Recaps

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Xue Kui killed Zhu Hongtu and four Saint Kings, then continued toward the Nine Deaths Dusk Land. The Hengshui Zhu Family and Fengyin Sacred Dao Academy learned of the killings and began investigating the trio, while the Zhu Family's ancestor traveled to the academy.

• Chen Changan ordered Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui to kill Zhu Hongtu and his four Saint King companions after dismissing Zhu Hongtu's pleas for mercy.
• Xue Kui explained that Sacred Domain cultivators' internal storage spaces self-destruct when they die, so Chen Changan realized he should have demanded Zhu Hongtu's resources before killing him.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Xue Kui continued toward the Nine Deaths Dusk Land as news of Zhu Hongtu's death reached the Hengshui Zhu Family and Fengyin Sacred Dao Academy.
• The Zhu Family's ancestor watched a record of the killings, recognized the trio's extraordinary strength, ordered people to track them, and went to Fengyin Sacred Dao Academy.
• The dean of Fengyin Sacred Dao Academy sent the trio's appearances to the branch hall and ordered an investigation.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Xue Kui stopped at a mountain peak to learn why a crowd had gathered there. After hearing about the Holy Dragon Ranking duel between Ruo Huaying and Chang Kongming, Mu Yunyao tried to make Chen Changan leave before he got involved.

• Chen Changan persuaded Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui to check out a crowd gathered on an unnamed mountain peak.
• A bystander explained that the Holy Dragon Ranking was decided through challenges and that the crowd had gathered for a duel tied to a romantic dispute.
• The bystander said Ruo Huaying, ranked fifteenth, had challenged her admirer Chang Kongming, ranked sixteenth, and that the winner would gain a ranking while Chang Kongming could win her acceptance.
• Mu Yunyao warned Chen Changan not to get involved and urged him to leave before the duelists arrived.
• The bystander noticed Mu Yunyao, praised her beauty, and mocked the pair for thinking they could get involved.

Chen Changan waited with Mu Yunyao, Xue Kui, and Deng Youwei for Ruo Huaying and Chang Kongming to arrive for their agreed fight. As the two Saint Kings battled, Chen Changan judged Ruo Huaying more likely to win and bantered with Deng Youwei about his many strengths.

• Chen Changan agreed to watch the fight, and Mu Yunyao told Xue Kui about his exploits while they waited.
• Chen Changan sensed Ruo Huaying and Chang Kongming arriving before the others did, impressing Deng Youwei with his perception.
• Chang Kongming declared that the crowd had gathered to witness his happiness with Ruo Huaying, but Ruo Huaying said the fight would prove he would never see her again.
• Ruo Huaying attacked Chang Kongming, and the two Saint Kings clashed in midair as the crowd watched.
• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao that Ruo Huaying seemed more likely to win, then teased Deng Youwei by praising his ability to spot other people's strengths.

Chen Changan recognized that Ruo Huaying and Chang Kongming had both reached the Saint Emperor Realm, but he sensed Chang Kongming had forced his breakthrough and damaged his potential. As their fight continued, Chang Kongming revealed he would pay any price to claim Ruo Huaying, leaving the onlookers confused about the danger he had unleashed.

• Chen Changan told Deng Youwei that Ruo Huaying had broken through to the Saint Emperor Realm, and the people nearby mocked him until Ruo Huaying confirmed it herself.
• Chang Kongming revealed that he had also become a Saint Emperor, and Chen Changan sensed his unstable cultivation came from an unnatural breakthrough.
• Chen Changan warned Mu Yunyao that Chang Kongming's shortcut could limit his future cultivation and leave him weaker than Ruo Huaying.
• Ruo Huaying realized Chang Kongming was risking his future to win her and angrily confronted him, while he insisted she belonged to him and had to honor their bet.
• Mu Yunyao and the others asked Chen Changan what was happening, and someone addressed him as Xue Kui.

Chen Changan recognized that Chang Kongming had sold his Saint Soul to Evil Lord Hao, a notorious former heir of the Light Clan, and became curious about their deal. As Ruo Huaying and Chang Kongming fought, Chen Changan rushed between them to keep Chang Kongming alive long enough to question him.

• Chen Changan explained that Chang Kongming had gained power through improper means and that another aura had taken root in his Saint Soul.
• Xue Kui identified the aura as Evil Lord Hao, a demonic cultivator from the Light Clan who had slaughtered his clan and was believed to have died long ago.
• Chen Changan questioned whether Evil Lord Hao had killed anyone besides the Light Clan, while Xue Kui recalled no other confirmed victims.
• Seeing Ruo Huaying try to take Chang Kongming down with her, Chen Changan charged into their fight, saying he wanted to question Chang Kongming.
• Chen Changan appeared between Ruo Huaying and Chang Kongming, told them to pause, then slapped Chang Kongming and asked if he felt like talking.

Chen Changan forced Chang Kongming to answer questions about Evil Lord Hao, whose aura was hidden in Chang Kongming’s Saint Soul. Evil Lord Hao took control of Chang Kongming’s body and appeared before Chen Changan, who asked him about his past and the destruction of the Light Clan.

• Chen Changan slapped Chang Kongming twice, leaving him unable to defend himself and forcing him to speak calmly.
• Chen Changan asked Chang Kongming where he had encountered Evil Lord Hao and learned that Chang Kongming had traded his Saint Soul for help reaching the Saint Emperor realm.
• Ruo Huaying recalled hearing Evil Lord Hao’s name from an elder of the previous generation.
• As Chang Kongming began explaining the deal, his aura changed and Evil Lord Hao took control of his body.
• Chen Changan asked Evil Lord Hao why he had fallen into demonhood, destroyed the Light Clan, and killed others.

Chen Changan confronted Evil Lord Hao, who controlled Chang Kongming’s body and threatened to kill everyone present. After Chen Changan withstood his devastating attack unharmed, he rejected Evil Lord Hao’s offer and declared he wanted to crush the Anti-Saint Alliance and the Eternal Sacred Hall.

• Evil Lord Hao threatened to kill everyone who knew of his existence, but Chen Changan said he would protect his companions and challenged Evil Lord Hao’s strength.
• Evil Lord Hao attacked through Chang Kongming’s body, and Chen Changan took the blow without being harmed.
• Evil Lord Hao marveled at Chen Changan’s physique and offered to grant his wishes in exchange for his body.
• Chen Changan refused, saying Evil Lord Hao could not take his body or fulfill his wish to rule the Sacred Domain and crush the Anti-Saint Alliance and the Eternal Sacred Hall.
• Onlookers from various factions reacted angrily to Chen Changan’s declaration, and Evil Lord Hao questioned whether he was joking.

Chen Changan recruited Evil Lord Hao to join his campaign against the Eternal Sacred Hall, offering him safety and a chance to reach the peak of the Saint Ancestor realm. Evil Lord Hao accepted and became Chen Changan’s sworn younger brother.

• Chen Changan revealed that he had destroyed two branches of the Eternal Sacred Hall and two Anti-Saint Alliance bases, then invited Evil Lord Hao to join him.
• Evil Lord Hao questioned Chen Changan’s promises and explained that his power was roughly at the Saint Ancestor realm, though he had not reached its peak.
• Chen Changan offered Evil Lord Hao a safe home in his sect in Nanwu Land and promised to help him advance his cultivation.
• Evil Lord Hao accepted Chen Changan’s offer, and Chen Changan persuaded him to become his younger brother.

Chen Changan killed Chang Kongming after Evil Lord Hao withdrew from him, then accepted Deng Youwei as a follower and left with Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui. Ruo Huaying approached them and showed an intense interest in Chen Changan’s wives, leaving him to wonder if he had gained a female love rival.

• Evil Lord Hao withdrew from Chang Kongming, whose cultivation fell to the peak of the Saint King level, and Chen Changan killed him with one sword strike.
• Ruo Huaying warned Chen Changan that the Chang Kong Family had a Saint Emperor backing it, but Chen Changan dismissed her concerns and rejected Chang Kongming’s place on the Holy Dragon Ranking.
• Chen Changan agreed to let Deng Youwei follow him and assigned him to the main base in Nanwu Land.
• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui that Evil Lord Hao was guarding the sect and had cooperated with him for mutual benefit.
• Ruo Huaying approached Chen Changan, noticed Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui, and asked if they were married; Chen Changan said they were both his wives and wondered if Ruo Huaying had become a love rival.

Chen Changan learned that the mysterious Holy Dragon Ranking would list him automatically, drawing attention to his low cultivation, while Ruo Huaying pursued him and his companions. The Zhu family arrived after Chen Changan had left, still determined to catch him and now aware of his true identity.

• Ruo Huaying openly pursued Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui, but they rejected her advances and left with Chen Changan.
• Ruo Huaying warned Chen Changan that the Holy Dragon Ranking would list him as its sixteenth-ranked person and attract challengers, then explained its age limit was one hundred thousand years.
• Chen Changan refused to bring Ruo Huaying along or hear about the ranking’s benefits, and he left with Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui.
• Ruo Huaying failed to catch up with them but tracked their auras as they fled.
• The Zhu family arrived after Chen Changan had left and continued pursuing him, having learned his true identity through Fengyin Sacred Dao Academy.

Chen Changan and his companions were pursued by Ruo Huaying and a group from the Zhu family. He tricked Ruo Huaying into fighting the Zhu family members, then left with Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui despite promising to take her along.

• The Dean of Fengyin Sacred Dao Academy warned the Zhu family's ancestor that Chen Changan had destroyed two Eternal Sacred Hall branch halls and told him not to provoke Chen Changan.
• The Zhu family's ancestor learned he had already sent people to track Chen Changan and hurried to call them back.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Xue Kui stopped when Chen Changan sensed that people from the Zhu family were pursuing them behind Ruo Huaying.
• Chen Changan promised to take Ruo Huaying along if she defeated the five Zhu family members, and she attacked them.
• Chen Changan admitted he had no intention of keeping his promise and left with Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui while Ruo Huaying fought.

Chen Changan escaped Ruo Huaying and continued toward the Nine Deaths Dusk Land as news spread that he had risen to sixteenth place on the Holy Dragon Ranking by killing Chang Kongming. His feat drew attention from Saint Dragon City’s cultivators and two top-ten-ranked students, while the Chang Kong Family remained strangely silent.

• Xue Kui and Mu Yunyao criticized Chen Changan’s shamelessness before he took them away, fleeing Ruo Huaying and trapping her with Heaven and Earth Cage.
• Chen Changan continued toward the Nine Deaths Dusk Land as the Holy Dragon Ranking recorded him in sixteenth place, replacing Chang Kongming.
• People in Saint Dragon City realized Chang Kongming had vanished from the ranking and concluded that Chen Changan had killed him despite being only a mid-stage High-level Saint.
• The Chang Kong Family learned Chen Changan was responsible for Chang Kongming’s death but made no move against him.
• Jiang Tianhua and Zhang Daoxuan discussed Chen Changan’s feat and worried that his battle prowess could eventually let him surpass the Holy Dragon Ranking’s top ten.

Zhang Daoxuan and Jiang Tianhua discussed investigating Chen Changan because he threatened the Holy Dragon Ranking's top ten. As Chen Changan traveled toward the Nine Deaths Dusk Land with Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui, the Fire God Clan summoned him, and they arrived at the clan chief's destination.

• Zhang Daoxuan asked Jiang Tianhua to investigate Chen Changan's identity and background, worried he might disrupt the top ten's plans.
• Chen Changan asked Xue Kui how much farther they had to travel and suggested stopping to rest, but the group continued when they found no city nearby.
• Chen Changan spotted a settlement of the Fire God Clan, and Xue Kui warned him that the clan was powerful, hot-tempered, and hostile to outsiders.
• Three Fire God Clan members approached Chen Changan and said their clan chief had requested his presence.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Xue Kui followed the Fire God Clan members into their territory as the locals watched them with suspicion.

Chen Changan met the Fire God Clan chief, who explained that the clan suffered from a destructive force called fire evil and believed Chen Changan could help. The chief could not identify the powerful stranger who had predicted Chen Changan’s arrival, and the chapter ended with the clan’s crisis still unresolved.

• Chen Changan, Xue Kui, and their companion entered the Fire God Clan chief’s flame-surrounded residence, where the chief cooled himself with low-temperature flames.
• The chief recognized Xue Kui as the Ice Snow Empress, and she asked how he had identified her.
• The chief told Chen Changan that a powerful stranger had predicted his arrival and said he could solve the Fire God Clan’s problem.
• The chief revealed that fire evil developed within the clan members, ravaged their flame-filled bodies, and had killed tens of thousands of them.
• The Fire God Clan chief asked Chen Changan to eliminate the fire evil threatening his people.

Chen Changan offered to remove the Fire Evil Energy afflicting the Fire God Clan in exchange for the clan joining his sect, which aimed to challenge the Eternal Sacred Hall and the Anti-Saint Alliance. The clan leader refused to risk his people, and Chen Changan pressed him to reconsider, leaving the leader asking what gave him such confidence.

• Chen Changan admitted he did not know how to cure Fire Evil permanently but said he could remove the energy already inside the Fire God Clan members.
• The Fire God Clan's leader welcomed Chen Changan's help and offered cultivation resources as repayment.
• Chen Changan asked the Fire God Clan to join his sect, revealing his goal of standing against the Eternal Sacred Hall and the Anti-Saint Alliance.
• The Fire God Clan's leader refused to involve his people in the conflict, doubting they could survive it.
• Chen Changan made joining the sect his only condition and promised to seek a permanent cure, prompting the leader to ask what gave him confidence.

Chen Changan bet the Fire God Clan's patriarch that the Saint Ancestor could not hurt him, wagering that the clan would join his sect if Chen Changan proved his strength. They began to face off in midair as the Fire God Clan members watched, leaving the fight's outcome unknown.

• Chen Changan said his strength gave him confidence and proposed a bet to prove it to the Fire God Clan's patriarch.
• Chen Changan wagered that the patriarch could not hurt him, while the patriarch agreed that the Fire God Clan would join Chen Changan's sect if he failed.
• Mu Yunyao reassured the worried Xue Kui that no one in the Sacred Domain could hurt Chen Changan except for one unknown power.
• Chen Changan and the patriarch flew into position to fight as members of the Fire God Clan looked on in confusion.

Chen Changan endured the Fire God Clan Chief’s attacks without injury, convincing the chief that he had the strength to join Chen’s sect. The Fire God Clan Chief accepted defeat and agreed to join, but insisted Chen Changan would have to bury them if they died.

• The Fire God Clan Chief attacked Chen Changan but held back, and Chen emerged unharmed.
• Chen Changan taunted the chief into striking again with a Saint Emperor-level attack, which also failed to hurt him.
• Chen Changan urged the chief to use his full strength, and their clash briefly made both disappear from view.
• The Fire God Clan members discovered Chen Changan and the chief were alive at the chief’s residence.
• The Fire God Clan Chief accepted defeat and agreed that the clan would join Chen Changan’s sect.
• The Fire God Clan Chief told Chen Changan he would have to bury them if they died.

Chen Changan absorbed the Fire Evil Energy tormenting the Fire God Clan leader and entered cultivation, leaving Mu Yunyao, Xue Kui, and the clan waiting. Five years later, Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui had made extraordinary breakthroughs, while the Fire God Clan leader learned how overwhelming Chen Changan’s fortune was.

• Chen Changan reassured the Fire God Clan leader and offered to draw out his Fire Evil Energy, despite the leader’s warning that it was dangerous.
• Chen Changan pulled the Fire Evil Energy into his body, converted it with his treasures, and began cultivating as the Fire God Clan leader watched in shock.
• Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui waited while Chen Changan cultivated, and the wait lasted five years.
• Mu Yunyao reached the peak of the Heavenly Saint level, while Xue Kui advanced to the late Saint King stage.
• Xue Kui told the Fire God Clan leader that Wu had been subdued by Chen Changan but could not siphon his fortune, leaving the leader stunned by its magnitude.

Chen Changan absorbed the Fire Evil Energy of the Fire God Clan, broke through to the middle stage of Heavenly Saint, and brought the clan into his sect. He left the clan patriarch to expand quietly while he headed for the Nine Deaths Dusk Land to seek out Wind Snow Emperor.

• Chen Changan absorbed the Fire Evil Energy from more than two thousand Fire God Clan members and cultivated for three years, reaching the middle stage of Heavenly Saint.
• The Fire God Clan patriarch announced that the clan would join Chen Changan’s sect, and the members accepted the decision.
• Chen Changan advised the patriarch to keep the clan in its territory, expand carefully, and secretly send resources to the sect.
• The Fire God Clan patriarch warned Chen Changan that the Nine Deaths Dusk Land was home to Wind Snow Emperor, who had once fought three peak Saint Ancestors from the Eternal Sacred Hall alone.
• Chen Changan said he was heading to the Nine Deaths Dusk Land, and the patriarch urged him to recruit Wind Snow Emperor.

After leaving the Fire God Clan, Chen Changan and his companions headed for the Nine Deaths Dusk Land while the Holy Dragon Ranking’s top experts learned of his rapid breakthrough and debated his mysterious survival. Jiang Tianhua and Zhang Daoxuan stayed wary, but Yao Wudi had gone to seek Chen Changan.

• Chen Changan left the Fire God Clan without pursuing a complete cure, preserving the clan’s need for his help.
• Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui questioned why the Zhu Family and Chang Kong Family had stopped pursuing Chen Changan, and the group set off for the Nine Deaths Dusk Land.
• The Holy Dragon Ranking’s top ten discussed Chen Changan’s rise from mid-stage High-level Saint to mid-stage Heavenly Saint and the threat his strength posed.
• Jiang Tianhua and Zhang Daoxuan reviewed Chen Changan’s history, including his clashes with the Eternal Sacred Hall and Anti-Saint Alliance, and wondered why no one had stopped him.
• Jiang Tianhua revealed that Yao Wudi had gone to find Chen Changan.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Xue Kui entered the Nine Deaths Dusk Land when it opened at dusk, while Yao Wudi and another person waited outside. After night fell, a blood-red moon appeared and a massive Golden-Footed Sky-Swallowing Dragon emerged from underground, leaving the group facing a dangerous encounter.

• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Xue Kui reached the Nine Deaths Dusk Land, and Xue Kui explained that it revealed its hidden world at dusk.
• Chen Changan and his companions entered as dusk fell, while Yao Wudi and another person chose to wait outside rather than risk entering.
• After night fell, the entrance closed and a blood-red moon appeared over the barren land.
• Chen Changan sensed movement underground, and a huge Golden-Footed Sky-Swallowing Dragon burst out.
• Xue Kui identified the creature as a powerful mutant thought extinct throughout the Sacred Domain and warned everyone to be careful.

Chen Changan persuaded the Golden-Footed Sky-Swallowing Dragon to let them pass by crafting it custom shoes. After learning where the Wind Snow Emperor lived, Chen Changan flew off with Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui while they wondered how he had managed it.

• Xue Kui warned Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao that the Golden-Footed Sky-Swallowing Dragon was at least as strong as a Saint Emperor and blocked their way.
• Chen Changan approached the dragon and convinced it that wearing shoes would make it stand out.
• The Golden-Footed Sky-Swallowing Dragon let Chen Changan take its measurements, and he made it a full set of top-grade divine-artifact shoes.
• The dragon told Chen Changan that the Wind Snow Emperor lived far away and pointed him in the right direction.
• Chen Changan left with Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui, who were bewildered by how easily he had won the dragon over.

Chen Changan explained how he used the Wisdom Law and shiny shoes to persuade the Golden-Footed Sky-Swallowing Dragon to let them pass, then planned to protect Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui as they continued through the Nine Deaths Dusk Land. Their next encounter was a flock of more than a hundred Fire-Winged Phoenix-Chirping Birds, and Hongchen urged Chen Changan to fight because they had something he needed.

• Chen Changan explained that he had tested the Golden-Footed Sky-Swallowing Dragon's temperament, then used the Wisdom Law and dragon-attracting shoes to influence it.
• Chen Changan said Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui needed to accompany him because Xue Kui could provide information and Mu Yunyao might be connected to the former Void Emperor Overlord Physique's owner.
• Chen Changan planned to keep Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui behind him and escape creatures by leaving their territories.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Xue Kui encountered more than a hundred Fire-Winged Phoenix-Chirping Birds, each capable of reaching Saint Emperor Peak.
• Hongchen flew into Chen Changan's hand and urged him to fight quickly, saying the birds had something he needed.

Chen Changan killed the Fire-Winged Phoenix-Chirping Birds and absorbed their mysterious energy, which fused with his Origin Energy of Dao and transformed his aura. As he and his companions continued toward the Wind Snow Emperor, they discovered a city that seemed to have appeared suddenly in the Nine Deaths Dusk Land.

• Chen Changan charged the hostile Fire-Winged Phoenix-Chirping Birds and killed more than a hundred of them with the Red Dust Sword.
• Chen Changan absorbed the energy released by the birds, causing it to fuse with his Origin Energy of Dao and transform his aura without raising his cultivation.
• Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui discussed Chen Changan's growing strength and his unclear ties to the Eternal Sacred Hall and the Anti-Saint Alliance.
• Chen Changan continued flying with Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui toward the Wind Snow Emperor as the blood moon appeared to grow larger.
• Xue Kui spotted a city ahead, and Chen Changan wondered whether the Wind Snow Emperor had built it.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Xue Kui entered Dusk City after it repeatedly blocked their attempts to go around it, only to find themselves trapped inside. Chen Changan suspected the vanished fragrance in the Nine Deaths Dusk Land was connected to the trap and invoked the Wisdom Law to investigate.

• Chen Changan and his companions found that Dusk City stayed in their path no matter which direction they chose, so they entered it.
• The three discovered that the bustling city they had sensed outside was empty inside and that its gate had disappeared.
• Mu Yunyao could not fly over the rising walls, Chen Changan's sword attack vanished into them, and Xue Kui found the walls extended underground.
• Chen Changan noticed that the fragrance that had filled the Nine Deaths Dusk Land had disappeared and suspected it was connected to their predicament.
• Chen Changan invoked the Wisdom Law to test whether they were trapped in an illusion or another kind of space.