Recaps

Chen Changan entered the Imperial City alone, killed a guard, and destroyed its gate to challenge the Imperial Family. Feng Wuliang confronted him, and Chen Changan invited the Carefree Wind Emperor to strike first, calling him a defeated opponent.

• The Gu Family's Third Elder watched Chen Changan approach the Imperial City alone and resolved to protect him if necessary.
• Chen Changan killed a guard and shattered the Imperial City gate, then announced his arrival and demanded that the Imperial Family come out.
• Zhou Lin recognized Chen Changan's voice and realized the man who had spoken with him at the auction house was the figure who had stirred up the Fengtian Dynasty.
• Yin Gongyu gathered the Imperial Family's relatives and asked Feng Wuliang to fight Chen Changan, while Feng Wuliang warned Yin Gongyu not to dictate how he handled the matter.
• Big Yellow watched from above with Gu Xian'er and Wu Mingdao, joined by the Gu Family's Third Elder and Gu Fengyao, and said Chen Changan would likely use his old trick.
• Feng Wuliang asked Chen Changan to make the first move, but Chen Changan told him to strike first and called him a defeated opponent.

Feng Wuliang attacked Chen Changan to prove he had grown stronger, but Chen Changan emerged unharmed and left him shaken. After learning Chen Changan had never been defeated, Feng Wuliang made peace with his loss and left the Yin Family to face Chen Changan alone.

• Feng Wuliang unleashed his Great Emperor aura and struck Chen Changan with all his strength, but Chen Changan was not injured.
• Feng Wuliang questioned how Chen Changan could withstand his attack, and Chen Changan refused to explain his power.
• Da Huang mocked the onlookers for being surprised, while Gu Xian'er and Wu Mingdao recognized that the Yin Family was in danger.
• Feng Wuliang asked whether Chen Changan had ever lost and accepted that he could not defeat him after hearing the answer.
• Feng Wuliang ended his obsession with beating Chen Changan and prepared to leave, dismissing Yin Gongyu's plea for help.

Chen Changan confronted the Yin Family over Emperor Yin’s killing of Wu Mingdao, while the family’s allies abandoned them and praised Chen Changan to save themselves. Chen Changan embraced their flattery, leaving Wu Mingdao puzzled by the memories stirring within him.

• Feng Wuliang left the Yin Family, and Yin Tianzheng asked Chen Changan why he had come after them.
• Chen Changan tied his grudge to Emperor Yin’s order to kill Wu Mingdao, prompting Wu Mingdao to wonder whether he had remembered something.
• Chen Changan declared that he would spare none of the Yin Family, and the people gathered to support them begged to leave and denounced the family.
• The fleeing supporters praised Chen Changan as a righteous and benevolent figure, and he admitted that their compliments were accurate.
• Da Huang mocked Chen Changan’s shamelessness, while Gu Fengyao said he looked handsome.

Chen Changan kept the Yin family waiting in terror before killing them one by one, while revealing that he intended to make Emperor Yin witness the consequences of his actions. He summoned Emperor Yin, who remained in seclusion, as the chapter ended.

• Da Huang teased Gu Fengyao about visiting a brothel, while Gu Xian'er reacted coldly and the Third Elder tried to dissuade her.
• In the Imperial City, Chen Changan let the gathered people praise him before dismissing them and turning his attention to the Yin family.
• Chen Changan silenced one Yin family member with Sword Qi and killed others at random, tormenting Yin Tianzheng by promising to kill him later.
• After the rest of the Yin family had been killed, Chen Changan said Emperor Yin was the real culprit and called for him to come out of seclusion.

Emperor Yin emerged from seclusion to find the Yin family devastated and learned that Chen Changan had orchestrated its downfall. As Chen Changan confronted him, Emperor Yin’s secret hope of preserving the family collapsed when Lin Xiangliu and Prince of Shoulder appeared as apparent betrayers.

• Emperor Yin emerged from seclusion and found the Yin family dead, while Yin Tianzheng blamed him for their destruction and revealed Chen Changan’s identity.
• Wu Mingdao recognized Emperor Yin as an enemy from his past life, and Da Huang explained why Chen Changan had brought him to witness the confrontation.
• Chen Changan told Emperor Yin he had caused the destruction for Wu Mingdao’s sake, and Emperor Yin insisted the Yin family would survive as long as he lived.
• Yin Tianzheng insulted Emperor Yin, called Chen Changan a Great Emperor, and self-destructed; Chen Changan then told Emperor Yin he could kill him.
• Emperor Yin revealed his resolve to protect Changsun Xixue and the Yin family, but Chen Changan exposed his knowledge of the secretly trained forces.
• Lin Xiangliu and Prince of Shoulder arrived, and Emperor Yin accused Xiao Changlin of betraying him despite having raised him.

Xiao Changlin revealed that Emperor Yin had destroyed the Xiao family and secretly raised him as a pawn, while Chen Changan restrained Emperor Yin and arranged for Wu Mingdao to avenge his past-life death. Wu Mingdao wounded Emperor Yin with Cold Dragon and broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, but Chen Changan said Emperor Yin was not dead.

• Xiao Changlin told Emperor Yin he had known since childhood that Emperor Yin had killed his family and asked whether he regretted leaving him alive.
• Chen Changan restrained Emperor Yin and revealed that the Yin family’s bloodline would soon be wiped out, then called Wu Mingdao to face him.
• Chen Changan told Wu Mingdao that Emperor Yin had caused his death in a previous life and urged him to kill Emperor Yin himself.
• Wu Mingdao used Cold Dragon, whose special ability ignored physical defenses, to slash Emperor Yin repeatedly while Emperor Yin was restrained.
• After Emperor Yin’s aura vanished, Wu Mingdao sensed a change in his soul and broke through to the first level of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Wu Mingdao questioned whether Emperor Yin was dead, and Chen Changan answered that he was not.

Chen Changan revealed that he had bound Emperor Yin’s soul, destroyed the Yin Family’s powerful souls, and left Xiao Changlin to take the Fengtian Dynasty. After Chen Changan and his companions departed, Lin Xiangliu and Wu Mingdao went their separate ways, while Da Huang tried to take Gu Fengyao to a brothel in the wilderness.

• Chen Changan exposed Emperor Yin’s attempt to escape as a soul and destroyed the souls of the Yin Family’s members above the Undying Realm.
• Xiao Changlin thanked Chen Changan for helping him avenge the Xiao Family, then took control of the Fengtian Dynasty and honored Chen Changan as Supreme Emperor.
• Chen Changan and his companions left the Imperial City, and news spread that the Yin Family had fallen and Xiao Changlin had ascended the throne.
• Chen Changan asked Lin Xiangliu and Wu Mingdao about their plans, and they chose to pursue training in different places before parting ways.
• Da Huang proposed going to a brothel, invited Gu Fengyao along, and declared that the brothel was in the heart when Chen Changan pointed out they were in the wilderness.

Chen Changan learned that Da Huang had taken Gu Fengyao to a brothel, where Gu Family Third Elder went to retrieve her but ended up enjoying himself too. Gu Fengyao returned to the inn while Third Elder stayed behind, and she told Chen Changan how thoroughly Da Huang had won him over.

• Chen Changan argued with Third Elder after Gu Fengyao left with Da Huang, then urged him to hurry to the brothel.
• At Phoenix Immortal Tower, Gu Fengyao followed Da Huang’s instructions and invited the women to entertain him.
• Third Elder arrived and confronted Da Huang, but he soon joined in and decided to stay at the brothel.
• Gu Fengyao left Third Elder behind and returned to the inn, where Chen Changan asked how Da Huang had persuaded him.
• Gu Fengyao told Chen Changan that Third Elder had resisted at first but became so absorbed in the brothel that he could not pull himself away.

Mu Yunyao, the Peerless Empress, left the Gu Family before Chen Changan arrived, telling Gu Fenghua not to mention her to her disciple. When Chen Changan reached the Gu Family, he recognized that his master had been there by noticing a subtle trace of her habitual behavior.

• Gu Fengyao and the Third Elder returned to the Gu Family after a delayed journey, while the Third Elder repeatedly warned her not to reveal his brothel visits.
• Mu Yunyao told Gu Fenghua that the time to ascend to the Upper Realm had not come, then left before Chen Changan arrived and asked that he not be told she had visited.
• Chen Changan and his companions reached the Gu Family, where its members wondered which visitor the ancestor had been waiting for.
• At the ancestor's residence, Chen Changan sensed that Mu Yunyao had been there and identified the place where she habitually stood.
• Gu Fenghua confirmed that Mu Yunyao had stood there, while Chen Changan explained that only someone who knew her well could notice the subtle detail.

Chen Changan learned that Mu Yunyao had arranged for him to marry Gu Fengyao in exchange for the Fetal Pearl held by the Gu Family. He accepted the engagement and used the family’s seniority rules to tease Gu Fenghua, leaving Gu Fengyao caught in the middle.

• Chen Changan pointed out a fading True Spirit Flower left by Mu Yunyao and explained how her True Spirit Qi formed it.
• Gu Fenghua confirmed that the Fetal Pearl was in the Gu Family and revealed that Mu Yunyao had also arranged for Gu Fengyao to marry Chen Changan.
• Gu Fengyao worried that the engagement would hurt Gu Xian'er, while Gu Xian'er accepted that she could only remain by Chen Changan’s side.
• Gu Fenghua said Mu Yunyao had left no room to refuse the marriage, and Chen Changan promptly agreed, delighted to call Gu Fengyao his fiancée.
• Chen Changan invoked his higher seniority as Mu Yunyao’s disciple, declared Gu Fenghua his Great-Uncle and Gu Fengyao his Auntie, and prompted Gu Fengyao to call Gu Fenghua Little Gu.

Chen Changan learned that Gu Fenghua had sent his Fetal Pearl to the Hammer Emperor, who had been tempering it for a century. Chen Changan decided to stay with the Gu Family until it returned, while Gu Fenghua struggled to manage his irreverent guest and bewildered relatives.

• Chen Changan pressured Gu Fenghua to explain what had happened to the bead, and Gu Fenghua admitted he had sent it to the Hammer Emperor for forging.
• Gu Fenghua said the Hammer Emperor had worked on the Fetal Pearl for at least a hundred years and promised it would return within half a month.
• Chen Changan announced he would stay at the Gu Family until the bead came back, and Gu Fenghua agreed to arrange a room for him.
• Gu Fenghua summoned someone to find lodging for the guests, and the Gu Family members pressured the Third Elder into going to his residence.
• The Third Elder tried to make Gu Fengyao stand, but Gu Fenghua reprimanded him and ordered him to find the guests a place to stay.

More than a hundred of Gu Fengyao’s relatives confronted Chen Changan over his engagement to her and his behavior with Gu Xian'er. Gu Xian'er defeated them all, and they recognized her as the third-ranked Human Ranking prodigy before protesting that she was Chen Changan’s servant.

• Over a hundred young Gu Family descendants marched to Chen Changan’s courtyard to challenge his engagement to Gu Fengyao.
• Chen Changan dismissed their accusations and told them to ask the Gu Family’s old ancestor to cancel the marriage if they objected.
• When the descendants demanded a fight, Chen Changan sent Gu Xian'er to face them instead.
• Gu Xian'er defeated the descendants one after another, revealing combat strength far beyond theirs.
• The descendants recognized Gu Xian'er as the third-ranked Human Ranking prodigy and were outraged that she served Chen Changan.

Gu Fengyao disbanded the Anti-Chen Alliance by revealing Chen Changan’s overwhelming strength, while Chen Changan waited for the Fetal Pearl. The Night Family then proposed a marriage between Ye Beiming and Gu Fengyao, but learned she was already engaged.

• Gu Fengyao refused to join her brothers’ Anti-Chen Alliance and told them the ancestor’s arrangement and Gu Xian’er’s choices were not theirs to control.
• Gu Fengyao revealed that Chen Changan had blocked the Carefree Wind Emperor’s full-force attack without a scratch, and the Anti-Chen Alliance disbanded.
• Chen Changan waited for the Fetal Pearl, but the Gu Family received guests from the Night Family instead.
• Ye Liuyun introduced Ye Beiming and proposed that he marry Gu Fengyao.
• The Gu Family Head told Ye Liuyun that Gu Fengyao already had a fiancé.

Ye Liuyun visited the Gu Family to propose a marriage alliance, but the Gu Family Head revealed that Gu Fengyao was already betrothed. When Nie Pengju arrived to propose a match between Nie Haotian and Gu Fengyao, the chapter left both families wondering whether she was promised to the Ye Family.

• Ye Liuyun explained that the Ye Family wanted an alliance to deal with the three unknown figures atop the Human Ranking, while the Gu Family Head said his family planned to keep a low profile.
• Ye Liuyun mistakenly assumed Gu Fengyao was betrothed to someone from the Nie Family, but the Gu Family Head denied it.
• Nie Pengju arrived with Nie Haotian, and Nie Haotian and Ye Beiming exchanged challenging looks.
• Nie Pengju proposed a match between Nie Haotian and Gu Fengyao, and the Gu Family Head said she was already betrothed.
• Nie Pengju asked whether Gu Fengyao was betrothed to the Ye Family.

Nie Pengju and Ye Liuyun learned that Gu Fengyao was engaged to the unknown Chen Changan, then went with Gu Tianyuan to meet him. Chen Changan's relaxed manner and low cultivation shocked them, and he insulted Ye Liuyun as a barking dog.

• Nie Pengju and Ye Liuyun argued over the Gu Family engagement until Gu Tianyuan arrived and said the ancestor had arranged it.
• Gu Tianyuan revealed that Gu Fengyao's fiancé was Chen Changan, leaving Nie Pengju and Ye Liuyun baffled because they had never heard of him.
• Gu Tianyuan told them Chen Changan was staying at the Gu Family, and they agreed to meet him.
• Gu Tianyuan brought Nie Pengju, Ye Liuyun, Nie Haotian, and Ye Beiming to Chen Changan's courtyard, where they found him lounging at the first level of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Ye Liuyun scolded Chen Changan for ignoring his elders, and Chen Changan asked Da Huang whether Ye Liuyun was one of his dog relatives.

Chen Changan provoked Nie Pengju, Ye Liuyun, and Gu Tianyuan while Da Huang joined in, and the visitors argued over whether Gu Fengyao’s engagement to Chen should be canceled. When Nie Haotian and Ye Beiming were challenged to spar with Chen, Chen offered to fight them both at once.

• Chen Changan and Da Huang mocked Nie Pengju and Ye Liuyun, and Chen challenged Gu Tianyuan for bringing outsiders into the Gu Family residence.
• Chen Changan addressed Gu Tianyuan and Gu Fenghua by name, angering Gu Tianyuan and shocking the Nie and Ye families.
• Nie Pengju and Ye Liuyun urged Gu Tianyuan to cancel the engagement and began boasting about Nie Haotian and Ye Beiming.
• Nie Pengju and Ye Liuyun called for Nie Haotian and Ye Beiming to spar with Chen Changan after Gu Tianyuan said they were no match for him.
• Chen Changan offered to fight Nie Haotian and Ye Beiming together.

Chen Changan challenged Nie Pengju and Ye Liuyun over their attempt to take his fiancée, while Gu Xian'er effortlessly defeated Nie Haotian and Ye Beiming. Chen Changan proposed a wager that could force the two Great Emperor Realm experts to bark, and the chapter ended with Nie Pengju agreeing to fight and promising to spare Chen Changan.

• Chen Changan invited Nie Pengju and Ye Liuyun to attack him together, but Gu Xian'er intercepted Nie Haotian and sent him flying.
• Nie Haotian challenged Gu Xian'er again, and Ye Beiming then tried his luck; Gu Xian'er defeated each of them with one palm strike.
• Nie Pengju recognized that Gu Xian'er's combat strength had reached the Void Glimpse Realm and worried about her future and her connection to Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan challenged Nie Pengju and Ye Liuyun to a wager over his engagement, with the losers required to bark before and after speaking.
• Ye Liuyun insisted Chen Changan accept the same barking penalty if he lost, and Chen Changan agreed despite Gu Tianyuan's warning.
• Chen Changan declared he would never retreat, and Nie Pengju praised his backbone and said he would spare his life.

Chen Changan outmaneuvered the Great Emperors Nie Pengju and Ye Liuyun in their wager, but they fled before using their final chance. After their companions left, Gu Tianyuan asked how Chen Changan had vanished, then departed in annoyance when Chen Changan refused to feed him.

• Chen Changan insisted that Nie Pengju and Ye Liuyun attack him together and limited each of them to three chances.
• Nie Pengju and Ye Liuyun charged Chen Changan, but he vanished before they could touch him and reappeared behind them.
• The two Great Emperors attacked again at full speed, but Chen Changan disappeared without a trace, leaving them unable to land a hit.
• When Chen Changan said they had one chance left, Nie Pengju and Ye Liuyun fled and promised to return to fulfill the wager.
• Nie Haotian and Ye Beiming left in embarrassment, while Chen Changan told Gu Tianyuan to keep his distance from the fleeing Great Emperors.
• Gu Tianyuan asked how Chen Changan had disappeared, then left angrily after Chen Changan told him to go home and eat.

Gu Fenghua warned Gu Tianyuan that Chen Changan was mysterious and powerful, while Chen Changan waited at the Gu Family for the pearl. The Hammer Emperor arrived after spending a hundred years trying to break it and urgently asked to meet the person who could use it.

• Gu Tianyuan asked Gu Fenghua about Chen Changan's trick, and Gu Fenghua said Nie Pengju and Ye Liuyun could not have hurt Chen Changan even if they had fought.
• Gu Fenghua told Gu Tianyuan not to interfere with Chen Changan and warned him to tell the Nie and Ye Families not to target him.
• Chen Changan explained to Gu Xian'er that gaps in the Gu Family's generations came from deaths and differences in cultivation.
• Da Huang and Chen Changan sensed a powerful Great Emperor arriving, and Chen Changan suspected it was the Hammer Emperor bringing the Fetal Pearl.
• The Hammer Emperor told Gu Fenghua that he had hammered the pearl for a hundred years and demanded to meet Chen Changan.

Chen Changan absorbed the sixth Fetal Pearl, drawing in all the spiritual energy around the Gu Family as he cultivated. The Hammer Emperor became fixated on hammering Chen Changan’s unusually tough body, while Chen Changan’s cultivation finally began to rise and appeared to reach the first level of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

• The Hammer Emperor arrived at Chen Changan’s courtyard and demanded to know how he would handle the Fetal Pearl before handing it over.
• Chen Changan absorbed the sixth Fetal Pearl, and the surrounding spiritual energy rushed into his body.
• Gu Fenghua stopped the Hammer Emperor from attacking Chen Changan and explained that the pearl had belonged to Chen Changan.
• Gu Fengyao and other Gu Family members gathered outside the courtyard as Chen Changan absorbed the spiritual energy around them.
• The Hammer Emperor fixated on Chen Changan’s sturdy body and wanted to hammer him, while Gu Fenghua warned him to behave.
• Da Huang wondered why Chen Changan had not broken through, then Chen Changan’s cultivation began to rise toward the first level of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Chen Changan broke through from the Spirit Transformation Realm to the Void Glimpse Realm, leaving the Gu Family astonished. Hammer Emperor then asked to hammer him, and a teasing nickname stirred memories of Hammer Emperor's master without changing his mind.

• Chen Changan absorbed the Fetal Pearl's energy and broke through directly to the first level of the Void Glimpse Realm, gaining a new ability in his left leg.
• Gu Fenghua asked how Chen Changan had defeated Great Emperors while still in the Spirit Transformation Realm, and Chen Changan said he could do it even before cultivating.
• Gu Fengyao praised Chen Changan as her Big Brother Changan, while he wondered why she had become so familiar with him.
• Hammer Emperor repeatedly asked to hammer Chen Changan, and Chen Changan reluctantly agreed before calling him Little Hammer.
• Hammer Emperor recalled that his master had called him Little Hammer, but still insisted on hammering Chen Changan once.

Chen Changan used his mastery of time to overwhelm Hammer Emperor and end their fight, then prepared to leave the Gu Family with the Fetal Pearl. Before departing, he declared himself engaged to Gu Fengyao, though she remained unsure whether their casual agreement counted.

• Chen Changan challenged Hammer Emperor to a fight, and Gu Fenghua cleared space for them.
• Chen Changan dodged Hammer Emperor's opening swing, then repeatedly kicked him while reversing time to return him to his starting position.
• After three hours of kicks, Chen Changan stopped, and Hammer Emperor fled in humiliation.
• Chen Changan agreed with Da Huang that they should leave the Gu Family now that they had the Fetal Pearl.
• Chen Changan told Gu Fengyao that they were engaged, then said farewell and prepared to depart.

Chen Changan left the Gu Family with Gu Fengyao, while Gu Fenghua revealed that he might be the figure capable of breaking the deadlock—or the one secretly behind it. On the way to Dan Emperor City, Chen Changan gave Gu Fengyao an Immortal Spirit Fruit that raised her cultivation to the seventh level of the Spirit Transformation Realm, and promised to improve her constitution.

• Gu Fenghua insisted Chen Changan take his fiancée Gu Fengyao with him, and her family sent her off with a Storage Ring of supplies.
• Chen Changan asked Gu Fenghua about the pearl and other pearls like it, and Gu Fenghua agreed to have the Gu Family search for news.
• After Chen Changan and the others departed, Gu Fenghua said Chen Changan might break the deadlock and suspected he was connected to several people on the Heaven Earth Human Three Rankings.
• Chen Changan told Gu Fengyao they were going to Dan Emperor City and gave her an Immortal Spirit Fruit.
• After cultivating for seven days, Gu Fengyao reached the seventh level of the Spirit Transformation Realm and became the highest-ranked cultivator on the Human Ranking.
• Chen Changan said he would find a way to improve Gu Fengyao's True Spirit Body, possibly to an Immortal Spirit Body.

Chen Changan heard that the Dragon Emperor Palace had returned to the Central Heaven Domain to hunt Lie Zhankuang, who then secretly led Chen and his companions to a cave. Lie Zhankuang revealed that ten Great Emperors were pursuing him, and he panicked after learning Gu Fengyao’s elder was the powerful Gu Fenghua.

• Chen Changan heard that Long Wuqi had ordered the Dragon Emperor Palace to hunt Lie Zhankuang, and he and Da Huang wondered why the palace had emerged from seclusion.
• Chen Changan spotted Lie Zhankuang in disguise, and Lie Zhankuang urged him and the others to follow him to a hidden cave.
• Lie Zhankuang explained that the Dragon Emperor Palace had sent ten Great Emperors after him, leaving him unable to fight back.
• Gu Fengyao challenged Lie Zhankuang’s claim, and he dismissed her family’s elder before learning the elder was Gu Fenghua.
• Lie Zhankuang realized he had offended both the Dragon Emperor Palace and the Gu Family and lamented his situation.

Lie Zhankuang told Chen Changan that the Dragon Emperor Palace was slaughtering people to cultivate and that Long Wuqi wanted to seize Lie Zhankuang’s constitution to replace his failing body. He suspected Long Wuqi was no longer at the palace and might already have completed Body Seizing.

• Chen Changan questioned Lie Zhankuang about how he found him and what he had discovered after leaving the Heavenly Pool.
• Lie Zhankuang explained that he had gone to the Dragon Emperor Palace to demand justice from Long Wuqi and uncovered its secret cultivation practices.
• Lie Zhankuang revealed that the Dragon Emperor Palace used mountains of corpses to devour Essence Blood and refine souls, which had strengthened Long Wuqi’s soul while damaging his body.
• Lie Zhankuang said Long Wuqi wanted his constitution as a replacement body so he could continue trying to break through beyond the Great Emperor Realm.
• Lie Zhankuang said Long Wuqi had not appeared at the palace and speculated that he might already have completed Body Seizing.