Recaps

Chen Tianxing faced Qin Xiaoshou in the martial gathering and killed him with a single punch after revealing that he had come to collect a debt. Heavenly Martial City stopped the Qin Family from retaliating, and Chen Tianxing left the arena openly vowing to destroy them.

• Chen Changan judged Chen Tianxing's combat strength to be around the Seventh-Tier Primordial Saint Venerable Realm and noticed that Qi Yunhe was hiding his true power.
• Da Huang discovered that Chen Tianxing's next opponent was Qin Xiaoshou, who offered to take him back to the Qin Family and promised him protection.
• Chen Tianxing rejected Qin Xiaoshou's offer, said he had come for his life, and killed him with a single punch before he could concede.
• The Qin Family tried to retaliate, but Heavenly Martial City's people invoked the martial gathering rules and stopped them from attacking Chen Tianxing.
• The Qin Family threatened Chen Tianxing, and he vowed that he would not spare them either, prompting spectators to wonder about the feud between the cousins.

Chen Tianxing’s killing of Qin Xiaoshou drew attention at the martial tournament, and the Heavenly Martial City Lord suspected the Qin Family had hidden Chen Tianxing’s true talent. Back at the inn, Chen Changan warned Chen Tianxing about Qi Yunhe, whom he revealed was not Human Race, leaving the group wondering whether Qi Yunhe was a spy.

• Chen Tianyang and Chen Tianxiang celebrated Chen Tianxing’s conflict with the Qin Family and worried that the Heavenly Martial City Lord might protect him.
• The Heavenly Martial City Lord concluded that the Qin Family had concealed Chen Tianxing’s exceptional talent and ordered his people to keep observing him.
• Chen Changan asked Chen Tianxing about the tournament, praised his performance, and warned him that Qi Yunhe had been concealing his strength.
• Chen Tianxing said Qi Yunhe’s gaze made him feel as if a monster were watching him, while Da Huang and Wang Ba joked about nonhuman forms.
• Chen Changan confirmed that Qi Yunhe was not Human Race, and Chen Tianxing wondered whether he was a spy from another race.

Chen Tianxing learned from Chen Changan that Qi Yunhe might belong to a hostile race, then refused Qi Yunhe’s offer to surrender first place in exchange for the tournament rewards. The two advanced to the final, where spectators favored Qi Yunhe, leaving Chen Tianxing facing a formidable and unsettling opponent.

• Chen Tianxing asked Chen Changan about the Human Race’s standing and learned that other races often mistreated humans, while Chen Changan suspected Qi Yunhe came from an extreme race hostile to them.
• Three days later, Qi Yunhe approached Chen Tianxing and offered him the tournament rewards if Chen Tianxing let him take first place and become Heavenly Martial City’s lord’s disciple.
• Chen Tianxing rejected the offer, insisted they settle the matter in the arena, and was threatened by Qi Yunhe before Chen Changan reassured him.
• Qi Yunhe and Chen Tianxing defeated their opponents and advanced to the final, while spectators judged Qi Yunhe’s cultivation and ruthless fighting style to give him the advantage.

Chen Tianxing fought Qi Yunhe at the martial meet and revealed a level of strength that shocked the spectators. The Heavenly Martial City Lord suspected Qi Yunhe was not human, and as Chen Tianxing gained the upper hand, someone called for him to stop.

• Qi Yunhe tried to persuade Chen Tianxing to give up first place, but Chen Tianxing rejected him and attacked.
• Chen Tianxing’s hidden combat strength surprised Qi Yunhe and the spectators, while the Qin Family and Chen Family grew more determined to kill him.
• The Heavenly Martial City Lord noticed Qi Yunhe was concealing his cultivation technique and suspected he was not from the Human Race.
• Chen Tianxing revealed he had been using their fight to warm up and unleash his potential, leaving Qi Yunhe shocked and outmatched.
• As Chen Tianxing pressed his advantage, someone shouted for him to stop.

Chen Tianxing killed Qi Yunhe despite Heavenly Martial City's lord ordering him to stop, then refused both the lord's offer of discipleship and a place in Heavenly Martial City, choosing loyalty to his master and the Chen Family. He left with his companions, while the Qin Family and the Chen Family prepared to ambush him outside the city.

• Chen Tianxing ignored Heavenly Martial City's lord and killed Qi Yunhe, explaining that he would not leave a threat alive.
• Heavenly Martial City's lord announced Chen Tianxing as the martial competition's first-place winner and asked him to become his disciple.
• Chen Tianxing refused discipleship because he would not betray his master, then declined to join Heavenly Martial City and said he would return to the Chen Family.
• Heavenly Martial City's lord accepted Chen Tianxing's choice and offered to maintain a friendly relationship and help him in the future.
• Chen Tianxing collected his first-place resources and departed with his companions as the Qin Family and the Chen Family plotted to ambush him outside Heavenly Martial City.

Chen Changan accompanied Chen Tianxing back to the Chen Family after effortlessly killing the Qin and Chen Family ambushers. Chen Tianxing announced his return and reunited with his parents, leaving his father stunned to discover that he could cultivate.

• Chen Tianxing told Chen Changan he planned to win the Chen Family's recognition before dealing with his uncles, and Chen Changan advised him to act decisively when needed.
• The Qin and Chen Families joined forces to ambush Chen Tianxing and his group, but Chen Changan killed them with a single streak of sword light.
• Chen Changan warned Chen Tianxing not to rely on his Master instead of becoming strong himself, then accompanied him to the Chen Family before planning to leave.
• Chen Tianxing confronted a branch-family member who tried to stop him, sent him flying, and declared that he had returned.
• Chen Tianxing's parents rushed out to meet him; his mother embraced him in tears, and his father noticed that he could cultivate.

Chen Tianxing returned to the Chen Family with Chen Changan and revealed that his maternal grandfather had stolen his talent for the Qin Family. After Chen Shouzheng learned Chen Changan’s name, he knelt and addressed him as the Young Master, leaving everyone stunned.

• Chen Tianxing introduced Chen Changan, his mistress, Da Huang, and Wang Ba to his parents and explained that his master had helped him cultivate.
• Chen Tianxing told his parents that his maternal grandfather had concealed his talent and used the Transference Technique to benefit the Qin Family, and that he had killed Qin Xiaoshou.
• Chen Tianxing revealed that he had also killed Chen Tianyang, Chen Tianxiang, and Chen Family members who had pursued him, with Chen Changan’s help.
• Chen Shouzheng arrived, welcomed Chen Tianxing back, and asked for the name of his master.
• Chen Changan said his name was Chen Changan, and Chen Shouzheng immediately knelt and paid respects to him as the Young Master.

Chen Changan learned that the Chen Family had followed an ancient command from his father, but the million-year timeline contradicted what Mu Zhanying told him about his parents' time in the True Realm. As Chen Changan questioned Chen Tianxing's hidden talent and the Qin Family's plot, the conflict between Chen Tianxing and his Chen Family relatives erupted.

• Chen Shouzheng told Chen Changan that the Chen Family's ancestor had met Chen Changan's father a million years earlier and ordered the family to obey Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan asked Mu Zhanying about the timeline and learned that his parents had been in the True Realm only several tens of thousands of years ago.
• Chen Tianxing's father explained that the Qin Family had hidden Tianxing's talent, and Chen Shouzheng vowed the Chen Family would stand up for Tianxing's mother against her relatives.
• Chen Shouzheng confronted Second Brother and Third Brother after they surrounded Eldest Brother's courtyard and demanded that Chen Tianxing be driven away.
• Chen Tianxing accused his uncles of secretly targeting him and admitted he had killed the people they sent to Heavenly Martial City.
• Second Brother and Third Brother challenged Chen Tianxing's claim, and an unidentified speaker asked what would happen if they added him.

Chen Shouzheng declared Chen Changan the Chen Family’s Young Master and welcomed Chen Tianxing back, despite protests from his sons. The clan elders recognized Chen Changan’s lineage and went to discuss his return with Chen Shouzheng.

• Chen Shouzheng affirmed that Chen Changan had the authority to kill the Chen Family members who conspired against Chen Tianxing, then struck his Second Brother and Third Brother for insulting him.
• Chen Shouzheng announced that Chen Tianxing had officially returned to the Chen Family and warned everyone not to disrespect Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan stayed at the Chen Family and told Da Huang that he was letting his opponents continue down the path to their own destruction; he then told Chen Tianxing to cultivate.
• The Chen Family's Second Brother and Third Brother appealed to the clan elders, claiming Chen Changan was an outsider who should not control the family.
• The clan elders realized Chen Changan was the son of the Chen Family’s former Master and cautioned the brothers that Chen Tianxing remained a member of the family.
• The clan elders went to speak with Chen Shouzheng about Chen Changan’s return.

Chen Shouzheng rejected the elders’ attempt to limit the Young Master’s authority and gathered the Chen Family to announce Chen Tianxing’s return and the clan’s ancestral command. He revealed that Chen Changan was the descendant who must be honored above the ancestor, leaving the gathered clan facing the Young Master’s claim.

• Chen Shouzheng rebuked the elders for opposing the Young Master and declared that anyone who defied the ancestor’s command could leave the Chen Family.
• After the elders departed, Chen Shouzheng ordered the clan members to gather, while those opposing him decided to wait for Chen Tianyang and Chen Tianxiang to act.
• Chen Shouzheng announced that Chen Tianxing’s cultivation talent had been concealed and that he had reached the Primordial Saint Venerable Realm, prompting the gathered clan to welcome him back.
• Chen Shouzheng told the clan that their ancestor’s Master had bestowed the Chen surname and ordered the family to honor the Master’s descendant above the ancestor.
• Chen Shouzheng identified Chen Changan as the arrived descendant and the Chen Family’s Young Master.

Chen Changan returned to the Chen Family as its ancestor’s Young Master, while Chen Tianxing’s relatives accused him of killing their kin. As the clan elders and others questioned Chen Changan’s identity, he challenged them and warned that he could revoke the Chen surname.

• Chen Shouzheng told the clansmen that Chen Changan was the Young Master named in their ancestor’s command and ordered them to show him respect.
• The Chen Family’s Second Brother and Third Brother accused Chen Tianxing of killing his own kin, and Chen Tianxing admitted it while explaining that the victims had repeatedly tried to kill him.
• Chen Changan revealed that he had helped Chen Tianxing and killed those who targeted his disciple.
• The Second Brother, Third Brother, and clan elders questioned Chen Changan’s identity and demanded that he prove he was the Young Master.
• Chen Changan asked how they could prove he was not the Young Master and warned that he could take back the surname his father had bestowed.

Chen Changan declared that he would take the Chen surname back from the family, sparing only Chen Tianxing and his immediate family. As the Chen Family split over his decision, he asked Chen Shouzheng whether he could now see who belonged in the family.

• Chen Changan said the Chen surname had never belonged to most of the family and announced he would reclaim it on his father's behalf, with Chen Tianxing's immediate family exempt.
• Chen Shouzheng defended Chen Changan's decision and condemned the family members for defying their ancestor's commands.
• Second Brother Chen challenged his father and rallied some family members against accepting Chen Changan as their Young Master because his cultivation was not strong enough.
• Other clansmen exposed Second Brother Chen and Third Brother Chen's ambitions and defended Chen Changan and Chen Shouzheng.
• The clan elders apologized to Chen Changan and asked him to rescind his command, while Second Brother Chen and his supporters continued resisting.
• As the family split into opposing factions, Chen Changan asked Chen Shouzheng whether he could now tell who should remain in the Chen Family.

Chen Changan tested the Chen Family and concluded that its rebellious members had to be killed, while Chen Shouzheng and Chen Tianxing supported his decision. When Second Brother and Third Brother tried to seize power and attacked Chen Changan, he revealed overwhelming strength and charged into the crowd.

• Chen Changan explained that his threat to revoke the Chen surname had been both genuine and a test, and Chen Shouzheng admitted he had failed to keep the family united.
• Chen Tianxing urged severe punishment, and Chen Changan ordered that every member who defied the ancestor's command be killed.
• Chen Shouzheng stripped the dissenters of their Chen Family membership, prompting Second Brother and Third Brother to incite a revolt and move against him.
• Chen Shouzheng declared the rebels would be killed, and Second Brother and Third Brother charged at Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan countered with the Red Dust Sword and rushed into the crowd, astonishing Chen Tianxing's father and winning the clan elders' support.

After the Chen Family’s internal conflict ended, Chen Changan discussed the family’s ancestor and urged Chen Tianxing’s father to stop yielding and become strong enough to protect his family. He gave Tianxing’s father cultivation resources and had the group begin cultivating, while staying with Chen Tianxing for now.

• Chen Shouzheng accepted that the Chen Family’s traitors had to be eliminated, and Chen Changan forgave the clan elders who had apologized to him.
• The clan elders asked about their ancestor, and Chen Changan said his father had gone to Ultimate Heaven and that the ancestor’s Life Lamp showed he was still alive.
• Chen Changan told Chen Tianxing to cultivate and assured him that he would not leave immediately.
• Chen Changan rebuked Chen Tianxing’s father for failing to protect Tianxing and for being weak and yielding to the family.
• Chen Tianxing’s father admitted his mistake, promised to protect his family, and accepted cultivation resources from Chen Changan.

Chen Changan learned that the Liu Family, once saved by the Chen Family, had become hostile, and he explained that a favor that large could make its recipients uneasy when no repayment was requested. The Liu Family’s motives remained unresolved as Chen Changan began to explain why the Chen Family’s generosity had bred resentment.

• Chen Family members noticed that the family’s atmosphere and cultivation progress had improved since Chen Changan arrived.
• Chen Tianxing emerged from seclusion as a Ninth-Tier Primordial Saint Venerable and worried he was not yet strong enough to help Chen Changan.
• Father Chen warned that the Liu Family was watching the Chen Family and might soon cause trouble.
• Chen Changan and his companions emerged from seclusion, and Father Chen and Chen Tianxing were astonished by their cultivation levels.
• Father Chen explained that the Liu Family had once been saved from annihilation by the Chen Family but had later begun targeting them.
• Chen Changan said the Liu Family might resent the Chen Family because it had given them a great favor without asking for repayment.

Chen Changan explained why the Liu Family’s gratitude toward the Chen Family had turned into resentment and decided to destroy the Liu Family before departing. He left cultivation resources with Chen Tianxing, who then teased Father Chen by demanding that he call him Ancestor.

• Chen Changan explained that the Liu Family’s long-held debt of gratitude had become a source of pressure and hostility as the Liu Family grew stronger than the Chen Family.
• Chen Tianxing reasoned that the Liu Family wanted to suppress the Chen Family, and Chen Changan praised his understanding before announcing they would leave after settling the matter.
• Chen Changan insisted on wiping out the Liu Family, saying its hatred would eventually endanger the Chen Family, and told Chen Tianxing he would have to destroy the Qin Family himself.
• Chen Changan gave Chen Tianxing cultivation resources for himself and the Chen Family, then set off with his companions to visit the Liu Family.
• After Chen Changan left, Chen Tianxing told Father Chen that his Master might deal with the Holy Spirit Clan, then jokingly demanded that Father Chen call him Ancestor.

Chen Changan and his companions visited the Liu Family, exposed its plans against the Chen Family, and wiped it out. Afterward, a member of the Sacred Shaman Clan appeared and offered to take them to the clan’s current home, where they could talk discreetly.

• Chen Changan told the Liu Family Head he had come to ask for resources, and the two argued over the Chen Family’s past favor to the Liu Family.
• Chen Changan accused the Liu Family of plotting against the Chen Family, declared that the Liu Family had to be destroyed, and attacked with his companions.
• Chen Changan and his companions easily massacred the Liu Family, then discussed their strength and the Liu Family’s fate.
• Chen Changan explained that the Sacred Shaman Clan knew they had arrived because they had used its teleportation method.
• A Sacred Shaman Clan member arrived, said the clan had been secretly tracking Chen Changan, and invited him and his companions to the clan’s current home.

Chen Changan met with Gong Xu at the Sacred Shaman Clan’s hidden refuge and learned that the Second Palace and Three Divine Temples had submitted to the Holy Spirit Clan. Gong Xu proposed that they seek resources in the deadly Heavenly Palace Secret Realm, and Chen Changan agreed to go.

• Chen Changan arrived at the Sacred Shaman Clan’s secluded refuge, where Gong Xu welcomed him and brought him to his residence.
• Gong Xu told Chen Changan that the Second Palace and Three Divine Temples had joined the Holy Spirit Clan and might capture him to claim a reward.
• Gong Xu explained that the Sacred Shaman Clan needed higher-grade resources to grow strong enough to confront its enemies.
• Gong Xu revealed that fifty Sacred Shaman Clan members had entered the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm and only one had returned alive with valuable resources.
• Chen Changan agreed without hesitation to enter the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm with the Sacred Shaman Clan.
• Chen Changan and Gong Xu agreed to rest and prepare for a few days before setting out.

Chen Changan and the Sacred Shaman Clan party set out for the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm, but a large group followed them and identified Huo Yao and the others as members of the Sacred Shaman Clan. The chapter left Chen Changan taunting the pursuers after they recognized the clan.

• Gong Xu sent Huo Yao and twenty Peak Primordial Ancient Venerable Realm members with Chen Changan, who rejected the idea of bringing more people.
• Chen Changan and the group left the Sacred Shaman Clan territory, and Huo Yao explained how disaster had forced Gong Xu to become a more responsible chief.
• Chen Changan learned that the journey to the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm would take several months.
• Chen Changan, Huo Yao, Da Huang, and Mu Yunyao sensed a group pursuing them and decided to stop them from following the party to the secret realm.
• The pursuers arrived, and their leader said he wanted to know who Huo Yao and the others were.
• The leader identified them as members of the Sacred Shaman Clan, and Chen Changan mocked his intelligence.

Chen Changan and his group killed nearly a hundred people who suspected Huo Yao's companions belonged to the Sacred Shaman Clan, then reached the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm and waited for it to open. They entered and found a vast, beautiful place with no land anywhere.

• Chen Changan ordered Huo Yao to kill the nearly hundred people who had guessed that his companions were members of the Sacred Shaman Clan.
• Chen Changan warned Huo Yao and the others that the Holy Spirit Clan would target them if their identity became known.
• Chen Changan's group reached the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm and waited several hours for it to open while Da Huang chattered and Huo Yao beat him.
• Chen Changan and the others entered the secret realm and were astonished by its beauty and the absence of any land.

Chen Changan’s group explored the mist-covered Heavenly Palace Secret Realm and discovered Cloud Flowers that permanently improved comprehension. After sensing something stalking them, Chen Changan caught a powerful Cloud Beast, leaving the group to examine their first dangerous encounter.

• Chen Changan led the group into the mist while Huo Yao brought up the rear, and they noticed the mist contained unusually pure energy.
• Da Huang discovered a Cloud Flower, and Chen Changan ate it and found that it permanently improved comprehension.
• Chen Changan told the others to collect Cloud Flowers while staying alert, and he watched for danger as they continued through the mist.
• Chen Changan sensed movement and warned the group to stay together before charging into the mist.
• Chen Changan returned with a Cloud Beast he had captured and identified its strength as roughly the peak Primordial Ancient Venerable Realm.

Chen Changan and his companions left the misty clouds and entered a field of Seven-Colored Auspicious Clouds, where they gathered Rainbow Grass and fought Rainbow Cloud Dragons. After Huo Yao killed many dragons, Chen Changan noticed his aura had become chaotic, and they suspected the creatures were affecting him.

• Chen Changan found that the Cloud Beast’s body had no organs or useful resources, so the group continued onward to collect Cloud Flowers.
• The group emerged from the mist into a vast expanse of Seven-Colored Auspicious Clouds and stayed alert for danger.
• Da Huang smelled and discovered Rainbow Grass, and Chen Changan stored it instead of eating it.
• A Rainbow Cloud Dragon emerged from the Rainbow Grass’s roots, and Huo Yao killed it with one exchange.
• The group found that each Rainbow Grass was connected to a Rainbow Cloud Dragon and gathered more while Huo Yao protected them.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang noticed Huo Yao’s aura had turned chaotic, and they suspected killing the Rainbow Cloud Dragons had caused the problem.

Chen Changan discovered that killing Rainbow Cloud Dragons implanted a hidden aura that could drive their killers mad, so he took over killing them. The group encountered a deranged but living member of Huo Yao’s Sacred Shaman Clan, and Chen Changan prepared to try to save him.

• Chen Changan explained that Rainbow Cloud Dragons left a concealed aura in their killers, which accumulated and eventually caused madness and compulsive slaughter.
• Chen Changan killed the Rainbow Cloud Dragons from then on, while the group watched for signs that the aura affected him.
• Da Huang spotted a blood-eyed man whose disordered aura and killing intent revealed that he was still alive.
• Huo Yao recognized the man as a clansman who had entered the area long ago and grieved that the others had left him behind.
• Chen Changan noted that the man had stopped himself from attacking, suggesting he retained some reason, and offered to try to cure him.
• Huo Yao prepared to restrain his clansman and asked Chen Changan to save him.

Chen Changan purged the chaotic energy from a trapped Sacred Shaman clansman, who warned the group about the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm before they continued onward. At the Cloud Ladder, an invisible restriction sealed everyone’s cultivation except Chen Changan’s.

• Chen Changan cleansed the trapped Sacred Shaman clansman, restoring his reason while Huo Yao held him down.
• The senior clansman told Huo Yao that his companions had never left the secret realm and warned Chen Changan’s group not to venture deeper.
• Chen Changan and the others left two Sacred Shaman clansmen behind and continued gathering Rainbow Grass until they reached the Cloud Ladder.
• The group stepped onto the Cloud Ladder and discovered that its invisible restriction had sealed their cultivation.
• Huo Yao asked Chen Changan why his cultivation had not been sealed.

Chen Changan and his companions climbed the seemingly endless Cloud Ladder, where everyone except Chen Changan grew exhausted despite their cultivation. After more than a month, they still had not found the end or discovered why the ladder was so difficult to traverse.

• Huo Yao asked Chen Changan about his background, and Chen Changan explained that his father was a supreme figure in Ultimate Heaven who had made his life difficult.
• As the group climbed the Cloud Ladder, Huo Yao and the others quickly grew tired, while Chen Changan and Da Huang remained unaffected.
• Chen Changan suspected the Cloud Ladder did more than seal cultivation, but he could not determine what caused the others' exhaustion.
• After Da Huang warned that danger might appear if Chen Changan left, Chen Changan stayed with the group and continued climbing.
• More than a month later, the group still had not reached the end, and Chen Changan could not tell whether the ladder was simply enormous or held some undiscovered secret.
• The group looked to Da Huang for clues, but he denied being a treasure-hunting dog.