Recaps

Chu Kuangren killed Li Feng and confronted Zi Wuhen, a powerful Immortal Seed from Purple Star, defeating his attacks in battle. Zi Wuhen was sent flying by Chu Kuangren’s Divine Phoenix flames as the Blood Kings watched in shock.

• Chu Kuangren shattered Li Feng’s sword strike with a punch, bound him as he fled, and killed him body and soul.
• Zi Wuhen left the Blood Tribe’s flagship and revealed that he was the Tenth Seat of Purple Star’s Violet Star Temple.
• Chu Kuangren and Zi Wuhen clashed their powers, and Chu Kuangren’s Heaven and Earth Reversed overwhelmed Zi Wuhen’s Star-Plucking Hand.
• Zi Wuhen attacked with Sixty-Four Tiangang Fingers, but Chu Kuangren’s psychic power destroyed his many figures.
• Chu Kuangren used a Divine Phoenix-fire lotus to shatter Zi Wuhen’s Star-Plucking Hand and send him flying.

Chu Kuangren defeated Zi Wuhen’s Immortal Art, drove him to flee, and wiped out the Blood Tribe forces before returning to Firmament Star. Yue Zhaowu revealed that the Blood God had used the Heaven-Seizing Method to devour Blood Origin Star’s Heavenly Dao, and Yin Honghua waited outside Chu Kuangren’s door.

• Zi Wuhen unleashed the Immortal Art Star River Annihilates the World, but Chu Kuangren’s Venerable Emperor Sword Art shattered it and forced Zi Wuhen to escape.
• Chu Kuangren slaughtered the Blood Tribe forces, including the Blood Kings, and took Yue Zhaowu back aboard the warship.
• Yue Zhaowu told Chu Kuangren that the Blood Kings had traded the Heaven-Seizing Method for Purple Star’s aid and that the Blood God had used the method to devour Blood Origin Star’s Heavenly Dao.
• After Yue Zhaowu left, Chu Kuangren saw Yin Honghua hesitating outside his door.

Yin Honghua learned that Chu Kuangren was the Human King and resolved to cultivate harder to support him. Meanwhile, Zi Wuhen awakened the Blood God on Blood Origin Star and showed him the devastation there.

• Yin Honghua asked Chu Kuangren if he was the Human King, and Chu Kuangren confirmed it and explained his plans to unite the Human Race.
• Yin Honghua told Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable that she felt unworthy of admiring the Human King and vowed to work harder at cultivation.
• Zi Wuhen decided to awaken the Blood God rather than ask Purple Star for reinforcements against Chu Kuangren.
• Zi Wuhen traveled to Blood Origin Star and used a Seven-Revolution Creation Golden Core to awaken the Blood God.
• The Blood God sensed the ruined state of Blood Origin Star and grew grim after Zi Wuhen urged him to look.

As the Blood God learned that Firmament Star had devastated Blood Origin Star, he vowed revenge, while Chu Kuangren prepared to found a unified Human Race empire. At the enthronement ceremony in Mystic Heaven City, Chu Kuangren proclaimed the nation’s name as Firmament and its era name as Kaiyuan.

• The Blood God questioned Zi Wuhen about Blood Origin Star’s destruction, learned Firmament Star was responsible, and vowed revenge.
• Elder Ruyan and the others had Chu Kuangren try on many ceremonial robes, while Shang Qingxue secretly recorded images of him.
• Chu Kuangren studied the Time-Space Treasure Mirror, then turned his attention to founding the empire.
• The Enthronement Ceremony began in Mystic Heaven City, where Chu Kuangren arrived on a Divine Phoenix and ascended the Heaven-Ascending Platform.
• Chu Kuangren presented the Human King Seal and read the founding declaration, naming the nation Firmament, the era Kaiyuan, and the capital Mystic Heaven City.

The Firmament Empire was established with Chu Kuangren as its first King, but the ceremony was interrupted when the Blood God arrived and attacked the Seventeenth Fortress. Chu Kuangren blocked his strike and discovered that he faced the Blood God, a peak Great Dao Lord who had devoured the Blood Origin Star’s Heavenly Dao.

• Chu Kuangren finished reading the declaration, and the Heavenly Dao spoke to witness the establishment of the Firmament Empire and name him its first King.
• Chu Kuangren sensed a powerful Blood Source aura outside the Hate Separation Heaven Formation and left Elder Ruyan to handle the remaining affairs.
• The Blood God and Zi Wuhen arrived at the Seventeenth Fortress, where the Blood God launched Blood Star Falls from Heaven at the fortress.
• Chu Kuangren’s golden sword ray struck the blood-colored star and protected the Seventeenth Fortress from destruction.
• Chu Kuangren used Xiao Ai to identify the Blood God and learned that he was a peak Great Dao Lord who had devoured the Blood Origin Star’s Heavenly Dao.
• The Blood God declared that he would finish off the Firmament Star’s gathered powerhouses in one attack.

Chu Kuangren used the Time-Space Treasure Mirror to kill the Blood God and Zi Wuhen, securing Firmament Star’s founding and obtaining Heavenly Dao Origin. Back in Mystic Heaven City, he fed the Origin to Firmament Star’s Heavenly Dao and drew a Heavenly Dao Lord Battle Puppet.

• The Blood God unleashed his peak Great Dao Lord strength and attacked Chu Kuangren and the other Dao Lords.
• Chu Kuangren used the Time-Space Treasure Mirror to freeze the space-time around the Blood God and Zi Wuhen, then killed them with a sword strike.
• Chu Kuangren collected the Heavenly Dao Origin left by the Blood God and Zi Wuhen’s Heaven and Earth Ring before returning to Firmament Star with the others.
• In Ling Tian Hall, Chu Kuangren fed the Heavenly Dao of Firmament Star the Blood Origin Star Heavenly Dao Origin and petted the Little Golden Man as it ate.
• Chu Kuangren opened the Fantasy Roulette and drew the legendary Heavenly Dao Lord Battle Puppet.

Chu Kuangren tested the Heavenly Dao Lord Battle Puppet, left it to protect the newly established Firmament Empire, and departed to seek greater strength. After more than half a year roaming the Vast Universe and devouring uninhabited planets, he encountered a band of interstellar raiders who tried to rob him.

• Chu Kuangren possessed the Heavenly Dao Lord Battle Puppet and discovered its immense power, then left it in the Firmament Empire as its strongest defense.
• Chu Kuangren handed imperial affairs to Gu Linglong and Elder Ruyan, gained the Dao Lords’ approval, and left Firmament Star to pursue becoming an Immortal.
• Chu Kuangren spent over half a year traveling through the Vast Universe and devouring uninhabited planets to strengthen his Undying Star Body.
• Several warships surrounded Chu Kuangren, and their leader demanded that he surrender his possessions.
• Chu Kuangren asked Xiao Ai to analyze the raiders and learned that their strongest fighter was an Upper Heavenly Venerable.

Chu Kuangren subdued a band of spacefaring robbers and learned about the Purple-Gold Star System before traveling to Skywind Star. He traded a Main God Godhead for spiritual marrow and other supplies, while noting that Skywind Star had no Heavenly Dao.

• Chu Kuangren killed the octopus-headed attacker with Phoenix Fire and shattered the golden-armored chief's trident with one finger.
• He trapped the robbers with his minor world, forced them to explain the Purple-Gold Star System, and took their resources and star map.
• Chu Kuangren learned that Purple Star and Gold Star were the system's two strongest civilizations and that nearby Skywind Star was under Purple Star's jurisdiction.
• Months later, Chu Kuangren arrived on Skywind Star and sensed that it had no Heavenly Dao, leading him to consider how the Heaven-Seizing Method might help Firmament Star.
• Chu Kuangren traded a Main God Godhead at a resource exchange for spiritual marrow, Emperor Weapons, and local specialties.

Chu Kuangren traveled to Dust Heaven Star to investigate Dust Heaven Void Immortal’s Dao Weapon challenge and watched numerous Heavenly Prides undergo the White Jade Dragon Gate’s assessment. As Immortal Seeds and other exceptional talents entered the formation, Chu Kuangren’s interest in the gathered rivals grew.

• Chu Kuangren heard that Dust Heaven Void Immortal had hidden a supreme Dao Weapon behind a formation and decided to visit Dust Heaven Star.
• Chu Kuangren learned that Dust Heaven Void Immortal had once been an Immortal Seed before becoming a renowned artifact refiner and formation master.
• Dust Heaven Void Immortal’s White Jade Dragon Gate assessed challengers’ age and aptitude, admitting those who qualified and killing a furious Heavenly Venerable who tried to force entry.
• Zi Yunfan, the Purple Star Eighth Sequence, and Jin Jie, the Gold Star Ninth Sequence, received exceptional aptitude ratings and entered the formation.
• Several other Heavenly Prides received exceptional ratings, including a swordsman who was not an Immortal Seed, and Chu Kuangren became interested in the gathered talents.

Chu Kuangren’s aptitude overwhelms the White Jade Dragon Pillar, causing it to shatter, and he then easily passes the first trial of Dust Heaven Void Immortal’s formation. Dust Heaven Void Immortal watches with curiosity and decides to see how far Chu Kuangren can go.

• Chu Kuangren approaches the White Jade Dragon Gate, where the dragon identifies him as thirty-nine years old and then fails to announce his aptitude.
• The white dragon shatters while trying to measure Chu Kuangren, and Dust Heaven Void Immortal sends out a replacement pillar to invite him inside.
• Dust Heaven Void Immortal examines the shattered pillar and switches his view to the Cloud-Void Grand Formation.
• Chu Kuangren recognizes the Stele Forest Formation and walks straight through it, clearing the first trial.
• Dust Heaven Void Immortal notes Chu Kuangren’s skill and resolves to see how many of the formation’s nine trials he can pass.

Chu Kuangren swiftly passed the Cloud-Void Grand Formation’s early trials and reached the Ten Thousand Swords Formation, where even powerful Heavenly Prides failed. After Zhao Wutian’s attempt was repelled, Chu Kuangren told him he could not break the formation, provoking Zhao Wutian to attack.

• Chu Kuangren saw through the second trial’s Blazing Fire Formation and crossed safely, then broke the third trial and quickly passed the following trials.
• Dust Heaven Void Immortal marveled at Chu Kuangren’s formation mastery and wondered how someone so young could be so skilled.
• At the seventh trial, a spear-wielding Heavenly Pride was thrown back by the Ten Thousand Swords Formation, and Zhao Wutian’s golden Sword Qi was defeated by its second transformation.
• Immortal Seed Zi Yunfan invited the others to try the formation, and Feng Feiyun prepared to act before Chu Kuangren arrived and walked toward it.
• Chu Kuangren told the recovering Zhao Wutian to step aside because he could not break the formation, and Zhao Wutian angrily attacked him.

Chu Kuangren killed Zhao Wutian and broke through the Cloud-Void Grand Formation’s passes by using his mastery of formations. While the other Immortal Seeds fought over the Dao Weapon, Chu Kuangren finished deducing the Ninth Pass and prepared to break it.

• Zhao Wutian attacked Chu Kuangren, who disarmed him and sent him into the Sword Formation, killing him.
• Chu Kuangren used a streak of purple light to strike the Ten Thousand Swords Formation’s nodes and pass through it.
• Chu Kuangren studied and broke the Five Elements Grand Formation before reaching the Ninth Pass.
• Zi Yunfan invited Chu Kuangren to join the Immortal Seeds in breaking the Ninth Pass, but Chu Kuangren refused so he could study it alone.
• After the Immortal Seeds reached the palace, they fought each other over the Dao Weapon.
• Chu Kuangren used his three souls to deduce the Ninth Pass’s secrets in five days and declared that it was time to break the formation.

Chu Kuangren broke the Ninth Pass formation, entered the white palace, and claimed the Heavenly Dao Weapon there. After he overpowered the Immortal Seeds who challenged him, he taunted them to attack together, leaving them enraged and preparing to face him as a group.

• Chu Kuangren entered the Ninth Pass and used Kunwu to break its formations in five days, revealing the white palace and its Dao Weapon.
• Dust Heaven Void Immortal watched the formation collapse and wondered where the unknown Immortal Seed had come from.
• Chu Kuangren learned from Xiao Ai that the palace held a defensive Heavenly Dao Weapon and walked toward it.
• A burly Immortal Seed attacked Chu Kuangren, who dodged with Spatial Techniques and wounded him with Sword Qi.
• Jin Jie struck Chu Kuangren with his Great Dao Weapon, but Chu Kuangren shattered the attack with one punch and sent him flying.
• The burly man urged the Immortal Seeds to attack together, and Chu Kuangren taunted them that they might have a chance to hurt him.

Chu Kuangren faced the Immortal Seeds alone after they joined forces to seize the Dao Weapon. He overwhelmed them with his diverse techniques and Myriad Daoist Law Manifestation, leaving Dust Heaven Void Immortal to declare that he had the makings of an Immortal.

• Feng Feiyun, Jin Jie, and Zi Yunfan attacked Chu Kuangren, but he repelled them with sword qi, physical strength, and Psychic Power.
• Chu Kuangren summoned his Myriad Daoist Law Manifestation and shattered a female Immortal Seed’s Waterfall Sky Strike.
• A burly Immortal Seed used the Golden Armor Strongman manifestation, but Chu Kuangren destroyed it with a multicolored blow that injured the gathered Immortal Seeds.
• Observers outside Dust Heaven Star recognized Chu Kuangren’s strength as reaching the Great Dao Lord level despite his late Minor Dao Lord cultivation.
• Dust Heaven Void Immortal watched Chu Kuangren and declared that he had the makings of an Immortal.

Chu Kuangren defeated a host of Immortal Seeds by matching their Immortal Arts with his Venerable Emperor Sword Art, then claimed the defensive Dao Weapon they had fought over. After Dust Heaven Void Immortal invited him into the palace, Chu Kuangren revealed his name by carving it into the landscape with Emperor Qi.

• Zi Yunfan urged the Immortal Seeds to use their full strength, and they unleashed several Immortal Arts against Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren answered with Venerable Emperor Sword Art, Sole Sovereign of the Universe, and defeated the Immortal Seeds while remaining unharmed; Dust Heaven Void Immortal protected Dust Heaven Star from the clash.
• Chu Kuangren overcame the peerless Dao Weapon's resistance and claimed it, whereupon it became a defensive robe.
• Dust Heaven Void Immortal invited Chu Kuangren into the palace and dismissed the other Immortal Seeds.
• Zi Yunfan asked Chu Kuangren to leave his name, and Chu Kuangren inscribed “Chu Kuangren” into the terrain with his Emperor Qi.

Chu Kuangren visited Dust Heaven Void Immortal on Dust Heaven Star and impressed him with his mastery of formations, artifact refining, and runes. After half a year of study and discussion, Chu Kuangren prepared to leave with Dust Heaven Void Immortal’s jade token, backed by the favors and connections it represented.

• Chu Kuangren left his name before the other Immortal Seeds and flew to Cloud Palace to meet Dust Heaven Void Immortal.
• Chu Kuangren and Dust Heaven Void Immortal discussed formations and artifact refining, and Dust Heaven Void Immortal was astonished by Chu Kuangren’s skill.
• Chu Kuangren showed Dust Heaven Void Immortal the Nine Dragons Divine Transformation Talisman, then studied the elder’s runes and shared his own knowledge.
• Over half a year, Chu Kuangren and Dust Heaven Void Immortal studied together, discussed the Dao, and grew close.
• When Chu Kuangren prepared to leave, Dust Heaven Void Immortal gave him a Dust Heaven Jade Token and said he might become an Immortal in the future.

Dust Heaven Void Immortal gave Chu Kuangren a Dust Heaven Jade Token and told him about the coming Remnant Immortal Realm and an Inheritance Ancient Star. Chu Kuangren traveled to Purple Blood Star, where other Heavenly Prides gathered to seek Purple Blood Void Immortal's inheritance, and the jade token secured his entry.

• Dust Heaven Void Immortal gave Chu Kuangren the Dust Heaven Jade Token and explained that a Remnant Immortal Realm might appear near the Purple-Gold Star System.
• After an Inheritance Ancient Star appeared, Chu Kuangren left Dust Heaven Star to investigate it.
• Cultivators and Heavenly Prides from across the Purple-Gold Star System gathered at Purple Blood Star to compete for Purple Blood Void Immortal's inheritance.
• A sword-wielding young man, the Purple Star Civilization's Third Highness, and a blue-robed woman each headed toward Purple Blood Star.
• When Chu Kuangren arrived, the gathered powerhouses recognized the Dust Heaven Jade Token and allowed him to enter rather than risk offending Dust Heaven Void Immortal.

Chu Kuangren searched Purple Blood Star for treasures, defeated a black ape and Purple Star cultivators who challenged him, and refined a massive piece of Dao Source. A pillar of light then revealed a trove of treasures, drawing the star’s cultivators toward it.

• Chu Kuangren used the Treasure-Seeking Art to find Dao Medicines and two Dao Weapons across Purple Blood Star.
• A wounded black ape carrying a huge piece of Dao Source charged at Chu Kuangren, who shattered its arm and claimed the treasure.
• Purple Star cultivators demanded the Dao Source, but Chu Kuangren killed a burly attacker and let the others retreat.
• The black ape secretly resented Chu Kuangren as it fled, and Chu Kuangren let it go, hoping it would bring him amusement.
• Chu Kuangren refined the Dao Source in half a day, then searched Purple Blood Star for more opportunities.
• A purplish-red pillar of light appeared, revealing a trove of treasures and prompting cultivators across Purple Blood Star to rush toward it.

The Immortal Seeds gathered at the Purple Blood Dao Palace and challenged its Four Blood Guards for entry. Zi Feng and three other Immortal Seeds entered, while the Black Wind Ape Immortal Seed was left outside, furious at his defeat.

• Four Blood Guards emerged from the Purple Blood Dao Palace and blocked cultivators from entering, while the treasures in a pillar of light drew a crowd.
• Zi Feng and other Immortal Seeds from Purple Star, Gold Star, Weak Water Palace, the Heavenly Emperor Sword Sect, and the Black Wind Ape clan arrived and faced off over the treasures.
• Jin Jie challenged the Four Blood Guards and was defeated, but Zi Feng destroyed all four with Star River Annihilates the World and entered the palace.
• More Blood Guards appeared, and Jian Sanjue, Jin Feiyi, and Shui Qianhua also passed the trial and entered the palace.
• The Black Wind Ape Immortal Seed failed to defeat the guards and raged outside, resentful that Zi Feng and the others had succeeded.

Chu Kuangren arrived at the Purple Blood Dao Palace and collected every treasure from the pillars of light, provoking the Immortal Seeds gathered there. He defeated them with two techniques and continued toward the Dao Palace, leaving the onlookers stunned by his strength.

• Chu Kuangren used Spatial Techniques to collect all the treasures in the pillars of light while ignoring the other cultivators.
• A Black Wind Ape accused Chu Kuangren of stealing his clansman's Dao Source and attacked him, but Chu Kuangren easily split the ape's demonic storm with Sword Qi.
• Zi Han and Zi Jingfeng joined the Immortal Seeds in targeting Chu Kuangren after learning that he had killed Lu Rong and taken their Dao Sources.
• Chu Kuangren defeated Zi Han with A Thought Arises, Myriad Gods Calamity Fire Lotus, then repelled the other Immortal Seeds' combined attack with A Thought Arises, All Sounds Fall Silent, Heaven and Earth Mourn.
• After declaring the Immortal Seeds insignificant, Chu Kuangren walked toward the Purple Blood Dao Palace.

Chu Kuangren killed the Black Wind Ape Immortal Seed and destroyed four blood guards with a single move as he made his way into the Purple Blood Dao Palace. His overwhelming strength alarmed the other Immortal Seeds, who wondered whether he could claim the palace's greatest opportunity and escape the powerful forces waiting outside.

• The Black Wind Ape Immortal Seed attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu blocked his blows and endured his Black Baleful Demon Wind with his defensive Dao Weapon.
• Chu Kuangren crushed the Black Wind Ape Immortal Seed with one punch, then killed the one-armed Black Wind Ape who challenged him.
• Chu Kuangren continued toward the Purple Blood Dao Palace and confronted four blood guards blocking the entrance.
• Chu Kuangren used A Thought Arises to destroy all four blood guards in one move and entered the Dao Palace.
• Onlookers compared Chu Kuangren's strength to that of Zi Feng, Jian Sanjue, Shui Qianhua, and Jin Feiyi, and questioned whether he could leave the Purple Blood Star safely.

Chu Kuangren entered the Spirit Illusion Realm to face the Purple Blood Void Immortal’s final trial. He challenged the four Immortal Seeds at once, then knocked Jin Feiyi from the arena with a single punch.

• Chu Kuangren met the Purple Blood Void Immortal, learned that the four Immortal Seeds were undergoing the final trial, and agreed to enter it.
• Chu Kuangren used his Emperor Thought to enter the Spirit Illusion Realm, where souls could fight as if they had physical bodies.
• Shui Qianhua and Jian Sanjue explained the trial, and Jian Sanjue expressed interest in fighting Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren entered the arena and challenged Jin Feiyi, Zi Feng, Shui Qianhua, and Jian Sanjue to attack him together.
• Jin Feiyi struck at Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren countered with one punch and sent him out of the arena, depleting his soul energy.

In the Spirit Illusion Realm, Chu Kuangren fought off three Immortal Seeds before Jian Sanjue challenged him with the Heavenly Emperor Three Talents Sword Art. Their final sword strikes split the arena, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Chu Kuangren overwhelmed Jin Feiyi and Zi Feng with his techniques and Venerable Emperor Sword Art, defeating their combined attacks.
• Chu Kuangren froze Shui Qianhua’s watery attacks, while Zi Feng unleashed his Seven Stars Divine Art and Chu Kuangren shattered all six stars.
• Jian Sanjue entered the fight and attacked Chu Kuangren with the sun, moon, and star swords of the Heavenly Emperor Three Talents Sword Art.
• Jian Sanjue unleashed Heavenly Emperor’s One Sword, and Chu Kuangren answered with Sole Sovereign of the Universe.
• Chu Kuangren’s sword strike collided with Jian Sanjue’s, splitting the arena and unleashing a storm of Sword Qi.

Chu Kuangren defeated Jian Sanjue and the other Immortal Seeds, then accepted Purple Blood Void Immortal’s inheritance and was trapped on a Soul Refining Sacrificial Altar. He exposed Purple Blood Void Immortal’s plan to possess an Immortal Seed, but the remnant soul began devouring Chu Kuangren’s soul.

• Chu Kuangren defeated Jian Sanjue, who admitted defeat and vowed to challenge him again.
• The Spirit Illusion Realm formed a purplish-red altar, and Purple Blood Void Immortal offered Chu Kuangren his inheritance.
• The altar bound Chu Kuangren with chains, and Purple Blood Void Immortal appeared before the Immortal Seeds.
• Chu Kuangren revealed that Purple Blood Void Immortal was a remnant soul seeking to possess an Immortal Seed’s body.
• Purple Blood Void Immortal attacked Chu Kuangren and used the Soul Refining Sacrificial Altar to consume his soul power.

Chu Kuangren revealed that his soul was divided into three, and his Heaven Soul and Earth Soul joined his Human Soul to break the Soul Refining Sacrificial Altar. The three souls attacked the Purple Blood Void Immortal together, leaving him at a disadvantage.

• Jian Sanjue, Shui Qianhua, Jin Feiyi, and Zi Feng attacked the altar barrier after realizing the Purple Blood Void Immortal had deceived them, but their Immortal Arts could not damage it.
• Chu Kuangren revealed that his Heaven Soul and Earth Soul were also present, and the two identical figures arrived on lotus thrones.
• The Earth Soul and Heaven Soul struck the altar barrier with Heaven and Earth Reversed and Venerable Emperor Sword Art, tearing it open.
• The Earth Soul broke the chains binding the Human Soul, freeing him from the sacrificial altar.
• Chu Kuangren's three souls attacked the Purple Blood Void Immortal together, overwhelming him with their soul techniques.