Recaps

Chen Changan absorbed the spiritual energy of the Great Zhou Kingdom and rapidly advanced to the first layer of the True Qi Realm while Da Huang’s barrier kept their enemies at bay. After his breakthrough stalled for lack of spiritual energy, Chen Changan asked Da Huang to lower the barrier so he could face the attackers himself.

• Wei Tianfeng and Wu Yuan charged Chen Changan and Chen Yunxuan but were repelled by Da Huang’s barrier.
• The King of Great Zhou ordered archers and then the assembled forces to attack, but the barrier blocked every assault.
• As the attacks continued, Chen Changan rapidly advanced from the first layer of the Essence Condensation Realm to the first layer of the True Qi Realm.
• Chen Changan explained to Da Huang that his breakthrough had stalled because he reached the realm before absorbing enough spiritual energy.
• Chen Changan asked Da Huang to remove the barrier, and his aura blasted the attackers backward as he declared that the farce would end.

Chen Changan killed the King of the Great Zhou Kingdom and the forces assembled at the betrothal banquet, then learned that Chen Yunxuan had gained a new artistic conception. Meanwhile, a celestial phenomenon at Cloud Peak heralded the Human Ranking’s return, and the ranking rose into the sky.

• Chen Changan used a wave of Sword Qi to kill tens of thousands of soldiers, then finished off the King of the Great Zhou Kingdom and the survivors, wiping out the Shangqing Sect elders and disciples, the Imperial Family, and the Liu Family.
• Chen Yunxuan woke from his epiphany and told Chen Changan that his cultivation felt more stable and that he had comprehended the Heavenly One Artistic Conception.
• Chen Changan, Chen Yunxuan, and Da Huang noticed a terrifying seven-colored energy enveloping the sky and prepared to leave to find Chen Zhengyuan and the others.
• Mu Yunyao arrived near Cloud Peak and recognized the glow as a sign that the Human Ranking might open.
• The Human Ranking rose from Cloud Peak’s summit, and Mu Yunyao realized it was finally about to open.

The Human Ranking appeared across the Great Profound Realm and announced a three-year competition for people under thirty, with five hundred finalists receiving gifts from the Heavenly Dao. It revealed the realm’s leading young cultivators and vanished after listing more than 2.8 billion eligible people, leaving Chen Yunxuan determined to improve before the next update.

• The Human Ranking unfurled in the sky, and its rules declared that people under thirty could compete for five hundred places and Heavenly Dao gifts.
• Mu Yunyao recognized that the mention of a first stage suggested the competition would include further evaluations after the initial selection.
• The ranking revealed Nie Haotian, Ye Beiming, and Gu Fengyao among its top five, all twenty-nine-year-old cultivators at the first level of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Chen Yunxuan found himself thousands of places down the list, and Chen Changan encouraged him to keep striving over the next three years.
• Da Huang counted as the ranking filled with more than 2.8 billion eligible people, after which it disappeared until its update the following year.

Chen Changan prepared to leave the Chen Family after giving them two Spirit Transformation Pills and setting their goals for the future. He departed with Da Huang, while Chen Yunxuan set out to conquer the Northern Domain and reunite with him in the Central Heaven Domain.

• Chen Changan met Chen Zhengyuan and said the Chen Family should become the foremost family in the Northern Domain.
• Chen Changan tasked Chen Yunxuan with becoming the Northern Domain's strongest person within a year and urged him to aim for the Central Heaven Domain afterward.
• Chen Changan gave the Chen Family two Spirit Transformation Pills as a last-resort safeguard and told them to rely on themselves.
• Chen Changan left with Da Huang, promising the Chen Family they might meet again in the Central Heaven Domain.
• Chen Yunxuan vowed to make the Chen Family prosper, then left to spend a year conquering the Northern Domain.

Chen Changan left the Chen Family and headed for Langya to search for a Fetal Pearl, suspecting it was the treasure that drove the family from the region. The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion learned of his departure and ordered its agents to protect Chen Yunxuan while staying away from Chen Changan.

• Chen Changan told Da Huang that Chen Yunxuan needed to grow on his own, then chose Langya as their destination to search for the Fetal Pearl and visit Lin Xiangliu.
• Chen Changan deduced from the Chen Family's clan records that the family had been driven out of Langya after others coveted its ancestral treasure, likely the Fetal Pearl.
• Chen Changan suspected multiple factions had attacked the Chen Family and wondered whether the Fetal Pearl had caused its decline, but he and Da Huang could not determine why only one pearl had been taken.
• Da Huang agreed to carry Chen Changan toward Langya after Chen Changan invoked Mu Yunyao.
• Wang Tianji learned that Chen Changan had left the Northern Domain and ordered his agents to keep following Chen Yunxuan, help him through any life-or-death crisis, and avoid Chen Changan and Da Huang.

Chen Changan reunited with Xuan Wudao, who had spent three thousand years living as a beggar because of a bet he lost to Chen. After Xuan Wudao explained the wager, he led Chen to Huan Hua Tower to clean up and enjoy themselves.

• Chen Changan and Big Yellow arrived in Langya, where a furious beggar called out to Chen by name.
• Chen Changan and Big Yellow recognized the beggar as Xuan Wudao, a peerless genius they had met three thousand years earlier.
• Xuan Wudao revealed that he had kept a promise to live as a beggar until he saw Chen again, after losing a wager that he could not hurt Chen during an incense stick's burn.
• Xuan Wudao explained that he had spent his scarce savings on brothels while traveling and insisted Chen pay for their visit to Huan Hua Tower.
• A young attendant tried to turn the two beggars away, but Chen tossed him gold ingots, and the attendant welcomed them inside.

Chen Changan and Xuan Wudao entered the Huan Hua Tower with Da Huang, silenced hostile guests by throwing gold at them, and cleaned up before indulging in food and company. As Xuan Wudao and Da Huang chose girls, Chen Changan stayed back until Xian'er, the tower’s leading lady, approached him.

• Chen Changan tossed gold ingots at the guests who mocked him and Xuan Wudao, quickly turning their insults into praise.
• Chen Changan explained that he had saved a large amount of gold and paid for two of the Huan Hua Tower’s best private rooms.
• Chen Changan and Xuan Wudao washed and changed, and Xuan Wudao admitted he had gone three thousand years without bathing.
• Xuan Wudao invited the tower’s finest girls, while Da Huang signaled that he wanted five and Chen Changan chose to watch.
• Xian'er, introduced as the Huan Hua Tower’s leading lady, came to Chen Changan.

Chen Changan and Xuan Wudao met Gu Xian'er at a brothel and learned that her family had been slaughtered by the Lin Family. When Lin Ruoheng threatened them, Chen Changan invoked the Lin Family's ancestor, Lin Xiangliu, and challenged him to come meet.

• Chen Changan asked Gu Xian'er to play her zither, then recognized the sorrow behind her music and urged her not to dwell on the past.
• A man called for Gu Xian'er, and she tried to leave, but Chen Changan asked her to stay and talk.
• Lin Ruoheng entered and begged Gu Xian'er not to avoid him, but she rejected him and revealed that his Lin Family had slaughtered her family.
• Xuan Wudao mocked Lin Ruoheng, who threatened him and Chen Changan for interfering.
• Chen Changan stopped Xuan Wudao from attacking and asked Lin Ruoheng whether Lin Xiangliu was alive, then challenged him to bring the ancestor over.

Chen Changan helped Gu Xian'er turn away Lin Ruoheng and listened as she explained the destruction of her family. After revealing why she had refused to use Lin Ruoheng for revenge, Gu Xian'er asked Chen Changan to accept her as his disciple.

• Lin Ruoheng doubted Chen Changan and Xuan Wudao's claims about knowing Lin Xiangliu, then apologized and agreed to carry Chen Changan's message to his elders.
• Chen Changan advised Lin Ruoheng to accept that Gu Xian'er did not return his feelings, and Lin Ruoheng left after thanking him.
• Chen Changan asked Gu Xian'er about the Gu Family's destruction, and she led him to her room to tell the story.
• Gu Xian'er explained that Lin Ruoheng's branch of the Lin Family had destroyed her family a year earlier, while Lin Ruoheng had failed to save her from being confined to a brothel.
• Gu Xian'er said she had considered using Lin Ruoheng to seek revenge but would not exploit his feelings, and she asked Chen Changan to take her as his master.

Gu Xian'er asked Chen Changan to take her as his disciple and rescue her from Langya, and he agreed to take her away after handling his affairs there. He gave her a Ninth-grade Phoenix Immortal Grass, whose powerful effects left her enduring a fierce surge of energy.

• Gu Xian'er asked Chen Changan to take her as his disciple, explaining that she wanted revenge and a way out of the brothel.
• Chen Changan agreed to take Gu Xian'er away from Langya after he dealt with his affairs, and she vowed to serve him.
• Chen Changan told Gu Xian'er to call him Young Master and gave her a Ninth-grade Phoenix Immortal Grass to improve her constitution.
• Gu Xian'er ate the grass, and its powerful energy began coursing through her body as Da Huang set up a barrier around her room.
• Xuan Wudao rushed over, recognized the rare treasure, and argued with Chen Changan before admiring Gu Xian'er's resolve as she endured the energy's effects.

Gu Xian'er’s energy shattered Da Huang’s barrier and formed a gigantic phantom phoenix over Langya, revealing that she might possess a rare phoenix constitution. Chen Changan and Xuan Wudao waited for her to emerge so they could learn whether she had awakened the Phoenix Immortal Body.

• Gu Xian'er’s growing energy alarmed Xuan Wudao, and Chen Changan and Da Huang left Huan Hua Tower as Da Huang’s barrier began to weaken.
• The energy forced the people inside Huan Hua Tower to flee, leaving Gu Xian'er alone as Xuan Wudao and Chen Changan wondered whether she could withstand it.
• Da Huang’s barrier shattered, and a gigantic phantom phoenix rose from Huan Hua Tower and appeared above Langya.
• Xuan Wudao told Chen Changan that Gu Xian'er might have a deep connection to the phoenix and could possess the Phoenix Immortal Body.
• The phantom phoenix returned to Gu Xian'er’s room, the energy subsided, and Xuan Wudao suggested asking her whether she had awakened the Phoenix Immortal Body.

Gu Xian'er awakened the Phoenix Immortal Body and gained the Phoenix True Art, while Chen Changan urged her to compete for the Human Ranking. In Langya, Xuan Wudao drove off some arrogant visitors, then decided to return to the Wuji Sect, where Chen Changan claimed he had nearly become Xuan Wudao’s uncle.

• Gu Xian'er awakened the Phoenix Immortal Body, reached the True Qi Realm Ninth Layer Peak, and received the Phoenix True Art.
• Chen Changan encouraged Gu Xian'er to compete for a place on the Human Ranking, and she resolved to try.
• Xuan Wudao used his aura to force a group of newcomers to their knees and sent them flying when they demanded answers.
• Chen Changan revealed that he had come to Langya to search for the Fetal Pearl and planned to stay for a while.
• Xuan Wudao decided to return to the Wuji Sect, and Chen Changan claimed Xuan Wudao's father had once begged him to become sworn brothers.

Xuan Wudao learned that Chen Changan had lived for over ten thousand years and was powerful enough to withstand a peak Great Emperor. Before leaving, Xuan Wudao revealed that Changsun Xixue had searched for Chen Changan for five thousand years because she wanted to marry him, and Chen Changan remembered that Da Huang had once led him to see her naked and touch her.

• Xuan Wudao was shocked when Chen Changan revealed his age and said that even a peak Great Emperor could not harm him.
• Xuan Wudao and Chen Changan settled on calling each other Old Chen and said goodbye.
• Xuan Wudao told Chen Changan that Changsun Xixue had searched for him for nearly five thousand years and wanted to marry him.
• Chen Changan remembered Changsun Xixue and blamed Da Huang for what had happened between them.
• Da Huang revealed that Chen Changan had seen Changsun Xixue naked and touched her, and Xuan Wudao condemned Chen Changan.

Chen Changan recounted the accident that led Changsun Xixue to hunt him for three months, while Xuan Wudao refused to believe his explanation and left. Meanwhile, Chen Yunxuan challenged the Blood Shadow Sect’s master and faced him after defeating the sect’s disciples.

• Da Huang told Xuan Wudao how Chen Changan accidentally touched Changsun Xixue while falling into a stream, after which she hunted him for three months.
• Xuan Wudao accused Chen Changan of deliberately taking advantage of Changsun Xixue and said he would not tell her that Chen Changan was in Langya.
• Chen Changan left with Gu Xian'er and Da Huang to seek a Yunchuan family or sect with a history of more than five hundred years.
• Chen Yunxuan traveled alone to the Northern Domain and announced his challenge to the Blood Shadow Sect’s master.
• Chen Yunxuan sent more than ten Blood Shadow Sect disciples sprawling, then identified himself to the arriving sect master as Chen Yunxuan of the Chen Family.

Chen Yunxuan challenged the Blood Shadow Sect Master, defeating him with a single punch despite the vast difference in their cultivation levels. After learning that a third-layer Divine Ability Realm cultivator known as Evil Reaching Heaven lived nearby, Chen Yunxuan set off to find him.

• The Blood Shadow Sect Master hesitated to provoke Chen Yunxuan, whose origins and exceptional cultivation were unknown to him.
• Chen Yunxuan insisted on fighting the Blood Shadow Sect Master, and the Master accepted the spar while initially holding back.
• Chen Yunxuan knocked the Blood Shadow Sect Master flying with one punch, leaving the sect stunned.
• The Blood Shadow Sect Master admitted defeat, and Chen Yunxuan explained that he had previously struggled against a stronger Divine Ability Realm opponent.
• Chen Yunxuan asked where he could find a third-layer Divine Ability Realm cultivator, and the Blood Shadow Sect disciples pointed him toward Evil Reaching Heaven, five hundred miles away.

Chen Yunxuan heard news about the Northern Domain Grand Tournament and the Four Regions Martial Arts Gathering, then tracked down a young man who knew his identity as Evil Reaching Heaven’s killer. The man, who called himself Master of All Things, told Chen Yunxuan that the tournament would be held at Wind Chime Valley.

• People discussed how an under-eighteen Youth had killed Evil Reaching Heaven and learned that the Northern Domain Grand Tournament would select contenders for the Four Regions Martial Arts Gathering.
• A young man explained that the four regions would support the strongest candidate with all their resources in hopes of making the Human Ranking.
• After the young man left, Chen Yunxuan followed him and asked where and when the Northern Domain Grand Tournament would take place.
• The young man recognized Chen Yunxuan as the Chen Family member who killed Evil Reaching Heaven and explained that he had identified him through news and a portrait.
• The young man introduced himself as Master of All Things and told Chen Yunxuan the tournament would be held at Wind Chime Valley.

Chen Yunxuan traveled toward Wind Chime Valley with the Know-It-All, hoping to challenge powerful Divine Ability Realm experts at the Northern Domain Grand Competition. At the valley’s outskirts, Zhang Wenyuan and his sister Zhang Wenqian joined a group led by Wang Keming, and the five set out into the dangerous valley.

• Chen Yunxuan agreed to travel with the Know-It-All and asked about the strength of the experts attending the competition.
• The Know-It-All estimated that the Four Great Families and five major sects would send Elders around the fifth to seventh levels of the Divine Ability Realm.
• Zhang Wenyuan and Zhang Wenqian waited outside Wind Chime Valley, unsure how to enter without powerful escorts.
• Wang Keming invited Zhang Wenyuan and Zhang Wenqian to join his group, despite the other two young men questioning whether Zhang Wenqian was strong enough.
• Wang Keming, Zhang Wenyuan, Zhang Wenqian, and the other two young men agreed to enter Wind Chime Valley together.

Chen Yunxuan entered Wind Chime Valley with the all-knowing man and learned that its chimes had an unknown source. After rescuing Zhang Wenyuan from a third-tier demonic beast, Chen Yunxuan faced the return of Wang Keming and the others, who had taken Zhang Wenqian as bait.

• Chen Yunxuan ignored the hesitant crowd and entered Wind Chime Valley with the all-knowing man, where they heard the valley’s mysterious chimes.
• Zhang Wenqian begged Wang Keming and his companions to help Zhang Wenyuan fight a third-tier demonic beast.
• Wang Keming revealed that he had brought Zhang Wenyuan and Zhang Wenqian along as bait, then forced Zhang Wenqian to leave with him and the others.
• The demonic beast gravely wounded Zhang Wenyuan, but Chen Yunxuan killed it with one blow and saved him.
• Zhang Wenyuan thanked Chen Yunxuan and began to ask for help rescuing his sister, but Wang Keming and the others ran back toward them.

Chen Yunxuan killed a Fourth-tier Demonic Beast with one punch after Wang Keming proposed joining forces, then rescued Zhang Wenqian and left Zhang Wenyuan with advice to grow stronger. Zhang Wenyuan learned his sister was alive and discovered his rescuer’s name was Chen Yunxuan.

• Wang Keming and his companions returned after encountering a Fourth-tier Demonic Beast, while Zhang Wenyuan demanded to know where Zhang Wenqian was.
• Wang Keming proposed joining forces against the beast and admitted he had used underhanded tactics against Zhang Wenyuan and his sister.
• Chen Yunxuan charged the saber-toothed tiger and killed it with a single punch.
• Chen Yunxuan told Wang Keming and the others to leave, then Wanshitong told Zhang Wenyuan to seek revenge himself and revealed Zhang Wenqian was alive.
• Chen Yunxuan returned with the unconscious Zhang Wenqian, advised Zhang Wenyuan to know his limits, and gave him his name.

Chen Yunxuan arrived at the Northern Domain competition but chose not to enter the tournament, leaving the gathered contenders and leaders unaware of his strength. Cheng Yushu recognized him, and Cheng Yulin questioned why he was not drawing lots.

• Zhang Wenyuan vowed to repay Chen Yunxuan for saving his life and collected the beast cores Chen Yunxuan had left behind.
• Cheng Yushu told Cheng Yulin about Chen Yunxuan’s strength and explained how Chen Yunxuan’s actions had cost him the position of Young Family Head.
• The leaders of the Northern Domain’s families and sects agreed to hold an elimination tournament, with the top ten representing the domain at the Four Regions Martial Arts Gathering.
• Elder Zhao announced the tournament rules, including that contestants from the Four Great Families and five major sects would advance directly to the final round.
• Chen Yunxuan and Wanshitong arrived, but Chen Yunxuan declined to compete and waited beside a tree.
• Cheng Yushu recognized Chen Yunxuan and pointed him out to Cheng Yulin, who wondered why Chen Yunxuan was not drawing lots.

Chen Yunxuan watched the Northern Domain Tournament without entering, waiting until its conclusion to challenge the strongest person there. After Huo Zun won the championship, Chen Yunxuan approached Elder Zhao and the others to ask who was strongest.

• Cheng Yushu wondered why Chen Yunxuan had come to Wind Chime Valley, while Cheng Yulin dismissed his reputation as empty fame.
• Elder Zhao and the other leaders noticed Chen Yunxuan but learned that none of them knew who had brought him.
• The tournament narrowed its contestants to the top fifty, and Chen Yunxuan told the know-it-all he would challenge whoever was strongest to learn from defeat.
• Liu Zhaotian and Huo Zun reached the championship match, and Huo Zun of the Blazing Flame Sect won the Northern Domain Tournament.
• After Elder Zhao announced the rankings and representatives for the Four Regions Martial Arts Gathering, Chen Yunxuan approached the leaders and asked which of them was strongest so he could exchange moves.

Chen Yunxuan arrived at the Northern Domain competition and challenged the elders after easily defeating its champion, Huo Zun. He defeated Elder Liu in a spar and asked whether anyone stronger remained.

• Chen Yunxuan rejected the Northern Domain competition and challenged the strongest people present.
• Chen Yunxuan defeated Huo Zun with a single casual punch, shocking the competitors and the Cheng brothers.
• Chen Yunxuan asked to challenge the strongest elder, and Elder Liu accepted despite being at the fifth layer of the Divine Ability Realm.
• Chen Yunxuan blocked Elder Liu's sword slash with a punch and emerged unharmed.
• Chen Yunxuan fought Elder Liu at full strength and sent him flying, leaving the crowd stunned before asking if anyone stronger remained.

Chen Yunxuan defeated Elder Liu and then challenged Elder Zhao, a seventh-layer Divine Ability Realm expert. After winning with a full-strength strike, he declared that his goal was the Central Heaven Domain.

• Chen Yunxuan said he had used eighty percent of his strength against Elder Liu, and Cheng Yushu recounted how he had met Chen Yunxuan in the Great Zhou Kingdom.
• Elder Zhao challenged Chen Yunxuan, and they fought evenly until Zhao unleashed the Blazing Flame Sect's strongest martial skill.
• Chen Yunxuan revealed his Heavenly One Artistic Conception and struck Elder Zhao down, then said he had used his full strength.
• Elder Zhao called Chen Yunxuan the foremost of the Northern Domain's younger generation and invited him to the Four Regions Martial Arts Gathering.
• Chen Yunxuan said he would attend but would not compete, declaring that his goal lay in the Central Heaven Domain.

Lin Xiong and the Qingshui Lin Family searched Langya for Chen Changan and Gu Xian'er, then learned Chen Changan was asking about a Chen Family from more than five hundred years ago. The Elders revealed they possessed a mysterious pearl passed down by that family and wanted Chen Changan brought to them, but Lin Xiong still had no idea where to find him.

• Lin Xiong berated his family for failing to locate Chen Changan and Gu Xian'er, and learned Chen Changan had visited Yunchuan families while asking about the Chen Family of Langya.
• Lin Xiong ordered his people to keep searching, then went to consult the Qingshui Lin Family's three Elders about the Chen Family from five hundred years ago.
• Lin Xiong told the Elders that Chen Changan had witnessed the strange occurrence in Yunchuan and claimed to know Ancestor Lin Xiangliu.
• The Grand Elder showed Lin Xiong a Crystal Clear Pearl the Elders had studied for five hundred years, believing Chen Changan might know its secrets because he was connected to the Chen Family.
• The Elders ordered Lin Xiong to find Chen Changan and bring him to them, leaving Lin Xiong troubled by the vastness of Langya and Chen Changan's unknown whereabouts.

Chen Changan and Da Huang searched Cloud Snow Ridge while Gu Xian'er trained, but found no Snow Demons despite signs they had been there. Da Huang sensed something alarming, leaving the cause of their disappearance unresolved.

• Chen Changan noted Gu Xian'er had reached the ninth level of the Transcendent Realm and lamented that he had found no information about the Chen Family in Yunchuan.
• Da Huang admitted he wanted to visit a brothel, and Chen Changan eventually promised to take him again if they got the chance.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang noticed there were no Snow Demons on Cloud Snow Ridge, though Gu Xian'er had found traces of them while searching for a fight.
• Da Huang extended his senses, reacted with surprise, and told Chen Changan that something big was happening.