Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing rejected the True Dragon Clan’s Ancestor Dragon Pool and gave Long Ziyue an Immortal-grade Artifact Forger’s insights as a betrothal gift, accepting the Dragon Emperor Token before returning to Windcloud City. After reuniting with Li Yuanyuan, he was confronted by Flying Cloud Sect disciples begging him to save their sect.

• Chen Changqing declined the Ancestor Dragon Pool and presented Long Ziyue with a Jade Slip containing the artifact-forging insights of Ouye Tiangong.
• Long Gan gave Chen Changqing the Dragon Emperor Token, and Chen Changqing left the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace to return to Shushan.
• Chen Changqing returned to Green Ox Ridge, then hurried to Windcloud City to check on Li Yuanyuan.
• Li Yuanyuan rushed into Chen Changqing’s arms and cried, saying she had been afraid while waiting for him.
• Flying Cloud Sect disciples knelt before Chen Changqing and begged him to save their sect.

Chen Changqing agreed to rescue Flying Cloud Sect after learning that Blackwood Sect had attacked it, then arrived at the Mountain Gate and instantly erased an elder who attacked him. When True Person Mu invoked the Yin Yue Holy Dynasty for protection, Chen Changqing revealed that he had already killed one of its Holy Sons.

• Two Flying Cloud Sect disciples begged Chen Changqing to save their sect after its Sect Master died and Blackwood Sect attacked.
• Chen Changqing gave Li Yuanyuan a stronger jade talisman, then took the disciples to Flying Cloud Sect in an instant.
• Chen Changqing appeared above the besieged Mountain Gate, where Zhao Wuji recognized him as Holy Son Chen.
• A Blackwood Sect elder attacked Chen Changqing and vanished in a flash of lightning.
• True Person Mu tried to withdraw, then pleaded for mercy by invoking the Yin Yue Holy Dynasty.
• Chen Changqing said he had killed one of the Yin Yue Holy Dynasty's Holy Sons, leaving True Person Mu stricken with terror.

Chen Changqing annihilated True Person Mu and the Blackwood Sect forces attacking the Flying Cloud Sect, then traveled with Zhao Wuji to Blackwood Cliff. He destroyed the sect and its mountain with one punch, leaving no survivors or buildings.

• Chen Changqing killed True Person Mu and hundreds of Blackwood Sect cultivators with one strike of the Heavenly Thunder Sword.
• Zhao Wuji and the surviving Flying Cloud Sect disciples thanked Chen Changqing, who declared that they would eliminate the Blackwood Sect at its root.
• Chen Changqing sent two disciples back to protect the little girl, then took Zhao Wuji through space to Blackwood Cliff.
• Chen Changqing sensed about a thousand Blackwood Sect disciples inside the sect and ignored Zhao Wuji's warning about its weakened protective array.
• Chen Changqing used the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist to crush the array, the Blackwood Sect, its inhabitants, and Blackwood Cliff.

Chen Changqing destroyed Blackwood Sect and gave much of its treasury to Zhao Wuji to rebuild Flying Cloud Sect under his support. He brought Li Yuanyuan to Medicine God Valley for safety, where Hua Yao saw them together and mistakenly believed the girl was his daughter.

• Chen Changqing erased Blackwood Cliff with one punch, collected Blackwood Sect's surviving treasures, and gave Zhao Wuji thirty percent of its resources to rebuild Flying Cloud Sect.
• Zhao Wuji returned to Flying Cloud Sect, announced Blackwood Sect's destruction, and showed the disciples the treasures Chen Changqing had bestowed.
• Chen Changqing reunited with Li Yuanyuan in Windcloud City and decided to take her to Medicine God Valley rather than leave her in the troubled Eastern Region.
• Chen Changqing brought Li Yuanyuan to Medicine God Valley and asked to see Hua Yao, who hurried to meet him after Yao Feng warned her he had arrived with a little girl.
• Hua Yao saw Chen Changqing holding Li Yuanyuan's hand, mistook her for his daughter, and confronted him with tearful resentment.

Chen Changqing entrusted Li Yuanyuan to Hua Yao’s care at Medicine God Valley and accepted three precious Nine-Turn Soul Restoration Pills from her. He returned to Shushan to a jubilant welcome, then met with his master, Chen Yuan, who was astonished by how unfathomable his cultivation had become.

• Hua Yao mistook Li Yuanyuan for a rival until Chen Changqing explained that he had rescued her as the sole survivor of a massacred village.
• Chen Changqing asked Hua Yao to care for Li Yuanyuan while he took part in the Holy Land Grand Tournament, and Hua Yao welcomed the girl as her little sister.
• Hua Yao gave Chen Changqing three Nine-Turn Soul Restoration Pills, and he departed Medicine God Valley after promising to visit Li Yuanyuan again.
• Chen Changqing returned to Changqing Peak, where Jian Zhenzi and the disciples welcomed him as tens of thousands of Shushan disciples gathered to pay their respects.
• Chen Changqing climbed Celestial Pivot Peak to meet his master, Chen Yuan, who served him Enlightenment Tea and realized he could no longer discern the depth of Chen Changqing’s cultivation.

Chen Changqing told Chen Yuan he could guarantee that Daoist Wuzhen would break through to the Tribulation Immortal realm, and Chen Yuan agreed to take him to the secluded cultivation site. They arrived at Immortal Burial Cliff, where two gray-robed elders appeared and blocked their approach to Daoist Wuzhen’s cave.

• Chen Changqing recounted his engagement at the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace and his killing of Long Tian, and Chen Yuan said Lu Tian had left to gain experience.
• Chen Yuan told Chen Changqing that the Holy Land Grand Tournament would begin in one month and that its victor might enter the legendary path to immortality.
• Chen Changqing asked to see Daoist Wuzhen and claimed he could help him become a Tribulation Immortal with one hundred percent certainty.
• Chen Yuan questioned Chen Changqing’s claim, then chose to trust him and took him toward the Forbidden Grounds.
• Chen Yuan brought Chen Changqing to Immortal Burial Cliff, where two gray-robed elders appeared and blocked their way to Daoist Wuzhen’s cave.

Chen Changqing told Daoist Wuzhen he could help him become a Tribulation Immortal and proved his confidence by producing the Immortal Divine Medicine. Daoist Wuzhen recognized the treasure and, overwhelmed by the hope it offered, began considering his tribulation.

• Chen Yuan brought Chen Changqing to see Daoist Wuzhen, and Sword One and Sword Two let them enter after their master gave permission.
• Daoist Wuzhen recognized Chen Changqing's late Tribulation Crossing cultivation, perfected Primordial Body Refining Art, and Invincible Sword Domain.
• Chen Changqing declared that he could help Daoist Wuzhen enter the realm of a Tribulation Immortal and insisted he was absolutely certain.
• Chen Changqing produced the Immortal Divine Medicine, whose aura loosened Chen Yuan's cultivation bottleneck and astonished Daoist Wuzhen.
• Daoist Wuzhen recognized the orb from ancient texts, accepted Chen Changqing's explanation that he found it in an ancient immortal's secret realm, and laughed with joy at the prospect of transcending his bottleneck.

Daoist Wuzhen used the Immortal Divine Medicine to restore his body and Dao foundation, then immediately began his Tribulation Immortal trial. He shattered the first heavenly strike with a single sweep of Sword Qi as Shushan’s leaders gathered to witness his attempt.

• Daoist Wuzhen explained that the Immortal Divine Medicine repaired his accumulated Dao injuries, lifespan, and soul, giving him confidence to attempt tribulation.
• Daoist Wuzhen sent Chen Yuan and Chen Changqing outside, then began his Tribulation Immortal tribulation at Immortal Burial Cliff.
• The tribulation darkened the skies over Shushan and drew the attention of cultivators across the Nine Provinces as chaotic clouds and the Heavenly Dao’s eye formed overhead.
• Daoist Wuzhen emerged from his cave and split the first nine-colored divine lightning bolt with a single strand of Sword Qi.
• Shushan’s Grand Elders and other leaders arrived, and the Grand Elder rebuked factional talk and declared that Shushan’s glory stood above all else.

Daoist Wuzhen faced the Heavenly Dao’s annihilation tribulation, but its final strike destroyed his body. The Immortal Divine Medicine then revived him in a new Dao body, and he charged into the renewed lightning tribulation.

• Daoist Wuzhen summoned Shushan’s myriad swords and formed the Shushan Sword Array to meet the annihilation divine lightning.
• The lightning shattered the heavenly sword and struck Daoist Wuzhen, whose body dissolved into motes of light.
• An emerald tree bearing a nine-colored lotus emerged and absorbed the motes left by Daoist Wuzhen’s dissolution.
• The Immortal Divine Medicine rebuilt Daoist Wuzhen as a young man with a flawless Dao body, and Chen Yuan recognized him as the ancestor.
• The Heavenly Dao gathered a fiercer tribulation, but Daoist Wuzhen opened his eyes, challenged it, and flew into the lightning inferno.

Wuzhen survived his tribulation and became a Tribulation Immortal, transforming Shushan’s fortunes and publicly crediting Chen Changqing for providing the Immortal Divine Medicine. The Netherworld Patriarch arrived seeking revenge on Chen Changqing, but Wuzhen appeared and immobilized him with overwhelming power.

• Wuzhen shattered the Heavenly Dao’s lightning tribulation with his fist and reached the First Tribulation Immortal Stage.
• Wuxing and Shushan’s elders congratulated Wuzhen, while he thanked Chen Yuan and praised Chen Changqing for supplying the Immortal Divine Medicine.
• Wuzhen prepared to reward Chen Changqing but sensed the Netherworld Sect spying on Shushan.
• The Netherworld Patriarch emerged from a spatial rift and accused Chen Changqing of killing the Netherworld Sect’s Holy Son and stealing its supreme treasure.
• Wuzhen confronted the Netherworld Patriarch, revealed himself as a genuine Tribulation Immortal, and sealed him in place.

Daoist Wuzhen suppressed the Netherworld Patriarch, but Chen Changqing asked to kill him himself and claimed the half-step Tribulation Immortal’s soul for his sword training, earning three million AFK Points. Afterward, Daoist Wuzhen offered Chen Changqing any reward he wanted for helping him become a Tribulation Immortal, and Chen Changqing declined to ask for anything.

• Daoist Wuzhen froze the Netherworld Patriarch and dismissed his Netherworld Dao as impure and unimpressive.
• After Chen Changqing admitted killing the Netherworld Sect’s Holy Son and taking its treasure, Daoist Wuzhen praised him and crushed the Patriarch’s body.
• Chen Changqing asked Daoist Wuzhen to let him have the Netherworld Patriarch’s head so he could temper his sword heart and Dao foundation.
• Daoist Wuzhen released the Patriarch’s soul, and Chen Changqing killed it with Heaven-Slaying, gaining three million AFK Points.
• Daoist Wuzhen praised Chen Changqing and offered him any reward in the Nine Provinces for helping him attain Tribulation Immortal status.
• Chen Changqing thanked Daoist Wuzhen but declined to request a reward, calling his contribution a duty as Shushan Holy Son.

Chen Changqing refused a personal reward after helping Daoist Wuzhen become a Tribulation Immortal, but Wuzhen granted him authority equal to the Sect Leader and revealed that the upcoming Ten Great Sacred Lands Grand Tournament held a key to the ancient Immortal Court ruins. Chen Changqing returned to Changqing Peak, where Liu Ruyan arrived from the Maple Leaf Dynasty, and the two reunited.

• Chen Changqing refused Daoist Wuzhen's offer of a reward, so Wuzhen granted him status equal to the Sect Leader and unrestricted access to Shushan's resources and forbidden grounds.
• Daoist Wuzhen told Chen Changqing that the Ten Great Sacred Lands Grand Tournament would award its winner a key to the ancient Immortal Court ruins, and Chen Changqing declared he would take first place.
• Chen Yuan warned Chen Changqing that the other sacred lands would send their strongest prodigies, then watched him return to Changqing Peak.
• Chen Changqing greeted his followers, praised their progress, and distributed magical artifacts and pills to help them prepare for the tournament.
• Liu Ruyan appeared above Changqing Peak, and the disciples' hostile reaction subsided when Willow Wood recognized her as the ruler of the Maple Leaf Dynasty.
• Chen Changqing welcomed Liu Ruyan back, and she told him she had left her duties to return and see him.

Liu Ruyan visited Chen Changqing on Changqing Peak and warned him that hidden powers were watching Shushan ahead of the Ten Great Sacred Lands Grand Tournament. After Wangcai’s bone token called to his Heavenly Demon kin and warned of the Demon Emperor Hall, Chen Changqing received Chen Yuan’s permission to travel southwest with Wangcai and Liu Ruyan.

• Liu Ruyan reunited with Chen Changqing in private, and told him that Liu Ye had warned someone was watching him and that hidden powers would move when the Immortal Court Ruins Key appeared.
• Wangcai revealed that his bone token had awakened and pointed southwest after he sensed a call from his Heavenly Demon kin.
• The bone token warned the Heavenly Demon Clan to beware of pursuit by the Demon Emperor Hall, which Liu Ruyan described as a powerful alliance of Demon Race royal clans.
• Chen Changqing agreed to accompany Wangcai to find his kin, and Liu Ruyan insisted on joining them.
• Chen Changqing told Chen Yuan about the warning and his plan, and Chen Yuan allowed him to leave on the condition that he return before the Ten Great Sacred Lands Grand Tournament.

Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan traveled to Ten Thousand Demon City with Wangcai, following a bone token into the Demon Race’s southwestern territory. At the city gates, Liu Ruyan struck a wolf demon guard captain who tried to force Wangcai to wear a Spirit-Sealing Ring, and the guards moved to attack them.

• Chen Changqing received permission from Chen Yuan to leave Shushan and set off with Liu Ruyan on Wangcai’s true form.
• Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan crossed into Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, where Wangcai followed the bone token’s guidance deeper into Demon Race territory.
• After two days of travel, the group reached Ten Thousand Demon City, one of the southwestern Demon Race’s major hubs.
• Chen Changqing paid the entry fee, but the wolf demon leader demanded that Wangcai wear a Spirit-Sealing Ring.
• Liu Ruyan slapped the wolf demon leader into the city wall, prompting the remaining guards to surround the group.

Chen Changqing subdued the wolf demon guards at Ten Thousand Demon City's gates and received a VIP token for the Myriad Demon Auction. After entering the city, he suspected Wangcai's missing clansman was being held as an auction item.

• Liu Ruyan struck Wolf Nine, and Chen Changqing's overwhelming pressure forced the wolf demon guards and everyone at the gates to kneel.
• The bull demon steward apologized, promised to punish the guards, and gave Chen Changqing a top-grade VIP token for the auction in three days.
• Chen Changqing entered Ten Thousand Demon City with Liu Ruyan and Wangcai, then asked Wangcai to sense the bloodline summoning again.
• Wangcai could no longer detect the summoning, and Chen Changqing reasoned that its clansman was either dead or imprisoned somewhere that blocked detection.
• Chen Changqing suspected Wangcai's clansman was being held as an item for the Myriad Demon Auction.

Chen Changqing, Liu Ruyan, and Wangcai arrived in Ten Thousand Demon City to investigate the Heavenly Demon being held for an auction. When Long Feiyu confronted Chen Changqing over Long Tian’s death, Chen Changqing killed him and destroyed his Primordial Spirit, then faced the Ancient Dragon Clan elder who had attacked from above.

• Chen Changqing agreed to attend the gathering in three days and promised to rescue Wangcai’s clansman if he was on the auction stage.
• Chen Changqing, Liu Ruyan, and Wangcai checked into the Ten Thousand Demons Tower, where a maid warned them that members of the Ancient Dragon Clan had come looking for Chen Changqing.
• Long Feiyu confronted Chen Changqing to avenge his cousin Long Tian, and Liu Ruyan stepped forward to defend Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing trapped Long Feiyu and destroyed his body with one finger, then used his Invincible Avatar Technique to punch away the Ancient Dragon elder’s attack.
• Chen Changqing erased Long Feiyu’s Primordial Spirit and challenged the elder to come down and die as well.

After the Chief Enforcer Niu Qingtian stopped Long Xing from attacking Chen Changqing, Chen and his companions learned that the Demon Emperor Hall might hold Wangcai’s kin. Chen decided to investigate the auction organizers directly and entered the Myriad Treasures Tower alone, where its steward Hu Xian'er awaited him.

• Chen Changqing’s incarnation challenged Long Xing, but Niu Qingtian arrived and slapped the Ancient Dragon Clan elder into the street for defying Ten Thousand Demon City’s rules.
• Long Feiyu threatened Chen Changqing before leaving with Long Xing, while Niu Qingtian warned Chen that the Ancient Dragon Clan would seek revenge outside the city.
• Hu Yue arranged luxurious replacement rooms for Chen Changqing, Liu Ruyan, and Wangcai, and waived their expenses for the night.
• Chen Changqing suspected the Demon Emperor Hall held Wangcai’s kin and decided to investigate the Myriad Treasures Tower rather than wait for the auction.
• Hu Yue escorted the group to the Myriad Treasures Tower, where a maid said her mistress had been expecting them; Chen entered alone and was taken to the tower’s summit.

Chen Changqing learned that Wangcai’s Heavenly Demon clansman was being auctioned in three days and that the captive was known as the Heavenly Demon Young Mistress. He vowed to save him from the Demon Emperor Hall and the other bidders, then activated his violet-gold VIP token and felt it begin to tremble.

• Chen Changqing met Hu Xian'er, who confirmed that a Heavenly Demon descendant had been captured near Blackwind Ridge and would be auctioned by Myriad Treasures Tower.
• Hu Xian'er revealed that the captive carried a damaged bone talisman naming him the Heavenly Demon Young Mistress, and warned that the Demon Emperor Hall might kill him if it learned his identity.
• Hu Xian'er told Chen Changqing that powerful clans had gathered in Ten Thousand Demon City for the Demon Immortal Treasure Trove, whose key was expected to appear at the Myriad Demon Auction.
• Chen Changqing returned to the courtyard and told Wangcai that its clansman was imprisoned in a Demon Suppression Casket and would be auctioned in three days.
• Chen Changqing promised to save the captive, and Liu Ruyan and Wangcai stood with him as he prepared to wait for the auction.
• Chen Changqing sent his divine sense into the violet-gold VIP token, which began trembling violently.

Chen Changqing learned that the Myriad Demon Auction planned to sell a captive descendant of the Heavenly Demon race and resolved to buy Wangcai’s clansman back. He entered the auction with Liu Ruyan and Wangcai, where Long Xing recognized his presence just as the event began.

• Chen Changqing saw that lot seventy-three was a highly pure-blooded Heavenly Demon descendant offered for sale as material for devouring, purification, or a bloodline avatar, then told Wangcai and Liu Ruyan he would attend the auction and buy the captive back.
• During the three-day wait, Chen Changqing meditated in the Ten Thousand Demons Tower while Liu Ruyan stayed beside him and Wangcai paced anxiously.
• At the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, Commander Xiong Da recognized Chen Changqing’s Purple-Gold Distinguished Guest Token and apologized before escorting the group to a private room.
• Chen Changqing sensed several powerful guests in the auction’s private rooms, including Long Xing, who directed a hostile divine sense at him before Chen Changqing’s room restrictions blocked it.
• The auction hall lights dimmed, and a beam of light appeared on the central platform as the auction began.

At the Myriad Demon Auction, Chen Changqing waits for item seventy-three while Wangcai senses a lost clansman nearby. The twentieth item is revealed as a captive Heavenly Demon girl, and Wangcai recognizes her as the one it has been seeking just as bidding begins.

• Mei Ji opened the auction with a supreme-grade Tribulation Crossing Pill, which the Fire Lion Clan won for 5.3 million High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Long Xing and a Golden-Winged Roc Clan bidder clashed over the Star-Shattering Spear, which the Golden-Winged Roc Clan bought for 550,000 Top-grade Spirit Stones.
• Chen Changqing waited through the early lots while Wangcai grew increasingly restless, sensing a blood connection inside the tower.
• Mei Ji unveiled a cage containing a young Heavenly Demon girl, prompting Wangcai to recognize her as its missing clanswoman and erupt with grief and fury.
• Mei Ji described the captive's uses and set her starting bid at one million Top-grade Spirit Stones.