Recaps

Chen Changan discovered that the Carefree Pavilion was still cultivating by absorbing people’s desires and attacked its members. As Mu Yunyao and Da Huang searched the city for more Pavilion members, Chen Changan challenged the Sky Seal to a match.

• A man invited Chen Changan and his companions to join the Carefree Pavilion, and Chen Changan asked whether Le Xiaoyao led it.
• The men revealed that the Pavilion’s founders were Le Xiaoyao’s disciples, who were waiting for their Grandmaster to return.
• Chen Changan exposed the Pavilion’s desire-based cultivation and decided to wipe it out.
• Chen Changan attacked the three men while Mu Yunyao and Da Huang searched the city for other Pavilion members.
• The Sky Seal watched the fight, and Chen Changan challenged it to a match.

Chen Changan and the Sky Seal discussed their inability to harm each other and the mysterious Blade of Destruction, then realized Mu Yunyao and Da Huang had been fighting Carefree Pavilion. After Da Huang reported that the city had been cleared, Chen Changan considered how Carefree Pavilion amplified desire and whether its members could be weakened by cutting off their source of cultivation.

• The Sky Seal refused to fight Chen Changan, explaining that neither of them could hurt the other, and said only the Blade of Destruction had once threatened its body.
• Chen Changan and the Sky Seal speculated that the Blade of Destruction had come from a higher level and questioned why it had appeared in a lower world.
• Chen Changan and the Sky Seal realized they had forgotten Mu Yunyao and Da Huang, who had been fighting Carefree Pavilion's forces.
• Da Huang returned and complained that he and Mu Yunyao had cleared the city while Chen Changan stood chatting, but Chen Changan turned the blame back on him.
• Da Huang reported that he and Mu Yunyao had searched the city and killed nearly all the Carefree Pavilion members there.
• Chen Changan wondered whether the environment or Carefree Pavilion's cultivation technique amplified desire and whether controlling it could disrupt the pavilion's cultivation.

The Sky Seal explained how Le Xiaoyao had changed the Carefree Immortal Source and suggested ways to deal with its Power of Desire. After destroying three Carefree Pavilion strongholds, Chen Changan decided to lure the Pavilion’s members to him by stealing their Power of Desire, despite Da Huang’s concern.

• The Sky Seal told Chen Changan that Le Xiaoyao’s absorption of desire had altered the environment, and Chen Changan agreed not to spend time changing it.
• Bu Yao confronted the Sky Seal for helping Le Xiaoyao, and the Sky Seal said it had not interfered because people chose their own way of life.
• The Sky Seal suggested killing the Carefree Immortal Source’s inhabitants or draining the Power of Desire, but Chen Changan chose to focus on the Carefree Pavilion and breaking the seal.
• Chen Changan and his companions destroyed three Carefree Pavilion strongholds, but he realized the search was too slow and that Mu Yunyao and Da Huang were becoming more affected by the Power of Desire.
• The Sky Seal proposed that Chen Changan steal the Pavilion members’ Power of Desire to draw them out, and Chen Changan agreed while Da Huang worried he might absorb too much.

Chen Changan absorbed the Power of Desire in the Carefree Immortal Source so quickly that the Carefree Pavilion investigated, mistakenly believing their long-absent Master Le Xiaoyao had returned. When five Pavilion Masters confronted him, Chen Changan pretended to be their master, leaving them stunned.

• Chen Changan absorbed the Power of Desire at an astonishing rate, alarming Da Huang and the Sky Seal as the Carefree Pavilion noticed the energy disappearing.
• The Carefree Pavilion's leaders suspected Le Xiaoyao had returned and decided to investigate in person.
• Five Pavilion Masters arrived and questioned Chen Changan about his reckless absorption of the Power of Desire.
• Chen Changan scolded the five Pavilion Masters, slapped one, and demanded that they recognize him.
• Chen Changan claimed the five Pavilion Masters were his disciples and called himself their master, stunning everyone except Mu Yunyao.

Chen Changan convinced the five Pavilion Masters of Carefree Pavilion that he was their reincarnated master, Le Xiaoyao, by exposing their tests and having the Sky Seal confirm their past connection. He then brought Bu Yao forward to further prove his identity.

• Chen Changan claimed to be Le Xiaoyao reincarnated, and the five Pavilion Masters questioned him about the past.
• Chen Changan caught the five testing him with a false memory about teaching them to be cautious, and Bu Yao explained why their claim was implausible.
• Chen Changan pointed out the Sky Seal, whom the five recognized as Le Xiaoyao's old friend and rescuer.
• The Sky Seal claimed he had searched for and protected Chen Changan after Le Xiaoyao reincarnated.
• Chen Changan brought Bu Yao forward as another person the five should recognize, leaving Bu Yao bewildered.

Chen Changan, posing as the former overlord Le Xiaoyao, reunited with his five disciples and urged them to expand beyond the Carefree Immortal Source and rule the shattered Immortal Ancient Domain. He revealed that he could cross the Karma Dao Chains and had already conquered the Burial Sword Land and the Land of Chaotic Races.

• Bu Yao recognized Chen Changan as Le Xiaoyao, and Chen Changan stopped his five disciples from attacking Bu Yao before putting the soul away.
• Chen Changan criticized his disciples for thinking only of restoring the Carefree Immortal Source and urged them to seize the chance to rule the Immortal Ancient Domain.
• The five disciples doubted they could expand because the Karma Dao Chains made it difficult to travel between landmasses.
• The Sky Seal and Da Huang privately praised Chen Changan's acting until Chen Changan revealed he could hear their telepathic conversation.
• Chen Changan told his disciples he had conquered the Burial Sword Land and the Land of Chaotic Races, and declared that ruling the Immortal Ancient Domain was only a matter of time.

Chen Changan convinced the five Pavilion Masters that he was Le Xiaoyao reincarnated and had them take him to the Carefree Pavilion headquarters. In private, he planned to exploit their desires to resolve the Pavilion’s affairs and possibly break the seal on the Carefree Immortal Source.

• Chen Changan told the five Pavilion Masters that he had conquered Burial Sword Land and the Land of Chaotic Races, and they accepted his claims as their master’s words.
• Chen Changan admitted destroying several Carefree Pavilion strongholds, but the five approved because those members had disrespected him.
• Chen Changan introduced Da Huang and his wife to the five, then had them take the group to the Carefree Pavilion headquarters.
• The Pavilion Masters presented Chen Changan as Le Xiaoyao to the other members, who responded with shock and admiration.
• Chen Changan secretly set up barriers and discussed with his companions whether resolving the Pavilion’s problems or eliminating the Power of Desire would break the seal.
• Chen Changan decided to speak with the five and intensify their desires rather than immediately gathering the Pavilion members or resorting to a fight.

Chen Changan told his five disciples that their cultivation method had kept them from reaching the peak because the desires they absorbed were too base. He proposed abandoning the Carefree Immortal Source to pursue the whole Immortal Ancient Domain, leaving his disciples convinced by his explanation.

• Chen Changan summoned his five disciples and asked why they had failed to reach the peak despite years of cultivation.
• Chen Changan said their cultivation method was flawed and that he was willing to give up the Carefree Immortal Source to obtain the entire Immortal Ancient Domain.
• Chen Changan explained that their problem was not too little desire but desires of insufficient quality.
• Sky Seal and Mu Yunyao realized that the desires available to them were mostly self-indulgent, while stronger ambitions could help cultivators advance.
• Chen Changan's five disciples praised him, apologized for doubting him, and were teased for having no brains.

Chen Changan cleansed the Carefree Immortal Source of the Power of Desire and stopped its people from releasing more, but the seal remained intact. Bu Yao suggested taking in and reforming the Carefree Pavilion, leaving Chen Changan wary of their loyalty and of Le Xiaoyao’s possible return.

• Chen Changan ordered the Carefree Pavilion to stop cultivating and absorbing desire while he cleansed the Carefree Immortal Source.
• Mu Yunyao and the others agreed to cultivate while Chen Changan continued absorbing desire and considered how to handle the Carefree Pavilion.
• The Carefree Pavilion helped suppress people’s desires, and within three months Chen Changan had cleared the Power of Desire from the source.
• Bu Yao proposed that Chen Changan take in the Carefree Pavilion and guide its members onto the right path, but Chen Changan worried they might turn against him if Le Xiaoyao returned.
• Chen Changan said he would think about Bu Yao’s suggestion.

Chen Changan taught Carefree Pavilion’s five Pavilion Masters to cultivate by producing and consuming their own Power of Desire, then ordered them to spread the method and watch for signs that Carefree Immortal Source’s seal had broken. As they waited to see whether the plan worked, Sky Seal suggested that Le Xiaoyao might be the one imprisoned by the seal.

• The five Pavilion Masters asked Chen Changan what Carefree Pavilion should do after Carefree Immortal Source returned to normal.
• Bu Yao advised Chen Changan to choose the quickest solution, and Chen Changan decided to guide Carefree Pavilion toward a different cultivation method.
• Chen Changan taught the five Pavilion Masters to generate their own high-quality Power of Desire, and they discovered it greatly improved their cultivation.
• Chen Changan ordered the Pavilion Masters to make all members follow the new method, expel and cripple anyone who disobeyed, and watch for unusual changes in Carefree Immortal Source.
• Da Huang asked whether Chen Changan’s plan would work, and Chen Changan said a great battle might be unavoidable if the seal remained intact.
• Sky Seal suggested that Le Xiaoyao might be the person sealed away, prompting Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao to recognize the possibility.

Chen Changan and his companions investigated the broken seal at the Carefree Immortal Source and found a secret realm. The Sky Seal sensed that Le Xiaoyao was still hidden there, and the chapter ended with the sealed presence demanding a guarantee that Chen Changan would not hit him before coming out.

• Da Huang and the Sky Seal planned to go to a brothel, but Mu Yunyao interrupted them when the Carefree Immortal Source began to shake.
• Chen Changan learned that the broken seal had revealed a secret realm, then entered it with his companions and the five Pavilion Masters.
• Chen Changan found the realm empty at first, but the Sky Seal sensed a familiar presence still inside.
• Bu Yao emerged and called for the hidden figure to show itself, while Da Huang argued with him.
• The hidden figure asked Chen Changan to guarantee he would not hit it before it came out.

Chen Changan and the others met Le Xiaoyao’s soul and heard how he had been imprisoned for years. Le Xiaoyao explained that a mysterious powerhouse had captured him, leaving him terrified of being locked up or killed again.

• Chen Changan coaxed Le Xiaoyao out, and Le Xiaoyao greeted Bu Yao and Sky Seal with an awkward, fawning manner.
• Le Xiaoyao offended Bu Yao with his blunt remarks, and Sky Seal had to calm Bu Yao and seal his voice.
• Chen Changan asked Le Xiaoyao what had happened to him, and Le Xiaoyao described how seven enemies had driven him into hiding.
• Le Xiaoyao said a mysterious powerhouse had appeared, erased him with a snap of his fingers, and imprisoned him ever since.
• Le Xiaoyao admitted that his confinement had made him fearful, and Sky Seal lost patience with his careless remarks.

Chen Changan freed Le Xiaoyao, who had become timid after years of imprisonment and asked to travel with him. After assuring the five Pavilion Masters that the Carefree Immortal Source was in their hands, Chen Changan left with his companions for the Karma Dao Chain.

• Le Xiaoyao told Chen Changan he wanted a peaceful life and agreed not to reveal him to the outside world.
• Le Xiaoyao asked to join Chen Changan, and Chen Changan agreed despite Bu Yao's objections, promising them separate rooms.
• Le Xiaoyao teased Bu Yao about his missing wife, provoking Bu Yao and frustrating the others.
• Chen Changan and his companions left the secret realm, and its entrance closed behind them.
• Chen Changan told the five Pavilion Masters that the Carefree Immortal Source was in their hands and urged them to work toward reassembling the Immortal Ancient Domain.
• Chen Changan and his companions departed for the Karma Dao Chain.

On the way to the Karma Dao Chain, Chen Changan learned that reaching the Seventh Heaven of Immortality required overcoming the Nine Revolutions Heaven-Defying Tribulation. After entering the next continent, he, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang began preparing to undergo it.

• The Sky Seal explained that cultivators had to pass the Nine Revolutions Heaven-Defying Tribulation to enter the Heavenly Mystery Realm.
• The Sky Seal said the Immortal Ancient Domain's Heavenly Dao had originally been a person, and claimed he had once fought it to a draw.
• Chen Changan decided to wait until after they left the Karma Dao Chain to undergo the tribulation.
• The group crossed the Karma Dao Chain and entered the next continent, where Le Xiaoyao celebrated his freedom.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang began preparing for their tribulations while the Sky Seal and Le Xiaoyao bickered.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang unexpectedly broke through to the Heavenly Mystery Realm when the Nine Revolutions Heaven-Defying Tribulation vanished. As they tried to understand what happened, two young men arrived and said they had come to find Chen Changan, showing him an image and asking if it was him.

• The Nine Revolutions Heaven-Defying Tribulation appeared to vanish before Chen Changan and the others could undergo it.
• The Sky Seal revealed that Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang had already broken through to the Heavenly Mystery Realm without noticing.
• Le Xiaoyao joked about becoming their sworn father, got slapped twice by the Sky Seal, and returned to Chen Changan's body after the others mocked him.
• Chen Changan and the others wondered whether the Heavenly Dao had caused their sudden breakthroughs, then sensed someone approaching.
• Two young men knelt before Chen Changan, said they had come to find him, and showed him an image while asking if it was him.

Chen Changan learned how the Hou Family’s ancestor sacrificed himself to stabilize the Land of Heavenly Halberd and left behind a portrait and letter predicting that Chen could save his descendants. The Hou Family revealed that the other five noble families had profited from their ancestor’s steles while allowing rumors and pressure to drive the Hou Family toward ruin, and offered the steles to Chen in exchange for his help.

• The Hou Family descendants explained that their ancestor replaced the fallen Heavenly Halberd Mountain with his own body, becoming the foundation that kept the Land of Heavenly Halberd from collapsing.
• They said their ancestor sacrificed billions of years of lifespan to glimpse the future, then left Chen Changan’s portrait and a letter in a Jade Box for the Hou Family’s descendants.
• The descendants described how the ancestor’s five disciples received five stone steles and initially helped the Hou Family, but their families later let rumors undermine the Hou Family’s place among the Six Great Aristocratic Clans.
• Chen Changan reasoned that the Five Great Noble Families had spread the rumors to claim credit for saving the land and had kept the Hou Family from rising again.
• The descendants confirmed that the Hou Family had suffered a calamity at the hands of people below the five families’ ancestors and said the five steles would be Chen’s if he helped them.

Chen Changan understood that the Hou Family’s ancestor had left the five stone steles and Chen himself as safeguards, and he agreed to help the family. As he traveled toward the Hou Family, its members faced an imminent attack from three vassal families and feared they would be wiped out before their promised rescuer arrived.

• Chen Changan explained that the Hou Family’s ancestor had turned himself into five stone steles to protect the Land of Heavenly Halberd and had made Chen a second safeguard for the family.
• Chen Changan agreed to help the Hou Family because the steles were useful to him, and the family’s two younger members thanked him and led him there.
• The Hou Family Head said the Five Great Noble Families were moving to destroy the Hou Family before their ancestors emerged from seclusion and learned the truth.
• The Hou Family Head ordered his people to prepare to fight, since they had found no sign of the person shown in their ancestor’s portrait.
• A messenger reported that the Meng, Tian, and Qi families had arrived to attack, and the Hou Family feared it would not survive long enough for Chen to appear.

Chen Changan and his companions arrived at the Hou Family just as the Meng, Tian, and Qi Families prepared to attack, and he promised to reveal the truth behind the Hou Family’s downfall. He ordered Da Huang to eliminate the attackers while he led the Hou Family inside.

• The Meng, Tian, and Qi Families mocked the Hou Family and declared that they had come to wipe it out.
• A sword struck between the two sides, forcing the attackers back, and Chen Changan appeared with his companions.
• The Hou Family recognized Chen Changan, and he promised that they would be safe and that the truth about the past would be revealed.
• The Sky Seal, Da Huang, and Mu Yunyao joked about a young woman’s care for her grandmothers while the three families questioned who Chen Changan’s group was.
• Chen Changan ordered Da Huang to leave no attackers alive and went with the Hou Family to talk.

After saving the Hou Family, Chen Changan learned that their ancestor had left behind information about the Immortal Ancient Domain and asked how they wanted to settle their old grievance. He proposed that the Hou Family challenge the Five Great Noble Families and declare that they had come to collect their debt.

• Chen Changan asked the Hou Family Head what else their ancestor had left behind, and the Head revealed secret information about the Immortal Ancient Domain.
• The Hou Family Head explained that their ancestor’s costly divinations had revealed that Chen Changan’s goals were achievable, but that danger would come when everything returned to its proper place.
• Chen Changan wondered whether the people and objects around him, including the Sky Seal, were the key to leaving the Immortal Ancient Domain.
• Chen Changan asked whether the Five Great Noble Families had knowingly targeted the Hou Family, and the Hou Family Head admitted he suspected it but did not want to believe it.
• The Hou Family Head said he cared more about settling the matter than revealing who had saved the Land of Heavenly Halberd, and Chen Changan proposed a challenge in the Hou Family’s name.

Chen Changan explained that he had sent Da Huang and the Sky Seal to spread the truth about the Five Great Noble Families before he brought down the Heaven Family. As the Hou Family prepared for the coming confrontation, someone entered its territory, and Mu Yunyao went to deal with the intruder.

• The Heaven Family Head dismissed the Hou Family’s challenge letter and ordered the three families that had helped attack it to deal with the matter.
• Chen Changan told the Hou Family Head that he had delayed attacking the Heaven Family so Da Huang and the Sky Seal could spread news of the Five Great Noble Families’ crimes and make their downfall public.
• The Hou Family Head warned Chen Changan that the five families had five True Fate Realm experts and more than a hundred Heavenly Mystery Realm experts, but Chen Changan said he could handle them.
• Mu Yunyao and Chen Changan discussed Da Huang and the Sky Seal’s month-long absence, noting that they were spreading the news through brothels.
• Mu Yunyao sensed someone entering the Hou Family’s territory and went to confront them after Chen Changan declined to go.

Rumors about the Hou Family’s ancestor and the Five Great Noble Families spread through the Land of Heavenly Halberd as the Hou Family faced waves of people seeking trouble. Exhausted, Mu Yunyao quit dealing with the intruders, so Chen Changan sent Da Huang and the Sky Seal to handle them before tending to her.

• Rumors spread that the Hou Family’s ancestor had saved the Land of Heavenly Halberd and that the Five Great Noble Families had betrayed his descendants, prompting people to argue over whether the claims were true.
• Some people decided to curry favor with the Five Great Noble Families by heading to the Hou Family to cause trouble, while others chose to wait and see.
• Mu Yunyao kicked down Chen Changan’s door and declared she was done dealing with the endless waves of intruders.
• Da Huang teased Mu Yunyao and Chen Changan, but Chen Changan sent him and the Sky Seal to deal with the troublemakers.
• Chen Changan helped Mu Yunyao sit down, praised her efforts, and agreed to massage her shoulders.

Chen Changan waited for the Heaven Family to attack the Hou Family so its aggression would expose the truth behind the rumors. After he killed the ten Heaven Family experts who arrived, he prepared to lead the Hou Family against the Heaven Family.

• The Heaven Family's Family Head learned that the Hou Family had survived and that the three families sent against it had been wiped out, so he ordered a direct assault.
• Chen Changan explained to Da Huang and the Sky Seal that he wanted the Heaven Family to strike first, proving the rumors and discrediting the Five Great Noble Families.
• Five days later, ten Heavenly Mystery Realm experts from the Heaven Family reached the Hou Family without resistance and mocked its supposed fear.
• Chen Changan appeared, killed all ten Heaven Family experts with his sword, and stunned the Hou Family.
• Chen Changan told the Hou Family to hang the corpses along the road and prepare to attack the Heaven Family.

The Heaven Family Head learned that the Hou Family had killed his people and was publicly accusing the Five Great Noble Families of stealing credit and breaking their word. He invited prominent families to witness the Heaven Family destroy the Hou Family, then faced Chen Changan and the Hou Family as they arrived.

• A Heaven Family member reported that their people had died at the Hou Family’s hands and that the Hou Family was spreading accusations while marching toward the Heaven Family.
• The Heaven Family Head dismissed the idea that the Hou Family’s ancestor had returned and concluded the family had hidden its strength, then decided to defeat them publicly.
• The Heaven Family Head invited prominent surrounding families to witness the conflict and explain that the Hou Family’s accusations were fabricated.
• The invited families condemned the Hou Family and offered to help the Heaven Family destroy them.
• Chen Changan and the Hou Family members entered the Heaven Family’s territory and were met with hostile shouts from the onlookers.

Chen Changan led the Hou Family toward the Heaven Family, ordering them to hang the corpses of every Heaven Family member who attacked. By the time they neared the Heaven Family’s main branch, hundreds of bodies were displayed in the air, and the Heaven Family’s Family Head waited for the Hou Family’s arrival.

• Da Huang and the Sky Seal mocked the onlookers who insulted the Hou Family, while Le Xiaoyao begged Chen Changan to let him out and Bu Yao complained about his nonstop cursing.
• When Heaven Family members demanded their relatives’ bodies, Chen Changan ordered them killed, and Da Huang and the Sky Seal wiped them out.
• Chen Changan told the Hou Family that strength made people heed them, then ordered them to hang every Heaven Family member they killed.
• Da Huang and the Sky Seal killed successive waves of Heaven Family collateral relatives, and the Hou Family hung their bodies high above the road.
• At the Heaven Family’s main branch, the Family Head stayed outwardly composed while others condemned the Hou Family’s humiliation of their kin.

Chen Changan confronted the Heaven Family on behalf of the Hou Family, accused the Five Great Noble Families of stealing the Hou Family Ancestor’s credit, and recounted the truth of the past. The gathered guests grew suspicious as the Heaven Family struggled to deny the story, while Chen Changan’s allies wondered why his opponents seemed unable to interrupt him.

• Chen Changan ordered Da Huang to smash the Heaven Family’s gates and send hundreds of corpses into its compound.
• Chen Changan told the Heaven Family’s Family Head that he knew the truth and had been entrusted by the Hou Family’s Ancestor to clean house.
• Chen Changan revealed that the Ancestors of the Five Great Noble Families had been disciples of the Hou Family’s Ancestor, making the Heaven Family’s guests question the family’s account of history.
• Chen Changan told the story of how the Hou Family’s Ancestor had saved the Land of Heavenly Halberd, while the Heaven Family’s people grew increasingly grim.
• The Heaven Family’s Family Head denied the accusation and claimed the Five Great Noble Families had saved the land together, but Chen Changan challenged him with the fact that their Ancestors called one another senior and junior brothers.
• Chen Changan’s sister-in-law and another ally wondered why the Heaven Family’s people let him speak, and she suggested he might have an aura around him.