Recaps

More than a hundred experts failed to force open the Dragon Clan’s bronze gate, which the Five Emperors City Lord identified as the Sacred Treasure known as the Gate of Despair and Sighs. The gathered races learned its identity and reacted with anger and greed, just as an unknown speaker addressed the Human Race’s delegation.

• The bronze gate blasted the experts who tried to push it into the surrounding rocks.
• Chu Tiannan learned from the Desolate Heaven Throne and the Five Emperors City Lord that the gate was the legendary Gate of Despair and Sighs, a Dragon Clan Sacred Treasure.
• The Heavenly Dragon Throne complained that the vanished Dragon Clan had left them an indestructible gate, while the Papal Throne distanced himself from the outburst.
• The Five Emperors City Lord told the gathered experts about the gate, prompting curses and greedy looks from members of other races.
• An unknown speaker chuckled that the Human Race had brought plenty of people from other races to the site.

Ming Tian Xing arrived with a group of followers and confronted Chu Tiannan and the gathered powerhouses. After the Five Emperors City Lord dispelled his covert attack, Ming Tian Xing killed a bull-headed monster who challenged him, leaving the others too afraid to intervene.

• Ming Tian Xing mocked the Human Race for gathering allies and accused Chu Tiannan of becoming a variable for the Underworld Clan.
• Chu Tiannan noticed that a purple-robed figure accompanying Ming Tian Xing did not have a Human Race aura.
• Ming Tian Xing sent hidden law fluctuations toward Chu Tiannan, but the Five Emperors City Lord swept them away.
• A bull-headed monster confronted Ming Tian Xing, who seized its head and revealed that its core was there.
• Ming Tian Xing crushed the bull-headed monster's head and body, and the gathered powerhouses stayed silent.

Ming Tian Xing tried to recruit the gathered experts into cooperating with the Underworld Clan, but the Justice Alliance rejected him and Desolate Heaven Throne demanded to know his terms. Ming Tian Xing then deferred to the mysterious purple-robed figure beside Ming King Throne, leaving the crowd wondering who could command such deference.

• Ming Tian Xing killed the minotaur and insulted the other experts, who stayed quiet rather than risk angering the Underworld Clan.
• Ming Tian Xing proposed cooperation to the Justice Alliance, but the Imperial Elf Throne refused and told Dream Butterfly Throne to watch the Underworld Clan.
• Ming Tian Xing asked the Five Emperors City Lord and Desolate Heaven Throne to cooperate, and Desolate Heaven Throne demanded that he state his terms.
• Ming Tian Xing asked the mysterious purple-robed figure beside Ming King Throne to share information needed to enter the Gate of Sighs.
• Sea Emperor Throne mocked Ming Tian Xing for addressing the purple-robed figure as 'my lord.'

The purple-robed man explained that opening the Gate of Despair and Sighs required defeating the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard and finding the Forbidden Soul within it. The gathered powerhouses questioned his explanation, but Five Emperors City Lord concluded that the Dark Alliance had likely been unable to open the gate on its own.

• Ming Tian Xing and Sea Emperor Throne traded insults over the Sea God Trident.
• The purple-robed man described the gate's absolute defense and said the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard had to be defeated to open it.
• Five Emperors City Lord doubted that living beings could exist inside a Sacred Treasure, and the purple-robed man corrected him, explaining that the Dragon Clan's bloodline was needed to open the gate.
• Five Emperors City Lord's Purple Emperor Clone grew angry, and the purple-robed man mistook his Mingdao power for Underworld Clan affiliation before Ming Tian Xing clarified who he was.
• Desolate Heaven Throne asked whether the explanation was true, and Ming Tian Xing said the Dark Alliance had been unable to move the Imperial Guard.
• Five Emperors City Lord privately told Desolate Heaven Throne that they could partly trust the purple-robed man because the Dark Alliance would have entered already if it could.

Desolate Heaven Throne agreed to join Ming Tian Xing and the purple-robed stranger in luring out and killing the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard to obtain the Forbidden Soul. As Ming Tian Xing warned everyone to commit to the fight or leave, Chu Tiannan and the stranger secretly plotted against each other.

• The purple-robed stranger proposed that everyone kill the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard together, find the Forbidden Soul, and settle their grudges after opening the gate.
• Desolate Heaven Throne agreed to cooperate, while the Five Emperors City Lord reassured himself that Desolate Heaven Throne had noticed something was amiss.
• The Five Emperors City Lord told Chu Tiannan to watch Ming Tian Xing, and Chu Tiannan also grew wary of the purple-robed stranger's power.
• The purple-robed stranger sensed Chu Tiannan's powerful soul and secretly considered taking it, while Chu Tiannan thought about devouring the stranger to learn from his power.
• Ming Tian Xing stepped up to the Gate of Despair and Sighs and warned everyone to join the battle or leave before it began.

The gathered races agreed to cooperate temporarily and let Ming Tian Xing lure the beast from the Dragon Clan’s Gate of Despair and Sighs. Ming Tian Xing unleashed destructive power that began eroding the gate, while Chu Tian noticed the power was unlike the Law of Mingdao.

• The powerful beings from the Justice Alliance, Dark Alliance, Sea Race, and Elf Race agreed to cooperate for now to pursue the Dragon Clan’s treasures.
• Ming Tian Xing approached the Gate of Despair and Sighs and prepared to lure the beast out.
• The Five Emperors City Lord noticed that Ming Tian Xing seemed stronger than before, while Chu Tian sensed an unfamiliar destructive aura in his power.
• Ming Tian Xing hurled a purple-black energy ball at the gate, and it began to erode the gate instead of rebounding.

Ming Tian Xing attacked the Gate of Despair and Sighs with destructive power that seemed to transcend the laws of the Primal Universe, drawing the Dragon Clan’s furious response. Chu Tiannan and the Desolate Heaven Throne suspected the power came from an unknown source as Ming Tian Xing launched another attack.

• Ming Tian Xing struck the Gate of Despair and Sighs with an energy ball filled with destructive power.
• Chu Tiannan noticed that Ming Tian Xing’s attack carried power beyond the laws of the Primal Universe.
• The Gate of Despair and Sighs roared, and a Dragon Clan member inside denounced the humans for challenging its majesty.
• Ming Tian Xing launched another energy ball made of pure destructive power, prompting the Five Emperors City Lord and the Desolate Heaven Throne to question its origin.
• Chu Tiannan warned the Five Emperors City Lord about Ming Tian Xing’s power, and Ming Tian Xing hurled another destructive energy ball at the gate.

Ming Tian Xing attacked the Dragon Clan's Gate of Despair and Sighs with a destructive black sphere, but the Dragon Clan's power overwhelmed it and sent its shock waves rebounding into the gathered Throne experts. The Five Emperors City Lord's Haotian Screen began to corrode, leaving the Justice Alliance and other races struggling to defend themselves.

• Ming Tian Xing hurled a black energy sphere at the Gate of Despair and Sighs, briefly shaking the gate before the Dragon Clan's forbidden power swallowed the attack.
• The mysterious purple-robed man criticized Ming Tian Xing for using his power without knowing how to control it.
• The Dragon Clan's golden power shattered the black sphere, sending destructive shock waves toward the gate and the assembled Throne experts.
• Ming Tian Xing returned to the Dark Alliance and raised a purple barrier, while the Five Emperors City Lord used the Haotian Screen to protect the Justice Alliance.
• The shock waves corroded the Haotian Screen and the other experts' defenses, throwing the gathered forces into chaos.

Chu Tiannan used his immense soul will to shield the powerhouses from Ming Tian Xing’s destructive attack and then devoured it. The purple-robed figure resolved to kill him, while the others watched Chu Tiannan neutralize the danger.

• Ming Tian Xing refused to help as destructive power corroded the defensive barriers of the alien powerhouses.
• The Five Emperors City Lord struggled to protect the Justice Alliance with the Haotian Screen, which was being eroded by the attack.
• Chu Tiannan released a vast soul-will barrier that halted the destructive aftershocks and protected the powerhouses.
• Ming Tian Xing was surprised by Chu Tiannan’s powerful soul will, and the purple-robed figure decided he had to be killed.
• Chu Tiannan engulfed and devoured the destructive power, stunning the Desolate Heaven Throne and the Five Emperors City Lord.

Chu Tiannan impressed the Papal Throne by neutralizing Ming Tian Xing’s destructive attack, but the Gate of Despair and Sighs then summoned the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard. The surviving races prepared to face the golden, two-mouthed dragon as it unleashed its roar.

• Chu Tiannan eliminated the attack’s aftershocks with a soul barrier, earning the Papal Throne’s admiration.
• The Gate of Despair and Sighs trembled, and an angry voice declared that the Dragon Clan’s dignity would not be desecrated.
• A golden dragon with two mouths and four eyes appeared and unleashed a roar that shook the rocky world.
• The Desolate Heaven Throne swallowed the dragon’s roar with desolate power and warned that a tough battle was coming.
• The Desolate Heaven Throne, the Purple Emperor Throne clone, Chu Tiannan, and warriors from the other races readied their weapons to fight the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard.

A battle-red Dragon Clan Imperial Guard appeared at the Gate of Despair and Sighs and prepared to unleash its deadly Dragon King's Breath on a group of attacking experts. As its red and golden attacks fired, the other-race experts were left with no way to retreat.

• A colossal Dragon Clan Imperial Guard appeared atop the Gate of Despair and Sighs and entered its berserk state.
• The mysterious purple-robed man warned that the dragon's red Dragon King's Breath could kill everyone present.
• More than a dozen experts from other races charged the dragon to seize Forbidden Soul while the Human Race and Dark Alliance held back.
• The battle-red dragon gathered destructive red and purifying golden shockwaves in its two mouths.
• The dragon fired both waves of light at the advancing experts.

Chu Tiannan and the other experts watched the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard annihilate a group of attackers, revealing the gulf between it and ordinary Nine-Star Thrones. The mysterious purple-robed man claimed he could kill it if they stunned it for one second.

• The Dragon Clan Imperial Guard blasted golden and red shock waves that erased a dozen Throne Level attackers before they could scream.
• Chu Tiannan realized the Imperial Guard had overwhelming power and seemingly no weakness, while the purple-robed man mocked the other-race experts.
• The Desolate Heaven Throne asked the purple-robed man to reveal how they could defeat the guard and pass through the gate.
• The purple-robed man said they only needed to stun the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard for one second, and he would kill it.

The mysterious purple-robed figure claimed he could kill the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard if someone immobilized it for one second, but the assembled powerhouses doubted him. As the dragon recovered and prepared to attack again, a young voice volunteered to hold it in place.

• The mysterious purple-robed figure said he could destroy the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard if it were immobilized for one second.
• The Desolate Heaven Throne and the Five Emperors City Lord questioned his claim and pointed out that none of them could restrain the dragon.
• The purple-robed figure mocked Ming Tian Xing and the others for lacking the strength to stop the beast.
• The Heavenly Dragon Throne accused the purple-robed figure of boasting, but he calmly repeated that he could kill the dragon.
• The Dragon Clan Imperial Guard recovered from its earlier breath attack, and a youthful voice declared, "I'll immobilize it!"

Chu Tiannan stepped forward to hold off the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard for one second so the mysterious figure in purple could try to kill it. He began distracting the dragon with a question, and the guard’s mind grew sluggish as he repeated it.

• Chu Tiannan offered to hold the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard for one second in exchange for the mysterious figure in purple trying to kill it.
• The Five Emperors City Lord worried about Chu Tiannan’s safety, but Desolate Heaven Throne urged him to trust his disciple.
• Chu Tiannan approached the dragon guard and asked if it knew who he was.
• The dragon guard mocked Chu Tiannan and prepared to unleash a breath shockwave, but its mind suddenly became sluggish as Chu Tiannan repeated the question.

Chu Tiannan spoke the Dragon Language to the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard, which recognized him as its future king and offered to take him inside. Meanwhile, a mysterious purple-robed man revealed that he could Teleport inside the temple and became a threat to Chu Tiannan.

• Chu Tiannan asked the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard if it knew who he was, startling it and the other powerhouses by speaking the Dragon Language.
• The mysterious purple-robed man formed a transparent silver blade and Teleported inside the Dragon Clan temple despite its pressure restriction.
• The Desolate Heaven Throne warned the Five Emperors City Lord that the man might not be from the Primal Universe and told him to warn Chu Tiannan.
• The Dragon Clan Imperial Guard recognized Chu Tiannan as its future king, saying the race's three Controllers had waited a full cosmic cycle for him.
• The Dragon Clan Imperial Guard presented Chu Tiannan with Forbidden Soul.

The mysterious man in purple killed the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard and took Forbidden Soul, using it to open the Gate of Despair and Sighs. As the races rushed inside to seize the treasure, Chu Tiannan remained focused on the mysterious man in purple.

• The Dragon Clan Imperial Guard explained that Forbidden Soul could open the Dragon Clan's gate and let them enter the Sacred Treasure gate.
• The mysterious man in purple teleported over and killed the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard before he could open the gate himself.
• The mysterious man in purple placed Forbidden Soul into the Gate of Despair and Sighs, causing the underground world to shake as the gate opened.
• Members of the different races rushed through the gate to claim the treasure, while Chu Tiannan fixed a hostile gaze on the mysterious man in purple.

After the mysterious purple-robed figure killed the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard, Chu Tiannan nearly attacked him but entered the Dragon Clan’s gate at the Five Emperors City Lord’s urging. The figure let the Human Race powerhouses pass and hinted that he intended to confront Chu Tiannan inside.

• Chu Tiannan grieved over the Dragon Clan Imperial Guard’s death as the purple-robed figure mocked him and the Human Race.
• Chu Tiannan drew the Heavenly Dao Sword and prepared to strike the purple-robed figure, but the Five Emperors City Lord stopped him and urged him to wait.
• Chu Tiannan recalled his mission to seek the Sacred Treasure and a Heavenly God artifact, put away his sword, and entered the Dragon Clan’s gate.
• The Five Emperors City Lord, the Desolate Heaven Throne, the Heavenly Dragon Throne, and the Papal Throne followed Chu Tiannan inside.
• Ming Tian Xing and the Ming King Throne approached the purple-robed figure after the Human Race entered, and he remarked that the fight with Chu Tiannan would be livelier inside.

Chu Tiannan and the other experts entered the Dragon Clan’s palace complex, where a restriction repelled Demon Beasts but let the Dark Alliance pass. Chu Tiannan identified the foremost palace as the source of the summoning voice and led his group toward it.

• Chu Tiannan blamed the Underworld Clan for cutting off his lead and vowed to eliminate them if he got the chance.
• The experts emerged into a magnificent realm of jade roads, sacred palaces, waterfalls, and green mountains.
• Demon Beasts were violently repelled from the Dragon Clan’s palaces, while the experts hesitated to test the restriction after earlier deaths.
• The Dark Alliance, led by the mysterious purple-robed figure, passed through the restriction and mocked the watching experts.
• The other groups followed the Dark Alliance, and Chu Tiannan directed his companions toward the foremost palace, where he sensed the summoning voice originated.

Chu Tiannan and Desolate Heaven Throne led the Human Race toward the Dragon Clan’s largest temple, where Chu Tiannan discovered a deadly barrier. After hearing the voice call him the future Dragon King, Chu Tiannan stepped toward the barrier.

• Desolate Heaven Throne led the Human Race toward the largest Dragon Clan temple, while the mysterious purple-robed man expected them to die in its Absolute Suppression Domain.
• Chu Tiannan sensed a growing suppressive force and stopped the group before an invisible barrier.
• Chu Tiannan threw a Spirit Treasure across the barrier, and it melted away as ripples spread through the air.
• The mysterious purple-robed man mocked the group, while Five Emperors City Lord restrained Purple Emperor Throne from attacking him.
• Chu Tiannan heard a voice welcome him as the future Dragon King and tell him the sealing domain awaited him, then stepped forward.

Chu Tiannan crossed the Dragon Clan’s seal barrier without difficulty, surprising the gathered powerhouses. He explained that the barrier only barred nonliving things, leaving the others wondering whether they could enter.

• Chu Tiannan teleported past the powerhouses and approached the invisible seal barrier, prompting the Heavenly Dragon Throne and the Five Emperors City Lord to try to stop him.
• The mysterious man in purple expected Chu Tiannan to die trying to cross the Dragon Clan’s seal, but Chu Tiannan walked straight through it.
• The Desolate Heaven Throne suggested Chu Tiannan might have a connection to the Dragon Clan, while the Five Emperors City Lord admitted he had not expected this.
• The Five Emperors City Lord asked Chu Tiannan whether he could bring the others inside, and Chu Tiannan turned back to find them watching him.
• Chu Tiannan asked why the others had not followed him, then explained that the barrier let living beings through but blocked nonliving things.

Chu Tiannan confirmed that living beings could safely enter the strange place, and experts from many races rushed inside. The purple-robed mystery man led the Dark Alliance in, while Chu Tiannan sensed something unusual about Ming Tian Xing.

• Chu Tiannan demonstrated that the Supreme Treasure could enter safely and assured the gathered experts there was no danger.
• Experts from other races flew into the place after Chu Tiannan gave permission.
• The purple-robed mystery man weighed the situation, then led Ming Tian Xing and the Dark Alliance inside.
• The purple-robed mystery man passed Chu Tiannan without learning anything from him, while Chu Tiannan sensed something odd about Ming Tian Xing.
• The Heavenly Dragon Throne warned Chu Tiannan that the other races might betray him after crossing the bridge.

Chu Tiannan led the Human Race group through the barrier into the Dragon Clan palace complex, where they found that only the central palace was real. At its unopened doors, other-race experts tried to make Chu Tiannan take the risk of opening them, and he gave no answer.

• Heavenly Dragon Throne reproached Chu Tiannan for revealing valuable information, while the Five Emperors City Lord suspected he had a plan.
• Chu Tiannan urged the Five Emperors City Lord and Desolate Heaven Throne to enter the barrier, and their arrival prompted the last hesitant experts to follow.
• Chu Tiannan's group found that every palace except the central Dragon Clan palace was fake.
• The mysterious purple-robed figure and the other Throne experts refused to open the central palace doors, wary of a trap.
• Other-race experts asked Chu Tiannan to open the doors for them, and the purple-robed figure repeated the request with a smile.

Chu Tiannan and the others learned from the Supreme Will that a treasure in the topmost domain could help resolve a looming crisis. Desolate Heaven Throne revealed that the Dragon Clan’s status as a Heavenly God Race came not only from having a Cosmic Heavenly God, but also from being able to manufacture Sacred Treasures.

• The mysterious man in purple robes asked Lord Chaos Throne to open the Dragon Clan gate, but Heavenly Dragon Throne rebuked him for his earlier arrogance.
• The Five Emperors City Lord advised Chu Tiannan to wait and avoid letting others take advantage of them.
• Chu Tiannan told the Five Emperors City Lord and Desolate Heaven Throne that the Supreme Will had guided him to the Summit of the Universe and pointed him toward a crisis-resolving treasure in the topmost domain.
• Chu Tiannan suspected the Dragon Clan ruins held another treasure besides the Sacred Treasure about to emerge, since pinnacle races usually had only one Sacred Treasure.
• Desolate Heaven Throne told Chu Tiannan that the Dragon Clan was a Heavenly God Race because it had a Cosmic Heavenly God and could manufacture Sacred Treasures.

Chu Tiannan learned that the Heavenly God Race could manufacture Sacred Treasures and that the pinnacle races had come to the Dragon Clan's domain seeking further treasures. He agreed to open the Dragon Clan Sanctuary doors together with the mysterious man in purple.

• The Desolate Heaven Throne told Chu Tiannan that the Heavenly God Race could manufacture Sacred Treasures.
• The Five Emperors City Lord said the pinnacle races were searching the Dragon Clan's domain for other Sacred Treasures or something even greater.
• Chu Tiannan wondered whether the rumored treasure beyond Sacred Treasures was the one that could resolve the Apostle crisis.
• Chu Tiannan agreed to open the Dragon Clan Sanctuary doors alongside the mysterious man in purple.
• Ming Tian Xing urged the mysterious man in purple to hurry, saying their kings had reached the final juncture.
• Chu Tiannan and the mysterious man in purple placed their hands against the Dragon Clan's gates.

Chu Tiannan and the mysterious purple-robed figure tested each other’s strength while opening the Dragon Clan Sanctuary, each sensing something unsettling in the other. The doors began to open, and the gathered races prepared to seize an opportunity to enter.

• The Heavenly Dragon Throne asked the Papal Throne whether the sanctuary doors might contain a trap, and the Papal Throne told him to stay quiet.
• Chu Tiannan and the mysterious purple-robed figure exchanged probing soul wills, their gold and purple auras clashing as they pushed against the doors.
• Chu Tiannan sensed the purple-robed figure was more dangerous than the Desolate Heaven Throne and felt deep revulsion toward him.
• The purple-robed figure also sensed a fluctuation in Chu Tiannan that he detested and cautioned himself not to make a mistake that would anger his king.
• The two exchanged guarded compliments as the sanctuary doors slowly opened, while other races planned to rush in and take what they could.