Recaps

Chen Changan left the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect residence and drew a crowd as he headed to Heavenly Pride City’s testing hall to compete for the Heavenly Pride Ranking. There, he learned about the hall’s three testing sections and asked about the advanced stone tablet’s limit.

• Chen Changan refused an escort and went out alone, while members of the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect worried about his safety and reputation.
• Groups in Heavenly Pride City plotted to make Chen Changan lose face, and a growing crowd followed him toward the testing hall.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang joked that the crowd was following because they admired him, leaving the onlookers disgusted and speechless.
• At the crowded testing hall, Nine Cloud Immortal Sect disciples greeted Chen Changan as bystanders discussed his cultivation and position as Grand Elder.
• Chen Changan learned that the beginner and intermediate stone tablets tested up to the Heavenly Immortal and Immortal King realms, then asked about the advanced tablet’s limit.

Chen Changan faced a crowd of cultivators who mocked his strength and status as Grand Elder of the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect. He challenged them to bet on the results of the advanced Testing Stone Tablet, offering to admit defeat if his test result was worse than anyone else’s.

• Tie Shuai of Xiaotian Palace mocked Chen Changan’s strength, and Chen Changan insulted him by pointing out that his name did not suit his appearance.
• Cao Heng of the Fengyou Immortal Sect and cultivators from Yuhua Palace and the Chiyan Immortal Sect joined in mocking Chen Changan’s strength and reliance on his title.
• Chen Changan asked whether the crowd had finished mocking him and dismissed their taunts as incapable of making him lose face.
• Chen Changan proposed a bet based on their Testing Stone Tablet results, saying he would admit defeat if his result was worse than anyone else’s.
• The crowd hesitated, and Chen Changan asked whether they lacked confidence in themselves.

Chen Changan challenged his critics to a combat-power wager and raised the target to three hundred thousand stars, despite warnings from the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect disciples. He proposed that if he lost, he would permanently step down as the sect's Grand Elder, leaving his opponents to decide what they would risk if they lost.

• Chen Changan rejected Cao Heng's claim that the wager was unfair and challenged the group to name a combat-power standard.
• A Nine Cloud Immortal Sect disciple explained that two hundred thousand stars generally required reaching the fifth level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• After the group mocked him and his sect's disciples urged caution, Chen Changan raised the target to three hundred thousand stars.
• Chen Changan offered to permanently step down as the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect's Grand Elder if he lost.
• The group asked what the penalty would be if they lost.

Chen Changan set a humiliating wager with the gathered sect disciples, then went to test his combat power in the advanced area. The advanced Testing Stone Tablet shook violently when he touched it, leaving everyone stunned and wondering how strong he was.

• Chen Changan said the losers would walk through Heavenly Pride City for three days, shouting that their sect was inferior to the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect.
• Many challengers accepted the wager after reminding themselves that Chen Changan had to reach three hundred thousand combat power, while several dozen—including people from the Qi Family—backed out.
• Chen Changan explained to Da Huang that the people who withdrew had weighed the risks and rewards, then headed for the advanced testing area.
• The Nine Cloud Immortal Sect disciples worried that Chen Changan might lose his position as Grand Elder, while Da Huang said he had never known Chen Changan to act without confidence.
• Chen Changan placed his palm on the advanced Testing Stone Tablet, which shook violently and left the onlookers wondering whether he was a peerless prodigy.

Chen Changan took the advanced test and scored the tablet’s maximum display of one million stars, stunning the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect. The testing hall’s official explained that the result capped the tablet’s display, so Chen Changan’s true combat strength could be even higher, and Chen Changan asked the losers when they would honor their bet.

• The golden light from the advanced Testing Stone Tablet convinced the onlookers that Chen Changan had won their bet.
• The tablet revealed Chen Changan was 10,045 years old, at the fifth level of the Golden Immortal Realm, and had one million stars of combat strength.
• The person in charge explained that one million stars was the tablet’s display limit, not necessarily Chen Changan’s actual strength.
• Chen Changan asked the people who had bet against him when they planned to honor their bet.

After Chen Changan revealed combat strength at the Testing Stone Tablet’s one-million limit, the people who had bet against him honored their punishment by shouting in Heavenly Pride City. Their humiliating chants spread the news of his power, and the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect welcomed him back with newfound respect.

• Chen Changan challenged the defeated bettors to admit their loss, and they agreed to shout in the streets for three days.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang that the punishment would spread the news and provoke the people who had put the bettors up to their challenge.
• The bettors shouted that their factions were inferior to the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect as they walked through Heavenly Pride City.
• After Cao Heng explained the bet to an Elder, the story of Chen Changan’s one-million combat strength spread throughout the city.
• The Nine Cloud Immortal Sect members praised Chen Changan when he returned, and he teased them about no longer following or doubting him.

Qi Shiyuan visited Chen Changan and agreed to treat Da Huang, Little Earthworm, and Yi Tuo to a brothel outing. As they left, members of the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect told Chen Changan that a growing number of people in Heavenly Pride City wanted to marry him and had gathered with dowries.

• Qi Shiyuan admitted that he had spread the news about Chen Changan and explained that the Qi Family had a teleportation array to Heavenly Pride City.
• Qi Shiyuan asked when Chen Changan planned to challenge the Heavenly Pride Ranking, and Chen Changan predicted the ranked prodigies would be angry.
• Da Huang persuaded Qi Shiyuan to pay for a trip to Heavenly Pride City's brothel, and Little Earthworm and Yi Tuo joined them.
• Chen Changan declined to go, insisting he was a man of impeccable virtue.
• Members of the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect told Chen Changan that crowds of potential spouses with dowries were lining up outside, and the number kept growing.

Chen Changan discovered that a crowd of women had gathered in Heavenly Pride City to propose marriage to him, despite his lack of interest. After they rushed him, he retreated behind a barrier and tasked a Nine Cloud Immortal Sect disciple with making them give up within three days.

• A disciple explained that women and their Lineages hoped to marry Chen Changan for his strength, looks, and status, but Chen Changan said he did not plan to marry and ordered them sent away.
• Chen Changan went to the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect's residence and found a crowd of potential brides gathered outside its gate.
• Da Huang drew the crowd's attention by revealing that Chen Changan was his big brother, then fled with Qi Shiyuan's warning.
• Chen Changan told the crowd he would not take a wife, but the women surged toward him, forcing him to retreat inside and raise a barrier.
• Chen Changan ordered a disciple to make the crowd abandon their marriage plans within three days and said anything was allowed.

Chen Changan learned that Wei Shufen had ended the women’s pursuit of him, but discovered the rumors had instead attracted men. He set out with Da Huang for Heavenly Pride Tower to meet the people on the Total Prodigy Ranking, furious at Wei Shufen’s solution.

• Wei Shufen told Chen Changan he had taken care of the problem, and Chen Changan praised him without hearing the rest of his introduction.
• Chen Changan asked Qi Shiyuan about the approaching elders and promised to teach him in exchange for forgiving his Spirit Stone debt.
• Chen Changan taught Qi Shiyuan that “the shameless... are invincible,” and Qi Shiyuan became convinced the saying held deep wisdom.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang headed out for Heavenly Pride Tower to see the people on the Total Prodigy Ranking.
• Chen Changan learned that rumors about his sexual orientation had driven away the women but drawn the attention of men, and he blamed Wei Shufen.

Chen Changan’s reputation was ruined when a rumor that he liked men spread through Heavenly Pride City, and the Nine Cloud Immortal Sect blamed Wei Shufen for causing the scandal. Chen Changan set the matter aside to inspect the Heavenly Pride Ranking, where he encountered ancestors who accused him of past misdeeds.

• Women and men in Heavenly Pride City reacted to the rumor about Chen Changan, while Da Huang teased him about his damaged reputation.
• A Nine Cloud Immortal Sect Elder scolded Wei Shufen for spreading the rumor and ordered him to return to the sect and enter seclusion for a thousand years.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang he had not yet found a way to clear his name and headed to the Heavenly Pride Tower.
• Chen Changan examined the Heavenly Pride Ranking and noticed Mu Yunhai, Long Zaitian, and other powerful prodigies among its top names.
• The Wuji Hall Ancestor and other ancestors confronted Chen Changan, who denied remembering or committing the deeds they accused him of.

Chen Changan faced a group of Liuyun Region ancestors who threatened to spread a rumor about his taste in men, but they refused to fight or accept his bet. Qi Shiyuan tried to steer them into betting anyway, and the group began considering a wager that would make Chen Changan owe each of them a promise if he lost.

• Chen Changan learned the group had come to spread rumors about his taste in men rather than challenge him, and they demanded an apology in exchange for stopping.
• When Chen Changan turned coldly toward them, the Wuji Hall ancestor and the others backed down and insisted they should resolve matters peacefully.
• Chen Changan tried to propose a bet, but the others refused, saying they would not fall for his tricks again.
• Qi Shiyuan urged the group to hear Chen Changan out, hoping they could make him take a loss for once.
• After the Chiyan Immortal Sect ancestor asked what they would gain, Qi Shiyuan suggested that Chen Changan owe each of them a promise if he lost.

Chen Changan persuaded the faction leaders to wager cultivation resources against his promise, then proposed betting on whether he could clear the Heavenly Pride Tower in one hour. The leaders agreed that he was unlikely to beat Ye Beixuan’s three-hour record, and Qi Shiyuan secretly welcomed the prospect of Chen Changan losing.

• Chen Changan agreed to promise the faction leaders a future favor if he lost, while they would pool enough resources to support his cultivation to the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• The faction leaders rejected Chen Changan’s first wager, which would have required him to take first place on the Total Prodigy Ranking, because they believed his million-point battle prowess made victory certain.
• Chen Changan asked about Ye Beixuan, and the faction leaders described the Ye Family prodigy’s extraordinary cultivation, battle prowess, and three-hour record for clearing all ninety-nine floors of the Heavenly Pride Tower.
• Chen Changan proposed betting on whether he could clear all ninety-nine floors in one hour, and the faction leaders began accepting because they doubted he could beat Ye Beixuan’s time.
• Qi Shiyuan smiled at the prospect of Chen Changan losing the wager.

Chen Changan rapidly climbed the Heavenly Pride Tower, shocking spectators across the Liuyun Region and reaching its ninety-ninth floor in about half an hour. There, he encountered Chen Tian and prepared to fight him.

• Qi Shiyuan and the others bet that Chen Changan could not clear the tower within two hours, while Chen Changan entered confidently.
• Da Huang warned Qi Shiyuan that Chen Changan would soon appear on the Heavenly Pride Ranking, and the ranking showed Chen Changan in fiftieth place after he cleared eighty floors.
• Spectators in the ten Heavenly Pride Cities watched Chen Changan climb from twenty-fifth place to fifteenth as he cleared the tower's floors at extraordinary speed.
• Chen Changan reached the ninety-ninth floor, where he found Chen Tian and vowed to beat him.

Chen Changan met a wisp of Chen Tian’s Spiritual Sense on the ninety-ninth floor, learned that it had forgotten most of its message, and was warned not to leave the Liuyun Region before reaching the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm. After emerging as the top-ranked prodigy, Chen Changan asked the others to honor their promise and provide resources for his seclusion.

• Chen Tian’s wisp told Chen Changan that he had already cleared the ninety-ninth floor and that it had been waiting to speak with him.
• Chen Tian forgot most of what he had intended to say, but remembered that Chen Changan should stay in the Liuyun Region until he reached the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm and that the region held only one Law Fragment.
• Chen Changan tried to attack Chen Tian, but the wisp vanished after saying they would meet again.
• Chen Changan left the tower to cheers after taking first place on the Total Prodigy Ranking, while the outside world reacted to his rise.
• Chen Changan asked the Wuji Hall Ancestor and the others to fulfill their promise by supplying resources for his seclusion, and they eagerly agreed.

After Chen Changan claimed first place on the Total Prodigy Ranking, he gathered the wagered resources and began cultivating while the other prodigies and the Mu Family reacted to his rise. Mu Yunhai told Mu Yunyao that Chen Changan was first on the ranking, leaving her eager for news about him.

• The prodigies confronted Qi Shiyuan for hiding Chen Changan’s strength and resources, then agreed to gather more resources for Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan claimed first place on the Total Prodigy Ranking, collected the wagered resources, and cultivated with Da Huang and Little Earthworm.
• Ye Beixuan welcomed Chen Changan as a rival and ordered the Ye Family to find him so he could meet him in person.
• Mu Tianye warned Mu Yunhai that Chen Changan’s rise would draw the Wang Family and the other immortal clans’ attention.
• Mu Tianye let Mu Yunhai visit Mu Yunyao, and Mu Yunhai told her that Chen Changan had taken first place on the Total Prodigy Ranking.

After learning Chen Changan had reached the top of the Total Prodigy Ranking, Mu Yunyao chose to enter the dangerous Immortal-Demon Secret Realm to strengthen herself. Mu Tianye escorted her inside, then returned to find Wang Minghai waiting at the Mu Family.

• Mu Yunhai told Mu Yunyao that Chen Changan had reached first place on the Total Prodigy Ranking, and she realized his strength had surpassed hers.
• Mu Yunyao decided to enter the Immortal-Demon Secret Realm to cultivate faster, despite Mu Yunhai warning her about its dangers.
• Mu Tianye agreed to Mu Yunyao's decision and escorted her to the secret realm, where she entered alone.
• Mu Tianye returned to the Mu Family with Mu Yunhai and learned that Wang Minghai had arrived in person.

Wang Minghai visited Mu Tianye to dissolve the Wang Family’s betrothal to Mu Yunyao and proposed finding a different marriage candidate. Their discussion ended with Mu Yunhai revealing he was going to see his brother-in-law, prompting Wang Minghai to fear Chen Changan’s involvement.

• Wang Minghai told Mu Tianye that the Wang Family was abandoning Mu Yunyao as its marriage candidate because it did not want to offend Chen Changan.
• Mu Tianye agreed to dissolve the betrothal, and the two men decided to let potential candidates spend time together before choosing a match.
• Mu Tianye suggested Mu Yunhai as a candidate, but Mu Yunhai tried to leave and said he was going to see his brother-in-law.
• Wang Minghai realized Mu Yunhai might mean Chen Changan and learned that Mu Yunyao had gone to the Immortal-Demon Secret Realm to find him.
• Wang Minghai and Mu Tianye agreed to check whether their candidates already liked someone before making their choices.

Two years after Chen Changan took first place on the Total Prodigy Ranking, Heavenly Pride City filled with prodigies eager to see him, though he remained in seclusion. Mu Yunhai teased Ye Beixuan with secrets about Chen Changan in exchange for resources, and their conversation drew a crowd of curious listeners.

• People in Heavenly Pride City discussed the prodigies who had arrived to see Chen Changan and learned he was in seclusion.
• Ye Beixuan and Mu Yunhai compared their Heavenly Pride Tower scores, and Mu Yunhai claimed Chen Changan was his brother-in-law.
• Mu Yunhai offered to share secrets about Chen Changan for half of Ye Beixuan's resources, and Ye Beixuan agreed.
• Listeners overheard the exchange and spread the claim that Chen Changan was the Mu Family's son-in-law, dismissing rumors that he liked men.
• People from the Nine Great Immortal Clans tried to eavesdrop, and Mu Yunhai demanded half of their resources to let them listen.

Ye Beixuan and the other young prodigies learned about Chen Changan’s astonishing cultivation and decided to wait in Heavenly Pride City for him to emerge from seclusion. Ten years later, Yi Tuo continued demanding resources for Chen Changan, leaving the gathered families impoverished and wary of his plans.

• Ye Beixuan and Mu Yunhai agreed to share the payment from the gathered prodigies in exchange for Mu Yunhai’s information about Chen Changan.
• Mu Yunhai told the prodigies that Chen Changan had reached the fifth level of the Golden Immortal Realm with Immortal Emperor-level combat strength in less than twenty years after ascending.
• Ye Beixuan and the other prodigies decided to stay in Heavenly Pride City and wait for Chen Changan to leave seclusion.
• After ten years, Yi Tuo returned to demand more resources, saying Chen Changan had nearly exhausted what the families had provided.
• The families insisted they had spent their hundreds of thousands of years of savings, but Yi Tuo revealed that Chen Changan had already secured resources for the next ten years.
• The ancestor of Wuji Hall suggested Yi Tuo ask Mu Yunhai for resources, but Yi Tuo refused and threatened to warn Chen Changan that the ancestor could not be trusted.

Chen Yunxuan and the others accepted Zhou Yuanxiong’s offer of support so they could cultivate safely and eventually reunite with Chen Changan. Meanwhile, people waiting outside Chen Changan’s secluded cultivation sensed a powerful energy fluctuation and wondered if he had emerged.

• Zhou Yuanxiong offered Chen Yunxuan and the others the Zhou Family’s support without restricting their freedom, and they accepted.
• Gu Xian'er asked about Chen Changan, and Zhou Yuanxiong said he had topped the Total Prodigy Ranking and possessed strength rivaling an Immortal Emperor.
• Chen Yunxuan and the others asked Zhou Yuanxiong for cultivation resources, and he began preparing resources and a place for them to train.
• After Chen Changan had been in seclusion for thirty years, Ye Beixuan and Mu Yunhai insisted on continuing to wait for him.
• The people waiting outside Chen Changan’s seclusion felt a powerful energy fluctuation and wondered if he had come out.

Chen Changan emerged from thirty years of seclusion at the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, startling those gathered in Heavenly Pride City. He mistook the excited Mu Yunhai for a man pursuing him, then learned Mu Yunhai was Mu Yunyao’s younger brother.

• Chen Changan and Da Huang emerged from seclusion, with both at the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• Little Earthworm explained that the Demon Race advanced quickly in early cultivation but faced greater difficulties after the Immortal King Realm.
• Chen Changan decided there was no reason to return to Heavenly Pride Tower and went outside to see what had changed during his seclusion.
• Mu Yunhai hurried over to Chen Changan, who warned him that he was not interested in men.
• The prodigies mocked Mu Yunhai, and he snapped at them before introducing himself as Chen Changan’s little brother-in-law.

Mu Yunhai met Chen Changan and proclaimed himself Chen Changan’s little brother-in-law, offering to share his fortune in exchange for favor. Ye Beixuan then challenged Chen Changan, who agreed after learning Ye Beixuan would give him his resources.

• Mu Yunhai called Chen Changan his brother-in-law, though Mu Yunyao had not agreed to it, and said the Mu Family knew about them.
• Chen Changan asked Mu Yunhai for a gift, and Mu Yunhai offered to split the fortune he had made while Chen Changan was in seclusion.
• Mu Yunhai bragged to others about having Chen Changan as his brother-in-law, then hurried after him as Chen Changan walked away.
• Ye Beixuan introduced himself and asked to challenge Chen Changan, explaining that he wanted to learn the gap between them rather than protect his pride.
• Chen Changan refused until Mu Yunhai suggested Ye Beixuan give him his fortune; Ye Beixuan agreed, and Chen Changan asked to see how much there was.

Chen Changan accepted Ye Beixuan’s gifts and quickly defeated him in a spar, revealing a vast gap between their strength. Ye Beixuan returned to Heavenly Pride City and told everyone he had not lasted a single move against Chen Changan.

• Chen Changan checked Ye Beixuan’s Storage Ring and teased Mu Yunhai and Da Huang about their remarks.
• Da Huang left with Little Earthworm and Yi Tuo to go to a brothel, while Chen Changan reassured the onlookers about his dog’s behavior.
• Chen Changan and Ye Beixuan flew into the sky to spar, and Chen Changan defeated Ye Beixuan before he could fight back.
• Ye Beixuan thanked Chen Changan for holding back and admitted he suspected Chen Changan could have killed him with one blow.
• After returning to Heavenly Pride City, Ye Beixuan told everyone Chen Changan was strong enough to defeat them all instantly.

After Ye Beixuan described how Chen Changan defeated him before he could fight back, the Nine Great Immortal Clans’ young representatives sought to befriend Chen Changan. Su Wenqian invited everyone to dinner, and the group headed to a restaurant with Da Huang and the others joining them.

• Ye Beixuan told the gathered young cultivators that Chen Changan had defeated him before he could make a move.
• Mu Yunhai asked to accompany Chen Changan and offered news about Mu Yunyao.
• Su Wenqian introduced himself as a member of the Su Family and invited Chen Changan and the others to eat.
• Wang Tiangang explained that the Wang Family had disciplined Wang Zhiwei and called off Mu Yunyao’s marriage arrangement, and Chen Changan agreed to let the matter go.
• Da Huang and the others returned after Da Huang failed to borrow money, and Chen Changan invited them along.
• Su Wenqian led the group to Heavenly Pride City’s finest restaurant and ordered the best food and wine.

Chen Changan learned that Mu Yunyao had entered the dangerous Immortal-Demon Secret Realm, then asked the Nine Great Immortal Clans' prodigies to help him find Law Fragments. After dinner, Su Wenqian discovered the bill was enormous because Da Huang had taken food to go.

• Mu Yunhai told Chen Changan that Mu Yunyao had entered the Immortal-Demon Secret Realm, and Chen Changan reassured him that she would survive and gain from the trip.
• Chen Changan showed Ye Beixuan and the others the appearance of a Law Fragment and asked them to tell him if they found one.
• Da Huang and the other two left after finishing their meal, and Chen Changan stayed to chat with the others before they called it a night.
• Su Wenqian offered to pay the bill, but the shopkeeper charged him 320 million mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• The shopkeeper explained that Da Huang had taken some food to go.