Recaps

Bao Dating returned injured and warned Chen Changan that entering the Nine Nether Domain could provoke the Lord of the Nine Profound Domain. Chen Changan learned the Four Extreme Domains had once belonged to the Nine Nether Domain but remained determined to visit the Forbidden Zone of the World and speak with the being sealed in the Yellow Springs Netherworld.

• Chen Changan noticed Bao Dating was injured, but Bao Dating dismissed the injury and asked whether Chen Changan had gathered all four Holy Spirit Pearls.
• Bao Dating told Chen Changan that the Heaven Organization seemed to have forgotten him and warned him against entering the Nine Nether Domain or breaking the Yellow Springs Netherworld seal.
• Chen Changan explained that his father's past and Mei Yaozu's connection to the Forbidden Zone gave him personal reasons to investigate the Yellow Springs Netherworld.
• Bao Dating revealed that the Four Extreme Domains had once been part of the Nine Nether Domain and advised Chen Changan to grow stronger before pursuing the truth.
• Chen Changan said he would visit the Forbidden Zone soon and speak with the person inside the Yellow Springs Netherworld, then told Bao Dating he planned to leave alone the next day.

Chen Changan transferred the souls of Wei Yun and the others into new bodies before returning to the Forbidden Zone of the World to question Mei Yaozu. Mei Yaozu revealed how Chen Changan’s father humiliated the female ruler of the Nine Profound Domain, then hinted that he had found something strange about him.

• Chen Changan removed the Holy Spirit Pearls from Wei Yun and the others, then transferred their souls into prepared bodies so they could recover and choose whether to stay or leave.
• Chen Changan asked Bao Dating to keep watch over his three troublesome children and set off for the Forbidden Zone of the World.
• Yue Zhirou welcomed Chen Changan at Mysterious World City and noted that her cultivation was close to the Transcendence Realm.
• Chen Changan told Mei Yaozu he had gathered all four Holy Spirit Pearls and asked why his father had brought Mei Yaozu to the Forbidden Zone of the World.
• Mei Yaozu recounted how Chen Changan’s father slapped the female ruler of the Nine Profound Domain on the butt and shouted Mei Yaozu’s name, leaving them both taboo figures there.
• Mei Yaozu said he suspected Chen Changan’s father was as strong as the ruler of the Nine Profound Domain, but had a strange feeling about him.

Chen Changan learned from Mei Yaozu about his father's plans for the Nine Nether Domain and entered the Yellow Springs Netherworld to question its remnant soul. The soul revealed that he was Junzi Nian, Lord of the Nine Nether Domain and husband of the Lord of the Nine Profound Domain.

• Mei Yaozu told Chen Changan that his father had built up the Nine Nether Domain, gathered World Kings, and left Mei to wait for Chen Changan.
• Mei Yaozu said Chen Changan would need to question the remnant soul in the Yellow Springs Netherworld to learn what had happened between his father and the soul.
• Mei Yaozu explained that the Holy Spirit Pearl would keep Rakshasas from appearing, and Chen Changan used it to travel safely to the ruined city.
• The remnant soul brought Chen Changan into its space, and Chen Changan demanded answers before deciding whether to release it with the Holy Spirit Pearl.
• The remnant soul introduced himself as Junzi Nian, Lord of the Nine Nether Domain and husband of the Lord of the Nine Profound Domain.

Junzi Nian told Chen Changan how Nian Junxin had slaughtered the Nine Nether Domain, sealed its dead in the Yellow Springs Netherworld, and left him as a remnant soul. He revealed that Chen Changan’s father had entrusted him to help Chen grow and uncover the truth, then explained the Holy Spirit Pearl’s history and the Four Extreme Domains’ connection to Chen’s family.

• Junzi Nian said Nian Junxin had once been his beloved wife, but their rivalry over being number one drove them apart and split the Nine Nether Domain from the Nine Profound Domain.
• Junzi Nian recounted how Nian Junxin invaded the Nine Nether Domain, killed him and his followers, transformed the dead into Rakshasas, and sealed them in the Yellow Springs Netherworld.
• Chen Changan asked whether Junzi Nian had investigated Nian Junxin’s change, and Junzi Nian said he had found no answer but had spoken with Chen Changan’s father about him.
• Junzi Nian said Chen Changan’s father had placed his hopes on Chen and asked Junzi Nian to help him grow quickly and uncover the truth.
• Junzi Nian explained that Nian Junxin had hidden the Holy Spirit Pearl in the Four Extreme Domains, while Chen Changan’s father had replaced their World Kings and trained later generations who no longer knew about the pearl.
• Junzi Nian said the Four Extreme Domains ought to acknowledge Chen Changan as their master, and singled out Qin Huang as an exception.

Chen Changan learned that the Holy Spirit Pearls contained Junzi Nian’s remnant soul, and Junzi Nian fused with them to restore himself. As the Yellow Springs Netherworld shook, Junzi Nian prepared Mysterious World City to help Chen Changan when the time came.

• Junzi Nian explained that Chen Changan’s father had spared Qin Huang to keep the Nine Profound Domain from discovering what happened, and learned that Chen Changan had already killed him.
• Junzi Nian revealed that Nian Junxin had hidden his body and part of his Spiritual Sense inside the four Holy Spirit Pearls, which she had placed in the Four Extreme Domains.
• Chen Changan told Junzi Nian that he had given new bodies to the people who had reincarnated from the Holy Spirit Pearls and moved their souls into them.
• Junzi Nian examined the four Holy Spirit Pearls, confirmed the soul transfers had not harmed his Spiritual Sense, and began fusing with them.
• As Junzi Nian’s remnant soul grew more complete, the Yellow Springs Netherworld shook, and Chen Changan recorded the unusual fusion.
• Junzi Nian ordered Zhirou to prepare everyone in Mysterious World City to help Chen Changan when the crucial moment arrived, adding that he missed home.

After the Yellow Springs Netherworld vanished and Junzi Nian regained his body, Chen Changan challenged him over his indecision and lingering feelings for Nian Junxin. Mei Yaozu joined them, learned they had once been married, and joined Chen Changan in teasing Junzi Nian as they discussed whether he might travel through time.

• The Yellow Springs Netherworld disappeared, and the Rakshasas dissolved into white lights as Junzi Nian lamented his past mercy.
• Chen Changan asked Junzi Nian whether he would kill Nian Junxin and argued that he should have made himself stronger instead of backing down.
• Junzi Nian wondered whether he could change the past, and Chen Changan warned him about the consequences of directly interfering through the River of Time.
• Mei Yaozu arrived and joked with Junzi Nian, who threatened to tell Mei Yaozu's ex-wife that he was alive.
• Chen Changan told Mei Yaozu that Junzi Nian and Nian Junxin had been husband and wife, and the two men teased Junzi Nian about still loving her.

Chen Changan, Mei Yaozu, and Junzi Nian discussed the danger posed by Nian Junxin and the need to grow stronger. Junzi Nian revealed a hidden trove of resources, but Chen Changan and Mei Yaozu immediately began dividing it up, leaving Junzi Nian furious.

• Chen Changan and Mei Yaozu gossiped about Junzi Nian until he joined in to correct their story.
• Junzi Nian warned that the disappearance of the Yellow Springs Netherworld and the Holy Spirit Pearl would eventually draw Nian Junxin's attention.
• Chen Changan, Mei Yaozu, and Junzi Nian agreed they needed to raise their strength, and Junzi Nian led them to a hidden realm containing his stored resources.
• Junzi Nian offered to divide the resources, but Chen Changan and Mei Yaozu began ransacking the trove and splitting everything between themselves.
• Junzi Nian demanded his share, but Chen Changan and Mei Yaozu dismissed him, prompting him to threaten to fight them.

Chen Changan prepared to investigate Nian Junxin and the Nine Profound Domain while buying time for the Eastern Extreme Domain to grow stronger. Before setting off alone, he planned to raise his cultivation and have Bao Dating spread a misleading rumor about his arrival.

• Junzi Nian and Mei Yaozu persuaded Chen Changan to investigate the Nine Profound Domain and Nian Junxin's forces.
• Chen Changan returned to the Eastern Extreme Domain, distributed resources to his trusted allies, and decided to stay and test the super-version of the Heavenly Origin Other Shore Flower.
• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao he would enter the Nine Profound Domain alone because it was too dangerous to bring anyone.
• Chen Changan instructed Bao Dating to spread timed rumors that he had entered the Nine Profound Domain, gathered the Holy Spirit Pearls, and was the son of the man who had spanked Nian Junxin.
• Bao Dating warned that Nian Junxin might still find Chen Changan easily on her own turf.

Chen Changan hid himself and entered seclusion to break through to the Other Shore Realm while Bao Dating waited in the Nine Profound Domain and Mu Yunyao and the others prepared for battle. Nian Junxin revealed that she had known about Chen Changan for years and planned to lure him into the Nine Profound Domain and trap him there.

• Chen Changan told Bao Dating that he could hide his location from divination, then sent him to the Nine Profound Domain while he entered seclusion.
• Chen Changan swallowed the super version of the Heavenly Origin Other Shore Flower and endured its violent energy as he attempted to break through.
• Mu Yunyao and the others prepared for the coming battle while Bao Dating waited in the Nine Profound Domain for the right moment.
• Nian Junxin told her subordinate that she had known about Chen Changan and his allies, and that she had previously kept the Heaven Organization from pursuing him.
• Nian Junxin explained that Chen Changan's fate could not be divined and that she would lure him into the Nine Profound Domain and keep him trapped there.

After breaking through to the Other Shore Realm, Chen Changan left for the Nine Profound Domain to draw attention away from his allies and assess Nian Junxin’s rule. He learned Bao Dating had spread his name, and began considering how to challenge Nian Junxin by targeting her loyalists and winning over her reluctant subjects.

• Chen Changan emerged from fifteen years of seclusion, gave the Sacred Elephant Origin Dragon to Mu Yunyao and the others to save for when they reached the Transcendence Realm, and left for the Nine Profound Domain.
• Chen Changan reached the Nine Profound Domain in two years, and Nian Junxin learned he had appeared there.
• Chen Changan asked around and discovered Bao Dating had spread news of him, though people mostly discussed whether Nian Junxin had been spanked by Chen Changan’s father.
• Chen Changan learned that Nian Junxin ruled the Nine Profound Domain and forced every faction to submit to her.
• Chen Changan decided to make a conspicuous move and consider striking Nian Junxin’s diehards while trying to win over those who submitted unwillingly.

Chen Changan discovered that the Cloud Cauldron Xu Clan was transporting children to its Martial Arts Hall under heavy guard, and he followed when a group attacked them. The children were caught up in the attackers’ advance, and Chen Changan stepped in to interrupt as they were about to be taken away.

• Chen Changan learned from a passerby that the Xu Clan tested children every ten years and trained those who passed at its Martial Arts Halls.
• Chen Changan noticed more than twenty Ancient Ancestor Realm experts escorting the children and followed the group despite telling himself to stay out of it.
• Chen Changan overheard the escorts discussing repeated attempts to snatch children and sensed a group approaching.
• A Minor World Lord Realm leader and ten Ancient Ancestor Realm experts attacked the Xu Clan escort, forcing some guards to take the children onward.
• The attackers caught up with the children and ordered them taken away, but Chen Changan called out for them to wait.

Chen Changan learned that a group of former Martial Arts Hall members had been rescuing children from the Xu Household. They revealed that the Martial Arts Hall secretly trained children as food for the Xu Household’s monstrous ancestor, and Chen Changan asked how they had evaded the powerful household.

• Chen Changan calmed the group and asked why they were saving the children from the Martial Arts Hall.
• The group revealed that they had once belonged to the Martial Arts Hall and explained that graduates had been disappearing from the Xu Household.
• The group said the Xu Household had established the Martial Arts Hall to train children as nourishment for its ancestor, who was a monster that ate people.
• The group explained that they had fled after uncovering the truth and now intercepted children before they could enter the Martial Arts Hall.
• Chen Changan asked how the rescuers had managed to move freely despite the Xu Household’s powerful experts and World King ancestor.

Chen Changan saw through the Xu clan’s staged story about rescuing children and confronted the clan at Yunding. After explaining how he uncovered the deception, he asked what Nian Junxin had ordered the Xu clan to do, questioning whether they could stop him.

• The leader explained that his group had secretly rescued children from the Martial Arts Hall and sent them toward Yunding before leaving with them.
• Chen Changan flew to Yunding and visited the Xu clan, where its leader and other members were waiting for him.
• Chen Changan revealed that he had recognized the rescuers’ story as a setup because their behavior and actions did not make sense.
• Chen Changan said he had secretly placed arrays on the children and their escorts, allowing him to learn that they had gone to the Martial Arts Hall.
• Chen Changan inferred that Nian Junxin had arranged the deception after learning he had entered the Nine Profound Domain, then asked what Nian Junxin wanted the Xu clan to do and whether they could stop him.

Chen Changan learned that the Xu Family had been ordered by Venerable One to lure him to Burial Dragon City, though the Xu Family ancestor could not explain why. After Chen Changan left, the ancestor admitted he was far too powerful to challenge and considered supporting him if the chance arose.

• The Xu Family ancestor revealed that Venerable One had sent the Xu Family to test Chen Changan and lure him to Burial Dragon City.
• Chen Changan questioned the ancestor about the city and Venerable One’s intentions, then decided to leave without learning more.
• The Xu Family ancestor challenged Chen Changan to demonstrate his strength but immediately let him go after feeling threatened by his overwhelming power.
• The Xu Family ancestor told the family that Chen Changan could likely kill him with a thought and hoped Chen Changan might replace Venerable One.
• The Xu Family ancestor said the family would wait to see how events unfolded and help Chen Changan if he gained the advantage.

Chen Changan met Ren Xuan on the way to Burial Dragon City and learned that powerful figures had gathered there for a convention targeting him. He continued toward the city, still unsure why Nian Junxin had led him into danger.

• Chen Changan met Ren Xuan, who recognized him as the lord of the Eastern Extreme Domain known for defying Nian Junxin.
• Ren Xuan explained that many people feared Nian Junxin but sought her favor, and that her rule relied on force rather than loyalty.
• Ren Xuan revealed that Burial Dragon City was hosting the Chen Removal Convention, where people planned to capture Chen Changan and deliver him to Nian Junxin.
• Chen Changan wondered whether Nian Junxin intended to test his strength or had another purpose by directing him toward Burial Dragon City.
• Ren Xuan warned Chen Changan that powerful experts and Nian Junxin's spies filled the Nine Profound Domain, then urged him to leave while admitting he was speaking through voice transmission out of fear.

Chen Changan arrived in Burial Dragon City and secretly observed the Chen Removal Convention, where Wu Renyao rallied the gathered experts to hunt him down. The convention ended its opening with a call for Chen Changan to come forth.

• Chen Changan entered Burial Dragon City and listened as locals discussed the convention and the powerful experts expected to attend.
• Five days later, Chen Changan watched the convention begin and learned that Wu Renyao, Cai Yunjian, and Xue Futu had gathered at the venue.
• A bystander revealed Xue Futu's bloody feud with Wu Renyao, and Xue Futu struck the speaker down for discussing it.
• Xue Futu taunted Wu Renyao, while Cai Yunjian challenged Xue Futu and warned that he relied on his father's protection.
• Wu Renyao addressed the crowd, urged them to kill the Venerable One's enemy, and called for Chen Changan to come forth.

Chen Changan confronted the World Kings gathered for the Chen Removal Convention in Burial Dragon City and learned that Ren Xuan had revealed his whereabouts. After challenging the gathering’s motives and avoiding a fight that could destroy the city, Chen Changan accepted Xue Futu’s challenge and prepared to face him alone.

• Chen Changan appeared before Wu Renyao and the other World Kings, who sized him up and questioned how he had dominated the Four Extreme Domains.
• Ren Xuan admitted that he had told Wu Ai that Chen Changan was in Burial Dragon City, explaining that he had acted to save his own life.
• Chen Changan asked whether the convention was Nian Junxin’s idea and said she had lured him there, but Wu Renyao defended serving the Venerable One.
• Cai Yunjian questioned why Nian Junxin would use the group to kill Chen Changan if she could handle him herself, while Xue Futu insisted he could fight alone.
• Chen Changan warned that fighting in the city could destroy it, so Xue Futu flew into the sky to challenge him there.
• Chen Changan asked whether Wu Renyao, Cai Yunjian, and the others would stay out of the fight, then warned they would not live much longer.

Chen Changan overwhelmed Xue Futu, then fought Xue Futu and Cai Yunjian together as Wu Renyao held back and ordered more World Kings to join in. Wu Renyao’s trusted followers arrived and reported that everything was ready, and he ordered them to begin.

• Xue Futu attacked Chen Changan, but Chen evaded his blows and sent him flying with a single punch.
• Wu Renyao held back to gauge Chen Changan’s strength, while Cai Yunjian joined Xue Futu to fight him.
• Chen Changan proved stronger than Xue Futu and Cai Yunjian together, prompting Wu Renyao to order more than a dozen World Kings to attack.
• Wu Renyao’s trusted followers arrived and reported that everything was ready, and Wu Renyao told them to begin.

Wu Renyao trapped Chen Changan in the Heaven Locking Earth Trapping Formation and proposed reporting him to Nian Junxin. Chen Changan pointed out that Wu Renyao had prepared the formation months in advance, prompting Xue Futu and Cai Yunjian to question his motives as Wu Renyao challenged their loyalty.

• Wu Renyao and his subordinates activated a grand formation centered on Burial Dragon City, trapping Chen Changan in the Heaven Locking Earth Trapping Formation.
• Xue Futu explained that the formation drained its captive’s energy, and the World Kings believed Chen Changan had been defeated.
• Wu Renyao said they could report Chen Changan to Nian Junxin or leave him trapped, and the group favored seeking Nian Junxin’s approval.
• Chen Changan asked who Wu Renyao was and pointed out that the formation must have been prepared months before the convention.
• Xue Futu and Cai Yunjian questioned why Wu Renyao had hidden his preparations and assumed Chen Changan would come to Burial Dragon City.
• Wu Renyao told them not to forget which side they were on and asked whether they were helping Chen Changan by questioning him.

Chen Changan exposed that Wu Renyao had known he would appear in Burial Dragon City before he entered the Nine Profound Domain, turning the others against Wu Renyao. Wu Renyao revealed that a mysterious person had supplied the formation resources and ordered him to trap Chen Changan, leaving everyone uncertain about the stranger’s motives as Chen Changan announced he was coming out.

• Chen Changan questioned how Wu Renyao had known about his arrival in Burial Dragon City, and Cai Yunjian and Xue Futu demanded answers.
• Wu Renyao admitted that a mysterious person had visited him seven or eight months earlier, supplied resources for the Heaven Locking Earth Trapping Formation, and told him to convene the Chen Removal Convention.
• Wu Renyao said the mysterious person had ordered him to trap Chen Changan and promised that doing so could win Nian Junxin’s favor, but had not explained his own motives.
• Cai Yunjian, Xue Futu, and the others remained suspicious but agreed that reporting the matter was urgent.
• Chen Changan asked Wu Renyao whether that was all he had to say and announced that he was coming out.

Chen Changan escaped the Heaven Locking Earth Trapping Formation, killed Wu Renyao, and slaughtered the fighters who tried to flee. After the formation came down and the spectators left Burial Dragon City, Ren Xuan approached Chen Changan and claimed he had gathered the city’s resources for him.

• Chen Changan walked out of the intact Heaven Locking Earth Trapping Formation and revealed that ordinary formations and barriers did not work on him.
• Wu Renyao charged Chen Changan, who split him in two with a single sword strike.
• Xue Futu and the others tried to escape, but Chen Changan attacked them with sword light while people in Burial Dragon City watched.
• The spectators realized they were trapped inside the formation’s eye, pressured Wu Renyao’s followers to dismantle the formation, and fled when it came down.
• Gou Sheng devoured the defeated enemies’ souls and returned to his wife.
• Ren Xuan greeted Chen Changan and claimed he had helped himself to Burial Dragon City’s resources for Chen Changan.

After leaving Burial Dragon City, Chen Changan let the shameless Ren Xuan accompany him while investigating the mysterious person who had helped Wu Renyao. Ren Xuan pointed him toward Withered Cloud City, Xue Rantian’s stronghold, and Chen Changan agreed to go there.

• Ren Xuan offered Chen Changan his looted possessions and admitted he had betrayed him to protect himself.
• Chen Changan questioned Ren Xuan about traveling together, and Ren Xuan confessed he would betray him again if danger came.
• After leaving Burial Dragon City, Chen Changan decided to take Ren Xuan along to discover what he was really after.
• Ren Xuan warned Chen Changan that Xue Rantian, the powerful father of Xue Futu and master of Wu Renyao, would seek revenge.
• Ren Xuan advised Chen Changan to go to Withered Cloud City, Xue Rantian’s stronghold, and Chen Changan agreed after asking whether Ren Xuan knew Bao Dating.

Chen Changan learned about the oppressed Perfect Race and traced the woman he saw in Withered Cloud City to Xue Rantian’s trusted subordinate. He considered how the Perfect Race might become an ally and asked where their homeland was, while weighing the consequences of dealing with Xue Rantian.

• Ren Xuan explained that Xue Rantian had been promoted to city lord of Withered Cloud City by Huangfu Long, who controlled a hundred cities.
• Chen Changan noticed a beautiful woman with a Slave Seal, and Ren Xuan told him she belonged to the all-female Perfect Race, whose members were enslaved after resisting the Venerable One.
• Ren Xuan said the Perfect Race lived imprisoned in the Perfect Land, and some of its members were periodically taken away and auctioned.
• Chen Changan asked Ren Xuan to investigate the woman and learned that Xue Rantian had given her to his most trusted subordinate.
• Chen Changan considered the Perfect Race as a possible ally, worried about the consequences of killing Xue Rantian, and asked Ren Xuan where the Perfect Land was.

Chen Changan killed Xue Rantian and his trusted aides at the City Lord’s Mansion, then went to free a captive Perfect Race member. The man distrusted Chen Changan’s motives, leaving their meeting tense.

• Ren Xuan asked whether Chen Changan was confident about confronting Xue Rantian, and Chen Changan said he was absolutely confident.
• Xue Rantian ordered his subordinates to investigate the disappearance of Burial Dragon City and questioned whether Chen Changan had killed his son.
• Chen Changan entered the City Lord’s Mansion, showed Xue Rantian his son’s Jade Pendant, and attacked him.
• Chen Changan killed Xue Rantian and his trusted aides inside a barrier that kept the battle from affecting Withered Cloud City.
• Chen Changan and Ren Xuan went to free the Perfect Race member, who suspected Chen Changan had come for the beauty of the Perfect Race.

Chen Changan proposed an alliance with a wary member of the Perfect Race, offering to help free her people from enslavement in exchange for their support against Nian Junxin. She agreed to lead him to the Perfect Land after he promised to rescue Perfect Race members scheduled for auction in Feiyun City.

• Chen Changan introduced himself to the Perfect Race member and offered to help her people escape their enslavement.
• The woman doubted that Chen Changan could protect them and feared the consequences of opposing Nian Junxin, but he urged her to take a chance and seek an ally.
• She explained that the Perfect Race could help Chen Changan but that only the clan leader could reveal what they could offer.
• Chen Changan agreed to travel with her to the Perfect Land, and she asked him to rescue Perfect Race members set to be auctioned in Feiyun City a month later.
• Chen Changan agreed to save them as a show of good faith, and the woman accepted their partnership.