Chapter Summaries

After forging the Heavenly Thunder Sword, Chen Changqing left his cave with Liu Ruyan and was ambushed by a group of cultivators. He slaughtered dozens with ease, and as the survivors fled, he blocked one Nascent Soul Cultivator’s escape.

• Chen Changqing discovered that the merged Heavenly Thunder Sword was a Mid-grade Immortal Artifact and could still split into the Thunderflame Sword and Heavenly Strike Sword.
• Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan left the cave, where they were surrounded by numerous cultivators who asked whether he was Chen Changqing and then attacked him.
• Chen Changqing wielded the two Quasi-Immortal Artifact swords and killed dozens of attackers, including Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• The remaining cultivators fled after realizing Chen Changqing was a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator, but Chen Changqing used the Drunken Immortal Gazing at Moon Steps to intercept one Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• The intercepted cultivator dropped to his knees and begged Chen Changqing not to kill him.

Chen Changqing learned that a bounty offering the Jiuzhou Divine Dynasty’s son-in-law position and an Immortal Artifact had made him a target across the secret realm. Unfazed, he left with Liu Ruyan, ready to kill any cultivators who came after him.

• Chen Changqing pressured a kneeling Nascent Soul Cultivator into revealing that a bounty had exposed Chen Changqing’s location and promised a marriage to the Jiuzhou Divine Dynasty and an Immortal Artifact for his death.
• Chen Changqing suspected the Human King had issued the bounty, then killed the Nascent Soul Cultivator who had explained it.
• Liu Ruyan worried that countless cultivators would pursue them, but Chen Changqing welcomed the chance to defeat them and gain AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan left, while a group of cultivators found the battlefield and hurried after them to claim the bounty.

Chen Changqing brought Liu Ruyan to a secluded valley and prepared to face the cultivators hunting him under the Bounty Order. The Human King revealed Chen Changqing’s location to spectators outside the secret realm, and the chapter ended as a vast crowd surrounded the valley and Chen Changqing challenged them to attack.

• Chen Changqing led Liu Ruyan to a secluded valley, told her it would be the burial ground for their pursuers, and sent her away to hide.
• The Human King displayed scenes from inside the secret realm to the spectators outside, showing Chen Changqing sitting alone in the valley.
• Empress Willow Leaf recognized Chen Changqing on the screen and worried that the Human King was trying to get him killed, but could only hope he survived.
• Countless cultivators rushed to the valley and surrounded Chen Changqing while Liu Ruyan watched anxiously from hiding.
• Chen Changqing stood and calmly invited the gathered cultivators to come and kill him.

Jiu Lixue, the half-step God Transformation prince of the Jiu Li Dynasty, arrived to claim Chen Changqing but was killed with one sword strike. Chen Changqing’s overwhelming strength stunned the cultivators gathered around the valley.

• Enraged cultivators prepared to attack Chen Changqing, but Jiu Lixue appeared and claimed that only he would kill him.
• Jiu Lixue revealed his half-step God Transformation cultivation, while Liu Ruyan watched from hiding and worried for Chen Changqing.
• Jiu Lixue attacked Chen Changqing with a punch backed by a demonic god phantom.
• Chen Changqing drew the Heavenly Thunder Sword and unleashed the third form of the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation, Sword Splits Yin and Yang.
• Chen Changqing’s strike destroyed Jiu Lixue’s body and nascent soul and killed his Nascent Soul Late Stage attendants, leaving the surrounding cultivators stunned.

Chen Changqing killed Jiu Lixue with one sword strike, shocking the cultivators inside and outside the secret realm and prompting them to identify him as the target of the Bounty Order. He then unleashed his sword domain and charged the remaining cultivators, leaving the valley a killing field.

• Chen Changqing killed Jiu Lixue and his Nascent Soul Late Stage followers with one sword strike, stunning Liu Ruyan and the surrounding cultivators.
• Observers outside the secret realm reacted to Jiu Lixue's death, while a member of the Jiu Li Dynasty vowed revenge and Empress Willow Leaf grew more certain Chen Changqing had killed her dynasty's princes.
• Cultivators recognized Chen Changqing's sword technique as the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation and concluded he was the Shushan disciple targeted by the Bounty Order.
• Chen Changqing spread his sword domain, split the Heavenly Thunder Sword into two swords, and charged the cultivators surrounding him.
• Chen Changqing slaughtered the Nascent Soul cultivators in the valley as they tried to defend themselves.

Chen Changqing slaughtered the cultivators surrounding him until Chu Tian, Crown Prince of the Great Chu Dynasty, appeared after advancing to the Spirit Transformation Realm. Chu Tian challenged Chen Changqing to kill himself, while Chen Changqing prepared to face his first Spirit Transformation opponent.

• Chen Changqing cut down Nascent Soul cultivators with the Wind-Lightning Twin Swords, earning AFK points as Liu Ruyan and the onlookers watched in shock.
• The surviving cultivators fled when a powerful presence enveloped Chen Changqing's sword domain.
• Chu Tian emerged from the void as a Spirit Transformation cultivator, shattering Chen Changqing's sword domain.
• The onlookers identified Chu Tian as the Crown Prince of the Great Chu Dynasty, and his father celebrated while Empress Willow Leaf worried for Chen Changqing.
• Chu Tian introduced himself and ordered Chen Changqing to kill himself, while Chen Changqing felt eager to fight him.

Chen Changqing challenged Chu Tian after the Great Chu Crown Prince dismissed him as an ant, and Chu Tian effortlessly dispelled his sword strike with the power of laws. Chen Changqing’s Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist then broke through Chu Tian’s defense and injured him, leaving the watching cultivators stunned.

• Chu Tian arrived and threatened to kill Chen Changqing, while Liu Ruyan worried about the strength of the Deity Transformation cultivator.
• Chen Changqing attacked Chu Tian with the fourth form of the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation, but Chu Tian erased the sword force with a casual wave.
• Chen Changqing put away his swords and unleashed all three forms of the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist using the power of his nine Nascent Souls.
• Chu Tian summoned nine golden Dragon Shadows to defend himself against Chen Changqing’s emperor-like fist phantom.
• The clash ended with Chu Tian still standing but bleeding from the corner of his mouth, revealing that Chen Changqing had injured him.

Chen Changqing injured Chu Tian with his Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist, astonishing the cultivators and onlookers watching the Hundred Dynasties War. Enraged, Chu Tian unleashed his full aura and summoned a blood-red saber, leaving their confrontation poised to escalate.

• Chen Changqing surprised the valley’s cultivators by injuring Spirit Transformation realm Chu Tian with a single punch.
• Liu Ruyan, Empress Willow Leaf, and the Human King reacted to Chen Changqing’s strength, while Emperor Chu dismissed Chu Tian’s injury as the result of carelessness.
• Chen Changqing realized that his combined Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist had not killed Chu Tian and concluded that the Spirit Transformation realm was formidable.
• Chu Tian recovered, blamed Chen Changqing for humiliating him, and vowed not to give him another chance.
• Chu Tian released a terrifying aura and summoned a blood-red saber as Liu Ruyan watched anxiously.

Chu Tian revealed the Great Chu Dynasty’s Immortal Artifact, the Blood Prison Mad Saber, and demanded that Chen Changqing kneel. Chen Changqing refused and revealed his own weapon: two Quasi-Immortal Artifacts that fused into a divine sword radiating Immortal Artifact might.

• Chu Tian drew the Blood Prison Mad Saber, alarming the cultivators and the watching rulers, who believed Chen Changqing was doomed.
• Liu Ruyan and Empress Willow Leaf worried that Chen Changqing could not withstand Chu Tian’s cultivation and Immortal Artifact.
• Chu Tian mocked Chen Changqing and offered to spare his life if he knelt.
• Chen Changqing refused, challenged Chu Tian’s reliance on an Immortal Artifact, and claimed he had one too.
• Chen Changqing summoned the Heavenly Strike Sword and Thunderflame Sword and fused them into a divine sword that released Immortal Artifact might.

Chen Changqing revealed that his Thunderflame Sword had fused with the Heavenly Strike Sword into an Immortal Artifact, surprising the onlookers and drawing their greed. Chu Tian remained confident and attacked Chen Changqing with his Immortal Artifact Blood Prison Mad Saber.

• Chen Changqing summoned an Immortal Artifact sword, and Liu Ruyan recognized it as the fusion of the Heavenly Strike Sword and Thunderflame Sword.
• Liu Ye, Emperor Chu, and other rulers reacted to Chen Changqing's Immortal Artifact, with several rulers coveting it.
• The Human King identified Chen Changqing's sword as the Heavenly Thunder Twin Swords, which became an Immortal Artifact when fused.
• Chu Tian declared that he would claim Chen Changqing's Immortal Artifact and unleashed his Nascent Soul manifestation.
• Chu Tian attacked Chen Changqing with the Blood Prison Mad Saber and used One Saber Breaks Heaven.

Chen Changqing survived Chu Tian’s Immortal Artifact saber strike and used the first form of the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique to repel Chu Tian’s next attack. As the gathered cultivators questioned Chen Changqing’s strength and identity, he began unleashing the technique’s second form.

• Chu Tian’s Blood Prison Mad Saber struck Chen Changqing, but Chen blocked it with the Heavenly Thunder Sword and emerged unharmed.
• Chen Changqing mocked Chu Tian, who launched another powerful attack with Blood Slaughter Across Ten Thousand Miles.
• Chen Changqing used the first form of the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique, Spirit Slaying, to tear apart Chu Tian’s blood-colored saber light.
• The watching cultivators and outside observers reacted with disbelief as Chen Changqing fought Chu Tian to a draw.
• Chen Changqing raised the Heavenly Thunder Sword and began the second form, Immortal Slaughtering, as lightning gathered across the sky.

Chen Changqing killed Chu Tian with a lightning-wreathed sword strike, overcoming Chu Tian’s God Transformation cultivation and Immortal Artifact. As the spectators reeled, Emperor Chu erupted in fury and vowed to kill Chen Changqing.

• Chen Changqing unleashed the Heavenly Thunder Sword’s power and shattered Chu Tian’s Blood Prison Mad Saber attack.
• Chen Changqing’s sword qi killed Chu Tian, destroying both his body and primordial spirit.
• Liu Ruyan and the cultivators inside and outside the secret realm were stunned by Chen Changqing’s victory.
• Emperor Chu saw his son die, revealed his tribulation crossing cultivation, and vowed to kill Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing killed Chu Tian despite the gap between their cultivation levels, then intimidated the gathered cultivators while concealing that he had exhausted his power. The Human King ended the Hundred Dynasties War and awarded first place to Liu Ruyan and Chen Changqing of the Maple Leaf Dynasty.

• Chen Changqing killed Chu Tian with the second strike of his Immortal Slaying Sword Technique, shocking Emperor Chu, the other dynasties, Empress Willow Leaf, and the Human King.
• Empress Willow Leaf realized Chen Changqing had killed several princes and feared the dynasties would hunt him after he left the secret realm.
• Chen Changqing challenged the assembled cultivators, and no one dared answer, though he had exhausted his power using the first two forms of his sword technique.
• The Human King appeared in the secret realm and declared the Hundred Dynasties War over.
• The Human King named Liu Ruyan and Chen Changqing of the Maple Leaf Dynasty the war’s first-place winners.

The Human King ended the Hundred Dynasties War and named Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan its champions, revealing Chen Changqing’s role in Liu Ruyan’s victory. After the cultivators emerged, Empress Willow Leaf warned that Chen Changqing had made powerful enemies and asked whether he held a grudge against the Human King.

• The Human King ended the war early and named Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan the top finishers, while the cultivators accepted the rankings in fear of Chen Changqing’s strength.
• The dynasties learned Chen Changqing had killed their princes, and Emperor Chu vowed revenge for Chu Tian’s death.
• The Maple Leaf Dynasty celebrated Liu Ruyan’s victory, but Empress Willow Leaf resolved to protect Chen Changqing from the angry dynasties.
• The Human King transported the surviving cultivators out of the secret realm, and Liu Shi and the other imperial daughters saw Liu Ruyan as the likely heir to the throne.
• Empress Willow Leaf warned Chen Changqing about the trouble he had caused, and asked whether he had a grudge against the Human King.

The Maple Leaf Dynasty won the Hundred Dynasties War, and the Human King summoned its leaders to receive their investiture in three days. Empress Willow Leaf and Liu Ruyan worried that Chen Changqing would be targeted for killing princes, but he refused to flee and returned with them to a jubilant Imperial City.

• The Human King announced the Maple Leaf Dynasty's first-place victory and ordered its representatives to come to the Divine Dynasty in three days for investiture.
• Empress Willow Leaf sensed hostile auras from rival dynasties and considered sending Chen Changqing out of Jiuzhou Dynasty territory, but decided to return to the dynasty first.
• Liu Ruyan urged Chen Changqing to skip the investiture and leave for his safety, but he insisted he would not back down from anyone who attacked him.
• Chen Changqing and the others returned to the Maple Leaf Dynasty's Imperial City, where news of their victory sparked widespread celebration and congratulations from officials.

After the Maple Leaf Dynasty won the Hundred Dynasties War, Empress Willow Leaf named Liu Ruyan heir to the throne, crediting Chen Changqing for their victory. The celebration was interrupted when Emperor Chu and rulers of other dynasties arrived outside the Imperial City, demanding Chen Changqing answer for killing their princes.

• Liu Ruyan credited Chen Changqing for the Maple Leaf Dynasty's first-place finish, and Empress Willow Leaf and the officials praised him.
• Empress Willow Leaf declared Liu Ruyan the heir to the next Empress, leaving Liu Shi and the other Imperial Daughters resentful.
• A terrifying aura engulfed the Imperial City, and a voice demanded that Chen Changqing come out.
• Empress Willow Leaf recognized Emperor Chu's arrival, while Liu Ruyan feared the other dynasties would seek revenge.
• A messenger reported that Emperor Chu and other rulers had arrived outside the Imperial City to challenge the Maple Leaf Dynasty and threaten Chen Changqing.

Empress Willow Leaf refused to hand Chen Changqing over to Emperor Chu and the other dynasty sovereigns, despite their demand for revenge. Emperor Chu unleashed his late Tribulation Crossing aura, forcing Willow Leaf to stake the Maple Leaf Dynasty’s fortune against him.

• Liu Ruyan asked Empress Willow Leaf how they should respond to the sovereigns who had come seeking revenge on Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing offered to leave the Imperial City, but Liu Ruyan opposed him and Empress Willow Leaf vowed to protect him.
• Empress Willow Leaf confronted Emperor Chu and the other sovereigns, citing the Human King and Chen Changqing’s status as the Divine Dynasty’s Imperial Son-in-Law.
• Emperor Chu dismissed her warning, declared that he would kill Chen Changqing, and unleashed his late Tribulation Crossing aura.
• Empress Willow Leaf prepared to draw on the Maple Leaf Dynasty’s national fortune to fight Emperor Chu, risking the dynasty’s future.

Empress Willow Leaf used the Maple Leaf Dynasty’s power of destiny to protect Chen Changqing from Emperor Chu, who attacked with the Blood Prison Soul Suppressing Saber. Her barrier withstood his first strike, but Emperor Chu prepared another move and warned that his dynasty also wielded destiny.

• The Maple Leaf Dynasty’s officials and Imperial Daughters worried that Empress Willow Leaf would risk their dynasty’s destiny to protect Chen Changqing, while Chen Changqing lamented that he was not strong enough to face Tribulation Crossing opponents.
• Emperor Chu summoned the Blood Prison Soul Suppressing Saber, and Chen Changqing sensed its connection to his Blood Prison Mad Saber and recognized them as a Mother-Child Immortal Artifact.
• Emperor Chu attacked Empress Willow Leaf with a powerful saber strike, and she gathered the Maple Leaf Dynasty’s destiny into a barrier that blocked it.
• The officials blamed Chen Changqing for the danger, but Liu Ruyan silenced them and reassured him.
• Emperor Chu dismissed the barrier as no advantage, saying his dynasty also had the power of destiny, and raised his saber again.

Empress Willow Leaf used the Maple Leaf Dynasty’s fortune and the Heaven and Earth Mirror to resist Emperor Chu’s devastating saber strike, but she was badly wounded and the dynasty’s rulers urged her to surrender Chen Changqing. Chen Changqing flew to her side and offered to face his pursuers, prompting Emperor Chu to declare that he would kill him for revenge.

• Emperor Chu channeled the Great Chu Dynasty’s fortune into the Blood Prison Soul Suppressing Saber, while Empress Willow Leaf raised the Heaven and Earth Mirror and reinforced its barrier with Maple Leaf fortune.
• Emperor Chu summoned Xue Tu’s manifestation and struck the barrier, causing the Heaven and Earth Mirror to shake as Empress Willow Leaf coughed blood.
• Other dynasty rulers urged Empress Willow Leaf to hand over Chen Changqing, but she kept struggling to hold back Emperor Chu’s attack.
• Chen Changqing flew up beside Empress Willow Leaf and offered to face his pursuers rather than let her stake the Maple Leaf Dynasty’s fortune on him.
• Emperor Chu saw Chen Changqing and vowed to kill him to avenge his son.

Emperor Chu prepared to kill Chen Changqing, but a mysterious force froze the battlefield and brought a Divine Dynasty True Monarch to intervene. The True Monarch released everyone and left Chen Changqing wondering whether True Lord was a realm beyond Tribulation Transcendence.

• Emperor Chu unleashed his killing intent and gathered his strength to strike Chen Changqing with the Blood Prison Soul Suppressing Saber.
• Empress Willow Leaf resisted Emperor Chu with the Heaven and Earth Mirror while Chen Changqing prepared to risk everything.
• An uncanny power froze space and time, stopping Emperor Chu, Chen Changqing, Liu Ye, and the other rulers.
• A plain-clothed old man appeared under a pressure that immobilized the rulers and asked Emperor Chu whether he wished to die.
• The rulers recognized the newcomer as a Divine Dynasty True Monarch, bowed to him, and Chen Changqing wondered whether True Lord was a realm beyond Tribulation Transcendence.