Recaps

Chen Changan waited for news while Gou Sheng and Hongchen awakened after changes brought on by Ultimate Heaven. Hongchen revealed her origins and recovered memories that might help Chen Changan obtain an Alchemy Furnace, but she teased him instead of getting straight to the point.

• Gou Sheng said his evolution had made him stronger and that he could still evolve, then returned to spend time with his wife.
• Chen Changan decided to cultivate and wait for news, but Hongchen awakened and told him that her memories had begun to return.
• Hongchen revealed she had been born in Ultimate Heaven, where Chen Changan’s father had subdued her, sealed her memories, and sent her away.
• Chen Changan explained that Ultimate Heaven’s Alchemist Alliance monopolized alchemy and that he needed an Alchemy Furnace; Hongchen said the realm’s laws were harsh and complicated.
• After sorting through her fragmented memories for three days, Hongchen said conventional methods would require Chen Changan to join the Alchemist Alliance, then teased him for asking for her help.

Chen Changan learned that the Fallen Land might contain an Alchemy Furnace, then set out with Xiao Hei despite Qi Sect Master's warnings. By the time Qi Sect Master discovered he was gone, Chen Changan had already been away for more than half a year, and Mu Yunyao and the others had returned.

• Hongchen told Chen Changan that the Fallen Land was a dangerous ruin that might contain an Alchemy Furnace.
• Qi Sect Master said the Fallen Land was a nearby forbidden zone where even peak Ultimate True Immortals had never returned, and warned Chen Changan not to go.
• Chen Changan reassured Qi Sect Master, then secretly left the Heavenly Profound Sect with Xiao Hei to find the Fallen Land.
• Chen Changan learned the Fallen Land's exact location in less than a day.
• Qi Sect Master discovered Chen Changan had been gone for more than half a year and panicked when Mu Yunyao and the others returned.

After Chen Changan secretly left for the dangerous Fallen Land to find an Alchemy Furnace, Mu Yunyao told Qi Sect Master not to worry and urged the Heavenly Profound Sect to focus on cultivation. Da Huang then tried to get permission to visit a brothel, but Mu Yunyao called his bluff and sent him to the Fallen Land instead.

• Qi Sect Master told Mu Yunyao that the Heavenly Profound Sect had taken control of twenty factions' territories without casualties, then revealed that Elder Chen had gone to the Fallen Land.
• Zhan Tian explained that even an expert from the Zhan Family above the Ultimate True Immortal Realm had entered the Fallen Land and never returned.
• Qi Sect Master said Chen Changan had gone to seek an Alchemy Furnace for a difficult pill refinement, and Mu Yunyao said he would return safely.
• Mu Yunyao told Qi Sect Master that the Heavenly Profound Sect needed to strengthen itself to hold its new territories, while she and the others stayed behind instead of chasing Chen Changan.
• Da Huang asked to visit a brothel, but Mu Yunyao exposed his excuse and told him to go to the Fallen Land to fulfill his bond with Chen Changan.

Chen Changan learned that people gathered outside the Fallen Land to collect resources that emerged from the forbidden zone, then confronted a Hua Household young master who bullied the others. He effortlessly crushed the young master with a single palm strike, leaving the crowd stunned and worried about the Hua Household’s retaliation.

• People outside the Fallen Land explained to Chen Changan that they waited for resources to fly out and followed rules for claiming them.
• A Hua Household young master seized another person’s spiritual herb, destroyed it, and boasted that everyone had to endure his bullying because they could not offend his family.
• Chen Changan challenged the young master for including him in that threat and criticized him for relying on the Hua Household’s power.
• The young master dismissed Chen Changan, but Chen Changan slammed him into the ground with a gigantic palm, leaving the crowd amazed and fearing the Hua Household’s response.

Chen Changan killed the Hua Household members who attacked him, then entered the perilous Fallen Land to search for an Alchemy Furnace and learn about its past. Inside, he felt two lingering waves of pressure and continued searching as Xiao Hei sensed something nearby.

• Chen Changan killed the Hua Household's young master and slaughtered the rest of the Hua Household members.
• Chen Changan reassured the gathered witnesses, refused their offer of resources, and entered the Fallen Land.
• Chen Changan felt two powerful waves of pressure in the Fallen Land and identified one as sword-based and the other as spear-based.
• Chen Changan asked Hongchen about the Alchemy Furnace, and Hongchen confirmed it was somewhere in the Fallen Land but did not know its location.
• Xiao Hei sensed something nearby while Chen Changan searched the desolate Fallen Land.

Chen Changan battled and defeated sword souls in the Fallen Land, absorbing their Sword Force and greatly increasing his combat strength. As he searched for the Alchemy Furnace, Hongchen insisted it was there, prompting Chen Changan to suspect she was hiding something from him.

• Chen Changan fought a powerful sword soul for three days and three nights before cutting it apart and absorbing its Sword Force.
• Hongchen explained that the Sword Force complemented Chen Changan's Sword Intent, and he decided to hunt more sword souls while searching for the Alchemy Furnace.
• Chen Changan slew many sword souls, sharpening his Sword Intent and nearly doubling his combat strength without breaking through in cultivation.
• Xiao Hei asked why they had encountered no Spear Souls, and Chen Changan explained that they were in the Fallen Land's Sword Force territory.
• Chen Changan worried that the Alchemy Furnace might no longer exist, but Hongchen insisted it was there, leading him to ask what she was hiding.

Chen Changan found an intact alchemy furnace in the Fallen Land, though he suspected Hongchen had known more than she admitted. After leaving safely, he warned the people outside about the deadly sword and spear auras and questioned whether the resources appearing outside really came from within the Fallen Land.

• Hongchen insisted that an alchemy furnace was in the Fallen Land, and Chen Changan suspected she was hiding something from him.
• Xiao Hei spotted an alchemy furnace sitting alone on a plain, and Chen Changan examined the intact, high-quality furnace.
• Chen Changan found no other resources, decided his goal was met, and returned without encountering any more Sword Souls.
• People outside were astonished that Chen Changan had survived, and he explained that the Fallen Land held terrifying sword and spear auras but no resources.
• Chen Changan questioned whether the resources seen outside came from the Fallen Land at all, suggesting it might hold a deeper secret.

After returning from the Fallen Land with a pill furnace, Chen Changan began testing alchemy in the Heavenly Profound Sect. He successfully refined Profound Origin Pills, but they were only mid-grade, and he realized the Ultimate Heaven’s laws made pill formation more difficult.

• Chen Changan returned safely to the Heavenly Profound Sect after nearly six years away and confirmed that he had obtained a pill furnace.
• Chen Changan reunited with Mu Yunyao and the others, learned their cultivation was progressing, and explained that the sword intent he absorbed had changed his aura and increased his combat strength.
• Xiao Hei suddenly prepared to enter slumber while Da Huang and Zhan Tian were away, leaving Chen Changan to handle alchemy alone.
• Gou Sheng recognized that the pill furnace could at least double his speed and the quality of his material refining.
• Chen Changan and Gou Sheng refined Profound Origin Pills on their first attempt, but Chen Changan found that the Ultimate Heaven’s laws hindered pill formation and the pills were only mid-grade.

Chen Changan refined hundreds of Profound Origin Pills with Gou Sheng’s help and gave most of them to the Heavenly Profound Sect. After Da Huang and Chen Changan used pills to advance their cultivation, Chen Changan returned to refining pills while Da Huang set out to explore Ultimate Heaven.

• Chen Changan and Gou Sheng spent over a month refining Profound Origin Pills, producing 240 Supreme Profound Origin Pills along with mid-grade and high-grade pills.
• Chen Changan gave Qi Sect Master pills for the Guan Family and Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds, handed over most of the rest for the Heavenly Profound Sect, and requested more ingredients.
• Da Huang ate Supreme Profound Origin Pills and advanced to the fourth tier of the Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm, then received ten pills to save for his sister-in-law.
• Chen Changan took pills and also reached the fourth tier of the Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm, then went back to refining while Da Huang left to explore.

After two years of refining pills, Chen Changan helped the Heavenly Profound Sect grow stronger, but the sect’s alchemy materials were nearly exhausted. He learned that Heavenly Dao City had invited the sect to a Flower-Viewing Gathering and decided to attend himself.

• Chen Changan spent two years refining pills, greatly increasing the Heavenly Profound Sect’s strength and helping some disciples raise their potential with Golden Marrow Pills.
• Gou Sheng refused to continue alchemy without a rest, and Chen Changan agreed that their supplies and stored pills were sufficient for now.
• Chen Changan visited Qi Sect Master and learned that Heavenly Dao City had invited the sect to a Flower-Viewing Gathering.
• Chen Changan dismissed the sect’s concerns about the invitation and said he would go to Heavenly Dao City while the others stayed behind to train.

Chen Changan decided to attend Heavenly Dao City's Flower-Viewing Gathering and urged the Heavenly Profound Sect elders to use their pills to strengthen the sect. Before setting out, he learned from Zhan Tian that Su Tiandao ruled thirty-six cities and had risen from beggary to become a ruthless power player.

• Chen Changan dismissed the elders' concerns and insisted on visiting Heavenly Dao City himself to assess its intentions and protect the Heavenly Profound Sect's interests.
• Chen Changan discovered that the sect had hoarded most of its Profound Origin Pills and ordered its leaders and promising disciples to use the pills to grow stronger.
• Chen Changan learned Heavenly Dao City's location and the Flower-Viewing Gathering date, then told Wang Ba and Guan Ao to remain behind and guard the sect.
• Zhan Tian described Su Tiandao's rise from beggar to the peak of the ultimate true immortal realm and explained that he controlled thirty-six cities.
• Chen Changan said Su Tiandao could accomplish great things but could not be a friend, and Zhan Tian confirmed that Su Tiandao had no known friends.

Chen Changan and his companions set out for Su Tiandao’s Flower-Viewing Gathering after Da Huang explained why Su had no friends. Their journey was interrupted by a group of attackers, and after Da Huang killed them, Chen Changan confronted a young man who had used them as a distraction.

• Da Huang explained that Su Tiandao’s ruthless, self-serving personality left him no room for friends, and Zhan Tian finally understood why others avoided him.
• Chen Changan learned that Heavenly Dao City had never held a Flower-Viewing Gathering, then agreed to take Xiao Hei with them and set out for the city.
• News of Su Tiandao’s gathering spread, prompting people from numerous factions to send scouts to Heavenly Dao City.
• After flying for more than three years, Chen Changan and his companions encountered over thirty attackers, whom Da Huang killed in an instant.
• Chen Changan accused the young man who had run to them of using them to distract the attackers and warned him not to play games with them.

A pursued Youth told Chen Changan that Heavenly Dao City's Flower-Viewing Gathering was a trap devised by Su Tiandao and revealed that it was tied to a dangerous place called the Demon Abyss. He left Chen Changan with the revelation that the gathering's Demon Flower had come from the Abyss.

• The Youth thanked Chen Changan for saving him and explained that he had chosen Chen Changan because he recognized his calm confidence.
• Chen Changan asked why the Youth was being hunted, and the Youth said he had discovered a secret and could escape his pursuers by outrunning them.
• After warning that sharing the secret could put Chen Changan in danger, the Youth revealed that it concerned Heavenly Dao City and the Flower-Viewing Gathering.
• The Youth urged Chen Changan not to attend, claiming Su Tiandao had organized the gathering as a plot that would get its guests killed.
• The Youth said his father, a Heavenly Dao City City Guard captain, had discovered a sealed place called the Demon Abyss, where a secret could grant immense power.
• The Youth revealed that the Demon Flower used for the Flower-Viewing Gathering had been brought out of the Demon Abyss by his father and his men.

The Youth told Chen Changan that Su Tiandao had killed his father and pursued him for nearly ten years to conceal the Demon Abyss’s secret. Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao suspected the Youth’s story might be part of Su Tiandao’s scheme, but they decided to continue to Heavenly Dao City and investigate.

• Chen Changan deduced that Su Tiandao had silenced those who knew about the Demon Abyss, including the Youth’s father.
• The Youth explained that his father had warned him to flee if he died, and that Su Tiandao had hunted him for nearly ten years after he escaped.
• The Youth warned Chen Changan that the Demon Abyss was full of killing and lies, then left to keep fleeing.
• Mu Yunyao wondered whether the Youth and the Demon Abyss were part of a scheme to lure visitors to Heavenly Dao City.
• Chen Changan said the Youth might be telling the truth while still acting within Su Tiandao’s plans, and he and Mu Yunyao agreed to investigate in Heavenly Dao City.

Chen Changan and his companions arrived in Heavenly Dao City for Su Tiandao’s Flower-Viewing Gathering and settled into their assigned estate. As Da Huang and Zhan Tian went out to gather information, a visitor from the Qian Family arrived and revealed that the Heavenly Profound Sect was known even in the distant city.

• Chen Changan and his companions registered as guests from the Heavenly Profound Sect and entered the crowded Heavenly Dao City.
• A city guard said that about fifteen factions had been invited and that nearly all had arrived before the Heavenly Profound Sect.
• Chen Changan’s group settled into their assigned estate, and Da Huang persuaded him to let Da Huang and Zhan Tian go gather information.
• Chen Changan learned that Zhan Tian had never visited Heavenly Dao City because he had not yet worked his way up to challenging it.
• A man named Qian Lai from the Qian Family visited and said the Heavenly Profound Sect was well known despite the distance.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao discussed Qian Lai’s questions about the Demon Abyss and suspected Su Tiandao was behind the Flower-Viewing Gathering. After Da Huang and Zhan Tian returned looking worse for wear, Da Huang said someone else had started trouble with them.

• Qian Lai questioned Chen Changan about the Heavenly Profound Sect’s rise, its limited delegation, and the purpose of the Flower-Viewing Gathering.
• Qian Lai mentioned the Demon Abyss while probing whether Chen Changan knew about it, then left without getting a clear answer.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao concluded that Qian Lai was investigating whether others knew about the Demon Abyss and that Youth’s earlier account might have been fabricated.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao waited for Da Huang and Zhan Tian to return and for the Flower-Viewing Gathering to begin.
• Da Huang and Zhan Tian returned looking worse for wear, and Da Huang told Chen Changan that someone else had come looking for trouble.

Da Huang and Zhan Tian explained how they had beaten Sacred Spear Sect members after a brothel dispute, and the Sacred Spear Sect arrived to confront the Heavenly Profound Sect. Chen Changan’s small delegation was mistaken for a deliberate trap, but the Sacred Spear Sect leader withdrew without a fight.

• Da Huang told Chen Changan that he and Zhan Tian had fought Sacred Spear Sect members at a brothel after the men provoked them and insulted Da Huang.
• Chen Changan sent Da Huang and Zhan Tian away and anticipated that the Sacred Spear Sect would come seeking them.
• The Sacred Spear Sect arrived with more than twenty people and demanded that the Heavenly Profound Sect answer for the beating.
• Chen Changan emerged with Mu Yunyao and Xiao Hei, explained that he was leading the group, and pointed out that only a few of them were present.
• Onlookers and the Sacred Spear Sect leader suspected that the Heavenly Profound Sect had deliberately sent a small group to provoke an attack and seize territory.
• The Sacred Spear Sect leader warned Chen Changan that his sect was not easy to bully, then left with his followers.

After the Sacred Spear Sect abruptly withdrew, Su Tiandao invited only Chen Changan and the Heavenly Profound Sect to the City Lord's Mansion and proposed that they explore the Demon Abyss together. Chen Changan questioned what role the other factions played in Su Tiandao's plan.

• The Sacred Spear Sect left, and Chen Changan guessed that the sect members had been intimidated by the Heavenly Profound Sect's apparent strength and unpredictable behavior.
• Su Tiandao's chief steward invited only the Heavenly Profound Sect to the City Lord's Mansion, prompting the other factions to suspect that Su Tiandao knew the sect's true potential.
• Su Tiandao warmly welcomed Chen Changan and the others, seated them in places of honor, and said he wanted to befriend people of their caliber.
• Su Tiandao revealed that the Demon Abyss was real and proposed that Heavenly Dao City and the Heavenly Profound Sect explore it together and split the gains evenly.
• Chen Changan asked what role the other factions at the gathering were meant to play.

Chen Changan suspected Su Tiandao was using promises of shared gains from the Demon Abyss to manipulate potential allies, so he secretly tracked the City Lord’s invitations. Three days later, Chen Changan and the others arrived at a heavily guarded courtyard for the Flower-Viewing Gathering, where Su Tiandao’s plans were about to unfold.

• Su Tiandao told Chen Changan that he would put his own survival ahead of his allies’ and planned to announce the Demon Abyss at the Flower-Viewing Gathering in three days.
• Back at their residence, Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao, Zhan Tian, and Da Huang that Su Tiandao’s frankness was an act and might be meant to tempt factions with the prospect of shared profits.
• Chen Changan spread his perception along the surrounding roads and discovered that Su Tiandao invited every group in turn.
• Su Tiandao’s invitations heightened everyone’s anticipation for the Flower-Viewing Gathering, while Chen Changan and his companions prepared for it.
• At the Flower-Viewing Gathering, Chen Changan and the others found the purpose-built courtyard surrounded by layers of defenses.

Chen Changan and the Heavenly Profound Sect attended Su Tiandao’s heavily guarded Flower-Viewing Gathering, where he revealed a Demon Flower from the Demon Abyss to entice the gathered factions. As the guests pressed him for details and showed their eagerness to explore, Su Tiandao warned them that the place was dangerous and left the decision to them.

• Chen Changan and his companions arrived at the Flower-Viewing Gathering and took seats near Su Tiandao, while other factions treated them cautiously.
• Chen Changan explained that the factions’ respectful behavior came from their assumptions about the Heavenly Profound Sect’s strength and Su Tiandao’s invitation.
• Su Tiandao welcomed the guests and announced that the gathering’s subject was a Demon Flower discovered in the Demon Abyss.
• The City Lord’s Mansion attendants brought out the bloodred, energy-wreathed flower, and Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao sensed that something about it was wrong.
• The gathered factions questioned Su Tiandao about obtaining Demon Flowers in the Demon Abyss, and he confirmed its location while warning them of the danger.

Su Tiandao persuaded the gathered factions, including Chen Changan’s group, to join an expedition into the Demon Abyss. After a six-month journey, the party reached the hidden site, where Chen Changan questioned whether Heavenly Dao City had really found it by chance.

• Su Tiandao invited the factions to explore the Demon Abyss, and Chen Changan agreed on behalf of the Heavenly Profound Sect.
• Chen Changan told Xiao Hei that he suspected Su Tiandao was putting on an act but wanted to investigate the Demon Abyss and help the sect grow.
• Five days later, Su Tiandao led the factions and Heavenly Dao City’s elite forces toward the Demon Abyss.
• After a month of travel, other factions warned Chen Changan that his group’s low cultivation could make them a burden, and Chen Changan replied that they should avoid holding him back.
• After roughly three more months, the party reached the Demon Abyss, and Chen Changan questioned whether Heavenly Dao City had truly discovered it by chance.

Chen Changan and the others entered the Demon Abyss, which they suspected was a battlefield from Ultimate Heaven’s ancient Demon-Cleansing Campaign. As they cautiously explored its Demonic Qi-filled ruins, they spotted a ruined city that seemed to contain people, possibly members of the Devil Race.

• Su Tiandao led the group into the Demon Abyss and warned them to stay alert for unknown dangers.
• The group recognized the Demonic Qi and speculated that the abyss was a battlefield from the Demon-Cleansing Campaign, when the races had slaughtered the Devil Race.
• Chen Changan suspected Su Tiandao had deliberately sought out the abyss and wondered whether he was connected to the Devil Race or intended to revive its survivors.
• Su Tiandao urged everyone to stay together, investigate slowly, and avoid letting Demonic Qi enter their bodies.
• As the group advanced without encountering danger, they spotted a ruined city and sensed that people, perhaps members of the Devil Race, were inside.

Chen Changan and the others entered a ruined city in the Demon Abyss and found its inhabitants were Human Race rather than Devils. The inhabitants claimed they were wardens guarding sealed Devils, and warned that visitors’ energy could help the Devils revive, but Su Tiandao’s group questioned their story.

• Su Tiandao led the group toward the ruined city, where they saw that its inhabitants were Human Race and speculated about why they lived in the Demon Abyss.
• Chen Changan sensed that the inhabitants’ auras were unaffected by the demonic energy and suspected something was wrong.
• The city’s inhabitants questioned the group and asked whether they were connected to people who had visited earlier; Su Tiandao said those visitors had brought back a Demon Flower but had not mentioned any warning.
• An inhabitant said that more people entering the area would strengthen the sealed creatures until they could return, and revealed that surviving Devils were imprisoned there and that the inhabitants were their wardens.
• The inhabitants accused the visitors of helping the Devils revive by giving them energy and Essence Blood, while members of Su Tiandao’s group challenged the claim and suspected the wardens wanted to monopolize the resources.

A Guardian explained that the Devil Race had never been completely destroyed and that powerful members could revive through Demonic Qi. He warned that the intruders might weaken the seals, and the group questioned why the entrance had been left open.

• After Su Tiandao challenged their suspicions, the Guardian explained that the battlefield's resources were tainted by Demonic Qi and that his people had methods to resist its corruption.
• Su Tiandao invited Chen Changan to join the discussion, but Chen Changan declined to step forward.
• The Guardian revealed that the Demon-Slaying War had ended with the Devil Race suppressed rather than wiped out, and that Guardians had watched over the seals for generations.
• The Guardian warned that the intruders could loosen the seals and cause the Devil Race to revive early.
• One of the group asked why the entrance had been allowed to open if the battlefield and its seals were so important.

Chen Changan questioned how the entrance to the Demon-Slaying Battlefield had opened and watched Su Tiandao negotiate with its Guardians for access to the resources. As Chen Changan and Da Huang grew suspicious of both sides’ motives, Chen Changan decided to keep watching and consider how the possible revival of the Devil Race could be used.

• Chen Changan asked how the entrance had opened, and the Guardians admitted they did not know how to close it.
• Su Tiandao offered to help reinforce the seal against the Devil Race in exchange for the resources, and the Guardians gathered to discuss his proposal.
• Da Huang secretly told Chen Changan that Su Tiandao and the Guardians might be hiding the Demon Abyss’s promised secret.
• Chen Changan agreed that Su Tiandao and the Guardians were acting suspiciously and noted that the others seemed to stop thinking when resources were mentioned.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang he would watch the others and said the Devil Race’s likely revival might be something they could use.