Chapter Summaries

Liu Ruyan realized Empress Willow Leaf may have sent her to Shushan to prepare her for the Hundred Dynasties War, while Chen Changqing’s past help had brought them together again. First Imperial Daughter Liu Shi visited Liu Tian’s residence and arranged to speak with Chen Changqing alone, leaving her purpose unclear.

• Liu Ruyan connected the Hundred Dynasties War’s rules to the Void Realm trial and recalled how Chen Changqing had saved her and helped her enter Shushan’s Inner Sect.
• The next morning, Liu Shi arrived at Liu Tian’s residence, claiming she had come to catch up with Liu Ruyan.
• Liu Shi asked whether Chen Changqing was at the residence and said she wanted to befriend the Azure Dragon Ranking’s top-ranked prodigy.
• Chen Changqing entered the hall, and Liu Shi asked Liu Ruyan to let them speak alone.
• Liu Ruyan left the hall, and Chen Changqing asked Liu Shi why she had wanted to see him.

Liu Shi tried to recruit Chen Changqing to help her win the Hundred Dynasties War and the Maple Leaf Dynasty's succession, but he refused. Liu Ruyan was relieved by his answer, then learned that the Second Imperial Daughter had come to see him.

• Liu Shi offered Chen Changqing a place in her camp and access to the Maple Leaf Dynasty's ancestral grounds in exchange for helping her claim the succession.
• Chen Changqing rejected Liu Shi's offer, saying he was content with his current life and did not want to harm his bond with Liu Ruyan.
• Liu Shi left angrily, and Chen Changqing told Liu Ruyan that her eldest sister had tried to win him over.
• Liu Ruyan grew angry at Liu Shi, then felt relieved when Chen Changqing teased that he had refused for her sake.
• A servant told Liu Ruyan that the Second Imperial Daughter had arrived and wanted to see Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing refused to meet the Second Imperial Daughter, Liu Xin, and stayed loyal to Liu Ruyan as the other Imperial Daughters came to recruit him. After Liu Ruyan sent them all away, Chen Changqing emerged and teased her about how sought-after he was.

• After hearing that Liu Xin had arrived, Chen Changqing told Liu Ruyan he would not meet her and went into seclusion.
• Liu Ruyan told Liu Xin that Chen Changqing was unavailable, and Liu Xin warned her to be careful before leaving.
• The Third through Eighth Imperial Daughters visited Liu Ruyan's residence to recruit Chen Changqing, but Liu Ruyan turned them away with the same excuse.
• After the last visitor left, Liu Ruyan angrily complained that the Imperial Daughters were poaching from her, and Chen Changqing emerged to tease her about being in demand.

As the Hundred Dynasties War was about to begin, Empress Willow Leaf summoned Chen Changqing alone after receiving a message from his master. The other Imperial Daughters speculated about their connection, while Chen Changqing learned that his master had contacted the Empress on his behalf.

• Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan arrived at the palace square, where the Imperial Daughters and their helpers watched them with curiosity and hostility.
• Empress Willow Leaf distributed identity tokens and warned everyone that the Hundred Dynasties War allowed for death.
• With one hour remaining before the Teleportation Array opened, Empress Willow Leaf called Chen Changqing to a side hall alone.
• The Imperial Daughters speculated that the Empress favored Chen Changqing or might have a connection to him, while Liu Ruyan suspected his master was involved.
• Empress Willow Leaf told Chen Changqing that his master had sent her a voice transmission the previous day, and privately resented that he had contacted her for his disciple after years of silence.

Empress Willow Leaf delivered Chen Changqing three strands of Shushan Power from his master, Chen Yuan, to protect him in the Hundred Dynasties War. After Chen Changqing warned the Imperial Daughters not to provoke him or Liu Ruyan, Empress Willow Leaf opened the teleportation passage above the Imperial City.

• Empress Willow Leaf gave Chen Changqing a fragment containing three strands of Shushan Power, explaining that each could heal even severe injuries.
• Chen Changqing thanked Empress Willow Leaf and realized Chen Yuan had sent the item through her because he could not communicate across the void.
• The Imperial Daughters questioned Chen Changqing about his private meeting with Empress Willow Leaf, and he warned them not to target him or Liu Ruyan.
• Liu Ruyan led Chen Changqing away as the Imperial Daughters reacted angrily to his warning and dispersed.
• An hour later, Empress Willow Leaf opened a massive spatial passage above the Imperial City for the Hundred Dynasties War.

Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan arrived at the gathering place for the hundred dynasties war, where First Imperial Daughter Liu Shi urged the sisters to stand together against outsiders. The Jiuzhou Divine Dynasty then made a grand entrance aboard a golden ship pulled by nine flood dragons, and an imposing figure emerged.

• Empress Willow Leaf brought the Maple Leaf Dynasty's competitors through a void passage to the war's gathering place, where countless powers had assembled.
• Liu Ruyan wondered whether Chen Changqing would help her fulfill her wish in the hundred dynasties war.
• Liu Shi told Liu Ruyan they should unite if outsiders threatened them, and Chen Changqing promised to do his best to protect Liu Ruyan.
• A bell rang, and a golden dragon phantom followed by nine flood dragons pulling an enormous golden ship appeared in the void.
• A figure wearing the Nine Dragon Crown and the Sun, Moon, Stars Robe stepped from the ship and released an overwhelming pressure.

The Human King announced greatly increased rewards for the Hundred Dynasties War, including the chance for the champion to become the Jiuzhou Divine Dynasty's Ninth Princess's Imperial Son-in-Law. As he opened the realm where the contest would take place and warned participants that they could die, Liu Ruyan asked Chen Changqing to help her surpass her elder imperial sisters.

• The cultivators bowed to the Human King, whom Liu Ruyan identified as the ruler of the Jiuzhou Divine Dynasty.
• The Human King announced that the top hundred could earn their kingdoms promotion, the top ten would receive Quasi-Immortal Artifacts, the top five could select someone for an empowerment rite, and the champion could marry the Ninth Princess.
• Chen Changqing recognized that the rich rewards would make the Hundred Dynasties War more brutal, while Liu Ruyan teased him about becoming the Imperial Son-in-Law.
• Liu Ruyan revealed that she wanted Chen Changqing to help her surpass her elder imperial sisters, and he understood that she sought the right to inherit the Maple Leaf Dynasty's throne.
• The Human King opened a vast realm for the participants and warned them that they would be responsible for their own life or death, while giving them a final chance to withdraw.

Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan entered the void world and encountered clouds filled with deadly Spirit Devouring Demonic Fish. After killing one and earning 5,000 AFK Points, Chen Changqing charged toward an approaching school of fish, leaving Liu Ruyan stunned.

• The First Imperial Daughter and the other Maple Leaf Dynasty cultivators entered the void passage, followed by Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan.
• Chen Changqing led Liu Ruyan into a blood-filled region of black clouds where cultivators were being killed.
• A Spirit Devouring Demonic Fish attacked Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan, and Chen Changqing killed it with the Thunderflame Sword.
• The System rewarded Chen Changqing with 5,000 AFK Points for killing the fish.
• A school of Spirit Devouring Demonic Fish surged toward them, and Chen Changqing charged at it while Liu Ruyan watched in astonishment.

Chen Changqing slaughtered Spirit Devouring Demonic Fish for a day and a night, earning AFK Points and helping Liu Ruyan gain Hundred Dynasties War points. After they entered the secret realm, a dynasty party tried to seize his Quasi-Immortal Artifact sword, and Chen Changqing killed their Nascent Soul guard with one strike.

• Chen Changqing drew the Spirit Devouring Demonic Fish toward himself and killed them for an entire day and night, earning three hundred thousand AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing revealed that his Thunderflame Sword was a Quasi-Immortal Artifact, then left the black-cloud region with Liu Ruyan.
• Liu Ruyan thanked Chen Changqing for helping her earn points, and he said he had only fulfilled his promise to her.
• A Golden Core youth ordered Elder Mu to take Chen Changqing's sword, threatening Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan.
• Chen Changqing used Drunken Immortal Gazing at Moon Steps and killed Elder Mu with a single sword strike, destroying his Nascent Soul as well.

Chen Changqing killed the dynasty cultivators who tried to seize his Quasi-Immortal Artifact, then continued exploring the secret realm with Liu Ruyan. After three days of hunting beasts without encountering other cultivators, his Hundred Dynasties War score reached 1,300 points.

• Chen Changqing killed Elder Mu with one sword, stunning the dynasty’s cultivators and Liu Ruyan.
• When the Violet Mansion cultivators tried to flee, Chen Changqing slew them with the First Form of the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation and gained AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing killed the youth in splendid robes, collected the group’s Identity Tokens, and gave them to Liu Ruyan, who transferred their 100 points.
• Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan explored the secret realm for three days, killing its beasts while encountering no other cultivators.
• Chen Changqing’s score rose from 1,000 to 1,300 points, and he considered waiting until later to plunder other people’s points.

Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan discovered the Myriad Spirit Wood, a treasure containing Wood Origin Power, but it awakened as a powerful tree demon. As Chen Changqing considered letting the gathered cultivators fight it first, a stern newcomer arrived with five Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators.

• A beam of golden light led Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan to a clearing surrounded by Nascent Soul cultivators and a towering ancient tree.
• Liu Ruyan identified the tree as the Myriad Spirit Wood, a rare material for refining Immortal Artifacts that contained Wood Origin Power.
• Chen Changqing realized the Myriad Spirit Wood could help him open his remaining Wood Violet Palace and grew eager to claim it.
• The Myriad Spirit Wood unleashed a shockwave, revealed an aged face, and showed that it had become a tree demon with half-step Demon Emperor strength.
• Chen Changqing decided to let the gathered cultivators make the first move before trying to seize the tree.
• A purple-gold-robed figure emerged from a ruptured void with five powerful Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators behind him.

Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan encountered Cang Muyan of the Cangmu Dynasty, who claimed the Myriad Spirit Wood and drove most rivals away. Chen Changqing stayed to watch as Cang Muyan’s five Nascent Soul late-stage followers attacked the tree and trapped it in an array.

• Cang Muyan arrived with five Nascent Soul late-stage cultivators, and Liu Ruyan identified him as a prince of one of the Divine Dynasty’s nine great imperial dynasties.
• Cang Muyan declared that he would take the Myriad Spirit Wood, causing most of the gathered cultivators to flee.
• Liu Ruyan urged Chen Changqing to leave, but he stayed because the Myriad Spirit Wood could help him open his ninth Violet Palace.
• Cang Muyan ordered his five followers to attack the Myriad Spirit Wood, which fought back but fell into a disadvantage against their combined assault.
• Cang Muyan told his followers to form an array, and they trapped the Myriad Spirit Wood inside a massive cage.

Cang Muyan captured the Myriad Spirit Wood with the Azure Wood Sky Imprisonment Formation, then killed several Nascent Soul cultivators who tried to steal it. Chen Changqing sent Liu Ruyan away and charged Cang Muyan, leaving their clash about to begin.

• Cang Muyan and four other Nascent Soul cultivators used the Azure Wood Sky Imprisonment Formation to shrink the Myriad Spirit Wood into a piece of spirit wood.
• Several cultivators rushed to seize the Myriad Spirit Wood, but Cang Muyan killed them all with one sword strike.
• Liu Ruyan urged Chen Changqing to retreat, but he gave her a jade talisman and told her to find somewhere safe.
• Liu Ruyan left, and Chen Changqing charged Cang Muyan with his lightning-wreathed sword.
• Cang Muyan mocked Chen Changqing for being at the Violet Mansion realm, but Chen Changqing thrust his sword upward with immense power.

Chen Changqing struck Cang Muyan, seized the Myriad Spirit Wood, and fled from Cang Muyan and his five Nascent Soul Late Stage subordinates. He hid in a concealed valley and retrieved the wood, intending to refine it before his pursuers found him.

• Chen Changqing blasted Cang Muyan away with a sword strike, but Cang Muyan survived because of his Quasi-Immortal Artifact armor.
• Chen Changqing ignored Cang Muyan's demand for his name and collected the Myriad Spirit Wood.
• Chen Changqing fled using the Drunken Immortal Gazing at Moon Steps, and Cang Muyan sent his five subordinates after him before joining the pursuit.
• Chen Changqing reached a concealed valley and entered a natural cave dwelling to evade the six Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators.
• Chen Changqing retrieved the Myriad Spirit Wood from the Heaven Treading Ring, planning to refine it.

Chen Changqing refined the Myriad Spirit Wood and opened his ninth Purple Mansion, then extracted the results of his accelerated AFK Cultivation. The resulting power triggered his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage as Cang Muyan and his subordinates rushed toward the valley, and Nascent Soul phantoms formed in all nine Purple Mansions.

• Chen Changqing refined the Myriad Spirit Wood, using its Wood Origin Power to crack open his final Golden Core.
• Cang Muyan and five Nascent Soul Late Stage subordinates searched for Chen Changqing, furious that he had taken the Myriad Spirit Wood.
• After three days, Chen Changqing formed his ninth Purple Mansion and completed the cycle of all nine Purple Mansions.
• Chen Changqing extracted his AFK Cultivation results, and the accumulated power shattered his concealment formation and shook the valley.
• Cang Muyan recognized Chen Changqing's breakthrough and led his subordinates toward the valley, unable to attack while heaven and earth protected him.
• Chen Changqing's nine Purple Mansions trembled as Nascent Soul phantoms formed within them.

Chen Changqing broke through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, awakening Nascent Souls in all nine Purple Mansions, then faced Cang Muyan and five Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators who sought revenge for the Myriad Spirit Wood. He struck back with the Thunderflame Sword, and his attack shattered their combined assault before continuing toward them.

• Chen Changqing’s nine Nascent Souls formed and advanced together to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage through the system’s AFK Cultivation enhancement.
• The shockwave from Chen Changqing’s breakthrough shattered the valley’s mist, allowing Cang Muyan and five Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators to locate him.
• Cang Muyan accused Chen Changqing of refining the Myriad Spirit Wood and led his subordinates to surround the cave and demand his death.
• Chen Changqing left the cave, confident he could fight all six Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators with his new strength.
• Cang Muyan ordered his five subordinates to attack, and Chen Changqing used the first form of the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique to shatter their attacks and send sword force toward them.

Chen Changqing used the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique to kill five Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators, then confronted and killed Cang Muyan despite the prince's threats and pleas. Cang Muyan's nascent soul was destroyed, leaving Chen Changqing victorious.

• Chen Changqing killed five Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators with one strike of the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique's first form, Spirit Slaying.
• Chen Changqing received thirty thousand AFK Points and reflected that his sword technique consumed the power of six nascent souls.
• Chen Changqing confronted Cang Muyan, who pleaded for his life by invoking his status as a prince of the Cangmu Dynasty.
• Chen Changqing killed Cang Muyan with the Thunderflame Sword after declaring that he would kill a prince all the same.
• Cang Muyan's nascent soul fled, but Chen Changqing destroyed it with the second form of the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation, Sword Falls into the Nine Netherworlds.

After Chen Changqing killed Cang Muyan and took his Quasi-Immortal Artifact armor, the secret realm announced the prince’s death to every participant. The news stunned powerful contestants across the realm, who wondered who had killed him and anticipated a more dangerous Hundred Dynasties War.

• Chen Changqing looted Cang Muyan’s corpse, took his Quasi-Immortal Artifact armor, and continued toward Liu Ruyan.
• The Imperial Descendant Demise Edict announced across the secret realm that Prince Cang Muyan had fallen.
• Chen Changqing saw the announcement and was relieved that it did not identify his killer.
• A black-robed man, a woman tempering herself in a fire vein, a man refining War Soul Nascent Souls, and a youth riding a thundercloud each reacted with surprise and curiosity to Cang Muyan’s death.

After Cang Muyan’s death appeared on the outside world’s central screen, Liu Ruyan worried that Chen Changqing might be involved, while the Cangmu Dynasty’s ruler demanded revenge. The Human King restrained Emperor Cangmu and hinted that he knew what had happened in the secret realm.

• Liu Ruyan learned of Cang Muyan’s death and wondered whether Chen Changqing had killed him, but decided to keep waiting for her junior brother.
• The news shocked the dynasties watching the Hundred Dynasties War, and Empress Willow Leaf worried about the Maple Leaf Dynasty’s nine imperial daughters.
• Emperor Cangmu roared and demanded to know who had killed his son.
• The Human King suppressed Emperor Cangmu’s aura, reminded him that life and death were permitted in the secret realm, and privately called the killer an interesting little fellow.

Chen Changqing searched for Liu Ruyan while she waited in a secluded valley, where their fellow Maple Leaf Imperial Daughter Liu Qing confronted her. After realizing Chen Changqing was absent, Liu Qing demanded Liu Ruyan's Hundred Dynasties War points and threatened to spare her life only if she surrendered them.

• Empress Willow Leaf wondered whether Chen Changqing had killed Cang Muyan, then dismissed the idea because other powerful cultivators were in the secret realm.
• Chen Changqing followed the soul jade talisman’s aura toward Liu Ruyan, worried she might be in danger alone.
• Liu Ruyan waited in a secluded valley and suspected Chen Changqing had killed Cang Muyan.
• Liu Ruyan sensed two approaching cultivators, then a nascent soul early-stage man blocked her path as Liu Qing arrived and called her Ninth Sister.
• Liu Qing questioned Liu Ruyan about Chen Changqing and deduced that the two had separated.
• Liu Qing demanded Liu Ruyan hand over all her Hundred Dynasties War points, threatening to spare her life if she complied.