Recaps

Chen Changan questioned Zhou Shengqian about the Zhou Family’s secret realm and learned why Nian Junxin had spared them and why they wanted his help. Zhou Shengqian offered an alliance, then called Nian Junxin a madwoman.

• Chen Changan pointed out inconsistencies in the Zhou Family’s account and demanded that Zhou Shengqian explain what he had left out.
• Zhou Shengqian revealed that the secret realm would perish if the Zhou Family were destroyed, and said he did not know why Nian Junxin had left its entrance or sought to infiltrate the family.
• Zhou Shengqian explained that the Zhou Family’s trials tested strength, teamwork, judgment, observation, and analysis, and offered Chen Changan the secret realm’s discovery and the family’s alliance if he uncovered its secret.
• Chen Changan questioned what the Zhou Family would gain, and Zhou Shengqian said they hoped to escape the Junxin Pavilion’s pressure and secure a peaceful future by joining Chen Changan’s side.
• Chen Changan asked why the Zhou Family had not simply submitted to Nian Junxin, and Zhou Shengqian replied that she was a madwoman.

Chen Changan learned that the Zhou Family's secret realm changed with every visit and entered it with Zhou Yuan, a Zhou Family Elder, and Little Phoenix. After hearing about their past experiences, he proposed that the realm contained multiple worlds that appeared in turn, leaving the group to consider his theory.

• Chen Changan heard Zhou Shengqian describe Nian Junxin as unpredictable and feared, then asked about the Zhou Family's secret realm.
• Zhou Shengqian explained that the realm was different every time people entered, and Chen Changan agreed to investigate it with Zhou Yuan and a Zhou Family Elder.
• Chen Changan and his companions entered the realm, where Zhou Yuan and the Elder noticed it differed from their previous visits.
• Zhou Yuan and the Elder recounted past visits that had brought either no encounters or dangerous Fierce Creatures, while this visit seemed ordinary.
• Chen Changan guessed that multiple worlds existed within the secret realm and took turns appearing whenever people entered.

Chen Changan proposed that the Zhou Family’s secret realm contained layered worlds and that they had to destroy the false ones to reach the real realm. After Little Phoenix and Elder Zhou failed to break the current world by force, Chen Changan began divining its core and flaw, then announced he had found something.

• Chen Changan suggested that multiple worlds were layered inside the secret realm and that destroying the false worlds would reveal the real one.
• Elder Zhou agreed to trust Chen Changan’s approach, while Zhou Yuan worried that destroying a world could put them in danger.
• Chen Changan asked Little Phoenix to attack the world, but Little Phoenix and Elder Zhou could not break it through brute force.
• Chen Changan reasoned that the world had a core and began divining its core and flaw.
• Chen Changan declared that he had found it.

Chen Changan led Zhou Yuan, Elder Zhou, and Little Phoenix through ten thousand stacked worlds to reach the real secret realm. There, they sensed an unseen danger watching them and prepared to investigate.

• Chen Changan found subtle runes on a stone that marked a loophole, then broke it to enter the next world.
• Chen Changan searched for loopholes while Little Phoenix and Elder Zhou helped the group overcome dangers in successive worlds.
• Zhou Yuan complained about the seemingly endless journey, and Elder Zhou scolded him for losing his composure.
• After five years, Chen Changan and the others destroyed ten thousand worlds and reached the real secret realm.
• Chen Changan, Little Phoenix, and Elder Zhou sensed hidden eyes watching them, but could not detect what was concealed.

Chen Changan and Little Phoenix reached the palace atop the mountain, where two guardian figures challenged them to a fight before they could enter. Chen Changan held his own against one guardian, but Little Phoenix was defeated, and she still eagerly called for another round.

• Chen Changan and his group flew toward the mountain while an unseen force increasingly affected their minds.
• Zhou Yuan succumbed to the force and attacked Elder Zhou, but Chen Changan subdued him and told him to stay behind and resist the influence.
• Elder Zhou also stopped, leaving Chen Changan and Little Phoenix to continue to the summit.
• At the palace, two guardian statues revealed themselves and demanded that Chen Changan and Little Phoenix defeat them to enter.
• Chen Changan fought one guardian to a standstill, while Little Phoenix lost after several thousand exchanges and excitedly asked to fight again.

Chen Changan persuaded the palace guards to let him enter despite not defeating them, and he and Little Phoenix found a lone coffin inside. They wondered whether it held the person or object Nian Junxin sought.

• Little Phoenix stopped fighting when it sensed the guard's powerful strength and moved aside.
• A second guard joined the attack on Chen Changan, but neither side could harm the other.
• Chen Changan argued that the guards could let him pass because their assignment did not forbid entry by someone they could not defeat.
• The confused guards opened the palace doors, and Chen Changan entered with Little Phoenix.
• Little Phoenix noticed the empty palace's lone coffin and wondered whether it contained what Nian Junxin wanted.
• Chen Changan said they would have to see what was inside the coffin.

Chen Changan and Little Phoenix opened a coffin and found a warded Jade Box containing the Nine Profound Spirit. Old Jin explained its connection to the Nine Profound Token and the Nine Profound Domain, while Chen Changan wondered whether he could absorb it to increase his strength.

• Chen Changan and Little Phoenix opened the unwarded coffin and found a warded Jade Box inside.
• Chen Changan opened the Jade Box, and Old Jin appeared after sensing the powerful energy within.
• Old Jin identified the fist-sized energy sphere as the Nine Profound Spirit and explained that the Nine Profound Token had shattered into eleven treasures, with ten held by the Ten Great Clans.
• Chen Changan asked whether gathering the eleven treasures could restore the Nine Profound Token and make its bearer the master of the Nine Profound Domain.
• Chen Changan asked if he could absorb the Nine Profound Token to improve his strength, and Old Jin said he did not know but suggested he try.

Chen Changan received the Nine Profound Spirit but stored it in the Jade Bottle of Fortune, then absorbed the energy of the palace’s two guards for a hundred years. He reached the peak of the Hegemon Realm, while the guards vanished and returned to stone statues.

• Chen Changan placed the Nine Profound Spirit in the Jade Bottle of Fortune because he feared absorbing its energy would harm him.
• The two guards transferred their energy to Chen Changan, telling him to cultivate and explaining that it was their mission.
• Chen Changan cultivated for a hundred years and absorbed the guards’ energy without breaking through to the World God Realm.
• The two guards vanished and became stone statues, and Little Phoenix learned that their time had come.
• Zhou Yuan and Elder Zhou arrived after the force affecting their minds disappeared and discovered that Chen Changan had reached the peak of the Hegemon Realm.
• Elder Zhou said Chen Changan could now crush him, while Zhou Yuan compared his own Hegemon Realm breakthrough unfavorably with Chen Changan’s progress.

Chen Changan returned from the secret realm with the Nine Profound Spirit, only for Zhou Shengqian to demand that he hand it over. Zhou Shengqian revealed that he had secretly allied with Junxin Pavilion, leaving the Zhou Family divided as he ordered his followers to seize Chen Changan.

• Chen Changan left the secret realm with Zhou Yuan and Elder Zhou, who said the Zhou Family knew nothing about who had built it.
• Zhou Shengqian welcomed the group back and demanded to see what Chen Changan had found.
• Chen Changan refused to hand over the Nine Profound Spirit and exposed the outsiders Zhou Shengqian had concealed among the Zhou Family.
• Elder Zhou recognized the outsiders as a Junxin Pavilion branch and accused Zhou Shengqian of betraying the Zhou Family.
• Zhou Shengqian admitted secretly working with Junxin Pavilion and ordered the Zhou Family to take Chen Changan down, but they hesitated.
• Zhou Shengqian called for someone else to come out when the Zhou Family members refused to act.

Chen Changan exposed Zhou Shengqian’s betrayal and revealed that Junxin Pavilion had only used him as a pawn. The Branch Pavilion Master threatened to capture Chen Changan and take the secret-realm treasures to Venerable One, but Chen Changan hinted that the Pavilion Master had underestimated his strength.

• The Branch Pavilion Master rebuked Zhou Shengqian for failing to control the Zhou Family, and the family members moved to Chen Changan’s side.
• Elder Zhou questioned Zhou Shengqian about the former Family Head’s death after the Branch Pavilion Master revealed that Zhou Shengqian had allied with Junxin Pavilion to become Family Head.
• Chen Changan warned Zhou Shengqian that Junxin Pavilion planned to discard him after he had served his purpose, and Zhou Shengqian’s confidence gave way to panic.
• The Branch Pavilion Master ignored Zhou Shengqian and told Chen Changan he would capture him and deliver him and the secret-realm treasures to Venerable One.
• Chen Changan agreed that strength mattered most, then told the Branch Pavilion Master he had misjudged Chen Changan’s strength.

Chen Changan and the Zhou Family confronted Junxin Pavilion, and Chen Changan revealed the overwhelming strength he had gained in the secret realm. After he destroyed the branch and trapped its survivors, Zhou Yuan condemned Zhou Shengqian for betraying the Zhou Family, leaving Chen Changan poised to deal with him.

• The Zhou Family rejected Zhou Shengqian and Junxin Pavilion, pledged to work with Chen Changan, and agreed that the family needed a new head.
• Chen Changan sent Little Phoenix to fight Junxin Pavilion’s experts and killed the Branch Pavilion Master and nearly a hundred others with one sword strike.
• Gou Sheng trapped the branch members’ surviving souls in a blaze while Little Phoenix fought three World God Realm experts.
• Chen Changan approached the terrified Zhou Shengqian, who begged for his life and blamed his betrayal on being forced into it.
• Zhou Yuan denounced Zhou Shengqian as a greedy traitor and demanded that he pay for the old Family Head’s death.

Chen Changan exposed Zhou Shengqian’s betrayal and left the Zhou Family to decide his fate, then offered to help them escape the Nine Profound Domain. He and Little Phoenix went to Junxin Pavilion’s branch, where Chen Changan revealed his identity to the people surrounding him.

• Chen Changan questioned Zhou Shengqian, who admitted Junxin Pavilion’s branch had helped him strengthen his standing in the Zhou Family.
• Chen Changan left Zhou Shengqian to the Zhou Family members, who swarmed him after Chen revealed that he had sealed Zhou Shengqian’s cultivation.
• Chen Changan advised the despondent Zhou Family to leave the Nine Profound Domain and suggested the Nine Nether Domain as a destination.
• Chen Changan promised to deal with Junxin Pavilion’s branch before returning to take the Zhou Family away.
• Chen Changan and Little Phoenix reached the branch, where its members surrounded him and he introduced himself as Chen Changan.

Chen Changan defeated the Junxin Pavilion branch members, let one man go before Little Phoenix ate him, and went with Old Jin to recover the Golden Winged Feather Clan’s hidden treasure. The treasure was gone, leading Chen Changan to suspect that Nian Junxin had collected it and perhaps the other Ten Great Treasures as well.

• The Junxin Pavilion branch members accepted their fate, asked to strike cool poses before dying, and Chen Changan killed them with tens of thousands of Sword Qi.
• Chen Changan let one branch member leave, but Little Phoenix blocked him, swallowed him, and returned to Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan asked Little Phoenix to find the branch’s resources and summoned Old Jin to search for his clan’s hidden treasure.
• Old Jin led Chen Changan to the hiding place, but found that someone had already taken the resources and treasure.
• Chen Changan suspected Nian Junxin had taken the treasure and wondered whether she had collected all Ten Great Treasures.

Chen Changan brought the Zhou Family from the Nine Profound Domain to the Nine Nether Domain through a teleportation array. There, Mei Yaozu learned that his family had survived by severing ties with him and currying favor with Nian Junxin, leaving him struggling to smile.

• Chen Changan told Old Jin that finding the Golden Winged Feather Clan's bloodline was unlikely, then returned to the Zhou Family after Little Phoenix gathered the branch pavilion's resources.
• Chen Changan connected his teleportation arrays and brought the Zhou Family to the Nine Nether Domain.
• Mei Yaozu and Junzi Nian greeted Chen Changan, who arranged for Mei Yaozu to house the Zhou Family and explained that Nian Junxin had driven them into hiding.
• The Zhou Family recognized Junzi Nian and Mei Yaozu as legendary figures and learned that Junzi Nian had returned from the dead.
• Elder Zhou told Mei Yaozu that his family had disowned him and become Nian Junxin's loyal supporters, rising to second among the Nine Profound Domain's family powers.
• Mei Yaozu tried to accept his family's choices, but when Chen Changan told him to smile, he asked how he was supposed to do that.

Chen Changan returned to the Eastern Extreme Domain to give his family cultivation resources, then brought Mu Yunyao with him to the Nine Profound Domain. There, Mu Yunyao teased Little Phoenix by calling him the dog Chen Changan had been keeping outside.

• Chen Changan returned to the Eastern Extreme Domain after more than two hundred years, and Da Huang suspected he had found another dog.
• Chen Changan praised Mu Yunyao's rapid cultivation progress and gave her and the others resources from the Jade Bottle of Fortune.
• Chen Changan stayed with everyone for several days, then secretly took Mu Yunyao through a teleportation array to the Nine Profound Domain.
• Da Huang and the others discovered Chen Changan had taken Mu Yunyao, but he severed the teleportation connection before they could follow.
• Mu Yunyao learned that Little Phoenix was Chen Changan's companion and teased him by calling him the dog he had kept outside.

Da Huang unexpectedly appeared in the Nine Profound Domain and confronted Chen Changan for leaving him behind, then challenged Little Phoenix over their closeness to Chen Changan. The chapter ended with Da Huang and Little Phoenix preparing to compete.

• Da Huang flew to Chen Changan and angrily demanded to know why he had not been brought along, while Ren Xuan and Mu Yunyao watched the argument.
• Chen Changan asked how Da Huang had reached the Nine Profound Domain, and Da Huang explained that he had marked the teleportation array and entered when it reopened, though he arrived in a different place after it shut down.
• Da Huang claimed he had pretended to remain behind so Yi Tuo and Little Earthworm would not notice him leaving.
• Da Huang introduced himself to Little Phoenix as Master Huang and mocked Little Phoenix's name.
• Little Phoenix said Chen Changan was his Young Master and challenged Da Huang to a contest, which Da Huang accepted.

Chen Changan reunited with Ren Xuan and decided to summon the region’s remaining powers to demand payment for the resources they had gained after the Zhou Family and Junxin Pavilion branch fell. Da Huang befriended Little Phoenix and tried to take him to a brothel, but Chen Changan stopped them because Zhou City had none.

• Da Huang backed down after Chen Changan revealed Little Phoenix’s World God Realm cultivation, then shamelessly befriended him and invited him to a brothel.
• Ren Xuan impressed Chen Changan with his breakthrough to the Transcendence Realm, and Chen Changan asked whether he had learned anything during their time apart.
• Chen Changan explained that the surviving powers had benefited from the Zhou Family and Junxin Pavilion branch being destroyed, and ordered Ren Xuan to gather them so they could pay him for their windfall.
• Ren Xuan agreed to handle the gathering, while Chen Changan told him to use the Zhou Family’s spacious grounds.
• Da Huang asked Chen Changan to let him take Little Phoenix out, but Chen Changan said Zhou City had no brothels; Little Phoenix then reminded Da Huang of his invitation, making Da Huang regret it.

Chen Changan and Ren Xuan lured representatives of several factions to the deserted Zhou Family under the pretense of choosing a son-in-law. After the visitors entered the compound, a barrier trapped them, and Chen Changan revealed himself.

• Little Phoenix persuaded Da Huang to take him to a brothel, while Mu Yunyao teased Chen Changan about his reputation.
• Chen Changan and his companions waited at the Zhou Family as Ren Xuan arranged for the factions to arrive together.
• Ren Xuan told Chen Changan that he had promised the factions a chance to provide a son-in-law and gain a place at Junxin Pavilion's branch in exchange for bringing resources.
• The faction representatives arrived at the Zhou Family and grew suspicious when they found Zhou City and the compound deserted.
• A barrier sealed the Zhou Family after everyone entered, and Chen Changan welcomed the trapped visitors and introduced himself.

Chen Changan explained that he had destroyed the Zhou Family and Junxin Pavilion’s branch, then made the surrounding factions compete to compensate him for their territory and resources. After collecting more than expected, he prepared to leave with Ren Xuan and the others to kill someone.

• Chen Changan revealed that he had wiped out the Zhou Family and Junxin Pavilion’s branch, then told the assembled factions they could claim the former territory by compensating him.
• Chen Changan asked Ren Xuan to record the offers, and the factions scrambled to bid for the best land and resources.
• Mu Yunyao explained to Da Huang that Chen Changan kept his companions away because Nian Junxin could strike at any time, and reminded him that their lives depended on the Yellow Springs Netherworld Grass.
• After the deal continued for more than half a month, Chen Changan collected more resources than he expected as the factions left with their new territory.
• Ren Xuan questioned why the factions were competing for land they might not be able to hold, and Chen Changan told him to prepare to leave because they were going to kill someone.

Chen Changan formally declared war on Junxin Pavilion by announcing that he would target its inner circle and attack the Phoenix Cloud Branch Pavilion. His challenge spread through the Nine Profound Domain, forcing people to consider which side to support as the Pavilion Master grew furious.

• Little Phoenix charged off to kill someone, but Chen Changan called him back and explained that he had not said they would kill anyone yet.
• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao and Ren Xuan that he would target Junxin Pavilion's inner circle to force Nian Junxin to react and make other forces choose sides.
• Chen Changan ordered Ren Xuan to find the nearest inner-circle branch pavilion and publicize his threat to send its members to their graves.
• Mu Yunyao asked whether Chen Changan trusted Ren Xuan and where Bao Dating was, and Chen Changan said he had not seen Bao Dating for years and suspected Nian Junxin was secretly plotting against him.
• News spread that Chen Changan had challenged Junxin Pavilion and intended to attack the Phoenix Cloud Branch Pavilion, prompting many in the Nine Profound Domain to wait and see.
• An unnamed opponent condemned Chen Changan's arrogance and vowed to destroy him, body and soul.

Chen Changan met the Seven Heroes of Plum Garden, who pledged their families’ forces to help him attack Junxin Pavilion. As their group neared the Phoenix Cloud Branch Pavilion, hostile fighters appeared, intending to capture or kill Chen Changan for favor with Nian Junxin.

• Mu Yunyao questioned how so many people had learned Chen Changan’s route, while Chen Changan realized the approaching group showed no hostility.
• The Seven Heroes of Plum Garden introduced themselves and offered to follow Chen Changan, bringing several hundred elite fighters from their families.
• Chen Changan accepted their support, and the enlarged group continued toward the Phoenix Cloud Branch Pavilion.
• Another group confronted them, and Chen Changan sensed their murderous intent and suspected they wanted to curry favor with Junxin Pavilion and Nian Junxin.
• The newcomers were surprised by Chen Changan’s large escort but decided to attack anyway and try to capture him.

Chen Changan tested the Seven Heroes of Plum Garden by having them wipe out a group of opponents, then continued toward the Phoenix Cloud Branch Pavilion. The pavilion prepared to capture him and launched an attack first, while Chen Changan calmly waited with his companions.

• Chen Changan sent the Seven Heroes of Plum Garden to fight a group of roadblocks, and they killed every opponent.
• Ren Xuan and Chen Changan watched the Seven Heroes fight, and Chen Changan said he would judge their loyalty when they faced the Phoenix Cloud Branch Pavilion.
• The Phoenix Cloud Branch Pavilion prepared to capture Chen Changan and chose to attack him without reporting to the Venerable One first.
• After Chen Changan entered the pavilion's territory, he stopped to eat with his companions while the pavilion prepared its assault.
• Ren Xuan asked whether the pavilion would attack first, and Chen Changan said it would because they had wanted him dead for a long time.

Chen Changan faced the Phoenix Cloud Branch Pavilion as its forces attacked, while the Seven Heroes of Plum Garden, Little Phoenix, and Mu Yunyao fought them. He stayed back to assess the battle, and the Branch Pavilion Master grew startled by Mu Yunyao’s strength.

• The Branch Pavilion Master confronted Chen Changan and claimed the Venerable One had previously forbidden the branch from attacking him.
• Chen Changan ordered his companions to fight, and Little Phoenix charged into battle while Da Huang slipped away.
• The Seven Heroes of Plum Garden and their clansmen attacked the branch, and Mu Yunyao joined the fight as Ren Xuan stayed away to keep watch.
• Chen Changan watched the battle as the fighters struggled against Phoenix Cloud Branch Pavilion’s experts.
• The Branch Pavilion Master marveled that Mu Yunyao could hold her own against World God Realm experts despite being at the Giant Realm, then challenged Chen Changan for standing aside.

Chen Changan single-handedly destroyed the Phoenix Cloud Branch Pavilion with one sword strike and a sea of fire. As he prepared to distribute the pavilion’s looted resources, Ren Xuan returned with someone looking for him.

• Chen Changan moved Mu Yunyao and the others away from the battle and told them to watch as he faced the Phoenix Cloud Branch Pavilion alone.
• The Branch Pavilion Master led his people to attack, but Chen Changan froze them in place and cut them down with the Red Dust Sword.
• Chen Changan burned the Phoenix Cloud Branch Pavilion’s survivors, destroying their souls and wiping out the branch pavilion.
• Da Huang returned with the pavilion’s valuables, and Chen Changan promised to share the resources with his allies.
• Ren Xuan returned with someone who had come looking for Chen Changan.

Chen Changan received Bao Dating’s warning that Nian Junxin was plotting against him and had hidden the Ten Great Treasures. He learned Bao Dating had identified two likely hiding places, but was left wondering what was keeping Nian Junxin too busy to track him.

• Ren Xuan introduced Bao Dating’s messenger to Chen Changan and admitted that he had tried to flee but failed to get away.
• The messenger warned Chen Changan that Nian Junxin was secretly targeting him and advised him to delay attacking Junxin Pavilion’s remaining branch pavilions.
• The messenger revealed that Nian Junxin had gathered and hidden the Ten Great Treasures, and Bao Dating wanted Chen Changan to find them first.
• The messenger said Bao Dating had found two likely hiding places and urged Chen Changan to keep a low profile while searching.
• Chen Changan questioned why Nian Junxin had hidden the treasures and wondered what was keeping her from tracking his movements.