Recaps

Chen Changan and his companions traveled to the Netherworld Mystic Realm, planning to gather valuable resources and bait other entrants into attacking them. At the entrance, Chen Changan provoked a Carefree Abode Elder after refusing to follow the other factions’ custom of bringing escorts.

• The sect master worried about what Chen Changan and his companions might do, while the Inner Sect's Grand Elder urged him to let them make their own way.
• On the journey, Chen Changan told his companions to seek valuable resources first and make a spectacle of their success to lure others into trying to rob them.
• Chen Changan's group arrived at the Netherworld Mystic Realm entrance, where the Exquisite Grotto, the Carefree Abode, and five other Lineages had already gathered with escorts.
• A Carefree Abode Elder questioned why the Heavenly Profound Sect had sent only five people without an Elder, and Chen Changan challenged him to name the rule they had broken.
• The Carefree Abode Elder threatened to teach Chen Changan a lesson, but Chen Changan answered, "Hmm, and then?"

Chen Changan and his group entered the Netherworld Mystic Realm, where its unusual sorrow-inducing atmosphere and unfamiliar landscape caught their attention as they gathered resources. After Wang Ba discovered countless treasures in the River of Forgetfulness, Chen Changan suspected that hidden danger prevented earlier visitors from taking them.

• Chen Changan dismissed the Carefree Abode elder and led Mu Yunyao and the others into the Netherworld Mystic Realm, prompting rival factions to consider testing their strength.
• Chen Changan observed that the complete Small World had no sun or moon and was filled with yellow light that seemed to stir sorrow in those who felt it.
• Chen Changan and his group followed the sect's scroll to gather rare resources without encountering danger.
• Da Huang pointed out the enormous River of Forgetfulness, and Chen Changan sent Wang Ba into it to investigate.
• Wang Ba returned and reported that the river was packed with treasures, leading Chen Changan to suspect that its hidden danger had kept previous visitors from taking them.

Chen Changan and his companions entered the River of Forgetfulness to collect its untouched resources, where a gigantic creature tried to stop him. The creature allowed them to take the resources but warned Chen Changan not to venture deeper, leaving him curious about what it was guarding.

• Chen Changan led Mu Yunyao and the others into the River of Forgetfulness after Wang Ba reported that he had not touched its resources.
• Chen Changan began collecting resources while Mu Yunyao and the others noticed ripples in the river.
• A huge, hostile creature appeared and tried to swallow Chen Changan, but he repelled it with Sword Qi.
• Chen Changan questioned the creature, which admitted it could not stop him from taking the resources but warned him not to go deeper into the river.
• The creature left, and Chen Changan asked Mu Yunyao what she thought.

Chen Changan and his companions collected resources from the River of Forgetfulness, then left while other cultivators debated whether to rob them. As they explored deeper into the Netherworld Mystic Realm, they discovered a city.

• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao speculated that the River of Forgetfulness’s creator might be hidden in the world, but decided to focus on gathering resources.
• Chen Changan’s group collected resources from the River of Forgetfulness and left without venturing deeper, despite the watching monster.
• Other cultivators were shocked that Chen Changan’s group had entered the river and taken its resources, then found the river empty.
• Some cultivators discussed joining forces to rob Chen Changan’s group, while Chen Changan expected their greed to draw them in.
• Chen Changan led Mu Yunyao and the others deeper into the realm, where they spotted a city.

Chen Changan and his companions explored a nameless, empty city in the Netherworld Mystic Realm and waited to learn why it had appeared. When the city vanished into unnaturally dark surroundings, a ghostly face startled Da Huang, Wang Ba, and Guan Ao, leaving them eager to escape.

• Chen Changan and his companions entered a nameless, deserted city and searched it without finding any lifeforms.
• Mu Yunyao suggested they stay and wait, and Chen Changan agreed.
• The city rapidly grew dark, leaving Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao barely able to see and the others huddling close to Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan suspected the city had lured them in and vanished when night fell, but he could not detect any danger.
• Da Huang wondered if ghosts lived in the Netherworld Mystic Realm, and a terrifying ghostly face appeared before him, Wang Ba, and Guan Ao.
• The three companions screamed and clung together, while Chen Changan told them to attack the ghost and Da Huang suggested they leave.

Chen Changan and the others lured a curious, child-sized spirit out of hiding and learned it had created a city to attract people because it was lonely. The spirit asked them to play hide-and-seek, warning that losers would be punished, and Chen Changan asked what the punishment and reward would be.

• Mu Yunyao suspected the ghostly face had appeared only to frighten Da Huang and the others, so Chen Changan used a mysterious trick to draw out the playful being.
• Chen Changan and his companions pretended to see something in his hands, making the unseen being reveal itself while it tried to understand why it could not see anything.
• Chen Changan trapped the black, child-sized spirit with a restriction and asked it about itself and the strange place.
• The spirit said it had always lived there, could not leave, and had conjured the city to find people to play with because it was bored.
• The spirit asked Chen Changan and the others to play hide-and-seek and warned that the losers would be punished.
• Chen Changan asked what the punishment would be and whether winning came with a reward.

Chen Changan persuaded the lonely being to offer them resources in exchange for playing, and promised to try to take him out. After the being vanished to play hide-and-seek, Chen Changan revealed he had collected its aura and suspected it had been strong enough to leave all along.

• Chen Changan told the being that companionship was no reward to them and asked for something valuable in exchange for playing.
• The being offered its cultivation resources and agreed to go with Chen Changan if he could find a way to free it.
• The being vanished into the darkness to hide, leaving Da Huang and the others unable to find it.
• Chen Changan said he had collected the being’s aura and could use the Spirit Guiding Technique to track it.
• Chen Changan noted that the being had escaped his restriction without difficulty and had no cultivation, suggesting its power came from an unusual source.

Chen Changan found Xiao Hei and learned that the nameless little fellow grew stronger by sleeping but could not leave the place because of a barrier that targeted him. Da Huang’s attack passed through the barrier, so Chen Changan concluded that they would need Xiao Hei’s cooperation to get him out.

• Chen Changan used the Spirit Guiding Technique to find Xiao Hei, who returned with the requested resources and asked how Chen Changan had tracked him.
• Chen Changan explained the technique and learned that Xiao Hei had no cultivation, was born strong, and grew stronger after periods of sleep.
• Chen Changan named the little fellow Xiao Hei and asked why he could not leave; Xiao Hei showed the group the barrier that knocked him back.
• Da Huang promised to help Xiao Hei escape and attempted to break through the barrier with a golden sphere, but his attack passed straight through.
• Chen Changan realized the barrier targeted only Xiao Hei and said they would need Xiao Hei’s cooperation.

Chen Changan and his companions broke the barrier trapping Xiao Hei, who transformed into a black cat and joined them. They returned to the Netherworld Mystic Realm’s entrance, where Chen Changan expected the waiting sects to test their strength.

• Chen Changan coordinated with Xiao Hei to trigger the barrier, then struck it with sword Qi and broke it.
• Xiao Hei crossed the barrier freely and joined Chen Changan and the others outside his former environment.
• Chen Changan conjured a cat’s image, and Xiao Hei transformed into a black cat before settling on Da Huang’s back.
• Chen Changan noted that they had only a few months left to explore the Netherworld Mystic Realm and decided to return to check what resources others had gathered.
• Chen Changan and his companions reached the others, who had been waiting for them.

Chen Changan let Xiao Hei fight the people from the Carefree Abode, the Exquisite Grotto, and five Lineages, and Xiao Hei defeated them all almost instantly. Chen Changan then demanded the resources they had found, warning that Xiao Hei would kill them if they refused.

• The Carefree Abode and Exquisite Grotto accused Chen Changan of disrespect and challenged him, while the five Lineages were caught between the factions.
• Chen Changan accepted the fight and allowed Xiao Hei to face the crowd, telling him to leave them alive with one breath.
• Xiao Hei rushed the group and knocked everyone down before they could react, then complained that he had not had enough fun.
• Chen Changan gave Xiao Hei toys to play with and asked Da Huang to teach him how to use them.
• Chen Changan demanded that the defeated group hand over their resources and pointed out that Xiao Hei might kill them if they refused.

Chen Changan robbed several groups of cultivators in the Netherworld Mystic Realm, then killed them to prevent them from revealing what happened. He and his companions prepared to leave the realm, still having found no sign of its strange lifeforms beyond the creatures they had already encountered.

• Chen Changan dismissed the cultivators’ threats and argued that their cave abodes would not risk a war with the Heavenly Profound Sect for their sake.
• The cultivators surrendered their resources, but Chen Changan said he would not leave future troubles and killed them along with members of the other five factions.
• Wang Ba worried about killing people in Ultimate Heaven, while Chen Changan explained he had wanted to see whether their resources would disappear after death.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang and Xiao Hei to stop playing, and the group discussed how no one could prove they were responsible for the deaths in the vast Netherworld Mystic Realm.
• Chen Changan and his companions lamented that they had not found the realm’s strange lifeforms and set off to leave.

Chen Changan returned to the Heavenly Profound Sect with Xiao Hei and a vast haul of resources from the Netherworld Mystic Realm. He warned the Sect Master that the Carefree Abode and the Exquisite Grotto might come demanding answers about their dead members, while insisting there was no evidence against him.

• Chen Changan and his companions left the Secret Realm early, and Xiao Hei began adapting to the outside world as they traveled back to the Heavenly Profound Sect.
• Chen Changan handed over the expedition’s resources, and the Sect Master agreed to give him and his companions half the haul and double their monthly resources.
• The Sect Master asked about Xiao Hei and the Secret Realm, and Chen Changan warned that the Carefree Abode and the Exquisite Grotto would likely come asking about their missing people.
• Chen Changan claimed the other groups’ members had died in the River of Forgetfulness and argued that no one could prove he had killed them.
• Chen Changan explained that he had killed them because they tried to seize his resources and threatened him, saying he preferred to eliminate future trouble.

Chen Changan and Da Huang discussed how the Heavenly Profound Sect's sect master had tested their character, and Chen Changan warned that testing human nature could change both the people being tested and the tester. After leaving the sect master to ponder his words, Chen Changan let Da Huang and Xiao Hei go enjoy themselves while he and the others prepared to cultivate.

• The Heavenly Profound Sect's sect master explained that he had assigned the Netherworld Mystic Realm mission to test Chen Changan and his companions, and Da Huang criticized it for testing only strength.
• Da Huang described how a mission could test human nature by forcing people into difficult choices, and the sect master said he would handle the Carefree Abode and the Exquisite Grotto.
• Chen Changan warned the sect master that human nature could not withstand testing and that the tester might be tested in turn, leaving the sect master lost in thought.
• Chen Changan explained to Xiao Hei how testing could alter people's circumstances and reveal or change their good and evil sides.
• Chen Changan allowed Da Huang and Xiao Hei to go to a brothel as long as they did not cause trouble, while Wang Ba and Guan Ao chose to keep cultivating.
• Chen Changan, Wang Ba, and Guan Ao stayed behind to cultivate and aim for the Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm.

After no one from the Carefree Abode, the Exquisite Grotto, or five other Lineages emerged from the Netherworld Mystic Realm, the two grottoes blamed the Heavenly Profound Sect and demanded an explanation. Qi Sect Master rejected their accusation, and the confrontation ended with both sides trading angry words.

• The five Lineages accepted their losses and left, while the Carefree Abode and the Exquisite Grotto decided to report the deaths to their grotto masters.
• The two grotto masters authorized a joint visit to the Heavenly Profound Sect, instructing their people to demand an explanation without escalating the dispute.
• The Carefree Abode and the Exquisite Grotto arrived at the Heavenly Profound Sect and accused its disciples of killing their people in the Netherworld Mystic Realm.
• Qi Sect Master acted surprised at the accusation, offered condolences, and asked whether the grottoes had evidence.
• The grottoes claimed that the Heavenly Profound Sect's surviving disciples were proof, and Qi Sect Master angrily rejected their reasoning.

The Carefree Abode and Exquisite Grotto failed to pressure the Heavenly Profound Sect for evidence, then secretly moved to disrupt its new Elder Council recruitment. As the Sect spread news beyond the River of Forgetfulness Territory, someone celebrated breaking through to the Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm but felt that it was still not enough.

• Qi Sect Master demanded evidence from the two great abodes and warned that the Heavenly Profound Sect would demand an explanation if they targeted its disciples without proof.
• The two abodes’ Elders reported back, and their Abode Masters arranged for the dispute to be publicized before leaving it unresolved.
• After news spread that the Heavenly Profound Sect would recruit outsiders into its Elder Council, the Carefree Abode and Exquisite Grotto feared its growing influence.
• The two Abode Masters planned to send people to infiltrate or disrupt the recruitment and called on their outside connections for help.
• The Heavenly Profound Sect worked to spread its recruitment news beyond the River of Forgetfulness Territory, while an unnamed person celebrated reaching the Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm and said it was still not enough.

Chen Changan and his companions emerged from seclusion as Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators and learned that Elder Council recruitment would begin in half a year. Chen Changan warned Qi Sect Master that Carefree Abode and Exquisite Grotto might use applicants to infiltrate or disrupt the process.

• Chen Changan took Xiao Hei out after learning that Da Huang had refused to bring him back to the brothel.
• Qi Sect Master was astonished that Chen Changan and the others had reached the Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm, and Chen Changan explained that Da Huang was still cultivating.
• Qi Sect Master said Elder Council recruitment would begin in about half a year and draw dozens of applicants from across the region and beyond.
• Qi Sect Master told Chen Changan that the Netherworld Mystic Realm dispute was mostly settled, though the other two grottoes still resented the Heavenly Profound Sect.
• Chen Changan reasoned that Carefree Abode and Exquisite Grotto might send applicants to infiltrate or disrupt the Elder Council recruitment.

Chen Changan warned Qi Sect Master that the two cave estates might plant spies among the Elder Council’s recruits and argued that disruptive or excessively secretive candidates should be rejected. As recruitment approached, Da Huang and Xiao Hei uncovered more than twenty suspicious people, and Qi Sect Master realized that perhaps a third of the arrivals were troublemakers.

• Chen Changan explained to Qi Sect Master that the cave estates would likely use unfamiliar rogue cultivators as spies and advised rejecting candidates at either extreme of behavior.
• Chen Changan stayed in the Heavenly Profound Sect and cultivated while the sect prepared for recruitment and nearly a hundred people arrived.
• Da Huang and Xiao Hei secretly investigated the arrivals and gave Chen Changan a list of more than twenty suspicious names.
• Chen Changan rewarded Da Huang and Xiao Hei, then sent Wang Ba to deliver the list to Qi Sect Master.
• Qi Sect Master saw the list and worried that many more spies remained undiscovered among the recruits.

The Heavenly Profound Sect began its Elder Council recruitment, drawing attention when Chen Changan and his companions arrived to participate. After a prospective applicant challenged their eligibility and demanded an explanation, the Grand Elder defended the sect’s authority and began outlining the rules.

• Chen Changan and his companions arrived at the recruitment grounds, and disciples and outsiders speculated about their cultivation and eligibility.
• Several outsiders accused the Heavenly Profound Sect of unfairly favoring its own members and demanded an explanation.
• The Grand Elder asked the complainant what shady arrangement he meant and argued that the sect could let its own members participate.
• An applicant asked the Grand Elder to explain the recruitment rules, and he said candidates first had to accept the rules or withdraw.

Qi Sect Master explained the Elder Council rules and selection process, emphasizing that candidates’ character would be judged over time rather than through a direct test. The candidates prepared for a strength competition with a second chance for first-round losers, and Qi Sect Master announced that opponents would be chosen by drawing lots.

• The Grand Elder explained the Elder Council’s rules, and Qi Sect Master promised resources and additional rewards for completed assignments.
• Qi Sect Master said the selection would fill no more than twenty positions and assess both strength and character.
• Qi Sect Master explained that candidates would observe one another over time to reveal poor character while the first test focused on strength.
• Qi Sect Master said Heavenly Profound Sect members would compete alongside the candidates, and first-round losers would get another chance, with the five strongest advancing.
• Qi Sect Master announced that candidates would draw lots to determine their numbers and opponents.

Heavenly Profound Sect’s recruitment participants drew lots, and Da Huang surprised the crowd by entering the selection too. Chen Changan defeated his much stronger opponent with one sword strike, leaving the crowd impressed and hinting that others might now be worried.

• The participants drew lots for the selection matches, and many were shocked to see Da Huang drawing a number as a competitor.
• Chen Changan and his companions drew separate numbers, with Chen Changan receiving number one and his opponent receiving number one hundred and twenty.
• Chen Changan’s opponent assumed the match would be easy and attacked after Chen Changan told him to give it his all.
• Chen Changan defeated the Third-Tier Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm opponent with a single sword strike.
• The crowd praised Chen Changan’s strength, and he remarked that some people were probably starting to panic.

Chen Changan sent Da Huang and Xiao Hei to investigate participants suspected of conspiring against the Heavenly Profound Sect's Elder Council selection. After they recorded several groups plotting to injure competitors, Chen Changan decided to expose them before the second day's matches could begin.

• Chen Changan assigned Da Huang and Xiao Hei to find out whether participants were secretly conspiring after the first day's matches.
• Several groups from the Carefree Abode and the Exquisite Grotto discussed disabling genuine competitors to reduce the number who could join the Elder Council.
• Da Huang and Xiao Hei recorded the conspirators' conversations and added several names to the list of suspected informants.
• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao that he would reveal the evidence and the conspirators' identities rather than let them disrupt the selection.
• As contestant number eleven stepped onto the arena on the second day, Chen Changan stopped the match and said he had something everyone needed to see.

Chen Changan exposed a plot by members of the Carefree Abode and the Exquisite Grotto to disrupt the Heavenly Profound Sect's selection, then killed more than thirty Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm experts. He warned the remaining conspirators to leave or face the same fate.

• Chen Changan showed recordings that revealed the plotters and their actions during the selection.
• The exposed plotters denied the evidence and accused the Heavenly Profound Sect of fabricating it.
• Qi Sect Master backed Chen Changan and gave him authority to decide how to deal with the conspirators.
• Chen Changan killed more than thirty Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm experts with a barrage of Sword Qi.
• Chen Changan warned the remaining hidden conspirators to leave or face the Heavenly Profound Sect's wrath.

After exposing the rogue cultivators at the Heavenly Profound Sect’s selection, Chen Changan explained his ruthless approach to Qi Sect Master and offered to deal with the Carefree Abode and Exquisite Grotto. He left alone to confront the two factions, while Da Huang and the others expected him to start a bloodbath.

• Qi Sect Master suspended the selection matches and gave any hidden troublemakers a chance to leave, while Chen Changan explained that fear and decisive action would protect the Heavenly Profound Sect.
• Chen Changan said he had memorized the suspicious contestants and would kill any who stayed, even without evidence, and he declined to become sect master or continue in the selection.
• After nightfall, Qi Sect Master discovered that half the contestants had slipped away, and the Grand Elder called for the Carefree Abode and Exquisite Grotto to be punished.
• Chen Changan proposed demanding compensation from the two factions and beating them if they refused, then took responsibility for dealing with them while Qi Sect Master ran the selection.
• Chen Changan chose to go alone, and Da Huang and the others urged him to kill a few extra on their behalf.

Chen Changan confronted the Carefree Abode over its attempt to sabotage the Heavenly Profound Sect, presenting recorded evidence and demanding compensation. The Carefree Abode offered ten years of resources, but Chen Changan insisted on a thousand years.

• Chen Changan arrived alone at the Carefree Abode and asked to meet its master.
• A Carefree Abode Elder recognized Chen Changan from the Netherworld Mystic Realm expedition and accused him of killing their people.
• Chen Changan challenged the accusation and revealed that the Carefree Abode had plotted against the Heavenly Profound Sect and its Elder Council selection.
• Chen Changan displayed recorded images as evidence, then threatened the Carefree Abode when its people questioned their authenticity.
• Chen Changan offered to let the matter go if the Carefree Abode showed sufficient sincerity.
• The Carefree Abode Master offered ten years of resources, and Chen Changan demanded a thousand years.

Chen Changan rejected the Carefree Abode’s offer and slaughtered its members, wiping out the sect before heading for the Exquisite Grotto. Back at the Heavenly Profound Sect, Sect Master Qi and the Elders discussed their concerns until a disciple announced that someone had come to challenge the sect.

• Chen Changan demanded the Carefree Abode surrender a thousand years of resources, then killed an Elder with one sword when they refused.
• Chen Changan continued killing the Carefree Abode’s leaders and disciples, declaring that the sect would be erased from the River of Forgetfulness Territory.
• Chen Changan exterminated the Carefree Abode in less than a day, collected its resources, and left for the Exquisite Grotto.
• Sect Master Qi and the Heavenly Profound Sect’s Elders discussed Chen Changan’s mission, the completed Elder Council selection, and the need to watch new members.
• A disciple rushed in and told Sect Master Qi that someone had come to challenge the Heavenly Profound Sect.