Recaps

After returning to the Eternal Realm, Chen Fan announced that it would enter Star Hegemony and let the Main Gods compete for the Gods Ranking with the realm as their backing. He discovered that Jiang Meiyue’s body-refining manual contained a hidden book spirit from the Chen Lineage, and asked how it had become one.

• Chen Fan returned to the Eternal Realm and praised the Main Gods for breaking through, including Jiang Meiyue, who had become an Ancient God.
• Chen Fan announced that the Eternal Realm would challenge for Star Hegemony and confirmed that the Main Gods could pursue the Gods Ranking with the realm’s support.
• After the other Main Gods left to prepare, Chen Fan kept Jiang Meiyue behind and asked about her divinely strengthened legs.
• Jiang Meiyue gave Chen Fan her Star Position Body Refining Art, and he noticed a sleeping book spirit hidden inside it.
• Chen Fan awakened the spirit, who introduced himself as Chen Kai of the Chen Lineage’s body-refining branch.
• Chen Fan identified himself as a clansman from the Desolate Ancient Continent and asked Chen Kai how he had become a book spirit.

Chen Fan learned that Chen Kai had protected the Chen Lineage’s hidden Creation-tier Star Origin Myriad Dao Body and that the Body Ancestor had vanished in the Myriad Dao Star Domain. Chen Kai offered to pass the art to Chen Fan, leaving him to decide whether he could cultivate a second divine physique.

• Chen Fan told Chen Kai that he had recently returned from the Desolate Ancient Continent, and Chen Kai was surprised to meet a clansman from there.
• Chen Kai explained that he had become a book spirit to protect the Chen Lineage’s divine body-refining art from falling into others’ hands.
• Chen Kai revealed that the seemingly ordinary Star Position Body Refining Art was actually the sealed Creation-tier Star Origin Myriad Dao Body, and that Jiang Meiyue had cultivated only part of it.
• Chen Fan asked about the Body Ancestor, and Chen Kai said he had disappeared in the Myriad Dao Star Domain.
• Chen Kai offered to pass the Star Origin Myriad Dao Body to Chen Fan and warned that cultivating it was extremely difficult.

Chen Fan began comprehending the Star Origin Myriad Dao Body with Chen Kai’s guidance while secretly activating idle mode. Meanwhile, the Jade Phoenix Empress refused God Emperor Qiu Tian’s demand to abandon Chen Fan and returned to the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm to address the threat from the Firmament Ruins.

• Chen Fan accepted his lineage’s Star Origin Myriad Dao Body inheritance, and Chen Kai noted that his Supreme Bone would help him cultivate it.
• Chen Fan secretly activated idle mode as he began comprehending the cultivation art.
• Jiang Meiyue prepared to attend the Gods Ranking and assigned Long Yuanna to help manage the Slaughter Divine Hall.
• God Emperor Qiu Tian confronted the Jade Phoenix Empress on behalf of the Prison God and asked whether she would oppose the Star Ancestral Prison to protect Chen Fan.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress declared that Chen Fan was one of hers and dismissed Qiu Tian’s warning about the consequences.
• After Qiu Tian left, the Jade Phoenix Empress returned to her realm and turned her attention to the Firmament Ruins.

The Jade Phoenix Empress planned an attack on the Firmament Ruins while keeping Chen Fan out of danger. After completing his mission, Chen Fan received the Nine Heavens Golden Thunder and Void Weak Water and left to pursue another breakthrough before Star Hegemony.

• The Jade Phoenix Empress decided to prepare for threats from the Star Ancestral Realm and convened a meeting to plan when to surround the Firmament Ruins, without telling Chen Fan her plans.
• After cultivating the Star Origin Myriad Dao Body for some time, Chen Fan received system notifications that his mission was complete and he had obtained the Nine Heavens Golden Thunder and Void Weak Water.
• Chen Kai was astonished by Chen Fan's rapid progress and dense power, while Chen Fan credited his Supreme Bone and cultivation art without revealing their true nature.
• Chen Kai tried to recruit Chen Fan into the Chen Lineage's Body Refining Branch, but Chen Fan argued that reviving the Lineage mattered more than personal advancement and then took his leave.
• Chen Fan headed into the void outside the realm to seek another breakthrough before Star Hegemony, relying on the two mission rewards.

Chen Fan prepared to break through by refining the Nine Heavens Golden Thunder with Willow God guarding him and Ruthless watching from outside. As the thunder collided with the Cosmic Void Raging Flame inside his body, he pushed toward Ancestral God while Willow God’s healing power helped him endure the strain.

• Chen Fan asked Ruthless and Willow God to guard him while he pursued a breakthrough, then entered an isolated space with Willow God.
• Chen Fan released the Nine Heavens Golden Thunder and plunged into its golden lightning sea, using the Great Dao Supreme Art to draw it into his body.
• The Nine Heavens Golden Thunder collided with the Cosmic Void Raging Flame inside Chen Fan, and he used the clash to force a breakthrough.
• Willow God enveloped Chen Fan in healing power, calming the violent forces and easing the damage as he continued his breakthrough attempt.

Chen Fan absorbed the Nine Heavens Golden Thunder and broke through to Ancestral God Third Layer, with Willow God guarding him. He then summoned Ruthless to guard him as he began absorbing the Void Weak Water for another breakthrough.

• Chen Fan used the Great Dao Supreme Art to contain the Nine Heavens Golden Thunder while Willow God guarded him.
• Chen Fan broke through to Ancestral God Third Layer, mastered the Nine Heavens Golden Thunder, and expanded his inner Great Daos to seventy-nine.
• Chen Fan thanked Willow God, then had her call Ruthless in to take over guarding him.
• Chen Fan drew the Void Weak Water into his body and ordered its water spirit to help him break through.

Chen Fan absorbed Void Weak Water, reached the Ancestral God Seventh Stage, and sparred with God Emperor Ruthless. After his seclusion, he reappeared before Jiang Meiyue and the others, who had come looking for him.

• Void Weak Water entered Chen Fan's body and nearly clouded his mind, while Ruthless helped keep him lucid.
• Chen Fan absorbed the water's power, advanced to the Ancestral God Seventh Stage, and opened ninety-nine strands of Great Dao.
• Chen Fan asked Ruthless to spar so he could test his strength against a God Emperor.
• Jiang Meiyue and the other Main Gods found Willow God guarding the Realm Lord's seclusion and waited for him.
• Chen Fan emerged with an unfamiliar woman, and Jiang Meiyue congratulated him on breaking through to Ancestral God.

Chen Fan reached Ancestral God Seventh Stage and set out with Ruthless for the center of the Eastern Star Domain to prepare for Star Hegemony. After learning its stages from Chen Kai, he asked what happened to those wanted by the Star Domain Walkers.

• Jiang Meiyue and the other gods congratulated Chen Fan on reaching the Ancestral God realm, and he told them they would depart immediately.
• Willow God and Ruthless exchanged what they had witnessed during Chen Fan’s breakthrough, including his refinement of golden lightning and powerful water.
• Chen Fan returned to the Eternal Realm, brought along Chen Kai, and assigned Willow God to guard their home while Ruthless accompanied him.
• As they traveled toward the center of the Eastern Star Domain, Chen Kai confirmed he was a God Emperor and explained the stages of Star Hegemony, including fighting other worlds and slaying Beyond-the-Realm Demons.
• Chen Fan asked Chen Kai what happened to those wanted by the Star Domain Walkers, leaving Chen Kai speechless.

Chen Fan learned that the Star Domain Walkers had upgraded his wanted notice to black gold, putting him at risk from even God Emperors, but he still planned to participate in Star Hegemony. Meanwhile, the Jade Phoenix Empress descended upon the Firmament Ruins.

• Chen Fan told Chen Kai that he had killed Star Domain Walkers, and Chen Kai promised the Lineage would protect him while warning that powerful forces stood behind the Walkers.
• Chen Baiqing arrived and warned Chen Fan that his wanted notice had been upgraded to black gold, with a reward capable of tempting God Emperors.
• Chen Baiqing asked Chen Fan about the Jade Phoenix Empress and Lone Cosmos Star, and Chen Fan said he and the Empress had a connection.
• Chen Fan told Chen Baiqing he was heading to participate in Star Hegemony, and Chen Baiqing doubted the plan was safe.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress descended upon the Firmament Ruins.

The Jade Phoenix Empress confronted the Lord of the Firmament at the Firmament Ruins to settle their grievance over the Heart of Creation. As the two powers prepared for battle, Xu Tianbaye watched from hiding and grew curious about Chen Fan’s role in the affair.

• The Jade Phoenix Empress arrived at the Firmament Ruins with the Phoenix Envoys and waited for the Lord of the Firmament to appear.
• The Lord of the Firmament arrived with his experts and planned to hold out until Xu Tianbaye came from Void Heaven Ancient City.
• Chen Jingjing and Chen Sheng silently agreed to pretend to fight while the two groups clashed.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress said her grievance was with the Lord of the Firmament, who blamed Chen Fan for disrupting his attempt to claim the Heart of Creation.
• Xu Tianbaye observed the confrontation from a hidden small world and wondered why the Heart of Creation seemed connected to Chen Fan.

The Jade Phoenix Empress confronted the Lord of the Firmament over his role in exposing the Eternal Realm Lord’s identity and launched a battle to avenge him. As their forces clashed and hidden observers waited, she summoned Snowflame Heaven while the Lord of the Firmament tried to stall with Thousandfold Black Crow.

• The Devil Ancestor and Xu Tianbaye watched from hiding, each waiting to see how the battle developed.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress declared she would settle both her grudge with the Lord of the Firmament and his exposure of the Eternal Realm Lord’s identity, then attacked with Three Thousand Dao Snow.
• The Lord of the Firmament countered with Ancestral Lightning and Thousandfold Black Crow, admitting that the Eternal Realm Lord had brought the trouble upon himself.
• The experts of the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm and the Firmament Ruins began fighting, while Chen Jingjing and Chen Sheng stayed out of the melee.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress summoned Snowflame Heaven, and the Lord of the Firmament tried to distract her and buy time by insulting her marriage to Chen Fan.

The Jade Phoenix Empress and the Lord of the Firmament clashed with their Ancestral Fire and Ancestral Lightning techniques after he tried to unsettle her by exposing her relationship with Chen Fan. As the Lord of the Firmament’s power waned despite detonating an ancestral-grade artifact, Xu Tianbaye’s terrifying presence arrived.

• The Lord of the Firmament revealed the Jade Phoenix Empress’s relationship with Chen Fan and unleashed Black Crow World Annihilation.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress admitted she had chosen Chen Fan and countered with Three Thousand Dao Snow, forcing the Lord of the Firmament’s Thousandfold Black Crow back.
• The Lord of the Firmament detonated an ancestral-grade divine artifact to disrupt Three Thousand Dao Snow, but the Jade Phoenix Empress burned away its power and resumed her attack.
• The Lord of the Firmament feared the Jade Phoenix Empress would kill him as his technique faltered and his strength ran low.
• Xu Tianbaye’s terrifying presence descended, and a voice challenged the Jade Phoenix Empress for attacking the Firmament Ruins.

Xu Tianbaye confronted the Jade Phoenix Empress at the Firmament Ruins, but an unknown figure interrupted their standoff. Meanwhile, Chen Fan arrived to register for Star Hegemony, where Xu Tianxue challenged him and revealed that his wife had gone to the Firmament Ruins.

• Xu Tianbaye intervened in the Jade Phoenix Empress's fight with the Lord of the Firmament and accused her of threatening his Void Heaven Ancient City.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress implied she might attack Void Heaven Ancient City, and Xu Tianbaye prepared to oppose her.
• An unfamiliar figure appeared and ordered Xu Tianbaye to withdraw, interrupting the confrontation.
• Chen Fan and his companions reached the central region of the Eastern Star Domain to register for Star Hegemony.
• Xu Tianxue, the son of the city lord of Void Heaven Ancient City, challenged Chen Fan, but he declined and walked past her.
• Xu Tianxue told Chen Fan that his wife had gone to the Firmament Ruins.

After Xu Tianxue told Chen Fan that the Jade Phoenix Empress had gone to the Firmament Ruins, he rushed there, only to learn that the Void Heaven God Clan belonged to the Chen Lineage and might be fighting his future wife. As Chen Fan hurried toward the ruins, a God Emperor ambushed him under the cover of a Black Gold Bounty Order.

• Xu Tianxue told Chen Fan that the Jade Phoenix Empress was at the Firmament Ruins and that her father had likely gone there too.
• Chen Fan left Ruthless behind to protect the others and set off alone for the Firmament Ruins.
• Chen Baiqing realized Chen Fan might be involved with the Jade Phoenix Empress and secretly prepared a face covering, a hood, and a sack.
• Chen Kai told Chen Fan that the Void Heaven God Clan was one of the guardian god clans of the Chen Lineage's main branch, making Chen Fan fear that his future wife and their own people might clash.
• A God Emperor sealed the void around Chen Fan and attacked him.

Chen Fan fled from the Heaven-Burning God Emperor while racing to stop the Lineage's internal war, but turned and killed his pursuer with a devastating attack. He continued onward, leaving the gathering at the Firmament Ruins in a bizarre state.

• Chen Fan sensed a God Emperor pursuing him and fled, while Chen Kai warned him and prepared to protect him.
• The hidden God Emperor unleashed his full pressure, but Chen Kai revealed a God Emperor-level presence and broke it long enough for Chen Fan to escape.
• The Heaven-Burning God Emperor intercepted Chen Fan and attacked, but Chen Fan charged forward with the Great Dao Supreme Art and combined fire, lightning, water, and the Creation Divine Weapon.
• Chen Fan's assault shattered the Heaven-Burning God Emperor's palm and divine artifact, pierced his chest, and killed him as Chen Fan continued without looking back.
• At the Firmament Ruins, everyone stared at one another in stunned silence.

Old Devil Chen appeared during the Jade Phoenix Empress and Lord of the Firmament’s confrontation, stunning the gathered powers and revealing his connection to Xu Tianbaye. He declared that he had come to help the Jade Phoenix Empress, leaving the Lord of the Firmament facing a stronger opponent.

• Old Devil Chen emerged and told Xu Tianbaye to leave, prompting the Jade Phoenix Empress and the Lord of the Firmament to recognize him as the long-missing Devil Ancestor.
• Xu Tianbaye greeted Old Devil Chen with delight and set aside their conflict, hoping the reunion would help him find his wife from the Chen Lineage.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress and the Lord of the Firmament wondered whose side Old Devil Chen would take, while Xu Tianbaye rebuked the Lord for questioning him.
• Old Devil Chen ignored the Lord of the Firmament and announced that he had come to help the Jade Phoenix Empress.

The Jade Phoenix Empress refused Xu Tianbaye’s offer to set their dispute aside and attacked the Lord of the Firmament. Old Devil Chen told Xu Tianbaye to stand down, then joined the Empress in attacking, while the fleeing Lord of the Firmament spotted the approaching Eternal Realm Lord and decided to take him hostage.

• Xu Tianbaye tried to end the confrontation by asking the Jade Phoenix Empress to withdraw, but she insisted that the Lord of the Firmament had to die.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress’s forces stood behind her, and Xu Tianbaye threatened her before Old Devil Chen ordered him to step aside.
• Xu Tianbaye obeyed, and the Jade Phoenix Empress immediately attacked the Lord of the Firmament.
• Old Devil Chen called on Xu Tianbaye to join him, turning the confrontation into a group attack on the Lord of the Firmament.
• The Lord of the Firmament fled and, upon sensing the approaching Eternal Realm Lord, decided to seize him as a hostage.

Chen Fan arrived as the Lord of the Firmament tried to seize him as leverage, but Chen Fan hid within Void Weak Water and thwarted the capture. The Lord of the Firmament realized Chen Fan had reached the ancestral God seventh stage, and his last hope collapsed as the Jade Phoenix Empress, Old Devil Chen, and Xu Tianbaye closed in.

• The Jade Phoenix Empress, Old Devil Chen, and Xu Tianbaye joined forces against the Lord of the Firmament, leaving him desperate for a way to survive.
• Chen Fan arrived, prompting the Jade Phoenix Empress to burn the Heart of Creation and Old Devil Chen to rush to intercept the Lord of the Firmament.
• The Lord of the Firmament charged at Chen Fan, intending to capture him and use him as leverage against the Jade Phoenix Empress.
• Chen Fan summoned Void Weak Water and concealed himself within it, frustrating the Lord of the Firmament's attempt to seize him.
• The Lord of the Firmament recognized Chen Fan's Ancestral Water and ancestral God seventh-stage cultivation, then realized his final chance to escape had vanished.

Chen Fan arrived with the Void Weak Water and helped the Devil Ancestor and others kill the Lord of the Firmament, revealing his unexpected strength and ties to the Chen Lineage. The gathering learned that the Void Heaven God Clan served as the Chen Lineage’s guardian god clan, while the thousandfold black crow fled.

• The Lord of the Firmament tried to seize Chen Fan and use the thousandfold black crow to strike him, but the Devil Ancestor, Xu Tianbaye, and others overwhelmed him and killed him.
• The Lord of the Firmament’s Ancestral Lightning, the thousandfold black crow, became ownerless, and the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm’s experts celebrated their revenge.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress saw Chen Fan emerge from the Void Weak Water and was shocked that he possessed Ancestral Water and had reached the Ancestral God Seventh Stage.
• Chen Fan greeted the Devil Ancestor, who revealed that Chen Fan belonged to his lineage and introduced Xu Tianbaye’s Void Heaven God Clan as the Chen Lineage’s guardian god clan.
• Xu Tianbaye greeted Chen Fan as young master, while Chen Jingjing and Chen Sheng identified themselves as members of the Chen Lineage and Chen Kai appeared before the Devil Ancestor.
• The thousandfold black crow suddenly fled.

The Jade Phoenix Empress suppressed Thousandfold Black Crow and destroyed the Lord of the Firmament’s final wisp of will. Afterward, Chen Fan and the others confronted the revelation that Chen Jingjing and Chen Sheng belonged to his family, while the Jade Phoenix Empress suffered backlash from using the Heart of Creation.

• The Lord of the Firmament realized the Devil Ancestor and the other experts had been aligned with Chen Fan and tried to flee inside Thousandfold Black Crow.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress trapped Thousandfold Black Crow with three thousand dao snow and dispersed the Lord of the Firmament’s final wisp of will.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress suffered backlash after burning the Heart of Creation’s power, and the Devil Ancestor said she would be fine if she suppressed it.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress stayed to question Chen Jingjing, who admitted her mistake and revealed she had served Chen Fan’s family.
• Chen Sheng declared that he and Chen Jingjing had not concealed their allegiance deliberately, and Chen Fan accepted their explanation.

Old Devil Chen placed Chen Sheng in charge of the Firmament Ruins and summoned Chen Kai for a private discussion about the Body Ancestor Lineage. Chen Fan learned that Xu Tianxue had alerted him to the crisis, while Xu Tianbaye began explaining how her mother connected her to the Chen Lineage.

• Old Devil Chen appointed Chen Jingjing and Chen Sheng to assist Chen Fan, then put Chen Sheng in charge of the Firmament Ruins, and its experts accepted without protest.
• Old Devil Chen summoned Chen Kai for a private conversation and told Chen Fan to handle the Thousandfold Black Crow himself.
• Chen Fan told the Jade Phoenix Empress that Xu Tianxue had informed him about the crisis, and Xu Tianbaye revealed that Xu Tianxue was his daughter.
• Xu Tianbaye explained that Xu Tianxue had changed her temperament and disguised herself as a man because of events involving her mother, a member of the Chen Lineage.

Chen Fan learned that Xu Tianxue’s missing mother, Chen Lan, belonged to the Chen Lineage, while Xu Tianbaye explained the Void Heaven God Clan’s history and pledged to protect the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm. The conversation turned to Chen Fan’s journey, and he began recounting an attack by the Heaven-Burning God Emperor.

• Xu Tianbaye told Chen Fan that Xu Tianxue’s mother, Chen Lan, had been summoned back to the Chen Lineage and disappeared, prompting him to search for her and hope to restore the Lineage.
• Xu Tianbaye explained that the Void Heaven God Clan had once served the Chen Lineage in the distant Ember Void Star Domain.
• Xu Tianbaye pledged that Void Heaven Ancient City would protect the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm, and Jade Phoenix Empress accepted his support.
• Chen Fan explained that he had met Xu Tianxue while taking the gods of the Eternal Realm to Star Hegemony, and Xu Tianbaye apologized for his daughter causing trouble.
• Jade Phoenix Empress asked whether Chen Fan had faced trouble on his trip, and Chen Fan revealed that the Heaven-Burning God Emperor had tried to attack him.

Chen Fan revealed that he had killed Heaven-Burning God Emperor, while Jade Phoenix Empress prepared to support him in the coming Star Hegemony. After the group settled matters at the Firmament Ruins, news spread that Jade Phoenix Empress had killed the Lord of the Firmament, shaking the balance among the overlord factions.

• Jade Phoenix Empress and Xu Tianbaye offered to kill Heaven-Burning God Emperor, but Chen Fan said he had already erased him.
• Jade Phoenix Empress checked Chen Fan for injuries and resolved to back him during Star Hegemony.
• Old Devil Chen left to guard Prison God, while Xu Tianbaye took Chen Kai and Chen Sheng to subdue the Firmament Ruins.
• Chen Fan and Jade Phoenix Empress left together, argued over what they had concealed from each other, and then reconciled through dual cultivation.
• News spread that Jade Phoenix Empress had killed the Lord of the Firmament, and the overlord factions feared the balance of power would change.

Xu Tianxue learned that the Lord of the Firmament had fallen and realized the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm had become a major threat to Void Heaven Ancient City. Chen Baiqing revealed that he had considered kidnapping her as leverage, while the Heaven-Burning Realm’s forces fled after their emperor’s death and Star Hegemony participants watched the shifting balance of power.

• Xu Tianxue heard that the Lord of the Firmament had fallen and suspected the Jade Phoenix Empress had used a hidden powerhouse to defeat her father.
• Chen Baiqing emerged from hiding, celebrated the news, and admitted he had planned to kidnap Xu Tianxue as a bargaining chip before deciding it was no longer necessary.
• Xu Tianxue confronted Chen Baiqing about his plan, then left to find out what had happened to her father.
• The Heaven-Burning Realm trembled after the Heaven-Burning God Emperor died, and his accompanying powerhouses abandoned Star Hegemony and fled home.
• Powerhouses gathered near the star pavilion discussed the Lord of the Firmament’s defeat, the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm’s growing influence, and the Eternal Realm Lord’s black gold bounty order.
• A group from the Heaven-Swallowing Star noticed that the Heaven-Burning God Emperor’s forces had departed, led by an alluring snake woman.

Queen Swallowing Heaven learned that the Heaven-Burning God Emperor had fallen and reconsidered Heaven-Swallowing Star’s plans. She suspected the Eternal Realm Lord might be involved, while keeping her people’s mission to find their missing master—and her refusal to acknowledge that master—to herself.

• Queen Swallowing Heaven decided Heaven-Swallowing Star would not participate in Star Hegemony after the Heaven-Burning Realm withdrew.
• A messenger reported that the Heaven-Burning God Emperor had fallen and the Heaven-Burning Realm was in chaos, delighting the gathered powerhouses.
• Queen Swallowing Heaven asked why the Heaven-Burning God Emperor had fallen, but the messenger did not know.
• Queen Swallowing Heaven wondered whether the Eternal Realm Lord had caused the fall, and her powerhouses warned her not to provoke him.
• Queen Swallowing Heaven recalled her duty to find the Ancient Heaven-Swallowing Python’s missing master but resolved that her half-demon descendants would never acknowledge a master.