Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing led Changqing Peak’s disciples to Ask Dao Plaza for the Seven Peaks Grand Competition, where the seven Peak Disciples had already gathered and stunned the crowd with their Tribulation Crossing cultivation. Chen Changqing arrived on the Immortal Artifact Heavenly Thunder Sword, drawing attention to his unusually powerful entourage and weapons.

• Chen Changqing woke, greeted Willow Wood and the other Changqing Peak disciples, and led them toward Ask Dao Plaza.
• Eight Shushan Holy Sons arrived at the plaza, where disciples discussed which Holy Sons would participate in the competition.
• Lie Yangzi arrived with Burning Heaven Peak’s Peak Disciple Lie Wushuang, whose cultivation had reached early Tribulation Crossing.
• The Peak Disciples of War Dome Peak, Void Breaking Peak, Suppress Peak, Jade Void Peak, Azure Luan Peak, and Cloud Perch Peak arrived, all at Tribulation Crossing.
• Chen Changqing led Changqing Peak’s disciples into the plaza on powerful Dharma Artifacts, riding the Immortal Artifact Heavenly Thunder Sword.

Chen Changqing arrived at Ask Dao Plaza with Changqing Peak’s disciples, drawing attention with their powerful Dharma Artifacts and the mysterious Mo Yuan. The Seven Peaks Helmsmen appeared with True Lord auras, and Dao Comprehension True Monarch then arrived as the competition’s opening approached.

• Chen Changqing arrived at Ask Dao Plaza with Changqing Peak’s disciples, whose Dharma Artifacts impressed the crowd while other Holy Sons and Peak Disciples looked down on his cultivation.
• The Seven Great Peaks’ Peak Disciples noticed Mo Yuan’s formidable aura and wondered about his identity and strength.
• Chen Changqing realized that the Seven Great Peaks’ Peak Disciples had all reached the Tribulation Crossing Realm.
• The Seven Peaks Helmsmen appeared, and Chen Changqing recognized them and sensed that they had all advanced to the True Lord level.
• Dao Comprehension True Monarch appeared above Ask Dao Plaza after the clouds parted.

Wuzhen and Lu Tian arrived at Ask Dao Plaza for Shushan’s Seven Peaks Grand Competition, where Wuzhen introduced the Mountain River Qiankun Diagram as the venue for the First Trial. The competition was about to begin inside the diagram.

• Wuzhen arrived at Ask Dao Plaza with Lu Tian, whose cultivation had reached Tribulation Transcendence.
• Shushan’s disciples greeted Wuzhen, while some discussed Lu Tian’s strength and doubted Chen Changqing’s chances in the competition.
• Chen Yuan and Mo Tianji arrived, and Chen Yuan respectfully greeted his master, Wuzhen.
• Wuzhen encouraged the disciples to show what they had learned and uphold their bonds and devotion to the Righteous Path.
• Wuzhen summoned the Mountain River Qiankun Diagram and announced that the First Trial would take place inside it.

Wuzhen announced that the first trial of the Seven Peaks Grand Competition would take place inside the Mountain River Qiankun Diagram, where disciples had to find one of ten Qiankun Tokens within three days. After Wuzhen declared that methods were unrestricted and life and death irrelevant, the disciples reaffirmed their resolve and entered the diagram.

• Wuzhen explained that finding a Qiankun Token within three days would allow a disciple to pass the first trial, and that time inside the diagram passed more slowly than outside.
• Chen Changqing decided he would take a token from someone else if he could not find one, and would target the Peak Disciples first.
• Wuzhen declared that the token hunt had no restrictions and that life and death were irrelevant, shocking the disciples and unsettling many participants.
• Wuzhen urged hesitant disciples to withdraw, explaining that the competition would test the resolve needed of a future sect leader.
• A disciple declared he would not withdraw, and the other participants overcame their hesitation and voiced their determination to compete.
• Wuzhen opened the Mountain River Qiankun Diagram, and the participating disciples and Peak Disciples entered its pillar of light.

Chen Changqing and Lu Tian entered the Mountain River Qiankun Diagram to compete for Qiankun Tokens. After seeing the dangerous inner world, Chen Changqing chose to search alone, leaving Lu Tian worried about threats from other disciples and the danger posed by Chen Changqing’s Immortal Artifact.

• Elder Willow Wood and the Changqing Peak disciples urged Chen Changqing to stay cautious, and Chen Yuan warned him to take care inside the diagram.
• Lu Tian asked Chen Changqing to address him as Little Martial Uncle and offered to protect him during the competition.
• Chen Changqing and Lu Tian entered the Mountain River Qiankun Diagram and found themselves in a strange, dangerous world filled with dense spiritual energy and distorted terrain.
• Lu Tian proposed sparring with Chen Changqing, but Chen Changqing declined so they could focus on finding Qiankun Tokens.
• Chen Changqing proposed that they search separately, and Lu Tian warned him that other disciples might target him for his Immortal Artifact.

Chen Changqing searched the Mountain River Qiankun Diagram for a Qiankun Token while other contestants battled powerful beasts over tokens they had found. He entered a mist-filled stone forest that blocked Spiritual Sense, suspecting a token might be hidden inside.

• Chen Changqing refused Lu Tian's offer of protection, and Lu Tian left him to search on his own.
• Changqing Peak disciples worried that Chen Changqing's Late God Transformation cultivation would put him at a disadvantage against the Tribulation Crossing contestants.
• Lie Wushuang fought a golden-flamed bird near a Qiankun Token in a parasol tree forest, while onlookers kept their distance.
• Yue Qing battled several silver wolves in a marsh to reach another Qiankun Token.
• Chen Changqing found a stone forest whose mist interfered with Spiritual Sense and darted inside to search for a token.

Chen Changqing found a Qiankun Token guarded by a Bone Corroding Demon Python whose power rivaled a human Tribulation Crossing cultivator. The python warned him to leave, but Chen Changqing insisted on taking the token, and the creature challenged him to fight.

• Chen Changqing flew toward a Qiankun Token floating above a stone pillar, awakening a powerful creature beneath the gray mist.
• A Bone Corroding Demon Python emerged, and Chen Changqing recognized that its aura rivaled an early Tribulation Crossing cultivator.
• Shushan Disciples arrived, identified the python, and retreated after deciding they could not defeat it.
• The python revealed its enormous bone-segmented body and offered Chen Changqing a chance to leave unharmed.
• Chen Changqing said he would leave only with the Qiankun Token, and the python challenged him to make his move.

Chen Changqing fought the Bone Corroding Demon Python, whose corrosive flame and bone-tail attacks threatened to overwhelm him. After countering its barrage with the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist, he drew the Heavenly Thunder Sword and launched the first style of the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Bone Corroding Demon Python attacked Chen Changqing with corrosive flame and a sweeping bone tail, but he evaded both.
• As the python increased the pace of its attacks, Chen Changqing struck back with the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist and shattered its flame beam and subsequent attacks.
• The Shushan Disciples watched in shock as Chen Changqing's punch displayed power beyond what they expected from his cultivation.
• Chen Changqing decided to end the fight quickly, drew the Immortal Artifact Heavenly Thunder Sword, and unleashed Spirit Slaying at the Bone Corroding Demon Python.

Chen Changqing was overwhelmed by the Bone Corroding Demon Python’s soul attacks, but the Heavenly Thunder Sword protected him and helped him recover. Furious, Chen Changqing summoned heavenly lightning and unleashed the second form of the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique against the demon.

• Chen Changqing struck the Bone Corroding Demon Python with a powerful sword technique, sending him flying and damaging his skeletal body.
• The Bone Corroding Demon Python retaliated with Bone Gnawing Dream Shock and Wailing Bone Forest, tormenting Chen Changqing with bone-shaking sounds and the painful memories of his victims.
• The Shushan Disciples watched from a distance without helping Chen Changqing, fearing the Tribulation Crossing demon.
• The Heavenly Thunder Sword released lightning into Chen Changqing and destroyed the foreign memories attacking his mind.
• Chen Changqing raised the Heavenly Thunder Sword, drew down divine lightning, and attacked the Bone Corroding Demon Python with the second form of the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique, Immortal Slaughtering.

Chen Changqing overwhelmed the Bone Corroding Demon Python with powerful sword techniques, destroying most of its body and reducing its cultivation. As the demon fled, Chen Changqing unleashed a thunderous sword strike that descended on it before it could reach the mist.

• Chen Changqing struck the Bone Corroding Demon Python with the Immortal Slaying Second Style, blasting it into the mist and breaking nearly half its bone spikes.
• The Bone Corroding Demon Python attacked with Bone Tide Surge, but Chen Changqing's Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique annihilated most of the bone tide and devastated the stone forest.
• The Bone Corroding Demon Python reassembled with a body nearly half its former size and its cultivation reduced to Late God Transformation, then offered Chen Changqing the Qiankun Token and tried to flee.
• Chen Changqing gathered lightning into the Heavenly Thunder Sword and sent a righteous thunder sword aura down toward the Bone Corroding Demon Python before it could escape into the mist.

Chen Changqing defeated the Bone Corroding Demon Python and prepared to claim the Qiankun Token, only for Xu Ruochen to appear and demand it. Chen Changqing refused to back down, and the two stood poised to fight over the token.

• Chen Changqing used the Heavenly Thunder Sword to destroy the weakened Bone Corroding Demon Python, purifying its poison fire and blasting its body apart with thunder.
• The watching Shushan Disciples were stunned that Chen Changqing had defeated a Tribulation Transcendence great demon while at Late God Transformation.
• Chen Changqing turned toward the Qiankun Token and remarked that each token seemed to be guarded by a vicious creature.
• Xu Ruochen appeared from a spatial ripple and told Chen Changqing to leave the Qiankun Token to him.
• Chen Changqing refused Xu Ruochen's demand and challenged him to take the token by force.

Chen Changqing confronted Xu Ruochen over the Qiankun Token, refusing to be intimidated and challenging him to fight. Xu Ruochen attacked from behind, but Chen Changqing’s body stopped his Quasi-Immortal Artifact blades, leaving the watching Shushan Disciples stunned and Xu Ruochen furious.

• Xu Ruochen tried to intimidate Chen Changqing into surrendering the Qiankun Token, but Chen Changqing challenged him to defeat him first.
• Chen Changqing claimed the token belonged to him because he had killed the Bone Corroding Demon Python and warned that he could kill a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator as well.
• Xu Ruochen grew angry at Chen Changqing’s defiance and launched a sudden attack with his twin short blades.
• Chen Changqing stood motionless as Xu Ruochen’s blades struck his body and rang against it without cutting him.
• Chen Changqing mocked Xu Ruochen’s strength, angering him further as the Shushan Disciples watched in disbelief.

Chen Changqing fought Xu Ruochen, the Peak Disciple of Void Breaking Peak, and revealed his ability to wield spear intent through a sword. After he destroyed Xu Ruochen’s four avatars with a lightning sword technique, Xu Ruochen was left stunned by Chen Changqing’s seemingly endless methods.

• Xu Ruochen attacked Chen Changqing with air blades, but Chen Changqing shattered them by channeling spear intent through the Heavenly Thunder Sword.
• Chen Changqing mocked Xu Ruochen, who created four avatars and ordered them to attack.
• Chen Changqing identified Xu Ruochen’s real body with his Spiritual Sense and unleashed Sword Annihilation Ten Directions.
• Lightning struck down Xu Ruochen’s four avatars before they could reach Chen Changqing.
• Xu Ruochen wondered where Chen Changqing had learned so many arts and Divine Abilities.

Chen Changqing overwhelmed Xu Ruochen by unleashing his Invincible Sword Domain and turning Xu Ruochen’s Phantom Kill Domain attacks back against him. He then launched a sword strike that left Xu Ruochen trapped inside his domain with a cold-star sword light rushing toward him.

• Xu Ruochen attacked Chen Changqing with a rapid barrage, but Chen Changqing accurately blocked every strike.
• Xu Ruochen unleashed his Phantom Kill Domain and attacked with countless phantoms and space-cutting threads.
• Chen Changqing opened his Invincible Sword Domain, which enveloped Xu Ruochen’s domain and slowed its attacks.
• Chen Changqing used the seventh form of Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation to redirect Xu Ruochen’s phantoms and spatial threads back at him, forcing Xu Ruochen to dispel his domain.
• Chen Changqing launched the eighth form, Sword Slaying Immortals and Devils, while Xu Ruochen remained trapped in Chen Changqing’s domain.

Chen Changqing defeated Xu Ruochen with the Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique and claimed the Qiankun Token. After the other Shushan Disciples fled, he was left alone in the stone forest with the token in hand.

• Chen Changqing struck Xu Ruochen with a hammer of true qi, revealing terrifying hammer intent and forcing him to defend.
• Chen Changqing's successive hammer strikes grew stronger until his sixteenth blow shattered Xu Ruochen's Wind Breaking Blades and sent him flying.
• Chen Changqing pursued Xu Ruochen, but Xu Ruochen fled before the seventeenth hammer could hit him.
• Chen Changqing warned the watching Shushan Disciples not to contest him for the Qiankun Token, and they scattered and left.
• Chen Changqing flew to the Qiankun Token and beckoned it into his hand.

Chen Changqing explored the Qiankun Mountain River Map and entered Soul Severing Abyss, where he discovered three Peak Disciples fighting over a Qiankun Token. Qing Yu and Yue Qing joined forces to attack Lu Tian, who refused to surrender the token.

• Chen Changqing stored his Qiankun Token and continued exploring the inner world instead of hiding.
• Chen Changqing entered Soul Severing Abyss, hoping to find another Qiankun Token.
• Chen Changqing concealed his face with a straw hat after hearing fighting ahead.
• Chen Changqing saw Lu Tian, Yue Qing, and Qing Yu confronting one another over a floating Qiankun Token.
• Qing Yu proposed that he and Yue Qing team up against Lu Tian, and Yue Qing eventually agreed to attack.

Lu Tian fought Yue Qing and Qing Yu over the Qiankun Token in Soul Severing Abyss, easily dispelling their first combined attack before they launched a fiercer assault. Chen Changqing arrived in secret and watched as Lu Tian continued to handle both Peak Disciples with ease.

• Yue Qing and Qing Yu attacked Lu Tian together, but his Seven Star Sword Canon formed a sword domain that dissolved their fist and sword strikes.
• Lu Tian taunted Yue Qing and Qing Yu, prompting them to attack him again with earthen fist dragons and a storm of sword beams.
• Chen Changqing arrived concealed by a straw hat and recognized the three fighters and the Qiankun Token they contested.
• Chen Changqing chose to watch rather than intervene, prepared to help Lu Tian if he could not hold out.
• As Chen Changqing watched, Lu Tian continued to withstand Yue Qing and Qing Yu's combined attacks with ease despite his lower cultivation.

Lu Tian struggled against Yue Qing and Qing Yu’s combined attacks, but Qing Yu wounded him and continued attacking after he was defeated. As Qing Yu’s next sword strike was about to hit Lu Tian, a sudden change interrupted the attack.

• Chen Changqing watched Lu Tian use the Seven Star Sword Canon to repel Yue Qing and Qing Yu’s attacks.
• Yue Qing and Qing Yu increased their assault until Lu Tian began to run out of spiritual power and fall behind.
• Lu Tian refused Yue Qing’s offer to retreat, and Yue Qing and Qing Yu renewed their attacks.
• Qing Yu stabbed Lu Tian in the chest and sent him flying, then launched another attack despite his defeat.
• Yue Qing called out to Qing Yu as Lu Tian recognized the threat to his life, and a sudden change occurred just before Qing Yu’s sword force struck.

Chen Changqing appeared in time to save Lu Tian from Qing Yu, then challenged Qing Yu and Yue Qing over the Qiankun Token. After Yue Qing’s attack matched Chen Changqing’s strength, Yue Qing and Qing Yu agreed to join forces against him.

• Chen Changqing shattered Qing Yu’s sword force with a punch and saved Lu Tian.
• Chen Changqing refused Yue Qing’s demand to leave, saying he had come for the Qiankun Token.
• Yue Qing attacked Chen Changqing, and their punches sent both of them flying backward.
• Yue Qing, shocked by Chen Changqing’s physical strength, asked Qing Yu to help drive him away before they decided who would take the Qiankun Token.
• Qing Yu agreed to join Yue Qing, while privately suspecting Yue Qing of trying to keep him from seizing the token.

Chen Changqing faced Yue Qing and Qing Yu after they joined forces against Lu Tian, then stopped Lu Tian from fighting while badly wounded. He easily neutralized their combined attack, and the chapter ended as Qing Yu and Yue Qing launched new techniques against him.

• Lu Tian condemned Yue Qing and Qing Yu for joining forces and offered to fight them alongside Chen Changqing, but Chen Changqing told him to step back because his injuries made further fighting dangerous.
• Chen Changqing declared that he could face Yue Qing and Qing Yu alone, provoking both Peak Disciples to attack him together.
• Chen Changqing used Mountain River Splitting to cancel Yue Qing's Mountain Breaker Slash and Qing Yu's Azure Luan Chases the Moon.
• Qing Yu activated Wind Thunder Wings as Yue Qing formed the Earth Suppressing Seal above Chen Changqing.