Recaps

Papiyas revealed that he was the Desire Buddha’s reincarnated soul and challenged Chu Kuangren with his recovered power. As the battle continued, Chu Kuangren explained that he protected the human cultivators, not the Primordial God Buddha, helping the Buddha Emperor and the others recover their faith in Buddhist teachings.

• Papiyas revealed his origins as a strand of the Desire Buddha’s soul and said he had orchestrated the Pagoda Tower’s collapse.
• Blood Pagoda and the others pledged to follow Papiyas, who then challenged Chu Kuangren.
• Papiyas attacked Chu Kuangren with the Six Dust Heavenly Demon Finger and a blood-colored domain and dharma form, but Chu Kuangren resisted and countered with his sword qi and dharma forms.
• Papiyas claimed that Buddha had belonged to the world-destroying faction, but Chu Kuangren said he protected the Human Race rather than Buddha or Buddhism.
• Chu Kuangren distinguished the Primordial God Buddha from the Buddhist teachings shaped by humanity, helping the Buddha Emperor and the other cultivators regain their faith.

Chu Kuangren thwarted Papiyas’s attempt to corrupt the Buddha Emperor and the other Buddhist cultivators, then fought back against Papiyas’s Desire Buddha techniques. The Ancient Buddha Śarīra released the power of the most ancient Buddha, allowing Chu Kuangren to overwhelm Papiyas, who prepared to retreat.

• Chu Kuangren’s words awakened the Buddha Emperor and the other Buddhist cultivators from their confusion, spoiling Papiyas’s plan against the Heavenly Buddha Pure Land.
• Papiyas unleashed his Infinite Great Dao power and conjured seductive illusions and attacking skeletons, but Chu Kuangren destroyed them with his Dao Heart and Sword Qi.
• Papiyas summoned the Eighteenfold Senluo Desire Realm tower, but the Ancient Buddha Śarīra within Chu Kuangren released boundless Buddha Light.
• Chu Kuangren used the Immovable Ming King Sword Seal to clash with Papiyas’s desire techniques and then struck him with Vajra Defense, Deliver All Beings, and Dragon-Elephant Great Strength.
• Chu Kuangren sent Papiyas flying and shook the Desire Buddha’s power within him, prompting Papiyas to suppress it and decide to retreat.

Chu Kuangren defeated the Four Fiends of the Pagoda Tower after Papiyas fled, then helped the Buddha Emperor secure the Claw of Egu. He took the Demon King's weapon and agreed to stay in the Pure Land for a few days.

• Papiyas attacked Chu Kuangren and the others with a blood-red hell of desire, then fled when Chu Kuangren blocked the attack.
• Chu Kuangren killed Minotaur Venerable and defeated Blood Pagoda, bringing down all Four Fiends of the Pagoda Tower.
• The Buddha Emperor thanked Chu Kuangren for saving the Pure Land and took the surviving villains into custody.
• Chu Kuangren explained that he had come for the Demon King's weapon, and the Buddha Emperor led him to the Claw of Egu beneath a lotus pond.
• Chu Kuangren drew out and subdued the evil Claw of Egu with the Heart of Myriad Artifacts and Bodhi Samadhi.
• The Buddha Emperor invited Chu Kuangren to stay in the Pure Land, and Chu Kuangren accepted.

After thousands of years of preparation, Chu Kuangren forged a powerful Monarch Dharma Form from the Three Thousand Laws while strengthening the Pangu Sect and preparing for the coming upheaval. A new Monarch then emerged within the sect, and Chu Kuangren recognized her.

• Before leaving the Heavenly Buddha Pure Land, Chu Kuangren gave Zhunti and Jieyin supreme cultivation techniques and urged them to grow strong enough to influence the Pure Land.
• After Chu Kuangren departed, the Buddha Emperor granted Zhunti and Jieyin permission to preach and establish temples within the Pure Land.
• Chu Kuangren returned Egu's Claw to the Demon King, then went back to the Pangu Sect and spent thousands of years cultivating and gathering techniques and Monarch Dharma Forms.
• Across the Great World of Hongmeng, several Monarchs emerged as the forces prepared for the upheaval of the Ultimate Era.
• Chu Kuangren combined the Three Thousand Laws to create a white-robed Monarch Dharma Form that resembled himself and possessed terrifying power.
• A powerful Soul Fluctuation erupted within the Pangu Sect, and Chu Kuangren realized that a woman had broken through to Monarch.

Hun Meier became a Monarch and tried to win Chu Kuangren's affection, but he rejected her. Weapon Calamity sparred with Chu Kuangren and spoke of facing Luohou before a vast surge of Hongmeng Spiritual Energy disturbed the Great World of Hongmeng.

• Hun Meier thanked Chu Kuangren for allowing her to stay in the Pangu Sect, confessed her feelings, and offered to be his concubine, but he rejected her advances.
• Hun Meier resolved to keep pursuing Chu Kuangren despite his rejection, while Chu Kuangren continued to let her stay as a hostage because of the Soul Clan's cooperation with the Pangu Sect.
• Weapon Calamity challenged Chu Kuangren to their usual sparring match and endured fifty-seven moves, nearly doubling his previous record.
• Weapon Calamity told Chu Kuangren that Luohou had also become a Monarch and asked to face him himself; Chu Kuangren agreed.
• Hongmeng Spiritual Energy surged across the Great World of Hongmeng on an unprecedented scale, and Chu Kuangren realized that no new ranking was appearing.

The Fortune Xuanhuang Realm appeared for the first time, offering entrants a chance to seize others’ fortune at the risk of losing their own. Dao Lingtian, the Son of the Void, and Zhuyang prepared to challenge Chu Kuangren there.

• A vast purple vortex appeared above the Great World of Hongmeng, and the Spirit World Ranking announced that the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm had opened for the first time.
• The ranking revealed that entrants wagered their fortune inside the realm: those who fell there survived but lost their fortune to others.
• Dao Lingtian planned to enter the realm and seize Chu Kuangren’s fortune, though he knew defeating him would require careful preparation.
• The Void Clan Chief gave the Son of the Void the Ultimate Dao Divine Weapon, the Void Wheel-Transmitter, and the Son of the Void vowed to defeat Chu Kuangren.
• Zhuyang absorbed dragon qi and fire essence as he cultivated, strengthened by the Torch Dragon bloodline, and vowed to repay Chu Kuangren in the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm.

Chu Kuangren prepared to enter the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm, believing it held the fortune needed to complete his Divine Kingdom. When the realm opened, cultivators and Monarchs arrived to measure their fortune, and Dao Lingtian stunned the crowd with an index of 180,000.

• Chu Kuangren invited everyone who wished to explore the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm to enter, confident his Divine Kingdom could protect their fortune.
• Several years later, the realm's gateway opened and revealed the fortune index of each cultivator who passed through.
• A Monarch named Qianyuan Daoist tested his fortune and received an index of 9,883.
• The Sword God Palace Master and the Sword Saint arrived, and the Sword Saint's fortune index reached 88,000.
• Monarchs from major human forces gathered, and Dao Lingtian recorded a fortune index of 180,000.

The Myriad Races gathered at the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm and compared their fortune values, with Zhuyang and the Son of the Void surpassing Dao Lingtian by wide margins. As they mocked the Human Race’s claim to lead the races, Chu Kuangren arrived with the Pangu Sect and challenged them.

• Dao Lingtian tested his fortune value and received 180,000, impressing the Human Race’s Monarchs.
• Zhuyang tested his fortune value and received 280,000, eclipsing Dao Lingtian and drawing the Ancestral Dragon King’s pride.
• The Son of the Void tested his fortune and reached 430,000, exceeding Zhuyang’s value.
• Monarchs of the Myriad Races mocked the Human Race after their new-generation Monarchs posted higher fortune values than Dao Lingtian.
• Chu Kuangren arrived aboard a warship with cultivators of the Pangu Sect and asked who dared question the Human Race’s standing.

Chu Kuangren appeared before the Myriad Races and confronted the Son of the Void over his hostility toward Hun Meier. When Bright Moon Wuxia and the Pangu Sect members revealed their enormous fortune values at the Xuanhuang gate, the gathered cultivators realized that the sect was full of potential Monarchs.

• Chu Kuangren arrived and challenged the Myriad Races’ claim that the Human Race was unworthy of leading heaven and earth.
• The Son of the Void insulted Hun Meier, who mocked him as her poor former fiancé, and he angrily threatened her and Chu Kuangren.
• Bright Moon Wuxia displayed a fortune value of five hundred thousand at the Xuanhuang gate.
• Lan Yu revealed a fortune value of four hundred and ninety thousand, nearly matching Bright Moon Wuxia.
• Chu Hong, Yin Honghua, Ye Zhu, Yuzhi, Jue Wushen, and other Pangu Sect members displayed fortune values that astonished the gathered cultivators.

The Xuanhuang Gate revealed that Chu Kuangren’s fortune exceeded its measurement limit, astonishing the Human Race and the Myriad Races. He openly invited everyone who coveted his fortune to enter the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm and fight him to the death.

• The Pangu Sect’s cultivators displayed immense fortune, leading the gathered Monarchs to recognize the sect’s extraordinary potential.
• The Human Consort warned Chu Kuangren to conceal his fortune so he would not attract more enemies, but he stepped toward the Xuanhuang Gate anyway.
• The Xuanhuang Gate erupted with dazzling light and auspicious phenomena as Chu Kuangren’s fortune climbed to 99,999,999 points and continued flashing beyond its limit.
• Monarchs and cultivators from both the Myriad Races and the Human Race eyed Chu Kuangren greedily, hoping to claim his fortune by defeating him in the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm.
• Chu Kuangren spread his arms and dared everyone who wanted his fortune to come kill him, urging them to use any means necessary.

Chu Kuangren entered the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm as cultivators from the Myriad Races and the Fate Reverser Lineage pursued his fortune. After discovering that treasures and strange beasts contained fortune, he hunted down a massive herd of beasts.

• Chu Kuangren entered the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm, drawing the Myriad Races, Ancient Monarchs, and Fate Reversers into the contest for his fortune.
• Chu Kuangren found himself separated from his companions and saw that the Fortune Ranking listed him at the top.
• Chu Kuangren refined a fortune-imbued immortal herb and discovered that it increased his fortune.
• Chu Kuangren killed a strange beast and found a crystal of condensed fortune inside it.
• Chu Kuangren located a valley filled with strange beasts and collapsed it with Law Power, killing many of them.

Chu Kuangren attracted waves of cultivators hoping to steal his fortune, but he defeated them and absorbed what they carried. When he encountered a woman apparently fleeing the Purple Mist Daoist, he dispersed the Daoist’s poison mist—only for the woman to attack him from behind, believing her ambush had succeeded.

• Chu Kuangren dismantled a formation set by cultivators seeking his fortune, drove them from the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm, and absorbed their fortune and the fortune in the exotic beast crystals.
• Thousands of cultivators charged Chu Kuangren, but he repelled them with sword qi and the Domain of Infinity, gaining more fortune.
• Chu Kuangren continued through the realm and defeated other attempted schemes, including assassinations, poison, traps, and seduction.
• Chu Kuangren saw a woman in a black dress fleeing the Purple Mist Daoist and asking for help, then dispersed the Daoist’s Monarch-level poison mist and sent him flying.
• The woman in black attacked Chu Kuangren from behind and exclaimed that he had fallen for her ploy, but her delight froze when the attack struck him.

Chu Kuangren endured a surprise attack and defeated the four Monarchs who had joined forces to kill him. He left the woman in the black dress as the sole survivor, while suspecting she was connected to the World-Ending Demon Martial Art.

• The woman in the black dress ambushed Chu Kuangren, but his Myriad Laws Indestructible Body left him unharmed, and two more Monarchs emerged from hiding.
• Chu Kuangren identified the attackers as members of the Gu Tribe, Undying Tribe, and Nine-Headed Tribe, while Xiao Ai connected the woman's aura to the World-Ending Demon Martial Art.
• The four Monarchs attacked together, but Chu Kuangren's Three Thousand Law shattered their combined assault and sent them flying.
• Chu Kuangren blasted the Nine-Headed Tribe's Monarch out of the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm, then killed the Purple Mist Daoist and the Undying Tribe's Monarch.
• Chu Kuangren faced the helpless woman in the black dress and told her she was the only one left.

Chu Kuangren discovered that Liu Tianxue was a princess of the Slaughter Divine Kingdom and used the Slayer God Ring to make her kneel, then took her fortune. After slaughtering thousands of cultivators in the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm, he faced the Sword Saint of the Sword God Palace.

• Chu Kuangren questioned Liu Tianxue, restrained her attempt to kill herself, and commanded her to kneel with the Slayer God Ring.
• Liu Tianxue recognized the ring as the ruler’s token and revealed that she was a princess of the Slaughter Divine Kingdom, founded by the God of Slaughter.
• Chu Kuangren told Liu Tianxue to meet him at the Pangu Sect after the fortune contest, then killed her and took her fortune.
• Liu Tianxue was expelled from the realm and suspected Chu Kuangren intended to take control of the Slaughter Divine Kingdom, though her brothers would resist.
• Chu Kuangren slaughtered more than ten thousand cultivators who had watched the battle, treating everyone outside his own group as prey.
• The Sword Saint of the Sword God Palace confronted Chu Kuangren, and their sword intents collided, killing more cultivators nearby.

Chu Kuangren and Sword Saint fought in a spectacular sword duel, each revealing the Saint Spirit Sword Technique and Sword Twenty-Four. When Monarchs from other races arrived to seize Chu Kuangren’s fortune, Sword Saint drove them back and proposed joining forces with Chu Kuangren, who accepted and trapped them in the Domain of Infinity.

• Chu Kuangren and Sword Saint exchanged insults over their enmity and Sword Devil’s death before beginning a sword duel.
• Chu Kuangren and Sword Saint clashed with the Saint Spirit Sword Technique and Sword Twenty-Three, then matched each other with Sword Twenty-Four.
• Monarchs from across the region gathered to watch the battle, and a Heavenly God Clan Monarch offered to help Sword Saint claim Chu Kuangren’s fortune.
• Sword Saint attacked the Heavenly God Clan Monarch and ordered the outsiders to stay out of Human Race affairs.
• Sword Saint proposed that he and Chu Kuangren join forces against the other Monarchs, and Chu Kuangren accepted before sealing them inside the Domain of Infinity.

Chu Kuangren and the Sword Saint joined forces to defeat the Monarchs who came to exploit their battle, then parted without fighting each other. Elsewhere, Lan Yu broke through to the Monarch Realm and continued gathering fortune for Chu Kuangren.

• Chu Kuangren and the Sword Saint combined their sword techniques and killed several Monarchs who had tried to take advantage of them.
• The remaining Monarchs fled after a Void Clan Monarch detonated a spatial Hongmeng Supreme Treasure to tear open the Domain of Infinity.
• The Sword Saint left after admitting that Chu Kuangren had killed more Monarchs and that he lacked confidence in defeating him.
• Lan Yu broke through from the Half-Step Monarch Realm to the Monarch level while fighting off cultivators who had cornered her.
• Lan Yu saw Chu Kuangren still at the top of the Fortune Ranking, then attacked another group of cultivators to gather fortune for him.

King Yuan Wu gathered Monarchs from across the Myriad Races to plan an ambush against Chu Kuangren and seize his fortune. The group agreed to use Pangu Sect members as bait for the Fate Reverser Heavenly Dragon Formation, setting the stage for a conflict between the Human Race and the Myriad Races.

• King Yuan Wu summoned Monarchs, including Zhuyang and the Son of the Void, and explained that they needed to trap Chu Kuangren rather than simply find him.
• King Yuan Wu proposed using the Fate Reverser Heavenly Dragon Formation, combined with the Son of the Void's Void Wheel-Transmitter, to suppress Chu Kuangren.
• King Yuan Wu revealed a plan to capture members of the Pangu Sect and use them as bait to lure Chu Kuangren into the formation.
• The Son of the Void, Zhuyang, and the other Monarchs agreed to join the plot against Chu Kuangren.
• King Yuan Wu warned that the Human Race's Monarchs would likely intervene, and the gathered Monarchs anticipated a war between the Human Race and the Myriad Races.

After breaking through to Monarch, Chu Hong confronted Zhuyang to rescue Pangu Sect cultivators he had imprisoned and tormented with Torch Dragon Fire. Zhuyang wounded her with his control over time, but her Divine Phoenix immortality restored her; as he prepared to strike again, Lan Yu arrived.

• Chu Hong reached the Monarch Realm and learned that Zhuyang had imprisoned Pangu Sect cultivators in a valley and was burning them with Torch Dragon Fire.
• Chu Hong attacked Zhuyang with Phoenix Fire and her spear, then used Divine Phoenix Nirvana to boost her power and pressure him.
• Zhuyang unleashed his Torch Dragon Eye to alter time around Chu Hong and sent her flying, but her Divine Phoenix immortality healed her injuries.
• Zhuyang threatened to beat Chu Hong to ashes, and Lan Yu arrived with an icy voice and a River of Light.

Lan Yu, Chu Hong, and Yin Honghua joined the battle against Zhuyang, while Daoist Yangmei arrived to protect the Pangu Sect. The Son of the Void appeared as the attackers revealed their interest in the sect leader, and Bright Moon Wuxia and Dao Lingtian emerged to face their opponents.

• Lan Yu arrived and joined Chu Hong in attacking Zhuyang, but his Torch Dragon Eye and Dharma Form overwhelmed their combined powers.
• Yin Honghua joined the fight, and Daoist Yangmei used a willow branch infused with spatial power to break apart Zhuyang's Torch Dragon fire.
• Daoist Yangmei warned Lan Yu that enemies were hiding nearby, and Hun Meier revealed that their true target was the Pangu Sect's sect leader.
• The Son of the Void attacked Hun Meier and the others, but Bright Moon Wuxia's sword qi forced him backward.
• Dao Lingtian appeared and challenged Bright Moon Wuxia, the Human Race's First Goddess.

Dao Lingtian joined the Son of the Void in attacking the Pangu Sect while Chu Kuangren learned of their trap from a Monarch serving his secret Temple of Destiny. As the battle escalated and Pangu Sect’s allies arrived, Chu Kuangren struck down a Heavenly God Clan Monarch, signaling his arrival.

• Bright Moon Wuxia denounced Dao Lingtian as a traitor, but he sided with the Son of the Void and attacked the Pangu Sect’s Monarchs.
• Yuan Wu King and the other Myriad Races Monarchs decided to wait for Chu Kuangren while keeping the Pangu Sect’s fighters trapped as bait.
• A Monarch from the Temple of Destiny warned Chu Kuangren that the Son of the Void’s group had set a trap for the Pangu Sect, and Chu Kuangren ordered the Void Emperor and the others to prepare.
• Lan Yu blocked Dao Lingtian’s sneak attack, while Chu Hong, Yangmei, and Yin Honghua fought Zhuyang; Ye Zhu, Jue Wushen, Desire Flower, and Yuzhi arrived to aid them with Hongmeng Supreme Treasures.
• A Heavenly God Clan Monarch attacked Yuzhi to reclaim her treasure, but Chu Kuangren’s Sword Qi pierced him and pinned him to a mountain, prompting Yuan Wu King to recognize that Chu Kuangren had arrived.

Chu Kuangren arrived to free the Pangu Sect cultivators, then faced the Son of the Void and the other Monarchs alone. They trapped him in the Fate Reverser Heavenly Dragon Formation, combined it with the Void Wheel-Transmitter, and summoned a million cultivators from many races, leaving Chu Kuangren surrounded.

• Chu Kuangren struck down a Monarch with sword qi, entered the valley, dispersed its flames, and freed the captured Pangu Sect cultivators.
• Chu Kuangren sent the Pangu Sect cultivators and Bright Moon Wuxia's group away, then faced the Son of the Void and his allies alone.
• The Yuan Wu King activated the Fate Reverser Heavenly Dragon Formation, surrounding Chu Kuangren with ten thousand dragon phantoms and their immense pressure.
• The Son of the Void added the sealing power of his Void Wheel-Transmitter to the formation, combining an Ultimate Dao Divine Weapon with it.
• Torch Dragon and representatives of many races summoned at least a million cultivators, including Monarchs and thousands of Great Dao Cultivators, to kill Chu Kuangren.

The Myriad Races trapped Chu Kuangren in a formation, drawing Human Race and allied Monarchs into a vast battle outside it. The Law Ancestor ordered Dao Lingtian to withdraw, but Dao Lingtian refused and vowed to claim Chu Kuangren’s fortune.

• The Earth Monarch, Human Consort, and Sword Saint tried to aid Chu Kuangren, but Myriad Races Monarchs blocked them and fighting broke out outside the formation.
• The Goddess of Light and the Darkness Devil Lord arrived, while the Soul Clan Chief and Pangu Sect Monarchs joined the battle in support of Chu Kuangren.
• The Monarchs’ clash became a war between the Human Race and the Myriad Races, with Chu Kuangren’s fortune at stake.
• The Law Ancestor confronted Dao Lingtian and ordered him to withdraw from the fight over Human Race fortune.
• Dao Lingtian refused, declaring that he would defeat Chu Kuangren, seize his fortune, and lead the Dao Sect to greater heights.

Chu Kuangren broke through the Myriad Races’ suppression, killed Dao Lingtian, and survived their combined assault. King Yuan Wu realized Chu Kuangren was resisting the formation with Fate-Reversing Power and attacked him directly.

• Chu Kuangren declared himself an enemy of the world and unleashed his full Monarch power despite the formation and the Void Wheel-Transmitter.
• Chu Kuangren killed Dao Lingtian with a single finger strike after piercing his Purple Qi Coming from the East technique.
• King Yuan Wu, the Son of the Void, and the other cultivators attacked Chu Kuangren together, but he emerged unharmed using the Myriad Laws Indestructible Body.
• Chu Kuangren used Sword Twenty-Three to cut through the attackers and absorb their fortune.
• King Yuan Wu discovered Chu Kuangren was using Fate-Reversing Power to resist the formation, withdrew his own power from it, and attacked with an Ultimate Dao Monarch’s heavenly blade.

Chu Kuangren fought King Yuan Wu and the Monarchs of the myriad races, then transformed into the Primordial Torch Dragon and overwhelmed their combined attacks with his mastery of time. His Fleeting Bloom technique killed cultivators who tried to harness its accelerated time, leaving Zhuyang shaken by Chu Kuangren’s power.

• Chu Kuangren repelled King Yuan Wu’s saber attacks with Sword Twenty-Four, forcing King Yuan Wu to recognize that he was outmatched.
• Zhuyang and the Monarchs of the myriad races attacked Chu Kuangren with their powers, domains, and techniques, while Zhuyang tried to freeze him with time.
• Chu Kuangren transformed into the Primordial Torch Dragon and used his greater power of time to halt and dismantle the attacks.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed Fleeting Bloom, causing some cultivators to experience millions of years in an instant and die as their bodies aged and broke down.
• Zhuyang trembled at Chu Kuangren’s mastery of time, while the Heavenly Sage and other observers were shocked by his transformation.

Chu Kuangren transformed into the Primordial Torch Dragon and the Lord of the Void, overwhelming the cultivators in the Fate Reverser Heavenly Dragon Formation and reaping their fortune. As he slaughtered Zhuyang and the Myriad Races' forces, a pillar of light appeared nearby and halted the battle.

• Chu Kuangren used Slashing the Future with a Sword to mortally wound Zhuyang, whose body burst into bloody mist moments later.
• The Void Spirit King and the Son of the Void trapped Chu Kuangren with spatial chains and the Nine-Turn Void Restriction, but he transformed into the Lord of the Void and broke their attack.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed space laws across the formation, killing cultivators and scattering the Void Clan forces.
• The Myriad Races' cultivators attacked again, and Chu Kuangren harvested their fortune, replenished his power with the Heaven-Devouring Art, and killed Zhuyang with Sword Twenty-Five.
• A pillar of light rose nearby in the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm, causing every cultivator to stop fighting.