Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing met Hua Yao’s second uncle, Hua Lixuan, who learned that Chen Changqing was Chen Yuan’s disciple and warmly welcomed him. Hua Lixuan’s approval of Chen Changqing’s closeness with Hua Yao left Yao Feng feeling threatened and bitter.

• Hua Yao brought Chen Changqing to meet Hua Lixuan, while Yao Feng watched with displeasure.
• Hua Lixuan examined Chen Changqing and asked who his master was.
• Chen Changqing said his master was Chen Yuan, shocking Hua Lixuan, Yao Feng, and Hua Yao.
• Hua Lixuan reconsidered Chen Changqing as a possible match for Hua Yao and chose to let the young people decide for themselves.
• Hua Lixuan warmly praised Chen Changqing as he chatted with him, and Chen Changqing later took his leave.
• Hua Lixuan told Hua Yao that Chen Changqing was worth getting to know, while Yao Feng felt bitter about their closeness.

Chen Changqing extracted the results of his AFK cultivation the day before the Qiankun Secret Realm opened, raising all nine Golden Cores to the Late Golden Core Stage and his physical body to Low-grade Spirit Treasure strength. The next morning, Chen Yong escorted him and Wangcai to the gathering plaza as the secret realm expedition assembled.

• Monk Rujie visited Chen Changqing and learned that Hua Yao had taken him to meet her second uncle.
• Chen Changqing extracted his completed techniques and Divine Abilities, mastering the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, Changhong Sword Technique, and Three Extremes Return to Origin Seal.
• Chen Changqing absorbed the results of 30,000 Invincible Golden Core Method practices, advancing all nine Golden Cores to the Late Golden Core Stage.
• Chen Changqing absorbed 30,000 rounds of Primordial Nine Revolutions Body Refining Art practice, raising his physical body to the level of a Low-grade Spirit Treasure.
• The next morning, Chen Yong led Chen Changqing and Wangcai to the plaza where sect disciples and other cultivators gathered for the Qiankun Secret Realm opening.

Chen Changqing learned that sect prodigies had gathered to enter the Qiankun Secret Realm, and Grandmaster Taiyi opened a passage after requiring everyone to sign an agreement accepting responsibility for their own lives. As Chen Changqing prepared to enter the realm, True Person Li Yuan gave him a talisman containing the power of a Nascent Soul’s strike.

• Chen Yong explained that disciples from other sects had paid or otherwise secured entry to the Qiankun Secret Realm for a chance at its opportunities.
• Grandmaster Taiyi arrived, announced that all entrants had to sign an agreement disclaiming the Daoist Sect’s responsibility for their lives, and opened a passage to the secret realm.
• Chen Yong told Chen Changqing that the secret realm’s entrance lay in the Demonic Sect’s territory and that the agreement was meant to prevent disputes if entrants died.
• The entrants signed the agreements and began passing through the vortex, with the passage set to reopen in one month.
• True Person Li Yuan stopped Chen Changqing and gave him a spiritual talisman containing the power of a Nascent Soul’s single strike before departing.

Chen Changqing entered the Qiankun Secret Realm with Wangcai and encountered Rujie, who was fleeing a group of Demonic Sect disciples. Just as their leader prepared to attack, a terrifying aura descended and an unknown voice addressed the Demonic Sect disciples.

• Hua Yao gave Chen Changqing a Fifth-grade Xuanyuan Pill and urged him to return safely from the secret realm.
• Chen Changqing and Wangcai passed through the swirling entrance and arrived in a strange world inside the Qiankun Secret Realm.
• Chen Changqing warned Wangcai not to speak human language around others, then found that his ancient token did not react.
• Rujie fled to Chen Changqing for help, explaining that Demonic Sect disciples had attacked him after he entered the secret realm.
• The late Golden Core Demonic Sect leader threatened Chen Changqing and Rujie, but a terrifying aura appeared and an icy voice called out to the Demonic Sect disciples.

Yao Feng arrived as Chen Changqing and Rujie faced Demonic Sect disciples, then killed them all before leaving after warning Chen Changqing to take care. Rujie revealed he had entered the Qiankun Secret Realm to seek an inheritance from a Tianyin Temple ancestor and asked Chen Changqing to accompany him somewhere.

• Yao Feng appeared and recognized Chen Changqing and Rujie confronting the Demonic Sect group.
• The Demonic Sect cultivator and his disciples fled, but Yao Feng sealed the area and slaughtered them with his true qi.
• Yao Feng told Chen Changqing he had only helped because Hua Yao asked him to, then departed.
• Chen Changqing dismissed Yao Feng as an unworthy rival and began considering whether to pursue Hua Yao.
• Rujie warned Chen Changqing about Yao Feng and explained that he sought an inheritance left by an ancestor of Tianyin Temple.
• Rujie asked Chen Changqing to accompany him on a trip.

Chen Changqing agreed to accompany Rujie to seek the inheritance of a Tianyin Temple ancestor, and Wangcai devoured the corpses of Demonic Sect disciples before they set out. After several days of killing Demonic Sect pursuers for AFK Points, Chen Changqing encountered Chen Yong fleeing more Demonic Sect disciples.

• Rujie asked Chen Changqing to escort him to retrieve the inheritance left by an ancestor of Tianyin Temple, and Chen Changqing agreed.
• Chen Changqing ordered Wangcai to devour the corpses of the Demonic Sect disciples, then followed Rujie as his Buddhist beads led the way.
• Over several days, Chen Changqing killed groups of Demonic Sect disciples and accumulated more than ten thousand AFK Points.
• Chen Yong fled toward Chen Changqing and Rujie while pursued by Golden Core Demonic Sect disciples.
• Chen Yong told them Demonic Sect disciples had targeted him after he obtained a fourth-grade Barrier-Breaking Pill, and Chen Changqing wondered if he was naturally unlucky.

Chen Yong sought Chen Changqing’s protection after a Mid Golden Core Stage demonic cultivator pursued him for his fourth-grade Barrier-Breaking Pill. Chen Changqing faced the pursuer and the reinforcements he summoned, then vanished with Drunken Immortal Gazing at Moon Steps to confront him.

• Chen Yong told Chen Changqing that a Mid Golden Core Stage demonic cultivator was hunting him for his Barrier-Breaking Pill, and Chen Changqing stepped in to protect him and Rujie.
• The demonic cultivator summoned reinforcements with a blood-red cloud-piercing arrow, while Chen Changqing remained excited rather than fleeing.
• A Late Golden Core Stage Bewitching Man arrived with more than a dozen demonic cultivators and ordered them to attack after learning Chen Yong had the pill.
• Chen Changqing told Rujie and Chen Yong to fall back, sent Little Black to the ground, and used Drunken Immortal Gazing at Moon Steps to appear beside the charging Mid Golden Core Stage demonic cultivator.

Chen Changqing slaughtered the Demonic Sect cultivators with overwhelming strength, harvesting AFK Points as he fought. He left the Bewitching Man as the sole survivor and revealed a Blood God Sect elder’s token to answer the man’s threat.

• Chen Changqing tore a Mid Golden Core demonic cultivator in half with his bare hands, earning 2,000 AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing used the Drunken Immortal Gazing at Moon Steps and the Changhong Sword to kill the remaining Demonic Sect disciples and collect AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing killed all but the Bewitching Man, while Chen Yong, Rujie, and Wangcai watched in shock.
• Chen Changqing invited the Bewitching Man to summon his companions, but the Bewitching Man threatened him with the Blood God Sect.
• Chen Changqing produced a Blood God Sect Deacon Elder’s personal token and challenged the Bewitching Man’s threat.

Chen Changqing killed the Bewitching Man and let Wangcai devour the demonic cultivators’ corpses before continuing with Chen Yong and Rujie. A day later, the group reached a ruined temple where Rujie said a Tianyin Temple ancestor had left an inheritance.

• The Bewitching Man questioned how Chen Changqing had a Blood God Sect Deacon Elder’s token, and Chen Changqing said he had killed the elder who owned it.
• Chen Changqing killed the Bewitching Man with the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique and received 8,000 AFK Points.
• Chen Yong and Rujie recoiled from Chen Changqing’s lethal methods, while Wangcai devoured the demonic cultivators’ corpses.
• Chen Changqing, Chen Yong, Rujie, and Wangcai traveled for a day and arrived at a ruined ancient temple.
• Rujie led the group into the main hall, where Chen Yong saw a lone headless Buddha statue and asked whether this was the site of the Tianyin Temple ancestor’s inheritance.

Chen Changqing left the ruined temple to answer a Shushan distress signal and found a Cloud Perch Peak disciple under attack. He prepared to intervene, though the attackers appeared to be from righteous sects.

• Rujie repaired the headless Buddha statue with its golden head and vanished into its Buddhist light to seek an opportunity.
• Chen Yong swallowed the fourth-grade Barrier-Breaking Pill, and Chen Changqing agreed to guard him while he attempted to break through to the Golden Core Realm.
• Chen Changqing asked Wangcai why it had not advanced after devouring corpses, and Wangcai explained that it needed time to absorb and refine them.
• After three days, Chen Changqing saw a Shushan sword signal and left Wangcai to guard the ruined temple while he went to help.
• Chen Changqing found a Violet Mansion Realm woman from Cloud Perch Peak surrounded by attackers led by a Late Purple Mansion Stage old man, with a richly dressed Golden Core youth watching nearby.

Chen Changqing rescued an injured Shushan Disciple from Elder Teng and a lecherous young mistress in the Qiankun Secret Realm. He landed beside her and asked if she was all right, while she wondered who the unfamiliar Late Golden Core disciple was.

• Elder Teng injured the Shushan Disciple, and the richly dressed youth ordered her to submit or die.
• The woman refused the youth’s advances and invoked Shushan’s name, but the youth dismissed the threat and ordered Elder Teng to capture her.
• As Elder Teng launched a deadly palm strike, Chen Changqing answered her distress signal and split the attack with his sword radiance.
• The group mocked Chen Changqing for being only at the Late Golden Core Stage, while the woman doubted he could help her.
• Chen Changqing ignored the youth, landed beside the woman, and asked if she was all right; she replied that she was fine and questioned who he was.

Chen Changqing confronted Elder Teng and the richly dressed youth after they injured Shushan disciples, revealing strength far beyond his Late Golden Core Stage cultivation. As he unleashed a powerful seal and then Sword Momentum against Elder Teng, the woman began to suspect his identity.

• Chen Changqing declared that he would handle the attackers and asked Elder Teng whether his group had injured the Shushan disciples.
• Chen Changqing killed a Golden Core subordinate with one sword strike, shocking the woman and the assembled group.
• The richly dressed youth ordered Elder Teng to kill Chen Changqing, and Elder Teng sealed the area's spiritual qi before summoning a black banner and its ghosts.
• Chen Changqing unleashed the Three Extremes Return to Origin Seal, suppressing the banner's wronged souls and astonishing Elder Teng and the woman.
• Chen Changqing gathered his true qi and released a powerful Sword Momentum, leaving Elder Teng and the woman stunned.

Chen Changqing broke Teng’s spiritual energy seal, killed the Violet Mansion cultivator and the fleeing young man’s group, then recovered after exhausting his true qi. Su Yue introduced herself as a disciple of Cloud Perch Peak and asked which peak Chen Changqing belonged to.

• Chen Changqing broke Teng’s seal with a sword strike and killed him using the Changhong Sword Technique.
• The richly dressed young man warned Chen Changqing that his father was a Nascent Soul cultivator, then tried to flee with his subordinates.
• Chen Changqing killed the young man and his fleeing subordinates, earning AFK Points from the system.
• After nearly exhausting his true qi, Chen Changqing took a medicinal pill while Su Yue supported him.
• Su Yue introduced herself as a disciple of Cloud Perch Peak and asked Chen Changqing which peak he belonged to.

Chen Changqing reunited with Su Yue, Rujie, and Chen Yong in the Qiankun Secret Realm after they each secured their goals. As the others departed, Chen Changqing remained to seek the other Spirit Veins, and Wangcai devoured the corpses left behind.

• Su Yue learned that the person who rescued her was Chen Changqing, Shushan Holy Land's Eleventh Sequence Holy Son, and thanked him for saving her from Teng and his allies.
• Chen Changqing sensed his token reacting, but concealed the reason from Su Yue.
• Rujie and Chen Yong arrived with Wangcai, and Chen Changqing saw that Rujie had reached Great Perfection Core Formation while Chen Yong had advanced to the Golden Core Realm.
• Rujie, Chen Yong, and Su Yue each said they had obtained what they came for and departed, leaving Chen Changqing and Wangcai behind.
• Chen Changqing sent Wangcai to devour the corpses scattered across the battlefield.

Chen Changqing followed the Heaven Treading Ring’s token to a valley where Yao Feng and the Heavenly Demon Sect’s Saintess were competing for an inheritance. Their fight began with a clash between their powerful spiritual treasures, leaving the watching cultivators stunned by the shockwaves.

• Chen Changqing spent ten days traveling through the secret realm, killing Demonic Sect disciples and Righteous Path cultivators who tried to ambush him.
• The token led Chen Changqing to a valley with dense spiritual energy, where he found Yao Feng facing a woman from the Demonic Sect.
• Chen Changqing learned that the woman was the Heavenly Demon Sect’s Saintess, ranked tenth on the Heavenly Phoenix Ranking, and that she and Yao Feng had both found an expert’s inheritance.
• The Saintess claimed the site for her sect, but Yao Feng refused to leave, and both drew their spiritual treasures.
• The Saintess attacked with the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Whip, and Yao Feng countered with the Medicine God Ruler, whose collision sent devastating shockwaves through the valley.

Yao Feng and the Heavenly Demon Saintess fought a fierce battle, unleashing their Domains and ultimate techniques until both were grievously injured. Chen Changqing waited for them to weaken, then prepared to move toward the vortex where the object sought by his token lay.

• Yao Feng retrieved the Medicine God Ruler and attacked the Heavenly Demon Saintess with Myriad Medicines Return to Origin, but she countered with Demon Dragon Devours Heaven.
• Yao Feng opened his Longevity Domain, and the Heavenly Demon Saintess answered with her Nine Nether Demonic Domain; their Domains clashed until both suffered backlash.
• Yao Feng used Return from Death with the Medicine God Ruler, while the Heavenly Demon Saintess summoned the Devil Ancestor's shadow from her jade pendant.
• Their ultimate attacks collided, leaving Yao Feng kneeling with a cracked Medicine God Ruler and the Heavenly Demon Saintess disheveled with three shattered skulls on her whip.
• Chen Changqing saw that both fighters were badly injured and prepared to enter the vortex, where he believed the other token's object was hidden.

Xue Tian, a Blood God Sect cultivator, ambushed Si Youyou and Yao Feng after secretly following her to the treasure site, then attacked Yao Feng for his treasures. As Yao Feng prepared to use a Spirit Burst Pill, Chen Changqing decided to intervene.

• A blood-robed Violet Palace cultivator arrived, and Chen Changqing recognized the aura of the Blood God Sect and stayed hidden.
• Si Youyou identified the newcomer as Xue Tian, the seventh-ranked of the Thirteen Sons of the Blood God, who admitted he had followed her to find the treasure site.
• Si Youyou attacked Xue Tian with her Nine Nether Soul Devouring Whip, but he shattered the attack and wounded her with Blood Fiend Qi.
• Xue Tian demanded Yao Feng's treasures, then smashed his Medicine God Ruler with a blood claw and injured him.
• Yao Feng took out a Spirit Burst Pill, and Chen Changqing decided to step in.

Chen Changqing stopped Yao Feng from taking a Spirit Burst Pill and challenged Xue Tian, then struck him down with the Three Extremes Return to Origin Seal. Xue Tian retaliated by unfolding his blood-colored domain, and Yao Feng warned Chen Changqing to beware of its power.

• Chen Changqing appeared beside Yao Feng and stopped him from swallowing the Spirit Burst Pill.
• Chen Changqing stepped forward to face Xue Tian, drawing shocked reactions from the watching cultivators and Si Youyou.
• Chen Changqing used the Three Extremes Return to Origin Seal to smash Xue Tian from the sky and leave him injured in a crater.
• Xue Tian rose in fury and unleashed Blood God Heaven and Earth, transforming the surroundings into a blood-colored domain.
• Yao Feng warned Chen Changqing that Xue Tian was using the Power of his Domain.

Chen Changqing survived Xue Tian’s Blood God One-Blade Slash by relying on silver armor that appeared to be an Immortal Artifact. The battle remained unresolved as the spectators realized what he was wearing.

• Xue Tian unleashed his Blood God One-Blade Slash, sending a colossal blood-red blade toward Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing answered with Heaven and Earth as One, and the two attacks collided in a storm that obscured the battlefield.
• Xue Tian emerged from the dust believing Chen Changqing was dead, while Yao Feng prepared to swallow his Spirit Burst Pill and fight.
• Chen Changqing called out from within the dust, stunning Xue Tian, Si Youyou, Yao Feng, and the other spectators.
• Chen Changqing emerged battered but alive, wearing silver armor that the spectators identified as a possible Immortal Artifact.

Chen Changqing survived Xue Tian’s attack with the Quasi-Immortal Silver Firmament Battle Armor and revealed that he had comprehended Sword Momentum. He struck back with the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, piercing Xue Tian and annihilating his Blood God Manifestation.

• The spectators recognized Chen Changqing’s armor as a Quasi-Immortal Artifact, while Yao Feng realized it had been gifted by Chen Changqing’s master, Chen Yuan.
• Xue Tian greedily coveted the armor, and Chen Changqing activated all nine Golden Cores and unleashed Sword Momentum, tearing apart Xue Tian’s domain and drawing swords from nearby cultivators.
• Xue Tian burned his essence blood to summon a hundred-zhang Blood God Manifestation.
• Chen Changqing used the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique to shatter Xue Tian’s Blood God Domain, pierce Xue Tian, and annihilate the manifestation.