Recaps

Chen Changan and the others discovered that patterns on the Cloud Ladder marked individual trials, and passing them revealed the ladder’s end. They entered the enormous Celestial Palace, found themselves in a mountain range within it, and stopped when Chen Changan sensed movement ahead.

• Da Huang spotted an unusual pattern on the Cloud Ladder, and the group found that different patterns appeared every 3,499 steps.
• Chen Changan touched a pattern, defeated the opponent in its trial, and gained sight of the Cloud Ladder’s end.
• Mu Yunyao and the others passed their own trials, facing opponents tailored to their strength.
• The group reached the end of the Cloud Ladder and saw an enormous Celestial Palace.
• Chen Changan opened the palace gates, and the group entered a mountain range that seemed to lie inside the palace.
• Chen Changan stopped the group after sensing movement ahead and pointed it out.

Chen Changan and his companions encountered extinct Cloud Dragon Leopards in the Celestial Palace and speculated that the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm and the Heavenly Derivation Continent had once been one. After an unseen attacker wounded members of Huo Yao’s group, Chen Changan offered to act as bait and expose it.

• Huo Yao explained that Cloud Dragon Leopards were valuable creatures hunted to extinction, and Chen Changan ordered him to kill the group and bring back their useful parts.
• Chen Changan suggested that the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm and the Heavenly Derivation Continent might have split apart after a struggle between Heaven and Earth.
• Huo Yao’s group brought Chen Changan the Cloud Dragon Leopards’ resources, and the party continued through the Celestial Palace as Da Huang searched for resources.
• Huo Yao noticed that the surroundings had become unusually quiet, and Chen Changan suspected they had entered the territory of a powerful, concealed being.
• An unseen attacker wounded two members of the Sacred Shaman Clan without being detected, so Chen Changan gathered everyone together.
• Chen Changan proposed using himself as bait so he could locate the unknown presence when it attacked.

Chen Changan exposed and killed a hidden Myriad Things Fox, then continued through the secret realm with his companions. Da Huang discovered a towering tree bearing enormous glowing white fruits, but Chen Changan warned him that something might be guarding them.

• Chen Changan let the Myriad Things Fox attack him, used its revealed aura to track it, and struck it with the Red Dust Sword.
• Huo Yao identified the transparent creature as an extinct Myriad Things Fox and explained its concealment abilities and the pearl inside its head.
• Chen Changan killed the fox, took its transparent pearl, and asked Huo Yao about other extinct creatures from the Heavenly Derivation Continent.
• After they traveled without encountering more foxes, Da Huang ran ahead and found a towering tree bearing huge white fruits that radiated terrifying energy.
• Da Huang offered to pick a fruit, but Chen Changan told him not to move because the resource might have a guardian.

Chen Changan learned that the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm and the Heavenly Derivation Continent were once one realm, divided after an ancient conflict. A man left behind to guard the fruits revealed that the Shenshu Clan controlled the secret realm and was overwhelmingly powerful.

• Da Huang rushed toward the fruits and was knocked back by a human guard, who warned the group to leave.
• Chen Changan learned from the guards that the realm below and the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm had once been connected before being divided.
• Chen Changan inferred that one guard had been abandoned and trapped there after the old conflict, and the man confirmed his people had been betrayed and left behind.
• Chen Changan asked who controlled the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm, and the man identified the Shenshu Clan as a group of terrifying, top-tier powerhouses.

Chen Changan learned that the Shenshu Clan was considered terrifyingly powerful and took several Divine Resonance Fruits from a guardian who could not leave his post. He and Huo Yao continued onward, with Chen Changan promising not to advance recklessly.

• Chen Changan learned that the guardian had never heard of the Ten Sacred Clans or the Sacred Shaman Clan and believed the Shenshu Clan was the strongest force he knew.
• The guardian told Chen Changan that the fruits were called Divine Resonance Fruits but did not know what they did or what would happen if some went missing.
• Chen Changan picked several Divine Resonance Fruits and left the guardian behind without fighting him.
• Huo Yao questioned whether the Shenshu Clan might rival or surpass the Ten Sacred Clans and warned Chen Changan against pushing ahead recklessly.
• Chen Changan said he had his own reasons to continue, but would retreat rather than charge blindly into danger.

Chen Changan entered a new region of the Celestial Palace Secret Realm, where he confronted two guards and demanded information about the realm and the Shenshu Clan. The guards revealed that the clan’s strongest member had reached the Hongmeng Dominion Realm, but Chen Changan learned that this realm was not directly above the Hongmeng Supreme Venerable Realm.

• Chen Changan reached an energy entrance at the end of the mountain range, and Huo Yao and the others found they could not pass through it.
• Chen Changan entered alone and emerged beside an endless ocean, where two guards challenged him.
• Chen Changan asked the guards about the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm and the Shenshu Clan, but one attacked him.
• Chen Changan easily sent both guards flying, forcing them to answer his questions.
• The guards said the strongest member of the Shenshu Clan had reached the Hongmeng Dominion Realm, then clarified that it was not above the Hongmeng Supreme Venerable Realm.

Chen Changan learned that the Shenshu Clan’s strongest member had reached the Hongmeng Dominion Realm, so he postponed exploring farther into the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm and returned with his companions. Back at the Sacred Shaman Clan’s settlement, they discovered that their return had been exposed and the powerful Second Palace Three Gods Sect threatened the weakened clan.

• Chen Changan learned from two guards that the Shenshu Clan’s strongest member had reached the Hongmeng Dominion Realm and might be guarding something in the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm.
• Chen Changan decided to leave and return later, then told Mu Yunyao and Huo Yao what he had learned.
• Chen Changan and the others collected three members of the Sacred Shaman Clan on their way out of the secret realm and returned to the clan’s settlement.
• Gong Xu sent the rescued clan elder to recuperate, while Chen Changan noticed the clan members’ strained expressions.
• A clan member told Chen Changan that their return to the Heavenly Derivation Continent had been exposed and that the weakened Sacred Shaman Clan feared the Second Palace Three Gods Sect.

After the Sacred Shaman Clan’s return was exposed, Chen Changan moved the clan and his companions into the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm to cultivate in seclusion. Meanwhile, the Holy Spirit Clan joined the search for the Sacred Shaman Clan and continued watching for Chen Changan, whose whereabouts remained unknown.

• Chen Changan learned that the Sacred Shaman Clan had been exposed and proposed moving everyone to the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm.
• Chen Changan explained to Mu Yunyao that he had planned the return to the secret realm all along, since it offered a secluded place for cultivation and could keep the Sacred Shaman Clan safe.
• Gong Xu gathered the clan, and Chen Changan used his Starship to take everyone to the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm.
• Chen Changan told the others he would distribute the resources they had gathered after he emerged from seclusion, then began cultivating.
• The Holy Spirit Clan’s leader dismissed the Sacred Shaman Clan as weak and focused on finding Chen Changan, but his clansman reported no news of him.

Gong Xu urged the Sacred Shaman Clan to work harder and discussed with Huo Yao how they should follow Chen Changan’s lead. Chen Changan’s rapid breakthrough left them astonished, while the possible power of the Holy Spirit Clan and the other Sacred Clans raised new concerns.

• Gong Xu scolded the Sacred Shaman Clan members for slacking and sent them back to cultivate.
• Huo Yao praised Chen Changan’s talent, strength, wisdom, and dependability, and Gong Xu agreed that their clan needed to change its attitude toward him.
• Gong Xu and Huo Yao agreed that Chen Changan should lead while the Sacred Shaman Clan assisted him, though Gong Xu worried the clan members might resist.
• Gong Xu and Huo Yao were shocked when Chen Changan broke through, then realized that he, Mu Yunyao, Da Huang, and Wang Ba cultivated far faster than they had.
• Huo Yao asked whether he could advance further, and Gong Xu said the Hongmeng Emperor Venerable Realm was difficult to reach.
• Gong Xu suspected that the person who had urged the Ten Sacred Clans to target Chen Changan had helped the Holy Spirit Clan gain many Hongmeng Emperor Venerable Realm experts, and Huo Yao feared the other Sacred Clans might have received the same help.

Chen Changan broke through to the first-tier Hongmeng Supreme Venerable level and prepared to explore the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm with Mu Yunyao. He reached the entrance and asked its two guards to let his wife through.

• Gong Xu explained to Huo Yao that the Ten Sacred Clans would target Chen Changan for the credit, prompting them both to cultivate.
• Chen Changan broke through to the first-tier Hongmeng Supreme Venerable level, while Da Huang volunteered to leave and gather intelligence.
• Chen Changan left Wang Ba with the Sacred Shaman Clan and took Mu Yunyao toward the depths of the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm.
• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao that the guards could let her through the entrance, then crossed it himself.
• The two guards were shocked by Chen Changan's rapid cultivation and agreed to hear his request to open the entrance for Mu Yunyao.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao entered a vast ocean in the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm, explored its untouched underwater world, and gathered some resources. Members of the Sea King Race revealed themselves and ordered the pair to leave, warning that other races might not be as friendly.

• Chen Changan persuaded the guards to open the entrance, then took Mu Yunyao across the ocean aboard his Starship.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao submerged the Starship, admired the underwater world, and decided to explore without it.
• Chen Changan sensed watchers nearby as he and Mu Yunyao searched the seabed and collected some resources.
• Members of the Sea King Race confronted Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao, claimed the ocean as their domain, and told them to leave.
• The Sea King Race explained that the pair's unfamiliar auras marked them as outsiders and warned that other races might treat them less kindly.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao visited the Sea King Race, whose clan chief admitted them and revealed he was a close friend of Chen Ao. Chen Changan introduced himself as Chen Ao’s uncle, but the clan chief refused to treat him as an elder and said Chen Ao had spoken about him.

• Chen Changan persuaded two Sea King Race members to take him and Mu Yunyao to their territory so they could ask the clan chief for permission to visit.
• The Sea King Race clan chief agreed to admit the outsiders despite concerns about the Shenshu Clan.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao entered the Sea King Race territory, where its people watched and discussed them with curiosity.
• The clan chief dismissed everyone else and told Chen Changan that he was a very good friend of Chen Ao.
• Chen Changan called himself Chen Ao’s uncle and asked what Chen Ao had said about him, but the clan chief refused to call him an elder.

Chen Changan learned that Chen Ao had visited the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm about a thousand years earlier and had predicted Chen Changan would come there. After hearing the Sea King Race chief’s warning about the Shenshu Clan’s strength, Chen Changan challenged the chief to a spar and stunned him with his power.

• Chen Changan questioned the Sea King Race chief about his friendship with Chen Ao, who had spoken about Chen Changan and expected him to visit the secret realm.
• Chen Changan asked whether the Shenshu Clan was guarding something, and the chief said the rumor was unconfirmed but warned that its strongest member stood at the pinnacle of Primordial Heaven.
• The chief revealed that he had reached the Primordial Emperor Venerable Peak Realm, and Chen Changan asked to spar with him.
• The chief created an isolated space above Sea King City, where Chen Changan began the fight and unleashed an aura that made the chief realize his talent exceeded Chen Ao’s description.

Chen Changan tested his strength against the Sea King Race patriarch, enduring the patriarch’s full-power attack and then forcing him back with a single sword strike. The patriarch judged Chen Changan’s combat power to rival the Hongmeng Emperor Venerable realm and criticized the current state of Primordial Heaven, leaving Chen Changan curious about his views.

• The Sea King Race patriarch increased his strength as he sparred with Chen Changan, eventually unleashing a full-power strike that left Chen Changan unharmed.
• Chen Changan revealed he had been holding back and said he wanted to test the limits of his strength.
• Chen Changan released his full aura and forced the patriarch back with one sword strike, astonishing the Sea King Race onlookers.
• The patriarch estimated that Chen Changan could rival powerful Hongmeng Emperor Venerables and might challenge a sixth-tier Primordial Emperor Venerable.
• The patriarch said Chen Ao had told him about the current Primordial Heaven and called the Ten Sacred Clans servants of someone else.

Chen Changan learned that Primordial Heaven’s decline followed upheaval across all twelve star domains, then pressured the Sea King Race chief into giving him resources. Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao decided to explore farther while avoiding the Shenshu Clan.

• Chen Changan asked the Sea King Race chief about Primordial Heaven’s decline and learned that upheaval had struck all twelve star domains, though the chief did not know its cause.
• The chief warned Chen Changan that the Shenshu Clan might be dangerous, and Chen Changan agreed not to approach them yet.
• Chen Changan shamelessly demanded resources from the chief and refused to leave without them.
• The chief agreed to provide resources and went to fetch them while Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao waited.
• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao they would continue exploring farther in but avoid the Shenshu Clan.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao left the Sea King Race and entered the Blood Abyss, where they found guards driven toward madness by the hostile environment. After learning about the three races inhabiting the region, they were warned that it was unsuitable for humans.

• Chen Changan took the Sea King Race patriarch's resources and left after provoking him with teasing remarks.
• The Sea King Race patriarch considered visiting the Shenshu Clan but decided to wait and see.
• Chen Changan crossed into the Blood Abyss and subdued two guards who attacked him.
• Chen Changan used his spiritual power to restore much of the guards' reason, then had them open the entrance for Mu Yunyao.
• The guards explained that the Blood Abyss housed the Blood Demon Clan, the Evil Ghost Clan, and the Evil Fiend Clan, and warned that its killing intent could drive humans mad.

Chen Changan learned that the Two Palaces and Three Divine Halls were offering rewards for anyone who captured a person named Chen Changan, suggesting his identity might have been exposed. He decided to let them find him and make them face the consequences, while Da Huang eagerly offered his support.

• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao left the Blood Abyss after learning that three races lived beyond it and had Hongmeng Emperor Venerable Realm experts; he taught two guards the Clearheart Art before departing.
• Chen Changan returned to the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm and resumed cultivation while the Sacred Shaman Clan continued cultivating and Da Huang remained away.
• Da Huang returned and reported that factions across the Heavenly Derivation Continent were searching for the Sacred Shaman Clan and that the Two Palaces and Three Divine Halls seemed to be plotting something.
• Da Huang revealed that the Two Palaces and Three Divine Halls had offered an honored guest status and one request to anyone who captured a person named Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan suspected his appearance had become known and decided to make himself a target so he could confront the factions; Da Huang declared that he could help fight their experts.

Chen Changan learned that the Two Palaces and Three Divine Halls planned to gather at Godslayer Peak for a Chen-Slaying Assembly, so he set out to attend. On the way, he met a group transporting an innocent man named Chen Changan and joined them on their journey.

• Da Huang told Chen Changan that the Two Palaces and Three Divine Halls would hold a Chen-Slaying Assembly at Godslayer Peak in three years.
• Chen Changan left Wang Ba behind to wait for the Sacred Shaman Clan and headed toward Godslayer Peak with his companions.
• Chen Changan's group encountered people escorting a captive named Chen Changan, who pleaded that he was not the man they sought.
• The captors explained that they hoped to earn a promise from the Two Palaces and Three Divine Halls by bringing in someone named Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan pretended he was only interested in watching the assembly, and the group agreed to take him and his companions along.

Chen Changan and his companions reached Godslayer Peak, where hundreds of men named Chen Changan had gathered ahead of the Second Palace Three Gods Sect's arrival. As the sect appeared, Da Huang insulted the onlookers for sucking up to it, leaving their guides nervous about being associated with him.

• Chen Changan and his companions arrived at Godslayer Peak after more than two years of travel and found crowds hoping to claim the reward for identifying Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan joked that his name might be Chen Changan, but his companions dismissed the idea and the group waited for the sect.
• The Soaring Heaven Palace, Heavenly Saint Palace, and Three Gods Church arrived as the appointed day drew closer.
• Da Huang mocked the gathered people for flattering the Second Palace Three Gods Sect and challenged them when they objected.
• The onlookers avoided Da Huang, while their group worried his insults might bring trouble; Da Huang told them he would not drag them into it.

At the Chen-Slaying Assembly on Godslayer Peak, the Second Palace Three Gods Sect revealed that the captured men named Chen Changan were only bait to draw out the real target. Chen Changan admitted his identity to his traveling companions and promised to compensate them before facing what came next.

• The palace master of Soaring Heaven Palace told the assembly that the captured Chen Changans were not the ones the sect sought, but promised rewards for those who captured them.
• The palace master blamed the real Chen Changan for the trouble caused to the captives and urged him to come to Godslayer Peak, where he might already be among them.
• Da Huang mocked the sect’s accusations, while the frightened captives urged him to keep quiet and moved away from him.
• Chen Changan’s traveling companions realized he might be the real target, and he confirmed that he was Chen Changan.
• His companions chose not to expose him, and Chen Changan told them to stand aside and promised to make up for the rewards they would miss.

Chen Changan revealed himself at Godslayer Peak and confronted the Second Palace Three Gods Sect, accusing them of serving the Holy Spirit Clan. As Da Huang attacked the people mocking Chen Changan, the sect prepared to capture Chen Changan alive.

• Chen Changan told the people around him that he had come to punish the Second Palace Three Gods Sect for serving the Holy Spirit Clan.
• After the sect's members tried to provoke him, Chen Changan stepped forward and identified himself.
• The Palace Masters of Soaring Heaven Palace and Heavenly Saint Palace mocked Chen Changan and questioned whether he could escape.
• Da Huang charged at the people insulting Chen Changan and began killing them.
• The Second Palace Three Gods Sect dismissed the victims and discussed when to move in, noting the Holy Spirit Clan had ordered them to capture Chen Changan alive.

The Second Palace Three Gods Sect leaders tried to learn why the Holy Spirit Clan wanted Chen Changan, then attacked when he refused to reveal anything. Chen Changan instantly killed one of their fighters and challenged the leaders to test their strength.

• The leaders of Soaring Heaven Palace, Heavenly Saint Palace, and the Three Gods Church decided to question Chen Changan before handing him over to the Holy Spirit Clan.
• Chen Changan mocked their greed and claimed the Holy Spirit Clan was acting on orders from someone else.
• The master of Soaring Heaven Palace sent a fighter to attack Chen Changan, who killed him instantly with the Red Dust Sword.
• The sect leaders marveled at Chen Changan's strength and demanded that he hand over his cultivation method.
• Chen Changan invited the hongmeng emperor venerable leaders to attack him, and they agreed.

Chen Changan killed the palace master of Soaring Heaven Palace in one strike, then attacked the Second Palace Three Gods Sect as its leaders hesitated. Mu Yunyao and Da Huang blocked the survivors from escaping while Chen Changan continued slaughtering them.

• The palace master of Soaring Heaven Palace attacked Chen Changan, who destroyed his strike and killed him with a blast of Sword Qi.
• The other sect leaders and their followers panicked, but some urged the Heavenly Saint Palace and Three Gods Church to join forces against Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan mocked the Second Palace Three Gods Sect and charged into the crowd, killing everyone in his path.
• Mu Yunyao guarded the battlefield's perimeter and struck down anyone who tried to flee.
• Da Huang finished his task and joined Mu Yunyao in preventing anyone from escaping as Chen Changan continued his slaughter.

Chen Changan confronted an arrogant expert from the Vast Moon Clan who had interrupted his slaughter at the Chen-Slaying Assembly. The newcomer and Chen Changan accepted a bet: if the expert lost, he would call Chen Changan Master and obey him.

• The Vast Moon Clan expert stopped Chen Changan and revealed he had come from beyond the Heavenly Derivation Continent to see the Holy Spirit Clan.
• The expert mocked Chen Changan for not knowing about the Vast Moon Clan, and Da Huang challenged his arrogance.
• Da Huang wagered his own head against the expert's promise to serve Chen Changan if he lost.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang accepted the bet, and the Vast Moon Clan expert demanded they settle it with a fight.

Chen Changan withstood the Vast Moon Clan expert’s attacks and won their wager, leaving the expert to face the prospect of becoming his servant. The expert tried to renegotiate and blamed Da Huang, who refused to accept the excuse.

• Mu Yunyao kept the Second Palace Three Gods Sect survivors from fleeing while Chen Changan faced the Vast Moon Clan expert.
• The expert unleashed a powerful punch that destroyed half of Godslayer Peak, but Chen Changan stopped it from reaching his companions and remained unharmed.
• The expert repeatedly attacked Chen Changan, including aiming for his head, but failed to hurt him and finally gave up.
• Chen Changan reminded the expert that losing their wager meant becoming his servant.
• The expert asked to change the wager and blamed Da Huang for his loss, but Da Huang retorted that the expert had simply failed to defeat Chen Changan.