Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing unleashed the Top-grade Immortal Artifact Haotian Hammer inside his Invincible Sword Domain and slaughtered the cultivators trapped within it. By the end, he had killed everyone in the domain, leaving the watching cultivators outside trembling with fear.

• Chen Changqing brought out the Haotian Hammer, whose pressure suppressed everyone in his sword domain.
• Chen Changqing killed an Early Stage Soul Transformation cultivator and a Mid-stage Soul Transformation cultivator with the hammer.
• Chen Changqing killed the Beast Taming Sect man after shattering his beast souls and mount.
• Chen Changqing knocked aside the Great Thunderclap Temple Arhat’s golden alms bowl and killed him.
• Chen Changqing killed the remaining cultivators in his domain, including a middle-aged Daoist, while the cultivators outside watched in fear.

After Chen Changqing slaughtered the cultivators who attacked them, he and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu continued toward the Xuanyuan Clan’s ancestral land. They reached God Burying Mountain, one of the Nine Great Forbidden Lands, and Chen Changqing realized the clan’s home lay within it.

• Chen Changqing looted the slain cultivators’ storage artifacts and showed Chen Ye the Haotian Hammer, which he had obtained from the secret realm.
• Chen Changqing and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu departed from Chen Ye, who reflected on Chen Changqing’s strength and prepared to leave with the Quasi-Immortal Artifact Chen Changqing had given him.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu led Chen Changqing toward the Xuanyuan Clan’s ancestral land while still shaken by his earlier killings.
• Chen Changqing recognized the towering, dangerous mountain ahead as God Burying Mountain, one of the Nine Great Forbidden Lands.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu confirmed that the Xuanyuan Clan’s ancestral land was inside God Burying Mountain, surprising Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing accompanied Xuanyuan Xiaoyu through the Xuanyuan Clan’s dangerous mountain defenses to its ancestral gate, where he encountered two Half-step True Lord guards. At the entrance, Xuanyuan Xiaoyu confronted her arrogant cousin Xuanyuan Ao and introduced Chen Changqing as her fiancé.

• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu used the Xuanyuan Token to lead Chen Changqing through the shifting stone forest and its dangerous illusions.
• Chen Changqing and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu reached the Xuanyuan Clan gate, where two Half-step True Lord guards opened the passage for her.
• Xuanyuan Ao approached Xuanyuan Xiaoyu and greeted her as his cousin, but she coldly said she was not familiar with him.
• Xuanyuan Ao noticed Chen Changqing holding Xuanyuan Xiaoyu’s hand and asked who he was.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu told Xuanyuan Ao that Chen Changqing was her fiancé.

Xuanyuan Xiaoyu introduced Chen Changqing as her fiancé, provoking Xuanyuan Ao, who threatened him and left. She then brought Chen Changqing into the Xuanyuan Clan ancestral land, where he saw the Xuanyuan Sword, a divine artifact beyond Immortal Artifacts, before Xuanyuan Xiaoyu led him to meet someone.

• Xuanyuan Ao reacted angrily to hearing that Chen Changqing was Xuanyuan Xiaoyu's fiancé and released his Tribulation Crossing aura at Chen Changqing.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu stepped in front of Chen Changqing and rebuked Xuanyuan Ao, who withdrew his pressure, threatened Chen Changqing, and entered the passage with a woman.
• Chen Changqing followed Xuanyuan Xiaoyu through the passage and marveled at the Xuanyuan Clan's vast, spiritually rich ancestral land.
• Chen Changqing spotted a golden sword floating above the ancestral land, and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu identified it as the Xuanyuan Sword, a divine artifact surpassing Immortal Artifacts.
• Chen Changqing asked Xuanyuan Xiaoyu what grade of Dharma Artifact surpassed Immortal Artifacts, but she said she did not know and took him to meet someone.

Chen Changqing accompanied Xuanyuan Xiaoyu to meet her mother, Xuanyuan Yun, at Yunmeng Pavilion. Xuanyuan Yun learned that her daughter’s future husband was the famed Shushan Disciple Chen Changqing and reacted with surprise.

• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu led Chen Changqing through the Xuanyuan Family grounds to her mother’s secluded residence, Yunmeng Pavilion.
• Chen Changqing met Xuanyuan Yun and greeted her as his mother-in-law while Xuanyuan Xiaoyu warmly reunited with her mother.
• Xuanyuan Yun appraised Chen Changqing and recalled the letter saying that the Human King had found Xuanyuan Xiaoyu a husband she loved.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu introduced Chen Changqing as a Shushan Disciple, and Xuanyuan Yun recognized his name and reacted with shock.

Xuanyuan Yun met Chen Changqing and learned that he was Chen Yuan’s disciple, while Xuanyuan Xiaoyu enthusiastically praised his accomplishments. Xuanyuan Yun accepted Chen Changqing’s relationship with her daughter and asked whether Xuanyuan Xiaoyu had brought him to compete in the Xuanyuan Clan’s Family Competition.

• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu listed Chen Changqing’s achievements, including his arena streak, Azure Dragon Ranking position, and Heavenly Lord’s inheritance.
• Xuanyuan Yun asked after Shushan’s Sect Leader, and Chen Changqing revealed that Chen Yuan was his master.
• Xuanyuan Yun explained that she had known Chen Yuan before he became Shushan’s Sect Leader, leaving Xuanyuan Xiaoyu curious about their past.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu praised Chen Changqing’s status as Shushan’s First Holy Son and his battle against the cultivators who ambushed him.
• Xuanyuan Yun approved of Xuanyuan Xiaoyu and Chen Changqing’s relationship and asked whether he would enter the Xuanyuan Clan’s Family Competition.

Xuanyuan Yun explained that the Xuanyuan Family Competition now allowed outside participants, and Chen Changqing agreed to accompany Xuanyuan Xiaoyu despite the new uncertainties. They arrived at the Ancestral Sword Platform as the tournament was about to begin, drawing the gathered clan members’ attention.

• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu told Xuanyuan Yun that Chen Changqing would help her claim first place, while Chen Changqing said they would see how the competition went.
• Xuanyuan Yun warned Chen Changqing not to underestimate the Xuanyuan Clan’s strength and explained that the Family Competition’s rules had changed to allow outside help.
• An old servant announced that the Grand Tournament would begin at the Ancestral Sword Platform, and Xuanyuan Yun led Chen Changqing and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu there.
• The three arrived beneath the Xuanyuan Sword at the Ancestral Sword Platform, where gathered clan members turned to look at Xuanyuan Yun and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu.

Chen Changqing and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu surveyed the nine veins gathered for the Xuanyuan Family's Household Grand Tournament. After Xuanyuan Ao threatened to kill Chen Changqing if they met in the arena, Chen Changqing promised to help Xuanyuan Xiaoyu win first place.

• Xuanyuan Yun led Chen Changqing and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu to her mother's Dragon Pillar, where Xuanyuan Xiaoyu explained that their vein had nearly been wiped out in the last Immortal-Demon Battlefield.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu introduced Chen Changqing to the leaders and members of the Xuanyuan Family's other veins, including First Vein's Xuanyuan Lyu, Second Vein's Xuanyuan Zhan and Xuanyuan Ge, and Third Vein's Xuanyuan Ce.
• Chen Changqing spotted Xuanyuan Ao leading the Seventh Vein, and the two exchanged hostile looks.
• Xuanyuan Ao vowed to kill Chen Changqing if they met in the arena, insisting Xuanyuan Xiaoyu was not worthy of him.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu warned Chen Changqing that the tournament rules had changed and the other contestants had recruited outside helpers, but Chen Changqing promised to help her claim first place.

The Xuanyuan Sword cried out as Patriarch Xuanyuan Tian appeared at the Ancestral Sword Platform and announced new rules and stakes for the clan competition. First place would earn the chance to become a candidate for the next patriarch, leaving the gathered clansmen shocked while Chen Changqing remained focused on helping Xuanyuan Xiaoyu.

• The Xuanyuan Sword rang out and shone as immense pressure descended over the Ancestral Sword Platform.
• Xuanyuan Tian emerged from ripples in time and space, and the Xuanyuan Clan members bowed to their patriarch.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu told Chen Changqing that Xuanyuan Tian had reached the Heavenly Lord Limit.
• Xuanyuan Tian announced that clan members could compete with outside help, and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu explained that she had not known about the rule change before bringing Chen Changqing.
• Xuanyuan Tian declared that the competition's first-place winner could become a candidate for the next Xuanyuan Clan patriarch, startling the gathered clansmen.

Xuanyuan Tian announced that the Annual Competition’s first-place winner could become a candidate for the next Patriarch and receive a baptism in the Ancestral Land Blood Pool. When other branches mocked Xuanyuan Yun’s Ninth Vein for having only two participants and demanded its position, Xuanyuan Yun defended her branch, and Xuanyuan Tian let the confrontation end.

• Xuanyuan Tian announced the Blood Pool baptism as an additional reward for first place, and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu explained its benefits to Chen Changqing.
• Xuanyuan Tian questioned why the Ninth Vein had only Xuanyuan Xiaoyu and Chen Changqing competing.
• Members of the other branches mocked Xuanyuan Xiaoyu and urged Xuanyuan Yun to give up or abolish the Ninth Vein’s position.
• Xuanyuan Yun asserted her authority over the Ninth Vein and revealed her Tribulation Crossing cultivation.
• Xuanyuan Tian chose not to press the matter, wary of Xuanyuan Yun’s husband, the Human King.

Chen Changqing declared that he would represent Xuanyuan Xiaoyu’s Ninth Vein alone in the Xuanyuan Clan’s Annual Competition, provoking ridicule from the other veins. Xuanyuan Tian questioned Chen Changqing about his name and faction after realizing he could not see through him.

• Chen Changqing stepped forward to shield Xuanyuan Xiaoyu and Xuanyuan Yun, then said he alone would compete for the Ninth Vein.
• Xuanyuan Lyu, Xuanyuan Jin, Xuanyuan Xue, and Xuanyuan Ao mocked Chen Changqing’s Late God Transformation cultivation and warned him not to boast.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu and Xuanyuan Yun were surprised by Chen Changqing’s decision, but he reassured Xuanyuan Xiaoyu that he knew what he was doing.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu recalled Chen Changqing’s unexpected victory in the Heavenly Lord inheritance trial and grew reassured, while Xuanyuan Yun admired his courage.
• Xuanyuan Tian examined Chen Changqing, sensed that something was unusual despite his apparent cultivation, and asked his name and faction.

Chen Changqing revealed that he was the Shushan Holy Son and former first-ranked cultivator on the Azure Dragon Ranking, shocking the Xuanyuan Clan and its guests. As Xuanyuan Ao looked forward to defeating him, a mysterious white-robed newcomer appeared and left the clan’s young geniuses intimidated, while Xuanyuan Xiaoyu feared he had come to claim a major opportunity.

• Chen Changqing introduced himself, and the gathered cultivators recognized him as the former first place on the Azure Dragon Ranking and marveled at his Late God Transformation cultivation.
• Xuanyuan Lyu and the other Xuanyuan Clan geniuses dismissed Chen Changqing’s reputation and vowed to test his strength in the Family Competition.
• Xuanyuan Ao decided he would defeat Chen Changqing at the Annual Competition and use the victory to spread his own fame.
• Xuanyuan Tian prepared to continue his announcement, but a white-robed man tore through the void and appeared above the Ancestral Sword Platform.
• The Xuanyuan Clan’s younger generation lowered their heads before the newcomer, and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu wondered if he had come for the Patriarch candidate position or the ancestral Blood Pool.

Xuanyuan Long returned to the Xuanyuan Family for the Annual Competition, drawing attention as its strongest young member and a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator with a true immortal as his master. After learning Chen Changqing was Xuanyuan Xiaoyu’s fiancé, Xuanyuan Long openly declared him unworthy of her.

• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu told Chen Changqing that Xuanyuan Long was the Xuanyuan Family’s number one among its younger generation and had a true immortal as his master.
• Xuanyuan Ao worried that Xuanyuan Long’s return would ruin his chances of winning the competition, while Patriarch Xuanyuan Tian celebrated the First Vein’s prospects.
• Xuanyuan Long greeted Xuanyuan Yun and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, then noticed Chen Changqing beside his cousin.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu introduced Chen Changqing as her fiancé, prompting Xuanyuan Long to mock his Spirit Transformation cultivation and call him unworthy of her.

The Xuanyuan Family began its Annual Competition, a chaotic battle in the Battle Realm, and Chen Changqing insisted on competing alone despite Xuanyuan Xiaoyu’s concerns. After the participants entered and scattered, Chen Changqing found Xuanyuan Long waiting nearby.

• Chen Changqing challenged Xuanyuan Long to prove his worth in the arena, and Xuanyuan Long accepted the challenge before returning to the First Vein.
• Xuanyuan Tian announced that representatives and outside reinforcements from all nine veins would fight in the Battle Realm until one side remained, with no killing allowed.
• Chen Changqing refused Xuanyuan Xiaoyu’s offer to join him, and Xuanyuan Yun told her to trust him.
• Xuanyuan Tian opened the Battle Realm, and the participants entered as Xuanyuan Ao warned Chen Changqing he would soon test him.
• Chen Changqing entered the Battle Realm alone and discovered Xuanyuan Long staring at him nearby.

Chen Changqing entered the Xuanyuan Clan Grand Tournament’s Battle Realm and drew attention by roaming openly instead of hiding. He encountered an ambush led by Xuanyuan Jin and stood calmly as the group surrounded him.

• Xuanyuan Long told Chen Changqing that he would only fight him if Chen Changqing survived until the competition’s end, then walked away.
• Chen Changqing crossed the Battle Realm conspicuously, while Xuanyuan Xiaoyu watched with concern from the Ancestral Dragon Platform.
• Xuanyuan Jin and Daoist Duobao waited with more than a dozen hired reinforcements and decided to attack Chen Changqing when he arrived nearby.
• Xuanyuan Jin led the reinforcements to the cliff and surrounded Chen Changqing, who remained calm and did not flee.

Chen Changqing faced Xuanyuan Jin and Daoist Duobao in the Battle Realm, where Daoist Duobao attacked him with a torrent of Dharma Artifacts. The barrage left Chen Changqing completely unharmed, shocking his opponents and the onlookers.

• Xuanyuan Jin mocked Chen Changqing for not fleeing, but Chen Changqing warned that Xuanyuan Jin was the unlucky one.
• Daoist Duobao demanded Chen Changqing surrender and hand over his Magical Artifacts, then attacked with dozens of Dharma Artifacts.
• Xuanyuan Clan members, including Xuanyuan Xiaoyu and Xuanyuan Yun, feared Chen Changqing would be eliminated by Daoist Duobao and Xuanyuan Jin's allies.
• Daoist Duobao's Dharma Artifacts struck Chen Changqing in a violent barrage, and Xuanyuan Jin and Daoist Duobao assumed he had been badly hurt.
• The smoke cleared to reveal Chen Changqing standing completely unscathed, leaving Xuanyuan Jin, Daoist Duobao, and their allies stunned.

Chen Changqing used the Haotian Hammer, a Top-grade Immortal Artifact, to destroy Daoist Duobao’s Dharma Artifacts and defeat Xuanyuan Jin and the Fifth Vein’s reinforcements. After the Fifth Vein was eliminated from the competition, Xuanyuan Jin accused Chen Changqing of breaking the rules and demanded that he be disqualified.

• Chen Changqing endured Daoist Duobao’s Dharma Artifact attacks with his physical body, then taunted Duobao and agreed to face the Fifth Vein’s group together.
• Chen Changqing summoned the Haotian Hammer, shocking Xuanyuan Jin and Daoist Duobao with its immense immortal might.
• Chen Changqing swung the hammer once, shattering Duobao’s Dharma Artifacts and sending Xuanyuan Jin, Duobao, and their reinforcements flying; several early-stage Soul Transformation cultivators died.
• The Fifth Vein was eliminated, and the Xuanyuan Family watched in shock as Xuanyuan Xiaoyu told Xuanyuan Yun that Chen Changqing had obtained the hammer on their journey to the ancestral grounds.
• After Xuanyuan Jin and the others were teleported out, Xuanyuan Jin accused Chen Changqing of killing people in the Battle Realm and demanded that Xuanyuan Tian revoke his qualification.

After Xuanyuan Tian ruled that Chen Changqing’s one-strike kill did not violate the tournament rules, Chen faced Xuanyuan Zhan and Xuanyuan Ge’s force of more than a hundred cultivators in the Battle Realm. He shattered their combined aura with a casual wave, as the watching clan members feared he would be overwhelmed.

• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu argued that Chen Changqing had not broken the rules by killing Xuanyuan Jin with one blow, and Xuanyuan Tian agreed.
• Chen Changqing flew to a plain and openly strolled through the Battle Realm, looking forward to meeting another Xuanyuan Clan vein.
• Xuanyuan Zhan and Xuanyuan Ge discovered Chen Changqing and decided to eliminate him with their group, including the Giant Spirit Sect’s Xiao Xiong.
• Xuanyuan Ge demanded that Chen Changqing admit defeat, but Chen refused and challenged them to surrender instead.
• More than a hundred cultivators released their auras against Chen Changqing, who casually shattered their combined pressure.
• Xuanyuan Clan members watching from the Ancestral Dragon Platform worried that Chen Changqing would be outmatched, and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu grew anxious.

Chen Changqing confronted the Xuanyuan Clan’s Second Branch and its hundred-plus cultivators, wielding the Haotian Hammer against their battle formation. He shattered the formation with one strike, leaving Xuanyuan Zhan and Xuanyuan Ge stunned.

• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu worried as Chen Changqing faced Xuanyuan Zhan, Xuanyuan Ge, Xiao Xiong, and the Second Branch’s hundred-plus cultivators.
• Xuanyuan Jin hoped Chen Changqing would be eliminated, while Daoist Duobao coveted the Haotian Hammer.
• Chen Changqing summoned the Haotian Hammer, shocking Xuanyuan Zhan, Xuanyuan Ge, and Xiao Xiong with his Immortal Artifact.
• Xuanyuan Zhan ordered the Second Branch to form the Blood Battle Eight Directions formation around Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing unleashed the first of his Chaotic Gale Thirty-Six Hammers, Starfall, and broke through the formation, sending more than a dozen cultivators flying and leaving Xuanyuan Zhan and Xuanyuan Ge shocked.

Chen Changqing used four hammer strikes to defeat the Second Vein’s hundred-plus cultivators, including Xuanyuan Zhan, Xuanyuan Ge, and Xiao Xiong. The light screen showed him standing victorious as the Xuanyuan Clan and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu watched in shock.

• Chen Changqing’s first three hammer strikes shattered most of the Second Vein’s Blood Battle Eight Directions formation.
• Xuanyuan Zhan and Xuanyuan Ge formed a three-headed, six-armed war phantom while Xiao Xiong transformed into his Giant Spirit True Body and attacked Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing’s fourth hammer strike destroyed the war phantom and Xiao Xiong’s attack, then sent the two Xuanyuan brothers, Xiao Xiong, and the remaining cultivators flying.
• The hammer strike uprooted the rest of the formation and left Chen Changqing standing alone amid the ruins.
• The Xuanyuan Clan members watched the battle on the light screen in stunned silence, while Xuanyuan Xiaoyu wondered whether an Immortal Artifact explained Chen Changqing’s strength.