Recaps

Mu Fan persuaded Zhong Ming to search underground and enlisted Xiao Ye to spread firecrackers through the emperor’s tomb, believing Lu Changzhi had confirmed there was something worth finding. Lu Changzhi remained cryptic as the others departed to search, leaving him with Qin Li and Gu Chen.

• Mu Fan urged Zhong Ming to dig in the emperor’s tomb, and Zhong Ming set off with a shovel to search for buried corpses or other surprises.
• Mu Fan privately asked Lu Changzhi to confirm that something was buried there, and Lu Changzhi answered only with a smile and a vague agreement.
• Mu Fan gave Xiao Ye a bag of firecrackers and asked him to scatter them across the tomb, and Xiao Ye accepted after his system issued him a task.
• Mu Fan and Xiao Ye left to spread the firecrackers, while Zhong Ming went to dig, leaving Lu Changzhi with Qin Li and Gu Chen.
• Qin Li asked Lu Changzhi whether the tomb held anything extraordinary, but he gestured for her to look around without answering.

The Liu Clan escaped while the Huang, Shen, and Zhu Clans focused on entering the Emperor Tomb, whose warning declared that the disrespectful could not touch it. The Huang Clan disguised themselves as Shen Clan members, and the Liu Clan reached temporary safety before Liu Duanyuan raised the issue of recovering the Shen Clan’s artifacts.

• Liu Duanyuan led the Liu Clan away, telling Liu Tianming not to stop or look back as he vowed to repay the Mystic Yang Realm forces for the disgrace.
• The Huang, Shen, and Zhu Clans put aside pursuit of the Liu Clan to investigate the Emperor Tomb, and Zhu Clan experts discovered its message: “The disrespectful must not dream of laying a finger on it.”
• The Huang Clan copied the Shen Clan members’ appearances, provoking the Shen Clan, whose artifacts had been lost or had run off with their Emperor Artifact.
• The Liu Clan reached a safer distance without being pursued, and Liu Duanyuan told Liu Tianming they still needed to deal with the Shen Clan experts’ artifacts.

Liu Tianming stored the seized Shen Clan artifacts inside the Emperor Conferment Chair, while Liu Duanyuan and Liu Xun realized Lu Changzhi might have entered the Emperor Tomb ahead of them. Meanwhile, Lu Changzhi and his companions reached the location marked by Xu Tiancheng’s inheritance.

• The Emperor Conferment Chair offered to cleanse the seized artifacts of the Shen Clan experts’ imprints, and Liu Tianming let it store them.
• Liu Xun learned that the Emperor Conferment Chair could control people and considered how useful that ability might be.
• Liu Xun noticed Lu Changzhi and his disciples were missing, and Liu Duanyuan suspected they had entered the Emperor Tomb ahead of the Liu Clan.
• Liu Duanyuan told Liu Xun not to alert Lu Changzhi and said the old ancestors would handle the matter while Liu Xun managed the clan.
• Inside the secret realm, Mu Fan and Xiao Ye worked outside the statue as Zhong Ming led old ancestors in digging, while the three passed Xu Tiancheng’s body and reached the place indicated by the inheritance.

Gu Chen obtained Xu Tiancheng’s body-tempering inheritance and absorbed the golden liquid, while Qin Li confirmed that its Qi resembled the Qi she had sensed from Lin Xie. After Gu Chen uncovered a hidden note beneath the stone platform, the group suspected that more treasures were hidden elsewhere in the emperor’s tomb.

• Gu Chen read Xu Tiancheng’s body-tempering method, which called for materials tied to the four sacred beasts, then absorbed the golden liquid from the vessel.
• Qin Li recognized the liquid’s Qi as sharing an origin with the Qi she had sensed from Lin Xie and wondered how his extraordinary physique had crossed into this life.
• Gu Chen cleared the stone platform and lifted it, revealing a hidden space containing a cloth that urged later visitors to keep searching for treasures.
• Qin Li suggested Xu Tiancheng had left the hidden items so visitors would not leave empty-handed, and Gu Chen guessed that more treasures lay elsewhere in the emperor’s tomb.
• Lu Changzhi stored Xu Tiancheng’s body, saying he would refine it later to protect his disciples.

The Shen, Huang, and Zhu Clans joined forces to open a passage into the Emperor Tomb, while Lin Xie prepared to enter, take what he sought, and escape. Inside, Lu Changzhi realized the factions would break through soon and considered using Lin Xie to find the place Mu Fan’s task required them to dig; Qin Li emerged from the statue and sensed something alarming.

• The Huang Clan moved against the Shen Clan, but Zhu Sheng intervened and arranged for the Shen Clan to enter the tomb first, followed by the Huang Clan and then the Zhu Clan.
• The Zhu Clan produced fake Shen Clan experts and joined the effort to open the tomb passage, prompting the Shen Clan to add its formation experts to the group.
• Lin Xie watched the three factions cooperate and planned to enter the tomb, dig up what he wanted, and leave before trouble caught up with him.
• Lu Changzhi sensed the factions’ combined efforts and estimated that they would break into the tomb within a cup of tea, then considered having Lin Xie locate the place they needed to dig.
• Gu Chen said they had nearly finished moving everything inside the statue and went to move it; Lu Changzhi found the nearby ground had sunk, while Mu Fan carried Xiao Ye and launched firecrackers.
• Qin Li emerged from the statue, sensed something, and opened her eyes with a grave expression.

Mu Fan blasted deep into the ground after Qin Li sensed something buried there and uncovered a golden Resurrection Coin marked with “Founder FangSong_GBK.” Its discovery connected to Qin Li’s own vanished silver coin and raised suspicions that Lin Xie’s rebirth was linked to the golden one.

• Qin Li sensed something nearby, and Lu Changzhi encouraged her to help Mu Fan investigate while keeping Gu Chen’s questions unanswered.
• Qin Li told Mu Fan where to blast, and he repeatedly exploded the ground as Xiao Ye and Zhong Ming watched.
• Mu Fan uncovered a deep crater containing a shattered square object and a golden Resurrection Coin bearing simplified Chinese characters.
• Qin Li recognized the coin’s distinctive presence and recalled that she had once possessed a smaller silver version that later vanished.
• Mu Fan asked Qin Li whether she knew what the coin was.

Lu Changzhi learned that the Resurrection Coin could revive someone after an unknown span of time, and his system warned that its maker was likely a powerful system user who had mastered time. As the Mystic Yang Realm powerhouses finally warped space to force their way in, Lu Changzhi told Qin Li and Mu Fan to prepare to leave.

• Mu Fan and Qin Li brought the items they had found in the pit to Lu Changzhi, who identified one as a Resurrection Coin and used the system to inspect it.
• The system told Lu Changzhi that the coin looked like the work of another system that had already had time to grow powerful, and it could not promise to protect him completely.
• Lu Changzhi realized the coin's delayed resurrection might be connected to Lin Xie's and Qin Li's reincarnations, raising questions about how many coins existed and what tied them to Lin Xie.
• Lu Changzhi claimed he had learned the characters from a self-proclaimed descendant of Yan and Huang, impressing Mu Fan and unsettling Qin Li, who understood the price of resurrection.
• Space warped above them as the Mystic Yang Realm powerhouses' combined efforts began to work, and Lu Changzhi told Qin Li and Mu Fan to tidy up and prepare to leave.

Lu Changzhi and his companions left the emperor’s tomb before the outside forces entered, and the newcomers found the grounds recently devastated. They concluded that the Liu Clan had used a puppet and a series of distractions to secretly explore the tomb, then began suspecting the Shen Clan of collusion.

• Zhu Sheng warned the Zhu Clan experts to prepare as the tomb entrance appeared, while Lin Xie and other Mystic Yang Realm experts moved toward it.
• Lu Changzhi gathered Mu Fan, Gu Chen, Xiao Ye, and Zhong Ming, then used Descent to return with them through Jin Fugui before the other forces arrived.
• Experts from the Zhu, Huang, and Shen Clans entered the tomb and found a barren, disturbed landscape that contradicted the Liu Clan’s information.
• Shen Xiong blamed the Liu Clan, and other experts proposed that the Liu Clan had secretly explored the tomb while using Liu Tianming, a puppet, and staged distractions to mislead everyone.
• The experts turned suspicious gazes on the Shen Clan and accused it of working with the Liu Clan.

Shen Xiong’s clan was accused of conspiring with the Liu Clan, but he led them deeper into the Emperor Tomb to search for its inheritance. Lin Xie discovered that the tomb’s statue and mountaintop had been removed, then headed for the inheritance site, only for an unidentified figure to reach it first and begin digging.

• Zhu Sheng and a Huang Clan expert accused the Shen Clan of betraying the realm, and Shen Xiong led his clan onward to search for the inheritance.
• Zhu Sheng ordered the other factions to follow the Shen Clan and take any inheritance they found, while rogue cultivators entered and began digging through the overturned ground.
• Lin Xie entered the tomb, found the statue and mountaintop missing, and realized the major forces had stripped the place bare.
• Lin Xie headed toward the place where he remembered the inheritance was buried, unaware that another figure’s system had identified the same location.
• The figure followed a line pointing to Lin Xie’s destination, sealed off the spot with artifacts, and drilled into the earth ahead of him.

Lin Xie found a protected patch of ground at the emperor’s tomb and recruited others to help him break through it, hoping to recover what Xu Tiancheng had buried. Deep underground, another figure opened an empty wooden box labeled for the Coin of Resurrection and realized that a rival with a similar system, likely from his hometown, had already taken the prize.

• Lin Xie found that one patch of ground resisted his attacks while the surrounding soil was easily destroyed.
• Lin Xie told the crowd that something might be hidden beneath the protected ground and invited them to attack it with him.
• A figure deep underground reached a wooden box and poured spiritual power into it until it opened.
• The figure found the box empty except for a message reading “Awaiting good news” and smashed it in anger.
• The figure concluded that the other person with a similar system had taken the Coin of Resurrection and was probably from his hometown.

A hidden figure planned to use his system to manipulate a future system-user, while Lin Xie witnessed an inheritance announcement and the escape of a powerful intruder from the emperor’s tomb. As Lin Xie considered how to leave the altered secret realm, someone appeared behind him and immobilized him, claiming they could track him through karma.

• The figure told his system to grow stronger so it could manipulate another system-user, whom he called a leek.
• Xu Tiancheng announced that someone had found his inheritance and supreme treasure, and golden light marked the ground near Lin Xie and the others.
• Mystic Yang Realm experts broke through the obstruction, prompting the hidden figure beneath the earth to use Leek Substitution and escape through the secret-realm entrance.
• Most experts from the three factions pursued the escapee, while Lin Xie weighed whether to search for a way out or leave with the others.
• An unknown figure appeared behind Lin Xie, froze his body and soul, and said they had tracked him through karma after he used Senior Xu's inheritance.

After returning from the emperor’s tomb, Lu Changzhi discussed the Resurrection Coin and the power of time with Qin Li and Zhong Ming, while Zhong Ming began considering how to stir up conflict around the Liu Clan. Lu Changzhi then discovered the Black Tortoise egg was close to hatching and planned to provide eggshell for Gu Chen’s legacy.

• Lin Xie was sent into the emperor’s tomb, and the old man planned to make him surrender the legacy he believed Lin Xie had obtained.
• Back at Hidden Origin Peak, Gu Chen promised Lu Changzhi he would cultivate diligently, and Qin Li asked whether time could flow backward.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system about returning to a save point and learned that the Resurrection Coin could not do so; Zhong Ming then asked how to master the power of time.
• Zhong Ming resolved to increase his strength and considered stirring up trouble involving the Liu Clan and the forces of the Mystic Yang Realm.
• Xiao Ming told Lu Changzhi that the Black Tortoise egg was about to hatch, and Lu Changzhi summoned Gu Chen to ask how much eggshell his legacy required.
• Gu Chen said the legacy needed at least a palm-sized piece of eggshell, and Lu Changzhi decided to provide it.

Lu Changzhi learned that the Black Tortoise egg was undergoing rare ancestral reversion and moved it near the Liu Clan to keep its hatching from attracting trouble. At the edge of the Misty Clear Realm, wounded Long Yang sensed the egg’s presence coming from the Liu Clan and wondered what secrets the clan held.

• Xiao Ming insisted that he was the big brother as the Black Tortoise egg’s shell cracked and its ancient presence grew stronger.
• The Dao-Severing Sword Spirit identified the egg as a Black Tortoise undergoing ancestral reversion, a rare event that could usher in an age of glory for the Beast Race.
• Lu Changzhi buried the Dao-Severing Sword, then learned that ancestral reversion could alert beasts across a wide area.
• Lu Changzhi took the Black Tortoise egg and Gu Chen through the teleportation array to the Withering and Flourishing Sect, leaving Xiao Ming behind.
• Lu Changzhi traveled near the Liu Clan, intending to share the Black Tortoise’s good fortune and retrieve the Emperor Conferment Chair after it hatched.
• Wounded Long Yang sensed a powerful presence from the Liu Clan and wondered what secrets it was hiding.

Long Yang and his third uncle fled after noticing someone nearby, while the Liu Clan investigated the widespread reaction among demonic beasts. At the source, the Black Tortoise hatched before Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen, revealing two heads and the ability to speak.

• Long Yang questioned his third uncle about arriving late, but the man warned him that their actions were reckless and led him away when he sensed someone nearby.
• Liu Xun learned that a nearby supreme existence was affecting demonic beasts and sent people to investigate cautiously.
• The Black Tortoise egg cracked as its influence spread through the Beast Race in the Misty Clear Realm and toward the Mystic Yang Realm.
• Lu Changzhi gathered the fallen eggshells and gave them to Gu Chen as two heads emerged from the egg.
• The snake head demanded the shells, but the turtle-like head told it to obey Mother and let Gu Chen keep them.

Lu Changzhi named the newly hatched Black Tortoise’s two heads Xiao Xuan and Xiao Wu, then fled with Gu Chen as Long Xiao and Long Yang arrived. Long Xiao mistook the Black Tortoise’s awakening for the Black Tortoise Clan’s successful atavism, while Long Yang identified Lu Changzhi as the Liu Clan’s imperial son and misnamed him Liu Tianming.

• Lu Changzhi told the Black Tortoise’s heads to call him Big Brother and named them Xiao Xuan and Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu declined to give Gu Chen any eggshell, and the Black Tortoise consumed the shell powder as its presence began to awaken.
• Long Xiao and Long Yang arrived, and Lu Changzhi escaped with Gu Chen and the Black Tortoise after the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit blocked Long Xiao’s pursuit.
• Long Xiao concluded that the Black Tortoise Clan had achieved atavism and decided to identify the human who had been present.
• Long Yang recognized Lu Changzhi’s image as the Liu Clan’s imperial son but mistakenly remembered his name as Liu Tianming.

Long Xiao and Long Yang suspected Liu Tianming had taken the Black Tortoise ancestral seed, and Long Xiao left to summon the Dragon Race. At Hidden Origin Peak, the newly ancestral-reverted Black Tortoise met the others, while Mu Fan received a dangerous Vermilion Bird mission and Lu Changzhi remembered the Emperor Conferment Chair.

• Long Yang told Long Xiao that Liu Tianming was the most likely person behind the Black Tortoise ancestral seed's disappearance, and Long Xiao left to summon the dragons.
• Long Yang stayed behind to watch the Liu Clan, then realized he needed to heal his injuries before taking action.
• Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak with the Black Tortoise, where Xiao Ming welcomed it and learned it could speak.
• Lu Changzhi told Qin Li that the Black Tortoise had undergone ancestral reversion, and Mu Fan received a mission to contract with and ride a Vermilion Bird while staying alive.
• Mu Fan noticed that his excavation mission had disappeared and left, followed by Gu Chen, while Lu Changzhi remembered the Emperor Conferment Chair.

Lu Changzhi returned to investigate the Black Tortoise’s birth while Liu Xun prepared for danger by urging Liu Tianming to leave the clan. Liu Tianming instead sent the Emperor Conferment Chair outside the Liu Clan’s grand array to conceal the clan, but as the chair vanished without any visible effect, Liu Xun began questioning the plan.

• Lu Changzhi decided to return and check whether the Black Tortoise’s birth had caused further changes.
• Liu Xun’s scouts reported that only a lingering presence remained near the Liu Clan, and Liu Xun warned Liu Tianming to leave the clan despite Liu Tianming’s insistence on standing with his family.
• The Emperor Conferment Chair told Liu Tianming it could conceal the entire Liu Clan by harnessing the power of heaven and earth, and Liu Tianming agreed to let it try.
• Liu Xun gave Liu Tianming a token to let the Emperor Conferment Chair pass through the clan’s grand arrays, and the chair grew larger before vanishing outside.
• As the sky remained quiet and the chair showed no further sign, Liu Xun asked Liu Tianming what he was waiting for.

The Liu Clan discovered that the Emperor Artifact and the artifacts inside it had vanished, while Long Yang mistook their search for caution over a secret Black Tortoise. Liu Tianming blamed himself for the loss, and the ancestors began suspecting Lu of playing a trick.

• Liu Tianming told Liu Xun he could no longer sense the Emperor Artifact, and Liu Xun rushed out to search for it.
• Liu Duanyuan and the Liu Clan’s ancestors joined Liu Xun in scanning the territory, but Long Yang slipped away unnoticed.
• Long Yang concluded that the Liu Clan was hiding a Black Tortoise and believed his Third Uncle would return with the dragons to expose the secret.
• Liu Tianming told Liu Xun and the ancestors that all the artifacts seemed to be gone, not just the chair.
• A Liu Clan ancestor suggested that Lu had tricked the artifact, and the others realized they might have found a clue.

Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak with the Emperor Conferment Chair, which had secretly brought back many Dao Artifacts and an Emperor Artifact spear. He sent the spear to Gu Chen and distributed the other artifacts, while Gu Chen promised to help the spear cultivate independently and returned to studying the inheritance.

• Liu Duanyuan left to find the promising junior at the Withering and Flourishing Sect, while the Liu Clan discussed their missing artifacts and lack of options.
• Lu Changzhi brought out the Emperor Conferment Chair, and its Artifact Spirit revealed that it had collected many high-grade Dao Artifacts and an Emperor Artifact spear from the Liu Clan.
• Lu Changzhi decided the Emperor Artifact spear would suit Gu Chen, learned that the chair had tricked the spear into coming, and sent it into Gu Chen's room.
• Lu Changzhi let the others choose Dao Artifacts and told Zhong Ming to keep the Liu Clan connection in mind if anyone recognized them.
• Gu Chen discovered the Emperor Artifact spear and promised to help it grow stronger and cultivate independently, then returned to studying the inheritance.

Lin Xie faced the Shen Clan’s soul-searching threat by revealing that he knew of the Primordial Emperor Road, an ancient path tied to the first Human Emperor. The Shen Clan doubted his claims, but Lin Xie insisted that taking his memories without every detail could bring fatal consequences.

• The Shen Clan restrained Lin Xie and prepared to use a soul-searching method that would kill him.
• Lin Xie used a signal to regain his ability to speak, then offered the Shen Clan valuable information in exchange for his survival.
• Lin Xie identified the information as news of the Primordial Emperor Road, which the Shen Clan recognized as the legendary path walked by the first Human Emperor.
• Lin Xie explained that the road’s return was connected to a special place and changes in the power of time.
• The Shen Clan questioned Lin Xie’s claims and considered taking his memories, but he warned that missing any detail could have fatal consequences.
• Lin Xie remained silent and confident as the Shen Clan experts watched him, unconvinced but uncertain.

Lin Xie used claims about the Primordial Emperor Road and time power to make the Shen Clan experts hesitate to kill him. He offered predictions they could verify, and the blade at his brow vanished, though he privately wondered whether the lecherous dragon could mate with Liu Tianming.

• The Shen Clan experts debated whether Lin Xie was bluffing about the Primordial Emperor Road and time power, since the possibility was too important to dismiss.
• Lin Xie told them they could kill him or investigate his claims, and admitted that Xu Tiancheng's legacy was in his possession.
• A Shen Clan expert threatened Lin Xie with a blade, but Lin Xie offered to teach them Xu Tiancheng's legacy and gave predictions about the White Tiger Sacred Clan and Liu Tianming.
• The blade disappeared after Lin Xie explained that his predictions came from talent and intuition.
• Lin Xie privately reasoned that the Dragon Race had secretly pursued bloodline reversion through mating with humans and wondered whether the lecherous dragon's fragile tool would work.

Lin Xie agreed to teach the Shen Clan experts about the Primordial Emperor Road after they threatened him, while resolving to avoid giving away more of his knowledge. Meanwhile, Long Xiao informed the Dragon Emperor that the Black Tortoise Race may have found a path to ancestral reversion, and was ordered to investigate the Liu Clan emperor's son.

• The Shen Clan experts freed Lin Xie after deciding to test his sincerity by having him teach them about the inheritance.
• Lin Xie accepted their demand while privately resenting that he had once again shared valuable knowledge under pressure.
• Long Xiao told the Dragon Emperor that Long Yang's dragon root had been snapped and described signs that the Black Tortoise Race had made progress toward ancestral reversion.
• Long Xiao suggested that the Liu Clan emperor's son might be the key and proposed approaching him under the pretext of protecting the Black Tortoise.
• The Dragon Emperor gave Long Xiao authority to take dragons and investigate, warning him not to frighten the humans.
• Long Xiao left with the Dragon Emperor's scale, realizing he would bear the blame if the mission went wrong.

Zhu Sheng’s group learned that the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s false rumor about a reborn Human Emperor candidate had led its steward to commit suicide, while the Black Tortoise leaders discussed the Dragon Race’s plans and Gu Chen completed Xu Tiancheng’s body-tempering inheritance. The Sign-In System then announced that all tasks were complete and it was undergoing mutation.

• Zhu Sheng’s group learned the Human Emperor candidate rumor was false and that the responsible Myriad Treasures Pavilion steward had killed himself to atone.
• Zhu Sheng led the Zhu Clan experts toward the Misty Clear Realm to pursue the Emperor Artifacts held by the supposed candidate and the Shen Clan.
• The Mystic Emperor and Martial Emperor discussed Long Xiao’s report that the Dragon Race was pursuing a return to its ancestral origins, and the Martial Emperor ordered Wu Qing and the others to investigate Long Yang’s visit to the Misty Clear Realm.
• Gu Chen reviewed Xu Tiancheng’s body-tempering inheritance, found that his system task was complete, and hoped for a cultivation-enhancing reward.
• Gu Chen saw the system announce that all tasks were complete and the Sign-In System was undergoing mutation.

Gu Chen learned that the mutated Wishing Sign-In System could grant specific wishes alongside sign-in tasks, and he tested its limits by wishing to surpass his master and reach higher realms. The system dismissed his first wishes as lovely dreams, and his wish to enter the Dao Realm produced no response.

• The system mutated into the Wishing Sign-In System and introduced a new wishing function to Gu Chen.
• Gu Chen discovered he had one task-free wish and learned that wishes had to be specific and possible to fulfill.
• Gu Chen mistakenly tried the phrase about turning a bicycle into a motorcycle, then canceled the system's confirmation prompt.
• Gu Chen wished to surpass his master in realm, but the system showed him images and labeled the wish a lovely dream.
• Gu Chen wished to enter the Emperor Realm and received the same response, then wished to enter the Dao Realm, but the familiar images did not appear.

Gu Chen’s wish was granted, and the system began advancing his cultivation toward the Dao Realm. Lu Changzhi discovered that Gu Chen’s Seedling-Pulling Plan had helped him surge ahead, then started a plan for Luo Ling’er’s system and asked whether he could make a wish too.

• Gu Chen received confirmation that his wish for the Dao Realm had been granted and braced himself for the system’s advancement process.
• Lu Changzhi felt his cultivation surge, discovered Gu Chen had advanced to the second layer of the Saint Emperor Realm, and traced the boost to the completed Seedling-Pulling Plan.
• Lu Changzhi checked Mu Fan’s plan, saw it was about two-thirds complete, and concluded that Mu Fan still needed to finish another task.
• Lu Changzhi selected Luo Ling’er’s Mighty God of Cooking System for seedling-pulling after Gu Chen’s completed plan opened a slot.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system whether it was his turn to make a wish now that Gu Chen had done so.