Recaps

Hong Tianlong explained what he knew about the Ancient Era, the Nine Great Races, and Chen Changan’s father’s plans for the alien races. Chen Changan also asked about a sinister double with a nearly identical aura, leaving Hong Tianlong baffled and promising to investigate.

• Hong Tianlong said a catastrophe nearly destroyed the True Realm in the Ancient Era, when the Nine Great Races stood at its peak, and he did not know whether any of the other races survived.
• Hong Tianlong explained that the alien races had left through the Outlands and continued invading partly because of the Ancient Forbidden Land, while Chen Changan’s father had deliberately kept some of them alive and restricted their incursions.
• Chen Changan asked how much Hong Tianlong knew about the arrangements surrounding his return and the attempts on his life, and Hong Tianlong said they had guided his early development but followed his father’s order not to intervene unless necessary.
• Chen Changan told Hong Tianlong about a sinister man who looked like him, had a similar aura, and had given the Red Demon’s armguard to the alien races at Queyan Sect.
• Hong Tianlong said the double was not likely an alien transformed into a human and promised to investigate who he was.

Chen Changan traveled beyond the realm to visit his mother’s family, the Mu Family, after Hong Tianlong told him they had something his parents prepared for him. At the Mu Residence, he learned Mu Zhanying was his maternal aunt and was led to meet his maternal grandfather, the Marshal.

• Hong Tianlong told Chen Changan to visit the Mu Family beyond the realm, where his parents had left something for him.
• Chen Changan asked Hong Tianlong for resources, then left Sky Dragon Peak with Mu Yunyao and Su Yihuan.
• After nearly half a year of travel, the three passed through the realm’s only passage and entered the cloud-bound space beyond it.
• Soldiers recognized Chen Changan as the Young Master of the Imperial Pavilion and escorted him to the Mu Residence.
• Mu Zhanying revealed that she was Chen Changan’s maternal aunt and that her father, the Marshal, was his maternal grandfather.

Chen Changan learned that the Mu Family was defending the Outer Domain from the foreign races, who had declared an all-out assault for six months later. His maternal grandfather revealed that Chen Changan’s parents had left something for him at the Mu Residence, which might prepare him for the coming battle.

• Mu Zhanying told Chen Changan that the Mu Family had suffered heavy casualties defending the Outer Domain and that the foreign races planned an all-out assault in half a year.
• Mu Zhanying explained that Chen Changan’s father had established the barrier to keep foreign races out of the True Realm and separate those inside from those beyond the domain.
• Chen Changan learned that his mother had changed her name from Mu Rongying to Mu Zhankuang because she thought it sounded more imposing.
• Mu Zhanying brought Chen Changan to his maternal grandfather, who welcomed him and began to hint at a story involving Chen Changan’s father.
• Old Master Mu told Chen Changan that his parents had left something for him and that half a year should be enough to prepare for the invasion.

Mu Zhanying told Chen Changan how his father won his mother’s love, humiliated Old Master Mu, and later transformed the Mu Family with a special wine. The chapter left Chen Changan wondering why his father had not built up the Imperial Pavilion’s Ancestral Realm ranks.

• Chen Changan persuaded Old Master Mu to let Mu Zhanying tell the story of his parents’ past.
• Mu Zhanying explained that Chen Changan’s mother chose his father despite the Mu Family’s objections, and that his father defeated Old Master Mu while only at the peak of the Emperor Dao Realm.
• Mu Zhanying recounted how Chen Changan’s father drank the wedding guests under the table, leaving Old Master Mu unconscious for half a year and barred from the Mu Family grounds.
• Chen Changan realized the item his father had left behind was the wedding wine, which helped the Mu Family rise to super-first-rate power with thirteen Ancestral Realm powerhouses.
• Chen Changan asked why the Imperial Pavilion had few Ancestral Realm powerhouses, and Mu Zhanying said his father’s trusted followers were formidable but she did not know why he had not strengthened the Pavilion further.

Chen Changan learned about the High Wine his father had left at the Mu family and asked Mu Zhanying to build a Saint Dragon Ruins-like trial space in his Small World. He began drinking the wine to absorb its powerful energy, leaving Mu Zhanying alarmed by how much he consumed.

• Old Master Mu told Chen Changan that his father had left the Emperor Pavilion and a large supply of High Wine, and he lamented that he missed Chen Changan's parents.
• Mu Zhanying led Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Su Yihuan to the cloud-built warehouse holding more than a hundred jars of High Wine.
• Chen Changan asked Mu Zhanying to create a Saint Dragon Ruins-like space for his Small World, and she agreed to finish it within half a year.
• Chen Changan drained more than twenty jars while Su Yihuan passed out after three and Mu Yunyao drank ten before beginning to cultivate.
• Mu Zhanying found Chen Changan had consumed more than fifty jars and warned him he could die, but he insisted the wine could not make him drunk and vowed to finish the stock.

Chen Changan drank all the High Wine and cultivated as the foreign races’ all-out assault approached. Su Yihuan reached the Ancestor Realm, Mu Yunyao reached the Half-step Ancestor Realm, and Old Master Mu urged the Mu Family elders to protect Changan if the battle went badly.

• Mu Zhanying warned Chen Changan about the High Wine, but he insisted on drinking it all to improve before the coming battle.
• Chen Changan finished the High Wine, felt dizzy, and sat down to absorb its energy through cultivation.
• Su Yihuan woke after a month and cultivated until she reached the Ancestor Realm; Mu Yunyao later reached the Half-step Ancestor Realm.
• As the deadline for the foreign races’ assault neared, people on the Outer Domain Battlefield worried about the coming battle and hoped Chen Changan could turn its tide.
• Old Master Mu summoned three Ancestor Realm experts and asked them to keep Chen Changan alive if victory became impossible.

With an alien invasion expected in three days, Mu Zhanying and the others counted on Chen Changan to face an overwhelming force while Old Master Mu rallied the defenders. Mu Zhanying then left for the front, entrusting the Saint Dragon Ruins to Mu Yunyao and asking her to give it to Chen Changan when he finished cultivating.

• Mu Zhanying told Mu Yunyao and Su Yihuan that hundreds of millions of aliens might attack, while only a few thousand defenders stood ready and the Mu Family had kept the threat secret from the wider Human Race.
• Mu Zhanying said the aliens were powerful and might have more than a hundred Ancestor Realm fighters, leaving them dependent on Chen Changan despite Mu Yunyao's Half-step Ancestor Realm strength.
• Old Master Mu urged the assembled defenders to protect the True Realm, and they pledged to fight as he pointed out the monument honoring fallen Human Race warriors.
• Old Master Mu led the defenders to the barrier to await the aliens, while Mu Zhanying gave Mu Yunyao the Saint Dragon Ruins for Chen Changan and left with Mu Yunyao as Su Yihuan stayed behind.

Mu Yunyao charged alone through the barrier to fight the alien army, while the others prepared to join her. Chen Changan arrived and insisted that he alone was enough to deal with the aliens.

• Su Yihuan agreed to stay behind and watch over Chen Changan while Mu Yunyao and Mu Zhanying went to the barrier.
• Mu Yunyao took Old Master Mu's Barrier Jade Token and rushed outside the barrier to attack the alien army.
• Mu Yunyao's punches killed dozens of aliens at a time, astonishing the people watching from behind the barrier.
• Old Master Mu and the others prepared to fight beside Mu Yunyao, but Chen Changan appeared at the Half-step Ancestor Realm and told them to stay back.
• Chen Changan said he alone was enough to deal with the alien army.

Chen Changan rejected the Lord of the Alien Race’s demand to enter the True Realm and used the Red Dust Sword to annihilate millions of aliens with one strike. The Lord of the Alien Race ordered his army to keep attacking, hoping Chen Changan would run out of True Essence Power.

• Chen Changan left the barrier, and Mu Yunyao joined him outside as the alien army stopped advancing.
• The Lord of the Alien Race emerged and said the aliens wanted to reach the Ancient Forbidden Land, not fight the Human Race.
• Chen Changan refused to let the aliens enter the True Realm and declared that he would destroy them rather than invite future trouble.
• The Lord of the Alien Race sent hundreds of millions of aliens charging, and Chen Changan protected Mu Yunyao and struck with the Red Dust Sword.
• Chen Changan’s sword wiped out several million aliens, stunning Old Master Mu and making the Lord of the Alien Race wary.
• The Lord of the Alien Race ordered the aliens to keep attacking until Chen Changan’s True Essence Power ran out.

Chen Changan devastated the alien race with a barrage of Sword Qi, alarming the Lord of the Alien Race and prompting the survivors to reassess his strength. After Chen Changan inferred that the aliens were passing intelligence through the Outer Domain Battlefield, the Lord of the Alien Race ordered his Ancestor Realm experts to attack, and Chen Changan prepared to face them.

• Chen Changan unleashed more than ten Sword Qi strikes, wiping out half the alien forces while Old Master Mu, Mu Zhanying, and Su Yihuan marveled at his strength.
• Old Master Mu warned that the alien race's powerful Ancestor Realm experts were still unharmed and that Chen Changan could eventually run out of energy.
• The Lord of the Alien Race called for a ceasefire, but Chen Changan refused and identified himself as the Imperial Pavilion Young Master.
• The Lord of the Alien Race recognized Chen Changan as the descendant of the man he had fought before, leading Chen Changan to suspect the aliens were sending information through the Outer Domain Battlefield.
• The Lord of the Alien Race claimed that over a hundred Ancestor Realm experts could overwhelm Chen Changan, then ordered them to attack as Chen Changan invited them to come forward.

Chen Changan slaughtered the alien army alone, leaving only its Lord alive. He confronted the Lord about who had been secretly supplying the aliens with information about the True Realm.

• More than ten Ancestral Realm experts attacked Chen Changan, but their blows could not hurt him, and he decapitated them with his sword.
• The Lord of the Alien Race ordered every alien to attack, while Old Master Mu and Mu Zhanying watched Chen Changan fight.
• Chen Changan wiped out the alien army, leaving the Lord as the sole survivor, and Mu Yunyao asked what he planned to do with him.
• Chen Changan questioned the Lord about who had been sending the aliens information and accused him of using an earlier attack to gather intelligence about the True Realm.

Chen Changan defeated the Lord of the Alien Race, who refused to reveal his secrets and self-destructed. Back inside the barrier, Chen Changan accused the respected Ren Buping of being an Alien Race spy.

• The Lord of the Alien Race refused to answer Chen Changan's questions and self-destructed to avoid being soul-searched.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao returned inside the barrier, where the people praised Chen Changan for ending the threat of invasion.
• Chen Changan warned that not everyone would be pleased by the Alien Race's defeat and pointed to a man he said was heartbroken.
• When the others defended the man, Chen Changan said he had been watching everyone and identified Ren Buping as one of the Alien Race.

Chen Changan exposed Ren Buping as an alien-race spy by explaining the suspicious reactions and words that gave him away. Ren Buping confessed, leaving Old Master Mu and the others to confront their betrayal and their failure to detect the spy.

• Chen Changan explained that Ren Buping’s panic when the alien race faced defeat and his unnatural calm during its leader’s self-destruction made him suspicious.
• Chen Changan pointed out that Ren Buping had asked whether he had offended him, despite having had no dealings with Chen Changan, and argued that he had no reason to fabricate the accusation when he could simply kill Ren Buping.
• Ren Buping admitted he was a spy for the alien race and lamented that Chen Changan had uncovered him.
• The others angrily condemned Ren Buping for betraying their trust, while Old Master Mu blamed himself for failing to discover the spy.

Chen Changan left the Outer Domain Battlefield after warning the Mu Family to remain there and keep the foreign races from learning what had happened. Back in the True Realm, he set out to find the Red Demon's three missing parts: two leg guards and a pair of boots.

• Chen Changan comforted Old Master Mu after Ren Buping exposed himself as a foreign-race spy and self-destructed, warning that greater trouble was coming.
• Chen Changan told Old Master Mu and the others to stay in the Outer Domain Battlefield so the foreign races in the True Realm would not discover that the threat beyond it had been dealt with.
• Old Master Mu cautioned Chen Changan about the Ancient Forbidden Land and explained that Chen Changan's father had left its dangers for him to face as challenges.
• Chen Changan spent several days with Old Master Mu, then left as the old man became emotional; Mu Zhanying teased his father and fled when he got angry.
• Chen Changan returned to the True Realm with two companions and planned to search for the Red Demon's two leg guards and pair of boots.

Chen Changan learned that the Feng Family and seven other families had gathered at Eight Kings Mountain, where they held the Red Demon's right greave and planned to lure him into a trap. He set out to confront them, leaving his promised visit to Moonfall Villa for later.

• Mu Yunyao reminded Chen Changan that the Earth Human Race was due to return, and Chen Changan decided to visit Situ Ming at Moonfall Villa.
• Black Banner members reported that the Four Great Families of Yunchuan had found the Red Demon's right greave and that the Feng Family and its allies were conspiring against Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan learned that the eight families had gathered at Eight Kings Mountain under the cover of their usual gathering, and he ordered Black Banner to continue its investigations.
• Chen Changan declined an escort and headed for Eight Kings Mountain with Mu Yunyao and Su Yihuan to learn why the families opposed him and feared the Ancient Forbidden Land.

At Eight Kings Mountain, the Eight Great Families prepared to kill Chen Changan and stop him from opening the Ancient Forbidden Land. Feng Bubai warned that a terrifying presence was imprisoned there, but admitted they knew only rumors, while Chen Changan questioned their willingness to risk everything on uncertain information.

• The Eight Great Families gathered at Eight Kings Mountain and resolved to kill Chen Changan, despite their failed attempt to use the keen stone.
• Feng Bubai argued that Chen Changan would come alone because his pride kept him from relying on the Imperial Pavilion.
• Chen Changan arrived with two companions, and the families were shocked to sense that he had reached the Half-step Ancestor Realm.
• Chen Changan asked whether the families held the Red Demon's right leg armor, and Feng Bubai confirmed they did while vowing to stop him opening the Ancient Forbidden Land.
• Feng Bubai claimed a terrifying presence was imprisoned in the Ancient Forbidden Land and that its release would bring calamity upon the True Realm.
• Chen Changan laughed at the families for risking their lives based only on rumors.

Chen Changan challenged the Eight Great Families’ belief that opening the Ancient Forbidden Land would destroy the True Realm, arguing that it might instead restore lost legacies. Huo Zhan challenged Chen Changan to a duel, and Chen Changan overwhelmed his Sword Intent as their clash began.

• Feng Bubai and the Eight Great Families said they intended to stop Chen Changan from opening the Ancient Forbidden Land, even if it cost them their lives.
• Huo Zhan revealed that the Huo Household’s ancient book warned that a terrifying being was imprisoned in the Ancient Forbidden Land, and Chen Changan suggested its opening might revive the True Realm’s lost legacies.
• Huo Zhan accused Chen Changan of avoiding a fight because he feared the Eight Great Families, then challenged him to test his strength.
• Huo Zhan unleashed his Shocking Heaven sword technique, sending a lightning dragon toward Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan dismissed Huo Zhan’s attack and released a Sword Intent that completely crushed Huo Zhan’s.

Chen Changan defeated Huo Zhan and the Eight Great Families, then spared them to prevent further conflict among the Human Race and gained their allegiance. He warned them that the Earth Human Race would soon return to the True Realm, then set out to uncover the truth of the Ancient Era.

• Chen Changan's Sword Intent shattered Huo Zhan's and destroyed the thunder dragon, leaving Huo Zhan and the Eight Great Families defeated.
• Chen Changan told Huo Zhan not to mistake the Martial God Ranking and War God List for proof that he stood above other geniuses.
• Chen Changan said he would spare the Eight Great Families because the Human Race could not afford to weaken itself through internal strife.
• The Eight Great Families accepted Chen Changan's mercy and pledged their allegiance, and Huo Zhan gave him the right greave of the Red Demon.
• Chen Changan warned the families that the Earth Human Race would soon return to the True Realm and told them to spread the news without provoking anyone.
• Chen Changan said he would uncover the truth of the Ancient Era.

Chen Changan reached Moonfall Villa after nearly five years away and agreed to help the Earth Human Race return to the True Realm. Situ Ming explained that they had survived in the dangerous Scorching Flame Land and wanted to reclaim their former home, though its current situation would require Chen Changan to mediate.

• Mu Yunyao questioned how the Crimson Demon’s armor pieces had been scattered, but Chen Changan dismissed the matter and continued toward Moonfall Villa.
• Chen Changan arrived at Moonfall Villa, where Situ Ming explained that nearly five years had passed and the Earth Human Race had been waiting for his help.
• Situ Ming said the Earth Human Race had fled to the Scorching Flame Land after an Ancient Era battle and had suffered attacks from Scorching Flame Beasts.
• Chen Changan agreed to help the Earth Human Race return to the True Realm and asked what they needed from him.
• Situ Ming revealed that the Earth Human Race wanted to return to its former home, but the chosen place had a problem that required Chen Changan to mediate.

Chen Changan learned that Cloud Sea Land was the Earth Human Race’s former home and negotiated to let them return in exchange for seventy percent of its resources. As Situ Ming led Chen Changan and the others to Scorching Flame Land, Gou Sheng recognized it as the place where the Southern Leaving Yin Fire was hidden.

• Su Yihuan explained that factions in the True Realm competed every hundred years for control of Cloud Sea Land’s resources, and accused Situ Ming of concealing the conflict from Chen Changan.
• Situ Ming admitted that the Earth Human Race wanted to reclaim its former home, while Chen Changan questioned their claim and their intentions.
• Chen Changan agreed to help the Earth Human Race return to Cloud Sea Land on the condition that the Emperor's Pavilion received seventy percent of its resources.
• Situ Ming led Chen Changan and the others to Scorching Flame Land to meet the Earth Human Race’s clan leader.
• Gou Sheng recognized Scorching Flame Land as the location of the Southern Leaving Yin Fire and eagerly declared he would eat it.

Chen Changan agreed to help the Earth Human Race return to the True Realm and settle in the Cloud Sea Land, learning that his father had once visited and told them to wait for him. After arranging to meet the clan at the Scorching Flame Land’s exit, Chen Changan left with Mu Yunyao and Su Yihuan to find Gou Sheng.

• Gou Sheng flew away to find a friend while Chen Changan took Situ Ming to the Earth Human Race’s dwellings.
• The Earth Human Race clan leader welcomed Chen Changan, and Chen Changan agreed to help the clan return to the True Realm and settle in the Cloud Sea Land in exchange for resources.
• The clan leader told Chen Changan that his father had investigated the Ancient Era and instructed the Earth Human Race to wait until Chen Changan appeared.
• The clan leader said the Earth Human Race could prepare to leave in less than the time it took to burn a stick of incense, and agreed to meet Chen Changan at the Scorching Flame Land’s exit.
• Chen Changan left with Mu Yunyao and Su Yihuan to look for Gou Sheng.

Chen Changan met Southern Leaving Yin Fire, who told him that Gathering Melting Yang Fire had betrayed her and was draining her strength. Gou Sheng vowed to defeat it, while Chen Changan stayed behind to face a horde of Scorching Flame Beasts and began absorbing their energy.

• Gou Sheng introduced Chen Changan to Southern Leaving Yin Fire and pretended his name was Gou Batian to impress her.
• Southern Leaving Yin Fire explained that Gathering Melting Yang Fire had grown strong by consuming her energy and suppressing her growth.
• Gou Sheng promised to avenge Southern Leaving Yin Fire and left to confront Gathering Melting Yang Fire.
• Chen Changan sensed Scorching Flame Beasts approaching and saw a horde of powerful flame-and-stone creatures arrive.
• Chen Changan used Time Stop to freeze the beasts and absorbed their energy, converting it with a treasure inside him.

Chen Changan cleared the Scorching Flame Land of its beasts and returned the Earth Human Race to the True Realm. He set out with them for the Cloud Sea Land, while quietly testing whether they would guide him honestly.

• Chen Changan devoured the energy of the Scorching Flame Beasts, and Mu Yunyao said the land’s oppressive conditions were fading as Gou Sheng succeeded too.
• Gou Sheng returned, claimed the Southern Leaving Yin Fire as repayment, and brought her to live on Chen Changan’s hands.
• Chen Changan met the Earth Human Race at the exit and told them the Scorching Flame Land was no longer harsh or filled with beasts.
• The Earth Human Race returned to the True Realm, and Chen Changan announced they would head to the Cloud Sea Land before making their return public.
• Chen Changan asked where the Cloud Sea Land was, and Su Yihuan realized Mu Yunyao had stopped her because he was testing the Earth Human Race.

Chen Changan led the Earth Human Race toward Cloud Sea Land and learned that a resource competition was about to begin there. As factions gathered for the contest, several challengers questioned his claim to be Lord of the True Realm and threatened to confront him.

• Chen Changan took the Earth Human Race toward Cloud Sea Land, drawing attention from people who recognized their destination.
• Chen Changan asked Su Yihuan about the approaching Cloud Sea Land competition, and she explained that powerful factions would compete for its resources.
• The Earth Human Race's patriarch told Chen Changan that Cloud Sea Land had been their ancestral home, though it had ranked only sixth or seventh among the True Realm's treasures in the Ancient Era.
• Factions gathered at Cloud Sea Land and debated whether the Imperial Pavilion Young Master would compete.
• Several people at Cloud Sea Land dismissed Chen Changan's claim to be Lord of the True Realm, and one vowed to give him a taste of his own medicine if he appeared.

At Cloud Sea Land, Huo Zhan and the Eight Great Families defended Chen Changan against powerful factions that mocked his strength and questioned his rapid cultivation. As the groups turned their attention to the coming resource contention war, someone sensed Chen Changan’s aura nearby.

• Huo Zhan confronted people mocking Chen Changan and insisted that Chen could defeat them even without the Imperial Pavilion.
• The other factions accused Huo Zhan of currying favor with the Imperial Pavilion, but he said the Eight Great Families admired Chen sincerely.
• Huo Zhan revealed that Chen Changan had reached the Half-step Ancestor Realm, and the Eight Great Families confirmed they had witnessed it.
• The factions set aside the argument and discussed the upcoming resource contention war and their plans to claim the top spots.
• Huo Zhan and the others wondered whether Chen Changan would come to Cloud Sea Land, then one of them sensed his aura.