Recaps

Lu Changzhi mastered an Emperor Body technique and gained the power of time, while the Human Emperor Hall became fixated on Atavistic sacred beasts. Luo Zhen introduced the Desolate Ancient Emperor Stele, and the arc ended with factions preparing to obtain Beast Race waste to test for Atavism.

• Gu Chen stood on Long Yi’s horns wearing the Ten Thousand Scale Armor, mastered Chen Wangdao’s body-tempering method, and gained dragon-scale markings as Long Yi resolved to support Elder Lu.
• Lu Changzhi completed his Emperor Body, accepted the system’s power of time, and caused the Wu Clan to discover that the Thousand-Year Mystery had vanished.
• Bai Po observed time accelerating around Lu Changzhi and moved the Tiger Ancestor’s corpse beside him to help the White Tiger Blood Soul Pill form sooner.
• At the Human Emperor Inheritance, Li Baimei and other leaders debated whether Atavistic beasts carried the Human Emperor’s bloodline, while Chen Mingxuan disguised himself and sought a way to restore his masculine body.
• Chu Ping'an gave Luo Zhen a disguised Desolate Ancient Emperor Stele, and Luo Zhen presented it to the Human Emperor Hall as a way to evaluate people and objects through their Qi.
• The stele assessed the gathered leaders with colored lights, produced brushes for Li Baimei and Qian Guiyi, and recorded names including Qian Guiyi, Lu Xun, and Xu Tianmiao.
• Li Baimei and Qian Guiyi proposed testing Beast Race waste for an Atavistic young’s Qi, while Lin Xie and Long Xiao began considering ways to obtain a sample.
• Qian Guiyi called Luo Zhen to the Great Qian Ancient Kingdom, and Chen Mingxuan watched him angrily, suspecting him of causing his transformation.

Appraisals of sacred beast dung exposed extraordinary cubs but humiliated Long Xiao, prompting Li Baimei to lead the Human Race against the Dragon Race. Lu Changzhi deployed his disciples to support the dragons, while Mu Fan opened a separate raid on an enemy faction’s base.

• The Desolate Ancient Emperor Stele revealed Lu Bai’s extraordinary potential and named other sacred beast cubs, but its poor appraisal of Long Xiao’s sample encouraged Li Baimei to attack the Dragon Race.
• Bai Po and Longwang planned support from the four Sacred Beast Races and arranged for Gu Chen to stand on Li Baimei’s head.
• Lu Changzhi gave Qin Li the White Tiger Blood Soul Pill, linked his disciples’ missions, and sent them to assist the Dragon Race.
• Li Baimei led the human assault, rescued Luo Zhen from dragon breath, and accepted him as his adoptive son.
• Gu Chen fought in dragon form and withstood the human prodigies’ attacks while the Longwang Clan presented him as an Atavism dragon hatchling.
• Luo Ling’er healed wounded dragons with medicinal soup, while Jin Fugui collected battlefield valuables and defeated two cultivators who tried to rob him.
• Lu Changzhi brought Qin Li and Mu Fan to release their accompanying clans as a surprise, but Mu Fan chose to raid a faction’s base instead.
• Mu Fan killed and impersonated a Dao Realm expert to infiltrate the base, then summoned Zhu Li and Vermilion Birds whose initial attacks failed to breach its defensive barrier.

The White Tiger Clan and Vermilion Birds joined the Dragon Race against the human factions, while Lu Changzhi’s disciples sabotaged the enemy and staged a gathering on Li Baimei’s head. The human forces retreated, rumors implicated the Li Clan, and preparations began to open the Emperor Road.

• Mu Fan raided the enemy territory with the Vermilion Birds before the White Tiger Clan and Vermilion Birds joined the battlefield.
• Mu Fan took Zhong Ming into the Ding Clan’s ancestral tomb, and Zhong Ming later coordinated the revived ancestors’ self-detonations across the battlefield.
• Li Baimei organized a feint against the Beast Race to target Gu Chen, but Lu Changzhi injured Qian Guiyi with Ball Explosion and the attack failed.
• Li Baimei invoked ancestral power to cover the Li Clan’s withdrawal, but Long Yi and the other Beast Race experts burned their lifespans and pinned him down.
• Gu Chen carried the disciples onto Li Baimei’s head, where they cooked, planted seeds, buried corpses, summoned beasts, and posed for Mu Fan’s pictures.
• Mu Fan set off fireworks as Li Baimei aged rapidly, and Zhong Ming’s buried corpses exploded before the human factions retreated.
• An old man gave Cang Wenyu a wooden token and announced the Emperor Road’s appearance, then urged his companions to prepare to open it.
• Qin Li led the companions toward the Li Clan to spread suspicion, while a figure above the Human Emperor Hall resolved to become the Human Emperor.

Lu Changzhi reshaped the Emperor Road into a series of strange trials, drawing the Human and Beast Races into its paths. Gu De and the other cultivators entered, where their powers were suppressed and the first trials forced them to risk their resources and lives.

• Gu De appeared before the secret realm, revealed himself as the Human Emperor, and rewarded people who answered his questions.
• Gu De defeated the strongest fighters of the four top factions, healed Qian Guiyi, and urged the factions to unite against the Beast Race before the Emperor Road opened early.
• Lu Changzhi discovered that the Emperor Road lay beneath Hidden Origin Peak and used Cang Wenyu’s token to transform it into a trial realm.
• Messages about bringing coffin-bound ancestors drew crowds to the Land of the Four Directions, where cultivators competed to obtain ancestors for the road.
• Lu Changzhi showed his disciples the roles he had prepared for them, then golden stairways appeared and gave cultivators access to the Emperor Road.
• Gu De and the four top factions entered the road, where their strength was suppressed and travelers faced a land route and a dangerous waterway after burying coffins.
• Mu Fan stole Gu De’s resources and used Xiao Ye’s lightning against the travelers, while Li Baimei and Qian Guiyi’s groups fought over missing storage rings.
• Gu De reached the forest ahead of the others, and a Li Clan man who chose peaceful coexistence with the Beast Race sank into the soft ground as Ma Ze hesitated to help.