Recaps

After reaching Wu Yuan City, Chen Changan met his guide, Zhang Shisan, who explained that the Saint Dragon Ruins were a training ground for the twenty Holy Dragon Ranking entrants. Chen Changan learned he had ten years to reach the Imperial City and place in the top thirty, while the force behind the ruins remained unclear.

• Chen Changan arrived in Wu Yuan City and followed Zhang Shisan to a prepared residence.
• Zhang Shisan explained that the Saint Dragon Ruins trained the twenty entrants through body refinement because cultivation was useless there.
• Zhang Shisan told Chen Changan he had ten years to reach the Imperial City and place in the top thirty at a martial tournament to complete the first training stage.
• Zhang Shisan said the Holy Dragon Ranking and Saint Dragon Ruins sought talented people, then told Chen Changan to join the Martial Academy and earn his own money.
• Zhang Shisan vanished, leaving Chen Changan wondering who had created the ruins and why.

Chen Changan joined the Martial Academy in Wu Yuan City after paying for three months of study, then met the academy’s formidable old instructor. The old man tested Chen Changan’s combat skills and physical toughness, leaving his training assessment unfinished.

• Chen Changan wondered about the origins of the Holy Dragon Ranking and Saint Dragon Ruins, then decided he would have to investigate them gradually.
• Chen Changan paid thirty Medium Dragon Coins, registered at the Martial Academy, and received a wooden token that admitted him for three months.
• The academy’s members predicted Chen Changan would not last long, while the old man welcomed him and led him to the training ground.
• The old man attacked Chen Changan to assess his abilities, and Chen Changan dodged the first punch before meeting the next three head-on.
• Chen Changan was driven back with a numb arm, and the old man remarked that his strength was average but his body was tough.

Chen Changan asked the Dean to attack him at full strength so he could test his body and learn what a powerful Martial Cultivator could do. He survived the blow with only pain, impressing the Martial Academy and prompting the Dean to promise free training.

• The Dean explained the five stages of Martial Cultivators and said he had reached Perfected Mastery, while Martial Saints remained only legends.
• Chen Changan asked the Dean to attack with full strength, hoping to gauge the threat posed by powerful physical strength in the Sacred Domain.
• The Dean struck Chen Changan with a powerful, golden-lit punch and sent him flying.
• Chen Changan got back up with only chest pain, and the Martial Academy's Martial Cultivators called him a monster.
• The Dean praised Chen Changan's exceptional physical talent, offered to devise a training method, and waived his Martial Academy fees.
• Chen Changan asked the Dean to put the fee waiver in writing in case he changed his mind.

After joining the Martial Academy, Chen Changan learned that Martial Cultivators trained by pushing their bodies to the limit and infusing their acupoints. The Dean was stunned when Chen Changan revealed he had 188,888 acupoints.

• The Dean led Chen Changan through his first training session, making him run until his body produced heat that he could guide into his acupoints.
• The Dean explained that infusing acupoints increased bodily strength and that pushing the body to its limits generated the heat needed for training.
• Chen Changan trained for ten days, infusing 350 acupoints while the Dean worried he was overexerting himself.
• Chen Changan said he had calculated that he did not have 100,000 acupoints, then clarified that he had 188,888, leaving the Dean stunned.

After three years of relentless training, Chen Changan had infused 13,597 acupoints and become powerful enough to send the Dean flying with one punch, but he learned that reaching the Martial Saint realm required condensing Sharp Force. He claimed the Martial Academy’s tournament spot for the Imperial City in seven years, then returned home and called out to his unseen guide for help.

• Over three years, Chen Changan infused 13,597 acupoints and found it increasingly difficult to push his body to its limits.
• The Dean sparred with Chen Changan, who knocked him out of Wu Yuan City with one punch.
• The Dean told Chen Changan that he could reach the Fifth Stage, Supernatural Skill, but needed to condense Sharp Force to become a Martial Saint.
• Chen Changan accepted the Martial Academy’s spot in the Martial Cultivator tournament and planned to train for seven years before competing in the Imperial City.
• After leaving the Martial Academy, Chen Changan returned to his residence and called on his guide to help him solve the problem of condensing Sharp Force.

Chen Changan entered the Martial Extreme Tower to push his body beyond its limits, then headed for the Imperial City as the Martial Cultivator competition approached. There, Mu Yunyao and Yao Wudi waited for him, though Yao Wudi suspected Chen Changan might not remember him.

• Zhang Shisan took Chen Changan to the Martial Extreme Tower and explained its gravity and phantom-opponent challenges, giving him seven years to train.
• Chen Changan entered the first floor, adapted to tenfold gravity in three days, and completed nearly a thousand rounds of Acupoint Infusion.
• Zhang Shisan told Chen Changan to go to the Imperial City, where Mu Yunyao was waiting for him.
• Yao Wudi found Mu Yunyao in the Imperial City and asked where Chen Changan was; Mu Yunyao said he would come because she was there, then joked that he might not remember Yao Wudi.

Mu Yunyao and Yao Wudi encountered Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi, who challenged them ahead of the Martial Cultivator competition and taunted Mu Yunyao about Chen Changan. After Mu Yunyao left, Ruo Huaying tried to approach her, and Yao Wudi suggested they might meet in the competition ring.

• Mu Yao told Yao Wudi that Chen Changan had selectively forgotten him, prompting Yao Wudi to vow to make a stronger impression when Chen returned.
• Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi confronted Mu Yunyao and Yao Wudi, and Fu Hongbo threatened them while Yao Wudi challenged him to a fight.
• Mu Yunyao told Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi that the competition would reveal who was stronger, then dismissed them after they questioned whether Chen Changan was dead.
• Ruo Huaying called out to Mu Yunyao, but Mu Yunyao asked Yao Wudi to keep her away and continued walking.
• Yao Wudi told Ruo Huaying to perform well in the competition for a chance to meet Mu Yunyao, and Ruo Huaying asked him to go easy on her if they fought.

The Martial Cultivator Tournament began in the Imperial City, drawing attention to Mu Yunyao and the strong contestants who had reached the fourth stage. Yao Wudi entered the arena for his first match against another fourth-stage cultivator, while Chen Changan had yet to appear.

• The emperor and Seventh Princess discussed the tournament’s promising contestants, including the emperor’s Third Prince and Fifth Prince.
• Mu Yunyao arrived and searched for Chen Changan as spectators discussed her beauty and marriage, while Xia Yunzhi watched her jealously.
• The fifty contestants drew opponents, and Mu Yunyao explained to Yao Wudi that advancing would not be easy despite the apparent chance to reach the top thirty.
• The early matches eliminated two contestants from the Holy Dragon Ranking and the Sacred Domain before Yao Wudi’s turn.
• Yao Wudi entered the arena and drew attention when spectators realized he and his opponent had both reached the fourth stage.

Yao Wudi defeated Wei Wentong after revealing that he had condensed Sharp Force, while Mu Yunyao crushed Ouyang Huai with one punch without using her full strength. The tournament continued, and when Chen Changan’s opponent called him to the arena, Chen Changan was nowhere to be seen.

• Yao Wudi knocked Wei Wentong out of the fight and drew the Imperial Family’s attention by demonstrating his Sharp Force.
• Mu Yunyao entered the arena with an effortless leap and defeated Ouyang Huai with a single punch, breaking his arm.
• Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi advanced after facing weaker opponents, though Mu Yunyao did not know their true strength.
• Chen Changan’s opponent called for him at the arena, but Chen Changan had not appeared.

Chen Changan arrived late to the Martial Cultivator Grand Competition after eating and bathing, then defeated his opponent with a single gust of force. The crowd mistook the instant loss for a staged match and blamed the opponent, who left in frustration.

• Chen Changan feasted in the Imperial City and told Zhang Shisan to pay the bill while he went to take a bath.
• At the competition venue, the emperor considered replacing Chen Changan, but the Wu Yuan City Martial Academy dean insisted he would arrive.
• Chen Changan appeared on the arena at the last moment and said eating and bathing had delayed him.
• Chen Changan swept his opponent off the arena with a gust of force before the man could react.
• The crowd accused the pair of staging the match, and Chen Changan's opponent failed to convince anyone before leaving.

Chen Changan withdrew from the Martial Cultivator competition with Mu Yunyao and Yao Wudi after explaining they had already passed the trial. The emperor tried to stop them, and the Imperial Family's Three Great War Gods charged at the trio.

• The emperor told the Seventh Princess that Chen Changan had blown his opponent off the arena with a gust from a casual wave, though he could not tell whether Chen Changan was a Martial Saint.
• Chen Changan reunited with Mu Yunyao and Yao Wudi, then said the three of them had already made the top thirty and did not need to keep competing.
• Yao Wudi reminded Chen Changan that Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi had provoked Mu Yunyao, but Chen Changan dismissed them and suggested finding their guides.
• The emperor demanded to know why the trio were leaving the competition, and Chen Changan said he did not need to explain or follow newly imposed rules.
• The Imperial Family's Three Great War Gods charged toward Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Yao Wudi.

Chen Changan revealed that he had reached the Martial Saint realm, then refused the emperor’s offer to become Supreme Emperor because he planned to leave the Martial Saint Dynasty. As the Holy Dragon Ranking contestants withdrew from the tournament, Chen Changan questioned the purpose of the Saint Dragon Ruins and the trials awaiting them.

• Chen Changan sent the Three Great War Gods flying with a shout, convincing the crowd that he was a Martial Saint.
• The emperor offered Chen Changan absolute authority as Supreme Emperor, but Chen Changan refused and said he was only passing through and would leave.
• Fu Hongbo and Xia Yunzhi withdrew from the Martial Cultivator tournament, followed by the other advancing Holy Dragon Ranking contestants, leaving ten competitors.
• Yao Wudi told Chen Changan that the guides were named Li Shibei, Niu Shijiu, and Zhang Shisan, reinforcing Chen Changan’s suspicion that their names were code names.
• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao that the Saint Dragon Ruins seemed like a training ground and wondered who had created its trials and what dangerous purpose lay ahead.

Chen Changan explained how the Saint Dragon Ruins had strengthened Yao Wudi and revealed that he had 188,888 acupoints. Zhang Shisan then told Chen Changan that he had already completed the second trial by reaching the ninth floor of the Martial Extreme Tower, and proposed advancing him to the third trial.

• Chen Changan explained that the Saint Dragon Ruins had strengthened Yao Wudi physically without changing his cultivation, and estimated that Yao Wudi could challenge a peak Saint Venerable after returning to the Sacred Domain.
• Yao Wudi learned that Mu Yunyao had over a hundred thousand acupoints and Chen Changan had 188,888, far more than his own thirty thousand-plus.
• Zhang Shisan arrived with Li Shibei and Niu Shijiu and explained that the Martial Extreme Tower was the second trial.
• Zhang Shisan revealed that Chen Changan had reached the tower’s ninth floor in seven years, leaving Li Shibei and Niu Shijiu astonished.
• Li Shibei questioned how Chen Changan would spend the remaining twenty years of the trial, and Zhang Shisan proposed sending him into the third trial early.

Chen Changan demanded to take the third trial early, but the guides refused, citing fairness and the rules. He seized Fu Hongbo and killed him, leaving the guides confronting Chen Changan.

• Zhang Shisan explained that guides benefited from trial-takers’ results and that the guides had to agree before Chen Changan could skip ahead.
• Chen Changan asked Zhang Shisan to gather the guides and the remaining Holy Dragon Ranking contestants for a discussion.
• A guide rejected Chen Changan’s request, insisting that everyone had to finish the earlier trials before taking the third trial together.
• Chen Changan argued that making him wait for others was unfair, then grabbed Fu Hongbo and crushed his neck.
• Fu Hongbo’s guide shouted in anger at Chen Changan.

After killing Fu Hongbo, Chen Changan forced the guides to let him take the test alone and pressed them about what would happen if he finished early. Zhang Shisan finally revealed that the third test was to fight the Martial Emperor.

• Chen Changan argued that the guides could not interfere with the candidates and persuaded them to let him take the test alone, threatening to kill more people if they refused.
• After Fu Hongbo's death, Xia Yunzhi invoked the Eternal Sacred Hall, but Chen Changan silenced her with a threat, and Yao Wudi and Mu Yunyao discussed her fear.
• The guides agreed that Chen Changan could test alone and left with their candidates, while Zhang Shisan stayed behind.
• Chen Changan asked Zhang Shisan whether a fourth test would follow and whether he could leave early, then teased him until Zhang Shisan nearly punched him.
• Zhang Shisan told Chen Changan that the third test was to fight the Martial Emperor.

Chen Changan learned that the third trial required him to defeat the Five Emperors within fifty years, then traveled with Zhang Shisan to challenge Lin Qingmu, the Eastern Pole Azure Emperor. After Zhang Shisan left him in Eastern Pole Martial Emperor City, Chen Changan publicly called Lin Qingmu out, drawing the anger of the locals.

• Zhang Shisan told Chen Changan that he had to defeat Lin Qingmu, Yan Danzhen, Jin Fengjin, Shui Yunxiao, and Chu Zhantian within fifty years to pass the third trial.
• Chen Changan joked about giving himself an elaborate emperor title, then asked Zhang Shisan to take him to the Five Emperors.
• Zhang Shisan brought Chen Changan to Eastern Pole Martial Emperor City, where Lin Qingmu lived.
• Zhang Shisan refused to answer Chen Changan's questions and vanished, leaving him to ask a passerby for directions to the Martial Emperor Mansion.
• After the passerby refused to help, Chen Changan called out across the city and challenged the Eastern Pole Azure Emperor.
• The city residents mocked Chen Changan and urged one another to teach him a lesson.

Chen Changan fought his way past the Eastern Pole Azure Emperor’s followers and defeated the Nine Great Martial Saint Experts, only to learn that the Emperor had gone to Central Pole Martial Emperor City. He left with Zhang Shisan, who explained why guides could not track or interfere with the native inhabitants of the Saint Dragon Ruins.

• Chen Changan swept away the crowd that tried to stop him from challenging the Eastern Pole Azure Emperor.
• The Nine Great Martial Saint Experts arrived, and Chen Changan defeated them one after another.
• Chen Changan demanded that the Eastern Pole Azure Emperor appear, but a bystander told him the Emperor was in Central Pole Martial Emperor City.
• Chen Changan confronted Zhang Shisan for bringing him to the city without knowing the Emperor was away.
• Zhang Shisan explained that guides could observe test participants but could not track or interfere with people native to the Saint Dragon Ruins.

Chen Changan and Zhang Shisan confirmed that the Five Emperors had gathered in Central Pole Martial Emperor City, where Chu Zhantian was preparing to marry off his daughter, Chu Xiangxiang. As Chu Zhantian and the other Emperors worried over Xiangxiang’s suspiciously ordinary fiancé, they joked about someone appearing to kill him.

• Chen Changan teased Zhang Shisan about needing medicine, and Zhang Shisan grew furious when he understood the insult.
• Chen Changan and Zhang Shisan visited Southern Pole, Western Pole, and Northern Pole Martial Emperor Cities and confirmed that the Five Emperors had gathered.
• Chen Changan suggested taking out all five Emperors at once, and Zhang Shisan doubted him.
• In Central Pole Martial Emperor City, Chu Zhantian prepared for Chu Xiangxiang’s wedding while the other Emperors questioned his choice of son-in-law.
• Chu Zhantian admitted he distrusted the fiancé’s spotless background but was reluctant to oppose his daughter’s wishes.
• The Emperors rejected killing the fiancé themselves, and Chu Zhantian joked that he would give the city to anyone who appeared and did it for them.

Chen Changan arrived in Central Pole Martial Emperor City and learned that the Central Pole Origin Emperor was marrying off his daughter, Chu Xiangxiang. He brought a local resident to the Martial Emperor Mansion to offer congratulations, was admitted as a guest, and began exploring the mansion.

• Chen Changan noticed the city’s wedding decorations and learned that the Central Pole Origin Emperor’s daughter was getting married the next day.
• Chen Changan asked a local resident to lead him to the Martial Emperor Mansion and promised to take the resident inside.
• Chen Changan offered his congratulations and a gift, and a guard returned with the Origin Emperor’s invitation for both men to enter.
• People from the mansion showed Chen Changan and his companion to guest rooms, and Chen Changan began wandering around.
• Someone who had never seen Chen Changan asked who he was.

Chen Changan confronted Chu Xiangxiang and her fiancé Yue Zhengyang at the Martial Emperor Mansion, openly criticizing Yue and the Origin Emperor’s judgment. As Chu Xiangxiang called for the guards to remove him, they failed to respond, while the Central Pole Origin Emperor and four others secretly watched to see what Chen Changan would do next.

• Chen Changan met Chu Xiangxiang while wandering through the Martial Emperor Mansion and said he was a guest attending her wedding.
• Yue Zhengyang arrived, and Chen Changan judged him fake and criticized the Origin Emperor for agreeing to the marriage.
• Yue Zhengyang accused Chen Changan of coveting Chu Xiangxiang and threatened him, while Chu Xiangxiang ordered the guards to throw him out.
• The guards did not respond to Chu Xiangxiang’s orders, and she grew uneasy.
• The Central Pole Origin Emperor and four others watched from nearby, discussing Chen Changan’s nerve and wondering whether he might kill Yue Zhengyang.

Yue Zhengyang mistook Chen Changan’s confrontation for a test arranged by the Origin Emperor and attacked him to prove his devotion to Chu Xiangxiang. Chen Changan effortlessly knocked Yue Zhengyang down, leaving Yue suspicious that the Origin Emperor meant to stop the wedding or kill him.

• Yue Zhengyang decided the guards’ absence and Chen Changan’s presence were part of a test, then declared he would defend Chu Xiangxiang and the Origin Emperor.
• Chen Changan mocked Yue Zhengyang’s performance and Chu Xiangxiang’s trust in him, prompting her to threaten him.
• Yue Zhengyang attacked Chen Changan despite Chu Xiangxiang’s attempt to stop him, revealing that he had reached the Martial Saint realm.
• Chen Changan casually punched Yue Zhengyang across the room, and Yue coughed up blood as Chu Xiangxiang rushed to him.
• Yue Zhengyang wondered whether the Origin Emperor intended to sabotage the wedding or kill him, then asked Chen Changan who he was and whether he feared the Origin Emperor’s anger.

Yue Zhengyang tried to turn Chu Xiangxiang against Chen Changan by implying Chu Zhantian had ordered the attack, but Chu Zhantian revealed himself and clarified that Chen Changan was not acting on his orders. The chapter ended with Chen Changan criticizing Chu Zhantian for indulging his daughter and warning that her behavior could cause disaster.

• Yue Zhengyang pretended to be badly injured and manipulated Chu Xiangxiang into threatening Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan reacted to Chu Xiangxiang's threat with killing intent, prompting Chu Zhantian and four other Martial Emperor powerhouses to appear and protect her.
• Chu Zhantian stopped Chu Xiangxiang from speaking and apologized to Chen Changan, revealing that he had not sent him.
• Yue Zhengyang admitted he had misjudged the situation and tried to distance himself from the conflict.
• Chen Changan asked Chu Zhantian why he had married Chu Xiangxiang to Yue Zhengyang and warned that indulging her could lead to disaster.

Chen Changan offered to help Chu Zhantian and the others break Chu Xiangxiang’s attachment to Yue Zhengyang in exchange for a favor. After they agreed not to interfere, Chen Changan confronted Yue Zhengyang and asked how he wanted to die.

• Chu Xiangxiang angrily defended Yue Zhengyang as Chen Changan called him a fake opportunist.
• Chu Xiangxiang appealed to Chu Zhantian and her uncles, but they stayed silent and secretly welcomed Chen Changan’s intervention.
• Chen Changan told Chu Zhantian to stop indulging Chu Xiangxiang and offered to resolve the matter in exchange for one reasonable request.
• Chu Zhantian and the others agreed to Chen Changan’s deal and promised not to interfere with what he did next.
• Chu Xiangxiang threatened to die if Yue Zhengyang was harmed, but Chen Changan dismissed her threat and asked Yue Zhengyang how he wanted his death to be more painful.

Chen Changan forced Yue Zhengyang to reveal that he was really Fei Zhengnan, who had infiltrated the Martial Emperor Mansion to avenge Fei Lingyun and seize control of it. Chu Xiangxiang learned that Fei Zhengnan’s love was a lie, while the account of Fei Lingyun’s death left Fei Zhengnan questioning what he had believed.

• Chen Changan grabbed Chu Xiangxiang and demanded that Yue Zhengyang tell the truth, while Chu Zhantian promised to spare him if he confessed.
• Yue Zhengyang revealed his real name was Fei Zhengnan, and Chen Changan told Chu Xiangxiang that his identity and affection for her had both been false.
• Fei Zhengnan admitted he had pursued Chu Xiangxiang to become the Martial Emperor Mansion’s son-in-law, win the Central Pole Origin Emperor’s favor, and take control of the mansion.
• Chu Zhantian recognized Fei Zhengnan as a descendant of Fei Lingyun, and Fei Zhengnan accused Chu Zhantian of destroying his family.
• Lin Qingmu said Fei Lingyun had lost a friendly spar and attacked Chu Zhantian by surprise, leaving Fei Zhengnan stunned; Fei Zhengnan still insisted he had to avenge his ancestor.
• Chen Changan criticized Fei Zhengnan and the others for believing the clumsy act and questioned whether Fei Lingyun had possessed the integrity they credited him with.

Chen Changan saw through Yue Zhengyang’s false identity and deduced that he planned to destroy the Martial Emperor Mansion and kill Chu Zhantian and the others. Yue Zhengyang admitted his plan had been close to succeeding, but refused to reveal who sent him, leaving the common enemy unknown.

• Chen Changan explained that Yue Zhengyang had invented the Fei Zhengnan identity as another way to bargain for his life, and Yue Zhengyang accused Chen Changan of being just like him.
• Chen Changan reasoned that Yue Zhengyang was stalling for reinforcements and had targeted all five guests because they shared an enemy.
• Chu Xiangxiang confronted Yue Zhengyang after realizing he might have used her to help kill her father and uncles.
• Yue Zhengyang lamented that Chen Changan had ruined his plan, then refused to identify who had sent him.
• Yue Zhengyang declared that even if he died, Chu Zhantian and the others would not escape the consequences.