Recaps

Chen Changan tortured the Lord of the Alien Race into revealing how he had reached the Minor World Lord Realm, then destroyed the secret technique fragment and dealt with him. After securing the Human Race’s rule over the Qingyun Realm, Chen Changan declared it his territory and summoned seven young people to question them.

• Chen Changan had Gou Sheng torment the Lord of the Alien Race until he agreed to talk.
• The Lord of the Alien Race revealed that he had used a secret technique to devour thousands of Ancient Ancestor Realm experts and force his breakthrough.
• The Lord of the Alien Race handed Chen Changan the secret technique fragment, and Chen Changan burned it to ash before dealing with him.
• Chen Changan told the other races that the Human Race would remain in charge of the Qingyun Realm, and their leaders agreed.
• Chen Changan claimed the Qingyun Realm as his territory and said he would send a Minor World Lord Realm expert to take charge.
• After the other races left, Chen Changan called the seven young people over to question them.

Chen Changan rebuked seven young Human Race cultivators for recklessly risking their lives, teaching them that surviving to restore their people mattered more than dying nobly. They accepted their responsibility to rebuild Qingyun Realm, while Chen Changan explained that he would appoint its Realm Lord and connect it to the True Realm as he pursued control of the outer realm.

• Chen Changan asked the seven young cultivators about their ages and who had created the formation they used, then praised their talent while criticizing their recklessness.
• The seven defended their choice to fight rather than hide, but Chen Changan argued that they had acted selfishly by risking the Human Race's future to avoid appearing cowardly.
• The seven reconsidered their motives, admitted their mistake, and promised to work toward restoring the Human Race in Qingyun Realm.
• When the seven asked Chen Changan to become Realm Lord, he declined and said he would appoint someone who reached the Minor World Lord Realm in the Realm Lord Battle.
• Chen Changan promised a teleportation array between Qingyun Realm and the True Realm, explained that he sought to develop them together, and declared his ambition to control the outer realm.
• The seven pledged to follow Chen Changan.

Chen Changan returned to True Realm with Mu Yunyao and prepared for the coming Realm Lord Battle, determined to enter the Third-grade War Domain despite lacking the resources to qualify for Source Space. He assigned Da Huang, Little Earthworm, and Yi Tuo to compete in the Fourth-grade War Domain and secure nine slots for their people, while he planned how to approach the higher-stakes contest.

• Chen Changan left Qingyun Realm after building a teleportation array and directed its other races to give resources to the recovering Human Race.
• Chen Changan rejected Mu Yunyao's suggestion to wait for another Realm Lord Battle and said he intended to enter the Third-grade War Domain.
• Mu Yunyao asked about Azure Vault Realm and Ni Cangtian, but Chen Changan said he no longer feared Ni Cangtian.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao returned to True Realm with seven or eight years left before the Realm Lord Battle began.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang, Little Earthworm, and Yi Tuo to represent their worlds in the Fourth-grade War Domain and bring three people each to secure nine Source Space slots.

Chen Changan assigned his companions to teams for the upcoming Realm Lord Battle and opened portals to the War Domains. Da Huang and the others entered the Fourth-grade War Domain first, while Chen Changan prepared to send the remaining participants.

• Da Huang chose Chen Yunxuan, Ye Zhi Qiu, and Li Qiye, while Mu Yunyao invited Luo Shui, Xiao Xiao, and Xue Kui to join her in the Third-grade War Domain so they could seek a breakthrough.
• Chen Changan selected Hong Tianlong, You Xiayun, and Huang Youdao for the Third-grade War Domain, and Yi Tuo took Xiao Chunfeng and Chu Lingfeng for the Fourth-grade War Domain.
• Mu Yunyao reassured Su Yihuan that the participants could return to the True Realm through teleportation arrays after becoming rulers of their own worlds.
• Chen Changan summoned the participants, opened a portal to the Fourth-grade War Domain, and sent Da Huang and the others through after reminding them to collect talismans.
• Chen Changan prepared to open the next portal and send the remaining group to the Third-grade War Domain.

Chen Changan brought his companions into the Third-grade War Domain and explained its power system and factional dangers. After learning that the domain allowed deadly clashes, he told his followers to avoid the first two stages of the Realm Lord Battle and focus on reaching the Source Space in the third.

• Chen Changan left Old Master Mu and Mu Zhanying in True Realm to pursue breakthroughs and protect the realm and its expectant mothers.
• Chen Changan led Mu Yunyao and the others through the portal into the Third-grade War Domain, where they discussed True Essence Power, Source Power, and Realm Power.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao noticed that powerful visitors had formed factions in the Third-grade War Domain and wondered whether Ni Cangtian led one.
• Nearby figures mocked Chen Changan for bringing weak followers and warned that people could die before the Realm Lord Battle began.
• Chen Changan told Hong Tianlong and the others to stay at their lodging and cultivate, with their only task being to enter the Source Space during the third stage.

Chen Changan bought a secluded compound from Bao Dating, who then explained how factions operated in the Third-grade War Domain. Chen asked whether Ni Cangtian was there, and Bao Dating warned that Ni Cangtian crushed anyone who opposed him unless they were beyond his reach.

• Bao Dating offered to guide Chen Changan and his group around the Third-grade War Domain and showed them a vacant compound.
• Chen Changan bought the compound for three hundred million Top-grade True Essence Stones, then learned Bao Dating had obtained it for free from an ally.
• Chen Changan asked Bao Dating about the War Domain's factions, and Bao Dating explained that dozens existed, including five strongest factions.
• Chen Changan asked whether Ni Cangtian of the Azure Vault Realm was in the War Domain and belonged to a faction.
• Bao Dating warned Chen Changan that Ni Cangtian forced enemies to submit or die, and Chen said he was probably someone Ni Cangtian could not afford to provoke.

Chen Changan learned about Ni Cangtian’s forces and revealed that he had defeated Ni Cangtian’s people in the Fourth-grade War Domain. Though short on resources, Chen Changan planned to target Ni Cangtian’s followers for payment and left Bao Dating waiting at the courtyard house.

• Bao Dating questioned Chen Changan’s claim that Ni Cangtian could not afford to offend him, then described Ni Cangtian’s strength and ambitions.
• Chen Changan admitted that he had beaten Ni Cangtian’s people in the Fourth-grade War Domain and asked where Ni Cangtian’s forces were and how to identify them.
• Bao Dating explained that Ni Cangtian’s forces occupied the southwest and wore waist tokens marked with the gold character “Ni.”
• Chen Changan said he had brought few resources and planned to get payment from other people, prompting Bao Dating to call him arrogant and offer to take his courtyard house after his death.
• Chen Changan refused to give up the courtyard house, told Bao Dating to wait for his payment, and left to handle other matters.

Chen Changan left to rob Ni Cangtian’s men for resources, while Mu Yunyao and Bao Dating waited. He returned with enough resources and revealed that he had knocked out even Middle Realm Lords with a single slap, though he did not know his current Realm Power.

• Bao Dating questioned Chen Changan’s plan to confront Ni Cangtian, and Mu Yunyao said she trusted Chen Changan to handle him.
• Chen Changan explained that he wanted to save Middle Realm Lords as points for the second stage of the Realm Lord Battle, then left to collect resources from Ni Cangtian’s men.
• Mu Yunyao told Bao Dating she was not worried about Chen Changan, and Bao Dating waited several hours for his return.
• Chen Changan returned and said he had robbed more people because the first ones carried too few resources, including taking resources from Middle Realm Lords without killing them.
• Chen Changan revealed that he knocked everyone out with one slap, then said he had reached ten units of Realm Power when he was at the Half-step Realm Lord Realm.

Chen Changan’s reported battle power astonished Bao Dating, who explained that even a cultivator with 2 Realm Power at the Half-step Realm Lord Realm had become one of the strongest Great World Lords. Meanwhile, Ni Cangtian investigated the mysterious robber who had taken his subordinates’ resources and ordered his people to search for Chen Changan.

• Bao Dating was shocked to learn that Chen Changan had reached 10 Realm Power at the Half-step Realm Lord Realm.
• Mu Yunyao compared her own 2 Realm Power with Chen Changan’s and vowed to become more extraordinary.
• Bao Dating told Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao that a cultivator with 2 Realm Power had risen to the top ranks of the Great World Lords.
• Ni Cangtian berated his subordinates after they admitted they had been knocked out and robbed without identifying their attacker.
• Ni Cangtian investigated the attack, found a blurred image showing the culprit’s clothing and build, and ordered his people to report anyone matching it.

Chen Changan asked Bao Dating about auctioned combat treasures and weapon materials, then agreed to turn Bao Dating’s idea of selling information about him into a wider business. The chapter ended with Chen Changan offering Bao Dating explosive news, leaving him eager to hear it.

• Bao Dating asked why Ni Cangtian had not retaliated, and Chen Changan said he had hidden his tracks and wanted to avoid disrupting the Realm Lord Battle.
• Bao Dating promised to honor his word and provide Chen Changan with information for free.
• Chen Changan asked about combat-enhancing treasures and weapon materials, and Bao Dating described Wuyou Auction House’s upcoming items, including Netherworld Stone and Nine Revolutions Vajra Wood.
• Bao Dating suggested Chen Changan could rob Middle Realm Lords during the second-stage Realm Lord Battle to gather resources, and Chen Changan agreed that it suited him.
• Bao Dating admitted he had considered selling information about Chen Changan to Ni Cangtian, and Chen Changan suggested selling the news to multiple buyers.
• Chen Changan offered Bao Dating explosive news, and Bao Dating eagerly asked to hear it.

Chen Changan persuaded Bao Dating to spread the news that he would defeat every Realm Lord and use it to attract bets during the Realm Lord Battle. They devised terms to profit regardless of the outcome, including arranging for Mu Yunyao to defeat Chen Changan after he had beaten a hundred opponents.

• Chen Changan told Bao Dating to sell Ni Cangtian the news that he was in the Third-grade War Domain, then announce his challenge to every Realm Lord in the Realm Lord Battle.
• Chen Changan proposed spreading the boast widely and opening a betting pool, with high minimum bets and different odds for betting on his victory or defeat.
• Chen Changan set rules so bets on his defeat paid out only if he lost before defeating a hundred people, while bets on his victory required him to finish the battle without a loss.
• Chen Changan explained that Mu Yunyao could stage a match against him after he defeated a hundred people, preventing bets on his perfect victory from qualifying for a payout.
• Bao Dating praised the scheme, and Chen Changan agreed to split the profits with him fifty-fifty.

Chen Changan explained how Bao Dating’s reputation could make their betting pool succeed, then went with Mu Yunyao to Wuyou Auction House. There, Bao Dating persuaded Ni Cangtian to delay killing Chen Changan until the Realm Lord Battle, where Ni Cangtian could defeat him publicly.

• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao that Bao Dating’s reputation would make gamblers trust the wager and that Bao Dating could help keep Ni Cangtian at bay.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao arrived early at Wuyou Auction House to look for the items Bao Dating had mentioned.
• Bao Dating told Ni Cangtian that Chen Changan had declared he would defeat every challenger in the Realm Lord Battle and claimed the Third-grade War Domain had no worthy opponent.
• Ni Cangtian decided he wanted to kill Chen Changan, but Bao Dating urged him to wait and defeat Chen Changan publicly after letting him win some fights.
• When Ni Cangtian asked why Bao Dating was helping him, Bao Dating said he could not stand Chen Changan showing off.

Ni Cangtian planned to punish Chen Changan during the Realm Lord Battle after Bao Dating spread news of Chen’s arrogance. At the auction, Chen Changan bid on the Netherworld Stone and Nine Revolutions Vajra Wood after the price reached forty-one billion Top-grade True Essence Stones.

• Ni Cangtian rewarded Bao Dating and decided to let Chen Changan enjoy himself before teaching him a lasting lesson at the Realm Lord Battle.
• Bao Dating and Ni Cangtian’s people spread the story that Chen Changan intended to dominate the Realm Lord Battle, drawing attention to him across the War Domain.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao discussed the auction and how the rumors could unite their rivals against Chen.
• Wuyou Auction House auctioned the Netherworld Stone and Nine Revolutions Vajra Wood together, and bidders drove the price up to forty billion Top-grade True Essence Stones.
• Gu Xiaolin raised the bid to forty-one billion after another bidder provoked him, then Chen Changan bid forty-two billion.

Chen Changan won two treasures for 4.2 billion Top-grade True Essence Stones, then stayed to see the auction’s final lot, Spirit Sealing. The bidding began at five billion, and a representative of the Thousand Races Alliance immediately offered ten billion.

• Chen Changan outbid Gu Xiaolin’s opponent and won the two treasures for 4.2 billion Top-grade True Essence Stones.
• Mu Yunyao noted that Chen Changan’s earlier resource gathering had made their purchase possible, and Chen Changan decided to stay for the final lot.
• The Wuyou Auction House presented a golden object called Spirit Sealing and said its pure energy had accumulated over billions of years, though the contents were unknown.
• The auction house set Spirit Sealing’s starting price at five billion Top-grade True Essence Stones, with minimum raises of five hundred million.
• A Thousand Races Alliance representative bid ten billion and asked the other bidders to let him give Spirit Sealing to the Alliance Leader.

Chen Changan won the Spirit Sealing treasure for 270 billion Top-grade True Essence Stones, drawing the attention of the auction house crowd. He left with Mu Yunyao as many people followed, intent on seizing his purchases outside.

• Bidders dismissed the Thousand Races Alliance's attempt to intimidate them and drove Spirit Sealing's price higher.
• Chen Changan joined the bidding at 26 billion and won Spirit Sealing for 270 billion after the other bidders stopped competing.
• Chen Changan explained to Mu Yunyao that the crowd had backed down because they saw him as an unprotected nobody, and he expected someone to repay his spending.
• Chen Changan completed the payment and left the auction house, followed by many people hoping to take his treasures.
• The General Manager refused a subordinate's request to intervene, saying the auction house was responsible only for what happened inside.

After the auction, Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao were followed by people seeking to take his Spirit Sealing item, while rumors about his boast spread across the Third-grade War Domain. Chen Changan refused to hand it over and waited for everyone following them to gather, eager to confront them all at once.

• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao heard people mocking Chen Changan’s boast and discussing his coming clash with Ni Cangtian at the Realm Lord Battle.
• Mu Yunyao said Bao Dating had spread the news quickly, and Chen Changan noted that their plan depended on how Bao Dating handled things.
• A follower blocked Chen Changan’s path and demanded the Spirit Sealing item, but Chen Changan refused and asked him to wait for the others.
• Another group arrived and offered Chen Changan ten billion Top-grade True Essence Stones for the item, but he rejected the offer.
• Chen Changan told the gathered groups that more people were still coming and said he wanted everyone present before he made a move.

Chen Changan stood firm as several factions demanded that he hand over Spirit Sealing, and an unseen powerhouse knocked out the would-be thieves. Chen Changan then robbed the unconscious men while distant spectators speculated about his powerful backing.

• Chen Changan refused to surrender Spirit Sealing despite threats from more than thirty people across several factions.
• A Middle Realm Lord Realm powerhouse from Ni Cangtian's faction threatened Chen Changan, then was knocked unconscious by an unseen attacker.
• The onlookers realized Chen Changan had powerful backing as more men were knocked unconscious in rapid succession.
• Chen Changan searched the unconscious men and took their belongings while spectators watched and celebrated.

After Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao plundered nearly a trillion True Essence Stones, Bao Dating proposed publicizing the incident to build interest in their future betting pool. Chen Changan planned to let rumors spread before selling the details, then prepared to test two treasures by refining artifacts.

• Chen Changan explained that the group had accumulated nearly a trillion True Essence Stones because many of them had saved wealth over time.
• Bao Dating visited Chen Changan and suggested spreading news of his clash with Ni Cangtian's people and the Five Great Factions to help the betting pool.
• Chen Changan decided to wait two days for rumors to spread before selling the details, believing the story would make people scorn him and strengthen their reaction.
• Bao Dating questioned whether Chen Changan had provoked the conflict deliberately, but Chen Changan denied planning it from the start and joked about his looks until Bao Dating left.
• Mu Yunyao asked whether Chen Changan used shamelessness as a tactic, and Chen Changan denied being that clever before saying he planned to refine artifacts and test two treasures.

Chen Changan had Hongchen absorb the Netherworld Stone and Nine Revolutions Vajra Wood, learning that she was a growth-type weapon whose power developed with his but still needed nourishment. As Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao forged their weapons, the people he had robbed woke up and debated how to respond.

• Chen Changan ordered Gou Sheng to refine the Netherworld Stone and Nine Revolutions Vajra Wood, and Hongchen chose to forge herself again.
• Hongchen told Chen Changan that she might be a growth-type weapon, strengthening with him while still needing treasures as nourishment.
• Gou Sheng finished refining the treasures and asked Chen Changan for nourishment for himself and the Southern Leaving Yin Fire; Chen Changan put the two together.
• Chen Changan helped Mu Yunyao forge another pair of gauntlets, incorporating her old ones.
• The people Chen Changan had robbed woke up, discovered their resources were missing, and decided to learn more about him before acting rashly.

Bao Dating opened a betting pool for Chen Changan’s upcoming Realm Lord Battle after rumors about Chen’s powerful backer turned the crowd against him. Chen expected people to challenge him and bet against him, while the onlookers began placing wagers.

• Bao Dating spread rumors that Chen Changan relied on a powerful backer, and people began looking down on Chen and his subordinates.
• Chen Changan told Bao Dating that his subordinates would skip the first-stage melee because they were outmatched and would be mobbed.
• Chen Changan instructed Bao Dating to open betting after the first-stage melee and close it when the Realm Lord Battle began.
• Bao Dating announced that he had partnered with Chen Changan to run the betting pool and explained its wager options to the crowd.
• Bao Dating revealed that Chen Changan believed he could not lose regardless of how people bet, provoking the crowd.
• Several onlookers wagered large amounts of True Essence Stones that Chen Changan would lose.

Bao Dating collected wagers for Chen Changan’s match betting pool, using people’s anger and confidence to draw in more money. A last-minute group bet on Chen Changan to win, bringing the total to thirty trillion Top-grade True Essence Stones, and Chen Changan said human nature had made the outcome predictable.

• Bao Dating encouraged the crowd to keep betting against Chen Changan, and the wagers reached twenty-three trillion Top-grade True Essence Stones.
• A group led by Brother Jiang reasoned that Chen Changan would win and began placing large bets on him.
• Bao Dating suggested that Chen Changan had a good chance of winning a hundred matches, prompting the group to raise their bets, with some wagering everything.
• Bao Dating tallied the betting pool at thirty trillion Top-grade True Essence Stones and celebrated the increase.
• Chen Changan appeared and explained that he had expected some people to bet against the crowd, since people often thought themselves clever.

Chen Changan entered the Realm Lord Battle Space and taunted the crowd until Wei Zihai challenged him. The two faced off as Wei Zihai vowed to punish Chen Changan.

• Spectators gathered to watch Chen Changan's Realm Lord Battle, while Ni Cangtian watched him with hostility.
• Chen Changan reviewed the tournament rules with Mu Yunyao and flew into the battle space when it opened.
• When no one challenged him, Chen Changan insulted the crowd and dared them to fight.
• Wei Zihai entered the battle space and threatened Chen Changan, who replied that he hoped Wei's strength matched his bluster.

Chen Changan defeated Wei Zihai and kept defending his position, winning fifteen consecutive Realm Lord battles. As the crowd expected him to lose soon, Ni Cangtian questioned whether Chen Changan had been hiding his true strength or had help when he robbed him.

• Wei Zihai attacked Chen Changan with fire, but Chen Changan froze the space and defeated him.
• Bao Dating told Mu Yunyao that Chen Changan had asked him to guard against anyone interfering from outside.
• Chen Changan chose to keep defending his spot and defeated a succession of challengers.
• Chen Changan won fifteen battles in an hour, while spectators judged that he was exhausted and close to his limit.
• Ni Cangtian wondered whether Chen Changan had concealed his abilities or had someone help him during the earlier robbery.

Chen Changan used feigned exhaustion and carefully timed meditation to lure challengers into prolonging his Realm Lord Battle Space winning streak. After reaching ninety consecutive victories, the crowd realized his scheme, but some still expected someone to stop him before he won a hundred.

• Chen Changan kept defeating challengers while appearing increasingly exhausted, prompting more people to enter the Realm Lord Battle Space.
• As his streak climbed to fifty wins, Chen Changan sat to meditate between fights, leading spectators to wonder how quickly he recovered.
• Bao Dating realized Chen Changan had deliberately made his fights look close and his exhaustion convincing so people would keep challenging him.
• Mu Yunyao told Bao Dating that he did not understand Chen Changan, and Chen Changan's streak continued to sixty, seventy, eighty, and then ninety wins.
• The crowd recognized Chen Changan had been pretending to be worn out, while a bettor feared losing all his True Essence Stones and others insisted someone would prevent a hundred-win streak.

Chen Changan ended his pretense of exhaustion and faced Zhao Wuliang, who had challenged him on behalf of the five major factions. He defeated Zhao Wuliang with a single sword strike and declared that everyone present was a weakling.

• The five major factions grew impatient with Chen Changan's ninety-win streak, and Zhao Wuliang entered the Realm Lord Battle Space to challenge him.
• Zhao Wuliang offered Chen Changan time to recover, but Chen Changan revealed he was not tired.
• Chen Changan told Zhao Wuliang that he was no match for him and struck him down with one swing of the Red Dust Sword.
• Chen Changan dismissed the wounded Zhao Wuliang and declared that he had been amusing the crowd because none of them could withstand a single move from him.