Recaps

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao’s group cultivated the Clear Breeze Formula and quickly reached the Ultimate Transcendent Mortal Realm, stunning the grounds master. Their success made him reconsider how he ran the Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds, while the other disciples regained their confidence in him.

• Chen Changan accepted the grounds master’s mortal-grade Clear Breeze Formula, memorized it, and began cultivating immediately.
• Chen Changan rapidly became a cultivator in the Ultimate Transcendent Mortal Realm and continued cultivating after his breakthrough.
• Mu Yunyao and the others began cultivating and soon all broke through into the Ultimate Transcendent Mortal Realm.
• The grounds master resolved to reconsider his recruitment and training practices, then reassured the disciples that they could pursue body refining.
• The disciples apologized for doubting the grounds master and promised to train harder, while he admitted that the newcomers’ strength already surpassed his own.

Chen Changan and his companions cultivated to the fifth level of the Ultimate Mortal Transformation Realm before stopping because their technique reached its limit and the surrounding energy was nearly depleted. Chen Changan rewarded the Grounds Master with gold and began asking him for information.

• The Grounds Master explained that Chen Changan and his companions had reached the third level of the Ultimate Mortal Transformation Realm, surpassing him and approaching the strength of the Guan Family and Wei Family’s strongest members.
• Chen Changan broke through repeatedly and reached the fifth level, then stopped because his cultivation technique could take him no further.
• The Grounds Master noticed that Chen Changan and his companions had drained much of the surrounding energy, while the Guan Family and Wei Family investigated its sudden disappearance.
• Chen Changan gave the Grounds Master one hundred thousand taels of gold as promised, then said he had questions to ask.

Chen Changan learned of the powerful Exquisite Grotto and considered seeking higher-level cultivation techniques. Before leaving, he planned to negotiate with the Guan Family to guard its Extreme Origin Stone mine in exchange for payment, anticipating that the Wei Family might enlist outside factions to seize it.

• The arena master told Chen Changan that his Rogue Cultivator master had mentioned the powerful Exquisite Grotto, which might be located in the River of Forgetfulness Territory.
• Chen Changan asked about the Guan Family's newly discovered Extreme Origin Stone mine, but the arena master knew few details.
• Da Huang questioned why Chen Changan would pursue the mine if they planned to leave soon, and Chen Changan proposed charging the Guan Family protection fees in exchange for guarding it.
• Chen Changan reasoned that the Wei Family might cooperate with other factions to take a share of the mine if the Guan Family continued to refuse them access.
• Mu Yunyao asked how Chen Changan planned to persuade the Guan Family to agree, since they might not believe his warning.

Chen Changan arranged for Guan Ao and Wang Ba to watch the Guan and Wei Families as tensions over the mine vein grew, then encouraged the others to keep working toward cultivation. He and Mu Yunyao enjoyed a quiet stroll and spoke of hoping to live peacefully once their enemies and troubles were gone.

• Chen Changan told Guan Ao and Wang Ba to watch the Guan Family and the Wei Family for signs of conflict over the mine vein.
• Chen Changan urged the others to work hard and persist on the path to cultivation, whether as cultivators or Body Cultivators.
• Chen Changan sent Da Huang off to enjoy himself, then went for a walk through the city with Mu Yunyao.
• Mu Yunyao asked whether Chen Changan could adapt to a slower, more ordinary life and said the journey had been exhausting.
• Chen Changan promised Mu Yunyao that they would travel together and enjoy ordinary life after settling their troubles.

Chen Changan followed the Wei, Li, and Yuan Families to the Guan Family’s mine as they prepared to seize it. When the Li Family Head insisted that the Guan Family must be killed, Chen Changan appeared between the sides and offered help for protection money.

• Chen Changan learned that the Wei and Guan Families were heading to the mine and followed them with his companions.
• The Wei Family discovered that the Li Family had brought the Yuan Family into their alliance without warning.
• The Wei and Guan Families argued over the mine, with each side accusing the other of greed.
• The Li Family Head declared that the Guan Family would not be allowed to leave alive, prompting the Guan Family to prepare to fight.
• Chen Changan appeared between the factions and asked the Guan Family Head if he needed help, saying he would charge protection money.

Chen Changan offered to protect the Guan Family’s mine in exchange for Extreme Origin Stones and exposed the Li and Yuan Families’ plans to use the Wei Family. The Wei Family withdrew after the Guan Family agreed to let them leave, ending their relationship for good.

• Chen Changan offered to defend the Guan Family’s mine for Extreme Origin Stones and challenged the Yuan Family Head’s authority.
• Chen Changan warned the Wei Family Head that the Li and Yuan Families would turn on his family after the Guan Family was defeated.
• Chen Changan urged the Guan Family Head to accept his protection and pressed the Wei Family Head to reconsider his alliance.
• The Wei Family Head admitted his family’s greed, withdrew from the conflict, and asked the Guan Family to let them leave.
• The Guan Family Head released the Wei Family but declared the two families would never meet again, and the Wei Family departed.

Chen Changan and his companions confronted the Li and Yuan Families over the ore vein, revealing strength that shocked the Guan Family. As the battle began, the Li Family Head took Boundary-Breaking Pills to force his breakthrough, and the chapter ended with him swallowing a fourth pill despite the deadly limit.

• The Li Family Head threatened Chen Changan and the Guan Family, but Chen Changan pointed out that his group and dog had all reached the Fifth Layer of the Ultimate Mortal Transformation Realm.
• The Li Family Head revealed that the Li and Yuan Families each had three Fifth Layer experts and that he possessed a Boundary-Breaking Pill.
• The Guan Family Head warned that taking the pill would prevent the Li Family Head from advancing further, but the Li Family Head accepted the cost to reach the Sixth Layer.
• Chen Changan told the Guan Family to stay out of the fight and pay for protection afterward, then his group began slaughtering the Li and Yuan Family attackers.
• The Guan Family realized Chen Changan's group was far stronger than their cultivation suggested, while the Li Family Head took Boundary-Breaking Pills until he swallowed a fourth, beyond the stated safe limit.

Chen Changan killed the Li Family Head despite his pill-enhanced cultivation and helped his companions wipe out the Li and Yuan Families. The Guan Family kept its mineral vein and invited Chen Changan to stay while the Guan Family Head investigated who had supplied the Li Family with three Boundary-Breaking Pills.

• The Li Family Head took three Boundary-Breaking Pills, reached the Eighth Layer of the Ultimate Mortal Transformation Realm, and charged at Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan killed the Li Family Head with one sword strike and led his companions in killing the remaining Li and Yuan Family forces.
• Chen Changan told the Guan Family Head that the Guan Family could keep the mineral vein in exchange for protection money, then accepted an invitation to the Guan Family estate.
• The Wei Family relocated, and people in the city speculated that it had lost its fight with the Guan Family.
• The Guan Family Head questioned how the Li Family had acquired three Boundary-Breaking Pills and asked Chen Changan to stay while he investigated who was behind them.

Chen Changan left the Guan Family to investigate the forces behind the Li Family, while Da Huang searched for new brothels and the two discussed the Guan Family’s feud with the Wei Family. Chen Changan revealed he was considering helping the Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds because it was low-level enough to be useful to their descendants someday.

• Chen Changan entrusted Family Head Guan with investigating who backed the Li Family and asked why the Guan Family had not destroyed the Wei Family.
• Family Head Guan explained that the families were closely related through generations of marriages, and Da Huang criticized the Guan Family for refusing to share the vein.
• Da Huang asked Family Head Guan about opening a new brothel, then went off to find other places after Chen Changan ended the conversation.
• Chen Changan visited the Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds, encouraged its grounds master to develop body cultivation, and left without giving further instructions.
• Da Huang asked why Chen Changan kept visiting the grounds, and Chen Changan said he might help it grow so it could benefit their descendants because it was low-level enough.

Chen Changan planned to connect the Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds to the Guan Family’s Extreme Source Stone vein, then learned that a master linked to the Exquisite Grotto backed the Li Family. The Guan family head agreed to pay the Martial Grounds ten percent of the vein’s yearly output, while Chen Changan remained ready to confront the Exquisite Grotto if necessary.

• Chen Changan decided to settle matters with the Guan Family first and use their vein to build a partnership with the Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds.
• The Guan family head reported that a Li Family member had become a master’s disciple and received a Boundary-Breaking Pill from someone possibly connected to the Exquisite Grotto.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang discussed taking the Exquisite Grotto’s resources if it opposed them, leaving the Guan family head shocked by their confidence.
• Chen Changan raised the Guan Family’s protection fee and demanded that it send ten percent of its vein’s yearly output to the Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds.
• The Guan family head agreed to Chen Changan’s demand after learning that Chen Changan’s group came from the Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds.

The Guan Family Head agreed to give the Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds ten percent of its profits in exchange for an alliance, while Chen Changan planned to visit the Li Family before attacking the Exquisite Grotto. Li Ming returned to find his family devastated and vowed to avenge them, though his relatives urged him to seek help from his master.

• The Guan Family Head accepted the profit-sharing deal, and Chen Changan promised to help the Guan Family obtain cultivation techniques from the Exquisite Grotto.
• Chen Changan chose to visit the Li Family first, and the Guan Family Head instructed his people to support the alliance without complaint.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and the others set off for the Li Family as Li Ming returned there and found that many of his relatives had died.
• The Li Family members told Li Ming that the Guan Family had killed their people and asked him to avenge them and summon his master.
• Li Ming rejected the idea that he needed his master’s help and challenged his relatives for looking down on him.

Li Ming left to ask his master for help against the Guan Family after learning that the Li Family Head had been killed, while Chen Changan and his companions arrived at the Li estate and waited for him. Li Ming’s master agreed to intervene after hearing that the Guan Family controlled a newly discovered lowest-grade extreme origin stone vein.

• Li Ming agreed to seek his master's help, believing the Guan Family's extreme origin stone vein would make intervention worthwhile.
• Three days after Li Ming left, Chen Changan, Wang Ba, Guan Ao, and Da Huang arrived at the Li Family estate and asked where Li Ming was.
• After learning Li Ming had gone to find his master, Chen Changan's group accepted the Li Family's hospitality and decided to wait for them to return.
• Chen Changan told Guan Ao not to sympathize with enemies, arguing that their conflict with the Li Family could only end when one side was dead.
• Li Ming found his master, who was initially reluctant to get involved but agreed to help after learning about the Guan Family's newly discovered vein.

Li Ming returned to the Li Family with his master, confident they would defeat the Guan Family, but Chen Changan revealed that he and his companions had killed the Li Family members. Chen Changan defeated Li Ming’s master and destroyed the Li Family, then demanded the man’s cultivation method after learning his claim of ties to the Exquisite Grotto was a lie.

• Li Ming brought his master back to the Li Family, where the family welcomed the expert and learned Chen Changan and his companions were staying there.
• Chen Changan told Li Ming that he and his companions had killed the Li Family members who attacked the Guan Family’s mineral vein.
• Li Ming’s master attacked Chen Changan, but Chen Changan effortlessly dispelled his strike and revealed that he had not reached the Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm.
• Chen Changan and his companions attacked; Chen Changan captured Li Ming’s master while Mu Yunyao and the others killed the rest of the Li Family.
• Li Ming’s master admitted he had no real connection to the Exquisite Grotto and begged for his life, but Chen Changan demanded his cultivation method.

Chen Changan acquired cultivation methods from Li Ming's master, killed him, and gave a copy of the spirit-grade Heavenly Spirit Art to the Guan Family. He then offered resources, cultivation methods, and mining income to help the Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds grow, leaving its master with strict instructions for recruiting disciples.

• Chen Changan took Li Ming's master's mortal-grade Body Tempering Art and spirit-grade cultivation method, then killed him with one sword slash.
• Chen Changan returned to the Guan Family, explained that Li Ming's master had no connection to the Exquisite Grotto, and gave the family the Heavenly Spirit Art to copy.
• Chen Changan brought the cultivation methods to the Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds and asked its master whether he could build up the faction with support.
• The grounds master admitted that investing in the weak faction would bring Chen Changan little benefit and that he lacked confidence in the plan.
• Chen Changan promised the Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds resources, cultivation methods, and ten percent of the Guan Family mine's yearly earnings.
• Chen Changan told the grounds master to train the current disciples and reject future applicants with poor character.

Chen Changan secured lasting authority for himself and his descendants over the Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds, then encouraged its members to cultivate and grow. As he and his companions prepared to leave, they questioned why Spirit-Grade cultivation had become so demanding and suspected Ultimate Heaven’s laws were suppressing ordinary people.

• Chen Changan required the Martial Arena Master to make Chen Changan and his descendants the Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds’ ultimate authorities, and the Martial Arena Master agreed to enforce the rule.
• Chen Changan told the Martial Arena Master to plan the Grounds’ future with the Family Head, have the disciples practice body-tempering, and keep striving to cultivate.
• The Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds’ members eagerly began cultivating, while Chen Changan watched over its development until it was ready to stand on its own.
• Da Huang asked why their breakthroughs had slowed after they switched to Spirit-Grade Cultivation Methods, and Chen Changan concluded that the methods required far more energy despite increasing their strength.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao considered whether Ultimate Heaven’s cultivation limits and social hierarchy deliberately suppressed people without access to higher-grade methods.

Chen Changan and his companions traveled through the River of Forgetfulness Territory, where ordinary people lived in fear of cultivators, and learned about its major sects. Da Huang recommended the Heavenly Profound Sect, and after a three-month journey, they reached its mountain.

• Chen Changan explained to Da Huang why ordinary people acted so humbly toward cultivators and said they could only conduct themselves well.
• Da Huang went to gather information while Chen Changan and the others rested at an inn for three days.
• Da Huang reported that the Heavenly Profound Sect was the territory’s strongest faction and selected disciples based on their potential.
• Chen Changan decided to seek out the Heavenly Profound Sect, and the group traveled for three months to reach it.

Chen Changan and his companions arrived at the Heavenly Profound Sect and claimed they were five prodigies, prompting the Outer Sect Elder to bring them to the Testing Stone Tablet. As the test was about to begin, Chen Changan reassured the Elder that he had no need to worry if the tablet shattered.

• Chen Changan, Da Huang, Wang Ba, Guan Ao, and their companion reached the Heavenly Profound Sect and asked to join outside recruitment season.
• Da Huang insisted that all five were prodigies, and a guard reported their claim to the Outer Sect Elder.
• The Outer Sect Elder decided to test them and warn them of the consequences if they had falsely claimed to be prodigies.
• The Elder led Chen Changan and the others to the Testing Stone Tablet as Outer Sect disciples gathered to watch.
• Chen Changan asked whether the tablet was sturdy enough to survive their test, and Wang Ba and Guan Ao prepared to go first.

Wang Ba tested his talent at the Heavenly Profound Sect and scored thirty million, stunning the sect and drawing the Inner Sect’s attention. The test continued as Chen Changan called Guan Ao forward.

• Chen Changan told Wang Ba and Guan Ao that the previous low-grade Testing Stone Tablet might not have measured their full potential.
• The Outer Sect Elder led Chen Changan’s group to the sect’s Testing Stone Tablet and warned them about the consequences of poor results.
• Wang Ba stepped up to the tablet while the disciples discussed the sect’s former record-holder, whose score had exceeded seventy-nine thousand.
• The tablet blazed brightly, drawing attention from the Inner Sect and the sect’s decision-makers.
• The tablet displayed a talent potential score of thirty million for Wang Ba, leaving the Outer Sect Elder and onlookers stunned.
• Wang Ba returned excitedly to Chen Changan, who praised him and called Guan Ao to take the next test.

Guan Ao and Da Huang took the talent test, stunning the Heavenly Profound Sect with scores of thirty million and over a hundred million. The sect master and Inner Sect Elders rushed to recruit the prodigies as Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao prepared to test their own potential.

• Guan Ao scored about thirty million in potential, matching Wang Ba, and the two bickered over whose standing was higher.
• Da Huang took the test and scored a hundred and fifty million, shocking the sect master and the entire Heavenly Profound Sect.
• The sect master and Inner Sect Elders hurried to the Outer Sect, eager to recruit the newly discovered prodigies.
• Chen Changan agreed with Da Huang that the Testing Stone Tablet might have an upper limit, and Da Huang suggested that Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao take the test to check.
• The sect master arrived with the Inner Sect Elders and asked who had taken the test.

The Heavenly Profound Sect's sect master questioned why Da Huang, the others, and Chen Changan had chosen the sect despite their extraordinary potential. After Chen Changan explained their reasons, Mu Yunyao scored the Testing Stone Tablet’s maximum of two hundred million, and the group was accepted into the sect.

• The sect master questioned Da Huang and the others’ choice of the Heavenly Profound Sect, and Chen Changan explained that it was a suitable place for them to grow while they remained there.
• Chen Changan acknowledged that the group would leave someday but said they would always carry the sect’s name and might contribute while they stayed.
• Chen Changan pointed out that the Testing Stone Tablet had a limit, then Mu Yunyao tested her potential in front of the crowd.
• The tablet trembled and sent a beam into the clouds as Mu Yunyao reached its maximum score of two hundred million, revealing that her potential was even higher.
• Chen Changan declined to take the test, and the sect master declared that the group had passed and become members of the Heavenly Profound Sect.

The Heavenly Profound Sect's Grand Elder proposed creating an Elder Council and recruiting Chen Changan and the others as future members. The chapter ended with the Grand Elder granting them the status of Personal Disciples without requiring them to take masters, so they could cultivate freely before joining the council.

• The Heavenly Profound Sect Master urged the Elders to discuss Chen Changan and the others' future and hear their wishes.
• The Grand Elder arrived and proposed establishing an Elder Council, with outside members holding high status but no authority over the sect's internal affairs.
• The Heavenly Profound Sect Master asked how the sect could ensure outside council members would serve it sincerely, and the Grand Elder said they would have to follow set rules and help the sect at critical moments.
• An Elder questioned whether Chen Changan and the others' low cultivation qualified them for the Elder Council, and the Heavenly Profound Sect Master noted they could not defeat the Inner Sect Elders.
• The Grand Elder clarified that Chen Changan and the others would join the council only after developing their cultivation, and ordered the sect's resources to be tilted toward them.
• The Grand Elder declared that Chen Changan and the others would hold the status of Personal Disciples without taking masters, and the Heavenly Profound Sect Master agreed.

Chen Changan and the others cultivated in seclusion at the Heavenly Profound Sect, but the Heavenly Spirit Art stalled their progress at the Ninth Layer of the Ultimate Mortal Transformation Realm. They decided to seek higher-grade cultivation methods and emerged to find an Inner Sect Elder waiting for them.

• Chen Changan accepted the Grand Elder's arrangement and settled in the Inner Sect with his companions, where they began cultivating.
• The sect master worried that the prodigies' character was unknown and ordered an elder to bring them to him when they emerged from seclusion.
• After more than half a year, Chen Changan reached the Ninth Layer of the Ultimate Mortal Transformation Realm, while Mu Yunyao and the others kept pace.
• Chen Changan and his companions realized the Heavenly Spirit Art had become a limit on their cultivation and agreed to choose higher-grade methods suited to each of them.
• Chen Changan and the others stepped out of their courtyard and found an Inner Sect Elder waiting outside.

After Chen Changan and his companions reached the Ninth Layer of the Ultimate Mortal Transformation Realm, the sect master recruited them for an expedition into the Netherworld Mystic Realm. They agreed to prepare for its opening in six months and asked to choose cultivation techniques, while the sect master warned them against overly advanced immortal-grade techniques.

• The Inner Sect Elder marveled that Chen Changan and his companions had reached the Ninth Layer in only half a year and escorted them to meet the sect master.
• Da Huang complained that the sect master was assigning them work without giving them benefits, and Chen Changan asked what made them suited for the job.
• The sect master explained that the Netherworld Mystic Realm was a strange world in the Forgetfulness River, whose inhabitants did not need the resources sought by cultivators.
• The sect master said the realm would open in about six months, with five people from each faction and five selected Lineages allowed to enter, and asked Chen Changan's group to go.
• Chen Changan requested access to cultivation techniques because their current ones had reached a bottleneck, and the sect master approved but advised against choosing overly advanced immortal-grade techniques.

The Sect Master explained immortal-tier cultivation art grades and the realms beyond Ultimate Immortal Ascension, then led Chen Changan and the others to choose arts. While the others picked suitable lower-grade arts, Chen Changan was shown an incomplete sword art called the Nameless Sword Art, and he wondered if it was nameless too.

• The Sect Master explained that immortal-tier arts had four grades and that lower-grade arts could support cultivation to the fifth-grade Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm.
• Chen Changan learned that the Ultimate True Immortal Realm lay above Ultimate Immortal Ascension, while the Heavenly Profound Sect's Grand Elder had reached only the sixth grade.
• Chen Changan and the others went with the Sect Master to choose cultivation arts, and Mu Yunyao selected the Tyrant Body Art while the others found arts suited to them.
• Chen Changan rejected the available arts because none suited his tastes, prompting the Sect Master to offer him an incomplete art of unknown grade.
• The Sect Master identified the art as the Nameless Sword Art, and Chen Changan wondered whether it was nameless too.

Chen Changan chose to cultivate the Nameless Sword Art, and the sect master warned him and his companions not to advance too far before entering the Netherworld Mystic Realm. Meanwhile, Heavenly Profound Sect disciples grumbled that Chen Changan’s group had received all five slots without a selection, while Senior Disciple Brother urged them to accept the decision and wait for the results.

• Chen Changan decided to cultivate the incomplete Nameless Sword Art after judging it to be at least immortal grade.
• The sect master asked Chen Changan and his group to slow their cultivation so they would remain eligible to enter the Netherworld Mystic Realm.
• Da Huang pressed the sect master about a distant brothel, then gave up on visiting until after the trip and stayed in the sect with the others.
• Heavenly Profound Sect disciples complained that Chen Changan’s group had been given all five Netherworld Mystic Realm slots without a selection.
• Senior Disciple Brother told the disciples not to stir up trouble, argued that Chen Changan’s group posed no threat to them, and said the realm’s results would show what they could do.