Recaps

Chen Ao revealed that Tianfeng had been built to trap Chen Changan, while the Longevity Realm was a fabricated training ground meant to prepare him and deceive their enemies. He told Chen Changan that their final struggle was at hand and that he would have to face it without further help.

• Chen Changan recognized the disguised old man as Chen Ao and demanded explanations about Ren Xuan and the Longevity Realm.
• Chen Ao explained that Tianfeng had been designed as Chen Changan's prison, but their side destroyed it, planted the Dragon Seal, and created the Longevity Realm as a replacement.
• Chen Ao said Ren Xuan had guarded the Longevity Realm, while their enemies had taken control of everyone else's consciousness, forcing them to send Chen Changan's companions away.
• Chen Changan objected to having responsibility forced upon him, but Chen Ao warned that failure would erase everyone from existence and called this their last chance.
• Chen Changan asked what came next, and Chen Ao told him the Longevity Realm was his final training ground and that he would have to rely on himself from then on.

Chen Ao warned Chen Changan that the Immortal Ancient Domain would be his first true test, while revealing that Little Phoenix had died after choosing to destroy himself to prevent the enemy from spying on Chen Changan. The chapter ended with Chen Changan asking how to reach the Immortal Ancient Domain.

• Chen Ao explained that he and the others could not clear Chen Changan’s path for him, and said Chen Changan’s talent was only adequate compared with true prodigies.
• Chen Ao told Da Huang that his talent was merely passable, leaving Da Huang deflated.
• Chen Ao revealed that Little Phoenix had been a spy who unknowingly let the enemy observe Chen Changan, and that Chen Ao killed him after Little Phoenix chose to end his own life.
• Chen Changan learned Little Phoenix could not be revived because his body and spirit had been destroyed, and he vowed not to forget the debt.
• Chen Ao said the Longevity Realm would recover after Chen Changan left, but its people would forget him, then warned that the Immortal Ancient Domain would be difficult to enter.
• Chen Changan asked Chen Ao how he could reach the Immortal Ancient Domain.

Chen Changan learned that the Immortal Ancient Domain was the only place to break through the Longevity Realm’s limit and that the enemy called his allies “defectors.” After leaving for the Immortal Star Sea, he agreed to use the Dragon Seal in an attempt to reach the Immortal Realm.

• Chen Ao told Chen Changan to spend the next three hundred years preparing for the Immortal Star Sea and revealed that the enemy were controllers who called his side defectors.
• Chen Ao explained that the Immortal Realm lay beyond the Longevity Realm and could only be reached inside the Immortal Ancient Domain, though Chen Changan might attempt a breakthrough with the Triple Origin and Dragon Seal.
• Chen Changan sent the Nine Sons of the Heavenly Dao into his Small World, then left the Longevity Realm with Da Huang and the others aboard their starship.
• Chen Changan asked the Dragon Seal whether it was willing to help him break through, and the Dragon Seal insisted that using it was its purpose and that it would continue through Dragon Seal Number Two.
• Chen Changan accepted the Dragon Seal’s offer and began his attempt to break through to the Immortal Realm.

After three centuries of cultivation, Chen Changan, Da Huang, and Mu Yunyao entered the Immortal Star Sea to seek a path into the Immortal Ancient Domain. They endured its pressure for ten years before spotting an entrance guarded by two people.

• Chen Changan, Da Huang, and Mu Yunyao failed to break through to the Immortal Realm, and Chen Changan decided they would leave Chen Jie and Chen Ling to find their own way.
• The three entered the Immortal Star Sea and struggled against pressure that slowed their flight and made them feel they did not belong there.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang and Mu Yunyao to adapt to the pressure, and they sensed their bodies gradually changing as they traveled.
• After ten years, the trio had adapted to the pressure but remained frustrated by their slow progress through the seemingly endless sea.
• Da Huang spotted people and an entrance ahead, and Chen Changan saw two figures standing guard beside it.

Chen Changan and his companions reached the Immortal Ancient Domain, where its gatekeepers warned them they were weak but let them enter. Chen Changan traded Da Huang’s snacks for a survival guide, leaving Da Huang complaining that the deal was unfair.

• Two gatekeepers told Chen Changan that he and his companions were too weak for the Immortal Ancient Domain, but allowed them to enter when Chen Changan insisted.
• One gatekeeper offered Chen Changan an Immortal Ancient Domain Survival Guide in exchange for something valuable.
• Chen Changan showed the gatekeepers several cultivation materials, but they dismissed them as weeds and rocks.
• Chen Changan asked Da Huang and Mu Yunyao to offer their belongings, and Da Huang reluctantly brought out his snacks.
• The gatekeepers eagerly traded the survival guide for all of Da Huang’s food, and Da Huang protested that they had taken too much.

Chen Changan, Da Huang, and Mu Yunyao entered the Immortal Ancient Domain after being swindled out of treasures for a useless survival guide. Their powers were suppressed, and after days of walking they reached a city, where locals mistook them for sickly strangers.

• Chen Changan received ten thousand Lower Grade Ancient Yuan and discovered that the Immortal Ancient Domain Survival Guide contained only the rules “Kneel,” “Run,” and “Run for your life.”
• Chen Changan, Da Huang, and Mu Yunyao entered the Immortal Ancient Domain and found that its rules suppressed their energy, though Chen Changan could still use his Power of Creation for a limited time.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang to absorb the domain’s energy to keep himself from starving, and the three traveled on foot in a random direction.
• After walking for three or five days, Chen Changan, Da Huang, and Mu Yunyao reached a City and drew curious comments from its residents.
• Mu Yunyao urged the exhausted group to find a place to settle, while Da Huang said he could barely take another step.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang learned that the Immortal Ancient Domain’s cultivation methods differed from the ones they knew and began practicing the freely available Body Tempering Art. After half a month, they made some progress but realized they were far behind the domain’s cultivators.

• Chen Changan and his companions discussed how their old cultivation arts could not absorb the Immortal Ancient Domain’s energy, so they split up to ask about local cultivation.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang each returned with a copy of the Body Tempering Art, which Mu Yunyao identified as a manual for forming an Immortal Golden Body and entering the Nirvana Realm.
• Chen Changan suggested they cultivate using the energy around them rather than spend their limited ancient yuan, and all three practiced at the inn for half a month.
• An inn attendant told Chen Changan that their prepaid room fee had run out, prompting him to ask how much progress everyone had made.
• Mu Yunyao said she expected to form her Immortal Golden Body within half a year, while Chen Changan said he had formed half of his and expected to finish within half a month.
• Chen Changan revealed that people in the domain considered forming an Immortal Golden Body in three days possible, leaving the three to recognize how ordinary they were by comparison.

Chen Changan and his companions set out for the Heaven Gate Martial Arena, hoping to learn more about the Immortal Ancient Domain and strengthen themselves along the way. Mu Yunyao forged her Immortal Golden Body and entered the Nirvana Realm, leaving Chen Changan to take over the carriage while she drove.

• Chen Changan agreed with Mu Yunyao that they should find a place to cultivate, then learned that the Heaven Gate Martial Arena lay south of the city and recruited children under ten.
• Chen Changan decided the group would travel to the arena to seek information and told Da Huang and Mu Yunyao to forge their Immortal Golden Bodies before they arrived.
• Da Huang suggested buying a horse-drawn carriage, and Chen Changan used their Ancient Yuan to purchase one before they headed south.
• Chen Changan drove the carriage while Mu Yunyao and Da Huang cultivated, and Mu Yunyao forged her Immortal Golden Body in just over a month.
• Mu Yunyao entered the Nirvana Realm of the Immortal First Heaven, then took over driving so Chen Changan could attempt his own breakthrough.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang reached Heaven Gate Martial Arena after entering the Nirvana Realm, but lacking further cultivation methods, they sought guidance there. The Head Instructor said the arena could teach them only if they joined, then declared that nobody in the Heavenly Sea was qualified to join a sect.

• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang arrived at Heaven Gate Martial Arena after a three-month journey, having all reached the Nirvana Realm without learning how to cultivate further.
• The gatekeeper mistook Da Huang for a dog and was astonished to learn that the three visitors came from outside the Immortal Ancient Domain.
• Chen Changan gave the gatekeeper a fruit, convincing him that they were outsiders, and the gatekeeper went to report their arrival.
• The Head Instructor met with the three and explained that Heaven Gate Martial Arena had Nirvana Realm cultivation methods but did not teach them to nonmembers.
• Chen Changan asked whether they could join the arena or find a nearby sect, and the Head Instructor claimed that no one in the Heavenly Sea was qualified to join one.

Chen Changan learned that joining a sect required reaching the Fourth Heaven of Immortality, far beyond his current realm. For now, he, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang had to choose how to serve the Tianjian Imperial Dynasty, and they settled on the Provincial Governor's Office.

• The Head Instructor explained Tianhai’s powers and the nine heavens, saying only cultivators who reached the Fourth Heaven after the Primordial Heart-Questioning Tribulation could join a sect.
• Chen Changan learned that the Heaven Gate Martial Arena trained people to serve the Tianjian Imperial Dynasty and asked how they could serve it.
• The Head Instructor outlined two options: join the army or apply to the Provincial Governor's Office, which offered greater rewards but was harder to enter.
• Chen Changan asked Mu Yunyao and Da Huang which path they preferred; Mu Yunyao doubted the army would suit her, while Da Huang objected to becoming a common soldier.
• After the Head Instructor told Da Huang that the army did not recruit dog soldiers, Chen Changan chose the Provincial Governor's Office for their group.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang chose to seek positions in the Provincial Governor's Office, and the Head Instructor agreed to help them prepare. After learning that they had forged Immortal Golden Bodies using only the supposedly introductory Body Tempering Art, he was astonished and gave Chen Changan the Nirvana Realm cultivation method, the Indestructible Golden Body Art.

• The Head Instructor welcomed the trio's choice of the Provincial Governor's Office because their success would earn him credit, and Da Huang accused him of steering outsiders toward a dangerous selection for his own benefit.
• Chen Changan told the Head Instructor that the three had forged their Immortal Golden Bodies in one to two months, and the instructor praised their speed and potential.
• The Head Instructor learned that the trio had used only the Body Tempering Art and explained that it was meant merely to test whether someone qualified for further training, not to forge an Immortal Golden Body.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang explained that they had followed the Body Tempering Art's instructions and successfully cultivated, leaving the Head Instructor amazed and confident in their chances.
• The Head Instructor said he had the Nirvana Realm method but lacked the technique for advancing to the Spiritual Platform Realm, then gave Chen Changan the Indestructible Golden Body Art.

Chen Changan learned why the Immortal Golden Body Art had stalled and sparred with the Head Instructor, exposing the gap in their combat experience. The Head Instructor recommended Chen Changan for the Jingzhou Provincial Governor's Office examination, and Chen Changan set off with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang.

• Chen Changan compared the Indestructible Golden Body Art with the Immortal Golden Body and realized the latter lacked crucial cultivation steps.
• The Head Instructor challenged Chen Changan to a swordsmanship match, but Chen Changan's Red Dust Sword easily broke several of his swords.
• Chen Changan dodged the Head Instructor's punches and overwhelmed him with a flurry of strikes, then explained that the Head Instructor's strength would be far more effective under different rules.
• The Head Instructor recommended Chen Changan for the Jingzhou Provincial Governor's Office examination and gave him a letter of recommendation.
• Chen Changan left the Heaven Gate Martial Arena with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang and headed for Jingzhou.

After nearly a year of travel, Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao reached Jingzhou and applied to join the Provincial Governor's Office. They chose an assignment together, but a Third-Rank Inspector abruptly warned them to pick something else.

• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang arrived at the Provincial Governor's Office, where Chen Changan presented a recommendation for himself and Mu Yunyao.
• A Third-Rank Inspector explained that applicants had to complete an assignment, and that Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao could work together if they chose a Second-Rank assignment.
• Chen Changan found an assignment asking someone to locate King of Jingzhou's eloped concubine and servant, then dismissed it as an unsuitable choice.
• Mu Yunyao found another assignment that she and Chen Changan agreed to take.
• The Third-Rank Inspector recognized their chosen assignment, changed expression, and urgently told them to choose another.

Chen Changan learned that Yun'an County Lord was a powerful official’s wicked son protected by a hundred Secret Guards, making a Provincial Governor’s Office assassination task too dangerous for anyone to accept. He took the task anyway and prepared to set out, confident he could handle the guards.

• A Provincial Governor’s Office official explained that Yun'an County Lord was the Duke Who Guards the Nation’s only son, and that the Duke had sent him to Jingzhou with a hundred loyal Secret Guards.
• The official said the task likely came from the public and required Yun'an County Lord’s death, which made it too dangerous for the office to handle without orders from the capital.
• Chen Changan accepted the assassination task as an assessment, despite the official warning that it would make an enemy of the Duke Who Guards the Nation.
• Chen Changan asked about the resources available to Provincial Governor’s Office inspectors and learned that completing tasks earned additional rewards beyond their monthly stipend.
• The official warned Chen Changan that Yun'an County Lord’s hundred Secret Guards were the real danger, but Chen Changan said they were no threat to him.

Chen Changan accepted a mission he believed the emperor had planted to punish the Duke Who Guards the Nation, and he headed to Yun'an County with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang. There, the Duke’s heir Fang Xu forced fathers and sons to fight, demanding that only one person from each pair survive.

• Mu Yunyao questioned the mission, and Chen Changan explained that he thought the emperor had arranged it as a warning to the Duke Who Guards the Nation and a trap for the people who completed it.
• Chen Changan said he had accepted the mission for its rewards and cultivation resources, and vowed to kill anyone who blocked his path.
• Da Huang asked about the Immortal Ancient Domain’s hierarchy and how to kill someone in the Reboot Realm, but Chen Changan admitted he did not know.
• Fang Xu gathered pairs of fathers and sons in Yun'an County and ordered each pair to fight until only one survived, threatening to kill their whole families if they displeased him.

Fang Xu tormented families and ordered their deaths while his Secret Guards brought him fifteen women. Chen Changan and his companions arrived in devastated Yun'an County, learned how the County Lord had terrorized its people, and set out to confront him.

• Fang Xu forced fathers and sons to attack each other, then ordered the survivors and their families killed.
• A Secret Guard told Fang Xu that fifteen women had been brought to his room, and Fang Xu threatened him over the delay.
• Chen Changan, Yun Yao, and Da Huang found Yun'an County deserted and bloodied as they searched for the County Lord.
• An old woman begged Chen Changan to spare a child and warned that the County Lord had killed seventy percent of the county's residents and abducted all its young women.
• Chen Changan asked where the Yun'an County Lord lived and promised the old woman she would no longer have to live in fear after that day.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao fought their way into the Yun'an County Lord's estate, cutting down her Household Soldiers as they searched for the people responsible. Fang Xu ignored his guards’ warnings and went to confront them, but Chen Changan challenged him as they met.

• Chen Changan smashed the estate gates and quickly killed five Household Soldiers, while Hongchen explained the strength of the Immortal Golden Body.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao fought the estate’s Secret Guards as reinforcements arrived and more guards stayed behind to protect the Yun'an County Lord.
• The Secret Guards warned Fang Xu that a man and woman had killed dozens of people and urged him to flee.
• Fang Xu refused to fear the intruders, killed the woman in his room, and struck a guard who tried to contradict him.
• Fang Xu ordered his guards to take him to the intruders, and Chen Changan challenged him to his face.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao confronted Fang Xu at his estate, where he had been abusing women, and defeated his guards. Mu Yunyao began torturing Fang Xu while Chen Changan watched, then called Da Huang over to finish the meal.

• Fang Xu lusted after Mu Yunyao and threatened Chen Changan and her with his family's power, but they refused his offer and attacked.
• Chen Changan fought the Secret Guards while Mu Yunyao punched Fang Xu and crushed his ankle.
• Chen Changan killed every Secret Guard, leaving Fang Xu alone and begging for his life.
• Mu Yunyao crushed Fang Xu's bones one by one, then called Da Huang because she found the task too disgusting.

Chen Changan looted Fang Xu’s estate, killed the Yun’an County Lord, and left the people of Yun’an County to celebrate their freedom. He then returned to the Jingzhou Provincial Governor’s Office with Fang Xu’s head, where the staff wondered if he had truly completed the mission.

• Chen Changan and Da Huang found Fang Xu’s treasure vault and took all its valuables, while Chen Changan decided not to distribute Ancient Yuan to Yun’an County’s people.
• Chen Changan ignored Fang Xu’s pleas for mercy, completed his mission by beheading him, and carried his head out of the estate.
• Chen Changan told the waiting residents that the Yun’an County Lord was dead, then left before they could thank him.
• The freed residents rushed into the estate to take revenge on Fang Xu’s body.
• Chen Changan arrived at the Jingzhou Provincial Governor’s Office with Fang Xu’s head, and those there questioned whether he had killed the Yun’an County Lord.

Chen Changan returned with Yun'an County Lord’s head and negotiated with the Imperial Censor over the Duke Who Guards the Nation. He offered to take responsibility for killing the Duke in exchange for unconditional cultivation resources, leaving the Imperial Censor to consider his proposal.

• Chen Changan presented Yun'an County Lord’s head to the Provincial Governor's Office and confirmed that he had completed the mission.
• The Inspector brought Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang to meet the Imperial Censor, while Da Huang insisted on joining the Provincial Governor's Office.
• The Imperial Censor warned Chen Changan that the Duke Who Guards the Nation was a powerful Reboot Realm figure whose rebellion could bring disaster to the Tianjian Imperial Dynasty.
• Chen Changan said he had killed the Duke’s son and offered to let the Imperial Family blame him while he dealt with the Duke himself.
• Chen Changan demanded unconditional cultivation resources from the Provincial Governor's Office and the Imperial Family, and the stunned Imperial Censor was left to consider his offer.

Chen Changan pursued a chance to gain the emperor’s support instead of joining the Provincial Governor’s Office, while he and his companions prepared to cultivate. The emperor approved testing Chen Changan as a potential ally against the Duke Who Guards the Nation and ordered him watched.

• Chen Changan explained to Da Huang and Mu Yunyao that joining the Provincial Governor’s Office had only been a way to obtain cultivation resources, and that a better opportunity had arisen.
• Chen Changan learned that his bottles and jars could temper the Immortal Golden Body and included Spiritual Platform Liquid, then gave two items to an acquaintance and divided the rest with his companions.
• Qin Xuan told the emperor that Chen Changan and his companions had killed Fang Xu and all one hundred Secret Guards, and described Chen Changan’s proposal and apparent qualities.
• The emperor ordered Qin Xuan to conceal Fang Xu’s death, test Chen Changan’s abilities, and eliminate him without leaving evidence if he proved unworthy.
• The emperor sent a figure to watch Chen Changan and report back.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao broke through to the Spiritual Platform Realm, and the Provincial Governor's Office recruited them and Da Huang as covert investigators. Their first mission was to destroy the Wei River Xu Family within half a year, a target secretly backed by the Duke Who Guards the Nation.

• Da Huang perfected his Immortal Golden Body while Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao began cultivating toward the Spiritual Platform Realm.
• Chen Changan explained that cultivation in the Immortal Ancient Domain no longer demanded the vast resources his earlier breakthroughs had required.
• The Imperial Censor arrived and discovered that Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao had reached the Spiritual Platform Realm in half a month.
• The Imperial Censor said Master of Control and the emperor had appointed all three as covert investigators, with cultivation resources tied to completing missions.
• Chen Changan learned that his first mission was to wipe out the Wei River Xu Family within half a year, weakening the Duke Who Guards the Nation's hidden network.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang set out for the Wei River Xu Family.

Chen Changan learned of the Xu Family’s hidden army and discussed why the Provincial Governor’s Office wanted the Yun'an County Lord dead, then continued cultivating with Mu Yunyao on their journey to Wei River. At the Xu Family, the Young Master urged his father to build their own power and eventually overthrow the existing order, leaving the Xu Family Head privately considering how to recruit more retainers.

• Chen Changan and Da Huang discussed the Xu Family’s crimes, its strength, and the mystery of why the Yun'an County Lord had been targeted.
• Chen Changan explained that the Spiritual Platform Realm was easy for him to cultivate in because of his earlier soul growth.
• Mu Yunyao questioned how they should handle local officials while carrying out their mission to wipe out the Xu Family, and Chen Changan said they would deal with the consequences later.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and their companions spent their nearly two-month journey to Wei River taking turns driving the carriage and cultivating.
• The Xu Family Young Master told the Xu Family Head that they should use their growing strength to surpass the Duke Who Guards the Nation and overthrow the existing order.
• The Xu Family Head rebuked his son but privately considered recruiting more retainers.

Chen Changan arrived in Weishui and learned that the Xu Family was recruiting retainers to gain prestige and military influence under the guise of defending the frontier. He confronted the Xu Family Head at a gathering, challenging whether he truly had a clear conscience, and the chapter ended with the head asking what had prompted the accusation.

• Chen Changan and his companions heard that the Xu Family had recruited thousands of retainers and planned to support the Tianjian Imperial Dynasty at the frontier.
• Chen Changan recognized that the Xu Family sought reputation, strength, and influence in the army and court, but decided to confront them despite their increased numbers.
• The Xu Family Head praised the retainers for volunteering to defend the frontier and presented himself as a humble, righteous man.
• Chen Changan questioned whether the Xu Family Head truly had a clear conscience, angering the crowd.
• Chen Changan stepped forward, and the Xu Family Head concealed his menace and asked whether the young man had been offended.

Chen Changan exposed Xu Family Head’s secret dealings with Duke Who Guards the Nation and his training of deathsworn, then brought forward a man tied to the scheme. Xu Family Head’s reaction made the gathered retainers suspect his denials, and he demanded to know what had happened to the deathsworn.

• Chen Changan accused Xu Family Head of secretly colluding with Duke Who Guards the Nation and training deathsworn, making the retainers suspicious of Xu Family Head’s shocked reaction.
• Xu Family Head denied the allegations and tried to turn the crowd against Chen Changan by calling him an enemy spy.
• Chen Changan recounted the secret meeting, the Xu Family’s recruitment of retainers, and the disappearance of infants, claiming the missing children had been sent to Xu Family Head.
• Mu Yunyao brought in the man who had trained the Xu Family’s deathsworn, and Chen Changan confronted Xu Family Head with him.
• Xu Family Head denied knowing the man, but blurted out a question about what had happened to the deathsworn, exposing his knowledge of them.