Recaps

Chen Changan challenged the Lord of Heavenly Feng over the risks of traveling three trillion years into the past and demanded to know what he would gain. The Lord offered to grant him a wish, but Chen Changan demanded ten wishes instead, leaving the negotiation at an impasse.

• Chen Changan rejected the Lord of Heavenly Feng's request, worried about the danger and what might happen to the Nine Profound Domain and Mu Yunyao while he was away.
• The Lord promised the Nine Profound Domain would remain safe, but said Chen Changan would have to convince his past self to open the River of Time and return him; he warned Chen Changan not to give his past self whatever he found.
• Chen Changan speculated that the Lord's downfall involved betrayal, but the Lord denied his melodramatic theories without explaining why the discovery must not be handed over.
• When the Lord asked whether he would go to Heavenly Feng, Chen Changan asked what he stood to gain and dismissed the offer of one wish as an empty promise.
• The Lord offered to grant anything he could do, and Chen Changan asked for ten wishes; the Lord angrily accused him of pushing too far.

Chen Changan agreed to travel back through time for the Lord of Heavenly Feng, after bargaining and asking about the dangers awaiting him. The Lord of Heavenly Feng revealed that his brother, wife, and clan had once hunted him, then told Chen Changan to find the Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal.

• Chen Changan wore down the Lord of Heavenly Feng until he agreed to his request, then asked why the Heavenly Feng Three Elders could not return instead.
• The Lord of Heavenly Feng explained that the Three Elders already existed in Heavenly Feng and had to help him open the River of Time.
• Chen Changan asked about the Lord of Heavenly Feng's enemies, and the Lord revealed that his brother, wife, and clan had conspired against him, destroying Heavenly Feng and leaving only three retainers alive.
• Chen Changan comforted the Lord of Heavenly Feng by rejecting the idea that both sides were always to blame, and the Lord wished him success.
• The Lord of Heavenly Feng told Chen Changan to find the Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal and described it as an unparalleled treasure.

Chen Changan questioned the Lord of Heavenly Feng about the missing Dragon Seal and learned why Shenwei had been sealed. As Chen Changan prepared to travel to Heavenly Feng, he asked what realms lay beyond World King God and learned the answer was Longevity.

• Chen Changan asked why the Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal had gone missing, and the Lord said he suspected it had run away on its own.
• The Lord of Heavenly Feng explained that the seal was bound to Heavenly Feng, prompting Chen Changan to wonder whether he had taken it in the past and thereby helped bring about Heavenly Feng's destruction.
• Chen Changan told the Lord that the past could not be changed and that they should wait for him to retrieve the seal before trying to set things right.
• The Lord of Heavenly Feng explained that Shenwei had been sealed in Eightfold Mountain to protect him from Fierce Creatures and that Chen Changan had later proved a better candidate.
• Chen Changan asked what realm came after World King God, and the Lord of Heavenly Feng answered, Longevity.

Chen Changan learned more about the Longevity Realm and claimed that his father had reached a realm beyond it, convincing Lord of Heavenly Feng to become his ally. Lord of Heavenly Feng promised to protect the Nine Profound Domain while Chen Changan traveled through time.

• Lord of Heavenly Feng explained that the Longevity Realm had seven minor realms and that the Heavenly Feng Three Elders had reached the Life and Death Realm.
• Lord of Heavenly Feng said he had once reached the Undefeated Realm but had fallen to the Reincarnation Realm, and that Nian Junxin was only at the Half-step Longevity Realm.
• Chen Changan asked Lord of Heavenly Feng about his father, and Lord of Heavenly Feng recalled an inscrutable man who had once caught his attention.
• Chen Changan claimed his father was a Ruler Realm expert, a realm above the Longevity Realm, and persuaded Lord of Heavenly Feng that he could receive his father's guidance.
• Chen Changan asked Zhang Junhao to watch over the Nine Profound Domain while he was away, and Zhang Junhao promised nothing would go wrong.

Chen Changan crossed the River of Time and arrived in Heavenly Feng three trillion years ago. He left the journey behind safely, but two brothers, Lin Xiaodong and Lin Xiaonan, mistook him for a helper in their fight and blocked his way.

• Zhang Junhao and the Heavenly Feng Three Elders opened the River of Time, and Chen Changan entered it to travel to the past.
• After the entrance closed, the Heavenly Feng Three Elders collapsed and aged from the effort, while Zhang Junhao told them to recover and wait for Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan reached the end of the River of Time and arrived in Heavenly Feng three trillion years ago, where he sensed the world's energy was denser and contained an unfamiliar power.
• Chen Changan encountered Lin Xiaodong and Lin Xiaonan fighting, and they accused each other of bringing him as a helper.
• Chen Changan said he was only passing through, but Lin Xiaodong and Lin Xiaonan blocked his way and demanded an explanation, prompting him to insult them.

Chen Changan easily subdued Lin Xiaodong and Lin Xiaonan, then learned they were competing for the title of their generation’s top disciple. The brothers said winning would grant them the right to visit the Heavenly Feng Sacred Dynasty, and Chen Changan’s familiarity with Zhang Junhao shocked them.

• Chen Changan slapped Lin Xiaodong and Lin Xiaonan whenever they challenged or looked at him, leaving both brothers frightened and obedient.
• Chen Changan asked why the brothers were fighting, and Lin Xiaodong and Lin Xiaonan explained that West and North had already lost their contest.
• Lin Xiaodong and Lin Xiaonan said they were competing for the title of number-one disciple of the Lin family’s three thousand seven hundred and fifty-eighth generation, not for the Family Head position.
• The brothers revealed that the winner would earn the right to go to the Heavenly Feng Sacred Dynasty.
• Chen Changan asked about the dynasty and mentioned Zhang Junhao, prompting the brothers to angrily defend their lord before growing uncertain when Chen Changan claimed Zhang Junhao called him Brother Chen.

The Lin brothers explained the history and prestige of the Heavenly Feng Sacred Dynasty to Chen Changan, who remained determined to avoid getting involved with it. After questioning Zhang Junhao’s time-loop memories, Chen Changan asked whether the Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal had gone missing and erased the brothers’ memories of the conversation.

• The Lin brothers told Chen Changan how Zhang Junhao gained the Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal, founded the Heavenly Feng Sacred Dynasty, and brought peace to its myriad races.
• The Lin brothers explained that entry to the overcrowded dynasty was rare, but Chen Changan said he had no interest in joining.
• Chen Changan wondered why Zhang Junhao had not recognized him and struggled to understand how their time loop worked.
• Chen Changan asked the Lin brothers whether they had heard that the Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal had gone missing, alarming them.
• Chen Changan restrained the Lin brothers, extracted and erased their memories of his question, then left.

Chen Changan encountered another pair of Lin twins, then reunited with the brothers he had defeated and was invited to visit the Lin family. At the family’s enormous estate, he spotted a man sitting atop the wall.

• Chen Changan entered a city and met Lin Xiaoxi and Lin Xiaobei, who explained they were the northwest twins searching for their southeast brothers.
• Lin Xiaoxi and Lin Xiaobei sensed the southeast brothers approaching, and Lin Xiaodong accidentally hinted that Chen Changan had beaten them.
• The southeast brothers denied being defeated and introduced themselves to Chen Changan, inviting him to visit the Lin family.
• Chen Changan accepted the invitation, and Lin Xiaoxi and Lin Xiaobei followed after suspecting the southeast brothers had been beaten.
• Chen Changan arrived at the vast Lin family estate and saw a man sitting on top of the wall.

Chen Changan met the Lin family and discovered that Lin Xiaozhong’s boastful behavior had long embarrassed his relatives. After the Tenth Elder arrived and heard that Chen Changan could defeat Lin Xiaodong and Lin Xiaonan together, Lin Xiaozhong challenged Chen Changan to a fight, which Chen accepted.

• Chen Changan asked the East, South, West, and North about Lin Xiaozhong’s behavior, and they said he had been boastful since childhood.
• Lin Xiaozhong ignored his relatives’ disdain, took Chen Changan’s praise as proof of his greatness, and called him unusually discerning.
• The Tenth Elder arrived, struck Lin Xiaozhong for disgracing the family, and mistakenly accused West and North of sneaking out to fight.
• Lin Xiaodong told the Tenth Elder that Chen Changan had beaten him and Lin Xiaonan despite having only peak World God Realm cultivation.
• Lin Xiaozhong challenged Chen Changan to a fight, and Chen agreed on the condition that the loser would not cry.

Chen Changan effortlessly sent Lin Xiaozhong soaring into the sky, then shattered his belief that he was unmatched among his peers by revealing he was at most thirty thousand years old. Chen Changan rebuked Lin Xiaozhong’s arrogance, leaving him dejected, while the Tenth Elder thanked Chen Changan for saying what the elders could not.

• Lin Xiaozhong agreed to fight Chen Changan, but Chen Changan sent him shooting high into the sky with a casual move.
• Lin Xiaodong and Lin Xiaonan were stunned by Chen Changan’s strength, and the Tenth Elder recognized that Chen Changan had barely exerted himself.
• After Lin Xiaonan praised the lesson Chen Changan had given Lin Xiaozhong, Chen Changan learned they were hundreds of thousands of years old and said they could not be peers.
• Lin Xiaozhong returned from the sky and assumed Chen Changan was much older, but Chen Changan said he was at most thirty thousand years old.
• Chen Changan condemned Lin Xiaozhong’s arrogance and narrow outlook, leaving him slumped and dispirited.
• The Tenth Elder thanked Chen Changan, explaining that the elders’ advice had never reached Lin Xiaozhong because he thought they were jealous of him.

Chen Changan met the Lin family’s Family Head and learned that the mysterious Heavenly Feng Three Elders had asked about the Hidden Dragon Abyss before hurrying elsewhere. He decided to investigate the Abyss himself and accepted the Family Head’s invitation to a meal.

• The Tenth Elder brought Chen Changan into the Lin family estate and told Lin Xiaodong to leave Lin Xiaozhong alone to reflect.
• Chen Changan recognized the Heavenly Feng Three Elders as they left the Lin family, then learned they had come asking about the Hidden Dragon Abyss.
• The Lin family’s Family Head told Chen Changan that the Three Elders had left word for the family to report anything unusual at the Abyss.
• Chen Changan reasoned that the Three Elders might be searching for the missing Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal and decided to visit the Hidden Dragon Abyss.
• The Family Head invited Chen Changan to a feast, and Chen Changan sat down while the Family Head dismissed the four people from the east, south, west, and north.

Chen Changan learned from Family Head Lin that the Hidden Dragon Abyss had once been the Dragon Clan’s habitat, and that everyone who entered it had vanished. The abyss had appeared only a few hundred years earlier, leaving Chen Changan to wonder whether its arrival was connected to the Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal.

• Chen Changan asked Family Head Lin whether the Lin family had Longevity Realm experts, and Lin explained that many powerful people stayed outside the Heavenly Feng Sacred Dynasty because life there was too placid.
• Chen Changan asked about the Hidden Dragon Abyss, and Family Head Lin said it had formed where the powerful Dragon Clan’s habitat once stood after the clan vanished overnight.
• Family Head Lin explained that an invisible barrier prevented Longevity Realm experts from entering the abyss, while those below that realm could enter but never returned.
• Chen Changan asked whether Zhang Junhao had investigated the abyss, and Family Head Lin said the Heavenly Feng Sacred Dynasty had never appeared to do so.
• Family Head Lin said the Hidden Dragon Abyss had appeared a few hundred years earlier, prompting Chen Changan to suspect a connection to the Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal’s disappearance.

Chen Changan learned that Lin Xiaozhong planned to enter the dangerous Hidden Dragon Abyss, then agreed to go after his own interest in investigating it and the Heavenly Feng Three Elders. He left the Lin family and found Lin Xiaozhong ready to set out, though Lin Xiaozhong complained that pressing anywhere made him hurt.

• The Lin Family Head told Chen Changan that Lin Xiaozhong planned to enter the Hidden Dragon Abyss despite the Lin family's attempts to dissuade him, because they had promised to grant him one request.
• Chen Changan became interested in the Hidden Dragon Abyss, and the Lin Family Head asked him to bring Lin Xiaozhong back if possible.
• The Tenth Elder asked whether the Lin Family Head trusted Chen Changan, and the Family Head said Chen Changan seemed like an outsider avoiding karmic ties with the Lin family.
• Chen Changan left to investigate whether the Heavenly Feng Three Elders were targeting the Hidden Dragon Abyss and found Lin Xiaozhong sitting outside.
• Lin Xiaozhong said he had decided to enter the Hidden Dragon Abyss, then complained that pressing anywhere on his body hurt.
• Chen Changan wondered whether Lin Xiaozhong had injured his finger.

Chen Changan traveled with the boastful Lin Xiaozhong toward Hidden Dragon Abyss, questioning why the Heavenly Feng Three Elders had visited the Lin household. After reaching the abyss, Chen Changan sensed a crowd but found no trace of the elders.

• Chen Changan pointed out that Lin Xiaozhong's pain came from an injured finger, then mocked his intelligence and self-importance.
• Chen Changan and Lin Xiaozhong set out for Hidden Dragon Abyss, and Chen Changan blocked his hearing to endure Lin Xiaozhong's nonstop boasting.
• Chen Changan asked Lin Xiaozhong how far they were from the abyss, then repeatedly slapped him until he agreed to behave.
• Chen Changan and Lin Xiaozhong hurried onward and reached the area near Hidden Dragon Abyss in just over four months.
• Chen Changan sensed that the Heavenly Feng Three Elders were absent but noticed many people gathered near the abyss, so he asked Lin Xiaozhong whether he recognized anyone.

Chen Changan and Lin Xiaozhong reached the Hidden Dragon Abyss, where Lin Xiaozhong antagonized the gathered cultivators before the two plunged into its depths. After reaching the bottom, Chen Changan passed through a spatial barrier alone, leaving Lin Xiaozhong behind.

• Chen Changan and Lin Xiaozhong arrived at the Hidden Dragon Abyss and found a crowd of powerful cultivators gathered there.
• Lin Xiaozhong taunted the people he knew until Chen Changan moved away to avoid him.
• Chen Changan warned Lin Xiaozhong about the abyss's danger, but both jumped in, prompting many onlookers to follow.
• Chen Changan and Lin Xiaozhong fell through the dark abyss for roughly the time it took an incense stick to burn before reaching the bottom.
• Chen Changan entered a spatial barrier first, and Lin Xiaozhong called after him when he vanished.

Chen Changan and Lin Xiaozhong entered the Hidden Dragon Abyss, the former habitat of the Dragon Clan, while the other visitors dismissed Chen Changan’s warning and split into groups. As dragons erupted from the ground, the groups realized the Dragon Clan was still alive and tried to flee.

• Chen Changan passed through the spatial barrier, and Lin Xiaozhong later found an entrance and followed him into the Hidden Dragon Abyss.
• Chen Changan warned Lin Xiaozhong that something was wrong, but the other visitors mocked him and formed their own groups.
• Lin Xiaozhong rejected the visitors’ taunts and chose to stay with Chen Changan, who let the others scout ahead.
• Dragon roars sounded across the Hidden Dragon Abyss, and giant dragons burst out of the ground as the visitors shouted that the Dragon Clan was alive and ran.

Chen Changan and Lin Xiaozhong ventured deeper into the Hidden Dragon Abyss, where Chen Changan discovered that the bloodthirsty Dragon Clan members were dead puppets controlled by an unknown energy. As fleeing explorers begged for help, Chen Changan refused to save the people who had previously looked down on them.

• Lin Xiaozhong considered turning back, but chose to stay with Chen Changan as they pressed deeper into the Hidden Dragon Abyss.
• Chen Changan instantly killed several attacking Giant Dragons and found that they had no vitality and were controlled by an unknown energy.
• Chen Changan suspected the Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal might be behind the Dragon Clan's condition and guarding something in the abyss.
• The explorers who had earlier scorned Chen Changan and Lin Xiaozhong begged them to save them from the Dragon Clan.
• Chen Changan refused to help the begging explorers, telling Lin Xiaozhong that their fate had nothing to do with them.

Chen Changan explained why he had killed the people who tried to lure dragons toward them, then continued deeper into the Hidden Dragon Abyss with Lin Xiaozhong. The chapter ended with dozens of powerful dragons erupting from the ground around Lin Xiaozhong.

• Lin Xiaozhong questioned Chen Changan for killing the people who had approached them, and Chen Changan explained that they had tried to redirect the dragons toward them.
• Chen Changan and Lin Xiaozhong proceeded cautiously and discussed why they had seen no bodies in the Hidden Dragon Abyss; Chen Changan explained that the dead sank into the ground.
• Chen Changan watched the unusually quiet surroundings and kicked Lin Xiaozhong far ahead to test why no dragons had appeared.
• Dozens of dragons burst from the ground around Lin Xiaozhong, including three at the Longevity Realm, and he shouted for Chen Changan to save him.

Chen Changan and Lin Xiaozhong crossed the dragon clan’s lair, where the dead dragon clansmen were held back by Chen Changan’s presence. Thousands of dragons then burst from the ground ahead, and Chen Changan went to investigate while Lin Xiaozhong feared they were doomed.

• Lin Xiaozhong fled back to Chen Changan, and Chen Changan explained that conflicting instructions kept the dragon clansmen from attacking or retreating.
• Chen Changan walked past the motionless dragons with Lin Xiaozhong, and the dragons returned underground only after the two had traveled far away.
• Lin Xiaozhong identified the caves as the dragon clan’s lair and searched for its rumored treasures, while Chen Changan focused on the Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal.
• The ground shook, and thousands of giant dragons erupted before Chen Changan and Lin Xiaozhong.
• Lin Xiaozhong panicked at the dragons’ numbers and strength, while Chen Changan went to investigate and told Lin Xiaozhong to dig a hole and prepare.

Chen Changan survived the dragon clan’s mass self-detonation and was transported to another space, where he found the Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal. The treasure explained why it had abandoned Heavenly Feng and asked Chen Changan not to hand it back to Zhang Junhao.

• The dragon clan’s members repeatedly self-detonated against Chen Changan, and the blasts gravely injured Lin Xiaozhong while destroying the stronghold.
• Believing Chen Changan had died, Lin Xiaozhong returned to the crater and searched for his remains.
• Chen Changan appeared in another space and confronted the Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal.
• The Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal said Heavenly Feng’s destruction was fated, it had sacrificed the dragon clan to restore its energy, and it had created the Hidden Dragon Abyss to await someone who could take it away.
• The Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal agreed to go with Chen Changan if he promised not to hand it over to Zhang Junhao.

Chen Changan negotiated with the Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal, offering to use the Jade Bottle of Fortune to derive a second seal for Zhang Junhao in exchange for the original. The seal agreed, but could not return Chen Changan to the future, leaving Zhang Junhao as his best option.

• The Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal explained that Zhang Junhao's peaceful rule was weakening Heavenly Feng and said it planned to leave him.
• Chen Changan admitted he had promised to return the seal to Zhang Junhao, then asked what price it would take to become his instead.
• Chen Changan proposed using the Jade Bottle of Fortune and the seal's cooperation to derive a second Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal for Zhang Junhao.
• The Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal agreed to help derive a second seal, provided Chen Changan promised to help it recover afterward.
• The seal said it could not send Chen Changan back three trillion years into the future and advised him to seek Zhang Junhao, who could open the River of Time.
• The Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal said Zhang Junhao was the best choice because he was kind.

Chen Changan learned that the Jade Bottle of Fortune was using less than a third of its power and ordered the Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal to create another Dragon Seal. After secretly letting Lin Xiaozhong believe he was dead, Chen Changan set out for the Heavenly Feng Sacred Dynasty and learned he would need to enter through its talent trials.

• The Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal explained that the Jade Bottle of Fortune's power exceeded his own, but Chen Changan was too weak to unlock its full potential.
• Chen Changan ordered the Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal to produce another Dragon Seal before he left Heaven's Feng.
• Lin Xiaozhong mourned Chen Changan at a grave and left carrying dirt from a pit as a keepsake, unaware Chen Changan was nearby.
• Chen Changan concealed himself, decided it was best for Lin Xiaozhong to think he was dead, and erased the grave.
• The Lord of Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal told Chen Changan to head toward the center to reach the Heavenly Feng Sacred Dynasty and suggested he enter its upcoming talent trials.

Chen Changan learned that the Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal had to remain hidden and traveled to the Heavenly Feng Sacred Dynasty hoping to meet Zhang Junhao. After entering through the dynasty’s barrier, he was confronted by soldiers who ordered him arrested, and he fought back.

• The Heavenly Feng Dragon Seal warned Chen Changan that revealing its presence would put him in danger and make it difficult to leave Heavenly Feng.
• The Dragon Seal told Chen Changan that the dynasty held hidden political tensions and that some people might want the seal in someone else’s hands.
• Chen Changan left the Hidden Dragon Abyss and flew for five years before reaching the Heavenly Feng Sacred Dynasty.
• Chen Changan passed through the dynasty’s barrier, surprising the soldiers guarding it, and said he had come to participate in the selection.
• The soldiers ordered Chen Changan seized, so he punched one soldier away and faced the others as they prepared to attack together.

Chen Changan questioned fallen soldiers about the Heavenly Feng Sacred Dynasty’s military hierarchy and learned how its talent selection worked. He discovered that candidates needed recommendations from established families, leaving him unsure how someone without backing could enter.

• Chen Changan asked the defeated soldiers about their ranks and learned that World King God Realm cultivators served as soldiers, while Longevity Primordial Realm cultivators could become commanders.
• The soldiers explained that they guarded against both external enemies and internal lawbreakers, and Chen Changan said he had come only to join the selection.
• Chen Changan helped the soldiers up and asked about the selection, and they said his strength would attract interest but he lacked a required family recommendation.
• The soldiers explained that the Lord barred people of unknown origins from entering because they were considered difficult to control, and Chen Changan concluded that Zhang Junhao was a blockhead.

Chen Changan entered Heavenly Feng Sacred Land despite its barrier, which he could pass through without affecting it. Commander He Buping decided to recommend him for the selection and took him to Heaven Dragon City.

• He Buping questioned Chen Changan after soldiers reported that he had entered the sacred land without a recommendation.
• He Buping inspected the barrier, and Chen Changan demonstrated that he could pass through it while the commander could not.
• He Buping realized the barrier could not stop Chen Changan and offered to recommend him for the selection.
• Chen Changan accepted He Buping's offer and praised him, while the soldiers privately mocked the commander's response to flattery.
• He Buping took Chen Changan back to Heaven Dragon City.