Recaps

Chen Qingyu used his first sign-in at the Floating Heavenly Palace to obtain the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Transformation Qi Absorption in Nine Breaths, then revealed nine-star talent in the Chen Clan’s assessment. The clan celebrated his potential but assigned him the same introductory cultivation scripture as the others, leaving him to prove himself before he could learn its supreme arts.

• Chen Qingyu signed in at the Floating Heavenly Palace and obtained the cultivation-enhancing divine ability Qi Absorption in Nine Breaths.
• Chen Yaoguang began the talent assessment with the Fate-Creation Jade Gui, and the children tested before Chen Qingyuan showed mostly four- to six-star talent.
• Chen Qingyuan displayed seven-star talent and a Pure Yang Sacred Physique, earning praise and permission to cultivate the Great Sun Supreme Scripture.
• Chen Qingyu’s assessment caused nine stars to appear and the ancient bronze bell to ring, and Chen Yaoguang proclaimed him the strongest talent in the world.
• Chen Yaoguang assigned Chen Qingyu the Illustrated Record of the Celestial Stars and Constellations and told him to reach the Blood Sea Realm within three years to qualify for the clan’s supreme arts.

After his nine-star talent stunned the Chen Clan of Changluo, Chen Qingyu began cultivating the Illustrated Record of the Celestial Stars and Constellations. He discovered that his Qi Absorption in Nine Breaths divine ability could accelerate his progress enormously, leaving him thrilled by how quickly he could rise.

• Chen Zhengxing congratulated Chen Qingyu on his nine-star talent and flew him home from the celestial palace.
• News of Chen Qingyu's unmatched talent spread through Changluo, while Chen Qingyuan's seven-star talent and Pure Yang Sacred Physique drew less attention.
• Chen Zhengxing gave Chen Qingyu the Illustrated Record of the Celestial Stars and Constellations and guarded him as he began cultivating in the meditation chamber.
• Chen Qingyu condensed the Star-Forging Gate and began opening his first martial meridian, but judged the pace too slow.
• Chen Qingyu activated Qi Absorption in Nine Breaths and found that one cycle advanced his meridian nearly as much as twelve hours of ordinary cultivation.

Chen Qingyu slept while [Qi Absorption in Nine Breaths] rapidly advanced his cultivation, taking him from the Meridian Opening Realm to the Aperture Opening Realm. At breakfast, Chen Zhengxing discovered that Chen Qingyu had opened all eighty-one Heavenly Martial Meridians and formed three Earthly Acupoints.

• Chen Qingyuan worried that his cultivation was too slow, and his father urged him to keep striving to catch up with Chen Qingyu.
• Chen Qingyu woke after sleeping and found that he had opened nine Heavenly Martial Meridians and reached the Second Heaven of the Meridian Opening Realm.
• Chen Qingyu ate lavish meals, read storybooks, and went to bed while Chen Zhengxing returned to cultivation.
• The next morning, Chen Qingyu opened all eighty-one Heavenly Martial Meridians and broke through to the Aperture Opening Realm while brushing his teeth.
• Chen Qingyu told Chen Zhengxing about his breakthrough at breakfast, and Chen Zhengxing inspected him and saw three Earthly Acupoints.

Chen Zhengxing discovered that Chen Qingyu had reached the Aperture Opening Realm in a single day and reported the unprecedented breakthrough to the Chen Clan elders. The elders confirmed it and ordered Chen Zhengxing to bring Qingyu to the Floating Heavenly Palace so they could ask the Ninth Ancestor to leave seclusion.

• Chen Zhengxing confirmed that Chen Qingyu had opened eighty-one martial meridians and awakened three Earthly Acupoints, then noticed his cultivation rise again as they spoke.
• Chen Zhengxing went to the Floating Heavenly Palace and told Chen Yaoguang and the elders that Chen Qingyu had reached the Aperture Opening Realm.
• Chen Yaoguang and the elders examined Chen Qingyu with their divine senses and confirmed the report.
• The Grand Elder compared Qingyu's one-day breakthrough with Ancestor Tianqi's record of half a month.
• Chen Yaoguang ordered Chen Zhengxing to bring Qingyu to the Floating Heavenly Palace and said they had to ask the Ninth Ancestor to leave seclusion.

Chen Qingyu was summoned before the Chen Clan’s Ninth Ancestor after reaching the Aperture Opening Realm in one day. The Ninth Ancestor named him Dao Son, gave him a protective jade ring, and decided to personally teach him the clan’s supreme scripture.

• Chen Yaoguang sent Chen Zhengxing to summon an ancestor while the elders celebrated Chen Qingyu’s extraordinary cultivation speed.
• The Ninth Ancestor appeared in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and brought Chen Zhengxing and Chen Qingyu there through space.
• The Ninth Ancestor explained that the Fate-Creation Jade Gui could not display Chen Qingyu’s true talent or detect his extraordinary physique.
• The Ninth Ancestor declared Chen Qingyu the Chen Clan’s Dao Son and promised to personally safeguard his path.
• The Ninth Ancestor gave Chen Qingyu a jade thumb ring that granted access to the Floating Heavenly Palace and protection from three life-threatening crises.
• The Ninth Ancestor said Chen Qingyu would stop cultivating the Illustrated Record of the Celestial Stars and Constellations and learn the Taihao Limitless Ascension True Scripture from him.

The Ninth Ancestor released Chen Zhengxing from guarding the Great Yin Grotto and secretly brought Chen Qingyu to his private space in the Floating Heavenly Palace. There he taught Chen Qingyu the Chen Clan’s foundational Taihao Limitless Ascension True Scripture and urged him to rebuild his foundation under his protection.

• The Ninth Ancestor relieved Chen Zhengxing of his duties, ordered the clan to keep Chen Qingyu’s information secret, and told him to guide his son’s cultivation.
• Chen Guangyao explained that the clan had tacitly approved the punishment imposed on Chen Zhengxing over a past incident, but the Ninth Ancestor’s order had now ended it.
• The Ninth Ancestor took Chen Qingyu to an independent space inside the Floating Heavenly Palace and revealed that it was his secluded cultivation ground.
• The Ninth Ancestor passed Chen Qingyu the Taihao Limitless Ascension True Scripture, and Chen Qingyu learned that it could help him achieve the supreme foundation in the physical body realms.
• The Ninth Ancestor told Chen Qingyu to use the star-filled space to change cultivation arts and transform his foundation into the strongest Meridian Opening Realm.

Chen Qingyu’s ancestor expanded his martial meridians and strengthened his foundation, then Chen Qingyu signed in at the Floating Heavenly Palace and gained a new divine ability. The chapter ended with Chen Qingyu estimating that he would reach the Blood Sea Realm in three days.

• The white-haired ancestor changed Chen Qingyu’s foundation, giving him 108 martial meridians and 36 shining stars, and urged him to study True Qi martial techniques.
• The ancestor sent Chen Qingyu out of the golden hall, where Chen Zhengxing confirmed the ancestor had personally changed his foundation and began showing him around the Floating Heavenly Palace.
• After the sign-in location refreshed, Chen Qingyu signed in at the Floating Heavenly Palace for the second time and gained the Art of Standing Upright Without a Shadow.
• Chen Qingyu tested the divine ability and found that sunlight passed through him, making him invisible, though his current cultivation could not hide his scent or sounds.
• Chen Qingyu checked his cultivation and calculated that he could awaken more than 400 Earthly Acupoints a day and reach the Blood Sea Realm in three days.

Chen Qingyu showed Chen Qingyuan that he could fly, then returned home and entered seclusion to advance his cultivation. After reaching the perfection of the Aperture Opening Realm, he opened his Blood Sea and began transforming his Star True Qi.

• Chen Qingyuan saw Chen Qingyu flying on a cloud and ran home to tell his father, who punished him for what he thought was a lie.
• Chen Qingyu praised his jade thumb ring and recalled that he had gained Soaring on Clouds and Riding the Mist, Flying Sand and Moving Stones, and Drawing Out Primordial Yang from the Floating Heavenly Palace.
• Chen Qingyu returned to his courtyard and told Chen Zhengxing he was entering seclusion to break through to the Blood Sea Realm.
• Chen Qingyu awakened his 1,296th earthly acupoint, reaching the perfection of the Ninth Heaven of the Aperture Opening Realm.
• Chen Qingyu opened his Blood Sea, also called the Qi Sea, and his Star True Qi surged into it and began to transform.

After breaking through to the Blood Sea Realm, Chen Qingyu visited the Ninth Ancestor to learn about the great opportunity awaiting him. He learned that the Emperor Yuan Palace’s Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly selected geniuses through the Supreme Void Dao Realm, and the chapter ended as he realized that was the connection.

• Chen Qingyu examined his newly transformed Blood Sea and found it covered a tenth of his martial meridians and acupoints.
• Chen Qingyu told Chen Zhengxing he was going to the Floating Heavenly Palace, then flew through the astral winds to meet the Ninth Ancestor.
• The Ninth Ancestor taught Chen Qingyu the Supreme Void Mora Dao Practice Incantation, which allowed entry to the Supreme Void Dao Realm.
• The Ninth Ancestor explained that the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror created the realm and that it offered battles, blessings, and opportunities.
• The Ninth Ancestor revealed that the great opportunity was the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly, where Emperor Yuan invited geniuses to compete for rewards and discipleship.
• Chen Qingyu inferred that the Supreme Void Dao Realm was how the Emperor Yuan Palace selected the strongest young geniuses.

The Ninth Ancestor explained the Supreme Void Dao Realm and warned Chen Qingyu that his limited combat experience would make competing there difficult. Chen Qingyu entered the realm and arrived in Blood Sea Heaven, where he was welcomed by a mechanical voice.

• The Ninth Ancestor described the Supreme Void Dao Realm’s ten heavens and the fierce competition for selection by Emperor Yuan Palace.
• The Ninth Ancestor cautioned Chen Qingyu that his brief cultivation and lack of combat experience left him unprepared to face seasoned prodigies.
• Chen Qingyu said he had practiced the Great Radiance Heaven-Suppressing Fist, the Great Radiance Body Refining Method, and the Celestial Star Attraction Method.
• The Ninth Ancestor taught Chen Qingyu the Supreme Void Mora Dao Practice Incantation and sent him back to his courtyard.
• Chen Qingyu recited the incantation and entered Blood Sea Heaven in the Supreme Void Dao Realm, where a mechanical voice welcomed him.

Chen Qingyu entered the Supreme Void Dao Realm as a sixteen-year-old-looking newcomer and explored Divine Capital Changluo with Chen Qingjie as his guide. Chen Qingjie introduced the city’s shops, services, and history before bringing him to the Combat Victory Platform.

• Chen Qingyu used his simulated appearance permission to enter Divine Capital Changluo looking sixteen years old.
• Chen Qingyu met Chen Qingjie, who offered to guide him and let him owe ten Great Void Points.
• Chen Qingjie explained that Changluo was a bustling city with shops and restaurants reflected from the past, where residents could spend Great Void Points on goods and training.
• Chen Qingjie described information shops that sold old records which could sometimes lead to discoveries, though finding anything valuable was unlikely.
• After guiding Chen Qingyu around for nearly an hour, Chen Qingjie pointed out the Combat Victory Platform as the main venue for battles among martial artists.

Chen Qingjie showed Chen Qingyu the Combat Victory Platform, the Samsara Altar, and the Martial Practice Hall, then explained how the War God Tower tested martial artists and awarded Great Void Points. Chen Qingyu entered the tower and prepared to challenge its first floor.

• Chen Qingjie explained the Combat Victory Platform’s rankings, fights, and matchmaking, but said Chen Qingyu could not use it until he cleared the War God Tower’s first floor.
• Chen Qingjie described how the Samsara Altar replayed past battles and the Martial Practice Hall helped refine martial skills, noting that both required Great Void Points.
• Chen Qingjie explained the War God Tower’s escalating challenges and showed Chen Qingyu the rankings, where Chen Qinggu ranked first in Changluo and Zhou Chenlong led the overall War God Rankings.
• Chen Qingyu thanked Chen Qingjie, promised to repay the ten Great Void Points he owed, and entered the War God Tower.
• The tower’s voice announced the first-floor challenge and its rewards, and Chen Qingyu readied himself for the approaching opponent.

Chen Qingyu easily cleared the first four floors of the War God Tower before defeating thirty coordinated Blood Sea Realm opponents on the fifth floor with Flying Sand and Moving Stones. He entered the War God Rankings of Divine Capital Changluo at rank 272.

• Chen Qingyu killed the first-floor opponent with the backlash from his protective True Qi and continued the challenge.
• Chen Qingyu defeated two opponents on the second floor, then cleared the third and fourth floors as the challenges grew stronger.
• Chen Qingyu entered the fifth floor and found thirty opponents coordinating attacks with formations, hidden weapons, and arrows.
• Chen Qingyu used Flying Sand and Moving Stones to turn the thirty opponents to sand, clearing the fifth floor.
• The War God Tower announced that Chen Qingyu had entered the War God Rankings of Divine Capital Changluo at rank 272.

Chen Qingyu entered the sixth floor of the War God Tower after ranking 272nd under the alias Chen Shaojun, and faced a hundred opponents. Outside, Chen Qingjie and Chen Qingquan discovered that the newcomer Chen Qingjie had brought was the ranked challenger, and joined the crowd rushing to watch his fight.

• Chen Qingyu confirmed his public ranking as Chen Shaojun, concealing his age while listing his Chen Clan of Changluo background.
• Chen Qingyu chose to continue the challenge and arrived on the sixth floor, where a hundred opponents appeared.
• Chen Qingjie spoke with his cousin Chen Qingquan about his hopes of escaping a predictable future in the Blood Sea Realm.
• The War God Rankings announced Chen Shaojun at rank 272, stunning Chen Qingjie and Chen Qingquan.
• Chen Qingjie told Chen Qingquan that Chen Shaojun was the newcomer he had brought, then hurried with him to watch the sixth-floor challenge.

Chen Qingyu used [Standing Upright Without a Shadow] to evade the hundred warriors on the War God Tower’s sixth floor, then set a spectator fee as thousands gathered to watch. As the audience grew impatient, he unleashed [Flying Sand and Moving Stones] at the clustered warriors.

• Chen Qingyu vanished from the warriors’ sight and slipped out of their encirclement.
• Chen Qingyu set a fee of one Great Void Point per spectator, drawing a growing audience to his challenge.
• Chen Qingjie and his cousin Qingquan paid to watch and marveled at Chen Qingyu’s concealment technique.
• The hundred warriors gathered defensively while tens of thousands of spectators grew impatient for Chen Qingyu to attack.
• Chen Qingyu sent an enormous sandstorm toward the gathered warriors with [Flying Sand and Moving Stones].

Chen Qingyu cleared the sixth floor of the War God Tower with [Flying Sand and Moving Stones], earning eighth place on the Divine Capital Changluo rankings and entering the Blood Sea Heaven overall rankings. He chose to continue to the seventh floor as spectators followed, while people outside noticed his rankings shoot upward.

• Chen Qingyu’s sandstorm devastated the sixth-floor warriors, killing more than half and leaving the rest badly injured.
• Chen Qingyu unleashed [Flying Sand and Moving Stones] again, defeating every remaining warrior and clearing the sixth floor.
• The War God Tower awarded Chen Qingyu 5,000 Great Void Points and spectator fees, ranked him eighth in Divine Capital Changluo, and placed him 384th overall in Blood Sea Heaven.
• Chen Qingyu chose to continue challenging the War God Tower and ascended to the seventh floor as spectators paid to follow him.
• Outside the tower, a young man told newcomers about Chen Shaojun, and the crowds reacted when golden light marked his eighth-place and overall rankings.

Chen Qingyu reached the seventh floor of the War God Tower and faced five hundred powerful opponents, while spectators gathered to watch. He avoided their attacks by flying to the ceiling and unleashed a vast earth-yellow storm on them.

• Chen Qingyu appeared eighth on the War God Rankings, drawing a huge crowd to the War God Tower as he challenged the seventh floor.
• Chen Qingyu found himself surrounded by five hundred warriors with seven martial meridians and failed to escape unnoticed.
• Chen Qingyu deactivated [Standing Upright Without a Shadow] and drew a barrage of attacks, then dodged them by riding an auspicious cloud to the ceiling.
• Chen Qingyu announced that he could fly and sent a massive earth-yellow storm crashing down toward the warriors.

Chen Qingyu cleared the seventh floor of the War God Tower and became first on the Divine Capital Changluo War God Rankings, while ranking fourth overall in Blood Sea Heaven. Spectators expected Chen Qinggu to challenge him, and Chen Qingyu was asked whether he would leave the tower or continue.

• Chen Qingyu used Flying Sand and Moving Stones to devastate the gathered martial artists, then restored his True Qi with Qi Absorption in Nine Breaths and killed the survivors.
• Chen Qingyu cleared the seventh floor, earning Great Void Points and viewing fees as the spectator count exceeded two hundred and fifty thousand.
• The War God Tower ranked Chen Qingyu first in Divine Capital Changluo and fourth on the Overall War God Rankings of Blood Sea Heaven.
• Chen Qingjie asked Cousin Qingquan whether Chen Qingyu or Chen Qinggu was stronger, and Cousin Qingquan predicted Chen Qinggu would challenge Chen Qingyu.
• Chen Qingyu wondered why he ranked only fourth overall, then heard the War God Tower ask whether he would leave or continue.

Chen Qingyu left the War God Tower after clearing its seventh floor, choosing to grow stronger before attempting the eighth. After repaying Chen Qingjie, he was recognized by the crowd and logged out, while news of his rise to the top of the War God Rankings spread across Divine Capital Changluo and the Desolate Continent.

• Chen Qingyu decided to postpone challenging the eighth floor and left the War God Tower.
• Chen Qingjie and Chen Qingquan left the spectator space, and Chen Qingjie lamented that Chen Qingyu still owed him ten Great Void Points.
• Chen Qingyu found Chen Qingjie, repaid the ten Great Void Points, and thanked him for introducing him to the Supreme Void Dao Realm and [Divine Capital Changluo].
• The crowd recognized Chen Qingyu and overwhelmed him with questions, so he logged out; Chen Qingjie and Chen Qingquan were also forced to log out as people questioned them about Chen Shaojun.
• News that Chen Qingyu had taken the top spot on the War God Rankings spread through Divine Capital Changluo and onward across the Desolate Continent.

After Chen Qingyu became the top-ranked warrior in Divine Capital Changluo, news of his fourth-place finish in the overall Blood Sea Heaven rankings spread across the continent. The chapter ends with people anticipating a clash between Chen Qingyu and Chen Qinggu to determine the Chen Clan’s strongest prodigy.

• Chen Qingyu told Chen Zhengxing that he had cleared the seventh floor of the War God Tower and become number one on the Divine Capital Changluo War God Rankings.
• Chen Zhengxing was stunned by his son’s achievement, then left to cultivate after joking that Chen Qingyu had dented his confidence.
• Chen Shaojun’s fourth-place finish on the overall Blood Sea Heaven War God Rankings drew attention across the Desolate Continent.
• Chang Qianjiao grew angry at being overtaken by Chen Shaojun, while the Heavenly Crystal King advised her to wait until he entered the Combat Victory Rankings.
• People in Divine Capital Changluo debated whether Chen Shaojun or Chen Qinggu was the Chen Clan’s strongest prodigy and expected them to fight.

Chen Qinggu learned that Chen Shaojun had seized first place on the War God Rankings and decided to meet him in a fight. Meanwhile, Chen Qingyu focused on improving his martial skills and prepared to enter the Martial Practice Hall to accelerate his training.

• Chen Qinggu emerged from seclusion and learned that Chen Shaojun had cleared the War God Tower's seventh floor and taken first place on the Divine Capital Changluo War God Rankings.
• Chen Qingju and the other young clan members urged Chen Qinggu to challenge Chen Shaojun, fearing the newcomer would undermine their standing and plans.
• Chen Qinggu rejected their attempt to provoke him but said he was interested in Chen Shaojun and would personally invite him to fight when he appeared in the Supreme Void Dao Realm.
• Chen Qingyu practiced martial skills for four hours and judged his progress too slow to keep pace with older prodigies.
• Chen Qingyu decided to enter the Martial Practice Hall and use its time-accelerating power to improve his martial skill attainment.

Chen Qingyu entered the Martial Practice Hall and used tenfold time acceleration to train his martial techniques with the hall’s corrections and simulated opponents. After several sessions, his mastery of three techniques had improved by leaps and bounds.

• Chen Qingyu escaped the crowd in Divine Capital Changluo by flying on an auspicious cloud to the Martial Practice Hall.
• The Martial Practice Hall explained its technique-correction, sparring, and time-acceleration functions and their Great Void Point costs.
• Chen Qingyu spent Great Void Points to activate tenfold time acceleration and began practicing the Great Radiance Heaven-Suppressing Fist.
• The hall identified errors in Chen Qingyu’s technique and demonstrated a flawless version for him to study.
• Chen Qingyu practiced the Great Radiance Heaven-Suppressing Fist, Great Radiance Body Refining Method, and Celestial Star Attraction Method with simulated opponents, rapidly improving his mastery.

Chen Qingyu mastered three martial techniques, then accepted Chen Qinggu’s challenge to fight at noon the next day. The following morning, he checked in at the Floating Heavenly Palace for the sixth time and obtained the Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming Technique.

• Chen Qingyu finished training in the [Martial Practice Hall] and decided to divide his future cultivation between the hall and the real world.
• Chen Qinggu waited for Chen Qingyu outside the [Martial Practice Hall] and challenged him to a battle, which Chen Qingyu accepted for noon the next day.
• Chen Qingyu returned home, practiced until he had fully mastered the beginner stages of all three martial techniques, and went to bed.
• Chen Qingyu rode an auspicious cloud to the Floating Heavenly Palace and received the Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming Technique as his sixth check-in reward.

Chen Qingyu discovered that Subduing Dragons and Taming Tigers greatly strengthened his body and complemented his Great Radiance Body Refining Method. After the Ninth Ancestor warned him that Chen Qinggu would be an even match, Chen Qingyu tested his newfound strength and prepared to challenge him.

• Chen Qingyu examined Subduing Dragons and Taming Tigers and learned it could strengthen his body as his cultivation advanced.
• The Ninth Ancestor told Chen Qingyu that his rise to the top of the War God Rankings had stirred the Divine Capital and asked about his chances against Chen Qinggu.
• The Ninth Ancestor judged the upcoming fight to be evenly matched, praised Chen Qinggu's combat experience, and described Zhou Chenlong as unmatched among this era's Blood Sea Realm prodigies.
• Chen Qingyu vowed to face Zhou Chenlong after clearing the eighth floor of the War God Tower, then promised the Ninth Ancestor he would defeat Chen Qinggu.
• Chen Qingyu tested his strength by crushing a ten-thousand-jin stone weight and realized his body could rival a Golden Bridge Realm grandmaster's.

Chen Qingyu and Chen Qinggu met at the Combat Victory Platform for their match to determine the Chen Clan’s strongest prodigy in Blood Sea Heaven. They agreed to fight on a vast grassland beneath the stars, had their cultivation balanced at the First Heavenly Layer of the Blood Sea Realm, and began the battle after splitting the spectator fees.

• Chen Qinggu waited at the Combat Victory Platform as a huge crowd gathered, then Chen Qingyu arrived and greeted him.
• Chen Qinggu let Chen Qingyu choose the battlefield, and Chen Qingyu selected a starry grassland rather than a setting that favored his abilities.
• Chen Qinggu enlarged the battlefield to its maximum size, and the platform reduced his cultivation to match Chen Qingyu’s First Heavenly Layer.
• Chen Qingyu and Chen Qinggu agreed to charge spectators and split the one hundred thousand Great Void Points.
• The Combat Victory Platform announced that the battle had begun.