Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing eliminated the Second Vein’s participants and then stopped to rest beside a lake. Xuanyuan Ce’s Third Vein and Xuanyuan Wen’s Fourth Vein arrived, surrounding him as he continued to lie still.

• Xuanyuan Yun praised her daughter Xuanyuan Xiaoyu for finding Chen Changqing, while Xuanyuan Jin and Daoist Duobao were stunned by his strength.
• Xuanyuan Tian acknowledged Chen Changqing’s power but believed Xuanyuan Ao and Xuanyuan Long would defeat him.
• Xuanyuan Zhan, Xuanyuan Ge, Xiao Xiong, and the other Second Vein participants were teleported out of the Battle Realm after Chen Changqing defeated them.
• Chen Changqing left the plains, reached a lake, and lay down to rest.
• Xuanyuan Ce and Longyue arrived with the Third Vein, and Chen Changqing ignored them.
• Xuanyuan Wen and Pei Xiu arrived with the Fourth Vein; Xuanyuan Wen called Chen Changqing arrogant, while Pei Xiu suggested he was only pretending to be calm.

Chen Changqing faced Xuanyuan Ce, Xuanyuan Wen, and Xuanyuan Xue after they arrived at the lakeside with members of the Third, Fourth, and Sixth Veins. He challenged all three groups to attack him together, and Xuanyuan Ce and Xuanyuan Wen angrily rebuked him.

• Xuanyuan Xue arrived at the lake with his men and rogue cultivator Yan Lu, joining Xuanyuan Ce and Xuanyuan Wen, who had also come for Chen Changqing.
• Xuanyuan clansmen watching from outside the Battle Realm reacted to the three veins surrounding Chen Changqing, while Xuanyuan Xiaoyu worried that they would join forces against him.
• Chen Changqing stood up and realized the three groups had avoided fighting other veins and were now targeting him.
• Chen Changqing asked who would attack first, but Xuanyuan Ce, Xuanyuan Wen, and Xuanyuan Xue hesitated because they feared giving the others an opening.
• Chen Changqing challenged all three veins to attack together, prompting Xuanyuan Ce and Xuanyuan Wen to angrily call him arrogant.

Chen Changqing challenged the Third, Fourth, and Sixth Veins to attack him together, then used the Haotian Hammer to eliminate them with one strike. The Xuanyuan Clan members were left stunned and debated whether his victory came from the Immortal Artifact.

• Xuanyuan Ce ordered the Third Vein to form the Starshine Bewildering Lock Formation and attack Chen Changqing.
• Xuanyuan Wen and Pei Xiu of the Fourth Vein, along with Xuanyuan Xue and Yan Lu of the Sixth Vein, joined the assault.
• Chen Changqing summoned the Haotian Hammer and swung it once, shattering the formation and overwhelming the three veins' attacks.
• Xuanyuan Ce, Longyue, Xuanyuan Wen, Pei Xiu, Xuanyuan Xue, Yan Lu, and the other attackers were injured and teleported out of the Battle Realm.
• The Xuanyuan Clan members outside reacted in disbelief, with some crediting Chen Changqing's victory to his Immortal Artifact.

Chen Changqing continued eliminating Xuanyuan Clan competitors in the Battle Realm, while Xuanyuan Long swiftly defeated Xuanyuan Yin and the Eighth Vein’s reinforcements. The clan praised Xuanyuan Long and expected him to overpower Chen Changqing if they met.

• Xuanyuan Yun and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu struggled to understand how Chen Changqing could wield an Immortal Artifact so easily despite having only Late God Transformation cultivation.
• Xuanyuan Tian recognized that Chen Changqing’s strength went beyond his Immortal Artifact, though he remained confident Xuanyuan Long would defeat him.
• Chen Changqing calculated that only the First, Seventh, and Eighth Veins remained besides the Ninth, then set off to eliminate the rest.
• Xuanyuan Long pressured Xuanyuan Yin and his reinforcements to surrender, then pierced Xuanyuan Yin’s shoulder with a single attack when he resisted.
• Xuanyuan Yin and the Eighth Vein’s reinforcements were teleported out, and Xuanyuan Clan members praised Xuanyuan Long while predicting he would beat Chen Changqing.

After Xuanyuan Long eliminated Xuanyuan Yin, only the First, Seventh, and Ninth Veins remained in the Battle Realm. Xuanyuan Ao gathered his reinforcements and prepared to face Xuanyuan Long, while dismissing Chen Changqing as an easy target.

• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu worried over how Xuanyuan Long's strength compared with Chen Changqing's after Xuanyuan Yin was eliminated.
• Xuanyuan Lyu waited in a river valley with his followers and reassured them that the First Vein would take first place, though he doubted he would be the one to secure it.
• Xuanyuan Ao traveled with Dugu Han and other reinforcements, hoping to defeat Xuanyuan Long and become the Xuanyuan Family's leading young cultivator.
• Dugu Han questioned why they had not encountered members of the other veins, and Xuanyuan Ao assumed they were hiding.
• Xuanyuan Ao told Dugu Han to fight without holding back if they met Xuanyuan Long, then said he would use Chen Changqing to vent his anger if they crossed paths.

Chen Changqing encountered Xuanyuan Ao and the Seventh Vein in the Battle Realm, where Xuanyuan Ao challenged him but sent Dugu Han to fight first. Chen Changqing and Dugu Han exchanged insults as Dugu Han prepared to test his swordsmanship.

• Xuanyuan Ao and his group emerged from the woodland and spotted Chen Changqing walking alone.
• Xuanyuan Clan members and previously eliminated geniuses watched from outside the Battle Realm, hoping Xuanyuan Ao would defeat Chen Changqing.
• Xuanyuan Ao confronted Chen Changqing and released his Tribulation Transcendence pressure, but Chen Changqing met it with an aura of his own.
• Dugu Han stepped forward and asked to fight Chen Changqing in swordsmanship, so Xuanyuan Ao told him to teach Chen Changqing a lesson.
• Chen Changqing said he had never heard of the Taibai Sword Sect and told Dugu Han he was not qualified, enraging him.

Chen Changqing fought Dugu Han after dismissing his swordsmanship, countering the Taibai Sword Sect prodigy’s attacks with the Haotian Hammer. He shattered Dugu Han’s first two techniques and met his massive final sword strike head-on, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Dugu Han summoned the Quasi-Immortal Artifact Qingshuang Sword and challenged Chen Changqing, who answered by drawing the Top-grade Immortal Artifact Haotian Hammer.
• Dugu Han sent Qingshuang Sword and its icy Sword Qi at Chen Changqing, but Chen smashed the attack aside and forced Dugu Han backward with the impact.
• Dugu Han used Green Lotus Sword Art, Ten Thousand Lotuses Wither, to unleash a skyful of Sword Qi, but Chen crushed it with successive hammer strikes.
• Dugu Han invoked Green Lotus Sword Art, A Thread of Heaven, and sent an enlarged Qingshuang Sword crashing down at Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing swung the Haotian Hammer upward, and its hammer force collided with Dugu Han’s descending sword.

Chen Changqing defeated Dugu Han with the Haotian Hammer, then faced Xuanyuan Ao, who challenged him despite Chen Changqing's taunts. Xuanyuan Ao summoned a golden dragon spear as their fight was about to begin.

• Chen Changqing shattered Dugu Han's Green Lotus Sword Art and knocked him unconscious with a hammer strike.
• The Xuanyuan Clan members reacted to Dugu Han's defeat, while Xuanyuan Yun recognized that Chen Changqing was also a sword cultivator from the Shushan Holy Land.
• Chen Changqing mocked Xuanyuan Ao for relying on outside help and lacking an Immortal Artifact.
• Xuanyuan Ao released his powerful aura and declared that he could crush Chen Changqing without an Immortal Artifact.
• Xuanyuan Ao summoned a gilded spear wrapped with a five-clawed golden dragon.

Chen Changqing faced Xuanyuan Ao, who wielded a Quasi-Immortal Artifact and attacked with the Imperial Shocking World Spear Art. After Chen Changqing blocked Xuanyuan Ao’s first strike with the Haotian Hammer, Xuanyuan Ao unleashed a powerful blow that Chen Changqing met head-on.

• Xuanyuan Ao revealed his Quasi-Immortal Artifact, the Sky-Splitting Spear, and challenged Chen Changqing.
• Xuanyuan Ao used Startled Dragon Stab to attack, but Chen Changqing blocked the thrust with Mountain Lifting from the Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique.
• Xuanyuan Ao dismissed Chen Changqing’s strength as dependent on the Haotian Hammer and launched Imperial Hegemonic Slash from above.
• Xuanyuan Ao’s spear domain slowed Chen Changqing, who powered up the Haotian Hammer and swung Defy the Heavens upward to meet the descending attack.

Chen Changqing blocked Xuanyuan Ao’s Imperial Hegemonic Slash with his hammer and emerged unscathed, while Xuanyuan Ao suffered backlash and had his spear momentum broken. Enraged and humiliated, Xuanyuan Ao vowed to get serious and make Chen Changqing understand despair.

• Chen Changqing’s hammer clashed with Xuanyuan Ao’s spear, creating a violent energy storm that drove nearby cultivators to retreat with the unconscious Dugu Han.
• Xuanyuan Clan members, Xuanyuan Yun, and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu watched the clash and feared Chen Changqing would be defeated.
• Xuanyuan Long and Xuanyuan Lyu sensed the disturbance and headed toward the battle.
• As the dust cleared, Chen Changqing stood unharmed while Xuanyuan Ao’s hand trembled, his robe was torn, and his aura was unsteady.
• Chen Changqing mocked Xuanyuan Ao for his performance, and Xuanyuan Ao, furious at being forced back, vowed to fight seriously.

Xuanyuan Ao unleashed the ultimate profundity of the Imperial Shocking World Spear Art, but Chen Changqing countered it with a strike from the Haotian Hammer. Xuanyuan Ao's supposedly strongest attack began to dissolve, leaving him stunned.

• Chen Changqing mocked Xuanyuan Ao and challenged him to use his strength.
• Xuanyuan Ao awakened the golden dragon on the Sky-Splitting Spear and drew tribulation power from the clouds, alarming the onlookers at the Ancestral Dragon Platform.
• Xuanyuan Ao unleashed Dragon Emperor Descends, Tribulation Lightning Punishes Demons, sending a destructive spear radiance toward Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing poured his spiritual power into the Haotian Hammer and met Xuanyuan Ao's spear strike with a plain, gray hammer force.
• Chen Changqing's hammer force rapidly dissolved the dragon might, tribulation aura, and spear force, leaving Xuanyuan Ao in disbelief.

Chen Changqing defeated Xuanyuan Ao, an early Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, with the strongest strike he could unleash from the Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique. After Xuanyuan Ao was eliminated, Chen Changqing realized only the First and Eighth Veins remained, and Xuanyuan Lyu approached with attendants.

• Chen Changqing’s Return to the Void hammer strike shattered Xuanyuan Ao’s spear and sent him crashing to the ground.
• The Battle Realm eliminated Xuanyuan Ao, leaving the Xuanyuan Clan spectators and Xuanyuan Yun and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu stunned.
• Xuanyuan Tian praised Chen Changqing and marveled that a Spirit Transformation cultivator had defeated a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator.
• Chen Changqing counted the veins he had eliminated and realized only the First and Eighth Veins remained.
• Xuanyuan Lyu of the First Vein sped toward Chen Changqing with a group of attendants.

Chen Changqing confronted Xuanyuan Lyu and the First Vein after defeating Xuanyuan Ao, then attacked them with the Haotian Hammer. Xuanyuan Lyu’s group blocked the blow with a formation that trapped Chen Changqing in chains of law.

• Xuanyuan Lyu arrived at the devastated battlefield and found Chen Changqing alone, suspecting he had defeated a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator.
• Chen Changqing activated the Haotian Hammer, startling Xuanyuan Lyu and his attendants with its Immortal Artifact aura.
• Chen Changqing revealed that he had fought Xuanyuan Ao, and Xuanyuan Lyu realized the Seventh Vein prodigy had likely been eliminated.
• Xuanyuan Lyu declared that the First Vein would defeat Chen Changqing, and Chen Changqing immediately swung the Haotian Hammer at him and his group.
• Xuanyuan Lyu ordered his attendants to form a formation, which blocked Chen Changqing’s attack and surrounded him with chains of law.

Chen Changqing resisted the Xuanyuan Clan First Vein’s Heavenly Punishment Evil Slaying Formation and broke it with the Haotian Hammer. Xuanyuan Lyu and the cultivators controlling the formation were left badly injured.

• Xuanyuan Lyu warned Chen Changqing to surrender, but Chen Changqing rejected his threat and challenged the formation.
• Xuanyuan Lyu activated the formation’s first transformation, sending chains of law to seal Chen Changqing’s meridians, but Chen Changqing shattered them with the Haotian Hammer.
• Xuanyuan Lyu changed the formation to its second transformation and formed a giant silver blade that struck at Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing gathered eighteen strikes of the Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique and smashed the silver blade, its chains, and the formation barrier.
• The formation’s light pillars and runes shattered, and Xuanyuan Lyu and the other cultivators controlling it vomited blood.

Chen Changqing shattered Xuanyuan Lyu’s Heavenly Punishment Evil Slaying Formation, leaving the Xuanyuan Family stunned by his strength. With only Chen Changqing and Xuanyuan Long left in the Battle Realm, the family awaited their decisive fight.

• Chen Changqing destroyed the Heavenly Punishment Evil Slaying Formation with one hammer strike and told Xuanyuan Lyu that rules should be broken when they become shackles.
• Xuanyuan Lyu was left shaken by Chen Changqing’s words as the Xuanyuan Family clansmen marveled that he had defeated prodigies from nearly every vein.
• Xuanyuan Ao watched Chen Changqing defeat Xuanyuan Lyu and, after Dugu Han reminded him of Chen Changqing’s Shushan Holy Land background, realized he might not have shown his full strength.
• Xuanyuan Yun and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu noted that six veins had fallen and that only Chen Changqing and Xuanyuan Long remained in the Battle Realm.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu declared that she trusted Chen Changqing unconditionally, and Xuanyuan Yun agreed.
• Xuanyuan Tian anticipated the coming battle between Chen Changqing and Xuanyuan Long.

Chen Changqing encountered Xuanyuan Long in the Battle Realm, where only the two of them remained. Xuanyuan Long offered to let Chen Changqing recover before their fight, but Chen Changqing declined, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• The Battle Realm eliminated Xuanyuan Lyu and the others, leaving Chen Changqing alone in the open land.
• Xuanyuan Long appeared, and the spectators outside the Battle Realm anticipated his clash with Chen Changqing.
• Xuanyuan Long taunted Chen Changqing and said he had wanted to test whether Chen Changqing matched the rumors.
• Xuanyuan Long offered to wait while Chen Changqing recovered his strength before they fought.
• Chen Changqing thanked Xuanyuan Long but said he did not need to recover, making Xuanyuan Long's expression turn ugly.

Chen Changqing refused Xuanyuan Long’s offer to recover and provoked him before their fight in the Battle Realm. Xuanyuan Long revealed his Tribulation Crossing Mid Stage cultivation, and the chapter ended as their auras collided and he hinted that he also wielded an Immortal Artifact.

• Xuanyuan Clan members, Xuanyuan Tian, and Xuanyuan Ao criticized Chen Changqing for refusing to recover and voiced confidence in Xuanyuan Long.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu worried about Chen Changqing, while Xuanyuan Yun questioned whether he was underestimating Xuanyuan Long.
• Chen Changqing mocked Xuanyuan Long, who erupted with fury and unleashed his Tribulation Crossing Mid Stage aura.
• Chen Changqing met Xuanyuan Long’s pressure with his own aura while holding the Haotian Hammer.
• Xuanyuan Long acknowledged Chen Changqing’s skill and said he was not the only one with an Immortal Artifact.

Xuanyuan Long revealed the High-grade Immortal Artifact Cosmos Spear and challenged Chen Changqing to show the true might of his own Immortal Artifact. Their first clash ended with both fighters forced back, leaving Xuanyuan Long surprised by the power of Chen Changqing’s hammer technique as he pressed forward again.

• Xuanyuan Long summoned the Cosmos Spear, a High-grade Immortal Artifact forged by his master, and declared that he would demonstrate the Immortal Path’s power.
• The Xuanyuan Clan members watching the Battle Realm were shocked that Xuanyuan Long also possessed an Immortal Artifact, while Xuanyuan Yun and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu worried for Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing scoffed at Xuanyuan Long’s weapon, channeled his nine Primordial Spirits into the Haotian Hammer, and attacked with the Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique’s Suppressing the Eight Desolations.
• Xuanyuan Long countered with the Immortal Path Spear Art’s Star Plucking, and the collision shook the Battle Realm and blasted both fighters backward.
• Xuanyuan Long wondered how Chen Changqing’s hammer strike could match his spear technique, then recovered and charged at him again.

Xuanyuan Long struck Chen Changqing with a devastating spear technique, but Chen Changqing endured it without a scratch. The onlookers realized that Chen Changqing’s body was extraordinarily tough, and the duel continued with Xuanyuan Long stunned by his opponent’s defense.

• Xuanyuan Long unleashed his Immortal Path Spear Art, and its shattered spear radiance turned into crystalline spear qi that bombarded Chen Changqing.
• The Xuanyuan Family members expected Chen Changqing to be defeated, while Xuanyuan Xiaoyu worried that he might be hurt.
• When the dust cleared, Chen Changqing stood unharmed in the crater, leaving Xuanyuan Long and the spectators in disbelief.
• Xuanyuan Tian guessed that Chen Changqing had endured the attack with his physical body, which was comparable to a High-grade Spirit Treasure after mastering the Primordial Nine Revolutions Body Refining Technique.

Chen Changqing and Xuanyuan Long resumed their fierce battle, and Xuanyuan Long gradually gained the upper hand with his Immortal Path Spear Art. When Xuanyuan Long mocked Chen Changqing's reliance on his hammer and claimed Shushan swordsmanship was unimpressive, Chen Changqing summoned an identical avatar wielding the Heavenly Thunder Sword.

• Chen Changqing told Xuanyuan Long that his spear strike had failed against Chen Changqing's physical strength, provoking Xuanyuan Long to attack again.
• Chen Changqing and Xuanyuan Long exchanged more than a hundred blows, with Xuanyuan Long's refined spear techniques gradually suppressing Chen Changqing.
• Xuanyuan Long blasted Chen Changqing backward and mocked his hammer technique, while Xuanyuan Clan members predicted Chen Changqing's defeat.
• Chen Changqing told Xuanyuan Long the fight had only begun and offered to show him Shushan Holy Land's swordsmanship.
• Chen Changqing activated the Invincible Avatar Technique, summoning an identical avatar that manifested the Heavenly Thunder Sword.