Recaps

Chen Changan brought the factions of the Primordial Land under the Wind Cloud Pavilion, then sent Feng Xiaoxiao to secure the territory and resources of four defeated men. After Chen Tian arrived with Simple, Chen Changan sent the newlyweds away to train elsewhere and learned Chen Jie and Chen Ling might also be in the Nine Profound Domain.

• Chen Changan announced that every faction in the Primordial Land would join the Wind Cloud Pavilion, while allowing them to keep their resources or leave the region.
• Chen Changan warned the new members to fulfill their duties and told them they could earn special training through good performance.
• Chen Changan ordered Feng Xiaoxiao to bring the factions under control and seize the territory of the four men he had killed.
• Chen Tian appeared with Simple, and Chen Changan told his son to leave the Primordial Land and continue training elsewhere.
• Chen Tian said he suspected Chen Jie and Chen Ling had come to the Nine Profound Domain, then left with Simple.

Chen Changan learned that Ren Xuan had reached the Other Shore Realm and explained why he was unconcerned about Chen Tian’s safety: Chen Tian could not die while Chen Changan remained alive. After Feng Xiaoxiao gained preliminary control of the Primordial Land, Chen Changan told her to use its resources to strengthen Wind Cloud Pavilion and invited her to settle old scores at Carefree Valley.

• Ren Xuan credited his rapid cultivation breakthroughs to following Chen Changan, then asked why Chen Changan had never seemed worried about Chen Tian.
• Chen Changan told Ren Xuan that Chen Tian could not die because Chen Changan himself could not die, and left without explaining further.
• Feng Xiaoxiao returned after five years, reporting that Wind Cloud Pavilion had gained control of the Primordial Land.
• Chen Changan urged Feng Xiaoxiao to invest the Primordial Land’s resources in training Wind Cloud Pavilion’s members and said he would take what he needed from his enemies.
• Chen Changan told Feng Xiaoxiao that her inner demon blocked her path to the World God Realm and invited her to go with him to Carefree Valley to settle old scores.

Chen Changan set out with Feng Xiaoxiao to destroy Carefree Valley, sending Ren Xuan ahead to gather its people for an ambush. Along the way, Chen Changan helped Feng Xiaoxiao let go of her past and look toward the future.

• Chen Changan told Feng Xiaoxiao he planned to visit Carefree Valley and had Ren Xuan go ahead to gather everyone there.
• Feng Xiaoxiao explained that Carefree Valley had one peak Hegemon Realm Great World King and five other Hegemon Realm experts, while Wind Cloud Pavilion had only two Hegemon Realm experts.
• Chen Changan said he wanted to wipe out Carefree Valley completely and advised Feng Xiaoxiao not to trap herself in judgments about good and evil.
• Chen Changan encouraged Feng Xiaoxiao to stop living for her painful past and choose a future of her own.
• Feng Xiaoxiao accepted Chen Changan's words, her outlook brightened, and Chen Changan felt pleased by her renewed devotion to him.

Ren Xuan disguised himself as Yu Xiaotang and warned the Carefree Branch Pavilion Master that Chen Changan and Feng Xiaoxiao planned to attack Carefree Valley. After joining the branch pavilion, he offered to return to Chen Changan and secretly gather information for them.

• Ren Xuan claimed to be Yu Xiaotang and told the Carefree Branch Pavilion Master that Chen Changan planned to attack Carefree Valley with Feng Xiaoxiao.
• The Carefree Branch Pavilion Master revealed that Feng Xiaoxiao had escaped Carefree Valley years earlier and ordered his people to prepare to capture her.
• Ren Xuan asked to join Junxin Pavilion, and the Carefree Branch Pavilion Master instead accepted him into the Carefree Branch Pavilion.
• Ren Xuan offered to return to Chen Changan as a spy, and the Carefree Branch Pavilion Master promised to prioritize his cultivation and sent him to gather information.

Chen Changan waited while Ren Xuan earned Carefree Valley’s trust and uncovered its preparations, then led Feng Xiaoxiao and Ren Xuan toward the valley to attack. Carefree Valley expected them months later, but two powerful auras suddenly appeared as its defenders gathered.

• Ren Xuan reported that Carefree Valley had recruited two peak Hegemon Realm Great World Kings instead of asking Junxin Pavilion for help.
• Chen Changan waited near Carefree Valley for half a year while Ren Xuan sent reports that delayed the valley’s expectations of his arrival.
• After learning Carefree Valley had recalled its people and secured two helpers, Chen Changan decided to attack with Feng Xiaoxiao and Ren Xuan.
• Feng Xiaoxiao struggled to contain her emotions as the group approached Carefree Valley, where its Branch Pavilion Master prepared to capture Chen Changan.
• The two hired cultivators said they wanted to test themselves against Chen Changan, then two powerful auras suddenly appeared.

Chen Changan and Feng Xiaoxiao attacked the Carefree Valley Branch Pavilion, with Feng Xiaoxiao confronting its Pavilion Master while Chen Changan fought two Hegemon Realm men. Chen Changan suspected the men secretly served Junxin Pavilion, and the battle continued as he prepared to finish his task.

• Chen Changan and Feng Xiaoxiao ambushed the Carefree Valley Branch Pavilion and killed many of its people before its Pavilion Master reacted.
• The Pavilion Master recognized Feng Xiaoxiao and blamed Yu Xiaotang for deceiving him, while Ren Xuan denied responsibility and disappeared.
• Feng Xiaoxiao chose to kill the Pavilion Master herself to settle their old scores, and Chen Changan faced the two men who had come for him.
• Chen Changan drew the two men's attacks toward the pavilion's onlookers, killing more Carefree Valley survivors as the men questioned his strength and backing.
• Chen Changan noticed the two men's brief panic when he suggested they served Junxin Pavilion, then said he had nearly finished what he came to do.

Chen Changan defeated the remaining Carefree Valley forces and sent two Junxin Pavilion members away with a threat for Nian Junxin. Feng Xiaoxiao killed the Carefree Valley Branch Pavilion Master, while Chen Changan helped her confront her painful past and then prepared to torment the dying master.

• Chen Changan overwhelmed two visitors with a sword strike, revealed that he knew they served Junxin Pavilion, and ordered them to tell Nian Junxin he would take her life.
• The two visitors left, and Chen Changan helped Feng Xiaoxiao defeat the Carefree Valley Branch Pavilion Master.
• Chen Changan lent Feng Xiaoxiao the Red Dust Sword, and she began cutting the master to pieces while recounting how Carefree Valley had destroyed her Feng Family.
• The master taunted Feng Xiaoxiao about her past, and Chen Changan took the sword from her and urged her to accept who she had been.
• Chen Changan slapped the master and threatened to make him suffer, then told Feng Xiaoxiao to turn away from what came next; she refused.

After destroying Carefree Valley, Chen Changan left Feng Xiaoxiao in charge of Primordial Land and headed for the former Golden Winged Feather Clan site with Ren Xuan. At Junxin Pavilion, Nian Junxin urged her subordinates not to provoke him and asked whether they had found Chen Changan’s other sons, Chen Jie and Chen Ling.

• Chen Changan told Feng Xiaoxiao that he had spared the two Carefree Valley men for his own purposes and left Primordial Land in her hands.
• Feng Xiaoxiao teased Chen Changan about staying to sleep with her, but he departed, leaving her to return to Primordial Land with mixed feelings.
• Ren Xuan questioned Chen Changan about turning Feng Xiaoxiao down, and Chen Changan said he did not want to complicate their subordinate relationship.
• The two men Chen Changan had spared reported his actions to Nian Junxin and urged Junxin Pavilion to retaliate.
• Nian Junxin warned her subordinates not to act until they were certain they could defeat Chen Changan, then asked whether they had located Chen Jie and Chen Ling.

Junxin Pavilion ordered its people to focus on finding Chen Jie and Chen Ling while secretly monitoring Chen Changan and Chen Tian. On the way to the Golden Winged Feather Clan’s former territory, Chen Changan and Ren Xuan entered the Land of Vigil to see the Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger, which was said to be waiting for its long-absent master.

• Nian Junxin told Junxin Pavilion to search for Chen Jie and Chen Ling, while keeping Chen Changan and Chen Tian under discreet watch.
• Ren Xuan recognized the Land of Vigil and told Chen Changan about the Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger, which had waited there for its master for many years.
• Chen Changan suspected the tiger’s missing master might be his father and entered the Land of Vigil with Ren Xuan to investigate.
• Chen Changan saw crowds visiting the Land of Vigil to admire the tiger, including people swearing brotherhood before it, and questioned their claims of loyalty and righteousness.

Chen Changan met the Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger, which recognized that he resembled the Master it had been waiting for but did not initially believe he was the same person. After hearing Chen Changan's story, the tiger wondered if his father was its Master, but the truth remained uncertain when it forgot the last thing its Master had told it.

• The Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger rushed out to meet Chen Changan, then decided he looked like its Master but was not him.
• Chen Changan questioned the tiger about its Master and suspected the man might have been his father.
• Chen Changan set up a barrier and told the Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger his story, including what he knew about his father.
• The Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger became excited and asked if Chen Changan's father was its Master and whether Chen Changan had come to take it away.
• Chen Changan said he could not be sure and asked what else the tiger's Master had said; the tiger remembered there had been one more thing, then admitted it had forgotten what it was.

Chen Changan and the Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger searched the Land of Vigil for something its Master had left behind. Chen Changan found a blade of grass bearing his name, and after his blood triggered it, a white light enveloped him and he vanished.

• The Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger remembered that its Master had left something nearby but could not recall where.
• Chen Changan and the Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger searched the area but found nothing at first.
• Chen Changan spotted a nearly invisible blade of grass with his name carved into a leaf and concluded that the White Tiger's Master was his father.
• Chen Changan found he could not pull up the grass, so he dropped blood from his fingertip onto it.
• The grass turned into white light, enveloped Chen Changan, and made him disappear as nearby onlookers wondered what treasure he had found.

Chen Changan met the spiritual imprint of his father, who warned him that his powerful body was key to a vast struggle and urged him to keep growing stronger. His father vanished before explaining the danger surrounding Nian Junxin or revealing the full truth, though he promised to leave Chen Changan useful gifts.

• Hongchen recognized that the previous Sword Master Lord had left something for her and disappeared into a hidden space to find it.
• Chen Changan found an entrance to another space and met the spiritual imprint of his father, whose appearance closely resembled his own.
• Chen Changan's father said his body had been painstakingly created and was the key to their ultimate victory, but withheld details about the looming conflict.
• Chen Changan asked about the people alongside his father and his connection to Chen Tian's father, but his father said he would learn the answers later.
• Chen Changan's father promised to leave him useful things and warned him to be careful around Nian Junxin in the Nine Profound Domain before disappearing.

Chen Changan found his father’s message, which warned him not to trust everyone around him, while Hongchen revealed her new strength. Back in the Land of Vigil, Chen Changan told the Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger that his father could not return and learned the tiger had been ordered to accompany him.

• After his father’s soul imprint vanished, Chen Changan opened a chest and burned a series of teasing notes that taught him not to trust everything he was told.
• Chen Changan wondered whether his father’s warning meant someone he trusted was hiding something, then left the space without finding anything else in the chest.
• Hongchen told Chen Changan that she had evolved and could now wound a World God Realm expert, but he focused on how revealing her new clothes were.
• Chen Changan returned to the Land of Vigil and told the Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger that his father could not come back but that the tiger could join him.
• The Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger said it was as strong as a human at the World God Realm and revealed that its father had ordered it to accompany Chen Changan to him.

Chen Changan met the Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger, who had been waiting for his father and agreed to follow him while they handled Nian Junxin’s problem. After Little Phoenix repeatedly tried to attack people, Chen Changan set rules for him and brought him to Ren Xuan, who asked why the tiger wanted to attack him.

• The Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger told Chen Changan he had waited for his father and vowed to follow Chen Changan until they could reunite with him.
• Chen Changan said they had to resolve Nian Junxin’s problem before leaving the Nine Profound Domain, and learned that the tiger’s name was Little Phoenix.
• Little Phoenix charged at a bystander for looking at Chen Changan funny, but Chen Changan stopped him and ordered him to obey his rules.
• Chen Changan ignored the perimeter onlookers’ denials and took Little Phoenix to Ren Xuan.
• Little Phoenix asked if they could attack Ren Xuan, and Chen Changan told him not to attack their ally for now.

Chen Changan argued with the remnant soul of the Golden Winged Feather Clan’s former king about the dangerous requirements for restoring his body. To persuade Chen Changan to help, the soul revealed that the ten strongest species had hidden their damaged supreme treasures, and that it knew where they were.

• Chen Changan and the former king discussed the difficult, dangerous steps needed to restore the king’s body, including collecting rare feathers and using earth from the Purification River.
• Chen Changan refused to risk entering the Purification River and demanded to know what the remnant soul could offer him.
• The former king claimed to know everything in the Nine Profound Domain, but could not say who Little Phoenix’s mother was.
• The former king revealed that the ten strongest species had hidden their supreme treasures before they perished together, and promised that finding all ten would greatly increase Chen Changan’s strength.
• Chen Changan asked whether the former king knew where the other species’ treasures were hidden, and the king said they had shared the locations.

Chen Changan agreed to help the King of the Golden Winged Feather Clan in exchange for the Ten Great Treasures, then learned that the clan’s former territory was controlled by the Junxin Pavilion and other factions. As Ren Xuan investigated the local powers, Chen Changan prepared to seek allies, but Little Phoenix attacked Ren Xuan after Chen Changan questioned how quickly he had gathered information.

• Chen Changan persuaded the King of the Golden Winged Feather Clan to give him the Ten Great Treasures in exchange for help, and the king reluctantly agreed.
• Ren Xuan reported that the Golden Winged Feather Clan’s territory had been occupied, including by a Junxin Pavilion branch.
• Chen Changan decided to approach the other local factions before confronting the Junxin Pavilion branch and asked Ren Xuan to identify the strongest faction besides it.
• Ren Xuan reported that the Zhou Family was unusually powerful and had refused to submit to the Junxin Pavilion without facing consequences.
• Chen Changan questioned how Ren Xuan had learned so much so quickly, and Little Phoenix charged at Ren Xuan to beat him up.

Chen Changan and Ren Xuan decided to investigate the mysterious Zhou Family while pursuing the treasures of the Golden Winged Feather Clan. In Zhou City, Chen Changan learned that the Zhou Family was recruiting retainers, giving him a new lead.

• Little Phoenix complained that it had gone too long without a fight, and Chen Changan promised it a chance to battle later.
• Chen Changan decided to investigate the Zhou Family with Little Phoenix while Ren Xuan gathered information elsewhere.
• Ten days later, Chen Changan entered Zhou City with Little Phoenix concealing its cultivation and drew attention with his rare mount.
• After Chen Changan asked about the Zhou Family, the locals told him they had come because the usually mysterious family was recruiting retainers.

Chen Changan learned that the Zhou Family was recruiting honored guests and decided to use the opportunity to investigate its rumored ties to Junxin Pavilion. Three days later, he arrived at the Zhou Family’s elaborate assessment, where Zhou Yuan and a Family Elder appeared before the gathered candidates.

• Chen Changan questioned other prospective candidates about the Zhou Family’s unusual recruitment and learned that its requirements and number of positions were secret.
• Chen Changan chose not to let Little Phoenix restore his World God Realm strength, reasoning that a powerful mount might make the Zhou Family suspect his motives.
• Three days later, Chen Changan rode Little Phoenix to the Zhou Family’s assessment square and saw three stone gates prepared for the recruitment.
• The crowd recognized Zhou Yuan as a renowned prodigy and speculated that he and a Zhou Family Elder were overseeing the assessment.

Chen Changan observed Zhou Yuan and the Zhou Family Elder as the Zhou Family began recruiting guest retainers through three stone-gate tests. The first test, the Gate of Strength, left the crowd uncertain after Wang Yu failed, and the recruitment continued with no one yet passing.

• Chen Changan assessed the strength of Zhou Yuan and the Zhou Family Elder, while they noticed his Phoenix-Eyed White Tiger and unusual presence.
• The Zhou Family Elder announced that anyone could try to become a guest retainer by passing tests behind three stone gates, beginning with the Gate of Strength.
• Wang Yu entered the Gate of Strength but was transported out after failing, then left the plaza in embarrassment.
• The crowd questioned the test and whether entrants had to go one at a time, and the Elder confirmed that only one person could enter the gate at a time.
• As more people hesitated and no one passed the first test, someone stepped forward and declared that he would be the first to succeed.

He Guangchen’s arrival at the Zhou Family’s retainer test raised questions about the relationship between the Zhou Family and Junxin Pavilion. Chen Changan then passed the Gate of Strength with one punch, while Little Phoenix eagerly awaited more fights.

• He Guangchen joined the retainer test, and the Zhou Family Elder questioned whether Junxin Pavilion’s Branch Pavilion Master had sent him.
• He Guangchen passed the Gate of Strength, and more than a hundred candidates followed him through the test.
• The crowd mocked Chen Changan when he approached the gate as a Void Realm Early Stage cultivator, so he sent Little Phoenix to fight inside.
• Chen Changan shattered the gate’s barrier with one punch and emerged as the crowd stared in shock.
• Little Phoenix told Chen Changan the fight had been easy, and he promised it would get more chances to fight.

Chen Changan passed the Gate of Strength and was singled out by the Zhou Family Elder, while the other candidates excluded him from their Gate of Unity teams. The elder then let Chen Changan pass the second trial without taking it, provoking accusations of favoritism.

• Chen Changan emerged from the Gate of Strength, and the Zhou Family Elder and Zhou Yuan realized his Void Realm cultivation hid peak Hegemon Realm combat strength.
• The Zhou Family Elder asked Chen Changan his name, and Chen Changan gave the name An Changchen before the elder announced the Gate of Unity teamwork trial.
• The candidates formed groups of five and left Chen Changan without a team, then mocked him and Little Phoenix.
• Chen Changan and Little Phoenix memorized the mockers' faces and planned to retaliate when they found an opportunity.
• The Zhou Family Elder declared that An Changchen would skip the Gate of Unity trial and pass directly, prompting the candidates to accuse the Zhou Family of favoritism.

Chen Changan advanced past the second gate after the Zhou Family excused him for being isolated, while the elder suspected his name concealed his identity. After the other candidates passed the Gate of Unity, the Zhou Family announced the final test: finding the one truth-teller among liars.

• The Zhou Family elder defended Chen Changan’s exemption, explaining that the candidates had isolated him and that it was fair compensation.
• Chen Changan thanked Zhou Yuan and the elder, who privately questioned whether he was really called An Changchen and guessed that he was concealing his identity.
• Every team passed the Gate of Unity, and the candidates rested for two days before the elder announced the Gate of Lies.
• The Zhou Family elder explained that candidates had seven days to find the sole person telling the truth, and the candidates entered the gate.
• Chen Changan asked to bring Little Phoenix inside, received permission, and invited it to join him.

Chen Changan treated the Gate of Lies trial as a hunt, using his question about his looks to identify people for Little Phoenix to attack. He encountered He Guangchen, who was struggling to find the sole truth-teller, and asked him the same question.

• Chen Changan and Little Phoenix killed a man who said Chen Changan was not handsome, then continued attacking people throughout the Small World.
• Zhou Yuan and the Zhou Family elders watched Chen Changan kill more than thirty participants and considered whether he might also kill He Guangchen.
• Chen Changan observed the Small World’s inhabitants but could not tell whether they were lying.
• He Guangchen questioned the inhabitants, but they all claimed to tell the truth, and he avoided killing them in case he eliminated the sole truth-teller.
• He Guangchen met Chen Changan, who asked whether he thought Chen Changan was handsome.

Chen Changan had Little Phoenix kill the Junxin Pavilion cultivators, then passed the Gate of Lies trial by identifying the Zhou Family Elder as its only liar. The Elder accepted him as a Zhou Family guest elder, and Chen Changan asked why the trial had been created.

• Chen Changan ordered Little Phoenix to kill He Guangchen, who realized Chen Changan's identity just before he was slain.
• Little Phoenix killed the remaining Junxin Pavilion cultivators while Chen Changan watched, and Zhou Yuan saw how easily he defeated them.
• The Zhou Family Elder returned and said the Family Head had agreed Chen Changan could do as he pleased, but Chen Changan had already left the area.
• Chen Changan appeared behind Zhou Yuan and declared that he had passed the trial by finding many truth-tellers.
• Chen Changan explained that everyone in the Small World had told the truth except the Zhou Family Elder, whose trial rules were themselves a lie.
• The Zhou Family Elder confirmed Chen Changan had passed and made him a Zhou Family guest elder, and Chen Changan asked why the Gate of Lies trial had been set up.

Chen Changan questioned the Zhou Family about its ties to the Junxin Pavilion and learned that Nian Junxin wanted something hidden in the family’s secret realm. Zhou Shengqian asked Chen Changan to enter the realm, though the family had never discovered what it contained.

• The Zhou Family Elder dismissed the crowd, took Chen Changan to the family, and Zhou Yuan asked about his destruction of Junxin Pavilion branches.
• Chen Changan revealed that he planned to destroy the local Junxin Pavilion branch and wanted to assess the other factions.
• The Elder introduced Chen Changan to Family Head Zhou Shengqian, who recognized his unusual strength.
• Zhou Shengqian explained that the Junxin Pavilion had repeatedly tried to infiltrate the Zhou Family because Nian Junxin wanted something in its secret realm.
• Zhou Shengqian said Nian Junxin had once forced the family to open the realm but had left without entering, and asked Chen Changan whether he would go inside.