Recaps

Chen Nian and Yu Jing confronted Gao Yue and the Heavenly Cascades at the energy crystal mine while An Qingluo went to speak privately with An Ran. Chen Nian and Yu Jing defeated two Tier Six enemies, but the great battle was only beginning.

• Gao Yue questioned An Ran's loyalty and learned that An Qingluo was her sister when Chen Nian's group arrived at the ruins.
• An Ran and An Qingluo went to speak alone as Mu Yun challenged Gao Yue to a duel.
• Muddy left to monitor An Ran, while Chen Nian and Yu Jing faced two Tier Six Heavenly Cascades.
• Yu Jing wounded one opponent with Seven Flashes, and Chen Nian used Sovereign to suppress both enemies.
• Yu Jing and Chen Nian killed the two Heavenly Cascades, ending their fight as the larger battle continued.

An Ran and An Qingluo fought inside the ruins as An Ran hid her reasons for becoming a Demon God and endured the judgment of her Triple Imprint. Outside, Chen Nian faced a vast Calamity Beast army at the ruins' entrance and barred its way.

• An Ran told An Qingluo she was Twin Wings, a Demon God who had killed countless lives, and provoked her younger sister to fight.
• An Qingluo attacked An Ran with her magic, and An Ran was wounded before the Triple Imprint punished her for holding back.
• An Ran struck An Qingluo, who healed herself and summoned Futsunomitama; the sisters clashed blade to blade.
• A huge Calamity Beast army approached the ruins while Mu Yun remained occupied fighting Gao Yue.
• Chen Nian appeared at the entrance and stood alone against the approaching army, declaring the road closed.

Chen Nian held the ruins entrance against the Calamity Beast tide with his summoned spirit and beasts, while Mu Yun revealed that the academy had ranked him SS Rank. Inside the ruins, An Ran helped An Qingluo open her seventh magic circuit, but the third brand judged her soul and left her dying in her sister’s arms.

• Chen Nian invoked the God Descent Technique and blocked the cave entrance, slaughtering thousands of Calamity Beasts while Mu Yun and Gao Yue watched.
• After his divine power ran out, Chen Nian summoned the Ten Beasts of All Creation and fought through the horde with the Snow Moon Sword, unleashing Moon God's Clear Radiance.
• Mu Yun told Gao Yue that Chen Nian was an SS Rank recognized by the dean, then prepared to resume their fight as dawn approached.
• Inside the ruins, An Ran continued fighting An Qingluo to help her open her magic circuits, triggering the second brand and enduring unbearable pain.
• An Ran struck An Qingluo to open her seventh magic circuit, causing the third brand to judge her soul and fatally destroy her body.
• An Qingluo caught An Ran as her sister’s soul, heart, and flesh collapsed and the Origin Demon God's power formed a black demonic core.

An Ran died after giving An Qingluo the memories that revealed how she had protected and loved her sister, while Yu Jing killed Muddy before he could claim the Demon God Core. Gao Yue absorbed the core and overpowered Mu Yun, but Chen Nian held him off as Mu Yun returned to the ruins, where An Qingluo refused to leave An Ran’s body.

• An Ran gave An Qingluo jade-white earrings containing her memories, and An Qingluo learned that her sister had protected her and still loved her.
• Muddy tried to seize the Demon God Core, but Yu Jing cut off his arm, attacked him with short blades, and destroyed him with embedded bombs.
• Mu Yun defeated Gao Yue, but Gao Yue seized and swallowed the Demon God Core, passed its three judgments, and gained the Origin Demon God’s power.
• Chen Nian stepped in to cover Mu Yun’s retreat and used Intangibility and his summoned beasts to withstand Gao Yue’s attacks before striking him with the Lingyang Saber.
• Mu Yun found Yu Jing and An Qingluo holding An Ran’s corpse in the ruins, but An Qingluo refused to leave her sister.

Chen Nian and An Qingluo survived the out-of-control Laevateinn and defeated Gao Yue, while An Ran’s soul became the sword’s spirit. With the Calamity forces destroyed, Chen Nian and An Qingluo mourned and remembered the days they had shared with An Ran.

• Gao Yue wielded the Devil May Cry Greatsword and battered Chen Nian with sword energy, while An Qingluo restored Laevateinn and unleashed demonic flames that consumed the ruins.
• Chen Nian entered the flames to reach An Qingluo, and Rika’s protective talisman shielded them as the flames withdrew into Laevateinn.
• An Qingluo took up the completed Laevateinn and sensed that An Ran’s soul had become its sword spirit.
• Chen Nian trapped Gao Yue in his golden Cage, and An Qingluo killed him with Laevateinn as its flames consumed him and the Origin Demon God's demonic core.
• An Qingluo burned away the remaining Calamity troops, then thanked Chen Nian for helping her share three days of memories with An Ran.

After returning from the battle, Chen Nian and his companions reported their success, and the academy learned how he had helped defeat Gao Yue. Chen Nian then spent his Performance Points to advance to Tier Six and upgrade his abilities.

• Mo Fu failed to divine the identity of the person protected by the World Tree Consciousness and wondered why it intervened for a single human.
• Chen Nian, An Qingluo, Mu Yun, and Yu Jing regrouped, planned their return, and later traveled back to the academy.
• The four completed their mission report, prompting a flood of reactions on the academy forum about Gao Yue, An Qingluo's sister, and Chen Nian's role in the battle.
• An Qingluo acknowledged that Chen Nian treated her well but said she would not come between him and his girlfriend, while Tang Rou's colleagues bit into exploding fruit Chen Nian had brought back.
• Instructor Liu kissed Instructor Miao after she teased him, and the director and dean discussed Chen Nian's unusual connection to the World Tree Consciousness.
• Chen Nian spent 10 Performance Points to reach Tier Six, then used his remaining points to upgrade the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art and Mandate of Heaven.

An Qingluo took Chen Nian to Moonlight Lake, where she secretly kissed him before denying it and storming off. Chen Nian later planned his travels while students reacted to An Qingluo and Chen Nian being seen together.

• After redeeming his rewards, Chen Nian left the consciousness space, and An Qingluo called him back.
• An Qingluo bought tickets and brought Chen Nian to Moonlight Lake, claiming she wanted to show him a place to take girls.
• An Qingluo kissed Chen Nian on the cheek, denied it, then bit him after he threatened to expose her on the academy forum.
• An Qingluo returned to her dorm, where her roommate teased her about visiting Moonlight Lake with Chen Nian.
• Chen Nian planned to return to Blue Star and later visit Senior Mu's world, while he and An Qingluo advanced to the academy's advanced division.
• A forum user claimed An Qingluo had gone to Moonlight Lake with Chen Nian, and Chen Nian privately savored the memory of her kiss.

Chen Nian was chosen to guard the final stage of a survival competition against the academy’s new students. As the contest began, newcomer Lin Xiaomeng targeted him as her next contract-bound “dog.”

• Hao Jin told Chen Nian about the academy’s planned competition, and Instructor Liu confirmed that Chen Nian had been selected as one of three returning students.
• Instructor Liu explained that ten new students could form teams while the returning students had to fight alone, and Chen Nian would guard the final stage.
• Lin Xiaomeng used her contract ability to bind a senior student, then learned that Chen Nian was the strongest returning student and decided to target him.
• The next day, the students and instructors gathered to watch the competition’s livestream as the showdown on the deserted training island was about to begin.

During the academy’s deserted-island contest, Lin Xiaomeng tried to manipulate Chen Nian into signing her contract, but he rejected her and sent her flying from the cave. The contest continued with Chen Nian still guarding the final stage, while Lin Xiaomeng accused him of touching her and denying it.

• Chu Yan attacked fellow new student Sun Shi and eliminated him, then continued alone in search of the senior students.
• Several new students were eliminated, while Lin Xiaomeng passed a three-person team fighting a Tier Six senior without helping them.
• Lin Xiaomeng reached Chen Nian’s cave and pretended to be injured, but Chen Nian ignored her until she approached him.
• Chen Nian let Lin Xiaomeng rest in the cave and massaged her legs while she attempted to cast a contract spell on him.
• Chen Nian struck Lin Xiaomeng with a repulsive force that sent her out of the cave, and she angrily accused him of touching her before denying it.

Chen Nian refused Lin Xiaomeng’s contract and made her massage him in the cave while she tried to win his favor. Elsewhere, Chu Yan defeated a senior student with overwhelming force and continued onward, leaving Lin Xiaomeng to propose a game to Chen Nian.

• Chen Nian sent Lin Xiaomeng flying, refused to sign her contract, and invited her back into the cave after she pretended she only wanted to be friends.
• Three freshmen teamed up to defeat a senior, while two other freshmen were nearly forced to surrender before Chu Yan struck their senior from behind.
• Chu Yan changed his runes, defeated the senior, and rejected the two freshmen who offered to join him.
• Lin Xiaomeng massaged Chen Nian as he rested on her lap, but he called her a massage therapist rather than a romantic interest.
• Lin Xiaomeng proposed a game in which Chen Nian would close his eyes for ten seconds in exchange for a kiss, and Chen Nian agreed.

Chen Nian foiled Lin Xiaomeng’s attempt to make him sign a contract, then faced seven freshmen at the cave entrance. After easily handling their attacks, he prepared to meet Chu Yan’s renewed charge with a powerful technique.

• Lin Xiaomeng tried to press Chen Nian’s handprint onto a contract, but he grabbed her chest instead and later sent her flying out of the cave with repulsion.
• Seven freshmen gathered outside, where Chu Yan stopped them from attacking Chen Nian and challenged him alone.
• Chen Nian’s domain made Chu Yan impossibly heavy and slammed him into a crater before Chen Nian blasted him away with a palm strike.
• The freshmen attacked Chen Nian together, but he casually countered their moves and flicked Lin Xiaomeng’s forehead, sending her flying.
• Chu Yan rose and charged Chen Nian with his Sea-Overturning Azure Dragon rune, and Chen Nian gathered golden light into his fist for Dragons Battle in the Wilds.

Chen Nian defeated Chu Yan in the freshman-senior training match, and the academy expelled Chu Yan for failing its assessment. The next day, Lin Xiaomeng tried to get closer to Chen Nian by bringing him lunch, then waited near his dorm to see how he would react.

• Chen Nian crushed Chu Yan's Azure Dragon attack with a golden dragon punch, leaving Chu Yan badly injured and ending the training match as the other freshmen surrendered.
• The instructors discussed Chen Nian's conduct, and Director Ma assigned mentors to the new students while leaving Chu Yan until last.
• Director Ma told Chu Yan that he had failed the assessment and would have his memories erased; Chu Yan protested as he was taken away.
• Lin Xiaomeng invited Chen Nian to lunch, but he told her to buy him shredded pork and green pepper fried rice and leave it in his dorm's delivery locker.
• Lin Xiaomeng got a male senior to pay for two portions, then told him the food was for Chen Nian and left it at Chen Nian's dorm.
• Lin Xiaomeng notified Chen Nian that she had left him two portions and hid nearby, waiting for him to come collect them.

Chen Nian met An Qingluo for a meal, where Lin Xiaomeng confronted him and An Qingluo used a lie detector to expose their claims. An Qingluo left after the device revealed her secret kiss and nearly forced her to answer whether she liked Chen Nian, while Lin Xiaomeng added him as a friend.

• Lin Xiaomeng followed Chen Nian to the cafeteria's third floor and found him eating with An Qingluo.
• Lin Xiaomeng accused Chen Nian of touching her legs, and An Qingluo activated a lie detector that called Chen Nian's answers lies.
• Chen Nian turned the device on Lin Xiaomeng, whose claim that she had no ulterior motives was also exposed as a lie.
• Chen Nian asked An Qingluo whether she had secretly kissed him at Moonlight Lake, and the lie detector revealed that her denial was false.
• An Qingluo destroyed the lie detector and hurried away when Chen Nian asked whether she liked him.
• Lin Xiaomeng added Chen Nian as a friend, and Chen Nian saved her contact as "Clown."

Chen Nian rebuffed Lin Xiaomeng’s attempts to get him alone, then prepared to travel home with Tang Rou while Mu Yun returned to his world. The chapter ended with Chen Nian promising to visit Mu Yun at the Grand Profound Holy Land.

• Lin Xiaomeng used a movie ticket to get Hao Jin out of the dormitory, then invited Chen Nian to a movie, but he called An Qingluo and invited her instead.
• Lin Xiaomeng tried to guilt Chen Nian into changing his mind, but he told her that Senior An liked sitting in the back.
• When the train departed, Chen Nian planned to take Tang Rou home, while Mu Yun prepared to return to his own world.
• Chen Nian promised to visit Mu Yun at the Grand Profound Holy Land and joked that everyone there should know his name.

Chen Nian spent his month back visiting the women in his life, then reunited with Ye Hongling for his final night before leaving for Mu Yun’s fantasy world. After a dice game turned flirtatious, Ye Hongling put the game aside and drew him into a night together.

• Chen Nian visited his lady friends during his month back and made Ye Hongling his final stop.
• Ye Hongling picked Chen Nian up in her Ferrari and drove him to her suburban villa, where Xiao Zhu greeted him and called him a scumbag.
• Ye Hongling changed into a white shirt, a skirt, and black stockings, then challenged Chen Nian to a dice game.
• Chen Nian lost the first round and touched Ye Hongling’s stockinged legs, then lost another round and followed her demand to undress.
• Chen Nian won a later round and asked Ye Hongling to undo a shirt button, but she ended the game and invited him to play with her instead.

Chen Nian took Xiao Zhu with him to seek a fiery place where she could break through into a divine beast as he traveled to Mu Yun's world. At the Grand Profound Holy Land, Mu Yun returned and learned that his younger sister Mu Qingxuan had been told the news.

• Ye Hongling explained that Xiao Zhu had reached an evolutionary bottleneck and needed abundant fire energy, then entrusted her to Chen Nian for the journey.
• Chen Nian set rules for Xiao Zhu and boarded the monthly World Tree Train bound for World D-56.
• Mu Yun returned to the Grand Profound Holy Land, where disciples and elders gathered around him and he answered their questions cryptically.
• A disciple interrupted Mu Qingxuan's sword practice to announce Mu Yun's return, and she eagerly reacted to the news.

Mu Yun told Mu Qingxuan about the impressive Chen Nian, while Mo Fu sent a weak Demon General to the Nine Provinces Continent with a Demon God Core. Chen Nian arrived there, but his technique failed, and he crashed into the ground while trying to rescue a young woman.

• Mu Yun reunited with Mu Qingxuan and told her that Chen Nian was strong and had qualities even he could learn from.
• Mu Yun warned Mu Qingxuan to keep her legs covered around Chen Nian because he was good at feeling them up.
• Mo Fu ordered a weak Demon General to carry an ownerless Demon God Core to the upper world and give it to someone to stir up chaos.
• Chen Nian arrived safely on the Nine Provinces Continent and let Xiao Zhu fly free while he set out to find the Grand Profound Holy Land.
• Chen Nian heard a young woman being chased by two men and leaped down to rescue her, but his Illusory Space Technique failed and he crashed into a crater.

Chen Nian rescued Yue Xiaomeng from Rakshasa Sect attackers, then learned she belonged to the Azure Profound Sect. After deciding that learning cultivation might help him overcome the suppression on his power, he agreed to go with Yue Xiaomeng instead of immediately searching for Mu Yun.

• Yue Xiaomeng fled Rakshasa Sect members until Chen Nian appeared and offered to save her.
• The attackers struck Chen Nian, but their weapons and palm strike could not harm him, and he knocked one man through a tree.
• Chen Nian ordered Xiao Zhu to burn the fleeing attacker with Vermilion Bird Divine Fire.
• Yue Xiaomeng offered to repay Chen Nian and misunderstood Xiao Zhu's words, while Chen Nian asked her about Mu Yun.
• Yue Xiaomeng doubted that Chen Nian was Mu Yun's friend and invited him to the Azure Profound Sect to repay him.
• Chen Nian decided that learning this world's cultivation methods might restore his strength and agreed to accompany Yue Xiaomeng.

Chen Nian joined the Azure Profound Sect to learn cultivation and discovered that cycling Profound Qi restored some of his suppressed power. After showing remarkable talent, he went with the sect members to face the Rakshasa Sect, which had arrived demanding answers for its disciples’ deaths.

• Yue Xiaomeng brought Chen Nian to the Azure Profound Sect, where Gao Yi welcomed him after hearing that he had saved her from the Rakshasa Sect.
• Chen Nian agreed to join the sect so he could learn to cultivate, and Yue Xiaomeng completed his discipleship ceremony with the sect leader.
• Chen Nian learned the Mystic Qi Breathing method and drew in Profound Qi within ten minutes, recovering a small portion of his Transcendent power as he circulated it.
• Yue Xiaomeng discovered that Chen Nian had cultivated Profound Qi in two hours, astonishing the Azure Profound Sect disciples at dinner.
• The Rakshasa Sect shouted at the gates, demanding that the Azure Profound Sect answer for its disciples’ deaths, and the sect leader led everyone out to confront them.

Chen Nian defeated the Rakshasa Sect attackers and Elder Gui You, then agreed to travel with Azure Profound Sect members toward the Grand Profound Holy Land, stopping in Luoyang City. Meanwhile, Mu Qingxuan also headed for Luoyang, where she hoped to shop and buy novels, while Jin Shu asked her to tell someone she planned to marry in spring.

• The Rakshasa Sect confronted the Azure Profound Sect over two disciples Chen Nian had killed, and Elder Gui You wounded the sect master with a single strike.
• Chen Nian revealed his power by killing two attackers with Word Spirit: Wind-Gathering Cannon, then killed Gui You with Flame Explosion and a punch; Xiao Zhu burned the fleeing Rakshasa Sect members.
• The Azure Profound Sect members mistook Xiao Zhu for a divine beast and decided to travel with Chen Nian to the Grand Profound Holy Land after the Rakshasa Sect's defeat.
• Chen Nian agreed to stop in Luoyang City after a senior brother mentioned its brothels, and seven travelers set off the next morning.
• Mu Yun refused to accompany Mu Qingxuan to Luoyang City because he was preparing for the Mount Cang Sword Competition between the Four Great Holy Lands.
• Mu Qingxuan visited Jin Shu, who refused to leave the mountain and asked her to tell someone she would marry in the balmy third month of spring, then flew toward Luoyang City to shop for novels.

The Azure Profound Sect arrived in Luoyang City, where Chen Nian heard the tale of Mu Qiufeng and learned about the Mount Cang Sword Competition. Meanwhile, the wounded Jun Moxie was offered a demonic core in exchange for pledging himself to Calamity, and Mu Qingxuan entered the city disguised as a middle-aged woman.

• The Azure Profound Sect entered Luoyang City, and a storyteller recounted how Mu Qiufeng defeated Jun Moxie and later died in battle.
• Chen Nian learned that the Mount Cang Sword Competition was a contest among the Four Great Holy Lands and agreed to meet a senior brother that night.
• Jun Moxie, still weakened by Mu Qiufeng's sword wound, heard that a visitor could heal him and summoned the visitor.
• The visitor offered Jun Moxie an Origin Demon God Core and said he must pledge allegiance to Calamity and endure the Triple Imprint to absorb it.
• Mu Qingxuan used a Disguise Ring to change her appearance into that of a middle-aged woman before entering Luoyang City.

Chen Nian’s bird led him to Mu Qingxuan, whom he mistook for an older woman, while Mu Qingxuan later visited her former senior brother Bo Yi and told him that Jin Shu planned to marry in the spring. Bo Yi hid his heartbreak behind a smile, and Mu Qingxuan left uncertain whether she would ever fall in love herself.

• Xiao Zhu flew to Mu Qingxuan, and Chen Nian approached her before calling her an auntie and taking his bird back.
• Mu Qingxuan asked Chen Nian to buy her the latest issue of Storybook Jianghu, but he left, and the shop soon sold out before she reached the counter.
• Mu Qingxuan went to Luoyang’s outskirts and revealed her identity to Bo Yi, her former senior brother.
• Mu Qingxuan told Bo Yi that Jin Shu planned to marry in the third month of spring, and Bo Yi pretended to be pleased while saying he was not worthy of her.
• Bo Yi told Mu Qingxuan that she would understand love if she ever found someone she liked, and she wondered whether she ever would.

Chen Nian went with his senior brothers to Snow Moon Pavilion, where he used bluffs and a display of teleportation to outshine Lin Feiyu and gain an invitation from courtesan queen Ji Ya. Ji Ya believed Chen Nian was a powerful holy land prodigy and decided to cultivate his support for her bid to become the Heavenly Maiden Sect’s Holy Maiden.

• Chen Nian and his three senior brothers secretly visited Snow Moon Pavilion and learned that its courtesan queen, Ji Ya, befriended only people with exceptional talents.
• The group ran into their master leaving a courtyard, and he made them promise not to tell their junior sisters before they went to the Heavenly Fragrance Courtyard.
• Ji Ya appeared and invited guests to demonstrate their abilities, but she ignored the performers until Lin Feiyu arrived and drove off two men with his Profound Qi.
• Chen Nian challenged Lin Feiyu, implied he was a formidable prodigy attending the Cangshan Sword Debate, and claimed that only Mu Yun was worthy of facing him.
• Chen Nian teleported to Ji Ya’s pavilion, persuading her that he was a powerful holy land prodigy, and she invited him inside.
• Ji Ya tested Chen Nian with mind-bewitching tea, but the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire neutralized it, leading her to consider him a promising ally in her bid to become the Heavenly Maiden Sect’s Holy Maiden.

Chen Nian spent the night with Ji Ya at the Snow Moon Pavilion after she tried to win him over, then revealed he was not from one of the Four Great Holy Lands. He escaped her anger and returned to the inn with his senior brothers, where Yue Xiaomeng noticed their orange scent.

• Chen Nian shared wine and music with Ji Ya while hiding his background and making advances toward her.
• Ji Ya tried to secure Chen Nian's support by seducing him, and they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Ji Ya demanded to know which Holy Land Chen Nian came from, but he denied ever claiming to belong to one.
• Ji Ya threatened Chen Nian with a silver needle, but he teleported outside and escaped while promising he could still help her become Holy Maiden.
• Chen Nian met his senior brothers, and they bought oranges to mask the scent of women's perfume on their clothes.
• Yue Xiaomeng encountered the group at the inn and questioned why they all smelled like oranges, while their master confirmed he had sent them to buy fruit.

Mu Qingxuan left Luoyang and visited a nameless grave and a hidden cold pool where she suppressed the Three Yang True Fire inside her. After fleeing Ji Ya, Chen Nian followed Xiao Zhu into the cave and discovered Mu Qingxuan bathing there, leaving him hiding nearby.

• Mu Qingxuan finished her shopping in Luoyang and left the city, while Xiao Zhu visited her and Chen Nian slept at an inn.
• Ji Ya broke into Chen Nian's room to kill him, but he dodged her attack and fled the inn to avoid exposing their past encounter.
• Mu Qingxuan left flowers at a nameless grave on her master's instructions, then entered a concealed cave to bathe in its cold pool and suppress her Three Yang True Fire.
• Chen Nian escaped Ji Ya and followed Xiao Zhu to the cave, where he used Word Spirit, Origin-Destroying World to erase its sealing spell.
• Chen Nian entered the cave and saw Mu Qingxuan bathing in the pool, then hid behind a rock wall.