Recaps

Chen Changan arrived at the Cloud Sea Land with the Earth Human Race and declared the territory his, ending the resource competition. After the other factions challenged his claim, he refused help and prepared to crush them alone.

• Chen Changan arrived with a large group, including the Earth Human Race, while Huo Zhan and the other factions speculated about his strength and intentions.
• Chen Changan declared the Cloud Sea Land claimed and said the resource competition could be canceled.
• The other factions protested his authority, while Huo Zhan and the Eight Great Families openly sided with him.
• Chen Changan implicitly made the Earth Human Race appear to be Imperial Pavilion territory, a strategy Mu Yunyao recognized.
• When the factions challenged him to prove his claim, Chen Changan declined assistance and said he would crush them alone.

Chen Changan used his overwhelming aura to force the gathered factions to choose whether to oppose or yield, then claimed the Cloud Sea Land for the Earth Human Race. The chapter ended with him publicly announcing that the ancient race had returned to the True Realm and would make the land its home.

• Chen Changan immobilized the gathered experts with his aura, then killed one Ancestor Realm opponent and annihilated his soul when the man refused to yield.
• Chen Changan rejected the factions’ appeal to the greater good, while Mu Yunyao explained to Su Yihuan that he was keeping his victory over the foreign-race army secret to avoid alerting them before the Ancient Forbidden Land opened.
• Huo Zhan urged the factions to stop resisting, and they conceded the Cloud Sea Land to the Emperor Pavilion and agreed to leave.
• After every faction backed down, Chen Changan withdrew his aura and agreed to reveal the identity of the people behind him.
• Chen Changan announced that the Earth Human Race, one of the Nine Great Races from the Ancient Era, had returned to the True Realm and would make the Cloud Sea Land its home.

Mu Yunyao explained how Chen Changan’s denials had convinced everyone that the Earth Human Race belonged to him, leading its chief to pledge allegiance. After the others left, Chen asked the chief to explain what happened in the Ancient Era, and learned that Situ was the Earth Human Race’s royal surname.

• Mu Yunyao explained to Su Yihuan that people would believe the Earth Human Race belonged to Chen Changan because they had already formed that impression.
• The Earth Human Race Chief tried to clarify that his people were not tied to Chen Changan, but the crowd misunderstood and Chen’s denials only strengthened their assumption.
• The Earth Human Race Chief pledged his people’s allegiance to Chen Changan, and Chen sent the gathered visitors away.
• Chen warned Huo Zhan and the others that the Ancient Forbidden Land might open within a few decades or even a few years, and told them to focus on cultivation.
• Chen reminded the Earth Human Race Chief that he had promised to share information about the Ancient Era, and the chief revealed that Situ was his people’s royal surname.

The Earth Human Race chief recounted a secondhand story about an Ancient Era catastrophe, and Chen Changan exposed numerous gaps in the account. The chief wondered whether his ancestors had deliberately deceived their descendants.

• The Earth Human Race chief said that during the Ancient Era, war among the Nine Great Races was interrupted when a terrifying maw swallowed the sun and moon and every race except the Nine Great Races.
• The chief said a shadow appeared after the maw vanished, and the Nine Great Races sent their weaker members away while their powerful figures stayed to confront it.
• Chen Changan questioned why the Earth Human Race hid in the Scorching Flame Land while other races left the True Realm, and how the Nine Great Races could have defeated and suppressed the terrifying being in the Ancient Forbidden Land.
• The chief admitted he could not explain the story's inconsistencies and wondered whether his ancestors had intentionally deceived the Earth Human Race.

Chen Changan learned that the Earth Human Race patriarch’s account of the Ancient Era left many questions unanswered, though it suggested the True Realm had once surpassed the Ancestor Realm. After leaving the Cloud Sea Land with Mu Yunyao and Su Yihuan, Chen Changan considered whether it was time to contact the foreign races.

• Chen Changan questioned gaps in the Earth Human Race patriarch’s story and concluded that the Ancestor Realm was probably not the highest realm.
• The Earth Human Race patriarch agreed to send seven tenths of the Cloud Sea Land’s resources to the Imperial Pavilion, then admitted his people were effectively Chen Changan’s resource collectors.
• The patriarch told his followers that serving Chen Changan was the safest choice while the Earth Human Race recovered and feared the Ancient Forbidden Land.
• Mu Yunyao asked why the Human Race had stayed in the True Realm while the other great races hid or fled, but Chen Changan said he did not know.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao discussed contacting the foreign races, and Chen Changan said it might finally be time.

Chen Changan set out for Yunchuan to question the foreign races about ancient history, while Gu Minglou prepared to search for Wen Yuan. Wen Yuan confronted the ruler of the Divine Dragon Dynasty over the enslavement of ordinary people and learned that the ruler considered slavery their good fortune.

• Chen Changan and his companions headed to Yunchuan to sound out the foreign races about their knowledge of the ancient past.
• Su Jianli marveled that Gu Minglou had reached the peak of the Emperor King Realm and told him Wen Yuan might have grown even stronger.
• Gu Minglou thanked Su Jianli and left to find Wen Yuan before seeking out Chen Changan.
• The ruler and officials of the Divine Dragon Dynasty condemned Wen Yuan for spreading ideas that encouraged the people to resist.
• Wen Yuan challenged the ruler for enslaving ordinary people and compared his cruelty to that of the foreign races.
• The ruler claimed his people were fortunate to become his slaves, and Wen Yuan laughed at his explanation.

Wen Yuan entered the Dao through Literature and reached the Ancestral Realm after defying the Divine Dragon Dynasty’s enslavement of ordinary people. He destroyed the imperial palace and decided to wipe out the dynasty so its abuses could not return.

• Wen Yuan condemned the powerful for enslaving people and declared that scholars should defend the people despite their lack of strength.
• Wen Yuan entered a transcendent state, unleashed a terrifying phenomenon, and announced that he had reached the Ancestral Realm.
• The Divine Dragon Dynasty’s emperor and his people begged Wen Yuan for mercy and promised to end slavery, but Wen Yuan rejected their promises.
• Wen Yuan used his power to destroy the imperial palace, killing everyone inside.
• Wen Yuan recalled the Young Master’s warning to pull out weeds by the roots and resolved to wipe out the Divine Dragon Dynasty.

Chen Changan and his companions learned that Wen Yuan had become the Ancestor Realm Blood Scholar, while Wen Yuan and Gu Minglou set out to find Chen Changan. In Yunchuan, Chen Changan pressed the Tian Family Head for information about the Ancient Era and warned that their partnership would end without a higher authority’s answer.

• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Su Yihuan heard that Wen Yuan had entered the Dao and reached the Ancestor Realm, and Chen Changan praised his growth.
• Gu Minglou found Wen Yuan and lamented that Wen Yuan had surpassed him, while Wen Yuan explained how his travels had changed him.
• Wen Yuan and Gu Minglou decided to search for Chen Changan while Wen Yuan continued helping ordinary people.
• The Tian Family Head greeted Chen Changan in Tian City, and Chen Changan demanded an update on their search for the Red Demons.
• Chen Changan told the Tian Family Head that the Earth Human Race had returned and asked what the alien races knew about the Ancient Era.
• The Tian Family Head said he lacked authority to answer, and Chen Changan demanded that he bring someone who could or end their partnership.

Chen Changan forced the Alien Race to negotiate on his terms and spoke with its commander about the Ancient Era and the Ancient Forbidden Land. The commander gave the same account as the Earth Human Race, leaving Chen Changan without new answers.

• Chen Changan rejected the Tian Family Head's threats, insisted that the Alien Race negotiate through someone with authority, and threatened to slaughter the Four Great Families of Yunchuan.
• The Tian Family Head apologized and went to consult his superiors while Chen Changan explained to Mu Yunyao and Su Yihuan that he had used the threat to establish control.
• The Tian Family Head returned with a Sound Transmission Stone, saying his superiors agreed to speak but were not present.
• Chen Changan contacted the Alien Race Commander, who recounted the same information about the Ancient Era and Ancient Forbidden Land that the Earth Human Race had given.
• The Alien Race Commander said his people wanted to open the Ancient Forbidden Land to restore the True Realm's former glory, and Chen Changan ended the conversation with no new answers.

Chen Changan and his companions left Yunchuan without learning why the other races wanted to open the Ancient Forbidden Land, then wandered the True Realm as they awaited developments. Chen Yunxuan and five others arrived from the Saint Dragon Ruins, and Chen Changan sent them off to train while ordering the Heaven Banner to watch over them.

• Chen Changan learned from the Black Banner that the True Realm had no new developments besides the Blood Scholar.
• Chen Changan explained that the six young cultivators in his Small World had qualified to enter the True Realm after training in the Saint Dragon Ruins.
• Chen Yunxuan, Ye Zhi Qiu, Gu Xian'er, Gu Fengyao, Li Qiye, and Yun Qingluan arrived, while Xue Kui and the others chose to keep training.
• Chen Changan gave the six cultivation resources and told them to grow stronger quickly because turmoil might soon reach the True Realm.
• Chen Changan ordered the Heaven Banner to watch over the six and intervene only if their lives were in danger.

Chen Changan reunited with Yi Tuo, who revealed that he was the Lord of the Ember Clan and shared information about the Nine Great Races and the Ancient Forbidden Land. Chen Changan left with Yi Tuo to find Da Huang and Little Earthworm, then learned that Yi Tuo’s wife had stayed in the Sacred Domain.

• Chen Changan sensed Yi Tuo’s aura in a nearby space and found him in a realm resembling the Crimson Moon Secret Realm.
• Yi Tuo told Chen Changan that he was the Lord of the Ember Clan, one of the Nine Great Races in the Ancient Era, and that his strength equaled a human’s Ancestral Realm.
• Yi Tuo revealed that a sinister version of Chen Changan had brought him, Da Huang, and Little Earthworm to the True Realm and told Yi Tuo to wait for Chen Changan.
• Yi Tuo said the Nine Great Races had to work together to open the Ancient Forbidden Land, where they had once suppressed a terrifying being.
• Chen Changan asked Yi Tuo to leave the Ember Clan and join him in searching for Da Huang and Little Earthworm.
• Chen Changan learned that Yi Tuo’s wife had stayed in the Sacred Domain, despite Yi Tuo telling her to go find him.

Chen Changan reunited with Yi Tuo and learned that the wives of Da Huang and the others were missing from the Sacred Domain, likely captured by the mysterious man who had manipulated them. After Yi Tuo joined him in the True Realm, Chen Changan set out to find Da Huang and Little Earthworm, while growing concerned that the Ancient Forbidden Land was about to open and that danger awaited him.

• Chen Changan learned from Yi Tuo that their wives had been left in the Sacred Domain but were now missing, and suspected the mysterious man had taken them as leverage.
• Chen Changan and Yi Tuo discussed the Nine Great Races and decided to find Da Huang and the others before seeking leads on the remaining races.
• Yi Tuo returned to the Ember Clan to give instructions, then followed Chen Changan back to the True Realm.
• Yi Tuo and Su Yihuan traded insults about their appearances, and Yi Tuo explained that the Ember Clan had ranked among the Ancient Era's strongest races despite its small population.
• Chen Changan asked Yi Tuo whether he had collected Da Huang and Little Earthworm's auras, but Yi Tuo said he had not and had not deliberately let his own aura leak.
• Chen Changan sensed that the Ancient Forbidden Land would soon open and that an unseen force was driving events forward, while Yi Tuo warned that danger awaited him.

Chen Changan learned that the Azure Clan, Moon Clan, and Phoenix Clan had appeared in the True Realm and requested a meeting with him, so he set out for Ice River. On the way, Wen Yuan and Gu Minglou met Ming Zhi, Chen Changan’s exceptionally gifted young disciple, who wanted to join them.

• Mu Yunyao worried about Chen Changan entering the Ancient Forbidden Land, and he said Evil Qi Chen Changan was the person he truly feared.
• A Black Banner member told Chen Changan that the Azure Clan, Moon Clan, and Phoenix Clan had appeared together and were asking to meet him at Ice River.
• Chen Changan decided to meet the three races and traveled north with Mu Yunyao and the others.
• Wen Yuan and Gu Minglou heard the news and headed for Ice River to find Chen Changan.
• Ming Zhi approached Wen Yuan and Gu Minglou, revealed that she was Chen Changan’s disciple, and asked to go with them.

Chen Changan met the Azure Clan, Moon Clan, and Phoenix Clan at the Far North Ice River, where they tested whether he was strong enough to open the Ancient Forbidden Land. After his aura impressed them, the Moon Clan's clan lord compared him unfavorably to his father and revealed that the Ancient Era used a different name for the highest realm.

• Ming Zhi joined Wen Yuan's group as they set out together.
• The three ancient races discussed whether Chen Changan would come and said they would judge his strength before agreeing to help open the Ancient Forbidden Land.
• Chen Changan arrived at the Far North Ice River, and the clan leaders explained that his father had once earned their respect by suppressing the Azure Clan alone.
• Chen Changan released his aura, startling the three races, but the Moon Clan's clan lord said he was still far weaker than his father.
• Chen Changan asked whether the Ancestral Realm was called the False Realm in the Ancient Era.

Chen Changan learned that the Ancient Era’s war began when the alien race allied with outsiders to seize the True Realm, forcing the other eight great races to unite against them. The leaders explained that their strongest figures were sealed alongside the outsiders in the Ancient Forbidden Land, but they could not explain why hidden races had inherited a false account of the war.

• Su Yihuan insulted the Moon Clan Lord, and Chen Changan’s threatening aura helped keep him from retaliating.
• Phoenix Lord explained that the Ancestor Realm had been called the Pseudo Ancestor Realm in the Ancient Era, with several higher realms above it, and that Chen Changan needed greater strength to open the Ancient Forbidden Land.
• Chen Changan asked what had happened in the Ancient Era, and the leaders said the alien race had started the conflict by seeking help from powerful outsiders beyond the realm.
• The Nine Great Races joined forces to create the Ancient Forbidden Land and seal the outsiders and their own powerful figures inside, after which the aliens fled beyond the realm.
• The Azure Clan Lord said the Human Race stayed to guard the True Realm while the other races hid to rebuild their strength, and Su Yihuan questioned why those hidden races had inherited the aliens’ fabricated history.

Chen Changan and the others debated why the foreign races wanted to open the Ancient Forbidden Land and decided the True Realm needed to prepare for outside threats. They began planning to open it, and Chen Changan received the Red Devil’s left greave from Phoenix Lord.

• Chen Changan speculated that the foreign races had found the Earth Human Race and Ember Clan and misled them about the Ancient Era.
• Su Yihuan, Mu Yunyao, and the others questioned why the foreign races wanted to open the Ancient Forbidden Land, and Chen Changan revealed he had slaughtered their army beyond the True Realm’s borders.
• Chen Changan argued that opening the Ancient Forbidden Land could restore the True Realm’s strength against future enemies, though he admitted curiosity and self-preservation also motivated him.
• Chen Changan said they needed to gather the Red Devil’s pieces, find Da Huang and Little Earthworm, and raise his cultivation.
• Phoenix Lord gave Chen Changan the Red Devil’s left greave, leaving only the boots missing.

Chen Changan settled matters with the three great races, reunited with Ming Zhi, and sent her and her companions off to train. After Yi Tuo sensed something strange beneath the Extreme North Ice River, Chen Changan investigated and learned from Hongchen that someone had deliberately altered it.

• Chen Changan warned the Phoenix Lord and the others not to attack the foreign races in the True Realm before the Ancient Forbidden Land was opened, then left to search for the Kirin Race and Dragon Race.
• Chen Changan reunited with Ming Zhi and asked whether she had recovered any memories, but she had not.
• Chen Changan praised Wen Yuan and Gu Minglou, then sent them away with Ming Zhi to train while he handled other matters.
• Yi Tuo sensed something wrong beneath the Extreme North Ice River, so Chen Changan descended into it to investigate.
• Hongchen told Chen Changan that the river beneath the surface had changed since their visit with his father, suggesting someone had deliberately altered it.

Chen Changan searched beneath Ice River for signs of his father’s past activities and encountered the Young Patriarch of the Ice Spirit Race. The Young Patriarch brought him to the Ice Spirit settlement and offered to introduce him to his father.

• Chen Changan wondered whether his father had changed something beneath Ice River, then noticed a faint light below and went to investigate.
• Chen Changan met the Young Patriarch of the Ice Spirit Race, who explained that the race had originated in the Far North Ice River and that Chen Changan’s father had told him about the Ancient Era.
• The Young Patriarch recognized Chen Changan as his father’s son through their blood ties and led him to the Ice Spirit Race’s settlement beneath Ice River.
• Chen Changan met the Ice Spirit Race members, learned that their small population was due to their difficulty having children, and agreed to meet the Young Patriarch’s father.

Chen Changan learned that the Ice Spirit Race could restore him from the brink of death by sacrificing their own lives, potentially giving him a second life. The patriarch revealed that the race had a reason they needed to leave Ice River, but had not yet explained what it was.

• The Ice Spirit Race patriarch greeted Chen Changan excitedly and explained that his father had told the race to wait for him.
• The patriarch said the Ice Spirit Race wanted protection beyond Ice River and offered their healing ability in exchange for Chen Changan's help.
• Chen Changan demonstrated his Life Law and initially dismissed the race's healing as something he could already do.
• The patriarch explained that the Ice Spirit Race could hide inside Chen Changan and sacrifice themselves to restore him if he were near death.
• Chen Changan wondered whether his Life Law could revive the Ice Spirit Race afterward, and the patriarch admitted they did not know if that would work.
• When Chen Changan asked why the race was willing to risk leaving its isolated home, the patriarch said they had a reason they had to go.

Chen Changan learned why the Ice Spirit Race needed to leave the Ice River and brought them along as protectors for his companions. He arranged for many to hide inside his allies and planned for the rest to live in his Small World, while the patriarch and Young Patriarch argued over who would accompany him.

• The Ice Spirit Race patriarch explained that harmful energy in the Ice River was draining his people and that ferocious beasts made the icy plains too dangerous to settle.
• Chen Changan agreed to take the Ice Spirit Race with him and considered how they could protect Mu Yunyao and his other companions if he was absent.
• Chen Changan introduced the Ice Spirit Race to Mu Yunyao, Su Yihuan, and Yi Tuo, then arranged for members to enter them and the Black Banner members’ companions.
• After deciding the remaining Ice Spirit Race could enter his Small World, Chen Changan heard the patriarch and Young Patriarch argue over who would enter his body and lead the rest.

Chen Changan learned that the Murong Sisters’ unborn children might be unable to be born in the Small World, and agreed to let them enter the Saint Dragon Ruins with the Ice Spirit Race’s help. He found Little Earthworm, told him his wife had been captured, and learned that Little Earthworm knew where Da Huang was.

• The Ice Spirit Race’s Young Patriarch entered Chen Changan’s body and fell asleep, while Chen Changan hoped the Small World would help the race reproduce.
• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao that the Murong Sisters suspected their children could not be born in the Small World, and he agreed to let them enter the Saint Dragon Ruins with the Ice Spirit Race ready to help.
• Several months later, Chen Changan sensed Little Earthworm’s aura and reunited with him.
• Chen Changan told Little Earthworm that his wife was missing and likely captured, and Yi Tuo explained how a nearly identical impostor may have lured them into a trap.
• Chen Changan said the impostor was connected to him and would eventually appear, then Little Earthworm revealed that he knew where Da Huang was.

Chen Changan reunited with Da Huang after Little Earthworm led him to the Kirin Race, and the old brothers quickly fell back into their familiar, unruly banter. Chen Changan planned to gather the Human Race at the Imperial Pavilion for the Ancient Forbidden Land, while Da Huang asked to leave and explore with him.

• Little Earthworm told Chen Changan where Da Huang had been sent, and Chen Changan arranged for Yi Tuo and the Ember Clan and Little Earthworm and the Dragon Race to meet him at the Imperial Pavilion.
• Chen Changan told Su Yihuan that he expected someone to reveal the last Crimson Demon’s location, and he decided to summon the Human Race’s experts through the Imperial Pavilion rather than seek Su Yihuan’s father’s help.
• Little Earthworm led Chen Changan and his companions to Da Huang, and the brothers reunited after more than a month of travel.
• Da Huang dropped his emotional act, returned to dog form, and asked Chen Changan to take him to the brothels.
• Mu Yunyao kicked Da Huang when he brought up brothels, while Da Huang provoked Su Yihuan before abruptly changing the subject.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang that there would be plenty of chances to fight soon.

Chen Changan returned to the Imperial Pavilion and summoned the True Realm’s factions and races to help open the Ancient Forbidden Land. After sensing that the final piece of the Red Demon was inside the Pavilion, he and Mu Yunyao entered seclusion to raise their cultivation, while the summoned groups gathered and waited for him.

• Chen Changan ordered the Imperial Pavilion’s members to return and took Mu Yunyao and the others to Heavenly Emperor Peak.
• The Pavilion’s banners and battle halls welcomed Chen Changan, who announced that the Ancient Forbidden Land would soon open and summoned the True Realm’s major factions and races.
• Chen Changan revealed that he had sensed the last piece of the Red Demon inside the Imperial Pavilion and said he and Mu Yunyao needed to reach the Pseudo Ancestor Realm.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao entered seclusion as news of the Ancient Forbidden Land spread across the True Realm.
• Representatives of the gathered races waited at the Imperial Pavilion and complained that Chen Changan had not appeared.

The Imperial Pavilion’s Five Great Elders appeared with their forces and confronted the isolated Alien Race, defending Chen Changan and warning the Alien Race not to rely on its partnership with him. Afterward, the elders reunited with Su Jianli and teased him and Huang Youdao, until a familiar dog’s laugh made Huang Youdao snap.

• The Alien Race Commander argued with the Moon Clan’s leader and boasted about the Alien Race’s strength, while the others mocked the Alien Race’s defeat by Chen Changan.
• Hong Tianlong arrived and revealed that he and the other Five Great Elders had secretly been building the Imperial Pavilion’s strength.
• You Xiayun, Xiao Chunfeng, Huang Youdao, and Chu Lingfeng backed Hong Tianlong, warned the Alien Race against disrespecting Chen Changan, and forced the Alien Race to retreat.
• Huang Youdao and Chu Lingfeng rejected the Alien Race Commander’s claim that the Alien Race had honored its partnership with Chen Changan.
• Su Jianli reunited with the five elders, who teased him about his daughter’s betrothal to Chen Changan and mocked Huang Youdao’s appearance.
• A dog laughed near Huang Youdao, who recognized it as the dog at Chen Changan’s side and demanded to know why it was laughing.

Chen Changan emerged from seclusion with Mu Yunyao, having reached the Pseudo Ancestor Realm, and prepared to open the Ancient Forbidden Land with the Nine Great Races. Their power could not enter the Red Demon, and a Square Seal with matching energy flew from Chen Changan’s body, leaving the cause of the problem unresolved.

• Da Huang joked with Huang Youdao and the others while they waited for Chen Changan to emerge from seclusion.
• Two powerful auras erupted from the Imperial Pavilion, and Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao appeared before everyone.
• Chen Changan asked whether anyone had found his evil-aura counterpart, but Hong Tianlong and the others had no clues.
• Chen Changan summoned and wore the Red Demon as the Nine Great Races tried to channel their power into it, but the Red Demon rejected them.
• Chen Changan channeled his own energy into the Red Demon, sensed a connection, and watched a Square Seal emerge from his body.