Recaps

Chen Fan discovered that the hidden Spirit Transformation Dao Master possessed a stronger Heaven's Mandate, then confronted Heavenly Will in the depths of Heaven and Earth and negotiated its help. After learning how Once and for All had exposed the threat, Chen Fan resolved to ascend to the world's pinnacle and break the deadlock.

• Chen Fan realized the hidden Spirit Transformation Dao Master had a stronger Heaven's Mandate that had concealed it from his own Talents.
• Chen Fan connected to Heaven and Earth, found the World Tree, and confronted Heavenly Will about the hidden Dao Master.
• Chen Fan deduced that Heavenly Will had secretly strengthened his Heaven's Mandate, and Heavenly Will admitted it wanted his help.
• Heavenly Will explained that a karmic punishment triggered by Once and for All had revealed the hidden Dao Master during the period when the Spacetime Token blocked its influence.
• Chen Fan warned Heavenly Will that the hidden Dao Master would threaten it too, then declared he would ascend to the world's pinnacle and break the deadlock.

You sacrificed yourself to weaken the mysterious being and deliver your remaining [Heaven's Mandate] to Lin Feng. After your death, your [dao-burying fruit position] returned to the original Secret Realm before Mo Wuy ya, and the simulation ended.

• Lin Feng withdrew his [Future Self], triggering four [Karmic Law Punishments] as a supreme figure tried to leave the [Supreme True Realm].
• Empowered by [Heavenly Will], you blocked the mysterious being, but he repeatedly killed you and each resurrection consumed your [Heaven's Mandate].
• You declared several statements about the [Future], causing [Karmic Law Punishments] that injured the mysterious being and depleted your [Heaven's Mandate].
• You tricked the mysterious being into sealing you, activated the [Spacetime Token], and declared three more statements that triggered further Punishments.
• The mysterious being stopped you from reaching Lin Feng, but a supreme figure appeared and blocked his attack.
• You gave your remaining [Heaven's Mandate] to Lin Feng, perished through Liberation by Violence, and your [dao-burying fruit position] returned before Mo Wuy ya as the simulation ended.

After a simulation ended with Chen Fan’s clone dying amid three Spirit Transformation Dao Masters, Chen Fan weighed the available rewards and sought a way to claim more than one. He decided to test whether temporarily borrowing a higher realm through possession could make the Simulator offer better rewards, and chose the Chen Family Ancestor as his potential target.

• Chen Fan reviewed the simulation’s three reward options and worried that claiming the Nascent Soul realm or Heaven’s Mandate would attract dangerous attention.
• He judged the carried treasures to be poor value because they could not be used for simulations and might bring him further trouble.
• Chen Fan considered upgrading the Simulator to remove its one-reward limit, but realized breaking through to Foundation Establishment would endanger his Dao Path.
• He reasoned that the Simulator’s assessment depended on his current realm and wondered whether borrowing a higher rank would change its evaluation.
• Chen Fan settled on trying the possession realm and identified the Chen Family Ancestor as a ready-made target.

Chen Fan asked the Chen Family Ancestor to lend him the Foundation Establishment Realm through Borrowed Attunement, and the ancestor agreed and revealed he had created the art. Chen Fan completed the attunement, became a Foundation Establishment True Person, and triggered a notification from the Simulator.

• Chen Fan asked the Chen Family Ancestor to lend him the Foundation Establishment Realm through Borrowed Attunement.
• The Chen Family Ancestor agreed and told Chen Fan to meet him at the Chen Family Ancestral Grounds.
• The Chen Family Ancestor revealed that he had created Borrowed Attunement and summoned Chen Fan into the ancestral chamber.
• The Chen Family Ancestor used his Dao Foundation to lend Chen Fan the Foundation Establishment Realm, dimming it by roughly a tenth.
• Chen Fan reached Foundation Establishment through Borrowed Attunement, and the Simulator issued a notification.

After the Simulator upgraded, Chen Fan gained new talent and reward features, then chose simulation rewards that included the Spacetime Token and the memories of True Lord Everbright. He planned to return to Qi Refining to reduce the cost of his next simulation, which currently required one hundred Heaven and Earth Wonders.

• The Simulator upgraded after Chen Fan's Foundation Establishment rank counted, unlocking Golden Talents, reward retention, simulation interventions, talent refreshes, and two reward choices per simulation.
• Chen Fan retained the Nascent Soul True Lord realm reward and refreshed Heaven's Mandate, earning an extra Purple Talent selection for his next draw.
• Chen Fan saw that his next simulation required one hundred Heaven and Earth Wonders, then chose rewards two and three.
• Chen Fan absorbed four years of memories and watched the Simulated Clone, True Lord Everbright, accept his ending and disappear after Chen Fan called him brilliant.
• Chen Fan received the Spacetime Token and other items, then decided to return to Qi Refining in hopes of lowering the next simulation's energy cost.

Chen Fan lowered his rank to Qi Refining Perfection while keeping the upgraded Simulator, then borrowed a Heaven and Earth wonder from the Chen Family Ancestor in exchange for a Favor. He began the Eighth Simulation and drew one Golden Talent and six Purple Talents.

• Chen Fan dispersed the borrowed Foundation Establishment rank and confirmed the Simulator remained upgraded while its cost returned to one Heaven and Earth wonder.
• Chen Fan asked the Chen Family Ancestor for a Heaven and Earth wonder, but the ancestor offered it only in exchange for a Favor.
• Chen Fan showed Chen Qingyan the Spacetime Token, learned the ancestor's request likely carried no hidden scheme, and agreed to owe the ancestor a Favor.
• The Chen Family Ancestor sent Chen Fan an Azure Mist Feather Crystal, which Chen Fan used to recharge the Simulator.
• Chen Fan began the Eighth Simulation and drew the Golden Talent Myriad Selves alongside six Purple Talents: Late Bloomer, Observation, Horror Revival, I Am the Chess Player, Anywhere Door, and Myriad Worlds Shop.

Chen Fan chose [Myriad Selves], [Late Bloomer], and [I Am the Chess Player] for the eighth simulation, then ascended [Eye of Illusion] into [True-Sight Eye]. The chapter ended as his soul used the new talent to examine his own profile.

• Chen Fan rejected several risky purple talents and selected [Late Bloomer] and [I Am the Chess Player] alongside the golden talent [Myriad Selves].
• Chen Fan began the eighth simulation and ascended [Eye of Illusion] into [True-Sight Eye], which could perceive a target’s essence regardless of rank.
• Chen Fan learned that [Myriad Selves] could deploy two projections along karmic threads, but decided to wait for better locations.
• [I Am the Chess Player] warned Chen Fan not to activate [Wish Echo], so he held back and saved the [Spacetime Token].
• Chen Fan’s soul activated [True-Sight Eye] and looked at his own profile.

Chen Fan used True-Sight Eye to examine himself and Chen Qingyan, then deployed a True Self Projection in Chen Qingyan’s hidden secret realm. After discovering that the projection doubled their shared essence, he used Unrestricted to remove the limit on Qi Refining limit-breaks and reached tenfold limit-breaking.

• Chen Fan examined his own status and Chen Qingyan’s, discovering hidden traits and signs that multiple powerful beings were scheming around Chen Qingyan.
• Chen Fan asked Chen Qingyan to take him to a secret realm from his previous life, and they reached it after three days of travel.
• Chen Fan deployed a True Self Projection in the secret realm and found that it shared and doubled his essence while escaping the gaze of higher beings.
• Chen Fan began cultivating in seclusion, benefiting from the increased cultivation speed provided by his doubled essence.
• Chen Fan used Unrestricted on the limit to Qi Refining limit-breaking levels, shattered the restriction, and achieved tenfold limit-breaking.

The narrator repeatedly broke through Qi Refining limit-breaking layers, gaining immense essence, cultivation speed, and fortune while facing increasingly long periods of cultivation. At age 25, he ended his seclusion because the Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm was about to open.

• The narrator advanced from the Qi Refining fifteenth to the sixteenth limit-breaking layer, sensing that the path had no apparent ceiling but that each breakthrough was becoming harder.
• At age 22, Chen Qingyan visited, and the narrator tested the Supreme Limitless Dharma Seal's Amplification ability, which failed to increase his essence.
• The narrator reached the eighteenth limit-breaking layer, spent a year without advancing, then broke through to the nineteenth layer at age 24.
• The narrator decided to save his second projection opportunity for use after exploring the Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm, hoping to leave a hidden piece within it.
• At age 25, the narrator ended five years of secluded cultivation as the Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm neared its opening.

The narrator used the True Sight Eye to discover that the supposedly Golden Core secret realm was an unclaimed Half-Immortal legacy, then took Chen Qingyan east to investigate. At ancient battlefield ruins, Chen Qingyan received a warning from an old friend to seek no further, leaving the narrator wondering who had sent it and what role Chen Qingyan’s reincarnation played.

• The narrator saw through the secret realm’s facade and learned it was an unclaimed Half-Immortal legacy, then wondered why powerful factions had allowed outsiders to enter.
• The narrator chose to head east with Chen Qingyan, and they followed a hidden path to ancient battlefield ruins marked as not an opportunity.
• Chen Qingyan touched the stone gate, and its golden inscriptions entered his brow and revealed a message from an old friend.
• Chen Qingyan relayed the warning: the Half-Immortal legacy brought calamity, not fortune, and they should seek no further or meet again.
• The narrator suspected the Devil Master might know the old friend’s identity and resolved to speak with him if possible.

After reaching twentieth-level qi refining, you sacrificed nearly all your lifespan with Heaven-Bartering Fortune, triggering Late Bloomer to amplify your essence explosively. The surge drew powerful attention, and the Spacetime Token activated as the fair-faced scholar appeared and asked why the Temporal Decree had reacted.

• You projected an other self into the closed Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm, but it found no traces of fallen cultivators and retreated near the ancient battlefield ruins.
• You cultivated to nineteenth-level qi refining at age twenty-five and twentieth-level at age twenty-seven, then sought a way to accelerate your growth.
• You mastered Heaven-Bartering Fortune and sacrificed 15,999 years of lifespan, gaining only a small amount of essence from the exchange.
• Late Bloomer awakened when your lifespan fell to one year, multiplying your essence and transforming your attributes at an accelerating rate.
• The resulting phenomena attracted powerful gazes, and the Spacetime Token activated as the fair-faced scholar appeared and asked, “The ‘Temporal Decree’ reacted?”

The protagonist consulted Lin Feng through the Spacetime Token about Qi Refining Limit-Breaking and the forbidden existence of Immortals, then asked for help with the attention his surging Essence had attracted. Lin Feng revealed a talisman beneath the Chen Family’s Old Locust Tree that could activate a Supreme Treasure before the Token’s connection ended.

• The protagonist asked Lin Feng about the limit of Qi Refining Limit-Breaking, and Lin Feng said nine layers was the theoretical limit but that he had witnessed someone reach 100,000 layers and suppress a Spirit Transformation Dao Master.
• Lin Feng said he had failed to break beyond the ninefold restriction because of a Supreme barrier, which he suspected had been erected by someone at least equal in rank to Karmic Law.
• The protagonist asked about Immortals, and Lin Feng warned him not to investigate, saying Immortals were above Karmic Law and had never existed in the Myriad Worlds.
• The protagonist explained that late bloomer had caused his Essence to skyrocket and drawn the attention of higher beings, and Lin Feng directed him to a talisman beneath the Chen Family’s Old Locust Tree that could activate a Supreme Treasure.
• The Spacetime Token shut down as the Light Screen faded.

The protagonist used Lin Feng’s Talisman to awaken the Heavenly Secret Creation Jade Butterfly, shielding himself from scrutiny while he cultivated. He reached three hundred levels of limit-breaking and sent his Other Self to explore the Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm.

• The protagonist retrieved the Heavenly Secret Creation Jade Butterfly and Lin Feng’s Talisman from the Chen Family’s ancestral residence and used them to block the supreme beings’ scrutiny for five years.
• After leaving the secret realm, the protagonist cultivated in his cave as Late Bloomer enhanced his Essence to the Nascent Soul True Lord level.
• The protagonist advanced through Qi Refining Limit-Breaking, reaching one hundred levels and then three hundred levels as his normal-state Essence rose to the Golden Core Middle Stage.
• The protagonist descended into his concealed Other Self in the Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm and prepared to explore the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range.

After breaking through a screening formation in the Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm, the other self was swallowed by a mysterious rift and emerged in a convincing version of the Supreme True Realm. The main body concluded that the other self had reached a realistic illusion or mirror world, with their connection reduced to a weak reclamation channel.

• The other self reached an invisible formation near the secret realm’s center and tore a narrow opening through it with Nascent Soul True Lord-level power.
• Beyond the formation, a strange rift severed the other self’s divine-sense transmission and dragged him inside despite his strength.
• The main body opened his eyes, suspected another scheme, and prepared to reclaim the other self if necessary while keeping their reclamation channel open.
• After being swept through space-time turbulence, the other self emerged outside the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range near the Blazing Fire Sect’s sentry post.
• The other self confirmed the location by examining a rogue cultivator’s memories, but found that the main body could not sense him and inferred that he was in an illusion or mirror world.

The protagonist discovered that the world’s eastern and northern regions held extraordinary secrets, including an Immortal Palace and hidden records about lands severed from the path to immortality. The chapter ended with him suspecting that the supposedly false world and a powerful concealed influence were connected.

• The protagonist found that the east was ruled by the Immortal Palace, founded by the Dream Master after he achieved Ascension, while the Northern Region was divided between the Burial Sky Pivot and the Demon Abyss.
• The protagonist realized that his records contained no information about the east or north and felt an unseen force obstructing his thoughts.
• I Am the Chess Player and once and for all flared with purple light, revealing a hidden note in the faction guide.
• The note described the Eastern Region as an End-of-Dharma Land severed from the realm and the Northern Region as a sinful land whose people could not pursue immortality.
• The protagonist concluded that a powerful existence had concealed these records and suspected the Immortal Palace and the false world were connected to the revelation.

The protagonist explored a False World where Beyond Heaven and Lin Feng had never existed, then went to the Immortal Palace to investigate its powerful inhabitants. There, he met a man who looked exactly like Chen Qingyan, but the man did not recognize why the protagonist knew his name.

• The protagonist searched Blazing Sun Province and found that the Chen Family and Blackstone Town did not exist in the False World.
• The protagonist concluded that the world's history had changed because Beyond Heaven was absent, and wondered whether the False World was connected to the Half-Immortal Legacy.
• The protagonist revealed his Nascent Soul True Lord aura at the Immortal Palace and requested an audience with its master.
• The Immortal Palace admitted the protagonist into a spatial bubble containing a bamboo grove.
• The protagonist recognized the blue-robed master as Chen Qingyan, but Chen Qingyan asked how he knew his name.

The narrator questioned Lord of the Immortal Palace · Chen Qingyan, who explained that the world was a Dream Realm created by his master to evade Karmic Law and Beyond Heaven in pursuit of immortality. Chen Qingyan revealed that the first being to arrive from Beyond Heaven called himself Eternal Pole Dao Venerable and claimed to be Chen Qingyan’s Eldest Senior Brother.

• Lord of the Immortal Palace · Chen Qingyan revealed his Heavenly Venerable-level power and asked the narrator to explain how he had arrived.
• Chen Qingyan explained that cultivators from the Main World had been appearing in the Dream Realm every fifty years, and the narrator learned that this world had no Beyond Heaven or Spirit Transformation Dao Masters.
• Chen Qingyan suppressed the narrator’s Other Self and searched his soul, discovering information about Spirit Transformation Dao Masters, Beyond Heaven, and Karmic Law.
• Chen Qingyan identified the world as the Dream Realm, created by his master, the Dream Ruler, to evade Karmic Law and Beyond Heaven in pursuit of becoming an Immortal.
• Chen Qingyan revealed that the first being to reach the Dream Realm came from Beyond Heaven, called himself Eternal Pole Dao Venerable, and claimed to be Chen Qingyan’s Eldest Senior Brother.

Chen Qingyan’s account revealed that Eternal Pole Dao Venerable had once visited the Dream Realm, while its history suggested that the realm was a fabricated, closed-loop world. When a mysterious command forced his Other Self to break through to Foundation Establishment, the realm’s own will tried to possess him, but Myriad Selves destroyed it, allowing him to absorb the realm’s concepts and awaken True-False Supreme Realm.

• Chen Qingyan told him that Eternal Pole Dao Venerable had arrived in the Dream Realm five thousand years earlier, fought three Heavenly Venerables, and later left a warning about the Half-Immortal Legacy.
• He studied the Dream Realm’s eras and immeasurable kalpas, then heard the same faint sigh that had preceded his arrival and received a command to make his Other Self reach Foundation Establishment.
• His Other Self forged a five-hundred-thousand-zhang Great Dao foundation as he realized the Dream Realm had no real past or future and operated according to a preset scenario.
• At the moment of breakthrough, a vast will tried to possess his Other Self, but the Myriad Selves talent held it back and dissolved it.
• With the realm’s core shackle briefly broken, the Dream Realm’s concepts and information poured into the foundation, and his Other Self awakened the major divine ability True-False Supreme Realm.

Chen Fan realized his Other Self could advance without changing his own cultivation, potentially upgrading the Simulator when he inherited its reward. The Other Self discovered that True-False Supreme Realm formed a karma-free illusory world, then advanced to Foundation Establishment limit-breaking.

• Chen Fan anticipated that his Other Self inheriting the Seventh Simulation’s Nascent Soul reward could upgrade the Simulator twice without raising his own cultivation realm.
• The Other Self examined True-False Supreme Realm and learned it created an illusory world without karma where he could adjust the flow of time.
• The Other Self left the Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm and began cultivating Foundation Establishment using his accumulated Essence.
• The Other Self reached Foundation Establishment middle stage in an hour, late stage three hours later, and perfection after a day.
• The Other Self met the requirements for Foundation Establishment limit-breaking and successfully broke through.

The protagonist’s Other Self reached Foundation Establishment Ninefold Limit-Breaking, but could not break through the realm’s layer limit. When a Nascent Soul Perfection Heavenly Venerable ambushed him through Chen Ming, the protagonist vanished into the True-False Supreme Realm, leaving the attacker to prepare a contingency.

• The protagonist’s Other Self rapidly advanced to Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer Limit-Breaking, expanding his dao foundation to five hundred and ninety thousand zhang.
• The protagonist failed to break through the Tenth Layer Limit-Breaking barrier and accepted that Foundation Establishment Ninefold Limit-Breaking was his limit.
• The Chen Family Ancestor summoned the protagonist to the Ancestral Shrine, where his danger intuition warned him that he had walked into a trap.
• Chen Ming appeared as a puppet possessed by a Nascent Soul Perfection Heavenly Venerable, who tried to strike the protagonist and plant a hidden Dao wound.
• The protagonist’s life-bound divine ability drew him into the True-False Supreme Realm, making him vanish before Chen Ming’s attack landed.
• The Heavenly Venerable failed to locate the protagonist and decided to activate a contingency.

The narrator reviewed the attack in the phantom Ancestral Shrine and concluded that a powerful being from the present had controlled Chen Ming and targeted him. A fatal curse tied to the Chen Family Ancestor’s rank trapped him inside the realm, so he sent an Other Self to investigate.

• The narrator inferred that the attacker was a present-day Nascent Soul perfection Heavenly Venerable, likely the hidden force behind the Chen Family massacre.
• He recalled Chen Qingshuo’s fate-pattern exchange and Chen Qingyan’s hint that someone other than Falsehood True Lord stood behind the events.
• The narrator tried to use True-False Supreme Realm to teleport to an Other Self, but I Am the Chess Player showed him that leaving would trigger a curse that destroyed his rank, body, soul, and True Spirit.
• He realized the curse was linked to his Borrowed Attunement Rank from the Chen Family Ancestor and concluded he could not leave the realm safely.
• The narrator relied on Myriad Selves to control an Other Self in Chen Qingyan’s former-life Secret Realm and investigate the situation.

The protagonist met Chen Qingyan and activated the Supreme Limitless Dharma Seal’s third ability, learning it could make falsehood real when others believed it. The revelation that “I Am the Chess Player” might help him use Deception to become a Golden Core powerhouse left him considering a breakthrough.

• The protagonist recalled his Other Self from the Chen Family grounds and decided not to risk infiltrating the Sacred Land or pursuing slow cultivation.
• He resolved to find Chen Qingyan and test the Supreme Limitless Dharma Seal’s third ability while his Other Self empowered him to Foundation Establishment perfection.
• At age 26, the protagonist met Chen Qingyan in the old Secret Realm and asked him for the seal.
• The protagonist synchronized his Foundation Establishment cultivation with his Other Self’s Qi Refining cultivation and activated the seal’s third ability, Deception.
• The protagonist learned that Deception could turn falsehood into reality according to believers’ conviction, number, and strength.
• The words “I Am the Chess Player” illuminated his Sea of Consciousness, leading him to suspect Deception could help him become a Golden Core powerhouse.

Chen Fan chose to let his simulated clone pursue the dangerous void-proof method, using Deception to try to create the conditions for a Golden Core breakthrough. The clone then deployed near the Dao Yan Sacred Land and challenged its Holy Son over their karma.

• The clone considered using Deception and karma shielding to attempt void-proof instead of waiting for access to a fruit position.
• Chen Fan selected Option Two in the Simulation Choice Function, directing the clone to pursue void-proof.
• The clone asked Chen Qingyan to travel with him, while Chen Fan deployed another Other Self near the Dao Yan Sacred Land.
• The Other Self appeared at the Sacred Land's gates, named himself Chen Hei, and declared he had come to settle karma with its Holy Son.

The protagonist used "Other Self" No. 3 to convince Dao Wudi and the Dao Yan True Lord that a powerful figure backed his pursuit of [void-proof]. After defeating Dao Wudi with a revealed [Great Dao Foundation], "Other Self" No. 3 left to challenge [Foundation Establishment] cultivators and draw out hidden powerful beings while the protagonist stayed concealed.

• The protagonist relied on [Karma Shielding] to keep the Dao Yan True Lord from tracing "Other Self" No. 3’s origin.
• "Other Self" No. 3 told Dao Wudi they would have future [karma] and claimed Dao Wudi would help him achieve [void-proof].
• "Other Self" No. 3 challenged Dao Wudi after revealing his [Foundation Establishment Perfection, Ninefold Limit-Breaking] cultivation and compressing it to [Foundation Establishment Late Stage].
• "Other Self" No. 3 defeated Dao Wudi with one punch and displayed a [Great Dao Foundation] spanning Five Hundred Ninety Thousand Zhang.
• "Other Self" No. 3 left the silent [Dao Yan Sacred Land] to challenge [Foundation Establishment] cultivators and lure out hidden [Nascent Soul True Lords] and older powers.

Chen Hei brought his third other-self to the Blazing Sun Sacred Land for his final foundation-establishment challenge, suspecting the Blazing Sun True Lord had destroyed the Chen Family and was testing whether he was connected to Chen Fan. When the previous generation’s Saint Son compressed his Golden Core Perfection cultivation to Foundation Establishment, Chen Hei accepted the fight, leaving the showdown about to begin.

• Chen Hei completed his challenges at the Jade Pool Sacred Land, defeating Ji Bingyan, and arrived at the Blazing Sun Sacred Land.
• A Golden Core Perfection expert with a Grotto-Heaven emerged and introduced himself as the previous generation’s Saint Son, then used a divine ability to compress his cultivation to Foundation Establishment Perfection Limit-Breaking.
• Chen Hei suspected that the Blazing Sun True Lord was testing whether his third other-self was Chen Fan and whether he would use his life-bound divine ability.
• Chen Hei reasoned that refusing the challenge would undermine his plan to walk the invincible path, so he stepped forward and agreed to fight.