Recaps

The simulator’s other self destroyed the Heavenly Court and instantly killed Nine Heavens before reaching Qi Refining 1,600-layer limit-breaking. Outside the simulator, Chen Fan realized that Chen Qingyan was real and suspected the Dream Realm’s various rulers were manifestations or avatars tied to his life-bound divine ability.

• The other self attacked the weakened Heavenly Court, and Nine Heavens appeared from the Hall of Divine Might.
• The other self used Heavenly Formation, Treasure-Borrowing Method, and Heaven-and-Earth Sword to kill Nine Heavens instantly.
• The other self absorbed the Southern Region Heavenly Court’s fortune, returned toward the Northern Region, and reached Qi Refining 1,600-layer limit-breaking.
• Chen Fan reconsidered his belief that Chen Qingyan was a Dream Realm creation after learning that the real Chen Qingyan was Senior Lin Feng’s third disciple.
• Chen Fan suspected that Nine Heavens and the other Dream Realm rulers were special avatars connected to Chen Qingyan’s life-bound divine ability.

The narrator reached Burial Sky Pivot and learned from its dying True Lord that the Lord of the Immortal Palace controlled the realm and had destroyed him across two lives. After the True Lord vanished and the Devil Master appeared, the narrator realized the Devil Master, Lord of the Heavenly Court, and Lord of the Immortal Palace were the same person.

• The narrator attacked and destroyed Burial Sky Pivot, then entered its forbidden heart when its lord failed to appear.
• The narrator found a dead figure on a White Bone Throne and recognized his voice as that of the True Lord who had once failed to Void-Proof.
• The True Lord explained that he had achieved Void-Proof, been erased by the Lord of the Immortal Palace, reincarnated as Tianyan True Person, and been killed again when he attained the Tianyan Fruit Position.
• The True Lord revealed that the Devil Master, the Lord of the Heavenly Court, and the Lord of the Immortal Palace were the same person, then his throne and Burial Sky Pivot exploded.
• The Devil Master appeared beside the narrator, who realized the three great powers were controlled by one person and that the Lord of the Heavenly Court had deliberately concealed his strength.

The protagonist confronted the Lord of the Immortal Palace, Chen Qingyan, who revealed that the Dream Master’s second Legacy was a fruit position and explained why the protagonist could not yet unify the world’s Fortune. Chen Qingyan disclosed that Heaven and Earth had reincarnated the Thieving Immortal, and the chapter ended as the protagonist realized they might have to kill the reincarnation before it awakened.

• The Devil Master told the protagonist to come to the Immortal Palace, then performed Liberation by Violence and vanished.
• The protagonist directed their other self to devour the Fortune scattered by the Northern Region’s fallen powers and traveled to the Immortal Palace.
• Chen Qingyan told the protagonist that unifying the Fortune of the Immortal Palace and Buddhist Land would reveal the Dream Master’s second Legacy: a fruit position.
• Chen Qingyan warned that attaining the Dao too soon would provoke Heaven and Earth, so they first needed to break the deadlock.
• Chen Qingyan explained that Heaven and Earth had reincarnated the Thieving Immortal and planned to harvest him after he reached Foundation Establishment and awakened his powers.
• The protagonist realized Chen Qingyan meant to thwart Heaven and Earth’s contingency by killing the Thieving Immortal’s reincarnation in the Supreme True Realm.

After learning that only one [Half-Immortal] could exist in each era, you discovered a mission linking the [Thieving Immortal] to the Northern Land of Sin. Unable to enter its Karmic Sin Barrier safely, you refined a cultivation-free Incarnation and sent it inside.

• The [Lord of the Immortal Palace] explained that each era produced one [Half-Immortal] and named the [Dream Master] and [Thieving Immortal] among those from earlier eras.
• Your [I Am the Chess Player] talent revealed the [Northern Land of Sin], and [The Only Player] triggered a mission to thwart the reincarnation of the [Thieving Immortal]'s imprint.
• You sent Number Two Other-Self toward the Northern Region and found the Karmic Sin Barrier too dangerous to enter directly.
• The mission guide warned that entering with cultivation risked instant annihilation and recommended sending an Incarnation with no cultivation or karmic ties.
• You used [Intent-Creation Assimilating False Body] and refined a cultivation-free Incarnation, concealing [Fishing Platform] and [Treasure-Borrowing Method] inside it.
• You ordered the Incarnation to enter the Karmic Sin Barrier.

After the Chen Family was exterminated again, your Other Self struck the Blazing Sun Sacred Land, only for the Mysterious Dao Master to intervene. By burning one hundred years of True Lifespan and gaining two Great Daos, you confronted both the Incumbent Dao Master and the Mysterious Dao Master.

• Your Other Self sensed that the Chen Family had been exterminated again and attacked the Blazing Sun Sacred Land with a Heaven-and-Earth Sword.
• The Blazing Sun Heavenly Venerable and the sacred land’s awakened Sage Lords tried to stop the strike, but Blazing Sun Province remained unharmed.
• The Mysterious Dao Master appeared, fled to Beyond the World under karmic punishment, and blocked your Other Self’s follow-up sword with an ancient great seal.
• Your Other Self burned one hundred years of True Lifespan and gained two Great Daos through Heaven Rewards Diligence.
• Your Other Self faced the Incumbent Dao Master and the Mysterious Dao Master, declaring that fighting both at once was not out of the question.

Chen Fan confronted the Mysterious Dao Master, who warned that Chen Fan’s death was inevitable and urged him to consider how his story would end. Meanwhile, Chen Fan’s Incarnation entered the Northern Land of Sin and was forced into a mine where Ascenders worked to repay their karmic debts.

• Chen Fan challenged the Mysterious Dao Master, who proposed talking instead of fighting.
• The Mysterious Dao Master called Chen Fan “the greatest of all” in later ages and warned that his current path led to certain death.
• Chen Fan’s Incarnation crossed the Northern Land of Sin, accumulating immense Karmic Sin before reaching a mine.
• An overseer threw the Incarnation into the mining grounds, where Gao Qiming explained that Ascenders had to mine Origin Stones to earn merit and survive.
• Gao Qiming said workers needed a thousand Origin Stones to seek an immortal god’s blessing and leave, while the Incarnation had to survive a week before receiving a worker number.

The Avatar used [Treasure-Borrowing Method] and [Fishing Platform] to gain power and learn that the Longevity Realm’s Mine Shafts were prisons for Ascenders burdened by Karmic Sin. Meanwhile, Chen Fan realized the [Thieving Immortal]’s reincarnation was likely in the [Supreme True Realm], and faced a choice about using two one-time talents as [I Am the Chess Player] suddenly activated on its own.

• The Avatar borrowed an [Origin Stone], gathered fortune from everyone in the Mine Shaft, and used it to borrow the strongest person’s cultivation and local knowledge.
• The Avatar learned that the Mine Shaft belonged to the Purple Cloud Palace and that Ascenders were trapped there because the upper echelons considered them sources of calamity.
• The Avatar discovered that the promise of leaving after collecting a thousand [Origin Stones] was a scam and that it had been sentenced to remain in the Mine Shaft.
• The Number Two Other-Self inferred that the [Thieving Immortal]’s reincarnation had escaped the northern Land of Sin and entered the [Supreme True Realm].
• Chen Fan faced the choice of waiting for [I Am the Chess Player] or using [Wish Echo] and [I Am the Mastermind], while [I Am the Chess Player] suddenly erupted beyond his control.

Chen Fan realized that Heaven and Earth had manipulated the eighth simulation and warned that his purple-ranked chess-player talent was outmatched by higher schemes. In the ninth simulation, his Simulated Clone chose to use [I Am the Mastermind] against the weakened [Mysterious Dao Master], hoping to seize control of the game.

• Chen Fan understood that Heaven and Earth had calculated the Simulated Clone’s path through the eighth simulation and its eventual death.
• Chen Fan recognized that [I Am the Chess Player] was only purple-ranked and that Heaven and Earth operated as a higher-ranked mastermind.
• Chen Fan chose [Option Two], trusting the warning he had received in the Real World and hoping his Simulated Clone could change the outcome.
• The Simulated Clone recalled that the [Simulation Choice Function] allowed Chen Fan to intervene in major choices and decided to use [I Am the Mastermind].
• The Simulated Clone targeted the [Mysterious Dao Master], whose rank had been damaged by backlash and karmic punishment, and considered reclaiming his other selves to raise his own rank first.

Chen Fan sacrificed all his remaining lifespan to manifest twelve Great Daos, then used [I Am the Mastermind] to force the [Mysterious Dao Master] to answer his questions. He learned that three beings control the Heaven-Throughing Chess Game and that Senior Lin Feng may have orchestrated the [Dream Master]'s fall to prevent Chen Fan from inheriting its karma.

• Chen Fan merged with his other selves, sacrificed five hundred years of lifespan, and used [Late Bloomer] and [Heaven Rewards Diligence] to manifest twelve Great Daos.
• Chen Fan used [I Am the Mastermind] on the [Mysterious Dao Master], commanding him to harm his own side and kill himself after Chen Fan died.
• Chen Fan's twelve Great Daos overwhelmed the [Mysterious Dao Master] and the [Incumbent Dao Master], forcing the [Mysterious Dao Master] to answer his questions.
• The [Mysterious Dao Master] said the Heaven-Throughing Chess Game had three controllers: the [Supreme Immortal], [Heaven and Earth], and likely the [Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable].
• The [Mysterious Dao Master] claimed that Senior Lin Feng would not let Chen Fan inherit the [Dream Master]'s karma and had orchestrated the [Dream Master]'s fall.

The [Mysterious Dao Master] warned that the [Heaven and Earth], [Supreme Immortal], and Senior Lin Feng would oppose the protagonist, then revealed a clue about [Heavenly Will] before karmic punishment struck. The protagonist connected the clue to a being from the previous simulation and realized that [Heavenly Will] had chosen the reincarnation of the [Thieving Immortal]'s imprint as its chess piece.

• The [Mysterious Dao Master] said the [Dream Master]'s fate resulted from schemes by three Supreme Existences and warned that they would not let the protagonist succeed.
• The protagonist asked how the three would act, and the [Mysterious Dao Master] said their side would first sever the protagonist's existence karma, though the attempt would be futile against the protagonist's power.
• As [Karmic Law] intensified, the [Mysterious Dao Master] defied the warning and told the protagonist, “Heavenly Will.”
• Karmic law punishment descended immediately after the [Mysterious Dao Master] spoke.
• The protagonist recalled a being from the previous simulation who emerged from the [Northern Land of Sin] bearing [Heaven's Mandate] and realized it was the reincarnation of a wisp of the [Thieving Immortal]'s imprint, selected by [Heavenly Will].

Mu Changkang entered Blackstone Town seeking his Master's powerful Incarnation, confident that Heaven's Mandate would carry him to greatness. A mysterious boy in a Daoist Robe stripped away his Heaven's Mandate and killed him, leaving his Master's fate uncertain.

• Mu Changkang arrived in Blackstone Town, reflecting on his rise from a farmer in the Land of Sin and the Heaven's Mandate that had guided his cultivation.
• Mu Changkang's Master told him to find an Incarnation in town that could protect him after he reached Foundation Establishment.
• Mu Changkang's Master claimed the Incarnation had once possessed golden core perfection and urged him onward.
• A boy in a Daoist Robe appeared before Mu Changkang and said he had waited for him for a long time.
• The boy's power seized Mu Changkang's Heaven's Mandate and burst his body apart, annihilating his soul.
• The Daoist Robe boy said killing Mu Changkang had exhausted the Supreme Limitless Dharma Seal's Rewind power.

After receiving the Golden Heaven's Mandate Trial Card, Chen Fan used its power as his other self unified with the Dream Realm's fortune and confronted the Lord of the Immortal Palace. The Dream Realm's transformation spread across all worlds, but just as a vast fruit position began to take shape, both of Chen Fan's other selves started undergoing irreversible Annihilation, suggesting his true body had perished.

• Chen Fan activated the Golden Heaven's Mandate Trial Card, which cracked his I Am the Chess Player talent and triggered Wish Echo.
• The Lord of the Immortal Palace passed his title and fortune to Chen Fan's other self, completing Dao unification with the Immortal Palace's fortune.
• Chen Fan's other self entered the Western Buddhist Land, found the Buddha Ancestor missing and the land nearly destroyed, and gathered its dispersing Western Fortune.
• The Dream Realm and Eastern World Domain transformed, and visions spread through the Supreme True Realm, myriad worlds, and World Sea, blessing mortals and cultivators.
• The visions gathered into the phantom of an enormous fruit position as the Ruler of the Immortal Palace · Chen Qingyan began dissolving into it.
• Both of Chen Fan's other selves began irreversible Annihilation, leading him to conclude that his true body had perished.

The protagonist was stripped of his existence by Chen, the Thieving Immortal, before Lin Feng revealed that he had arranged the theft to keep the Dream Master from usurping him. The protagonist rejected Lin Feng’s plan to survive until the next era and destroyed his final wisp of true spirit because meeting someone had left him able to die without regrets.

• Chen revealed himself as the Thieving Immortal and used Star Thief to steal the protagonist’s cultivation, memories, karma, and existence.
• The protagonist awoke as a fading wisp of true spirit, and Lin Feng explained that he had arranged the theft to make Chen bear the Dream Master’s calamity in the protagonist’s place.
• Lin Feng said the protagonist could wait until the next era to reincarnate, but the protagonist asked whether he was merely another piece in the contest.
• Lin Feng told the protagonist he was not a piece but his young one, and the protagonist accepted that Lin Feng had never intended to harm him.
• The protagonist refused to cling to life because he had met someone, then destroyed his final wisp of true spirit and died.

After the ninth simulation ended with the clone’s apparent suicide, Chen Fan selected the option to view his life experience and encountered the clone in an empty space. The clone embraced him, hinted that Chen Fan would meet someone, and vanished as their talents resonated, leaving Chen Fan swallowed by purple light.

• Chen Fan reviewed the ninth simulation’s results and searched for the reason the clone had chosen to die.
• Chen Fan selected Option 2, but instead of viewing the clone’s memories, he found himself facing the clone in an empty space.
• The clone embraced Chen Fan, told him to say hello to someone, and said Chen Fan would find out who it was.
• Once and for All and I Am the Chess Player resonated as the clone faded away, declaring that he would still overturn the Heaven-Throughing Chess Game.
• Purple light swallowed Chen Fan and made him vanish.

The Mysterious Dao Master obeyed the command Chen Fan had left behind, attacking the Incumbent Dao Master before choosing death to preserve his plans. As the Lord of the Immortal Palace prepared to sacrifice himself to complete the Dream Master's second Legacy, Chen Qingyan entered the Supreme True Realm and challenged him to overturn the chessboard.

• The Mysterious Dao Master realized Chen Fan had died, and the command left by Chen Fan caused his existence to unravel.
• The Mysterious Dao Master attacked the Incumbent Dao Master, then destroyed his own Great Dao and died beneath karmic law’s Punishment.
• The Lord of the Immortal Palace recognized Lin Feng's Star Thief ability in his altered memories and continued toward the fruit position phantom to complete the Dream Master's second Legacy.
• Chen Qingyan appeared in the Supreme True Realm despite the rejection of karmic law, Heaven and Earth, and the myriad worlds.
• Chen Qingyan approached the Lord of the Immortal Palace and asked whether he dared overturn the chessboard.

Chen Fan realized that he had entered the real Northern Land of Sin as a mine slave, where his talents revealed that the simulations and their experiences had truly happened. As [I Am the Chess Player] shattered, his memories returned and he remembered the legendary Simulated Clone who could answer the desperate call: the one who once “beat Heaven by half a stone.”

• Chen Fan regained consciousness in a mine in the Northern Land of Sin, where Gao Qiming was ordered to watch him.
• [I Am the Chess Player] resonated with the world, solidified Chen Fan’s body, and revealed that [Intent on Past and Present] was a third divine ability left behind by a previous Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan connected the purple light to the ninth Simulated Clone’s [Wish Echo] and realized the simulated worlds might be real.
• [I Am the Chess Player] shattered after explaining that [Intent on Past and Present] required a legendary figure Chen Fan understood best.
• [Heaven Rewards Diligence] helped Chen Fan think of himself and his Simulated Clones, and [Once and for All] released his sealed memories.
• Chen Fan remembered the legendary Simulated Clone known as the one who once “beat Heaven by half a stone.”

A returned wisp of Chen Fan’s soul confronted Chen Qingyan and asked whether he dared overturn the chessboard. Chen Qingyan joyfully accepted, affirming their bond despite knowing the original Chen Fan had died.

• Chen Fan recognized himself as a lingering soul sustained by the power of [Effect before cause] and pressed onward despite the world rejecting him.
• Chen Fan called to Chen Qingyan and asked whether he dared overturn the chessboard.
• The [Blazing Sun Heavenly Venerable] appeared and attacked Chen Fan with a powerful talisman, but Chen Qingyan intervened and the talisman vanished near Chen Fan.
• Chen Qingyan recognized Chen Fan in the returning figure despite knowing Chen Fan had died, then laughed with joy.
• Chen Qingyan answered that he dared to overturn the chessboard.

Changming faced attacks from the Incumbent and Future Dao Masters, but the voices of his past incarnations and their inheritors answered his call and helped him overcome them. Bearing the resolve and power of nine lives, he ascended from a mortal body and became a Spirit Transformation Dao Master.

• The Future Dao Master entered the present and joined the Incumbent Dao Master in attacking Changming, demanding to know how he could defy Fixed Destiny.
• Changming used the Spacetime Token to dispel their attacks, declared that he sought only to live this life fully, and called on his friends from the past to join him.
• As the token ran out of power and the Dao Masters struck again, voices from across the Myriad Worlds answered Changming, and their collective resolve erased the attack.
• The power of nine lives united within Changming as he rose through the realms, regained his True-False Supreme Realm ability, and advanced toward death through ascension.
• Changming formed a genuine Great Dao and forcibly attained the realm of a Spirit Transformation Dao Master with his mortal body.

You became the Spirit Transformation Dao Master Changming and fought the Future and Incumbent Dao Masters, surviving their combined attack and gravely wounding the Future Dao Master. Just as you prepared to finish the fight, a Supreme Existence emerged from the Northern Land of Sin, annihilated you, and absorbed the wounded Incumbent Dao Master.

• You became the supreme Spirit Transformation Dao Master Changming and challenged the Future and Incumbent Dao Masters to a final battle.
• The Future Dao Master tried to unleash four Great Daos, but Karmic Law Punishment struck and forced the Dao Master to withdraw the dao resonance.
• The Incumbent Dao Master attacked with the destruction Great Dao while the Mysterious Dao Master used a Dao Artifact bell to imprison you and enable a devastating joint assault.
• You escaped through the true-false Supreme Realm, severed one of the Future Dao Master's Great Daos, and injured the Incumbent Dao Master.
• As you prepared to strike again, a Supreme Existence emerged from the Northern Land of Sin and annihilated you, then absorbed the injured Incumbent Dao Master.

Changming survived the Incumbent Dao Master’s ambush and failed to destroy the Future Dao Master’s Great Dao, who declared that he had anchored a future in which Changming would die. Changming laughed, then devoured the World Sea’s power to recover to his peak and face both Dao Masters.

• Changming’s hidden true spirit let him survive the Incumbent Dao Master’s near-fatal strike, and he discovered that the opponent he had fought was only a shell.
• Changming ambushed the Future Dao Master with a Heaven-and-Earth Sword, but the strike failed to sever the opponent’s Great Dao.
• The Future Dao Master declared that he had used their karmic connection to anchor a future in which Changming’s death was certain.
• Changming laughed at the declaration and used his pale-golden Great Dao to block the Incumbent Dao Master’s attacks.
• Changming drew power from the World Sea, restored his golden body to peak condition, and told the Future Dao Master he was savoring the process.

Changming faced the Future Dao Master and Incumbent Dao Master at full strength, using the World Sea to forge a Heaven-and-Earth Sword against their combined killing moves. Their clash devastated the myriad worlds, and the battle’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Changming restored his shattered Dharma Body with Ascension, and the Future Dao Master praised him before the final battle.
• The Future Dao Master struck with an ancient bronze bell as karmic law punishment took shape, ensuring his own death in the exchange.
• The Incumbent Dao Master joined the assault with the authorities of Destruction, Order, and death, trapping Changming under overwhelming pressure.
• Changming drew on the World Sea and the Heavenly Formation to form the Heaven-and-Earth Sword, damaging the Supreme True Realm as he met the attack.
• The two sides’ blows unleashed devastating forces across the myriad worlds, pushing the battle to an ultimate limit.

Chen Fan’s Simulated Clone, who had been hidden within an avatar all along, returned to the battlefield and defeated the Incumbent Dao Master. As the Fruit Position began to solidify, an Immortal’s gaze shook the Supreme True Realm and the myriad worlds, threatening their destruction.

• Chen Fan waited in the Northern Land of Sin and wondered how his Simulated Clone had used abilities and clones from earlier simulations.
• The Simulated Clone’s consciousness took control of Chen Fan’s avatar and revealed that he had been hidden there all along, using the Intent-Creation Assimilating False Body.
• The Simulated Clone left the Northern Land of Sin and descended upon the battlefield, where he shattered the Incumbent Dao Master’s Great Dao and killed him.
• The Fruit Position in the Supreme True Realm began turning real as the Simulated Clone stood at the pinnacle of the myriad worlds.
• An illusory gaze made the Supreme True Realm and the myriad worlds seem like fragile paper, and the supreme powerhouses recognized the being behind it as the Immortal.

A discarded duplicate of Chen Fan used the future chess player’s [Effect Before Cause] and his original self’s [I Am the Chess Player] talent to return to reality and pursue his own predetermined outcome. After sacrificing another Chen Fan as a decoy to draw out the Dao Masters, he stepped into the open and set out to win.

• The duplicate learned that a chess player rooted in [Future] had used [I Am the Chess Player] to guide him through the Ninth Simulation and create a chance to return.
• The duplicate met another Chen Fan, who chose to surrender his Existence Karma and die so the duplicate could live.
• [Wish Echo] summoned the original Chen Fan, whose [I Am the Chess Player] talent anchored the duplicate’s existence through three uses of [Effect Before Cause].
• The duplicate secretly guided the original Chen Fan to summon a remembered version of himself, then made that figure a Dao Master named Changming and used him as bait.
• The Future Dao Master and the Incumbent Dao Master revealed themselves, and Changming went calmly to his death.
• The duplicate emerged from behind the scenes, declared that a Dao Master’s schemes amounted to no more than that, and advanced toward his own outcome.

The Supreme Immortal erased the Dream Master's nearly completed fruit position after Heaven and Earth brought the Immeasurable Kalpa forward. Refusing to accept defeat, the Dream Master called on an unseen ally to change the draw's outcome, and a voice fixed it with an extraordinary stroke of luck.

• The Supreme Immortal's gaze destroyed the Dream Master's fruit position, while the Future Chess Player told the Dream Master that the Blazing Sun Sacred Land had been uprooted and the plan had gained another Five Hundred Years.
• The Dream Master declared that he existed only in the present and had seized the future, then asked an ancient being in an unobservable dimension to act for him.
• The Only Player system issued a mission to unify the Dream Realm and began drawing a fruit position as the past and future fell into chaos.
• The Dream Master burned his Golden Heaven's Mandate and asked for unending luck, and the unseen being used effect before cause to fix the result: “Senior, what extraordinary luck!”

The narrator’s Heaven's Mandate transformed into a permanent Colorful talent as they endured countless lives and gained the fortune to break their fate. After Senior Lin Feng let them pass, they met the Dream Master and invited them to join in overturning the chessboard; the Dream Master agreed.

• The narrator’s [Cause-Reversal, effect before cause] drew the fortune and fate of the Myriad Worlds, transforming Heaven's Mandate into a permanent Colorful talent.
• The narrator endured countless beings’ lives and climbed the Heaven-Reaching Stairway, gathering their resolve to resist Destiny.
• Senior Lin Feng asked whether the narrator wished to attain the Dao, then stepped aside after hearing their answer.
• The system confirmed that the narrator had drawn the Fruit Position, and Colorful Heaven's Mandate guided them to the Dream Master.
• The narrator told the Dream Master that their shared goal mattered more than who attained the Dao and invited them to overturn the chessboard together.
• The narrator and the Dream Master touched, and the Dream Master answered, “Yes—!”