Recaps

Chen Changan used the Wisdom Law to destroy the Guǐ that had attacked him, Mu Yunyao, and Xue Kui in the ruined City. After leaving, they questioned the history of the Nine Deaths Dusk Land and wondered whether the lingering fragrance meant they were still caught in an illusion.

• Chen Changan explained that the City’s vanished buildings and rising walls had been illusions shaped by the soul-affecting fragrance.
• A horde of Guǐ surrounded Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Xue Kui, and Xue Kui explained that the shadow creatures stole memories and souls to deceive their victims.
• Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui admitted they could not fight mental attacks, so Chen Changan unleashed the Wisdom Law and made the Guǐ disappear.
• Chen Changan woke Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui, and the three left the abandoned City.
• Chen Changan questioned who had built the City and how the Nine Deaths Dusk Land had changed, while Xue Kui wondered why the fragrance still lingered outside.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Xue Kui reached the Wind Snow Emperor’s courtyard, where they found the Golden-Footed Sky-Swallowing Dragon and a mysterious woman. The woman looked much like Mu Yunyao and called her her sister, saying she had waited years for her return.

• Chen Changan reasoned that the fragrance had been mental interference and that they had escaped the illusion.
• Xue Kui explained that legends claimed something was hidden in the Nine Deaths Dusk Land, and that the Wind Snow Emperor’s seclusion there fueled the rumors.
• Chen Changan and his companions flew for several days and arrived at the Wind Snow Emperor’s courtyard, which contained a vast, beautiful Small Heaven and Earth.
• The Golden-Footed Sky-Swallowing Dragon greeted them, then fled when the silent woman in the courtyard counted to three.
• The woman turned to Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Xue Kui, revealed her resemblance to Mu Yunyao, and called Mu Yunyao her sister.

The Wind Snow Emperor revealed that she and Feng Xueyao were twin sisters of the Saint Blood Race, and explained how Feng Xueyao arranged to be reborn as Mu Yunyao. She left Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao with the final secret needed to awaken Mu Yunyao’s Void Emperor Overlord Physique, then teased her sister about Chen Changan.

• The Wind Snow Emperor confirmed that she was a woman and said she had been Feng Xueyao’s sister, correcting rumors about their relationship and her history.
• The Wind Snow Emperor explained that the Eternal Sacred Hall destroyed the Saint Blood Race’s homeland and hunted the two sisters, who separated to survive.
• She revealed that Feng Xueyao sent out part of her sacred soul and a drop of Essence Blood so she could be reborn, sealing her Void Emperor Overlord Physique and hiding the means to awaken it.
• The Wind Snow Emperor explained that Feng Xueyao deliberately spread rumors to conceal her future identity, but that awakening the physique also required the Saint Blood Race’s sacred blood hidden in the Nine Deaths Dusk Land.
• The Wind Snow Emperor asked Mu Yunyao whether Chen Changan was the man she had found, then remarked that he looked decent.

Wind Snow Emperor took Mu Yunyao to absorb the saint blood, confirming their bloodline connection and greatly increasing Mu Yunyao's cultivation. After three years apart, the group reunited and turned to finding the Emperor Saint Fruit and Void Source to address Mu Yunyao's physique.

• Wind Snow Emperor explained that Mu Yunyao would learn whether they were truly sisters after absorbing the saint blood, then took her away while Chen Changan and Xue Kui waited.
• Chen Changan and Xue Kui discussed Wind Snow Emperor's possible alliance with their sect, and Chen Changan decided to focus on resolving Mu Yunyao's physique problem.
• After waiting six months, Chen Changan began cultivating and reached the late stage of the Heavenly Saint realm over the next two and a half years.
• Mu Yunyao and Wind Snow Emperor returned after three years, and Mu Yunyao revealed that the saint blood had fused smoothly, made her feel more complete, and raised her cultivation to the peak of the Saint King realm.
• Mu Yunyao confirmed that she sensed a bloodline connection with Wind Snow Emperor, and Chen Changan said they still needed the Emperor Saint Fruit and Void Source.
• Wind Snow Emperor and Xue Kui did not understand Chen Changan's term for his wife's younger sister, so he awkwardly changed the subject to the Void Emperor Overlord Physique.

Chen Changan learned that the Void Realm was likely hidden in Qin Shang Land, but Wind Snow Emperor warned that the Qin Family and Eternal Sacred Hall made the search dangerous. After leaving the Nine Deaths Dusk Land, he encountered Yao Wudi, fifth on the Holy Dragon Ranking, who challenged his reputation.

• Wind Snow Emperor told Chen Changan that Feng Xueyao had found the Void Realm in Qin Shang Land while fleeing the Qin Family, whose powerful Old Ancestor Qin served the Eternal Sacred Hall.
• Wind Snow Emperor refused to leave the Nine Deaths Dusk Land, warning that the Eternal Sacred Hall would intervene if she did, so Chen Changan decided to seek the Emperor Saint Fruit first and postpone the Void Realm search.
• Chen Changan, Xue Kui, and Mu Yunyao left the Nine Deaths Dusk Land safely, where Yao Wudi and another man had waited for them.
• Yao Wudi introduced himself as fifth on the Holy Dragon Ranking and challenged Chen Changan, but Chen Changan said he had no interest in fighting him.
• Yao Wudi's companion, a Saint Venerable, criticized Chen Changan for speaking arrogantly despite being only a Heavenly Saint.

Chen Changan fought Yao Wudi’s middle Saint Venerable companion to test his strength and proved that his extraordinary physique made him nearly impossible to hurt. After the opponent surrendered, Yao Wudi revealed that the Holy Dragon Ranking’s top ten had been watching Chen Changan, who remained puzzled by why the Eternal Sacred Hall and Anti-Saint Alliance had not pursued him.

• Chen Changan refused to seek a place on the Holy Dragon Ranking and challenged Yao Wudi’s Saint Venerable companion instead.
• Chen Changan and the middle Saint Venerable fought in the void, while Mu Yunyao recognized that Chen Changan was testing his strength.
• Mu Yunyao insisted Chen Changan would not lose, even against a Saint Ancestor.
• Yao Wudi’s companion surrendered after realizing Chen Changan could hurt him but his attacks could not damage Chen Changan.
• Yao Wudi told Chen Changan that the Holy Dragon Ranking’s top ten had investigated him and wondered why the Eternal Sacred Hall and Anti-Saint Alliance had not retaliated.

Chen Changan discussed his mysterious backing and indifference to the Holy Dragon Ranking with Yao Wudi and his companion. They caught up with him to ask whether he knew the legend surrounding the ranking.

• Yao Wudi said Chen Changan’s rapid rise made him a monster who would soon surpass everyone on the Holy Dragon Ranking.
• Chen Changan suggested that the Eternal Sacred Hall and the Anti-Saint Alliance might fear his powerful backing, though he wondered whether they knew anything about his origins.
• Chen Changan left with Mu Yunyao and Xue Kui, while Yao Wudi and his companion speculated about his strength and goals.
• Yao Wudi revealed that he cared about the legend surrounding the Holy Dragon Ranking and decided to ask Chen Changan about it.
• Yao Wudi and his companion caught up with Chen Changan, who stopped to hear their question about the ranking’s legend.

Yao Wudi explained that the Holy Dragon Ranking could unlock the Saint Dragon Ruins once it absorbed enough dragon fortune, and Chen Changan's appearance had brought the ruins close to opening. As Chen Changan considered going to Saint Dragon City, he worried that Xue Kui's age and the chill inside her would keep her from entering or surviving while he was away.

• Yao Wudi told Chen Changan that the top ten on the Holy Dragon Ranking could enter the Saint Dragon Ruins when the ranking's dragon image became fully visible.
• Yao Wudi explained that Chen Changan's cultivation and fortune had made the dragon image clearer, and the ruins might open within a thousand years or even sooner.
• Chen Changan asked what the Saint Dragon Ruins contained, but Yao Wudi said no one knew and suggested they could open when Chen Changan reached Saint Dragon City.
• Mu Yunyao suggested going to Saint Dragon City, and Chen Changan worried that Xue Kui was over the age limit and could not enter the ruins.
• Xue Kui explained that she had delayed her cultivation while waiting for Chen Changan and hoped to break the Ice Snow Empresses' curse of dying from the chill within them.
• Chen Changan agreed with Xue Kui that he feared the chill would flare while she was left behind and said they needed to suppress it before entering the ruins.

Chen Changan and Xue Kui decided to consummate their marriage to try to turn her dangerous cold qi into a strength, while Yao Wudi agreed to find information about the Holy Dragon Ranking’s top two contenders. The group planned to meet again after Yao Wudi investigated, and Chen Changan left eager to begin.

• Xue Kui explained that previous Ice Snow Empresses could endure their cold qi for only five years unless they stayed in places of extreme cold.
• Chen Changan planned to improve his and Mu Yunyao’s Holy Dragon Ranking positions before entering the Saint Dragon Ruins, while also finding a solution to Xue Kui’s cold qi.
• Xue Kui proposed consummating her marriage with Chen Changan to test whether their yin and yang could help her make the cold qi her own.
• Yao Wudi asked to accompany them so he could watch Chen Changan challenge the Holy Dragon Ranking’s top ten, then agreed to investigate the first- and second-ranked contenders, who belonged to the Eternal Sacred Hall.
• Chen Changan and Yao Wudi agreed on a place to meet after the investigation, and Chen Changan turned his attention back to consummating his marriage with Xue Kui.

After Chen Changan and Xue Kui consummated their marriage in Xuan Wudao’s stolen house, their yin-yang cultivation cured Xue Kui’s chill and helped them both break through. They emerged after more than three years, while Yao Wudi continued waiting for Chen Changan at their meeting place.

• Xuan Wudao emerged from seclusion and discovered his house was missing, while Chen Changan admitted to Mu Yunyao that he had taken it for a bridal chamber.
• Chen Changan and Xue Kui cultivated together, easing her internal chill until she gained control of it and advanced to the peak of the Saint King realm, while Chen Changan reached the peak of the Heavenly Saint realm.
• Chen Changan and Xue Kui continued their intimate encounter before coming out of the bridal chamber and finding Mu Yunyao waiting for them.
• Mu Yunyao told Chen Changan and Xue Kui that more than three years had passed, reminding Chen Changan of his appointment with Yao Wudi.
• Yao Wudi kept waiting at their agreed meeting place, and his friend joked that Chen Changan must be a true iron-boned tough guy if he was still consummating his marriage.

Chen Changan learned that the Holy Dragon Ranking’s top two, Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi, were powerful young Saint Venerables from the Eternal Sacred Hall, and decided to challenge them at the Hall’s Seven Peaks Mountain Range branch. As Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Yao Wudi headed there, Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi wondered who Chen Changan was and why he was being allowed to live.

• Chen Changan mistook Yao Wudi’s friend’s question about his methods for a personal problem and gave him pills with instructions for treatment.
• Yao Wudi told Chen Changan that Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi were the Holy Dragon Ranking’s top two, both early Saint Venerables and future Hall Master candidates from the Eternal Sacred Hall.
• Chen Changan decided to challenge Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi at the Eternal Sacred Hall’s Seven Peaks Mountain Range branch, and Mu Yunyao said she wanted to test herself against them.
• Yao Wudi agreed to guide Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao, while his friend stayed behind to seek treatment.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Yao Wudi flew toward the Seven Peaks Mountain Range as Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi finished their seclusion and discussed Chen Changan.

Fu Hongbo, Xia Yunzhi, and the Eternal Sacred Hall’s branch Hall Master discussed why the Hall and the Anti-Saint Alliance tolerated Chen Changan, then learned he had arrived to challenge Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi. Chen Changan ignored Fu Hongbo and instead announced that his wife, Mu Yunyao, would challenge Xia Yunzhi.

• Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi questioned the branch Hall Master about why the Eternal Sacred Hall had been ordered not to interfere with Chen Changan, and he admitted he did not know.
• The branch Hall Master told Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi to prepare for Saint Dragon City because Chen Changan’s ranking might trigger the opening of the Saint Dragon Ruins.
• A subordinate reported that Chen Changan had arrived specifically to challenge Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi, and Fu Hongbo resolved to teach him a lesson without killing him.
• Chen Changan entered the branch hall with Mu Yunyao while Yao Wudi and Xue Kui watched from a distance, and the onlookers noted his peak Heavenly Saint cultivation.
• Chen Changan introduced Mu Yunyao as his wife and said she would challenge Xia Yunzhi, who questioned her ability; Mu Yunyao answered that her strength was enough.

Mu Yunyao challenged Xia Yunzhi and defeated her despite their difference in cultivation, proving her strength to the gathered spectators. Her victory moved her to second place on the Holy Dragon Ranking, shocking Saint Dragon City.

• Mu Yunyao and Xia Yunzhi faced off in the air while Chen Changan warned Fu Hongbo and the others not to threaten his wife.
• Mu Yunyao took the initiative and kept Xia Yunzhi on the defensive, stunning the spectators and earning Yao Wudi's admiration.
• Mu Yunyao struck Xia Yunzhi with a punch and declared her defeated, while Xia Yunzhi struggled to accept the loss.
• Mu Yunyao returned to Chen Changan, who praised her victory.
• The Holy Dragon Ranking changed, placing Mu Yunyao second and dropping Xia Yunzhi to third, while the dragon-shaped pattern shifted again.

Mu Yunyao defeated Xia Yunzhi and took second place on the Holy Dragon Ranking, bringing the Saint Dragon Ruins closer to opening. Chen Changan defeated Fu Hongbo with a single sword strike, but the Eternal Sacred Hall branch Hall Master developed murderous intent toward him as Fu Hongbo refused to accept defeat.

• Mu Yunyao appeared in second place on the Holy Dragon Ranking after defeating Xia Yunzhi, and the ranking’s dragon pattern nearly completed its transformation.
• Chen Changan challenged Fu Hongbo, provoked him into accepting the fight, and faced him in the air.
• Chen Changan struck Fu Hongbo down with one sword strike, leaving him more badly injured than Xia Yunzhi had been.
• The branch Hall Master recognized Chen Changan as a threat and decided he must not be allowed to live, while Chen Changan sensed his killing intent.
• Fu Hongbo charged at Chen Changan again, who knocked him back with another sword strike and asked if he wanted to die.

After Fu Hongbo conceded, Chen Changan claimed the top spot on the Holy Dragon Ranking, while the branch hall master threatened to kill him. The branch hall master held back until the Saint Dragon Ruins opened, and Chen Changan left after mocking the Eternal Sacred Hall.

• Fu Hongbo conceded to Chen Changan, putting Chen Changan at the top of the Holy Dragon Ranking and sparking rumors that the Eternal Sacred Hall was backing him.
• The branch hall master admitted he wanted Chen Changan dead, and Chen Changan challenged him to attack.
• Chen Changan sent Mu Yunyao outside to safety, where she joined Yao Wudi and Xue Kui.
• Xia Yunzhi urged the branch hall master not to take Chen Changan's bait, and Fu Hongbo reminded him that they needed Chen Changan alive until the Saint Dragon Ruins opened.
• The branch hall master postponed killing Chen Changan until after the ruins closed, and Chen Changan left after ridiculing the branch hall's lost dignity.

After humiliating the Eternal Sacred Hall branch, Chen Changan agreed to let Yao Wudi follow him if he survived the Saint Dragon Ruins. The pair reached Saint Dragon City with Mu Yunyao, where the changing Holy Dragon Ranking drew a crowd’s attention to Chen Changan’s arrival.

• Yao Wudi begged Chen Changan to take him on so he could show off, and Chen Changan agreed on the condition that Yao Wudi survive the Saint Dragon Ruins.
• Chen Changan and Yao Wudi set out for Saint Dragon City as Fu Hongbo, Xia Yunzhi, and many others also headed there.
• Ruo Huaying heard that Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao had claimed first and third place on the Holy Dragon Ranking and went to Saint Dragon City hoping to find them.
• Chen Changan arranged for Xue Kui to rest discreetly, then followed Yao Wudi and Mu Yunyao toward the Holy Dragon Ranking as its dragon-shaped image changed.
• Yao Wudi ordered the crowd to make way for Chen Changan, then Chen Changan identified himself by name.

Chen Changan arrived at Saint Dragon City with Yao Wudi, and the crowd speculated about his strength and standing in the Eternal Sacred Hall. When a former Holy Dragon Ranking top-ten fighter challenged him, Chen Changan accepted, leaving the crowd waiting to see what would happen.

• The crowd recognized Chen Changan and wondered how he had earned Yao Wudi's respect and whether he was the Eternal Sacred Hall's chosen heir.
• Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi arrived, but Chen Changan stopped them with a glance, while Yao Wudi claimed Fu Hongbo could not withstand one of Chen Changan's sword strikes.
• A former Holy Dragon Ranking top-ten fighter from the Sacred Dao Academy challenged Chen Changan, questioning whether his first-place finish was legitimate.
• Chen Changan accepted the challenge and warned the challenger to bear the consequences, and the man insisted he was ready.

Chen Changan faced the Holy Dragon Ranking’s twelfth-ranked expert in Saint Dragon City and killed him instantly, proving his strength to the watching crowd. He then dared anyone, regardless of faction, to challenge him, leaving the city silent as Yao Wudi admired his swagger.

• The twelfth-ranked expert challenged Chen Changan and accused him of being a fraud, while the crowd debated whether he deserved first place on the Holy Dragon Ranking.
• Chen Changan released a terrifying aura that made the crowd recognize his strength.
• Chen Changan appeared before his opponent and killed him with one punch, destroying even his Saint Soul.
• Chen Changan challenged anyone in Saint Dragon City to fight him and warned that he would kill challengers regardless of their faction.
• The crowd stayed silent, while Yao Wudi praised Chen Changan’s swagger.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao went to the Holy Dragon Ranking to try to open the Saint Dragon Ruins, but Mu Yunyao’s touch only made the dragon design move briefly. Chen Changan then touched the ranking, which erupted in blinding golden light, leaving the crowd unable to tell whether the ruins had opened.

• Yao Wudi admired Chen Changan’s effortless confidence and vowed to learn from him.
• Chen Changan brought Mu Yunyao to the Holy Dragon Ranking as the crowd gathered to see whether the Saint Dragon Ruins would open.
• Mu Yunyao touched the ranking, sending golden light toward the dragon design, which twisted once before settling back into place.
• Mu Yunyao said her fortune was insufficient and urged Chen Changan to try.
• Chen Changan pressed his palm to the ranking, causing golden light to blaze so brightly that no one could see what was happening.

Chen Changan entered the Saint Dragon Ruins and found his cultivation sealed, leaving him alone in a place with crushing gravity. After meeting two ordinary locals who directed him toward Tianlin County, he discovered that one of their baskets was unexpectedly heavy.

• The Holy Dragon Ranking split into nine golden dragons, which merged and burst into light that carried the top twenty ranked people into the Saint Dragon Ruins.
• Chen Changan arrived alone, found that his cultivation was sealed, and set out to find Mu Yunyao while struggling against the ruins' heavy gravity.
• After walking for hours, Chen Changan met two men dressed like commoners and learned that he was near Tianlin County.
• The men suggested Chen Changan search the county for his friends and offered to lead him there.
• Chen Changan offered to carry one man's basket, but its weight shocked him when he lifted it.

Chen Changan learned that ordinary people in the Saint Dragon Ruins were far stronger than he was and discovered that the local currency was Dragon Coins. After reaching Tianlin County, he was left unsure how to find Mu Yunyao or pay for a place to stay.

• Chen Changan tried to lift the men’s baskets of glowing green rocks but could barely raise one, while they carried the heavy loads with ease.
• The men explained that they sold the rocks and remarked that Chen Changan was unusually weak.
• After several hours, Chen Changan and the men arrived in Tianlin County, where the men said goodbye and pointed him toward the inns.
• Chen Changan asked about the local currency, and the men showed him Small Dragon Coins and explained their denominations and costs.
• The men assumed Chen Changan was a foolish, penniless young master, and Chen Changan dryly told them their explanation had made things worse.

Chen Changan discovered that ordinary food in the Saint Dragon Ruins strengthened his body, while he struggled to understand the realm and find a way out. Elsewhere, Yao Wudi and the other entrants were weakened, and Mu Yunyao found shelter with a hunter couple.

• Chen Changan gave jewelry to two laborers in exchange for their Dragon Coins, then used the coins to buy a meal at an inn.
• Chen Changan felt his strength increase as he ate, and confirmed that the food had strengthened his body by lifting a bed more easily.
• Chen Changan wondered why the Saint Dragon Ranking had sent them into the Saint Dragon Ruins and how he could escape, while worrying about Mu Yunyao.
• Yao Wudi struggled to walk and managed only 123 steps in a day, while the other entrants also found themselves unusually weak.
• Mu Yunyao encountered a hunter couple who took her in, though they worried about how weak her legs were.

After failing to find any trace of Mu Yunyao in Tianlin County, Chen Changan sold his jewelry to a local woman to get money for food. At a smithy, he discovered that the local tools were made from an unusual stone that was extraordinarily sharp.

• Chen Changan woke wary after sleeping unusually deeply and concluded that he needed to find Mu Yunyao, learn about the Saint Dragon Ruins, and grow stronger.
• Unable to find news of Mu Yunyao and short on money, Chen Changan hawked his jewelry in the street.
• A well-dressed woman bought all of Chen Changan’s ornaments for thirty Medium Dragon Coins and questioned him about his origins.
• Chen Changan used the money to eat at an inn, then stopped at a smithy and asked about the stones the blacksmith was working.
• Chen Changan tested a stone hoe and found that it cut into the ground with ease.

Chen Changan trained at a blacksmith’s shop in the Martial Saint Dynasty, building enough strength to swing the largest hammer and learning about a Martial Academy in Wu Yuan City. After accepting a power stone sword for the journey, he wondered where the Red Dust Sword had gone; in Saint Dragon City, Hongchen explained that a force had kept her from entering the Saint Dragon Ruins with him.

• Chen Changan learned from the blacksmith that the Martial Saint Dynasty had Martial Cultivators and tools made from power stone.
• Chen Changan began lifting hammers at the blacksmith’s shop and, after days of training, could swing the largest one.
• The blacksmith recommended that Chen Changan visit the Martial Academy in Wu Yuan City and gave him a power stone sword for protection.
• Chen Changan accepted the sword and realized that the Red Dust Sword had disappeared after he entered the Sacred Domain.
• In Saint Dragon City, Hongchen told Xue Kui that a force had stopped her from entering the Saint Dragon Ruins with Chen Changan.

Chen Changan headed toward Wu Yuan City with the burdensome Power Stone Sword, while Yao Wudi struggled to survive in the Saint Dragon Ruins. Mu Yunyao continued training with the hunter’s family, then learned of Dengfeng City and resolved to get stronger so she could find Chen Changan.

• Chen Changan set off for Wu Yuan City carrying the unusually heavy Power Stone Sword.
• Yao Wudi celebrated walking three thousand meters but had to fill his stomach by eating wild grass, while other Holy Dragon Ranking talents also struggled to survive.
• The hunter’s wife asked Mu Yunyao whether she would marry their son, and Mu Yunyao explained that she already had a husband and intended to find him.
• Mu Yunyao gave the hunter’s wife jewelry to repay the family for their help, and the couple accepted it gratefully.
• Mu Yunyao heard the hunter’s family mention Dengfeng City and decided to train harder so she could find Chen Changan.