Recaps

The Left Heavenly King of Light absorbed the Darkness of Doomsday and used its power to overpower the Goddess of Light and Ming Fei. As he prepared to attack the Ming Clan, countless Dao phenomena erupted across the Great World of Hongmeng.

• The Darkness Devil Lord stripped the Darkness of Doomsday from the wounded Goddess of Light, then vanished after urging her to buy him time.
• The Left Heavenly King of Light absorbed all the Darkness of Doomsday sealed within the Ming Clan and gained control of its power.
• The Left Heavenly King of Light defeated Ming Fei’s sword strike and shattered the Goddess of Light’s attacks, then demanded that they submit to him.
• As the Left Heavenly King of Light prepared to attack the Ming Clan, the Great World of Hongmeng shook and extraordinary Dao phenomena appeared across heaven and earth.

Chu Kuangren became a Monarch with a heart formed from the Three Thousand Great Dao and sensed trouble at the Light God Temple. He arrived to protect the Goddess of Light and Ming Fei from the Left Heavenly King of Light and challenged his claim to wield doomsday.

• The Three Thousand Great Dao resonated as Chu Kuangren gathered their laws and condensed a multicolored monarch heart.
• Chu Kuangren returned to his true form, became a Monarch, and appeared above the Pangu Sect amid vast phenomena.
• Chu Kuangren sensed the darkness of doomsday at the Light God Temple and immediately went there.
• The Left Heavenly King of Light attacked the Goddess of Light and Ming Fei, but Chu Kuangren blocked his dark laws with sword qi.
• Chu Kuangren shattered the Left Heavenly King of Light's dark aura and asked how he dared call himself doomsday in his presence.

Chu Kuangren overwhelmingly defeated the Left Heavenly King of Light, whose borrowed Darkness of Doomsday could not withstand Chu Kuangren’s Three Thousand Law. As the Left Heavenly King lost consciousness, the true source of the darkness emerged, and Chu Kuangren prepared to face it.

• The Left Heavenly King of Light attacked Chu Kuangren with dark law, but Chu Kuangren shattered his strike and battered him across the stars.
• The Left Heavenly King unleashed the Great Judgment of Darkness, but Chu Kuangren answered with the Great Judgment of Light and dispersed it.
• The Left Heavenly King fired a Darkness Annihilation Arrow, but Chu Kuangren’s arrow of light pierced his chest and pinned him to a star.
• Chu Kuangren declared himself the one who ends doomsday and nearly blasted the Left Heavenly King apart with the Power of Light.
• A hidden voice rebuked the Left Heavenly King and began taking over his body as an even purer Power of Darkness erupted.
• Chu Kuangren recognized that the true master behind the darkness had finally appeared.

Chu Kuangren faced the revealed Darkness of Doomsday in a battle that tested their strength as Monarchs. Their attacks proved evenly matched, but the Darkness of Doomsday raised the stakes by manifesting a Monarch Domain.

• Chu Kuangren identified the Left Heavenly King of Light as the Darkness of Doomsday and declared that he would defeat him.
• The Darkness of Doomsday attacked with the Law of Darkness, and Chu Kuangren countered with Sword, Twenty-Three before they entered the Void to fight.
• The two Monarchs traded powerful attacks, with neither gaining a clear advantage as the Darkness of Doomsday continued increasing his strength.
• Chu Kuangren used the Heaven-Devouring Art to boost his power, while the Darkness of Doomsday summoned his Monarch Dharma Form and Chu Kuangren formed the Pangu Dharma Form to oppose it.
• The Darkness of Doomsday spread darkness across the Void, repelling other Great Dao laws and revealing his Monarch Domain.

Chu Kuangren resisted the Darkness of Doomsday’s domain and overpowered him in a clash of ultimate techniques. As the Darkness of Doomsday faced defeat, he drew power from Between the Great Dao, revealing a realm above Monarchs.

• The Darkness of Doomsday used his domain to suppress Chu Kuangren, who countered with the Domain of Infinity and summoned the Dragon-Slaying Blade.
• Chu Kuangren’s slash forced the Darkness of Doomsday back, and he met the Darkness of Doomsday’s Doomsday Art, All Heavens Dim, with Sword Twenty-five.
• The clash injured the Darkness of Doomsday and shook the watching Monarchs, while Chu Kuangren remained composed.
• Chu Kuangren struck the Darkness of Doomsday and trampled him, but the Darkness of Doomsday broke free by unleashing his dark laws.
• The Darkness of Doomsday tore open a rift and drew power from the Dark Great Dao in Between the Great Dao, declaring that he would show Chu Kuangren the power above Monarchs.

The Darkness of Doomsday unleashed the dark infinite great Dao and swallowed Chu Kuangren, leaving many convinced he had died. Chu Kuangren emerged with the Seed of Light and its overwhelming origin power, turning the battle against the Darkness of Doomsday and his followers.

• The Darkness of Doomsday drew on the dark great Dao and engulfed Chu Kuangren in its power.
• Monarchs and members of the Doomsday Cult celebrated Chu Kuangren’s apparent death while the Darkness of Doomsday prepared to destroy the Ming Clan.
• Chu Kuangren spoke from within the darkness and emerged surrounded by the power of light.
• Chu Kuangren revealed the Seed of Light, whose origin power dispersed the Darkness of Doomsday’s darkness and began vaporizing Doomsday Cult cultivators.
• The Doomsday Cult Master fled as the light overwhelmed his followers.

Chu Kuangren used the Seed of Light to destroy the Darkness of Doomsday’s manifested body and save the Goddess of Light and Ming Fei, while the Demon King revealed she had acted under a deal with the Darkness Devil Lord. The Darkness Devil Lord absorbed a sealed portion of doomsday darkness, but the Doomsday Cult Master arrived seeking revenge.

• Chu Kuangren unleashed the Seed of Light, defeated the Darkness of Doomsday, and purified his manifested body, though he knew the ancient enemy would return.
• Chu Kuangren checked on the Goddess of Light and Ming Fei, then confronted the Demon King, who said the Darkness Devil Lord had asked her to save the Goddess in exchange for help finding a lost weapon.
• The Darkness Devil Lord fought alongside Hei Xuan and his followers, then entered the Doomsday Cult’s stronghold to absorb a powerful sealed portion of doomsday darkness.
• The Doomsday Cult Master escaped from the Ming Clan, discovered his cult had been destroyed, and called for the Darkness Devil Lord to come out and die.

The Darkness Devil Lord defeated the Doomsday Cult Master and absorbed the power of the Darkness of Doomsday, while the Goddess of Light realized her brother had manipulated both sides. Back at the Pangu Sect, Chu Kuangren’s rise to Monarch brought the sect an astonishing share of the era’s fortune.

• The Darkness Devil Lord revealed that he had opposed the Darkness of Doomsday to claim sole rule over the Dark Great Dao, then defeated the Doomsday Cult Master and absorbed his power.
• The Darkness Devil Lord considered how to fulfill his deal with the Demon King by finding a demonic Ultimate Dao Divine Weapon.
• Chu Kuangren used the Seed of Light to heal the Goddess of Light and Ming Fei, and the Goddess of Light concluded that her brother had used her to hold off the Darkness of Doomsday.
• The Pangu Sect celebrated Chu Kuangren becoming the era’s first Monarch, and the sect benefited from the fortune that followed his breakthrough.
• Pangu Sect cultivators gained opportunities and treasures through extraordinary strokes of luck, including Jue Wushen discovering a Cosmic Chaos God and Devil Crystal.

After refining the Human Ancestor’s Blood, Chu Kuangren’s body drew the Human Race’s fortune to the Pangu Sect, accelerating the sect’s rise. The Son of the Void then became a Monarch, but King Lan assured Chu Kuangren that he was no match for him.

• Li Jun and other Pangu Sect members broke through or gained greatly as the sect’s fortune surged.
• Cultivators discovered that the Pangu Sect had gathered the Human Race’s fortune, surpassing the three great sacred lands and unsettling them.
• Chu Kuangren realized that his Human Ancestor’s body had attracted the Human Race’s fortune, while King Lan reported that her injuries had mostly healed after the battle with the Heavenly Venerable.
• The Son of the Void broke through to Monarch within the Void Clan and lamented that he had missed the chance to lead the era’s fortune.
• King Lan compared the newly ascended Son of the Void to a firefly and Chu Kuangren to the bright moon.

Chu Kuangren cultivated the fortune divine kingdom technique and condensed a Divine Kingdom Core, transforming the fortune he gathered into divine kingdom fortune. Realizing his existing fortune was insufficient to complete the kingdom, he considered taking fortune from the Myriad Races.

• Chu Kuangren drew the Eternal Level reward, the fortune divine kingdom technique, and entered seclusion to cultivate it.
• With Xiao Ai's help and his abundant fortune, Chu Kuangren condensed a Divine Kingdom Core and fused it into his body.
• As Chu Kuangren reorganized fortune, the Immortal Island grew richer in spiritual energy and natural treasures.
• The Fortune-Telling Master glimpsed a vision of fortune forming a kingdom around the Immortal Island, then wondered whether it showed the island's future.
• Chu Kuangren realized he could not gather enough Human Race fortune without provoking the race and considered starting with the Myriad Races' fortune.

Chu Kuangren traced the stolen fortune to the Heavenly Venerable and used the Fortune, Nation-Anchoring Pillar to shatter his treasure orb and reclaim the fortune. After leaving seclusion, Chu Kuangren saw the Hongmeng Wisdom Ranking appear, with the mysterious Omniscient Spirit in first place.

• Chu Kuangren followed the diverted fortune and attacked the Heavenly Venerable with the Fortune, Nation-Anchoring Pillar.
• The Heavenly Venerable was blasted away, wounded further, and lost his Fortune Treasure Orb and the fortune it held to Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren considered the Heavenly Venerable, the Darkness of Doomsday, and the Fate Reversers as threats, then emerged from seclusion to seek helpers for the Temple of Destiny.
• A Hongmeng Wisdom Ranking appeared, listing knowledgeable figures from across the Great World of Hongmeng.
• The ranking named the mysterious Omniscient Spirit as its first-place entry, surprising cultivators and Ancient Monarchs alike.

The Wisdom Ranking named Xiao Ai the Omniscient Spirit, sending its fortune to Chu Kuangren. Chu Kuangren recruited a Fortune-Telling Master to collect Destiny Contracts and then set out for the Human Race Election Assembly at Cangming Mountain.

• The Wisdom Ranking placed Xiao Ai first as the Omniscient Spirit, and its fortune strengthened Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren found the Fortune-Telling Master in Ten Thousand Weapons City and told him to fulfill his Destiny Contract by collecting contracts for the Temple of Destiny.
• The Fortune-Telling Master agreed to find the hundreds of Great Dao and Monarch Realm contract holders Chu Kuangren gave him.
• Chu Kuangren received the Human Consort's invitation to the election assembly for a third Supreme Court Judge.
• Chu Kuangren and King Lan departed for Cangming Mountain to attend the assembly.

Chu Kuangren and King Lan attended the Human Race election assembly at Cangming Mountain, where Chu Kuangren tried to comprehend the Human Ancestor’s stele. Several ancient Monarchs and the Human Consort and Earth Monarch arrived, leaving the gathering poised for the contest over the Judge’s seats.

• Chu Kuangren and King Lan arrived at Cangming Mountain, where the Human Race Monarchs watched them with wariness and curiosity.
• Chu Kuangren noticed that several Monarchs had Destiny Contracts and went to study the golden stele associated with the Human Ancestor.
• The Ancestor of Ten Thousand Laws, the Buddha Emperor of the Heavenly Buddha Pure Land, and the Heavenly Sage arrived at the assembly.
• The Law Ancestor tried to disrupt Chu Kuangren’s contemplation, but King Lan blocked him and clashed with him.
• The Human Consort and Earth Monarch arrived, and the assembled Monarchs greeted the two Judges.

The Human Race gathered on Cangming Mountain to elect a third Judge, with King Lan emerging as a candidate alongside the Law Ancestor, Buddha Emperor, and Heavenly Sage. While the vote continued, Chu Kuangren comprehended the Human Ancestor’s Unfettered Transformation Technique from the Stone Stele.

• The Human Consort calmed the tension between King Lan and the Law Ancestor before the Earth Monarch began the election.
• The Monarchs cast votes for the Law Ancestor, Buddha Emperor, and Heavenly Sage until the Golden-Winged Monarch and another court Enforcer nominated King Lan.
• The Law Ancestor objected to the Judges influencing the election, but the Golden-Winged Monarch defended his choice by citing King Lan’s service against the Heavenly Venerable.
• King Lan privately asked the Human Consort why she wanted her to become a Judge, then guessed that the injured Judges hoped to keep the other candidates in check through her.
• As the vote continued, Chu Kuangren’s Human Ancestor physique responded to the Stone Stele, whose runes revealed the Human Ancestor and the Unfettered Transformation Technique.

Chu Kuangren comprehended the Human Ancestor’s Unfettered Transformation Technique and used his vote to secure King Lan’s appointment as a Judge. When the Law Ancestor threatened him, Chu Kuangren fought him openly and revealed that he could replicate the Law Ancestor’s techniques.

• Chu Kuangren learned that the Unfettered Transformation Technique could copy cultivation techniques and transform into living beings, but required mastery of the three thousand laws.
• The vote count left the Law Ancestor ahead of King Lan by one vote, until Chu Kuangren voted for King Lan and tied their totals.
• The Law Ancestor threatened Chu Kuangren, who answered with sword intent and attacked him with Sword Twenty-Three.
• Chu Kuangren and the Law Ancestor exchanged powerful techniques, including Sword Twenty-Four and Heaven and Earth Creation Finger.
• Chu Kuangren copied the Law Ancestor’s Heaven and Earth Creation Finger and Heaven and Earth Chaos Fist, stunning the watching Monarchs.

Chu Kuangren revealed that he had learned the Unfettered Self-Transformation Great Art from the Stone Stele, allowing him to reproduce the Law Ancestor’s techniques and even surpass them. With King Lan and the Law Ancestor tied in votes for Judge, the assembly turned to a duel, and King Lan stepped forward to fight.

• Chu Kuangren matched the Law Ancestor’s techniques during their exchange, and the Law Ancestor recognized the Unfettered Self-Transformation Great Art.
• The Earth Monarch and Human Consort stopped the fight, and Chu Kuangren confirmed he had comprehended the art from the Stone Stele.
• The Heavenly Sage explained that the Human Ancestor’s art let its user learn techniques after seeing them and wield them better than their original practitioners.
• The Heavenly Sage rushed to study the Stone Stele while the Earth Monarch resumed the election, noting that King Lan and the Law Ancestor each had thirty-two votes.
• King Lan challenged the Law Ancestor to settle the tie, then used the Heaven-Devouring Art to absorb energy from the surrounding lands and reach the level of an Ultimate Dao Monarch.

Chu Kuangren watched King Lan and Law Ancestor battle while recording their techniques, then used Destiny Contracts to persuade several Monarchs to vote for King Lan. After Law Ancestor demanded a new election, King Lan won with thirty-eight votes, while Law Ancestor received thirty-four.

• Chu Kuangren used the Unfettered Self-Transformation Great Art to copy Law Ancestor's and King Lan's techniques as they fought at full strength.
• King Lan manifested her Dharma Form and domain, meeting Law Ancestor's Monarch methods in a clash that left the battle undecided.
• Chu Kuangren asked Xiao Ai to assess the fight, then prompted Monarchs bound by Destiny Contracts to vote for King Lan in exchange for dissolving their contracts.
• Law Ancestor stopped fighting and demanded a new election so he could canvass votes for himself.
• Human Consort announced that Law Ancestor received thirty-four votes and King Lan received thirty-eight, making King Lan the winner.

After helping King Lan become the Human Race's new Judge, Chu Kuangren mastered the second level of the Unfettered Self-Transformation Great Art. He went to confront Heavenly God Flame for breaking a Destiny Contract, disguising his identity as the battle began.

• Chu Kuangren, Human Consort, and Earth Monarch suppressed Law Ancestor after he rejected the election result, and King Lan became the Human Race's new Judge.
• King Lan asked why Monarchs had switched their votes, and Chu Kuangren hinted that he had arranged the change.
• After returning to the Pangu Sect, Chu Kuangren mastered Transforming into Myriad Spirits, allowing him to take the form and aura of anyone he had seen.
• Chu Kuangren learned that Heavenly God Flame had refused to repay twelve Hongmeng Supreme Treasures or serve under the Destiny Contract, and went to confront him.
• Disguised as the Lord of Destiny, Chu Kuangren fought Heavenly God Flame with techniques from the Human Race and the Dragon Clan, surprising his opponent.

Chu Kuangren battled Heavenly God Flame and revealed his ability to transform into other cultivators’ Dharma Forms. The Star-Pupiled Elder and two Six Eyes Clan Monarchs then confronted him and Six Eyes the Divine Diviner, and the elder trapped Chu Kuangren in a fate-reversing barrier that blocked his connection to the Temple of Destiny.

• Chu Kuangren overwhelmed Heavenly God Flame with Dragon Qi, then copied his Light of the Heavenly God and Dharma Form before changing into the Sword God Palace Master's Dharma Form.
• The Star-Pupiled Elder arrived with Ming Busi and Ming Buyu, while the elder’s fate-reversing power stopped Chu Kuangren’s sword strike from hitting Heavenly God Flame.
• The Star-Pupiled Elder identified Chu Kuangren as the Lord of Destiny, and Chu Kuangren recognized him as a Fate Reverser who had supported Heavenly God Flame.
• Ming Busi and Ming Buyu demanded the Destiny Heavenly Seal and Third Eye from Six Eyes the Divine Diviner, who began fighting them in the River of Fate.
• Chu Kuangren attacked the Star-Pupiled Elder with the Great Destiny Art, but the elder’s chaotic Fate Chart deflected it and he raised a barrier that cut Chu Kuangren off from the Temple of Destiny.

Chu Kuangren fought a Fate Reverser and revealed that he could wield both fate reversal and the Temple of Destiny’s techniques. He suppressed the star-eyed old man and trapped Heavenly God Flame, leaving both enemies at his mercy.

• The star-eyed old man attacked Chu Kuangren with fate reversal, but Chu Kuangren countered with cultivation techniques from many factions.
• The star-eyed old man summoned his Dharma Form and attacked with a colossal hand of stars, which Chu Kuangren stopped using Celestial Person Taiji.
• Chu Kuangren used Other-Transforming Fate Reversal, astonishing the star-eyed old man, and restored the old man’s chaotic fate chart.
• Chu Kuangren summoned the Gate of Destiny and pinned the star-eyed old man to the ground, shattering his Dharma Form.
• Heavenly God Flame tried to flee, but Chu Kuangren trapped him with Domain of Infinity.

Chu Kuangren killed Heavenly God Flame and the Star-Pupiled Elder, then learned from the Elder’s memories that the Fate Reversers served a chained god. He entered the River of Fate, where he transformed into a member of the Six Eyes Clan and confronted Ming Buyu, Ming Busi, and Six Eyes Divine Calculations.

• Chu Kuangren rejected Heavenly God Flame’s pleas and killed him, shattering his Monarch Heart and collecting its fragments.
• Chu Kuangren crushed the Star-Pupiled Elder, copied his memories, and saw the Fate Reversers’ god bound by chains of destiny.
• Chu Kuangren killed the Star-Pupiled Elder after telling him he had encountered his god.
• Chu Kuangren entered the River of Fate as Ming Buyu and Ming Busi fought Six Eyes Divine Calculations.
• Chu Kuangren blocked Ming Buyu and Ming Busi’s escape with the Gate of Destiny and transformed his eyes into the Six Eyes.

Chu Kuangren killed Ming Busi and Ming Buyu by shattering their destiny trajectories, then learned why the Six Eyes Clan was hunting Six Eyes Divine Calculations. After sending him to the Temple of Destiny, Chu Kuangren disguised himself as Heavenly God Flame and headed to collect a debt from the Heavenly God Clan, while Six Eyes Divine Calculations began suspecting that Chu Kuangren was the Lord of Destiny.

• Chu Kuangren suppressed Ming Busi and Ming Buyu, seized their destiny trajectories, and shattered them, killing both Monarchs before restoring the River of Fate.
• Six Eyes Divine Calculations revealed that his Third Eye, combined with the Destiny Heavenly Seal, could help locate the Temple of Destiny, and that the Six Eyes Clan wanted both treasures and his life.
• Chu Kuangren told Six Eyes Divine Calculations to stay in the Temple of Destiny and sent him there, then transformed himself into Heavenly God Flame to visit the Heavenly God Clan and collect a debt.
• At the Temple of Destiny, Six Eyes Divine Calculations recalled Chu Kuangren's connection to the Lord of Destiny and wondered whether they were the same person.

Chu Kuangren disguised himself as Heavenly God Flame and emptied the Heavenly God Clan's treasury, taking a Heavenly Seal along with its treasures. After the theft was discovered, the clan sealed its territory and Heavenly God Yi confronted him, but their first exchange ended with both driven back.

• Chu Kuangren entered the Heavenly God Clan treasury disguised as Heavenly God Flame, claiming he needed a Divine Medicine for alchemy.
• He looted the treasury, including twenty-four Hongmeng Supreme Treasures, a Dao Mountain of Great Dao Sources, and one of the Nine Great Heavenly Seals.
• Heavenly God Yi entered the empty treasury, killed the guard, and spread word that Heavenly God Flame had robbed the clan.
• The Heavenly God Clan sealed its territory and sent Monarchs to pursue Heavenly God Flame, while Chu Kuangren watched the commotion nearby.
• Heavenly God Yi caught up with Chu Kuangren and demanded to know why he had betrayed the clan.
• Chu Kuangren attacked Heavenly God Yi with Heavenly God Flame's technique, and their moves collided, driving them both back.

Chu Kuangren escaped the Heavenly God Clan after using self-destructing Hongmeng Supreme Treasures to break its barrier, leaving the clan devastated and Heavenly God Flame dead. Back in the Temple of Destiny, he discovered that his greatest prize was the Formation Heavenly Seal and found an intriguing cultivation technique within it.

• Chu Kuangren fought Heavenly God Yi, then faced several Heavenly God Clan Monarchs as they surrounded him and demanded the stolen treasures.
• When the Monarchs attacked, Chu Kuangren shed Heavenly God Flame’s appearance and revealed an aura that confounded them with traces of Dragon Qi, Buddha Light, and Heavenly God Light.
• The Heavenly God Clan’s ancient Monarch struck at Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren made several Hongmeng Supreme Treasures self-destruct, destroying the attack, injuring the Monarchs, devastating the clan, and tearing open its barrier.
• Chu Kuangren escaped through the broken barrier and returned to the Temple of Destiny, while the Heavenly God Clan learned that Heavenly God Flame had fallen and argued over who was responsible.
• Chu Kuangren examined the Formation Heavenly Seal and found a core cultivation technique that caught his interest.

Chu Kuangren learned Array-Carrying with the Body, revealed his identity to Six Eyes Divine Calculations, and strengthened himself with 981 formations. Wine Venerable broke through to Monarch in the Pangu Sect, but the chapter ended with Chu Kuangren receiving a desperate plea for help.

• Chu Kuangren studied the Array-Carrying with the Body technique and let Xiao Ai analyze the best formations to inscribe.
• Six Eyes Divine Calculations guessed that the Hall Master was Chu Kuangren, who revealed his face and confirmed it.
• Chu Kuangren inscribed 981 formations in his body, then spent several years cultivating and overseeing the Pangu Sect.
• Wine Venerable broke through to the Monarch Realm and pledged his loyalty to the Pangu Sect.
• Chu Kuangren received a message pleading, “Sect Master, save me!”