Recaps

Chen Changan returned during the crisis at Chi Hun Divine Sect and ordered his companions to attack, overwhelming the sect’s Half-step Divine Emperors. After reassuring Chu Xiangyun about Luo Shui, he asked about the state of her soul.

• Chen Changan appeared, and Zhou Mingyuan and Chu Xiangyun welcomed his return while the Crimson Flame Divine Emperor’s followers prepared to confront him.
• Chen Changan rejected the sect’s choices and declared that his third option was for them to die.
• Mu Yunyao, Meng Xiaoxiao, and the Three Fools attacked Chi Hun Divine Sect, with Mu Yunyao and Meng Xiaoxiao swiftly killing the enemy Half-step Divine Emperors.
• Chen Changan told Zhou Mingyuan that Mu Yunyao and Meng Xiaoxiao were his wives and reassured Chu Xiangyun that he would revive Luo Shui.
• Chen Changan relayed Luo Shui’s message that Chu Xiangyun should not feel guilty, then asked about the state of Luo Shui’s soul.

Chen Changan freed three pieces of Luo Shui’s soul and learned that the last piece remained with Crimson Flame Divine Emperor, who set out for the Tongtian Realm after hearing Chen Changan had appeared. As Treading Moon and Yi Tuo searched the Crimson Flame Realm for Luo Shui’s soul, Chen Changan planned to use the time before his enemy arrived to improve his cultivation and asked about traveling to the Gu Yuan Realm and Tai Yuan Realm.

• Chen Changan introduced Mu Yunyao, Meng Xiaoxiao, Da Huang, Little Earthworm, Yi Tuo, and Treading Moon to Zhou Mingyuan and Chu Xiangyun after the battle ended.
• The guests left the Xuan Ling Divine Sect, and Zhou Mingyuan and Chu Xiangyun gave Chen Changan the three pieces of Luo Shui’s soul.
• Chen Changan instantly removed Crimson Flame Divine Emperor’s seal from the three soul pieces, then said Luo Shui could not be restored without the final piece held by Crimson Flame Divine Emperor.
• Crimson Flame Divine Emperor learned Chen Changan had appeared and ordered everyone above the Divine Venerable level in the Red Flame Divine Hall to accompany him to the Tongtian Realm.
• Chen Changan sent Treading Moon and Yi Tuo to search the Crimson Flame Realm for Luo Shui’s soul and told Zhou Mingyuan that Crimson Flame Divine Emperor could not kill him.
• Chen Changan learned Crimson Flame Divine Emperor’s journey would take at least twenty years and asked how long it took to reach the Gu Yuan Realm and Tai Yuan Realm.

Chen Changan stayed in the Tongtian Realm to search for clues about Origin Energy of Dao and raise his cultivation before Crimson Flame Divine Emperor became a threat. While wandering alone, he met an old man who claimed to be Tong Xun, a boy Chen Changan had known over a million years earlier.

• Chen Changan rejected Zhou Mingyuan's offer of cultivation resources and said he would explore the Tongtian Realm for clues about Origin Energy of Dao.
• Chen Changan left Xuan Ling Divine Sect alone after asking Mu Yunyao to stay behind and keep watch with Da Huang and the others.
• An old man beckoned Chen Changan to a secluded spot and set up a barrier, revealing energy Chen Changan suspected belonged to a Divine Emperor Peak cultivator.
• The old man introduced himself as Tong Xun and said Chen Changan had called him Little Xunxun when he was an eight-year-old boy.
• Tong Xun confirmed that he had been waiting specifically for Chen Changan.

Chen Changan reunited with Tong Xun, who revealed that his gambling had left him destitute and that he had been waiting to guide Chen Changan to a hidden Ghost Domain. Tong Xun disclosed that he was a human-ghost hybrid with unusual talents, while Chen Changan learned that Tong Xun had not recognized him as the man who died with Xiao Yun.

• Chen Changan criticized Tong Xun for gambling away his fortune, and Tong Xun realized he might have been cheated.
• Tong Xun explained that he had waited for Chen Changan because he knew the entrance to a mysterious place in the Tongtian Realm.
• Tong Xun said he had heard that Chen Changan died alongside Xiao Yun but had assumed the man was someone else with the same name.
• Tong Xun tried to leave to kill the Crimson Flame Divine Emperor for harming Chen Changan and Xiao Yun, but Chen Changan stopped him and asked about the mysterious place.
• Tong Xun revealed that the place was the Ghost Domain, where he had come from, and that he was a human-ghost hybrid with the talent to hide his body and aura.

Chen Changan entered the Ghost Domain with Tong Xun, where he discovered that Ghost Qi blended with his Divine Power instead of harming him. As they flew through the desolate realm, Tong Xun spotted what he called their fate ahead.

• Tong Xun explained that he could switch between human and ghost forms and led Chen Changan to the Ghost Domain entrance.
• Tong Xun opened the entrance himself, and Chen Changan followed him into the Ghost Domain as it closed behind them.
• Tong Xun transformed into his ghost form, then revealed his humanlike appearance when Chen Changan questioned how his human father and ghost mother had conceived him.
• Chen Changan noticed that Ghost Qi entered his body and blended with his Divine Power without repelling it.
• Chen Changan and Tong Xun flew through the Ghost Domain, and Tong Xun excitedly pointed out what he called their fate.

Chen Changan and Tong Xun traveled through the Ghost Domain toward Ghost Emperor City, where they learned the Ghost Race was preparing for its Grand Gathering. Tong Xun recounted his parents’ tragic history, and Chen Changan left open the possibility that his father might still be alive; as they reached the city, another crowd of Ghost Race members awaited them.

• Tong Xun confronted Ghost Race members who questioned why he had brought Chen Changan into the Ghost Domain, then used his Ghost Emperor status to make them guide the pair.
• Chen Changan asked Tong Xun about the Ghost Race Grand Gathering and learned that Tong Xun’s father, Tong Zhanbo, had left him with Chen Changan before returning to the Ghost Domain to avenge Tong Xun’s mother.
• Chen Changan pointed out that Tong Xun had never seen his father die, making Tong Xun wonder whether his parents might still be alive.
• After traveling through the crowded Ghost Domain for half a month, Chen Changan and Tong Xun reached Ghost Emperor City.
• Tong Xun spotted countless Ghost Race members waiting above the city and told Chen Changan that fate had brought someone their way again.

Tong Xun learned that his mother was the Ghost Ancestor’s only descendant and that his parents were alive in the Ghost Domain. Chen Changan deduced that the Ghost Race had imprisoned them in hopes of producing another child with a bloodline important to their people, but he could not understand why they could not use the mother’s own bloodline.

• Chen Changan and Tong Xun arrived at Ghost Emperor City, where Ghost Race experts recognized Tong Xun as Tong Zhanbo’s son.
• A Divine Emperor Peak expert revealed that Tong Xun’s mother was the Ghost Ancestor’s only descendant and condemned her marriage to a human.
• Tong Xun argued that the Ghost Race had no right to judge his mother, while Chen Changan questioned the experts about his parents.
• The Ghost Race experts confirmed that Tong Zhanbo and his wife were alive and said they had been kept together to have another child.
• Chen Changan surmised that the Ghost Race wanted a child with Tong Xun’s bloodline, then wondered why the Ghost Mother’s own bloodline was not enough.

Chen Changan learned that the Ghost Race needed Tong Xun to open the Ghost Gate Pass, whose energy sustained the Ghost Domain, and negotiated his parents’ release in return. As they prepared to test the barrier, Chen Changan also learned that Ghost Ancestor had joined the Holy War, while Tong Xun looked forward nervously to seeing his parents.

• Chen Changan took charge of negotiations after the Ghost Race experts explained that only Ghost Ancestor’s bloodline could open the Ghost Gate Pass.
• The Ghost Race revealed that Tong Xun’s mother could no longer open the pass because her bloodline had become mixed through her union with Tong Zhanbo.
• Chen Changan proposed that the Ghost Race free Tong Zhanbo and Ghost Mother and stop pursuing them if Tong Xun opened the pass, and the experts agreed.
• The Ghost Race experts said Ghost Ancestor had reached the Ancestor God Realm and had fought in the Holy War, though they did not know what had caused it.
• The Ghost Race agreed to show Chen Changan and Tong Xun Tong Zhanbo and Ghost Mother before its celebration, and Tong Xun nervously asked Chen Changan what to say to his parents.

Tong Xun reunited with Tong Zhanbo and Ghost Mother in the Ghost Domain, where their awkward family reunion revealed how alike the three of them were. When Chen Changan said the couple could leave after the matter of Ghost Gate Pass was settled, Tong Zhanbo admitted they had grown comfortable living there.

• Chen Changan brought Tong Xun to the courtyard where Tong Zhanbo and Ghost Mother were being held.
• Tong Xun knelt before Tong Zhanbo and Ghost Mother, and Tong Zhanbo initially failed to recognize his son before becoming excited.
• Ghost Mother tearfully welcomed Tong Xun, then immediately pressed him about marriage and having children.
• Tong Xun told his parents he had reached Divine Emperor Peak, and Tong Zhanbo boasted that he had reached the Divine Emperor realm by combining Divine Power and Ghost Qi.
• Chen Changan told Tong Zhanbo and Ghost Mother the Ghost Race would let them go after the matter of Ghost Gate Pass was settled, but Tong Zhanbo said they had gotten used to living there.

Chen Changan learned about the Ghost Gate Pass’s origins and danger, then waited for the Ghost Race gathering to end so he could investigate it. At the barrier, Tong Xun’s attempt to open it failed, leaving the group unsure how to proceed.

• Ghost Mother told Chen Changan that the Ghost Ancestor had come from the Ghost Gate Pass, that the Ghost Race depended on its energy, and that keeping its barrier open too long brought danger.
• Chen Changan asked about the Ghost Ancestor’s cultivation and suspected he had reinforced the barrier to protect what lay beyond it.
• Chen Changan waited three days for the Ghost Race gathering to end while Tong Xun considered marrying several female ghosts.
• Chen Changan, Tong Xun, Tong Zhanbo, Ghost Mother, and Ghost Race experts went to the Ghost Gate Pass barrier.
• Tong Xun used his blood and hand seals to try to open the barrier, but it only trembled briefly and remained closed.

Chen Changan entered Ghost Gate Pass despite warnings and found a lush place filled with unfamiliar energy rather than Ghost Qi. Hongchen recognized that the energy had been purified by a treasure and set out to locate it.

• Chen Changan walked through the barrier that had repelled Tong Xun, then entered Ghost Gate Pass despite the Ghost Clan powerhouses warning him of danger.
• The gate closed behind Chen Changan, and the Ghost Clan powerhouses waited anxiously while Tong Zhanbo reassured Tong Xun that Chen Changan was hard to defeat.
• Chen Changan found Ghost Gate Pass full of flourishing plants and unfamiliar energy, with no Ghost Qi or signs of living creatures.
• Hongchen told Chen Changan that a treasure inside Ghost Gate Pass had purified the energy and could potentially purify other kinds of energy for him.
• Chen Changan asked Hongchen to find the treasure, and she said she could sense its location.

Chen Changan absorbed the overwhelming energy around a mysterious treasure in Ghost Gate Pass and advanced to the Half-step Divine Emperor realm. He claimed the treasure, which purified and strengthened the energy in his body, while Hongchen suggested it did not belong in the Divine Realm.

• Hongchen led Chen Changan to a treasure hidden inside a mountain and warned that its surrounding energy could overwhelm anyone who approached.
• Chen Changan absorbed the energy for five years as Tong Xun and Tong Zhanbo waited outside and speculated about why he had not returned.
• Chen Changan completed his cultivation and reached the Half-step Divine Emperor realm.
• Chen Changan found and claimed a small, black, stone-like treasure that burrowed into his body and began purifying his energy.
• Hongchen speculated that the Ghost Ancestor had been assigned to guard the treasure and said it should not even be in the Divine Realm.

Chen Changan discovered that the Ghost Gate Pass contained a powerful treasure suited to purifying the Sacred Domain’s mixed energies, but chose not to take its World Pearl because doing so would collapse the Small World and harm the Ghost Domain. After leaving, he warned the ghost-clan powerhouses that breaking the barrier would destroy it, and they decided to open it anyway.

• Hongchen explained that the Ghost Gate Pass’s stable Small World held a high-grade World Pearl and energy from the Sacred Domain, which could harm the Ghost Domain if the World Pearl were taken.
• Chen Changan decided not to take the World Pearl, reasoning that its loss would collapse the Small World and cut off the Ghost Domain’s energy source.
• Chen Changan left the Ghost Gate Pass, and Tong Zhanbo’s family joked that Hongchen had become Chen Changan’s sword-wife.
• Chen Changan told the ghost-clan powerhouses that breaking the barrier would make it stop working entirely.
• The ghost-clan powerhouses agreed to break the barrier, believing the Ghost Domain could not endure if it remained closed.

Chen Changan broke the Ghost Race’s barrier, warned them to adjust to the energy beyond Ghost Gate Pass, and returned to the Xuan Ling Divine Sect at half-step Divine Emperor cultivation. There, Mu Yunyao told him that Yi Tuo had found the last wisp of Luo Shui’s soul.

• Chen Changan broke the barrier at Ghost Gate Pass and told the Ghost Race’s experts to adapt to the denser energy before opening the gate.
• Tong Zhanbo and his family decided to remain in the Ghost Domain, then escorted Chen Changan to its exit.
• Chen Changan returned to the Xuan Ling Divine Sect, where Zhou Mingyuan and the others learned he had reached the half-step Divine Emperor realm.
• Mu Yunyao told Chen Changan that Yi Tuo had sent word that they had found the last wisp of Luo Shui’s soul.

Chen Changan learned about Da Huang and Little Earthworm’s awakened Devouring talent, then purified Mu Yunyao and Meng Xiaoxiao’s Divine Power and helped them cultivate. The two women broke through to Divine Emperor just as Treading Moon and Yi Tuo returned to the Xuan Ling Divine Sect with Luo Shui’s soul.

• Da Huang told Chen Changan that Yi Tuo could contact him across realms and revealed that he and Little Earthworm had awakened the Devouring talent after reaching Divine Venerable.
• Chen Changan learned the talent let them consume energy and transform it for their own use, though they became saturated until their energy was absorbed.
• Chen Changan purified and refined Mu Yunyao’s and Meng Xiaoxiao’s Divine Power, and Mu Yunyao realized that doing so reduced the energy needed for a breakthrough.
• Chen Changan cultivated with Mu Yunyao and Meng Xiaoxiao, focusing on helping them reach Divine Emperor.
• Mu Yunyao and Meng Xiaoxiao broke through to Divine Emperor as Treading Moon and Yi Tuo returned to the Xuan Ling Divine Sect with Luo Shui’s soul.

Chen Changan reunited Luo Shui’s soul with her body and used the Life Law to restore her body’s vitality, but the two could not fuse immediately. He decided to take her home and wait for her recovery, then asked Yi Tuo about the Crimson Flame Divine Emperor.

• Da Huang complained that Chen Changan had helped Mu Yunyao and Meng Xiaoxiao reach the Divine Emperor Realm, and both women kicked him flying.
• Yi Tuo gave Chen Changan Luo Shui’s recovered soul, and Zhou Mingyuan and Chu Xiangyun took him to where her body was kept.
• Chen Changan reunited Luo Shui’s soul and placed it inside her body, but discovered that they repelled each other because they had been separated for so long.
• Chen Changan sealed Luo Shui’s soul inside her body and used the Life Law to restore her body’s vitality, leaving her unconscious while the soul and body slowly adjusted.
• Chen Changan decided to take Luo Shui home while they waited, then asked Yi Tuo whether he had encountered the Crimson Flame Divine Emperor; Yi Tuo said they had met and exchanged greetings.

Chen Changan continued helping Luo Shui recover and reassured her that she could rebuild her cultivation. When the Crimson Flame Divine Emperor arrived in the Tongtian Realm with a powerful force, Chen Changan set out to confront him with Mu Yunyao, Meng Xiaoxiao, and Luo Shui.

• Chen Changan learned that Luo Shui could open her eyes, and over the next three months her soul fully merged with her body as she continued recovering.
• Luo Shui worried that she could never catch up to Chen Changan, but he reassured her and asked Mu Yunyao and Meng Xiaoxiao to encourage her.
• The Crimson Flame Divine Emperor arrived in the Tongtian Realm with many powerful followers, prompting alarm among observers and the Xuan Ling Divine Sect.
• Chen Changan left the sect with Mu Yunyao, Meng Xiaoxiao, and Luo Shui to face the Crimson Flame Divine Emperor, while Zhou Mingyuan discovered Da Huang and the others scheming to go out.

Chen Changan effortlessly defeated Crimson Flame Divine Emperor and killed him and all his forces, then returned with Luo Shui to Zhou Mingyuan and Chu Xiangyun. He claimed to be unmatched in the Divine Realm unless an Ancient God Realm expert existed and said he planned to open the Sacred War Ruins.

• Chen Changan confronted Crimson Flame Divine Emperor, who was shocked to see Chen Changan at the Half-step Divine Emperor Realm and Luo Shui alive.
• Chen Changan knocked Crimson Flame Divine Emperor away and killed his followers in two sword strikes with the Red Dust Sword.
• Chen Changan killed Crimson Flame Divine Emperor and destroyed the souls of the dead, while survivors looted Crimson Flame Divine Hall and fled.
• Chen Changan returned with Luo Shui and told Zhou Mingyuan and Chu Xiangyun that he was likely unmatched in the Divine Realm.
• Chen Changan said he planned to open the Sacred War Ruins.

Chen Changan prepared to leave the Xuan Ling Divine Sect and seek the items needed to open the Sacred War Ruins, while discussing the dangers and his possible enemies. He left with Mu Yunyao, Luo Shui, and the returning Da Huang and his companions, still uncertain whether Yu Nian Nian was in the ruins.

• Chen Changan told Zhou Mingyuan he planned to open the Sacred War Ruins, and Zhou Mingyuan offered him a warm farewell and thanked him for saving the sect in the past.
• Chen Changan established a powerful defensive and offensive formation for the Xuan Ling Divine Sect.
• Mu Yunyao asked about the missing Da Huang and his companions, Yu Nian Nian, and Liuyun Divine Emperor; Chen Changan said they would seek the items needed to open the Sacred War Ruins before dealing with Haotian Divine Emperor.
• Zhou Mingyuan warned Chen Changan about the nine Divine Emperors who had killed Haotian Divine Emperor, Liuyun Divine Emperor's influence, and the danger of drawing attention by opening the Sacred War Ruins.
• Chen Changan departed with Luo Shui, and Da Huang and his companions returned and joined the group.

Duan Shuiliu searched Gu Yuan Realm for the Saint Origin Fragment by asking strangers, accidentally drawing powerful people who wanted to capture him. Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao arrived in Gu Yuan Realm after a five-year journey and wondered whether Duan Shuiliu could be trusted to find clues.

• Duan Shuiliu asked people across Gu Yuan Realm about the Saint Origin Fragment, and rumors spread that the fragment might be connected to the Sacred War Ruins.
• Powerful figures searched for Duan Shuiliu, while he hid nearby and mistakenly thought they were pursuing the fragment.
• Duan Shuiliu revealed himself to the group to ask about the fragment, but they attacked because they had been looking for him.
• Duan Shuiliu used his Divine Emperor strength to evade the Divine Venerables, then worried that his search would be disrupted.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao arrived in Gu Yuan Realm after traveling from Tongtian Realm in five years and discussed Duan Shuiliu's reliability.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang that Duan Shuiliu's other title was Idiot.

Chen Changan tracked down Duan Shuiliu, whose reckless search for the Saint Origin Fragment had alerted the Gu Yuan Realm to its presence. After Duan Shuiliu revealed only that a mysterious place existed in the realm, Gu Yuan Divine Emperor arrived to capture him, but Mu Yunyao and Meng Xiaoxiao struck first and sent him flying.

• Chen Changan learned that Duan Shuiliu had spread news of the Saint Origin Fragment and used the Spirit Guiding Technique to locate him.
• Chen Changan scolded Duan Shuiliu, who claimed his only clue was that the Gu Yuan Realm contained a mysterious place.
• Gu Yuan Divine Emperor and his men caught up with Duan Shuiliu, and Chen Changan ordered Mu Yunyao and Meng Xiaoxiao to fight while keeping Gu Yuan Divine Emperor alive.
• Mu Yunyao and Meng Xiaoxiao attacked Gu Yuan Divine Emperor before he could finish his threat and sent him flying.

Chen Changan learned from Gu Yuan Divine Emperor that the Saint Origin Fragment was likely hidden in the Gu Yuan Realm’s deadly Rakshasa Land, then set out to investigate it with Mu Yunyao. Duan Shuiliu left to quietly search the Tai Yuan Realm for other mysterious places, while Chen Changan remained wary of him.

• Mu Yunyao and Meng Xiaoxiao overwhelmed Gu Yuan Divine Emperor’s subordinates, convincing Gu Yuan that their group was too powerful to fight.
• Gu Yuan told Chen Changan that the Rakshasa Land was an ancient forbidden place where even a late-stage Divine Emperor had died, and gave him its location.
• Chen Changan spared Gu Yuan Divine Emperor and his people after they revealed where the Rakshasa Land was.
• Chen Changan advised Duan Shuiliu to investigate dangerous places in the Tai Yuan Realm discreetly, and Duan Shuiliu hurried off to do so.
• Mu Yunyao suggested using Shadow One to judge Duan Shuiliu’s intentions, but Chen Changan chose to leave the Shadow Guards in seclusion and head for the Rakshasa Land.

Chen Changan and his companions entered the Rakshasa Land, where they discovered that gravity increased as they traveled. After it surged to a hundred times normal, a tremendous pressure descended on them, and Chen Changan urged the others to adapt.

• Chen Changan and his companions found the outskirts of the Rakshasa Land deserted and entered despite sensing no immediate danger.
• As the group pressed on, Chen Changan noticed gravity gradually increasing and explained that their bodies had been adapting without them realizing it.
• Chen Changan led the group onward, and gravity accelerated from twenty times normal to a hundred times, slowing their movement and energy circulation.
• Chen Changan warned that immense pressure had arrived and told Mu Yunyao and the others not to resist, but to adapt.

Chen Changan discovered that the Rakshasa Clan guarded the Saint Origin Fragment in the Rakshasa Land and learned that the clan had an Ancient God powerhouse. He left Mu Yunyao and the others to cultivate under the area's immense pressure and agreed to visit the clan.

• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao, Luo Shui, and the others to stop resisting the pressure and cultivate while Treading Moon watched over them.
• Chen Changan left the group, found the edge of the pressure field, and drew the Red Dust Sword to make a hidden Rakshasa Clan member appear.
• Chen Changan asked about the Saint Origin Fragment, and the Rakshasa Clan member confirmed it was there and said Chen Changan would have to pass the clan's trial to obtain it.
• The Rakshasa Clan member revealed that the clan had an Ancient God powerhouse, and Chen Changan challenged him to show the clan's strength.
• Chen Changan left Mu Yunyao and the others to cultivate, and the Rakshasa Clan member offered to take him to the clan.

Chen Changan entered the Rakshasa Clan’s hidden realm with the Ninth Elder to seek the Saint Origin Fragment. The Grand Elder doubted Chen Changan could survive the trial and predicted that he would die there.

• The Ninth Elder brought Chen Changan into the Rakshasa Clan’s secret realm, where Chen learned that tens of thousands of Rakshasa remained, including a thousand Divine Emperors.
• Chen Changan asked about other ancient races, and the Ninth Elder explained that many lineages had disappeared after the Divine Realm splintered.
• Rakshasa Clan members questioned why the Ninth Elder had brought a Half-step Divine Emperor, but the Ninth Elder said Chen’s strength was greater than it appeared and that he was wary of Chen’s sword.
• The Grand Elder accused the Ninth Elder of bringing an illegitimate son, and Chen insulted him by asking if he was blind.
• When the Ninth Elder revealed that Chen had come for the Saint Origin Fragment, the Elders reacted with alarm, but the Grand Elder insisted Chen would die in the trial.