Arc 91The Carefree Immortal Source

Chen Changan destroyed the three great races and exposed the Three Great Families’ betrayal of the Human Race, then found the Sky Seal and crossed into the Carefree Immortal Source. There, the Power of Desire stirred the city’s inhabitants, and three fate-reading experts took an interest in Mu Yunyao.

  • Chen Changan defeated the Mirror People Race, rescued the humans held in Mirror Space, and learned that the Three Great Families had traded people to the races.
  • Chen Changan destroyed the Withered Corpse Race and the Heart-Devouring Insect Race while the Three Great Families falsely claimed credit for their defeat.
  • Fan Anping and two other young men confronted the Three Great Families, and Chen Changan intervened before the Fan Family Patriarch could kill them.
  • Chen Changan killed the Three Great Families’ followers, forced the three Family Heads to confess to sacrificing humans, and then killed the leaders.
  • Chen Changan reunited with Da Huang and discovered that a sealed being had escaped, then found the Sky Seal at the border of the Land of Chaotic Races.
  • The Sky Seal joined Chen Changan’s group, and they crossed the Karma Dao Chain into the Carefree Immortal Source, where Bu Yao explained Le Xiaoyao’s history with the Power of Desire.
  • Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao entered a city where people indulged their desires, and Mu Yunyao fought the crowd after its desire-filled realm affected her.
  • Three Heavenly Mystery Realm figures foresaw Mu Yunyao’s attack, recognized that she was not from the Carefree Immortal Source, and expressed interest in recruiting her.
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Ch. 2255The Heavenly Mystery Cannot Be Foreseen

Chen Changan led his companions to confront the Mirror People Race chieftain, who had gathered hundreds of fighters to ambush them. After learning that Heavenly Mystery Realm experts could foresee fate but could not see Chen Changan’s, Chen Changan unleashed his sword and devastated the Mirror People forces.

  • Chen Changan and his companions arrived at the chieftain’s stronghold, where hundreds of Mirror People fighters were waiting for them.
  • The prince admitted he had secretly contacted his father, and Chen Changan revealed he had expected the Mirror People to gather so he could kill more of them.
  • Chen Changan beheaded the prince and removed the energy mirror from his body before the chieftain ordered his fighters to attack.
  • Bu Yao explained that Heavenly Mystery Realm experts could foresee fate, while Mu Yunyao realized they could not glimpse Chen Changan’s fate.
  • Da Huang transformed into a Qilin to hold off the attackers as Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao joined the fight.
  • Chen Changan unleashed Sword Annihilation, cutting down hundreds of Mirror People and explaining that their energy mirrors were their fatal weakness.

Ch. 2256The Coward Was Afraid of Dying After All

Chen Changan forced the Mirror People Race's patriarch to gather its clansmen, then learned the race had contracted with the Three Great Families to receive Human Race members as tribute. He killed the patriarch, and the assembled Mirror People Race erupted with killing intent and rage.

  • The Mirror People Race's patriarch chose to cooperate rather than risk dying, and Chen Changan ordered it to gather every clansman.
  • The patriarch readily assembled the Mirror People Race, assuming Chen Changan planned to drive them out again.
  • Chen Changan asked about the Underground Abyss and learned the Three Great Families had given the Mirror People Race Human Race members as tribute under a Contract.
  • Chen Changan told the patriarch the race could not return to its old home and that he would reunite its members with their other clansmen.
  • Chen Changan shattered the patriarch's mirror surface, and the assembled Mirror People Race reacted with overwhelming rage and killing intent.

Ch. 2257Mirror Space

After the Mirror People sacrificed themselves to trap Chen Changan in Mirror Space, he faced countless copies of himself while separated from Mu Yunyao and Da Huang. He discovered that draining the mirrors’ energy could disable them, though Bu Yao remained baffled by his ability to withstand the copies’ attacks.

  • After the Mirror People’s leader died, the clan members turned into energy and formed a giant mirror that transported Chen Changan and his companions into Mirror Space.
  • Chen Changan found himself separated from Mu Yunyao and Da Huang, surrounded by mirrors that produced copies of him.
  • Chen Changan fought the copies and shattered the mirrors, but each broken mirror created more shards and enemies.
  • Chen Changan filled Mirror Space with flames, but the mirrors would not melt, so he recalled Gou Sheng and began draining their energy.
  • As the mirrors turned to ash and lost their power, Chen Changan explained that he could drain them while ignoring attacks from his copies, leaving Bu Yao confused.

Ch. 2258The Two Races Left

After Chen Changan destroyed the Mirror Space, he treated Mu Yunyao and prepared to search for the Heart-Devouring Insect Race and the Withered Corpse Race. Meanwhile, the freed Human Race celebrated the Mirror People Race’s destruction and wondered who their benefactors were.

  • Chen Changan found Mu Yunyao and Da Huang injured after the Mirror Space collapsed, treated Mu Yunyao, and bantered with Da Huang.
  • Chen Changan asked Bu Yao where the Heart-Devouring Insect Race and Withered Corpse Race lived and learned their weaknesses.
  • Chen Changan prepared to search for the two remaining races, while the freed Human Race began recovering their consciousness.
  • The Human Race realized the Mirror People Race had been destroyed and celebrated their freedom.
  • The survivors recalled that their benefactors were a man, a woman, and a dog wearing bamboo hats, and wondered who they were.

Ch. 2259Cries That Shook the Heavens

Chen Changan found a city where hundreds of thousands of humans were kept in despair by the Withered Corpse Race and learned that the Three Great Families had betrayed them. The young man’s story stirred the people, whose cries filled the city.

  • Chen Changan and his companions searched for the Heart-Devouring Insect Race and the Withered Corpse Race for two months before finding a ruined city full of humans.
  • Chen Changan tried to speak to the lifeless people, but only a frightened young man responded and asked if Chen Changan could save them.
  • The young man explained that the Withered Corpse Race captured and devoured humans, while preventing them from escaping even through death.
  • The young man revealed that the Three Great Families had lured people out of the Underground Abyss and sold them to the Withered Corpse Race.
  • The young man wept as he condemned the Three Great Families, and hundreds of thousands of people began crying with him.

Ch. 2260Replication, Devouring!

Chen Changan comforted the oppressed humans in the Land of Chaotic Races and promised to defeat their enemies, then confronted five members of the Withered Corpse Race. After copying their Devouring talent, he prepared to turn their own ability against them.

  • Chen Changan let the city's humans release their grief and promised the surviving people could build a new future after the Withered Corpse Race, the Heart-Devouring Insect Race, and human traitors were punished.
  • A person warned Chen Changan and his companions that the Withered Corpse Race was approaching, and five battered members of the race appeared in the city.
  • The Withered Corpse Race identified Chen Changan and the others as powerful food, while Da Huang and Mu Yunyao reacted with disgust to their appearance.
  • Chen Changan used Replication to copy the Withered Corpse Race's Devouring talent without consuming energy.
  • Chen Changan announced that he would make the Withered Corpse Race experience being devoured.

Ch. 2261Da Huang, You're a Spy, Aren't You?

Chen Changan destroyed the Withered Corpse Race members who had been tormenting the Human Race and learned the location of their lair by devouring their souls. He left a survivor to rally the humans, then went with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang to burn the race out of its swamp home.

  • Chen Changan used his modified, long-range devouring ability to consume the Withered Corpse Race members and their souls, discovering the location of their lair.
  • Chen Changan told a clear-minded human survivor to awaken the others and keep them alive until the Human Race reclaimed the Land of Chaotic Races.
  • Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang traveled to the Corpse Accumulation Swamp, the Withered Corpse Race's home.
  • Chen Changan released Gou Sheng, who became a sea of flames and ignited the swamp's miasma, causing a massive explosion.
  • As Withered Corpse Race members fled into the flames, Chen Changan accused Da Huang of being a spy for suggesting they escape deeper into the swamp.

Ch. 2262Big Brother, You've Changed

Chen Changan and his companions dealt with the Withered Corpse Race, then set their sights on the Heart-Devouring Insect Race as they sought to end the chaos in the Land of Chaotic Races. As they prepared to leave, Da Huang told Chen Changan that he seemed to have changed.

  • Chen Changan sent Gou Sheng into the swamp, where it wiped out the Withered Corpse Race while Da Huang avoided going in.
  • Chen Changan ordered Da Huang to search for survivors, and Da Huang agreed to check the area for a month.
  • Da Huang returned after a month without finding any Withered Corpse Race members, and Chen Changan concluded that they might all be gone.
  • Chen Changan said the group would next confront the Heart-Devouring Insect Race and end the chaos in the Land of Chaotic Races.
  • Da Huang told Chen Changan that he had changed, leaving Chen Changan surprised and questioning whether it was true.

Ch. 2263The Three Great Families' Shamelessness Knew No Bounds

Chen Changan reflected on how his experiences in the Immortal Ancient Domain had made him less indifferent to other people. Meanwhile, the Three Great Families took credit for defeating the races that had enslaved Humans, leaving three young witnesses to debate whether to tell Chen Changan about their families’ deception.

  • Da Huang and Mu Yunyao told Chen Changan that he had become more caring, and Chen Changan acknowledged that his outlook had changed.
  • Chen Changan set out to hunt the Heart-Devouring Insect Race as news spread through the Underground Abyss that the Three Great Families had defeated the Withered Corpse Race and Mirror People Race and would soon open the barrier.
  • The Humans in the Underground Abyss celebrated their expected return to the surface and praised the Three Great Families for the supposed victories.
  • Three young people who had met Chen Changan realized the Three Great Families were claiming credit for his deeds and discussed whether to warn their families or tell Chen Changan.

Ch. 2264Fan Anping of the Fan Family

Fan Anping and the others decided to warn their families about the Three Great Families’ suspected betrayal, despite the risk of turning against their kin. After reaching the Fan Family’s main household, Fan Anping was granted an audience with the Family Head and asked to speak privately.

  • The three young people agreed to return to their families and try to persuade them to confess and correct their wrongdoing.
  • Fan Anping went home and asked his father, Fan Nan, to help him see the Family Head.
  • Fan Nan took Fan Anping to the main household, where its members initially dismissed them.
  • Fan Anping said the Fan Family’s survival was at stake and that he had witnessed things in the Land of Chaotic Races, prompting the main household to report his request.
  • The Family Head recognized Fan Anping and greeted him, and Fan Anping asked to speak with him alone.

Ch. 2265They Couldn't Let Anyone Be More Shameless Than Him

Fan Anping confronted the Fan Family Patriarch about the Three Great Families’ crimes, then left the family with his relatives. As the Human Race emerged from the Underground Abyss and praised the Three Great Families, Chen Changan prepared to deal with them.

  • Fan Anping urged the Fan Family Patriarch to stop deceiving the Human Race, but the Patriarch defended the Three Great Families’ sacrifices and threatened him.
  • The Patriarch revealed that the Three Great Families had gathered information about Chen Changan through rescued people and spies.
  • Fan Anping left the Fan Family with his closest relatives, while the other two young men were expelled from their families as traitors.
  • The Underground Abyss opened, and the Human Race emerged, crediting the Three Great Families for their survival and asking where they could thank them.
  • The Three Great Families gathered after returning to the surface and vowed to kill Chen Changan, unaware that he knew of their crimes.
  • Chen Changan praised the three young men for refusing to cooperate with their families, then ordered his people to set out.

Ch. 2266Taking Shamelessness to the Very End

Chen Changan wiped out the Heart-Devouring Insect Race and learned that the Underground Abyss had opened, then prepared to deal with the Three Great Families. Meanwhile, the Three Great Families gathered the returning humans around them and used their gratitude to strengthen their claim over the renamed Restarting Land.

  • Chen Changan killed the Heart-Devouring Insect Race’s queen, ending the threat posed by its battle insects and human-parasitizing larvae.
  • Chen Changan reasoned that Fan Anping and the other two youngsters had left the Underground Abyss alive, and told Da Huang they would leave after dealing with the Three Great Families.
  • The Three Great Families settled together and discussed claiming the Restarting Land, while the humans gathered nearby and revered them as benefactors.
  • The three Family Heads met the humans, promised them a new life without threats or fear, and presented the Three Great Families as fellow members of the Human Race.
  • The Family Heads privately welcomed the humans’ admiration and viewed them as eager free labor who would help secure the families’ control.

Ch. 2267You're Still Too Young

Fan Anping and two other former members of the Three Great Families exposed their families’ alleged collusion with the three great races, but the crowd rejected their claims. The Fan Family Patriarch portrayed them as disgruntled exiles, leaving the Three Great Families’ reputation even stronger.

  • Fan Anping and two others accused the Three Great Families of betraying the Human Race and claimed someone else had defeated the three great races.
  • The crowd angrily defended the Three Great Families until Fan Anping questioned why people disappeared and how the races’ attacks were handled.
  • The Fan Family Patriarch called Fan Anping an expelled family member seeking revenge and claimed he had shown mercy by sparing them.
  • The crowd accepted the Patriarch’s explanation, condemned Fan Anping and his companions, and reaffirmed its trust in the Three Great Families.

Ch. 2268Strength Is Everything

Fan Anping and the other two young men publicly accused the Three Great Families, but the crowd sided with the Family Heads and the Fan Family Patriarch tried to kill them. Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao intervened, and Chen Changan began to settle the dispute with his sword.

  • Fan Anping and the other two denounced the Three Great Families, but the crowd dismissed their accusations and condemned them as traitors.
  • The Fan Family Patriarch feigned mercy and offered them another chance, but the three refused to repent or retreat.
  • The Fan Family Patriarch struck at Fan Anping and the others with an attack meant to erase their souls.
  • Chen Changan blocked the attack and appeared with Mu Yunyao, then challenged the Three Great Families over the destruction of the three great races.
  • Chen Changan dismissed the Fan Family Patriarch's accusation that he had put the young men up to their speech and declared that strength was the best language.
  • Chen Changan swung his sword, telling the crowd to watch how he would solve the problem.

Ch. 2269This Is Your Last Chance

Chen Changan slaughtered the Three Great Families after they ignored his warning, while Mu Yunyao stopped the Underground Abyss humans from interfering and explained why the enslaved survivors would not come forward. With only the three Family Heads left alive, Chen Changan demanded to know how they learned he had destroyed the three races and why they had dared to defy him.

  • Chen Changan attacked the Three Great Families, evading the three Family Heads and killing their people as they failed to stop him.
  • Mu Yunyao warned the Underground Abyss humans not to interfere and explained that the enslaved Human Race survivors would keep their distance rather than risk confronting the Three Great Families.
  • Fan Anping and the other two questioned how the truth about the Three Great Families could be revealed, and Mu Yunyao told them that strength mattered more than proving the truth.
  • Chen Changan killed everyone in the Three Great Families except the three Family Heads, who panicked as their power collapsed.
  • Chen Changan told the three Family Heads that their chance to repent had passed and demanded to know how they learned he had wiped out the three races and why they had dared to ignore him.

Ch. 2270Wanting to Die Wasn't Going to Be That Easy

Chen Changan tortured the Three Great Families’ leaders until Xu Family Head confessed how they had bargained with the three races by abandoning most of the Human Race. The survivors learned the truth, and Chen Changan challenged the leaders’ confidence that they could defeat the three races without him.

  • Chen Changan demanded to know why the three races had spared the Human Race and how the Three Great Families had negotiated with them.
  • Chen Changan tortured Hu Family Head with Sword Qi and an illusion until Xu Family Head agreed to confess.
  • Xu Family Head explained that the Three Great Families had led some humans into the Underground Abyss and left the rest as sacrifices and resources for the three races.
  • The people who emerged from the Underground Abyss condemned the Three Great Families, while Xu Family Head insisted the deal had kept them alive.
  • Chen Changan accused the family leaders of pretending to be saviors and asked whether they believed they could wipe out the three races themselves.

Ch. 2271A Promising Student

Chen Changan learned how the Three Great Families discovered the three great races had fallen, then wiped out the families’ remaining leaders. He later warned Fan Anping and the others to build strength before confronting injustice, and they accepted his advice.

  • The Fan Family Patriarch explained that the three great races had planted watchers in the Three Great Families, who revealed the races’ defeats and led the families to return to the Land of Chaotic Races.
  • Chen Changan mocked the surviving family members and sent the three Family Heads to reunite with their families.
  • Chen Changan and Bu Yao wondered whether a seal had been lifted without their noticing, while Bu Yao worried that his wife Bi Lian might be sealed in the Land of Chaotic Races.
  • Chen Changan told Fan Anping and the other two that they should have stayed alive and grown stronger before challenging the Three Great Families.
  • Fan Anping agreed that they should keep their heads down until they had enough strength to act.

Ch. 2272Cliffside Lone Shadow, Lonely Da Huang

After leaving the three young disciples, Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao went to meet Da Huang, who had been searching the Land of Chaotic Races for anything unusual. Da Huang revealed that the sealed being had escaped, leaving Bu Yao worried it might have been his wife Bi Lian and arguing with Da Huang.

  • Chen Changan said goodbye to the three little fellows after guiding them for seven days, then set off with Mu Yunyao to find Da Huang.
  • On the way, Bu Yao repeatedly called for Bi Lian until Chen Changan threatened to keep them apart if Bu Yao continued making noise.
  • Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao found Da Huang posing by a cliff in a cloak and bamboo hat, and Mu Yunyao kicked him out of his dramatic stance.
  • Da Huang admitted that the sealed being had escaped before he could get a good look at it.
  • Bu Yao blamed Da Huang for losing Bi Lian, but Chen Changan reminded him that nine beings had been sealed in the Immortal Ancient Domain even though only seven had been known.
  • Da Huang and Bu Yao resumed arguing, and Chen Changan told Da Huang he would not stop him from fighting.

Ch. 2273Sky Seal

Chen Changan and his companions searched the Land of Chaotic Races for the mysterious thing released from its seal, which Bu Yao suspected might be the elusive Sky Seal. As they prepared to leave after three months without finding it, they discovered a carefree young man by the Karma Dao Chain and wondered if he was the Sky Seal.

  • Da Huang told Chen Changan that something had shot out of the collapsed cliff, though he could not identify it or tell whether it was alive.
  • Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang searched the cliff's bottom, where Bu Yao suggested the sealed thing might have been the Sky Seal, a powerful treasure known for taking human form and playing tricks.
  • Chen Changan and his companions searched the Land of Chaotic Races for three months but found nothing beyond the Human Race rebuilding their home.
  • Chen Changan decided to leave the Land of Chaotic Races, but he and Mu Yunyao spotted a relaxed young man lying where the Karma Dao Chain met the border.
  • Chen Changan and his companions approached the young man and wondered whether he was the Sky Seal.

Ch. 2274He Was Such a Chatterbox

Chen Changan discovered that the talkative young man was the Sky Seal, who had been trapped for years and was afraid to cross the Karma Dao Chain. After Da Huang persuaded it that Chen Changan could protect it, the Sky Seal asked to join them, but Chen Changan demanded proof that it had useful abilities.

  • Chen Changan guessed that the young man was the Sky Seal, and the Sky Seal eagerly confirmed it before launching into a nonstop conversation.
  • Da Huang joined the Sky Seal in chatting about brothels while Mu Yunyao moved away to rest and block out their noise.
  • Da Huang learned that the Sky Seal was afraid of the Karma Dao Chain and convinced it that Chen Changan could handle the danger.
  • The Sky Seal asked Chen Changan to take it along, and Chen Changan demanded that it reveal a useful ability before he agreed.

Ch. 2275Does This Count as Enemies Meeting?

The Sky Seal admitted that it had no special abilities beyond its immense strength, then confronted Bu Yao over the sealing that had trapped it. It explained that Bu Yao and the other seven had been sealed to suppress the Immortal Ancient Domain, while it had been sealed because it was even stronger.

  • The Sky Seal confessed that it had no special abilities, and Bu Yao appeared, provoking its fury over the years it had spent sealed away.
  • Bu Yao retreated into Chen Changan's body, and Chen Changan persuaded the Sky Seal to spare him and hear him out later.
  • The Sky Seal explained that people in the Immortal Ancient Domain had exaggerated its abilities, making it reluctant to show itself.
  • The Sky Seal claimed it could have defeated the seven who sealed it, but had spared them because of their hard-earned cultivation.
  • The Sky Seal said the seven had offended someone powerful, who sealed them to suppress the Immortal Ancient Domain and prevent its passage from opening again.
  • The Sky Seal said it had been sealed because it was even stronger than the seven.

Ch. 2276Carefree Immortal Source

Chen Changan and his companions accepted the Sky Seal as a traveling companion and crossed a Karma Dao Chain into a beautiful region it recognized. The Sky Seal and Bu Yao disagreed about the region’s former ruler, leaving Chen Changan to learn more about the Carefree Immortal Source’s past.

  • The Sky Seal agreed to follow Chen Changan, who warned it not to cause trouble or look down on the group.
  • The Sky Seal changed into its original form and hid inside Chen Changan as he led Mu Yunyao and Da Huang along the Karma Dao Chain.
  • Chen Changan and the others crossed the chain and arrived in a beautiful region where the Sky Seal and Da Huang joked about finding brothels.
  • The Sky Seal and Bu Yao recognized the region and said it had once been called the Carefree Immortal Source.
  • Bu Yao began criticizing the former ruler, but the Sky Seal interrupted and defended him as genuine and carefree, calling the place the Immortal Ancient Domain’s true sacred land.

Ch. 2277Bu Yao and the Sky Seal's Debate

Bu Yao and the Sky Seal argued over whether Le Xiaoyao had been a good ruler, and Bu Yao explained that Le Xiaoyao had secretly cultivated by consuming people’s desires. Chen Changan learned that Le Xiaoyao had vanished after Bu Yao and his companions tried to stop him, and decided to explore the Carefree Immortal Source.

  • The Sky Seal described Le Xiaoyao as a carefree ruler who let people live as they pleased while forbidding evil.
  • Bu Yao emerged and accused the Sky Seal of whitewashing Le Xiaoyao, explaining that Le Xiaoyao consumed people’s desires until they risked losing them entirely.
  • Bu Yao said he discovered the truth after meeting a desireless person, investigating the Carefree Immortal Source, and tracing the disappearing desires to Le Xiaoyao.
  • Bu Yao told Chen Changan that he and his companions had attacked Le Xiaoyao, but the Sky Seal had ruined their plans and Le Xiaoyao had later vanished.
  • Chen Changan said the Carefree Immortal Source interested him and that he wanted to explore it.

Ch. 2278The Great Yellow Dog Had Truly Found His Home

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, Da Huang, and the Sky Seal explored the Carefree Immortal Source, where the Power of Desire made people give in to their urges. Da Huang and the Sky Seal rushed into a city full of debauchery, while Mu Yunyao struck a woman who approached Chen Changan and drew the desire of the crowd.

  • Bu Yao warned Chen Changan that the Carefree Immortal Source was filled with the Power of Desire and had once been controlled by Le Xiaoyao.
  • Da Huang and the Sky Seal ran ahead to a city, where they encountered members of the normally conservative Furry Tribe.
  • Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao entered the city and found its people openly indulging their desires.
  • A woman approached Chen Changan, and Mu Yunyao punched her away.
  • The crowd noticed Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao and openly expressed their desire for them.

Ch. 2279Amplified Desire

Mu Yunyao's killing intent was amplified in the Carefree Immortal Source, and she cut down the people whose desires had turned toward her and Chen Changan. Chen Changan stopped her from attacking three Heavenly Mystery Realm newcomers so he could question them, while the group remained wary of the realm's influence.

  • Mu Yunyao took the Red Dust Sword and attacked the crowd after the realm magnified her killing intent, while Da Huang realized someone had been lusting after Chen Changan and hurried to help.
  • Da Huang arrived with the Sky Seal and saw Mu Yunyao cutting through the crowd; Chen Changan explained that the Power of Desire affected everyone and warned them not to stay long.
  • Three Heavenly Mystery Realm figures appeared and confronted Mu Yunyao, but her strike passed through phantoms because they had anticipated it through their knowledge of fate.
  • The three figures recognized that Mu Yunyao was not from the Carefree Immortal Source and expressed admiration and interest in recruiting her.
  • Chen Changan stopped Mu Yunyao before she attacked again, and she returned the Red Dust Sword to him; Da Huang agreed with her criticism of the realm and was insulted for his trouble.
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