Chapter Summaries

Shushan erupted in shock after Chen Changqing replaced Jian Zhenzi at the top of the Azure Dragon Ranking. His rise thrilled his allies, unsettled Ji Changkong, and impressed the Seven Great Peaks, leaving Chen Yuan’s line with two peerless geniuses who had each claimed first place.

• Shushan learned that Jian Zhenzi’s name had disappeared from the Azure Dragon Ranking and that Chen Changqing now ranked first.
• Ran Hua, Shi Tian, Wang Yang, and Willow Wood celebrated Chen Changqing’s achievement at Changqing Peak.
• Ji Changkong reacted with anger and concern, remembering how Chen Changqing had rejected him and defeated Bai Hao.
• Liu Ruyan and Granny Ye discussed Chen Changqing’s rise, with Granny Ye acknowledging his extraordinary talent.
• The Peak Masters of the Seven Great Peaks praised Chen Changqing and recognized that Chen Yuan’s disciples Jian Zhenzi and Chen Changqing had both reached the ranking’s top.

Chen Yuan worried about Chen Changqing after learning that he had taken the top spot on the Azure Dragon Ranking. Chen Changqing returned from the Blood Moon World to the Jiuzhou Continent and arrived at Medicine God Valley, where he was mistaken for a spy and attacked.

• Chen Yuan heard that Chen Changqing had reached the top of the Azure Dragon Ranking and worried because he had not returned from the Qiankun Secret Realm.
• Mo Tianji reassured Chen Yuan that the ranking showed Chen Changqing was safe, and Chen Yuan hoped his disciple would return to Shushan soon.
• Chen Changqing emerged from a spatial rift and realized Xuanyuan Xiaoyu's token had sent him back to the Jiuzhou Continent, though he did not know where he was.
• Several Medicine God Valley cultivators confronted Chen Changqing, and he recognized the place as Hua Yao's home and prepared to show her token.
• The leading young man accused Chen Changqing of being a spy and ordered the others to attack, but Chen Changqing's Violet Mansion pressure shattered their attacks.

Chen Changqing arrived in Medicine God Valley and overwhelmed several Core Formation disciples who mistook him for an intruder. Yao Feng recognized him as the Azure Dragon Ranking’s top cultivator and led him to see Hua Yao, while the disciples were left shaken by their near-fatal mistake.

• Chen Changqing’s aura sent several Medicine God Valley disciples flying, and he refused to leave when they challenged him.
• Yao Feng arrived after sensing the spiritual power fluctuation and recognized Chen Changqing, whom he had believed trapped in the Qiankun Secret Realm.
• The disciples realized Chen Changqing was the number one on the Azure Dragon Ranking and feared what might have happened if Yao Feng had not arrived.
• Yao Feng suspected Chen Changqing had come to see Hua Yao and offered to take him to her.
• Chen Changqing accepted Yao Feng’s offer, and the remaining disciples breathed a sigh of relief after the two departed.

Yao Feng brought Chen Changqing to Hua Yao, who was overjoyed to see him and asked about his disappearance from the Qiankun Secret Realm and Wangcai. Chen Changqing agreed that he had come to find her, and Hua Yao invited him to stay in Medicine God Valley just as several people arrived.

• Yao Feng led Chen Changqing through Medicine God Valley to Hua Yao's courtyard.
• Hua Yao recognized Chen Changqing, dropped her watering can, and ran into his arms before Yao Feng left them alone.
• Hua Yao asked how Chen Changqing had vanished from the Qiankun Secret Realm, and he said a teleportation accident had sent him to another minor world.
• Chen Changqing told Hua Yao that Wangcai had been separated from him but was still alive because their master-servant contract remained intact.
• Hua Yao asked whether Chen Changqing had come specifically to find her, and he said yes before she invited him to stay and tour the valley.
• Several figures entered the garden as Chen Changqing was about to respond to Hua Yao's invitation.

Chen Changqing met Hua Yao’s father, Hua Gu, who thanked him for saving Hua Yao but doubted he was worthy of associating with her. After Hua Yao praised Chen Changqing’s achievements, Hua Gu said his cultivation was still insufficient, and Chen Changqing asked what level would be enough.

• Chen Changqing greeted Hua Gu, the master of Medicine God Valley, and Hua Gu invited him to stay while he assessed him.
• Yao Feng realized Hua Gu favored Chen Changqing and saw Hua Yao openly admiring him.
• Hua Yao praised Chen Changqing for saving her and taking first place on the Azure Dragon Ranking, surprising Chen Changqing, who had not known about the ranking update.
• Hua Gu told Chen Changqing that his cultivation was not enough to associate with Hua Yao.
• Chen Changqing asked Hua Gu what cultivation level would be enough.

Hua Gu agreed to let Chen Changqing court Hua Yao if he reached the nascent soul realm, and Chen Changqing shortened the deadline from three years to one. After Hua Yao accepted his feelings, Chen Changqing left Medicine God Valley with her promise to work hard as well.

• Hua Gu challenged Chen Changqing to reach the nascent soul realm within three years before he would allow him to court Hua Yao.
• Chen Changqing accepted and declared that one year was enough, stunning Hua Yao, Yao Feng, Hua Gu, and Hua Lixuan.
• Hua Gu promised to bring Hua Yao to Shushan if Chen Changqing reached the nascent soul realm within a year.
• Chen Changqing asked Hua Yao whether she would be willing to be with him if he succeeded, and Hua Yao softly agreed.
• Three days later, Hua Yao gave Chen Changqing a pouch of healing pills and rare herbs as he departed Medicine God Valley.
• Hua Yao watched Chen Changqing leave and resolved to work hard, keeping the pure world white lotus he had helped her gather.

Chen Changqing encountered Xiaoqian again in a town where she had become a Ghost General and sensed merit aura around her. He asked how she had gained it, leaving the reason for her transformation unexplained.

• Hua Yao left the Mountain Gate, while Hua Gu questioned whether Chen Changqing was worth Medicine God Valley's investment and Hua Lixuan defended his talent.
• Chen Changqing flew toward Shushan and sensed strong ghostly aura near the town where he and Rujie had once defeated Ghost Granny.
• Chen Changqing found a temple built over the former ruins and discovered that it was filled with ghostly aura despite the peaceful villagers.
• Xiaoqian appeared and recognized Chen Changqing as her benefactor, then welcomed him into a barrier in the temple's rear courtyard.
• Chen Changqing learned Xiaoqian had reached Ghost General cultivation and sensed merit aura around her, so he asked why she possessed it.

Chen Changqing reunited with Xiaoqian and learned how she had become a revered ghost cultivator. When a Shushan disciple attacked her, Chen Changqing repelled his sword strike and revealed a Shushan Sequence Holy Son Token, leaving the disciple stunned.

• Xiaoqian told Chen Changqing that his ghost cultivation technique had helped her save villagers, earn incense offerings, and cultivate toward a meritorious ghost body.
• Xiaoqian explained that Shushan disciples had discovered her ghostly aura a month earlier and returned with a Violet Mansion cultivator to deal with her.
• Chen Changqing and Xiaoqian left the temple barrier to face Ma Yang, a disciple of Shushan's War Dome Peak.
• Ma Yang attacked Chen Changqing with Sword Qi, but Chen Changqing's Mountain Seal shattered it before Xiaoqian could protect him.
• Chen Changqing produced a Shushan Sequence Holy Son Token marked with the number eleven, and Ma Yang recognized it in disbelief.

Chen Changqing revealed himself as Shushan’s Eleventh Sequence Holy Son, protected Xiaoqian, and left her with a talisman and a powerful magic treasure. Three days later, he returned to Shushan, where an excited disciple greeted him at the mountain gate.

• Ma Yang recognized Chen Changqing as Shushan’s Eleventh Sequence Holy Son and apologized for challenging him.
• Chen Changqing gave Xiaoqian a Shushan protection talisman and the Mysterious Yin Bracelet, then departed.
• Xiaoqian accepted the gifts and resolved to cultivate until she could help Chen Changqing.
• Three days later, Chen Changqing returned to Shushan’s mountain gate, where a disciple from the Outer Sect Seventh Courtyard ran up to greet him.

Chen Changqing returned to Shushan, where his rise to the top of the Azure Dragon Ranking stirred the sect and delighted his allies and Liu Ruyan. After arriving at Seven Stars Peak to pay his respects to Chen Yuan, he encountered a formidable Nascent Soul swordsman.

• Chen Changqing met Lin Yuan at the Mountain Gate and gave him a pill to help him reach Foundation Establishment.
• Lin Yuan vowed to work hard and join the Inner Sect after Chen Changqing flew toward it.
• News of Chen Changqing's return spread through Shushan, and Inner Disciples hurried to Changqing Peak with gifts.
• Liu Ruyan stopped playing the zither when Elder Ye told her Chen Changqing had returned, and she rejoiced at the news.
• Ran Hua, Wang Yang, Shi Tian, Qing Yang, and Elder Willow Wood celebrated Chen Changqing's return to Changqing Peak.
• Chen Changqing went to Seven Stars Peak to pay his respects to Chen Yuan and saw a cold-faced Nascent Soul swordsman in the hall.

Chen Changqing returned to Shushan and met his senior brother Jian Zhenzi, Shushan’s First Sequence Holy Son, after learning they had both visited the Blood Moon World. He asked Chen Yuan to open a sealed treasure casket, and the token inside merged with the token Chen Changqing had obtained in the Qiankun Secret Realm.

• Chen Yuan welcomed Chen Changqing back and introduced Jian Zhenzi as his senior brother and Shushan’s First Sequence Holy Son.
• Chen Changqing greeted Jian Zhenzi, who praised his talent and sensed his condensed Sword Momentum.
• Chen Changqing told Chen Yuan and Jian Zhenzi that he had been accidentally teleported to the Blood Moon World after leaving the Qiankun Secret Realm.
• Chen Changqing asked Chen Yuan to open a treasure casket, and Chen Yuan removed its Deity Transformation Seal.
• Chen Yuan opened the casket to reveal an ancient token, and Chen Changqing’s token flew out of his Heaven Treading Ring and merged with it.

Chen Changqing learned that a similar token had been seen in the Immortal-Demon Battlefield, where living immortals were said to exist. He revealed his six Violet Palaces and asked Chen Yuan for treasures to open the remaining Golden Core Violet Palaces, then left after Chen Yuan agreed to search for Five Elements Origin Power.

• Chen Changqing fused the token from the treasure chest, but it gave him no cultivation method or guidance.
• Jian Zhenzi said he had seen a similar token in the Immortal-Demon Battlefield, and Chen Yuan explained that the ancient battlefield held great dangers, opportunities, and possibly living immortals.
• Chen Changqing asked Chen Yuan whether Shushan had treasures containing Five Elements Origin Power or Four Symbols Power.
• Chen Changqing revealed six Violet Palaces and three Golden Cores, shocking Jian Zhenzi and Chen Yuan.
• Chen Changqing explained that he needed the treasures to open the Violet Palaces for his remaining Golden Cores, and Chen Yuan agreed to search for Five Elements Origin Power treasures.

After reaching the top of the Azure Dragon Ranking, Chen Changqing returned to Changqing Peak, where disciples and Shushan Sequence Holy Sons came to congratulate him and seek his favor. Liu Ruyan arrived last and praised his growing fame, leaving Chen Changqing surrounded by new attention and political interest.

• Chen Yuan told Jian Zhenzi that Chen Changqing had spent much of his time sleeping, basking in the sun, and walking Little Black around Shushan rather than training diligently.
• Chen Changqing returned to Changqing Peak and found Inner Disciples crowding its gate with gifts and requests to join his ranks; he accepted nothing and thanked Xuan Ming and Xuan Qing for guarding the entrance.
• Ran Hua, Qing Yang, Shi Tian, Wang Yang, and Willow Wood welcomed Chen Changqing back and congratulated him on reaching the top of the Azure Dragon Ranking.
• Ji Changkong and then Bai Yifei and other Sequence Holy Sons visited Chen Changqing, offering congratulations, testing him, or declaring support for his camp.
• Liu Ruyan arrived at Changqing Peak and told Chen Changqing that he now shook the Nine Provinces with his might.

Liu Ruyan revealed that she was a princess of the Maple Leaf Dynasty and asked Chen Changqing to accompany her to the Hundred Dynasties War, and he agreed because of his promise to her. After she left, Jian Zhenzi arrived with something from their master and said he also wanted to spar with Chen Changqing.

• Liu Ruyan told Chen Changqing that she was a princess of the Maple Leaf Dynasty and asked him to join her in the Hundred Dynasties War a month later.
• Chen Changqing agreed to accompany Liu Ruyan, honoring his promise to do one thing for her.
• Ran Hua teased Chen Changqing about Liu Ruyan, then told him that a senior brother had come to see him.
• Chen Changqing went out and met Jian Zhenzi, who said their master had sent him to deliver something and that he wanted to spar.

Jian Zhenzi delivered Weak Water to Chen Changqing, giving him the treasure he needed to cultivate a water Violet Palace. The two then went to Changqing Peak to spar, drawing a crowd eager to see which Azure Dragon Ranking champion would win.

• Jian Zhenzi asked Chen Changqing to spar, and Chen Changqing accepted.
• Chen Changqing introduced Jian Zhenzi to Ran Hua, who was stunned to meet Shushan's First Sequence Holy Son.
• Jian Zhenzi gave Chen Changqing a jade bottle containing Weak Water, which Chen Changqing said would help him open a water Violet Palace.
• Chen Changqing led Jian Zhenzi to an open area on Changqing Peak for their spar.
• Ran Hua, Willow Wood, Wang Yang, Shi Tian, and Qing Yang gathered to watch and debated whether Jian Zhenzi or Chen Changqing would win.

Chen Changqing challenged Jian Zhenzi, who agreed to suppress his cultivation to the Violet Mansion Realm. Jian Zhenzi broke Chen Changqing’s sword strike and divine seal with ease, and the chapter ended with Chen Changqing’s battle intent growing stronger.

• Jian Zhenzi agreed to suppress his cultivation, and Chen Changqing opened the duel with the Changhong Sword Technique’s Rainbow Piercing the Sun.
• Jian Zhenzi shattered Chen Changqing’s sword strike with a streak of Sword Qi, astonishing the spectators.
• Chen Changqing unleashed the Three Extremes Return to Origin Seal, but Jian Zhenzi drew the Tianxiao Sword and destroyed it with One Sword Breaks the Heavens.
• Jian Zhenzi told Chen Changqing that his seal techniques surpassed his sword path, and Chen Changqing prepared to continue the battle without using the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique.

Chen Changqing and Jian Zhenzi tested their strength in a sparring match on Changqing Peak, escalating from a draw to Chen Changqing’s overwhelming second punch. The exchange ended with Jian Zhenzi wounded after revealing his Nascent Soul cultivation, while Chen Changqing had exhausted himself.

• Chen Changqing summoned the power of his six Violet Palaces and struck Jian Zhenzi with the first form of the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist, Heaven Topples.
• Jian Zhenzi countered with Sword Annihilation, and their attacks collided in a draw as Willow Wood, the others, Xuan Ming, and Xuan Qing watched.
• Jian Zhenzi praised Chen Changqing’s fist and suggested it was not his limit, so Chen Changqing unleashed the second form, Falling Star.
• Jian Zhenzi stopped suppressing his cultivation and used Nascent Soul strength to defend himself with Sword Guard—Heavenly Dipper.
• After Falling Star struck, Jian Zhenzi stood in the crater with torn clothes, a trembling sword arm, and blood at his mouth, while Chen Changqing knelt nearby, pale and exhausted.

Chen Changqing defeated Jian Zhenzi in their sparring match, earning his senior brother’s respect and learning about the Shushan Sword Tomb. Back in his residence, he extracted the completed Sword Momentum cultivation results.

• Chen Changqing’s punch injured Jian Zhenzi, who admitted defeat, while Shi Tian renewed his resolve to surpass the Holy Son.
• Jian Zhenzi told Chen Changqing that the Shushan Sword Tomb held the inheritances and swords of past Shushan experts, including Immortal Artifacts, and said Sequence Holy Sons could enter.
• Jian Zhenzi departed, and Chen Changqing returned to his residence after his companions praised him.
• Chen Changqing checked his idle cultivation system, saw that Sword Momentum had reached 100%, and extracted its cultivation results.

Chen Changqing advanced his Sword Momentum into a Sword Domain and tested its power before refining a drop of Weak Water. After five days, he opened his seventh Violet Palace and prepared to visit his master about the Shushan Sword Tomb.

• Chen Changqing cultivated his Sword Momentum into a Sword Domain that enveloped Changqing Peak, then tested its power by turning a fallen leaf into a sword phantom that pulverized a rock.
• Willow Wood and the others felt the Sword Domain’s pressure, and Willow Wood suspected Chen Changqing had cultivated a domain before assuring them it was likely released inadvertently during cultivation.
• Chen Changqing withdrew his Sword Domain and began refining the drop of Weak Water that Chen Yuan had sent through Jian Zhenzi.
• After five days, Chen Changqing used the refined Weak Water to shatter a Golden Core and open his seventh Violet Palace.
• Chen Changqing left the quiet room, intending to see his master and visit the Shushan Sword Tomb in search of a fortuitous opportunity.

Chen Changqing visited Chen Yuan, who gave him the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation, a sword art created by Shushan’s previous generation Sword Immortal. Chen Yuan then brought him to the Shushan Sword Tomb to choose a weapon, where two Tribulation Crossing elders guarded the entrance.

• Chen Changqing told Chen Yuan that Weak Water had helped him open a seventh Violet Palace and asked to enter the Shushan Sword Tomb.
• Chen Yuan gave Chen Changqing the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation and explained that its creator had entrusted the sword art to him before dying on the Immortal-Demon Battlefield.
• Chen Changqing read the sword art, activated AFK Cultivation for it through his system, and stored the manual in his Heaven Treading Ring.
• Chen Yuan took Chen Changqing to the Sword Tomb, where two Tribulation Crossing elders greeted the Sect Master.
• Chen Yuan told the two elders that he had brought his disciple to obtain a sword.