Chapter Summaries

After mastering the second form of the Black Emperor God-Slaying Finger, Li Qingshan joined the Great Qian Immortal Kingdom’s prodigies for the journey to Chosen Ancient City. He arrived with Tantai Yue, Zhao Chengqian, and Murong Xuanwu, and awaited the Chosen Secret Realm’s opening in seven days.

• Li Qingshan left seclusion after half a year, having mastered the second form of the Black Emperor God-Slaying Finger, and learned that Tantai Yue had advanced to middle-stage Profound Immortal.
• Tantai Xuanji led Li Qingshan, Tantai Yue, and three other Tantai Clan descendants to the White Jade Plaza, where Li Qingshan encountered Li Xuanyu, Zhao Chengqian, and Murong Xuanwu.
• Murong Xuanwu and Zhao Chengqian recognized the Black Tortoise aura from Li Qingshan’s cultivation of the Black Emperor God-Slaying Finger, and Zhao Chengqian explained that the selection would take place in Chosen Ancient City.
• The Qian Emperor, Zhao Wuji, led the two hundred prodigies and their escorts through an ancient teleportation array to Chosen Ancient City, where the seven Immortal Sects had established their bases.
• Zhao Wuji announced that the Chosen Secret Realm would open in seven days and forbade private fights in the city.
• Li Qingshan, Tantai Yue, Zhao Chengqian, and Murong Xuanwu found an inn and settled in as they anticipated the secret realm’s opportunities.

Seven Immortal Lords debated the approaching opening of the Chosen Secret Realm and the possibility that the prophesied Chosen One would appear. They agreed that if he did, he would choose which sect to join, and the realm was set to open in seven days.

• Zhao Cangming gathered the seven Immortal Lords to discuss the upcoming immortal sect selection and Chosen Secret Realm.
• Mu Qingqing, Shui Wuhen, Mo Yuan, Yan Lie, and Lei Ziyan argued over rules for competing to recruit disciples.
• Yun Xu reminded the elders that the Chosen Immortal King had prophesied a Chosen One would appear three million years after his fall and inherit his legacy.
• Yun Xu proposed that the seven sects let the Chosen One choose his own sect if he appeared, and all seven elders agreed.
• Zhao Cangming announced that the secret realm would open in seven days.

Li Xuanyu hired the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion to assassinate Li Qingshan in the Chosen Secret Realm, while Li Qingshan explored Chosen Ancient City with his companions. After discussing the rumored Chosen One and browsing the market, Li Qingshan followed the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd’s faint reaction into an immortal herb shop.

• Li Xuanyu paid a fifty-million-immortal-stone deposit to hire three silver-rank assassins and one gold-rank assassin to kill Li Qingshan for a total of three hundred million.
• Li Qingshan discussed the possible Chosen One with Murong Xuanwu and Zhao Chengqian, who warned that the heir to the Chosen Immortal King’s legacy would face a hunt unless strong enough to deter rivals.
• Li Qingshan, Murong Xuanwu, Zhao Chengqian, and Tantai Yue set off to browse the market street in the west of Chosen Ancient City.
• Murong Xuanwu excitedly pointed out treasures suited to his companions as they walked through the crowded market.
• Li Qingshan sensed the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd tremble and entered an unremarkable immortal herb shop to investigate.

Li Qingshan bought a supposedly second-rank Heavenly Sea Fire Vine after the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd led him to it, then learned from Luo Yiyi that it was actually a seven-hundred-thousand-year-old Primordial Immortal Vine. He agreed to discuss the priceless herb with Luo Yunyang at the Great Luo Immortal Kingdom’s residence.

• Li Qingshan followed the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd’s vibration to a withered vine and bought it from the shopkeeper for a hundred thousand immortal stones.
• Luo Yiyi asked Li Qingshan to sell her the vine, but he refused.
• Luo Yunyang arrived and introduced himself and his younger sister, Luo Yiyi.
• Luo Yiyi identified the vine as a Primordial Immortal Vine and explained the signs that distinguished it from Heavenly Sea Fire Vine.
• The shopkeeper regretted selling the treasure, while Luo Yunyang invited Li Qingshan to the Great Luo Immortal Kingdom’s compound to discuss it.
• Li Qingshan accepted Luo Yunyang’s invitation and left the shop with the Luo siblings and Murong Xuanwu.

Li Qingshan agreed to sell the Primordial Immortal Vine to Luo Yiyi, who needed it to develop her Primordial Unity Immortal Physique. Luo Yunyang offered three rare treasures in exchange, framing the generous trade as a gesture of friendship.

• Luo Yunyang welcomed Li Qingshan, Tantai Yue, Zhao Chengqian, and Murong Xuanwu to the Great Luo Immortal Kingdom's palace and learned of Li Qingshan's talents.
• Luo Yiyi explained that the Primordial Immortal Vine could help her open immortal apertures and awaken her Primordial Unity Immortal Physique.
• Li Qingshan agreed to sell the vine to Luo Yiyi and Luo Yunyang at a fair price.
• Luo Yunyang presented ten immortal crystals, a Cosmic Realm-Breaking Talisman, and a Yin-Yang Mystic Aperture Immortal Pill in exchange for the vine.
• Li Qingshan said the three treasures were worth more than the vine, but Luo Yunyang insisted the trade was fair to help his sister and build their friendship.

Li Qingshan traded the Primordial Immortal Vine for three treasures and gave Luo Yunyang a flawless Nine-Orifice Immortal Pill, earning the friendship of the Great Luo Immortal Kingdom’s siblings. As the Chosen Secret Realm’s opening drew near, Luo Yunyang revealed the seven formidable quasi-true disciples expected to compete there.

• Li Qingshan gave Luo Yunyang a flawless Nine-Orifice Immortal Pill in exchange for the three treasures, and Luo Yunyang accepted him as a friend and honored guest of the Great Luo Immortal Kingdom.
• Luo Yiyi thanked Li Qingshan for the Primordial Immortal Vine and promised to repay him in the secret realm.
• Luo Yunyang told Li Qingshan and his companions that the Child of Choice might emerge when the Chosen Secret Realm opened and named seven powerful quasi-true disciples: Xiao Yuntian, Liu Qingyan, Shui Qingyin, Mo Wuhen, Yan Wushuang, Lei Jingtian, and Yun Yi.
• Li Qingshan memorized the prodigies’ names and welcomed the coming contest, while Tantai Yue remarked that Luo Yiyi looked at him strangely.
• Li Qingshan and his companions returned to their inn, knowing the Chosen Secret Realm would open in seven days.

Li Qingshan consumed the Yin-Yang Mystic Aperture Immortal Pill and opened nine immortal apertures, reaching the late stage of the Profound Immortal realm. He then used an immortal crystal to fill one new aperture and discovered that each aperture required an entire crystal.

• Li Qingshan examined the immortal crystals, Cosmic Realm-Breaking Talisman, and Yin-Yang Mystic Aperture Immortal Pill he had received from Luo Yunyang.
• Li Qingshan took the pill and opened nine immortal apertures over nine hours, increasing his total to twenty-seven.
• Li Qingshan realized his nine new apertures were empty and began using the Great Devouring Immortal Art to refine an immortal crystal.
• Li Qingshan filled his nineteenth aperture with 108,000 Chaos Golden Pearls, exhausting the crystal and learning that one crystal filled only one aperture.

Li Qingshan used nine immortal crystals to fill nine apertures, then spent seven days tempering his power before the Chosen Secret Realm opened. As he gathered with the Great Qian Immortal Kingdom's group, he learned the Immortal Sect Selection would be deadly, and seven representatives appeared above the crowded square.

• Li Qingshan exhausted nine immortal crystals to fill his apertures from the nineteenth through the twenty-seventh, greatly increasing his power and resolving to repay Luo Yunyang for his help.
• Li Qingshan spent seven days consolidating his cultivation as the Chosen Secret Realm prepared to open.
• Li Qingshan joined Tantai Yue, Zhao Chengqian, and Murong Xuanwu, who noticed his stronger aura, and they headed to the city's central square.
• The Qian Emperor and Tantai Xuanji told Li Qingshan's group that only seven hundred of a hundred thousand candidates would be accepted and that killing was permitted in the secret realm.
• Seven figures emerged from the immortal palaces and hovered above the square as the seven-colored vortex shuddered.

The seven Immortal Lords announced the rules and rewards for the Immortal Sect Selection, then opened the Chosen Secret Realm. Li Qingshan entered with Tantai Yue, Zhao Chengqian, and Murong Xuanwu, wary of Yun Yi and the dangers ahead.

• Zhao Cangming explained that the selection would last three months, with points earned by taking tokens or finding Chosen Origin Stones, and warned that wanton slaughter would disqualify participants.
• Zhao Cangming revealed that gaining the Chosen Immortal King's inheritance would make a participant the outright winner and earn them seven supreme treasures and Holy Son or Holy Daughter status.
• Li Qingshan assessed six powerful prospective disciples and sensed that Yun Yi, whose aura and presence he could not perceive, posed an extraordinary threat.
• Zhao Cangming distributed Chosen Tokens and opened the Chosen Secret Realm.
• Li Qingshan told Tantai Yue, Zhao Chengqian, and Murong Xuanwu to meet up and stay alive, then entered the realm.

Li Qingshan entered an ancient mountain forest in the secret realm and watched Mo Wuhen overwhelm and eliminate the other nearby prodigies. Mo Wuhen noticed Li Qingshan had resisted his spatial seal and challenged him to withstand ten moves.

• Li Qingshan arrived in an ancient forest, sensed more than a dozen newly teleported prodigies, and concealed himself beneath a tree.
• Mo Wuhen appeared and demanded that the prodigies surrender their Chosen Tokens, then struck down a yellow-robed young man who challenged him.
• The prodigies tried to flee, but Mo Wuhen sealed the surrounding space and used clones to defeat them, seize their tokens, and teleport them out of the secret realm.
• Mo Wuhen noticed Li Qingshan remained unharmed as the demonic qi dissipated around him.
• Li Qingshan calmly assessed Mo Wuhen, who challenged him to take ten moves in exchange for being allowed to leave.

Li Qingshan and Mo Wuhen tested their strength in a fierce clash, with Li Qingshan matching the peak Profound Immortal despite being at the late stage. A fourth-tier flood dragon interrupted them, forcing both to flee, and Li Qingshan wondered how powerful Yun Yi might be.

• Li Qingshan challenged Mo Wuhen to survive ten moves from him, prompting Mo Wuhen to unleash his Heavenly Demon True Body.
• Li Qingshan and Mo Wuhen traded a head-on punch that cracked Mo Wuhen's knuckles while leaving Li Qingshan's fist uninjured.
• Mo Wuhen prepared to attack again, but both fighters sensed a fourth-tier flood dragon approaching through the forest.
• Li Qingshan and Mo Wuhen agreed to postpone their duel and fled in opposite directions; the flood dragon pursued Mo Wuhen.
• Li Qingshan reached a cliff ten thousand li away, hid his aura, and reflected on Mo Wuhen's strength and Yun Yi's potential.

Li Qingshan discovered that Chosen Source Stones contained fragments of the Chosen Immortal King's law insights and followed their trail to Mist Gorge. He entered the ancient battlefield gorge, where War Spirits guarded the stones, and was left searching for a way to overcome one that his attacks could not harm.

• Li Qingshan took a Chosen Source Stone from four early-stage Profound Immortals and learned that more stones lay in Mist Gorge.
• Li Qingshan reached Mist Gorge and heard that its indestructible War Spirits had driven back or eliminated previous groups of cultivators.
• Li Qingshan entered the gorge, sensed the scattered Chosen Source Stones and their guardians, and approached one lodged in a mountainside.
• A War Spirit attacked Li Qingshan with soul-corroding blows, while his punch passed through it without causing harm.
• Li Qingshan evaded the War Spirit and considered how to suppress its spirit body.

Li Qingshan used the Chaos Heavenly Capital Seal to defeat the War Spirits in Mist Gorge and rapidly gathered Chosen Origin Stones, drawing attention from the selection’s leaders and top competitors. As he rushed to reunite with Tantai Yue and his companions, Li Xuanyu plotted with Heaven-Hunting Pavilion assassins to capture Tantai Yue and lure Li Qingshan into an ambush.

• Li Qingshan summoned Heishan and the Chaos Heavenly Capital Seal, which suppressed five War Spirits while Li Qingshan collected six Chosen Origin Stones from Mist Gorge.
• Li Qingshan’s score jumped to seventy thousand one hundred points, and the Immortal Lord elders observed his rapid rise in the rankings.
• Li Qingshan used his law of chaos to locate more Chosen Origin Stones across the Ancient Battlefield ruins, climbing into the top ten and attracting the attention of Xiao Yuntian, Liu Qingyan, and Yun Yi.
• Li Qingshan contacted Tantai Yue, learned that she and the others were in the Sword-Shaped Mountain Range, and hurried toward them instead of collecting more stones.
• Li Xuanyu met three silver-rank and one gold-rank Heaven-Hunting Pavilion assassins, then arranged to capture Tantai Yue and use her to lure Li Qingshan into their ambush.

Li Qingshan climbed the Sword-Shaped Mountain Range toward a jade wall, refining its Sword Qi to temper his body, immortal apertures, and soul. At the wall, he witnessed a vision of a mysterious figure turning a blade of grass into a sword that extinguished every star in the sky.

• Li Qingshan reached the tallest peak and reunited with Tantai Yue, Murong Xuanwu, and Zhao Chengqian, who told him they could not approach the jade wall.
• Li Qingshan climbed the mountain through increasingly powerful Sword Qi, first shielding himself with the laws of chaos and then refining the Sword Qi with the Great Devouring Immortal Art.
• The Sword Qi tempered Li Qingshan's body, immortal apertures, and immortal soul, while beginning to break his True Dragon Transformation beyond its perfected state.
• Li Qingshan reached the jade wall and saw a painting of a blade of grass beneath a star-filled sky.
• A hazy figure plucked the grass and swung it like a sword, extinguishing every star in the heavens.

Li Qingshan comprehended the sword’s ultimate realm at the jade wall while Tantai Yue, Zhao Chengqian, and Murong Xuanwu were trapped by Li Xuanyu’s Twelve Capital Heaven Universe Formation. Li Qingshan descended from the peak and shattered the formation with one strike, leaving Li Xuanyu grievously wounded.

• Li Qingshan repeatedly studied the image of a figure cutting down the stars with a blade of grass and began to grasp the principle of all things as swords.
• As Tantai Yue, Zhao Chengqian, and Murong Xuanwu waited below the mountain, Li Xuanyu arrived with a dozen Profound Immortal experts and demanded that they hand over Tantai Yue.
• Li Xuanyu’s followers raised the Twelve Capital Heaven Universe Formation, suppressing the trio’s powers and trapping them under attacks from twelve divine-beast phantoms.
• Zhao Chengqian, Tantai Yue, and Murong Xuanwu resisted the formation, but its attacks wounded Murong Xuanwu and weakened Zhao Chengqian while Tantai Yue waited for Li Qingshan.
• Li Qingshan descended from the peak and struck with the Thunder Prison Blade, splitting the formation’s defenses, blasting away its twelve banners, and severely wounding Li Xuanyu.

Li Qingshan broke the Li Clan's formation and confronted Li Xuanyu, who unleashed Heaven-Hunting Pavilion assassins against him. Li Qingshan resisted their attacks and destroyed their space-sealing artifact, while Li Xuanyu's allies remained trapped in the weakened formation.

• Li Qingshan descended after cleaving the Twelve Capital Heaven Universe Formation apart, stunning Li Xuanyu, Tantai Yue, Murong Xuanwu, and Zhao Chengqian.
• Li Qingshan confronted Li Xuanyu for attacking his people, but Li Xuanyu summoned three Heaven-Hunting Pavilion assassins and their Dark Canopy Heavenly Net.
• Zhao Chengqian, Tantai Yue, and Murong Xuanwu attacked Li Xuanyu, but he healed himself with an immortal pill and trapped them inside the formation's remaining banners.
• Li Qingshan blocked the assassins' space-sealing and soul attacks with the Chaos Heavenly Capital Seal and his chaos-tempered immortal soul.
• Li Qingshan used three punches to shatter the Dark Canopy Heavenly Net.

Li Qingshan killed three silver medal assassins from the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion and turned to deal with Li Xuanyu, but a gold medal assassin ambushed him. The half-step Golden Immortal struck again, leaving Li Qingshan facing a far more dangerous opponent.

• Li Qingshan used the Black Emperor God-Slaying Finger, the Azure Emperor Dragon-Controlling Fist, and the Chaos Heavenly Capital Seal to kill all three silver medal assassins in less than ten breaths.
• Li Xuanyu regretted provoking Li Qingshan as Tantai Yue, Murong Xuanwu, and Zhao Chengqian watched the battle in shock.
• Li Qingshan told Li Xuanyu he was next and locked him in place with killing intent, but sensed an imminent threat before he could strike.
• An ink-black palm print shattered the Chaos Heavenly Capital Seal's protective curtain and hurled Li Qingshan through ancient trees, leaving him injured.
• A half-step Golden Immortal gold medal assassin from the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion revealed himself and attacked Li Qingshan again with the Heaven-Rending Demonic Palm.

Li Qingshan used a devastating sword strike to drive off the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion’s gold-rank assassin, then killed Li Xuanyu and his subordinates. After reuniting with Tantai Yue, Murong Xuanwu, and Zhao Chengqian, he left with them, wary that more assassins might be waiting.

• Li Qingshan countered the gold-rank assassin’s Heaven-Rending Demonic Palms with his techniques and the Chaos Heavenly Capital Seal, then drew the Thunder Prison Blade and severed the assassin’s arm with a sword strike.
• The gold-rank assassin fled through a spatial gateway, vowing to remember Li Qingshan as fear overtook him.
• Li Xuanyu knelt and begged for his life, but Li Qingshan suppressed his Chosen Token and killed him with the Black Emperor God-Slaying Finger.
• Li Qingshan used the Chaos Dharma Domain to stop Li Xuanyu’s subordinates from escaping and killed them, then collected the Twelve Capital Heaven Universe Formation’s flags.
• Tantai Yue, Murong Xuanwu, and Zhao Chengqian emerged from the dissolved formation; Zhao Chengqian promised to report Li Xuanyu’s collusion, and Li Qingshan urged them to leave before more assassins arrived.

The seven Immortal Lord elders watched Li Qingshan defeat Heaven-Hunting Pavilion assassins and marveled at his combat skill and Grass-Character Sword Art, while they argued over recruiting him and vowed to confront the assassins. Outside the secret realm, Li Hanjiang learned that his son Li Xuanyu had died and blamed Li Qingshan, swearing to kill him.

• The seven Immortal Lords praised Li Qingshan for killing three silver-ranked assassins in less than ten breaths, then debated how Heaven-Hunting Pavilion had infiltrated the secret realm.
• The elders watched Li Qingshan use the Grass-Character Sword Art against the gold-ranked assassin and argued over which sect would recruit him.
• Zhao Cangming declared that the Primordial Unity Immortal Sect would take Li Qingshan and vowed to lead a team against Heaven-Hunting Pavilion after the secret realm closed.
• Li Hanjiang discovered that Li Xuanyu's life plaque had shattered and realized his son had died inside the secret realm.
• Li Hanjiang blamed Li Qingshan for Li Xuanyu's death and vowed to kill him.

Li Qingshan recovered from the gold-medal assassin’s attack and led Tantai Yue, Zhao Chengqian, and Murong Xuanwu toward the Chosen Secret Realm’s core region. After using his Chaos Law to find Chosen Origin Stones and rise to sixth place, he reached the Storm Mountain Range, whose destructive barrier guarded the way ahead.

• Li Qingshan healed his wound by refining the assassin’s immortal gold essence into his Chaos Golden Pearls.
• Li Qingshan and the others agreed to head for the core region, and he used his Chaos Laws to locate Chosen Origin Stones.
• Li Qingshan’s points climbed past 300,000, raising him to sixth place as the Immortal Lords watched his progress.
• Li Qingshan led the group through a sinister swamp beneath the protection of his Chaos light curtain.
• Li Qingshan reached the Storm Mountain Range and saw the lightning and gale barrier separating it from the core region.