Recaps

Yun Zhilan revealed a combat rating of 99,999 stars and announced he would challenge for the top spot on the Heavenly Pride Ranking. Sun Niantang then failed the test, and he challenged Da Huang to take it himself.

• Chen Changan learned from Shen that ordinary Golden Immortals usually scored around 10,000 to 40,000 stars, making Yun Zhilan’s 99,999-star result extraordinary.
• Yun Zhilan said he would challenge Meng Xiaohui for the number one spot on the Heavenly Pride Ranking at Heavenly Pride Tower the next day.
• Shen explained that only people who had taken the test could enter Heavenly Pride Tower and shared rumors about the mysterious Heavenly Pride Building.
• Sun Niantang tested at 19,785 stars and was declared unqualified, leaving him stunned and embarrassed.
• Da Huang mocked Sun Niantang, who retorted that Da Huang should take the test if he thought the Demon Race could qualify.

Da Huang realized he was too old to qualify for the test, while Shen Yunfei and Yun Qingluan took the test and qualified with impressive results. The chapter left the group reacting to Qing Luan’s extraordinary age and cultivation.

• Da Huang tried to take the test but remembered he was over thirty thousand years old and ineligible, prompting Sun Niantang to mock him.
• Da Huang challenged Sun Niantang to a fight, and Sun Niantang noticed Da Huang had reached the peak of the True Immortal Realm before quietly leaving.
• Shen Yunfei tested at the Third Stage of the Golden Immortal Realm with 45,231 stars of combat strength, drawing attention from the crowd.
• Chen Changan asked Qing Luan to take the test, and she qualified at age 135 with Golden Immortal Realm First Stage cultivation and 23,598 stars of combat strength.

Qing Luan’s astonishing age and cultivation stunned the crowd, and Chen Changan stepped up to take the test despite their mockery. His touch made the Testing Stone Tablet shake violently, but it showed no result, leaving everyone baffled as they noticed something unusual about the tablet.

• Qing Luan returned to Chen Changan and learned that the crowd was amazed she had reached the Golden Immortal Realm at only 135 years old.
• Chen Changan told Qing Luan that powerful factions would likely try to recruit her and reassured her that he would protect her.
• At Da Huang’s urging, Chen Changan went to take the test, while bystanders mocked him for being at the first level of the True Immortal Realm.
• Chen Changan touched the Testing Stone Tablet, which shook more violently than it had for the other candidates.
• The shaking stopped, but no results appeared, and the crowd began to wonder whether Chen Changan was over the age limit.
• Someone shouted for everyone to look at the Testing Stone Tablet.

Chen Changan touched the Testing Stone Tablet, which shattered because his strength exceeded its limit, and the Testing Hall staff concluded he was a peak Heavenly Immortal under thirty thousand years old. The supervisor ordered him watched in hopes he would enter the Heavenly Pride Tower, while Chen Changan and his companions returned to the Heavenly Pride Building and tried to make Shen Yunfei pay for the damage.

• The Testing Stone Tablet cracked and shattered after Chen Changan touched it, and he hurried away without accepting responsibility.
• Shen Yunfei, Xiao Yao, and Qing Luan fled before the Testing Hall staff arrived and explained that the beginner-grade tablet broke when someone reached the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• The crowd speculated about Chen Changan's identity, while the staff member realized he was under thirty thousand years old and reported the incident to the supervisor.
• The supervisor ordered his subordinate to find Chen Changan and watch for him at the Heavenly Pride Tower.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang lounged at the Heavenly Pride Building, then blamed Shen Yunfei for the broken tablet and suggested he sell himself to cover the cost.

Chen Changan accepted the Yun Family’s offer to invest in Qing Luan after teaching her how to handle future favors. Shen Yunfei returned furious after discovering he would not have to pay for the shattered Testing Stone Tablet, while Yun Zhilan learned that Qing Luan had broken it.

• Shen Yunfei accused Chen Changan of framing him over the shattered Testing Stone Tablet, but Chen Changan and Da Huang denied leaving the scene.
• Chen Changan revealed that the Tablet did not require payment and sensed that visitors had arrived seeking Qing Luan.
• Yun Zhilan met Chen Changan and offered the Yun Family’s resources to Qing Luan, who declined to make friends because she already had a master.
• Chen Changan accepted the offer on Qing Luan’s behalf and advised her to repay investments fairly without giving in to unlimited demands.
• Shen Yunfei returned after learning he would not be charged for the Tablet, and Yun Zhilan realized Qing Luan had shattered it.

After Chen Changan broke the beginner-level Testing Stone Tablet, Yun Zhilan became convinced he was a hidden powerhouse. Chen then helped Yun Qingluan collect investments from more than ten factions, taking large sums from those he considered untrustworthy while promising them nothing; the group planned to visit the Heavenly Pride Tower the next day.

• Yun Zhilan questioned Chen Changan after he broke the Testing Stone Tablet and suspected he was an Immortal King hiding his strength.
• Chen Changan asked Yun Zhilan to identify reputable factions, then accepted investment offers for Yun Qingluan from more than ten groups.
• Chen Changan had Yun Zhilan record the investors and told Yun Qingluan not to repay or help the factions he considered ill-intentioned.
• Yun Zhilan admired Chen Changan's scheme, while Yun Qingluan objected that it seemed wrong and Chen admitted he was not a good person.
• Chen Changan asked why the Wu Family and Meng Family had not approached them, and Yun Zhilan explained that the Meng Family likely avoided Yun Qingluan because of her surname.
• Yun Zhilan warned that the Meng Family might target Yun Qingluan outside Heavenly Pride City, and Chen Changan decided they would visit the Heavenly Pride Tower the next day.

Yun Zhilan brought Chen Changan and the others to the Heavenly Pride Tower to challenge the Heavenly Pride Ranking, where she aimed for first place. After Zheng Nantian challenged her claim, the group prepared to enter the tower, while Chen Changan stayed outside.

• Yun Zhilan explained that people entered the Heavenly Pride Tower to test their limits and hone their strength.
• Yun Zhilan showed Chen Changan the Heavenly Pride Ranking, where she had ranked fifteenth and Meng Xiaohui held first place.
• Chen Changan questioned why the top-ranked challengers had cleared only forty floors of the ninety-nine-floor tower.
• Zheng Nantian mocked Yun Zhilan and claimed he would compete for first place, so she accepted his challenge.
• Zheng Nantian entered the tower, and Chen Changan told Yun Zhilan and the others to go ahead while he remained outside.

Chen Changan stayed outside the Heavenly Pride Tower and used Yun Zhilan, Yun Qingluan, and Shen Yunfei’s names to solicit investments. As investors flocked to him, the City Lord’s Mansion surprised everyone by asking to invest in Chen Changan himself.

• Chen Changan sent Qing Luan, Yun Zhilan, and Shen Yunfei into the Heavenly Pride Tower while he remained outside with Da Huang and Xiao Yao.
• Chen Changan displayed a banner soliciting investments in the three competitors, explaining that Yun Zhilan had supposedly asked him to find a way to secure resources.
• Yun Family members questioned Chen Changan, then accepted his explanation and left him to proceed.
• Investors lined up to support the three, with Shen Yunfei attracting the most interest.
• Meng Family members mocked Chen Changan’s scheme as people from the City Lord’s Mansion arrived and asked to invest in Chen Changan himself.

The City Lord's Mansion offered Chen Changan an investment, and he accepted while insisting that he also wanted to help his brothers secure investments. As the crowd reconsidered his talent, Meng Xiaohui arrived at the Heavenly Pride Tower, drawing everyone's attention.

• The City Lord's Mansion explained that it had chosen to invest in Chen Changan because of his potential and his connection to Yun Qingluan.
• Chen Changan accepted the offer of any resources under the City Lord's Mansion's control, and the representative promised to deliver cultivation resources soon.
• The crowd learned that Chen Changan had smashed the Testing Stone Tablet and speculated that he was a peak Heavenly Immortal younger than thirty thousand years old.
• Chen Changan said he wanted to help his brothers secure investments, earning the City Lord's Mansion's respect and attracting others who hoped to befriend him.
• The Meng Family considered approaching Chen Changan, while word spread that Meng Xiaohui had arrived to attempt the fiftieth floor of the Heavenly Pride Tower.
• Meng Xiaohui appeared near the Heavenly Pride Tower, and the crowd fell silent as they turned to look at him.

Meng Xiaohui arrived in Heavenly Pride City determined to reclaim the top spot on the Heavenly Pride Ranking, while Chen Changan gathered investments and returned to cultivate. A month later, the ranking changed, and Yun Qingluan appeared on it.

• Meng Xiaohui arrived after five thousand years and announced he would challenge the fiftieth floor of Heavenly Pride Tower before leaving the Xuantian Region.
• After learning that the Meng Family Head had agreed to invest in Chen Changan, Meng Xiaohui ordered the family members to stop supporting him and entered Heavenly Pride Tower.
• Chen Changan finished gathering investors’ names, returned to the Heavenly Pride Building with Da Huang and Xiao Yao, and urged them to cultivate.
• Investors brought resources to Chen Changan’s courtyard, where he told Xiao Yao the list could become their death warrant if they abused the benefits they gained from his reputation.
• One month later, people saw that Yun Qingluan had appeared on the Heavenly Pride Ranking.

Yun Qingluan entered the Heavenly Pride Ranking at forty-seventh place after training in the Heavenly Pride Tower, then began cultivating in seclusion with Chen Changan’s support. A year later, Chen Changan had reached the peak of the True Immortal Realm, but someone confronted him over missing resources.

• Yun Qingluan cleared the Heavenly Pride Tower’s sixth floor in thirty-two days, ranked forty-seventh, and returned to the Heavenly Pride Building more powerful and forceful.
• Chen Changan praised Yun Qingluan’s achievement, gave her cultivation resources, and learned from Chu Xiao that the City Lord’s Mansion’s investment covered their stay at the Heavenly Pride Building.
• Chen Changan and his companions cultivated for three months, while Shen Yunfei reached twentieth place on the Heavenly Pride Ranking without receiving any investment offers.
• Chen Changan cultivated for a year, reached the peak of the True Immortal Realm, and used more than half of his resources.
• Someone confronted Chen Changan and demanded to know where the resources had gone.

Chen Changan prepared to enter the Heavenly Pride Tower with Shen Yunfei as Meng Xiaohui claimed first place and Yun Zhilan took second. After Yun Zhilan came out, Chen Changan gave him the resources that people had invested in him.

• Chen Changan returned some of the resources invested in Shen Yunfei and told him he planned to enter the Heavenly Pride Tower whenever he felt like it.
• The Heavenly Pride Ranking updated, placing Meng Xiaohui first after he cleared fifty floors and Yun Zhilan second after clearing forty-nine.
• Meng Xiaohui challenged Yun Zhilan’s chances of catching up, while Yun Zhilan argued that his greater youth gave him time to surpass him.
• Chen Changan and Shen Yunfei met Yun Zhilan, and Chen Changan gave him a Storage Ring containing the resources invested in him.
• Yun Zhilan thanked Chen Changan and called him a good person.

Chen Changan entered the Heavenly Pride Tower while Shen Yunfei and Yun Zhilan opened a betting pool on how many floors he would clear. Their confidence in making a profit collapsed when someone from the City Lord's Mansion bet ten thousand High-grade Immortal Spirit Stones on Chen clearing all ninety-nine floors.

• Yun Zhilan noticed Chen Changan had reached the peak of the True Immortal Realm, and Chen Changan said his year of cultivation had been slow.
• Chen Changan entered the Heavenly Pride Tower as onlookers predicted how far he would get, while Meng Xiaohui said he had only managed to clear fifty floors.
• Shen Yunfei persuaded Yun Zhilan to open a betting pool on Chen Changan's result, and the two gathered Spirit Stones for it.
• Onlookers placed bets on Chen Changan's floor count, including some bets on all ninety-nine floors, and Yun Zhilan worried about the potential payout.
• A person from the City Lord's Mansion bet ten thousand High-grade Immortal Spirit Stones that Chen Changan would clear all ninety-nine floors.

Shen Yunfei and Yun Zhilan closed their betting after realizing they could not afford a major loss, then learned the Heavenly Pride Ranking updated in real time as Chen Changan climbed. Chen Changan raced to the forty-fifth floor, leaving the onlookers stunned and Zheng Nantian bewildered by his own fifth-place ranking.

• Shen Yunfei refused a ten-thousand-stone bet and explained that he and Yun Zhilan had closed the betting because their funds were limited.
• Yun Zhilan told Shen Yunfei that challengers could choose to update their scores in real time on the Heavenly Pride Ranking.
• Shen Yunfei and Yun Zhilan joined the crowd as Chen Changan appeared on the ranking and rapidly climbed past the fifteenth and twentieth floors.
• Chen Changan reached the fortieth floor in less than half an hour, and Yun Zhilan taunted Meng Xiaohui about losing first place.
• Zheng Nantian emerged from the tower expecting admiration, then discovered he had fallen to fifth place behind Meng Xiaohui, Yun Zhilan, Wu Daoxuan, and Chen Changan.
• Yun Zhilan told Zheng Nantian that Chen Changan had already reached the forty-fifth floor.

Chen Changan sped through the Heavenly Pride Tower, took first place on the Heavenly Pride Ranking, and left spectators wondering whether he could clear all ninety-nine floors in a day. Meng Xiaohui left filled with murderous intent, while Shen Yunfei and Yun Zhilan believed Chen Changan could finish the tower.

• Zheng Nantian and the spectators reacted in disbelief as Chen Changan rapidly climbed past the forty-fifth floor, while Yun Zhilan and Shen Yunfei calculated their betting profits.
• Chen Changan cleared the fiftieth floor and entered the fifty-first, taking first place on the Heavenly Pride Ranking.
• Chen Changan faced ten opponents at the third level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm on the fifty-first floor and killed them all with a single wave of Sword Qi.
• Chen Changan rapidly advanced beyond the sixtieth floor, prompting the crowd to celebrate his achievement as the birth of a legend.
• Meng Xiaohui recognized Chen Changan's overwhelming strength, left with killing intent, and Yun Zhilan and Shen Yunfei predicted Chen Changan would clear all ninety-nine floors in a day.

Chen Changan reached the ninety-ninth floor of the Heavenly Pride Tower and met Lu Xiaoyun, who had guarded a Law Fragment for him on Chen Tian’s orders. After learning Chen Tian had arranged the challenge to draw him into the Heavenly Pride Ranking, Chen Changan received the fragment and challenged Lu Xiaoyun to a fight.

• Chen Changan cleared the ninety-eighth floor and encountered Lu Xiaoyun, the City Lord of Heavenly Pride City, on the ninety-ninth floor.
• Lu Xiaoyun explained that Chen Tian had waited nearly a million years for Chen Changan and entrusted him with a Law Fragment.
• Lu Xiaoyun said Chen Tian required Chen Changan to reach the ninety-ninth floor through the Heavenly Pride Ranking, expecting his curiosity to keep him competing.
• Chen Changan took the Law Fragment and learned that Lu Xiaoyun respected Chen Tian and would not dare claim it for himself.
• After Lu Xiaoyun revealed he was a fifth-level Immortal King, Chen Changan challenged him to fight.

Chen Changan cleared the ninety-ninth floor of the Heavenly Pride Tower and became the top name on the Heavenly Pride Ranking, astonishing the crowd and his companions. After leaving the tower, he explained how Shen Yunfei could have structured his betting pool better and recalled winning a wager on himself in the Great Profound Realm.

• Chen Changan's result showed that he had cleared the ninety-ninth floor, prompting the crowd and Yun Zhilan and Shen Yunfei to celebrate his achievement.
• Lu Xiaoyun recalled Chen Changan defeating him despite being at the peak of the True Immortal Realm, then left the Heavenly Pride Tower convinced Chen Changan would soon become famous across the Primordial Immortal Realm.
• Chen Changan waved to the crowd outside the tower, causing some onlookers to faint, and then left to avoid drawing more attention.
• Shen Yunfei and Yun Zhilan caught up with Chen Changan, who said the tower had been boring and had not helped him train.
• Chen Changan advised Shen Yunfei to offer a single bet on whether he would clear the ninety-ninth floor within a day, with ten-to-one odds for yes.
• Chen Changan recalled placing a huge bet on himself in the Great Profound Realm and hinted that he had won both money and a girl.

The Meng Family identified Chen Changan as the killer of the Family Head’s wife, and Meng Xiaohui decided to pursue revenge despite his family’s fear of Chen’s strength. Meanwhile, Yun Zhilan chose to leave the Xuantian Region to grow stronger, while Chen Changan planned to wait for his companions and investigate the Law Fragment.

• Meng Xiaohui learned that Chen Changan had killed the Mistress of the Meng Family, and the family members in Heavenly Pride City panicked when they realized who he was.
• Meng Xiaohui rejected the others’ suggestion to make peace and ordered them to watch Chen Changan until reinforcements arrived.
• Shen Yunfei planned to stay in Heavenly Pride City to cultivate and train in the Heavenly Pride Tower.
• Yun Zhilan decided to leave the Xuantian Region and seek experience beyond it.
• Chen Changan showed Yun Zhilan a Law Fragment, but Yun Zhilan had never seen one and knew nothing about whether the Meng Family possessed one.

Chen Changan fused the Law Fragment and discovered that the power in his heart was the Eternal Law, which granted him immortality. After learning that the Meng family planned to attack and hearing Lu Xiaoyun’s advice to compete in the Total Prodigy Ranking in Liuyun Region, Chen Changan decided to settle matters in Xuantian Region first.

• Chen Changan fused the Law Fragment and realized that the Eternal Law had been within him before the Fetal Pearls awakened it.
• Chen Changan wondered whether his immortal body could withstand an Immortal Emperor, then welcomed the thought that he could not die.
• Chu Xiao brought Chen Changan to meet Lu Xiaoyun, who warned that the Meng family would arrive in Heavenly Pride City within seven days.
• Lu Xiaoyun explained that a teleportation array could take Chen Changan to Liuyun Region, where he could compete for the Total Prodigy Ranking.
• Chen Changan agreed to go to Liuyun Region after handling matters in Xuantian Region, then ate all the food Lu Xiaoyun had prepared.

Chen Changan mocked Lu Xiaoyun before checking on Da Huang and Xiao Yao, who continued cultivating. Meanwhile, the Meng family planned to kill Chen Changan, but when they tried to devise a way to lure him out of Heavenly Pride City, he appeared among them.

• Chen Changan teased Lu Xiaoyun about his health and left him furious.
• Chen Changan returned to his courtyard and found Da Huang and Xiao Yao still cultivating.
• Seven days later, the Meng family's Old Ancestor and Meng Xiaohui discussed Chen Changan's strength and agreed to kill him before he could reach the Immortal King Realm.
• The Meng family learned Chen Changan had left Heavenly Pride Building and discussed luring him outside the city, where he would no longer have the city's protection.
• Chen Changan suddenly appeared and offered to help the Meng family come up with a plan.

Chen Changan attacked the Meng family in Heavenly Pride City, killed Meng Xiaohui and the family’s old ancestor, and searched the old ancestor’s soul for a Law Fragment. Finding none, he decided to leave the Xuantian Region, though he delayed his departure while his companions cultivated and asked Lu Xiaoyun for more resources.

• Chen Changan confronted the Meng family and killed Meng Xiaohui despite the city’s rules protecting Heavenly Pride Ranking members.
• Chen Changan overwhelmed the Meng family, subdued its old ancestor, and searched his soul for a Law Fragment, but found none.
• Chen Changan killed the dazed old ancestor and decided there was no reason to remain in the Xuantian Region.
• Lu Xiaoyun offered to arrange protection for Chen Changan’s acquaintances and gave him some resources for his journey to the Liuyun Region.
• Chen Changan said he would wait for his companions to finish cultivating and asked Lu Xiaoyun to prepare another meal before he left.

After Da Huang, Xiao Yao, and Qing Luan finished cultivating, Chen Changan prepared to leave the Xuantian Region with Da Huang. He parted from Qing Luan and Xiao Yao, then encountered Yi Tuo outside the Heavenly Pride Building, who asked to travel with them.

• News spread through Heavenly Pride City that Meng Xiaohui and the Meng Family's top experts had been killed, with some people suspecting Chen Changan was responsible.
• Da Huang and Xiao Yao reached the fifth level of the Golden Immortal Realm, while Qing Luan reached the third level.
• Chen Changan told Xiao Yao and Qing Luan that he was leaving the Xuantian Region with Da Huang.
• Qing Luan chose to stay in the Xuantian Region until she reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm, then travel to the Liuyun Region; Xiao Yao decided to stay behind.
• Chen Changan left the Heavenly Pride Building with Da Huang and ran into Yi Tuo, who asked to go with them.

Chen Changan exposed Yi Tuo’s connection to Chen Tian and brought him along as he left the Xuantian Region with Da Huang. They arrived in a desolate part of the Liuyun Region, where Chen Changan expected their next task to come soon.

• Chen Changan questioned Yi Tuo and learned that Chen Tian had ordered him to follow and pass along a warning.
• Chen Changan agreed to bring Yi Tuo, and Da Huang made the tortoise enlarge himself into a mount.
• Lu Xiaoyun escorted Chen Changan to the teleportation array, then discovered that Chen Changan had taken all the stored ingredients from Heavenly Pride Building.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang traveled to the Liuyun Region, where they ate the stolen food and found themselves in a desolate area.

Chen Changan learned that Chen Tian had arranged for the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect to recognize him as its Grand Elder, based on Chen Changan’s name and appearance. He agreed to return to the sect with its disciples, while Da Huang worried they might be walking into a trap.

• Chen Changan waited with Da Huang and Yi Tuo for the people climbing the mountain, expecting them to ask him for help.
• The arriving group knelt and welcomed Chen Changan as the Grand Elder of the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect.
• Chen Changan questioned the group and learned that a million years earlier, someone using his identity had saved the sect and later instructed them to welcome him back after reincarnating.
• Chen Changan concluded that Chen Tian had used his identity, then agreed to return to the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect with the group.
• Da Huang worried that the sect might be a trap, and Chen Changan reassured him by promising to bury him if he died.

Chen Changan returned to the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect, pretended to remember his former home, and searched it for anything Chen Tian might have left behind. Yi Tuo noticed something strange in the place, though Chen Changan could not sense it.

• The Nine Cloud Immortal Sect welcomed Chen Changan as its Grand Elder and promised to help him regain his former peak, while he modestly pretended to feel ashamed to accept their support.
• The sect members brought Chen Changan to his old home, where he claimed the surroundings felt familiar despite having no memories.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang and Yi Tuo that the sect was overly trusting because of its loyalty, then revealed he had come to search for anything Chen Tian left behind.
• Da Huang rummaged through the room without finding anything, while Yi Tuo discovered something unusual about the place.
• Chen Changan carefully sensed the area but could not find what Yi Tuo had noticed.