Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing reunited with Rujie, who was shocked to learn that Chen Changqing had reached Tribulation Transcendence and heard rumors of his victory in Shushan's Seven Peaks Grand Competition. Rujie claimed he had only stopped by while passing through Shushan, but Chen Changqing suspected he had another reason.

• Xiaoqian recalled how Chen Changqing had saved her from monks of Leiyin Temple, leaving her wary of Buddhists.
• Rujie discovered that Chen Changqing had reached Tribulation Transcendence and marveled at his cultivation speed.
• Rujie praised Chen Changqing for winning the Seven Peaks Grand Competition and becoming Shushan Holy Land's leadership heir, but Chen Changqing said the succession was still uncertain.
• Rujie said he was merely passing through Shushan and had stopped to visit, while Chen Changqing suspected he had another reason.

Rujie asked Chen Changqing to join him in exploring an emerging immortal’s secret realm, and Chen Changqing agreed after weighing the danger. He went to tell his master, Chen Yuan, who warned that the contest for the realm’s treasures would be perilous.

• Rujie told Chen Changqing about the secret realm and invited him to join forces to claim its treasures.
• Chen Changqing pointed out that the realm would attract powerful cultivators, including Heavenly Lords, and could turn into a deadly slaughter.
• After Rujie accepted the danger and prepared to leave, Chen Changqing stopped him and agreed to go, then headed to Seven Stars Peak to see his master.
• Chen Changqing told Chen Yuan about the secret realm, and Chen Yuan questioned whether he had considered the risks and needed more treasures.

Chen Changqing told Wuzhen he planned to enter an immortal’s secret realm to train, despite his Grandmaster’s concerns about the dangers and the treasures he already possessed. Wuzhen agreed not to stop him, and began explaining the origins and power of the Ganjiang Sword.

• Chen Changqing left Chen Yuan and went to Wuzhen Peak after learning Wuzhen had summoned him.
• Wuzhen asked whether Chen Changqing was leaving, and Chen Changqing explained that a friend from Tianyin Temple had invited him to an immortal’s secret realm.
• Wuzhen declined Chen Changqing’s invitation to join the treasure hunt and questioned why he would risk himself when he already possessed several Immortal Artifacts.
• Chen Changqing said he sought trials rather than treasures, and refused to bring Mo Yuan because it would reduce the challenge of his training.
• Chen Changqing asked Wuzhen about the Ganjiang Sword, and Wuzhen said it was paired with the Moye Sword and that together they could surpass Immortal Artifacts.

Chen Changqing learned the story behind the Ganjiang Sword and agreed to travel with Rujie to the Immortal Secret Realm. Before heading there, he went to Medicine God Valley to see Hua Yao, who greeted him joyfully.

• Wuzhen told Chen Changqing that Ganjiang and Moye’s swords had been entrusted to a Shushan senior, though he did not know where the Moye Sword was.
• Wuzhen warned Chen Changqing to take care on his journey and vowed to punish anyone who harmed him.
• Chen Changqing agreed to enter the Immortal Secret Realm with Rujie after setting rules for following his commands, sharing treasures by need, and retreating from overwhelming danger.
• Chen Changqing left Shushan with Rujie and headed first to Medicine God Valley to visit his wife, Hua Yao.
• Hua Gu brought Chen Changqing and Rujie to Hua Yao, and Hua Yao ran into Chen Changqing’s arms.

Chen Changqing visited Medicine God Valley and reunited with his fiancée, Hua Yao, whose cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul Realm. After the valley welcomed him at a banquet, Hua Xing turned to Rujie with a question.

• Hua Gu and Rujie left Chen Changqing and Hua Yao alone after Chen Changqing explained his visit.
• Chen Changqing and Hua Yao strolled through Medicine God Valley hand in hand while the disciples praised Chen Changqing and recalled how Shushan had protected the valley.
• Yao Feng watched the couple from a mountain peak and resigned himself to burying his feelings for Hua Yao.
• Medicine God Valley held a lavish banquet for Chen Changqing, where the elders toasted and praised him while Rujie ate and drank freely.
• Hua Xing asked Rujie to slow down because he had something to ask him.

Chen Changqing prepared to leave with Rujie for an Immortal Secret Realm, while Hua Xing learned of his recent achievements and spoke with him privately. Hua Xing suspected the journey would be dangerous and asked Chen Changqing about it.

• Hua Xing asked Rujie whether he had told Zen Master Bado that they had met, and Rujie explained that his Grandmaster had been in seclusion.
• Chen Changqing told Hua Yao that he and Rujie were going to an Immortal Secret Realm, then coaxed her into calling him husband before they shared a tender moment.
• Hua Xing sent Hua Yao away and praised Chen Changqing for passing the Twelve-Colored Heavenly Tribulation, winning Shushan's Seven Peaks Grand Competition, and overcoming the trials tied to marrying Hua Yao.
• Hua Xing asked whether Chen Changqing and Rujie were heading somewhere dangerous, and Chen Changqing replied that they were only going to an Immortal Secret Realm.

Chen Changqing learned that an Immortal Secret Realm had appeared and set out with Rujie to reach it, while Hua Xing warned him to be cautious and asked about his wager to take first place in the Ten Great Sect Competition. After three days of travel, they arrived in Azure Cloud City, where powerful figures had gathered, and Rujie said he would rely on Chen Changqing inside the realm.

• Hua Xing warned Chen Changqing that powerful experts would enter the Immortal Secret Realm and asked about his wager to take first place in the Ten Great Sect Competition.
• Chen Changqing told Hua Xing he would seek experience in the realm and explained that he had wagered with Wuxing to win first place in the competition.
• Rujie woke Chen Changqing early, and Chen Changqing said goodbye to Hua Yao, Hua Xing, Hua Gu, and Hua Lixuan before leaving Medicine God Valley.
• Chen Changqing and Rujie traveled for three days toward the Immortal Secret Realm and entered Azure Cloud City to rest.
• Chen Changqing sensed many powerful auras in Azure Cloud City, and Rujie said he would rely on him in the Immortal Secret Realm.

Chen Changqing and Rujie stopped at Smile Spring Breeze Tavern, where cultivators discussed the Immortal Secret Realm’s approaching opening. Si Youyou, the Heavenly Demon Sect’s Saintess, recognized Chen Changqing and joined him, asking whether he had come for the realm as well.

• Chen Changqing and Rujie entered Smile Spring Breeze Tavern and ordered wine and food.
• Chen Changqing listened as cultivators discussed major sects and demonic-path forces preparing to enter the Immortal Secret Realm.
• Si Youyou entered the tavern, recognized Chen Changqing, and sat at his table.
• Chen Changqing and Si Youyou recalled their past encounters, including his rescue of her in exchange for a Tribulation Crossing Flower.
• Chen Changqing introduced Si Youyou to Rujie without revealing her Heavenly Demon Sect identity, and Si Youyou asked whether Chen Changqing had come for the Immortal Secret Realm.

Si Youyou invited Chen Changqing to visit the death site of a Heavenly Lord, revealing that the fallen figure was a Shushan Sword Immortal who possessed the Gan Jiang and Mo Ye swords. Chen Changqing became interested in the missing Mo Ye Sword and wondered whether the Sword Immortal was connected to Ouye Tiangong.

• Rujie invited Si Youyou to join him and Chen Changqing in the Immortal Secret Realm, but Chen Changqing stayed silent about cooperating with her.
• Si Youyou asked Chen Changqing to accompany her to the place where a Heavenly Lord had fallen, and he initially refused.
• Si Youyou revealed that the fallen Heavenly Lord was a renowned Shushan Sword Immortal who carried the Immortal Artifact swords Gan Jiang and Mo Ye.
• Chen Changqing recalled obtaining the Ganjiang Sword in the Shushan Sword Tomb and considered that the Mo Ye Sword might be at the death site.
• Si Youyou said the Sword Immortal's surname was Ouye, prompting Chen Changqing to wonder if he was connected to Ouye Tiangong.

Chen Changqing, Si Youyou, and Rujie traveled to a canyon near Azure Cloud City where a Celestial Lord had fallen, hoping to explore the site. They found many powerful cultivators gathered there, including Chen Changqing’s martial uncle Bai Wuya, a Half-step Heavenly Monarch.

• Chen Changqing agreed to accompany Si Youyou to the place where the Celestial Lord had fallen, and Rujie insisted on joining them.
• The three arrived at the canyon and saw cultivators ranging from Nascent Soul to True Lord realms waiting to enter.
• Several more True Monarchs arrived, prompting Chen Changqing to worry about the dangers and ask Si Youyou why she had come; she said she sought treasures and opportunities.
• Bai Wuya descended into the gorge, and Chen Changqing recognized him as his martial uncle, while Rujie welcomed the protection of a Half-step Heavenly Monarch.

Chen Changqing refused Rujie’s suggestion to join Bai Wuya and learned that Xue Chen of the Blood God Sect had arrived with old grudges against Si Youyou. He promised to kill Xue Chen if he caused trouble as more cultivators gathered at the valley.

• After Bai Wuya arrived, Rujie urged Chen Changqing to join him, but Chen Changqing refused to trouble his martial uncle.
• Rujie tried to get Si Youyou to persuade Chen Changqing, but she said she would follow Chen’s decision because she wanted to keep her identity hidden from Bai Wuya.
• Chen Changqing asked whether entry to the place where the Heavenly Sovereign fell had restrictions, but Si Youyou did not know.
• Xue Chen of the Blood God Sect arrived, and Si Youyou warned Chen Changqing that Xue Chen had old grudges with her.
• Rujie boasted that he would defeat the Blood God Sect, but Si Youyou pointed out that Xue Chen’s cultivation was far higher than his.
• Chen Changqing assured Si Youyou that they would kill Xue Chen if he caused trouble, recalling his past clashes with the Blood God Sect.

Chen Changqing stopped Xue Chen and the Blood God Sect from blocking his group’s entry to the secret realm, then revealed his overwhelming strength with a single sword slash. After Xue Chen tried to flee, Chen Changqing attacked him and the other sect members.

• The secret realm’s gate opened in the gorge, and Bai Wuya and the True Lords entered before the other cultivators surged after them.
• Xue Chen and the Blood God Sect blocked Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Si Youyou, demanding that Si Youyou hand over an item.
• Chen Changqing ordered Xue Chen’s group to move aside, then killed two Early Stage Soul Transformation elders with one slash of the Thunderflame Sword.
• Xue Chen realized Chen Changqing was at least a Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivator, apologized, and turned to flee with his followers.
• Chen Changqing refused to let Xue Chen leave and unleashed several sword slashes at him and the Blood God Sect members.

Chen Changqing killed Xue Chen and the Blood God Sect disciples, then entered the Heavenly Sovereign's Fallen Land with Rujie and Si Youyou. Inside, his inheritance token reacted, hinting that the Heaven-Treading Immortal Emperor's inheritance was nearby, and Chen Changqing followed its guidance.

• Chen Changqing's sword strike killed the Blood God Sect disciples and left Xue Chen gravely wounded.
• Chen Changqing refused Xue Chen's plea for mercy and killed him, then collected the fallen disciples' Storage Pouches.
• Chen Changqing led Rujie and Si Youyou through the gate of light into the Heavenly Sovereign's Fallen Land.
• The three found a ruined space filled with gray mist, shattered palaces, and countless human and Demon Race bones.
• Chen Changqing sensed the inheritance token in the Heaven Treading Ring trembling and suspected the Heaven-Treading Immortal Emperor's inheritance was nearby.
• Chen Changqing followed the token's guidance while Si Youyou wondered what he meant by staring at her.

Chen Changqing followed the vibrating Inheritance Token to a palace chamber containing an ancient box that held another token. Three veteran Tribulation Crossing cultivators claimed the chamber, and Chen Changqing ordered them to step aside.

• Chen Changqing led Rujie and Si Youyou into a palace, where the Inheritance Token in his Heaven Treading Ring vibrated more strongly.
• Chen Changqing guided his companions through a mural-lined passage into a vast underground chamber, where he sensed another Inheritance Token inside a box on a stone pillar.
• Three powerful Tribulation Crossing cultivators entered the chamber and demanded that Chen Changqing and his companions leave.
• Chen Changqing claimed the chamber and its treasures for Shushan, while Rujie and Si Youyou urged him to avoid a fight.
• Chen Changqing stepped toward the three cultivators and coldly ordered them to step aside.

Chen Changqing used the Heavenly Thunder Sword to defeat the purple-robed cultivator with one strike, then faced the red-haired and gaunt cultivators as they attacked together to seize his Immortal Artifact. As their flames and sword rain closed in, Chen Changqing replaced his sword with a massive dark-gold hammer.

• The purple-robed cultivator attacked Chen Changqing with his black saber, but Chen Changqing drew the Heavenly Thunder Sword and broke the blade aura with the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique: Spirit Slaying.
• Chen Changqing's sword light struck the purple-robed cultivator, sending him into a stone wall and cracking his saber.
• The red-haired and gaunt cultivators coveted Chen Changqing's Immortal Sword, and the gaunt cultivator demanded that he hand it over.
• The gaunt cultivator and the red-haired cultivator attacked Chen Changqing together with flying swords and columns of molten fire.
• Chen Changqing stayed calm as their attacks approached, made the Heavenly Thunder Sword vanish, and summoned a massive dark-gold hammer.

Chen Changqing used the Haotian Hammer to shatter the red-haired cultivator and the gaunt cultivator’s attacks, severely injuring them both. When the red-haired cultivator tried to flee, Chen Changqing trapped him with his Invincible Sword Domain and smashed him into blood mist, while the gaunt cultivator’s fate remained unresolved.

• Chen Changqing summoned the Haotian Hammer, revealing that he possessed a second Immortal Artifact.
• Chen Changqing shattered the attacks of the red-haired cultivator and the gaunt cultivator with one hammer swing, then sent both men crashing into a rock wall.
• Rujie, Si Youyou, and the purple-robed cultivator were stunned by Chen Changqing’s strength, while the wounded red-haired cultivator and gaunt cultivator grew fearful.
• The gaunt cultivator apologized and offered to yield the opportunity, and the red-haired cultivator also begged to leave before suddenly fleeing.
• Chen Changqing spread his Invincible Sword Domain across the underground palace, caught the red-haired cultivator, and smashed him into a cloud of blood mist with the Haotian Hammer.

Chen Changqing killed a red-haired Tribulation Crossing Mid Stage cultivator and rejected two others who offered to become his servants. When the pair attacked him, he killed them as well, leaving Rujie and Si Youyou stunned by his strength and ruthlessness.

• Chen Changqing killed the red-haired cultivator with his hammer, earning fifty thousand AFK Points and taking his Storage Pouch.
• The purple-robed cultivator and the gaunt cultivator knelt and offered their soul blood in exchange for their lives, but Chen Changqing said they were not qualified to serve him.
• The purple-robed cultivator and the gaunt cultivator attacked Chen Changqing from both sides after he rejected them.
• Chen Changqing destroyed both attackers and their Primordial Spirits with the Haotian Hammer, earning more AFK Points and taking their Storage Pouches.
• Rujie and Si Youyou watched in disbelief as Chen Changqing flashed down before them.

After killing three Tribulation Crossing Mid Stage cultivators, Chen Changqing found an ancient token that fused with his inheritance token, though the fusion produced no inheritance. He left the hall with Rujie and Si Youyou, who wondered about the token and noticed her Demonic Sect-like aura had startled Rujie.

• Chen Changqing told Rujie and Si Youyou that the three cultivators he had killed were weak despite their cultivation, and said they would be of little use as servants.
• Chen Changqing took the box from the platform and opened it, revealing an ancient token.
• Chen Changqing drew out his inheritance token, and the token in the box flew to it and fused with it.
• Chen Changqing found no inheritance in the fused token, speculated that someone might have taken it, and led the group toward the passageway.
• Si Youyou wondered what Chen Changqing's token was, while Rujie teased her about being interested in him and noticed her aura resembled that of someone from the Demonic Sect.
• Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Si Youyou left the passageway and emerged outside the main hall.

Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Si Youyou found Bai Wuya fighting three True Lords beside a nine-colored fruit. Si Youyou identified it as a Heavenly Sovereign Fruit, said to let its consumer become a Heavenly Monarch, while the battle continued.

• Chen Changqing led Rujie and Si Youyou to explore the Heavenly Sovereign's Fallen Land after explaining that his token had guided him to another token.
• Chen Changqing sensed a distant battle, and the three headed toward it despite Rujie and Si Youyou initially being unable to detect the fighting.
• Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Si Youyou reached a plaza where three True Lords were besieging Bai Wuya beneath a dark-red-leaved tree bearing a nine-colored fruit.
• Chen Changqing recognized Bai Wuya as his martial uncle and watched him hold his own against the three True Lords with his silver-white spear.
• Si Youyou identified the fruit as a Heavenly Sovereign Fruit and explained that consuming one could directly grant the Heavenly Monarch realm, leaving Rujie stunned.

Chen Changqing learned that Bai Wuya was fighting three True Lords over a Heavenly Sovereign Fruit and chose to help him despite the danger. The chapter left Chen Changqing rushing toward the battlefield as Si Youyou and Rujie watched in alarm.

• Si Youyou explained that the nine-colored fruit was a Heavenly Sovereign Fruit and identified Bai Wuya's three opponents as Sword Maniac, Dharma Venerable, and Blood Hand.
• Si Youyou and Rujie urged Chen Changqing to leave rather than risk confronting the True Lords.
• Chen Changqing decided to aid Bai Wuya because Bai had saved his life and taught him the Nine Tribulations God Slaying Spear Art.
• Bai Wuya began losing ground against the three True Lords, though all three had also suffered injuries.
• Chen Changqing surged toward the battlefield while Si Youyou and Rujie watched in shock.