Recaps

Chu Tiannan talked with Alita beneath the stars above Five Emperors City and learned that her Mechanical Angel Clan core let her grow stronger without cultivation. He offered her wine and appealed to their shared Earth hometown, leaving Alita to accept a toast and discover that she liked the drink.

• Chu Tiannan noticed that the starry sky above Five Emperors City looked unusual before Alita came to the railing beside him.
• Alita explained that she could not cultivate in seclusion, but her Mechanical Angel Clan core sustained her growth.
• Alita said her core had once saved someone and harmed someone, and Chu Tiannan offered her wine without pressing her to explain.
• Chu Tiannan reminded Alita that they were both from Earth and raised his bottle to their shared hometown.
• Alita clinked bottles with Chu Tiannan, took a sip, and said the wine tasted good.

Chu Tiannan shared the story of his life on Earth with Alita, from growing up as an orphan to meeting Luo'er during a Demon Beast invasion. He continued recounting how he and his companions became powerful and how he learned about his origins, leaving Alita listening closely.

• Alita tasted Chu Tiannan's Finest Elven Brew and asked if he had a story to tell.
• Chu Tiannan said he would share his story if Alita promised him something, but she did not agree to his condition.
• Chu Tiannan recalled being an orphan who trained to become a Martial Artist before Demon Beasts invaded his base city.
• Chu Tiannan told Alita that he had saved Luo'er, who then wanted to kill him so thoughts of him would not distract her cultivation.
• Chu Tiannan described how he and his companions eventually reached the twelfth stage of the Bachelor Realm and how he learned about his origins.

Chu Tiannan told Alita that he had killed the Demon King but failed to save his parents and companions, and that he wanted to grow strong enough to resurrect them and protect those around him. Alita stopped him from drinking more and reminded him that Luo'er should not see him so dispirited.

• Chu Tiannan recounted how he killed the Demon King during the Human Purge Plan but failed to save his parents and companions.
• Chu Tiannan said he wanted to become strong enough to resurrect the dead and protect everyone he cared about.
• Chu Tiannan admitted that he had set aside his plans to return to the Origin World until he had settled his responsibilities here.
• Alita asked whether Chu Tiannan wanted to grow stronger to resurrect his family and friends, and he affirmed that he wanted to shield those he cared about from danger.
• Alita knocked away Chu Tiannan's wine bottle and reminded him that Luo'er should not see him dispirited.
• Chu Tiannan dispelled the alcohol and challenged Alita's description of him, making her laugh.

Chu Tiannan learned that Alita had lost the people closest to her and regretted being unable to save them. They encouraged each other to grow strong enough to revive their lost loved ones, leaving with a promise to help one another.

• Chu Tiannan complimented Alita's smile and asked why she seemed so detached.
• Alita said she would give up her power to have the people closest to her back, then blamed herself for their loss.
• Alita drank Chu Tiannan's liquor, choked, and cried as she told him she had gained power but failed to save those she loved.
• Chu Tiannan consoled Alita and urged her to become a Cosmic Throne so she could revive them.
• Alita agreed to work toward that goal, bumped fists with Chu Tiannan, and promised she could help bring him back too.

Chu Tiannan asked Alita about the unusual force behind her close-combat style, hoping to learn how she fought. Alita revealed it was the Angel Mecha Technique and offered to teach him a more powerful version.

• Alita said she trusted Chu Tiannan and Luo'er as friends, then remarked that Chu Tiannan could not yet unleash his full strength.
• Chu Tiannan explained that he had found a way forward but had not yet figured out how to use his power fully.
• Chu Tiannan asked Alita about the force in her punches and the strength of her blade strikes.
• Alita identified her fighting style as the Angel Mecha Technique and offered to teach Chu Tiannan a purer, more powerful version.

Alita tested whether Chu Tiannan’s body could withstand the Angel Mecha Technique by striking him with a hidden force that ravaged his internal pathways. After Chu Tiannan recovered, he accepted that he could learn the technique but warned Alita never to use it on Luo'er.

• Alita explained that she was the last member of the Mechanical Angel Clan and agreed to teach Chu Tiannan the Angel Mecha Technique after testing his body.
• Alita punched Chu Tiannan and told him not to dodge or defend.
• The punch’s hidden force wreaked havoc inside Chu Tiannan, sending him crashing into a railing despite his efforts to suppress it with chaos current.
• Alita examined Chu Tiannan and judged that his strong body and rapid recovery would let him learn the technique, noting that her blow had reached Cosmic Venerable-level strength.
• Chu Tiannan’s fighting spirit rose, and he told Alita never to use the Angel Mecha Technique on Luo'er.

Alita trained Chu Tiannan to compress the soul will in his arm before striking, while telling him that Luo'er was far stronger than he imagined. The chapter ended with Chu Tiannan unleashing the compressed will in a powerful punch into the starry sky.

• Chu Tiannan warned Alita never to use the Angel Mecha Technique on Luo'er, but Alita laughed and said Luo'er was much stronger than he thought.
• Alita said she could at best draw with Luo'er or destroy them both, and that Luo'er's Luo God Law was more complicated than it appeared.
• Alita began training Chu Tiannan to channel soul will into his arm and compress it instead of immediately throwing a full-force punch.
• Chu Tiannan compressed the soul will in his right arm until Alita told him to punch.
• Chu Tiannan struck, sending a powerful surge of soul will roaring into the starry sky.

Chu Tiannan successfully used soul will to shatter the clouds above Five Emperors City with a single punch, then Alita challenged him to a hands-on spar. The chapter ended with her charging him and sending him skidding backward with a powerful punch.

• Chu Tiannan released his soul will in a punch that shattered the clouds above Five Emperors City.
• The Five Emperors City Lord noticed Chu Tiannan and Alita exploiting a loophole and smiled.
• Alita praised Chu Tiannan for grasping the technique on his first attempt.
• Alita proposed a spar with no weapons, then charged Chu Tiannan.
• Chu Tiannan braced with his arms, but Alita's punch sent him skidding backward.

Chu Tiannan spent a hundred years training against the Chaos Lord, trying to overcome the Chaos Sword Array. He reached the array’s core by switching to soul will, but the chapter ended as he and the Chaos Lord struck at each other again.

• The Chaos Lord rebuked Chu Tiannan for combining Chaos Sin with the Chaos Sword Array and explained that he needed to destroy the core or comprehend chaos’s first profound mystery.
• Chu Tiannan charged again, using a hundred years of experience to deflect the Chaos Lord’s attack and reach the center of the array.
• Chu Tiannan withdrew his chaos currents and star god will, then used compressed soul will to destroy the incoming sword light and advance toward the core.
• The Chaos Lord teleported in front of Chu Tiannan and attacked, while Chu Tiannan answered with a sword strike that gave off no aura fluctuations.

Chu Tiannan used the Angel Mecha Technique to surprise the Chaos Lord and reached the Chaos Sword Array's core, but his strongest attacks failed to damage it. The Chaos Lord warned that shortcuts would never break the core and struck at Chu Tiannan, who could no longer evade.

• The Chaos Lord rebuked Chu Tiannan for attacking without releasing aura, but Chu Tiannan insisted he wanted to win and struck with a burst of willpower.
• Chu Tiannan's sword technique sent the Chaos Lord flying and revealed the Angel Mecha Technique's strength in close combat.
• Chu Tiannan struck the array core, but it remained undamaged and its counterattack made him spit blood.
• Chu Tiannan tried again, dodged the Chaos Lord's first teleporting attack, and landed another strike that still failed to affect the core.
• The Chaos Lord said shortcuts would never break the array core, teleported beside Chu Tiannan, and struck when he could no longer dodge.

The Chaos Lord struck at Chu Tiannan to punish his unorthodox fighting, but a golden barrier appeared and blocked the blow. Chaos Sin then recognized Chu Tiannan as its master and attacked the Chaos Lord, who held back his full power to avoid killing his student and noticed something in the distance.

• The Chaos Lord rejected Chu Tiannan’s defense of his combat techniques and swung his Chaos Sword at him.
• A golden light screen formed behind Chu Tiannan and stopped the Chaos Lord’s attack, pulsing with power that he could not control.
• Over a hundred golden Chaos Sin weapons appeared and attacked the Chaos Lord to protect Chu Tiannan.
• The Chaos Lord realized Chaos Sin had chosen Chu Tiannan as its master and fought it off without fully unsealing his power.
• The Chaos Lord spotted something far ahead and looked toward it in surprise.

Chu Tiannan formed a soul clone with its own will, and the two discovered they could switch control through their connection. The Chaos Lord then asked whether the clone could return to Chu Tiannan’s body.

• The Chaos Lord noticed a second Chu Tiannan standing in the Chaos Starry Sky, surrounded by the Chaos Sins.
• The new Chu Tiannan announced that he had succeeded and explained that he was a clone split from Chu Tiannan’s soul.
• Chu Tiannan tested their connection and confirmed that he could switch control with the clone.
• The clone told Chu Tiannan that he had split off to avoid dying alongside him, then greeted the Chaos Lord as his teacher.
• The Chaos Lord withdrew the Chaos Sword Array and asked whether the clone could return to Chu Tiannan’s body.

Chu Tiannan merged with his clone and regained the ability to wield the Chaos Sword and Chaos Sin, emerging stronger than before. The Chaos Lord warned him to protect his soul, then left him to consolidate his gains in the accelerated world before his remaining twenty outside-world days ran out.

• The Chaos Lord asked whether Chu Tiannan could return to his disciple's body, and the clone merged with Chu Tiannan.
• Chu Tiannan confirmed that his consciousness felt normal and that he was stronger, while the Chaos Lord examined him and healed his injuries.
• The Chaos Lord warned Chu Tiannan not to let his mind or soul become clouded and said even the Five Emperors City Lord could not save him if his soul went wrong.
• The Chaos Lord told Chu Tiannan that he had twenty days in the outside world to consolidate his strength, then entered seclusion until Chu Tiannan became a Cosmic Venerable.
• Chu Tiannan sat down to meditate in the Chaos Starry Sky and hoped to break through to the king-granted level.

Chu Tiannan continued training in the Angel Mecha Technique by battling Alita on the rooftop of the Enraptured Heart Pavilion, improving rapidly over four fights. As the two fighters vanished and reappeared to clash fists, Chu Tiannan’s training was still underway.

• Chu Tiannan and Alita fought their fourth battle after spending twenty days training through their previous encounters.
• Alita recognized that Chu Tiannan had begun to grasp the Angel Mecha Technique and was improving unusually quickly.
• Chu Tiannan pressed Alita with attacks powered by compressed soul willpower, while she evaded and countered without holding back.
• Chu Tiannan’s aura surged as he gained another improvement, and he charged at Alita with a punch.
• Alita met Chu Tiannan’s attack, and their fists collided after both used Teleportation.

Chu Tiannan and Alita fought a brutal, close-range battle in the virtual world, each losing limbs before Chu Tiannan disappeared. Alita knew her victory was not final when he returned in a pillar of light.

• Chu Tiannan and Alita collided head-on, unleashing the full force of their attacks above the rooftop terrace.
• Chu Tiannan struck Alita's shoulder and shattered her left arm, while Alita smashed his right shoulder in return.
• Alita clamped around Chu Tiannan's waist and slammed him into the ground, shattering his legs.
• Chu Tiannan thanked Alita for helping him understand Mecha Arts before his body dissolved into starlight.
• Alita's injuries healed as the virtual world restored the rooftop terrace, and Chu Tiannan reappeared from a pillar of light.

After returning from the real world, Chu Tiannan had advanced to Lower King-Conferring Star God, surprising Alita. He reflected on his new power and the cultivation that brought him there.

• Chu Tiannan returned from the real world as a Lower King-Conferring Star God, and Alita noticed how much his Star God Will had changed.
• Alita warned Chu Tiannan not to risk his life again and threatened to tell Luo'er about his recklessness.
• Chu Tiannan offered Alita a favor, but she punched him and left, declaring that he owed her one.
• Chu Tiannan tested his stronger power and recalled that he had reached 1,086-fold Star God Force Multiplier amplification after two hundred years of cultivation in the accelerated world.
• Devour Dog watched Chu Tiannan study the Star God Force Multiplier Amplification Art and reflected that the will of the Chaos Clan had been passed on.

After spending nearly five hundred years studying the Chaos Universe Stele, Chu Tiannan left with a Star God Force Multiplier of 2,000 times and planned to keep improving. He considered which Cosmic Stele to study next and settled his attention on the Five Emperors Cosmic Stele.

• Chu Tiannan left the Chaos Universe Stele after thanking his teacher and promising to return when he became a Cosmic Venerable.
• Chu Tiannan reflected on how his nearly five hundred years of study had raised his Star God Force Multiplier to exactly 2,000 times.
• Chu Tiannan resolved to pursue a perfect foundation and continued studying the Star God Force Multiplier Amplification Art, relying on his ability to survive repeated deaths.
• Chu Tiannan noticed the Battle Emperor Cosmic Stele but considered how his Star God level would need to keep pace with his soul will.
• Chu Tiannan found three Cosmic Steles suited to him and walked toward the Five Emperors Cosmic Stele.

Chu Tiannan entered the Five Emperors Cosmic Stele after discovering that its entrance required a pure heart, while the City Lord watched with interest. The chapter left Chu Tiannan inside the stele, unaware that anything was amiss.

• Chu Tiannan was overwhelmed by the Five Emperors Cosmic Stele’s will and saw a vision of corpses and blood.
• Chu Tiannan read that only someone with a truly pure heart could open the stele’s door and resolved to obtain the Five Emperors City Lord’s power.
• The door opened as Chu Tiannan touched it, and he sent his Controller Clone to wait at the Enraptured Heart Pavilion.
• Chu Tiannan entered the Five Emperors Cosmic Stele in his original body, while a red-robed man at the City Lord’s Manor watched and expressed interest in his choices.

Chu Tiannan explored his new soul abilities in Five Emperors City and entered the Five Emperors Cosmic Stele, where he met the Five Emperors City Lord. The City Lord revealed that there was more than one of him and identified himself as the Flame Emperor, who was in charge of punishment.

• Chu Tiannan split off a part of his soul to appear in the real world and discovered that his soul will gave him heightened perception.
• Chu Tiannan sensed the many Cosmic Venerables in Five Emperors City and realized he still had a long way to go before developing his Divine Kingdom into a Cosmic Kingdom.
• Chu Tiannan wandered through the Five Emperors Cosmic Stele and approached a figure in purple and gold robes.
• The figure said he had thought the Chaos Clan was annihilated but now saw hope after three million epochs.
• Chu Tiannan greeted the Five Emperors City Lord, who revealed that there was more than one Five Emperors City Lord and identified himself as the Flame Emperor.

The Purple Emperor revealed his connection to the Chaos Lord and explained why he wanted Chu Tiannan as his student. Chu Tiannan was left to accept the Purple Emperor as his Teacher.

• Chu Tiannan guessed that the Flame Emperor was overseeing Five Emperors City, and the Purple Emperor explained that the Five Emperors City Lord was not simply one person.
• The Purple Emperor introduced himself as the Five Emperors City Lord who protected the city and as the foremost authority of the Virtual World Group.
• The Purple Emperor told Chu Tiannan, a descendant of the Chaos Clan, to call him Teacher.
• The Purple Emperor explained that the Chaos Lord had been his comrade and the Flame Emperor's student, and that he had defeated the Chaos Lord in a past fight.
• The Purple Emperor said he would take Chu Tiannan as his student because the Chaos Lord had never called him Teacher.

Chu Tiannan accepted the Purple Emperor as his teacher and learned that his Cosmic Stele access would be greatly extended as his Cosmic Level improved. The Purple Emperor then gave him the growth-type Supreme Treasure called the Thousand Star River.

• Chu Tiannan recognized that the Purple Emperor was the Five Emperors City Lord and asked whether he had been comrades-in-arms with the Chaos Lord.
• The Purple Emperor invited Chu Tiannan to become his student, and Chu Tiannan accepted.
• The Purple Emperor promised Chu Tiannan greater Cosmic Stele access and said repairs to his Chaos Armor were being prioritized.
• The Purple Emperor summoned a golden river of stars and revealed that it was the growth-type Supreme Treasure called the Thousand Star River.

The Purple Emperor gave Chu Tiannan the growth-type Supreme Treasure Thousand Star River and explained that it could grow stronger by embedding other treasures in its 1,001 empty slots. He then opened five mysterious doors for Chu Tiannan to choose from, emphasizing the importance of his first hundred thousand years of cultivation.

• The Purple Emperor gave Chu Tiannan the Thousand Star River as a support treasure.
• Chu Tiannan sensed that the Thousand Star River was empty, and the Purple Emperor explained its 1,001 slots and how embedded treasures would strengthen it.
• The Purple Emperor advised Chu Tiannan to use treasures at least at the Supreme Treasure level, dismissing the Floating Dragon Seal as too weak.
• The Purple Emperor warned Chu Tiannan that his first hundred thousand years of cultivation were profoundly significant.
• The Purple Emperor opened five doors in red, white, purple-gold, silver, and cyan before Chu Tiannan.

Chu Tiannan considered five cultivation paths offered by the Purple Emperor, but felt a strange resonance with the purple world and was drawn toward its gate. The Purple Emperor recognized that Chu Tiannan had made his choice and watched him with expectation.

• The Purple Emperor opened five gates leading to worlds of fire, ice, purple vitality, lightning, and hurricanes, and Chu Tiannan realized the Five Emperors City Lord had five powerful clones.
• The Purple Emperor told Chu Tiannan to choose a gate and explained that the training would improve his fundamentals without conflicting with his law attributes.
• Chu Tiannan compared the qualities of the five paths and felt an unusual resonance between the purple world and his Law of Chaos.
• Chu Tiannan became absorbed in a vision of the purple world until the Purple Emperor's shout brought him back to his senses.
• The Purple Emperor saw that Chu Tiannan kept looking at the purple gate and concluded that he had already chosen it.

Chu Tiannan entered the purple gate and discovered that the Purple Emperor wielded Mingdao’s power, which made his Chaos Current turn violent. He confronted his teacher about siding with the Underworld Clan, but the Purple Emperor left him facing the revelation that the revered Five Emperors City Lord possessed the same power.

• Chu Tiannan realized he had chosen the purple gate, and the Purple Emperor dismissed the other gates and invited him inside.
• Chu Tiannan entered the purple gate, where the opposing power made his Chaos Current surge violently.
• Chu Tiannan recognized the power as Mingdao’s, and the Purple Emperor calmed his Chaos Current with a raised hand.
• Chu Tiannan realized the Purple Emperor possessed a Mingdao-attribute clone and asked why.
• The Purple Emperor transformed the purple sky into a dark, starry sky, and Chu Tiannan accused him of siding with the Underworld Clan.

The Purple Emperor explained how he gained the Law of Mingdao and became the first human to create Clones. After Chu Tiannan revealed that the Underworld Clan had attacked him, the Purple Emperor promised to protect him in Five Emperors City.

• The Purple Emperor asked why Chu Tiannan believed he had joined the Underworld Clan, and Chu Tiannan said the clan had nearly killed him.
• The Purple Emperor reacted with killing intent when Chu Tiannan described the attack and named the Darkness Emperor, the Crimson Flame Emperor, and the Luo Ji Emperor as his rescuers.
• The Purple Emperor promised that no one in Five Emperors City, including the Underworld Clan, would harm Chu Tiannan.
• The Purple Emperor showed Chu Tiannan an image of his original form and explained that the Chaos Lord had given him the Law of Mingdao because he was the first human with the talent to create Clones.
• The Purple Emperor explained how the Chaos Lord's Clone became the Soul of Mingdao and how he absorbed half the Law of Mingdao's power to nurture the current Purple Emperor.
• Chu Tiannan understood how the Purple Emperor had come into being and apologized for doubting his teacher.