Recaps

After Luo'er left to cultivate in seclusion, Chu Tiannan resolved to grow strong enough to stand openly by her side. When Aode suggested he visit the Heaven's Will Pavilion, someone confined the space around Chu Tiannan, and he calmly watched parallel spacetime appear above him.

• Luo'er kissed Chu Tiannan, used Teleportation to leave, and told him not to contact her unless something happened while she cultivated in seclusion.
• Chu Tiannan reflected on Luo'er's burdens and decided to reach Cosmic Lord Level as quickly as possible so they could be together openly.
• Aode praised Chu Tiannan and suggested he visit the Heaven's Will Pavilion, while Chu Tiannan dismissed the idea of being the foremost genius before becoming truly strong.
• Chu Tiannan found that a special power had confined the space around him and calmly watched parallel spacetime appear overhead.

Luo Tianshen confronted Chu Tiannan in the Heaven Universe and tried to drive him away from Luo'er. Chu Tiannan refused to give her up despite being badly injured.

• Luo Tianshen appeared before Chu Tiannan and identified himself as Luo'er's father.
• Chu Tiannan greeted Luo Tianshen as his future father-in-law, but Luo Tianshen rejected the title and attacked him with the Luo God Law.
• Luo Tianshen blasted Chu Tiannan into the ground, leaving him injured and coughing blood.
• Luo Tianshen said he had come to make Chu Tiannan back down and leave Luo'er.
• Chu Tiannan told Luo Tianshen that he would not give up, no matter what.

Chu Tiannan resisted Luo Tianshen’s demand that he leave his daughter, even as the Cosmic Lord overwhelmed him with his Luo God Domain. The Chaos Wings intervened, easing the pressure, but Chu Tiannan remained determined not to give up.

• Luo Tianshen threatened to kill Chu Tiannan on the Alien Battlefield, but Chu Tiannan said he would cultivate until he could withstand him.
• Luo Tianshen’s Luo God Domain crushed the ground beneath Chu Tiannan as Chu Tiannan’s soul will proved unable to bridge their gap in power.
• Luo Tianshen offered Chu Tiannan another chance to leave his daughter, saying he admired the young man’s talent.
• Chu Tiannan refused again, and the Chaos Wings tore through the Luo God Domain to relieve some of the pressure on him.

Luo Tianshen used his Cosmic Supreme-level Luo God Domain to crush Chu Tiannan, angered by the Chaos Wings on his back. Qingzhui arrived from the Virtual World Group, broke Luo Tianshen’s domain, and began healing Chu Tiannan.

• Luo Tianshen recognized Chu Tiannan’s Chaos Wings and unleashed a stronger Luo God Domain to suppress him.
• Chu Tiannan struggled under the domain’s pressure as Luo Tianshen mocked him and blocked his escape with spatial confinement.
• An azure pillar of light shattered Luo Tianshen’s domain and freed the surrounding space.
• Qingzhui emerged through a tear in spacetime, and Chu Tiannan recognized his second senior brother.
• Qingzhui healed Chu Tiannan and warned Luo Tianshen that he had no right to bully him.

Qingzhui warned Luo Tianshen that Chu Tiannan was his junior brother and had the Five Emperors City Lord and the Virtual World Group behind him. The confrontation ended with Luo Tianshen facing the consequences of attacking Chu Tiannan.

• Luo Tianshen challenged Qingzhui's right to protect Chu Tiannan, and Qingzhui explained that Chu Tiannan was his third junior brother.
• Luo Tianshen realized that Chu Tiannan might be protected by the Five Emperors City Lord and recalled the City's unmatched reputation and strength.
• Qingzhui invited Luo Tianshen to attack, warning that the Five Emperors City Lord could resurrect Chu Tiannan and that the Virtual World Group would retaliate.

After Luo Tianshen confronted Chu Tiannan, Qingzhui’s intervention and the Five Emperors City Lord’s backing drove him to leave. Qingzhui then brought Chu Tiannan inside to explain something important.

• Chu Tiannan reflected that the confrontation had shown him how far he still was from the Human Race’s strongest fighters, and resolved to reach the Cosmic Lord Level.
• Luo Tianshen warned Chu Tiannan not to harm Luo'er and threatened to ensure he could not be resurrected, then departed through a spacetime rift.
• Chu Tiannan wondered why Luo Tianshen thought he would hurt Luo'er, while Qingzhui explained the Lord’s concern about her transformation.
• Qingzhui grew serious and asked Chu Tiannan to go inside with him so they could discuss something important.

Chu Tiannan hosted Azure Heaven Lord Qingzhui and learned how little battle merits could buy, despite his large balance. Qingzhui began explaining why Luo Tianshen targeted Chu Tiannan, tracing the cause to the previous Chaos Lord.

• Aode served wine to Chu Tiannan and Qingzhui, then withdrew, awed that a Cosmic Lord had visited.
• Qingzhui praised the wine, and Chu Tiannan said it had cost only a few million battle merits.
• Qingzhui explained that battle merits were difficult to earn and that even he remained far short of affording a good Sacred Treasure.
• Chu Tiannan recalled seeing treasures priced far beyond his means, including a Cosmic Sea Battleship costing nine trillion battle merits.
• Qingzhui asked whether Chu Tiannan knew why Luo Tianshen hated him, then said it was because of the previous Chaos Lord.

Qingzhui explained how Chaos Lord defeated Luo Tianshen for a place on the first mixed Heavenly Ladder Team, revealing that Luo Tianshen’s resentment stemmed from his sister Phoenix Heaven Lord’s affection for Chaos Lord. He left Chu Tiannan with the revelation that Luo Tianshen had expelled Phoenix Heaven Lord from the Luo God Clan.

• Chu Tiannan asked Qingzhui whether Chaos Lord’s past had caused Luo Tianshen’s grievance against him.
• Qingzhui recounted how Chaos Lord and Luo Tianshen competed for the final place on the first mixed Heavenly Ladder Team.
• Chaos Lord and his Mingdao Clone defeated Luo Tianshen and secured the spot.
• Qingzhui revealed that Phoenix Heaven Lord, Luo Tianshen’s sister, had once admired Chaos Lord.
• Qingzhui told Chu Tiannan that Luo Tianshen had expelled Phoenix Heaven Lord from the Luo God Clan.

Qingzhui explained why Luo Tianshen had banished his younger sister, Phoenix Heaven Lord, and why Chu Tiannan’s relationship with Luo'er troubled him. After Luo'er entered seclusion, Chu Tiannan was urged to focus on cultivation and reach Cosmic Celestial Venerable within a million years, leaving him more determined to grow stronger.

• Qingzhui told Chu Tiannan that Phoenix Heaven Lord had been banished for abandoning the Luo God Law, then became Chaos Lord’s disciple and beloved.
• Qingzhui explained that Chaos Lord fell during the Heavenly War of Destruction and Phoenix Heaven Lord later disappeared, leaving Luo Tianshen unable to find his sister.
• Chu Tiannan understood why Luo Tianshen struggled to accept that he was Chaos Lord’s inheritor and had become involved with Luo'er.
• Qingzhui told Chu Tiannan that Luo'er was undergoing rapid breakthroughs in seclusion and warned him not to disturb her.
• Qingzhui relayed his teacher’s advice that Chu Tiannan cultivate first, take on clan missions, and reach Cosmic Celestial Venerable within a million years.
• Chu Tiannan watched Qingzhui leave through space and vowed to become an existence like his teacher.

Chu Tiannan took a newly listed supreme-level survival mission in Heavenly Phoenix Valley, seeking another challenge and possible hidden rewards. He left the Mission Temple with the trial ahead of him.

• Chu Tiannan returned to the Mission Temple to take more missions after completing over a hundred in the past ten thousand years.
• Chu Tiannan had reached a 9,999-fold Star God Force Multiplier, while the Crimson Flame Emperor had advanced to Cosmic Overlord Level and established the Crimson Flame Cosmic Kingdom.
• Chu Tiannan saw that Luo'er remained in seclusion and could not be reached through the virtual world.
• Chu Tiannan found the previously unseen Heavenly Phoenix Valley Trial, which required surviving there for a month and recommended at least Cosmic Venerable Greater Perfection.
• Chu Tiannan accepted the supreme-level mission, hoping for a challenge and hidden rewards for his Thousand Star River.

Chu Tiannan accepted the long-avoided Heavenly Phoenix Valley trial despite warnings about its danger, then traveled to Phoenix Star to begin the mission. The planet’s administrators welcomed him as a vast crowd of natives waited below.

• A staff member warned Chu Tiannan that the Heavenly Phoenix Valley trial had defeated even Cosmic Venerables, but Chu Tiannan kept his choice.
• Onlookers discussed Chu Tiannan’s strength and wondered why he had accepted the supreme-level mission.
• The staff member processed the mission and gave Chu Tiannan a device he could crush to summon a rescue.
• As Chu Tiannan studied the valley’s information, he felt an inexplicable and growing attraction to it.
• Chu Tiannan teleported to Phoenix Star, where its administrators greeted him and invited him to follow them.

Chu Tiannan entered the Heavenly Phoenix Valley Trial carrying a Highness Token that made him a target for Phoenix Star’s natives. As he vanished into the trial, an officiant reminded the waiting candidates that their purpose was to seek the Phoenix God’s recognition.

• Phoenix Star’s administrator explained that anyone who seized Chu Tiannan’s red Highness Token could enter the Virtual World Group for training, drawing greedy and envious attention from the natives.
• Chu Tiannan assessed the crowd and his combat strength, then decided he could not afford to face the many challengers head-on.
• The administrator opened the trial gates and told Chu Tiannan to survive; Chu Tiannan entered using Teleportation.
• The natives lamented that Chu Tiannan could Teleport, while an officiant urged them to complete the trial rather than hope to take his token.
• The chapter described how Phoenix Star’s people believed the Heavenly Phoenix Valley Trial could earn the Phoenix God’s recognition.

Chu Tiannan entered Heavenly Phoenix Valley and discovered that the violent currents stirred something within him. He waited for three local experts to approach, then greeted them and said he had questions for them.

• Chu Tiannan entered the core area of Heavenly Phoenix Valley and sensed an unsettling stirring within his body.
• Chu Tiannan asked Asila to scan the area and learned that several Invincible Emperor-level figures were approaching through other entrances.
• Three blue-robed figures searched for Chu Tiannan, whose signal had disappeared from their detector.
• The three found Chu Tiannan meditating as the violent currents flowed around him without disturbing him.
• Chu Tiannan opened his eyes and told the three he had something to ask them.

Chu Tiannan searched Heavenly Phoenix Valley for a way into its core, hoping to complete the hidden mission and obtain a Phoenix God Stone. After Feng Tuhuang attacked him, Chu Tiannan revealed his Cosmic Venerable power and trapped the three locals, leaving Feng Tuhuang answering his questions.

• Chu Tiannan asked the three locals how to enter Heavenly Phoenix Valley’s innermost core, where he hoped to find a Phoenix God Stone for the hidden mission.
• Feng Tuhuang mocked Chu Tiannan and attacked him with clubs, believing him to be only an Invincible Emperor.
• Chu Tiannan blocked the attack with a chaos vortex that sealed the surrounding space and trapped all three locals.
• Feng Tuhuang realized Chu Tiannan was a Cosmic Venerable and identified himself as a member of the Central Phoenix Tribe.
• Feng Tuhuang explained that the tribe’s intelligence had led him to challenge Chu Tiannan, then cooperated to avoid provoking him further.

Chu Tiannan sought a way into the heart of Heavenly Phoenix Valley and learned that only Lady Phoenix God could grant access. He drove away the natives trying to take his red token and continued looking for a way into the core area.

• Chu Tiannan learned from Feng Tuhuang that no one could approach the heart of Heavenly Phoenix Valley unless Lady Phoenix God allowed it, then let Feng Tuhuang and his companions leave.
• Feng Tuhuang warned others that Chu Tiannan possessed the strength of a Cosmic Venerable, while Chu Tiannan reflected on the Thousand Star River's abilities.
• Chu Tiannan set off toward the center of Heavenly Phoenix Valley, where Phoenix Star natives repeatedly attacked him to seize his red token.
• Chu Tiannan blasted back the attackers with Heavenly Dao Rasengan and warned the surrounding natives not to provoke him.
• The natives fled in fear, leaving Chu Tiannan free to consider how to enter the core area.

Chu Tiannan was ambushed in a spatially sealed gorge by Supreme Chiming, a Cosmic Supreme from the Underworld Clan possessing a Phoenix Star native. After being knocked back by Chiming’s Nether Dao Power, Chu Tiannan refused to back down and attacked.

• Chu Tiannan drew the Chaos Sword and blocked a sudden purple sword strike.
• Chu Tiannan realized the gorge had been sealed by spatial confinement, preventing the battle’s disturbance from reaching outside.
• Supreme Chiming revealed that he had possessed a Phoenix Star native and had come to kill Chu Tiannan on behalf of the Underworld Clan.
• Supreme Chiming overwhelmed Chu Tiannan with Nether Dao Power and sent him crashing into the spatial barrier.
• Chu Tiannan recognized Supreme Chiming as a Cosmic Supreme and charged at him, declaring that he would still fight.

Chu Tiannan and Supreme Chiming fought while Chu Tiannan tried to outlast the possession. The Mingdao Clone intervened with the Mingdao Sword and struck Supreme Chiming, leaving him screaming as Nether Dao Power overwhelmed him.

• Supreme Chiming drove Chu Tiannan back with a powerful sword strike.
• Chu Tiannan drew Supreme Chiming's attention while the Mingdao Clone controlled over a hundred Chaos Sins to attack him.
• Mingdao Chu Tiannan combined the Chaos Sins with Nether Dao Power to form a purple longsword.
• Supreme Chiming recognized the Mingdao Sword and reacted with horror, believing it had been destroyed long ago.
• Mingdao pressed the Mingdao Sword against Supreme Chiming's forehead, unleashing Nether Dao Power and making him scream.

Mingdao drove Supreme Chiming’s consciousness out of the native youth, ending the possession without killing the youth. As Supreme Chiming vowed to try again, a woodland path appeared before Chu Tiannan in the Heavenly Phoenix Valley Trial.

• Mingdao forced Supreme Chiming out of the native youth, and the youth collapsed unconscious.
• Chu Tiannan confirmed that the youth was alive, while Mingdao reflected on Supreme Chiming’s strength and final words.
• Supreme Chiming was thrown back inside the black tower and cursed the loss of his possession puppet.
• Supreme Chiming vowed that Chu Tiannan and Mingdao would not be so lucky next time.
• Chu Tiannan noticed a woodland trail had appeared in the previously pathless valley.

Chu Tiannan became trapped in a mysterious passage in Heavenly Phoenix Valley and discovered a peaceful lakeside cottage. A graceful woman appeared and he asked her where he could obtain the Phoenix God Stone.

• Chu Tiannan entered a narrow path after finding that the cliff had opened into a passage.
• The path sealed behind him, and he discovered that he could neither teleport nor fly out; Mingdao realized Chu Tiannan had vanished.
• Chu Tiannan walked through the passage and emerged beside a beautiful lake with a cottage on an island.
• Chu Tiannan approached the cottage and heard a graceful woman say that the place had finally been found after six million eras.
• Chu Tiannan apologized for intruding and asked the woman where he could obtain the Phoenix God Stone.

Chu Tiannan met a woman in a long dress who identified him as the Child of Prophecy and recognized the Floating World Pearl he carried. After learning that the Chaos Lord had fallen, she embraced Chu Tiannan and promised to protect him.

• Chu Tiannan asked the woman in teal where to obtain the Phoenix God Stone, but she called him the Child of Prophecy foretold by the Chaos Lord.
• The woman said Chu Tiannan could not have entered Heavenly Phoenix Valley without the Floating World Pearl, and the pearl flew to her when he released it.
• Chu Tiannan said the Five Emperors City Lord had given him the pearl and revealed that the Chaos Lord had fallen.
• The woman asked whether an Underworld Clan member had attacked the Chaos Lord, and Chu Tiannan explained that his master had been gravely injured and could not be revived.
• The woman drew Chu Tiannan into her arms and promised that no one would bully him again.

Chu Tiannan learned that the woman who had comforted him was Phoenix Heaven Lord, his master's wife, and she revealed she had been waiting for him for six million epochs. She brought him into a Chaos Starry Sky time-acceleration world, where his teacher appeared and noted that Chu Tiannan had entered the Chaos Universe Stele.

• Phoenix Heaven Lord embraced Chu Tiannan and promised that no one would bully or harm him while she was there.
• Phoenix Heaven Lord introduced herself as Chu Tiannan's master's wife, Phoenix Heaven Lord, and said she had been waiting for him for six million epochs.
• Phoenix Heaven Lord led Chu Tiannan into a wooden house and opened it to reveal a Chaos Starry Sky time-acceleration world.
• Phoenix Heaven Lord called Chu Tiannan's teacher out, and a white-robed figure appeared and praised him for entering the Chaos Universe Stele.

The Chaos Lord explained that Chaos and Mingdao were originally one and began guiding Chu Tiannan toward the Law of Chaos’s second profound mystery, Mingdao Zangetsuha. Chu Tiannan started the comprehension while the Phoenix Heaven Lord protected him, leaving him to awaken under the Chaos Lord’s guidance.

• The Chaos Lord greeted Chu Tiannan inside the Chaos Universe Stele and led him deeper into the starry sky to receive something.
• The Chaos Lord explained that he could not pass on everything at once and said he would help Chu Tiannan open the second profound mystery of the Law of Chaos, Mingdao Zangetsuha.
• The Chaos Lord revealed that Chaos and Mingdao were originally one and that separating them had led to his own tragedy.
• Chu Tiannan sat down and began contacting the second profound mystery as the Chaos Lord told him to guard his mind.
• The Phoenix Heaven Lord activated her Phoenix Domain to protect the area while Chu Tiannan began his comprehension.

Chu Tiannan relived the scene of his failed attempt to advance from Demon Dragon Sovereign to Demon Dragon Great Sage, while enduring Mingdao's power in the Chaos Starry Sky. He heard that people had plotted against him, and the memory ended with him barely alive after the tribulation.

• The Chaos Lord urged Chu Tiannan to guard against his inner demon as Mingdao's power poured into him.
• Chu Tiannan revisited Demon Dragon Canyon and recognized the moment of his past breakthrough attempt.
• He watched his enormous dragon form endure and shatter the silver lightning of the tribulation.
• Chu Tiannan heard two familiar voices plan to stop the Lord of Ten Thousand Realms from becoming a Great Sage to protect the Holy Dragon Great Emperor's position.
• After the tribulation clouds vanished, Chu Tiannan saw his Demon Dragon Sovereign body lying on the ground, barely alive.

Chu Tiannan witnessed the memory of his past self surviving the cloud tribulation and becoming a Demon Dragon Great Sage, only to be betrayed and killed by a silver divine dragon. The vision ended with the silver dragon biting into the dying Demon Dragon Sovereign’s neck.

• Chu Tiannan saw his past self survive the cloud tribulation and realize he had become a Demon Dragon Great Sage.
• Unseen voices lamented that the Demon Dragon Sovereign had survived and decided they had no choice but to let her go.
• A radiant silver divine dragon descended, and the weakened Demon Dragon Sovereign looked at her with delight.
• The silver divine dragon roared and annihilated Demon Dragon Canyon with her power.
• The Demon Dragon Sovereign was pierced by the divine light and looked at the silver dragon in confusion and resentment.
• The silver divine dragon bit into the Demon Dragon Sovereign’s neck as tears filled his eyes.

Chu Tiannan relived the moment his past self was killed and realized someone had targeted him after his breakthrough. As thoughts of revenge stirred his heart demon, he fought the encroaching darkness with Mingdao’s power and the Mingdao Sword.

• Chu Tiannan saw his past self die and realized someone had killed him after his breakthrough.
• Chu Tiannan’s desire for revenge stirred his inner world and nearly caused him to turn dark, but the Chaos Lord called him back to himself.
• Chu Tiannan recognized the darkness as his heart demon and struggled to resist it with his chaos current.
• Mingdao urged Chu Tiannan to use his power, and Chu Tiannan joined the mingdao current with his chaos current to push back the darkness.
• Chu Tiannan drew the Mingdao Sword and slashed, sending a purple-lit black hole sweeping through the darkness.