Recaps

Chen Changan warned Su Yihuan that Cloud River’s Four Great Families might be tied to the foreign races, whose members had invaded the True Realm more than once and planted descendants among Humans. Following the trail of someone impersonating him, Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao went to Tian City, where the Four Great Families had gathered and were waiting for him.

• Chen Changan told Su Yihuan that Feng Wuyou had been killed by the Feng Family of Dragon Sealing Valley and warned her that investigating the Four Great Families was dangerous.
• Chen Changan revealed that the foreign races had invaded more than once and may have transformed into humans and left descendants in the True Realm.
• Mu Yunyao urged Chen Changan to focus on why someone had lured them to Cloud River, and Chen Changan explained that another version of himself had done so.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Su Yihuan learned that Tian City was the nearest city and headed there to investigate.
• The Tian Family welcomed Chen Changan, revealed that all four families had gathered because they possessed a treasure connected to him, and challenged him to enter the city.
• The Tian Family led Chen Changan and his companions through an eerily empty city to its vast compound, where the other families were waiting.

Chen Changan met the four great families of Yunchuan, who revealed they were descendants of the foreign races and proposed working with him to open the Ancient Forbidden Land. They gave him the Red Demon’s right arm guard and claimed Queyan Sect had ulterior motives, while leaving their own hidden leaders and the reasons behind past attacks unexplained.

• The four family heads admitted to Chen Changan that their families descended from the foreign races and said they considered themselves members of the Human Race.
• The family heads denied targeting Chen Changan, claimed the Feng Family of Dragon Sealing Valley were genuine humans, and said unknown people had tried to kill him.
• The Tian Family head said the foreign races wanted to cooperate with Chen Changan to open the Ancient Forbidden Land, though someone of higher standing would explain more.
• The family heads presented Chen Changan with the Red Demon’s right arm guard, which had been taken from Queyan Sect.
• Chen Changan accused the families of destroying Queyan Sect for his sake, and they claimed the sect had invited him with ulterior motives.

Chen Changan agreed to cooperate temporarily with the Four Great Families of Yunchuan, who promised to help gather the remaining Red Demons and prepare what was needed to open the Ancient Forbidden Land. After leaving Tian City, he told Su Yihuan and Mu Yunyao that he distrusted the Foreign Races and suspected the Human Race’s survival was connected to the forbidden land.

• The four Family Heads offered to help Chen Changan gather the Red Demons and prepare everything else needed to open the Ancient Forbidden Land, asking only that he notify them when he opened it.
• Chen Changan agreed to cooperate temporarily and asked whether the Foreign Races had leads on the two remaining greaves and the pair of boots; they had none yet.
• Chen Changan left Tian City with Su Yihuan, who questioned his decision to work with the Foreign Races and whether he believed their claims.
• Chen Changan explained what he knew about the Ancient Forbidden Land and said the Foreign Races were hiding too much for him to trust them.
• Mu Yunyao questioned why the Foreign Races had invaded without trying to destroy the True Realm or wipe out the Human Race.
• Chen Changan speculated that the Human Race’s existence might be connected to opening the Ancient Forbidden Land, which was why the Foreign Races did not want it wiped out.

Chen Changan speculated that the Human Race or the foreign races might have been the ancient invaders, and that the Ancient Forbidden Land could hold captive foreign races preparing to destroy humanity. He traveled with Mu Yunyao and Su Yihuan to the Su Family to consult Su Jianli, where Su Yihuan tried to break off her engagement and her father ignored her.

• Chen Changan proposed that the foreign races might have raised the Human Race like livestock and been imprisoned in the Ancient Forbidden Land, then considered that the Human Race might instead have invaded and imprisoned the foreign races.
• Mu Yunyao warned that opening the Ancient Forbidden Land could trigger an assault on the Human Race, and Su Yihuan invited Chen Changan to discuss his theory with her father, Su Jianli.
• Chen Changan agreed to visit the Su Family, and Su Jianli welcomed him as the descendant of an old friend and teased him about his father.
• Su Yihuan told Su Jianli that Chen Changan had come to break off their engagement, but Su Jianli praised Chen Changan and called him a suitable husband.
• Su Yihuan charged at her father in anger, but Su Jianli dodged her and insisted Chen Changan call him Father-in-law.

Chen Changan rejected the proposed engagement, then asked Su Jianli about the foreign races and his missing father’s investigation. Su Jianli advised him to work with the foreign races cautiously and relayed a cryptic message from Chen Changan’s father, which he believed had been intended for Chen Changan to understand.

• Chen Changan told Su Jianli that the bet could not be proven, that he already had a family, and that he wanted to call off his engagement to Su Yihuan.
• Su Jianli’s wife confronted him over his suggestion that Chen Changan could marry another woman, and Su Yihuan protested that she would not become a concubine.
• Chen Changan told Su Jianli that the foreign races wanted to work with him and that he had agreed.
• Su Jianli said the foreign races had long been connected to the True Realm and were likely seeking the Ancient Forbidden Land, so working with them offered a chance to learn their plans despite their treachery.
• Su Jianli revealed that Chen Changan’s father had said, “Truth turns false, and false turns true,” and he suspected the message was meant specifically for Chen Changan.

Chen Changan questioned Su Jianli about the Five Great Elders before learning that Su Jianli had a rare cultivation opportunity he wanted Chen Changan to use. Chen Changan asked whether Mu Yunyao and Su Yihuan could join them, though sharing the opportunity might reduce its effects.

• Chen Changan asked Su Jianli about the Five Great Elders, and Su Jianli said he believed they would never betray Chen Changan's father.
• Su Jianli criticized Chen Changan's Emperor Realm cultivation and offered him a chance to improve it.
• Su Yihuan objected to her father giving Chen Changan the cultivation opportunity, even offering to marry him in exchange for getting to use it herself.
• Su Jianli explained that the nearby cultivation paradise could be used only once every thousand years and that he had originally saved it for Su Yihuan.
• Chen Changan asked whether he, Mu Yunyao, and Su Yihuan could cultivate there together, and Su Jianli warned that sharing it might greatly diminish its effects.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Su Yihuan cultivated in a hidden cave where True Essence Power erupted once every thousand years, while Chen Changan searched for its source. As Gu Minglou and Wen Yuan arrived, Su Jianli confronted them outside the cave.

• Su Jianli led Chen Changan and the others to a mountain cave filled with True Essence Power and explained that its pool replenished during a thousand-year eruption.
• Chen Changan suspected the power came from a Dragon Vein or a supreme treasure, but Su Jianli said he had searched the area without finding its source.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Su Yihuan entered the pool to cultivate, and Chen Changan reached the peak of the Emperor Realm while Mu Yunyao broke through to the Emperor Lord Realm.
• Su Jianli kept watch outside as the True Essence Power declined unusually slowly over the next month.
• Gu Minglou and Wen Yuan arrived, marveled at the dense True Essence Power, and encountered Su Jianli, who asked which of them was the fool and which was the dimwit.

Chen Changan reached the early stage of the Emperor Dao Realm, discovered a pearl gathering True Essence Power, and found a hidden Jade Pendant that brought him face-to-face with Chen Tian. The chapter ended with Chen Changan demanding to know who Chen Tian was and what he was doing in the True Realm.

• Gu Minglou and Wen Yuan met Su Jianli, who told them Chen Changan had asked them to wait while he cultivated.
• After a month of cultivation, Chen Changan reached the peak of the Emperor Lord Realm, and three days later he broke through to the early stage of the Emperor Dao Realm.
• Chen Changan used the Law of Earth to trace the True Essence Power to a barrier above the pool and found a silver-white pearl that gathered it.
• Chen Changan took the pearl and found a hidden wooden box containing a Jade Pendant, which he crushed.
• A golden light from the Jade Pendant entered Chen Changan's brow and brought him into a mental space, where he encountered Chen Tian.

Chen Tian explained his complicated connection to Chen Changan, claiming to be his big brother by blood and revealing that Chen Changan's father had entrusted him with the Law Fragments. He said he had abandoned plans to intervene in the Divine Realm after discovering something there, and Chen Changan asked whether he had seen a future version of him.

• Chen Changan confronted Chen Tian and repeatedly kicked him until Chen Tian stopped joking and agreed to explain himself.
• Chen Tian said he was not Chen Changan's son but was his big brother by blood, though their fathers were somehow the same person and also different individuals.
• Chen Tian described being sent away at eight after accidentally destroying worlds, then finding Chen Changan's father in the True Realm and fighting him.
• Chen Tian said Chen Changan's father gave him Law Fragments to deliver to the Primordial Immortal Realm and asked him to prepare the way for Chen Changan.
• Chen Tian revealed that he had discovered something in the Divine Realm and abandoned his plan to get involved there, prompting Chen Changan to ask if he had seen a future version of him.

Chen Changan learned from Chen Tian that the foreign race had arranged Jiang Yunfan to seize his body, while Chen Changan’s father had prepared a way for him to escape the Saint Mausoleum. Chen Tian said Chen Changan’s parents had left on a honeymoon and warned that they had deliberately arranged difficulties for him, leaving Chen Changan to face the True Realm alone.

• Chen Tian told Chen Changan that he had helped Jiang Yunfan in the Sacred Domain, but the foreign race had arranged Jiang Yunfan to seize Chen Changan’s body and trap him there if he failed.
• Chen Tian explained that Chen Changan’s father had arranged for someone to help him escape the Saint Mausoleum and had prepared him to solve the problems in the True Realm.
• Chen Tian said Chen Changan’s parents had left to travel on a honeymoon, and that Chen Changan’s father created difficulties for him because he thought it was fun while his mother devised the plans.
• Chen Tian said goodbye, left Chen Changan a bead to support his cultivation, and vanished as the bead and Jade Pendant were destroyed and the barrier disappeared.
• Chen Changan returned to the pool, where Mu Yunyao and Su Yihuan were nearly done cultivating, and noticed that the True Essence Power flowing into him seemed different from before.

After absorbing the cave’s True Essence Power, Chen Changan remained at the early Emperor Dao Realm but asked Su Jianli to spar so he could test his strength. Their first clash left Su Jianli and the others stunned, and Su Jianli began fighting in earnest.

• Su Jianli noticed the True Essence Power had vanished completely, then assessed Su Yihuan, Mu Yunyao, and Chen Changan’s cultivation after they left the cave.
• Chen Changan asked Su Jianli about the strength of Ancestral Realm experts and challenged him to a spar.
• Chen Changan and Su Jianli flew into the sky as Su Yihuan and Mu Yunyao watched.
• Chen Changan vanished and struck Su Jianli, and their fists collided in a clash that produced a terrifying shockwave.
• Su Jianli praised Chen Changan’s strength, then charged at him after agreeing to fight without holding back.

Chen Changan and Su Jianli fought to a draw, and Su Jianli revealed that Chen Changan might have threatened him with his father's sword. Chen Changan learned that Feng Wuyou and Yue Zhirou's master, Feng Bubai, belonged to the Feng Family of Dragon Sealing Valley, and he decided to go there to investigate why the family wanted him dead.

• Chen Changan and Su Jianli fought evenly until they agreed to stop, and Su Jianli said Chen Changan might have endangered him with his father's sword.
• Su Jianli warned Chen Changan to stay cautious in the Ancient Forbidden Land, and Chen Changan confirmed he had found the source of the gathered energy and obtained it.
• Chen Changan told Su Jianli that the Feng Family wanted to kill him and had killed Feng Wuyou, prompting Su Jianli to explain Feng Wuyou's connection to the family through their master, Feng Bubai.
• Su Jianli offered to search for Feng Bubai, but Chen Changan declined and said he would go to Dragon Sealing Valley to learn why the Feng Family wanted him dead.

Chen Changan arranged for Gu Minglou to train under Su Jianli and sent Wen Yuan traveling on his own to seek an opportunity to enter the Dao through Literature. Su Yihuan joined Chen Changan’s planned trip to the Feng Family, while Su Jianli urged her to pursue him; she rejected the idea of becoming his second wife.

• Chen Changan asked Su Jianli to train Gu Minglou, and Su Jianli agreed while Wen Yuan prepared to travel independently.
• Chen Changan told Wen Yuan that traveling might help him find the opportunity to enter the Dao through Literature, and Su Jianli learned Wen Yuan could potentially achieve it within three years.
• Su Jianli suggested that Su Yihuan travel with Chen Changan, and Chen Changan agreed after consulting Mu Yunyao.
• Su Jianli welcomed Chen Changan and his companions at the Su Family, then privately encouraged Su Yihuan to make her relationship with Chen Changan official.
• Su Yihuan realized what her father meant, drove him from her room, and resolved not to become Chen Changan’s second wife.

Chen Changan received updates from the Black Banner about Yue Zhirou, the vanished Four Great Families of Yunchuan, and Hong Tianlong’s invitation before changing course to Moonfall Villa. There, he met the grieving Yue Zhirou and sensed something false about Situ Ming, while Yue confronted him over Feng Wuyou’s death.

• Black Banner members reported that Yue Zhirou was recovering at Moonfall Villa, Dragon Sealing Valley remained quiet, and they had found no trace of Da Huang and the others.
• The Black Banner told Chen Changan that the Four Great Families of Yunchuan had disappeared and that Hong Tianlong wanted him to visit Sky Dragon Peak, but had given no location.
• Chen Changan ordered the Black Banner to investigate the Five Great Elders, foreign races, and other suspicious matters, then changed course with Mu Yunyao and Su Yihuan to visit Yue Zhirou.
• At Moonfall Villa, Situ Ming consoled Yue Zhirou as she mourned Feng Wuyou and discussed leaving once she recovered.
• Situ Ming welcomed Chen Changan, who privately agreed with Mu Yunyao that the villa master seemed fake, before they met Yue Zhirou.
• Yue Zhirou reproached Chen Changan over Feng Wuyou’s death, and he told her he had come because of it.

Chen Changan questioned Yue Zhirou about Feng Wuyou’s supposed death and revealed that her master, Feng Bubai, had ties to the Feng Family of Dragon Sealing Valley. Yue Zhirou began to suspect the circumstances surrounding the attack, while Chen Changan turned his attention to Situ Ming and asked about Moonfall Villa’s history.

• Chen Changan challenged Yue Zhirou to confirm whether she had seen Feng Wuyou die, then told her that Feng Bubai was connected to the Feng Family.
• Yue Zhirou insisted that Feng Bubai would never have harmed his disciples, but admitted she had only heard Feng Wuyou’s aura vanish after he stayed behind to face an Ancestor Realm attacker.
• Chen Changan pointed out that Yue Zhirou’s escape despite her injuries made Feng Wuyou’s death uncertain, and she asked what he suspected.
• Chen Changan told Yue Zhirou to focus on recovering, while Situ Ming urged her not to pursue a truth she might not be able to bear.
• Chen Changan asked Situ Ming how long Moonfall Villa had been established.

Chen Changan confronted Situ Ming over his suspicious appearance and learned that he belonged to the Earth Human Race, an ancient people seeking to return to the True Realm. The chapter ended with Chen Changan asking what the Earth Human Race knew about the Ancient Era.

• Chen Changan pointed the Red Dust Sword at Situ Ming and challenged his claim that Moonfall Villa was newly established.
• Situ Ming admitted Chen Changan’s suspicions were correct and explained that he had arranged to help Yue Zhirou and expected Chen Changan to come looking for her.
• Situ Ming dropped his false appearance and revealed that his real name was still Situ Ming.
• Situ Ming identified himself as a member of the Earth Human Race and said his people wanted to return to the True Realm with Chen Changan’s support.
• Situ Ming confirmed that the Earth Human Race came from the Ancient Era, and Chen Changan asked what they knew about it.

Chen Changan questioned Situ Ming about the Earth Human Race’s return and its knowledge of the Ancient Era, then agreed to support them despite their refusal to reveal everything. Situ Ming said they would return in two to three years and remain in contact through Moonfall Villa.

• Situ Ming told Chen Changan that the Earth Human Race, the Human Race, and the alien race had all existed in the Ancient Era.
• Chen Changan asked why the Earth Human Race was returning now and where it had lived, but Situ Ming withheld its location and said the clan leader would reveal the truth later.
• Chen Changan warned that the Earth Human Race’s return could spark conflict over resources and asked why the Human Race had lost its history despite ruling the True Realm.
• Situ Ming admitted that the Earth Human Race also sought the Ancient Forbidden Land, but said he did not know the answers and promised his people meant no harm.
• Chen Changan agreed to support the Earth Human Race, and Situ Ming said they would prepare to return in two to three years and use Moonfall Villa as their contact point.

After leaving Moonfall Villa, Chen Changan and his companions set out for Dragon Sealing Valley, but the Kang Family diverted them with an invitation to meet its ancestor and learn about its ties to Chen Changan’s parents. The Kang Family’s hostile scrutiny turned into an insult against Chen Changan’s father, prompting Mu Yunyao to attack.

• Yue Zhirou joined Chen Changan’s group, and they discussed the hidden races and the possibility that Dragon Sealing Valley had been arranged for them.
• On the way to Dragon Sealing Valley, Kang Zhimiao introduced himself and said the Kang Family’s ancestor wanted to meet Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan went with Kang Zhimiao to the Kang Family to learn about its connection to his parents.
• Kang Family members scrutinized Chen Changan, and one of them mocked his cultivation and insulted his father.
• Mu Yunyao charged at the provocateur after he insulted Chen Changan’s father.

Mu Yunyao and Chen Changan confronted the Kang Family after a junior insulted them, revealing strength that terrified the family. The Kang Family’s ancestor arrived, and Chen Changan turned against her after she insulted his mother.

• Mu Yunyao attacked a Kang Family junior, then sent peak Emperor King Realm Kang Zhimiao flying when he shielded him.
• Chen Changan backed Mu Yunyao and challenged the Kang Family members who threatened them.
• Chen Changan revealed his mid Emperor Dao Realm cultivation, and Su Yihuan said his strength could match her father, Su Jianli.
• The Kang Family’s ancestor appeared, and Chen Changan discovered she was a woman.
• The ancestor insulted Chen Changan’s mother, and Chen Changan declared that the Kang Family deserved to die.

Chen Changan confronted the Kang Family Ancestor over her claim that his mother had stolen his father from her, arguing that his father had never loved her. The Ancestor refused to accept his explanation and demanded repayment for her grievances, and Chen Changan ended by threatening to wipe out the Kang Family if she continued insulting his mother.

• The Kang Family Ancestor accused Chen Changan's mother of stealing his father from her and blamed her for ruining her chance to become his wife.
• Chen Changan challenged the Ancestor's version of events and argued that his father had never loved her, despite her interpreting his kindness as affection.
• The Ancestor rejected Chen Changan's reasoning, declared that someone had to repay her for her grievances, and invoked a father's debt being paid by his son.
• Su Yihuan and Yue Zhirou suggested that the Ancestor might be seeking to marry Chen Changan, but the Ancestor angrily denied it.
• Chen Changan warned the Ancestor that he would destroy the rest of the Kang Family if she continued insulting his mother.

Chen Changan fought the Kang Family's ancestor while Mu Yunyao, Su Yihuan, and Yue Zhirou slaughtered the Kang Family below. After the family was wiped out, Chen Changan was still waiting for an opening to kill the frenzied ancestor, and Su Yihuan and Yue Zhirou wondered whether he could defeat an Ancestral Realm expert.

• The Kang Family's ancestor threatened Mu Yunyao and the other women, but Chen Changan refused to kneel or apologize and said he could protect them.
• Chen Changan attacked the ancestor and drew her into the sky while Mu Yunyao ordered Su Yihuan and Yue Zhirou to kill every member of the Kang Family.
• The ancestor became enraged and attacked Chen Changan wildly after blaming his mother for the ruin of her life and family.
• Chen Changan avoided striking back as he watched for a chance to kill the ancestor with one decisive blow.
• Mu Yunyao, Su Yihuan, and Yue Zhirou wiped out the Kang Family, and Su Yihuan and Yue Zhirou questioned whether Chen Changan could kill an Ancestral Realm expert.

Chen Changan used Hongchen to reveal that his father had never loved Kang Mengru and had deliberately avoided her, shattering her belief that his mother had stolen her lover. He prepared to kill Kang Mengru, who challenged him to prove he could set her free.

• Mu Yunyao, Su Yihuan, and Yue Zhirou watched Chen Changan endure the Kang Family's Ancestor's attacks, and Mu Yunyao left to handle something else.
• As the Kang Family's Ancestor prepared to leave, Chen Changan stopped her and asked whether she wanted to hear the truth from the Red Dust Sword's Sword Spirit.
• Chen Changan summoned Hongchen, who told Kang Mengru that Chen Changan's father had regarded her only as a friend and avoided meeting her to prevent giving her false hope.
• Kang Mengru realized her love had been one-sided and laughed in grief, while Chen Changan said there could be no peace between them and offered to send her on her way.
• Kang Mengru looked down at the fallen Kang Family and challenged Chen Changan to prove he could set her free.

Chen Changan defended his decision to destroy Kang Mengru and the Kang Family, then joked with Su Yihuan and Yue Zhirou about his wives. Their questions about the Small World inside his body led him to wonder how Small Worlds in the True Realm came into being.

• Su Yihuan and Yue Zhirou felt sorry for Kang Mengru, but Chen Changan argued that compassion would not have saved them if the Kang Family had been stronger.
• Mu Yunyao returned after sorting the Kang Family's resources and warned Su Yihuan and Yue Zhirou against letting others use their goodness to pressure them.
• Mu Yunyao said Chen Changan would have taken Kang Mengru in, prompting Su Yihuan to call him a scumbag and Chen Changan to boast about taking responsibility.
• Mu Yunyao pointed to Chen Changan's stomach when Yue Zhirou asked where his other wives were, and Su Yihuan and Yue Zhirou mistakenly thought he had eaten them.
• Chen Changan explained that his wives lived in the Small World inside his body, then asked how Small Worlds in the True Realm were created; Su Yihuan and Yue Zhirou said they had always thought they appeared on their own.

Chen Changan explained that Law Power should exist in the True Realm and encouraged Su Yihuan and Yue Zhirou to learn to sense it. After admitting his own command of Law Power was recovering, he prepared to demonstrate it for them.

• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao questioned how Small Worlds had appeared throughout the True Realm after Su Yihuan and Yue Zhirou said they could not create them.
• Mu Yunyao theorized that people in the Ancient Era had created Small Worlds that became ownerless after their deaths.
• Chen Changan asked whether Su Yihuan and Yue Zhirou knew about Law Power, then argued that every world, including the True Realm, must contain the rules that give rise to it.
• Chen Changan told the women to try sensing Law Power and said he had mastered a great deal of it, which was slowly recovering.
• Yue Zhirou worried that they had no foundation for sensing Law Power, and Chen Changan decided to use his own power to help them feel it.

Mu Yunyao theorized that the True Realm’s Law Power was recovering, explaining why Chen Changan could wield it while others could not. After six months of secluded cultivation, Chen Changan and his companions reached the Feng Family, where Yue Zhirou found her master and senior brother alive and demanded an explanation.

• Mu Yunyao suggested that Chen Changan could use Law Power because the True Realm’s Law Power was recovering, and Chen Changan agreed the theory might be true.
• Chen Changan admitted he still could not reliably kill an Ancestor Realm expert, so he proposed that the group cultivate in seclusion for six months before going to Dragon Sealing Valley.
• At Dragon Sealing Valley, Chen Changan sensed two Ancestor Realm experts in the Feng Family and detected that Feng Wuyou was alive.
• Feng Bubai and the Feng Family’s old ancestor said they had been waiting for Chen Changan and his companions, then allowed them to enter the Feng Family without resistance.
• Yue Zhirou saw her master and senior brother and asked whether her master was really a member of the Feng Family.