenreach Sacred Academy group wondering who Chen Changan was. After reaching the desert, Chen Changan learned about its deadly creatures and set off toward the central oasis, intending to rely on his good luck.

• The Deep-Sea Overlord gave Chen Changan a mountain of resources, explained what they were, and safely brought the group across the sea.
• After the Deep-Sea Overlord left, Chen Changan brushed off questions about his identity and warned that anyone holding a grudge against him could wait to die.
• The group explained that their destination was a resource-rich oasis in the desert and warned Chen Changan about powerful Heaven-Swallowing Scorpions and swarming Sacred Army Ants.
• Chen Changan asked whether the desert creatures dropped equipment and wanted to find them, but the group pleaded with him to avoid a fight.
• Chen Changan agreed to leave the encounter to luck and headed into the desert, while one companion explained that his luck made events tend to go his way.

Chen Changan and his companions encountered a vast swarm of Sacred Army Ants, and Chen charged in to fight them while Da Huang gathered the Saint Essence they dropped. The surrounding cultivators watched in shock as Chen cut through the ants without being injured.

• The cultivators followed Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang, hoping the dangerous creatures they encountered would treat Chen with reverence.
• Mu Yunyao explained that the cultivators had grown timid because they now relied on the three companions for protection.
• Chen Changan spotted a swarm of Sacred Army Ants, and the cultivators panicked as the desert shook and sand vortices appeared.
• Da Huang learned the ants dropped Saint Essence and decided to collect it while Chen fought.
• Chen charged into the swarm and killed the Sacred Army Ants with his sword as Da Huang gathered their resources.
• The cultivators marveled at Chen's strength and his ability to withstand the ants' attacks.

Chen Changan slaughtered the Sacred Army Ants and led the group safely through the Severing Saint Abyss to the resource-rich Central Oasis. As everyone harvested its treasures, the lifeforms Chen Changan had sensed vanished, leaving the group wary of a greater danger.

• Chen Changan's defense against the Sacred Army Ants convinced the other academies that he was an unbeatable force, and Mu Yunyao agreed to help them as long as they did not act recklessly.
• Chen Changan quickly killed the Sacred Army Ants and later defeated every Sacred Army Ant and Heaven-Swallowing Scorpion they encountered on the way through the Severing Saint Abyss.
• The group reached the Central Oasis, where Chen Changan sensed abundant energy and life, and agreed to let everyone harvest resources together.
• Chen Changan left Mu Yunyao and Da Huang to help with harvesting while he watched for danger, but the group found no threats or signs of life in the oasis.
• The group wondered whether the disappearance of the oasis's lifeforms meant a greater crisis was coming.

Chen Changan investigated the hidden presence in the oasis and confronted an old man who had been arranged by his father’s enemies. The old man admitted they were testing Chen Changan’s strength, especially his formidable physical body.

• Chen Changan sensed that the oasis’s creatures had vanished and went alone to investigate while Mu Yunyao and the others stayed behind.
• Chen Changan felt an unseen presence watching him and called on it to reveal itself.
• A hostile aura spread across the oasis, but Mu Yunyao told everyone to obey Chen Changan and wait.
• Chen Changan met an old man whose true form was not Human Race and learned that he had been arranged by those opposing Chen Changan’s father.
• Chen Changan concluded that the old man was testing whether his physical body had become strong enough to threaten them.

Chen Changan and the Deep-Sea Overlord fought an old enemy who had been hiding from him, but the old man escaped with help from his allies. The Deep-Sea Overlord joined Chen Changan, warned that the Sacred Academy Alliance might become his enemy, and revealed the name his master had given him: Wang Ba.

• The Deep-Sea Overlord appeared to stop the old man from attacking Chen Changan and urged Chen Changan to leave while he handled the fight.
• Chen Changan refused to flee and fought alongside the Deep-Sea Overlord, whose attacks and Red Dust Sword disrupted the old man.
• The old man vanished before Chen Changan could stop him, and the Deep-Sea Overlord explained that the enemy had powerful helpers and had failed his mission.
• The Deep-Sea Overlord told Chen Changan that he was a Primordial Dao Venerable and one of Azure Origin's strongest experts, and warned that the old man might target the Sacred Academy Alliance.
• The Deep-Sea Overlord agreed to follow Chen Changan and revealed that his master had named him Wang Ba.