Chapter Summaries

Li Qingshan entered the Storm Mountain Range to temper his body with its Nine Heavens Astral Wind and World-Destroying Lightning. After enduring increasingly powerful forces and beginning to transform beyond perfected True Dragon Transformation, he paused at seven thousand zhang, preparing to face the summit’s wind vortex and lightning dragons.

• Li Qingshan sensed that the astral wind could temper his body, while Zhao Chengqian, Murong Xuanwu, and Tantai Yue headed toward the mountain range’s core to scout ahead.
• Tantai Yue gave Li Qingshan a Soul Jade to protect his immortal soul, and he began climbing toward the main peak alone.
• Li Qingshan used the chaos law and Great Devouring Immortal Art to absorb the wind and lightning, finding that wind tempered his flesh and skin while lightning forged his sinew and bone.
• At five thousand zhang, the stronger forces wounded Li Qingshan, but his chaos techniques healed him and his dragon scales began changing from blue toward gold.
• At seven thousand zhang, Li Qingshan rested and identified the summit’s Nine Heavens Astral Wind vortex and lightning dragons as his chance to break through to Azure Dragon Transformation.

Li Qingshan endured the destructive winds and lightning on the Storm Mountain Range until he broke through to the Azure Dragon Transformation. After replying to Tantai Yue and setting off for the core region, he sensed something within the densest part of the sea of lightning.

• Li Qingshan climbed to the summit of the Storm Mountain Range and began devouring and refining its winds and lightning to temper his body.
• Over twenty days, Li Qingshan's skin and bones transformed as his body adapted to the summit's destructive forces.
• Li Qingshan entered the central wind vortex and endured a lightning dragon's attack, breaking through to the Azure Dragon Transformation as the winds and lightning submitted to him.
• Li Qingshan read Tantai Yue's messages about the core region and a stirring deep within it, then replied that he would arrive that day.
• Li Qingshan set off toward the core region using the Chaos Grand Shift, then sensed something in the densest sea of lightning.

Li Qingshan entered the heart of the sea of lightning and found over a hundred Chosen Origin Stones guarded by Lei Jingtian. Their battle escalated as Li Qingshan’s Azure Dragon Transformation let him withstand and command lightning, while Lei Jingtian unleashed his supreme Thunder Immortal Body art.

• Li Qingshan flew through the sea of lightning and discovered over a hundred Chosen Origin Stones in its center, where he encountered Lei Jingtian.
• Lei Jingtian claimed the stones and attacked Li Qingshan, but Li Qingshan’s first punch sent him flying.
• Lei Jingtian summoned a lightning phantom and attacked with six weapons, while Li Qingshan shattered them with his Azure Dragon Transformation.
• Li Qingshan halted Lei Jingtian’s lightning attacks and returned one bolt, revealing his ability to command lightning through his azure dragon bloodline.
• Lei Jingtian burned the lightning origin in his thirty-six immortal apertures and unleashed the Great World-Destroying Thunder God Palm, whose power neared a Golden Immortal’s full-strength blow.

Li Qingshan defeated Lei Jingtian with one punch, then learned that Yun Yi and the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion posed serious threats. After collecting 102 Chosen Origin Stones and rising to third place on the leaderboard, he entered the secret realm’s core region, hidden from the seven Immortal Lords by the Chosen Immortal King’s laws.

• Li Qingshan shattered Lei Jingtian’s Great World-Destroying Thunder God Palm and knocked him into a crater, forcing Lei Jingtian to admit defeat.
• Lei Jingtian warned Li Qingshan that Yun Yi had defeated him in three moves, possessed an Immaculate Immortal Body, and was said to have killed a Golden Immortal.
• Lei Jingtian also warned Li Qingshan that the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion had sent multiple assassins into the secret realm to hunt someone.
• Li Qingshan gathered 102 Chosen Origin Stones, raising his score to 1.39 million and placing him third behind Xiao Yuntian and Yun Yi.
• Li Qingshan crossed the Storm Mountain Range into the core region, where the Chosen Immortal King’s laws prevented the seven Immortal Lords from observing him.

Li Qingshan learned that Luo Yunyang and Luo Yiyi were battling Liu Qingyan over the Ten Thousand Stars Immortal Source Fruits, so he rushed to Ten Thousand Stars Valley to help them. He arrived as Liu Qingyan demanded two of the three nearly ripe fruits, and the Luo siblings were relieved to see him.

• Li Qingshan heard that Luo Yunyang, Luo Yiyi, and Liu Qingyan were fighting over three Ten Thousand Stars Immortal Source Fruits in Ten Thousand Stars Valley.
• Li Qingshan traveled to the valley, where more than a hundred cultivators watched Liu Qingyan use her speed to overwhelm the Luo siblings.
• Li Qingshan saw the Ten Thousand Stars Immortal Source Fruits nearing ripeness while Luo Yunyang and Luo Yiyi struggled to defend themselves.
• Liu Qingyan stopped fighting and offered to leave the Luo siblings one fruit if they gave up the other two.
• Li Qingshan landed beside Luo Yunyang and Luo Yiyi, who recognized him with surprise and relief.

Li Qingshan confronted Liu Qingyan over the Ten Thousand Stars Immortal Source Fruits and defeated her Azure Luan True Form with his Azure Dragon Transformation. As Liu Qingyan fell, Xiao Yuntian arrived to save her and challenged Li Qingshan.

• Li Qingshan told Liu Qingyan to surrender all three Ten Thousand Stars Immortal Source Fruits, then repelled her Gale Law attacks with the Chaos Dharma Domain and two punches.
• Liu Qingyan unleashed her Azure Luan True Form and promised to hand over the fruits if Li Qingshan could withstand it.
• Li Qingshan used the Azure Dragon Transformation and Azure Emperor Dragon-Controlling Fist to shatter Liu Qingyan's true form and send her falling.
• Xiao Yuntian caught Liu Qingyan with his sword light and confronted Li Qingshan, threatening him for harming someone under his protection.

Li Qingshan fought Xiao Yuntian, whose Heavenly Sword Seven Slays was defeated by Li Qingshan's Grass-Character Sword Art. The Chosen Divine Mountain appeared, drawing the cultivators toward the Chosen Immortal King's inheritance, and Li Qingshan set out after sharing the Ten Thousand Stars Immortal Source Fruits with Luo Yunyang and Luo Yiyi.

• Xiao Yuntian arrived to defend Liu Qingyan, revealed his half-step Golden Immortal strength, and demanded that Li Qingshan kneel and hand over three Ten Thousand Stars Immortal Source Fruits.
• Li Qingshan rejected Xiao Yuntian's demand, and the two clashed with their sword intent before Xiao Yuntian attacked with the First Slay of Heavenly Sword Seven Slays.
• Li Qingshan countered with the Grass-Character Sword Art, split Xiao Yuntian's sword radiance, and shocked him with the lost Sword Dao inheritance.
• The Chosen Divine Mountain appeared, and Xiao Yuntian left with Liu Qingyan, promising to return for Li Qingshan after claiming the Immortal King's inheritance.
• Li Qingshan collected the three golden Ten Thousand Stars Immortal Source Fruits and gave one each to Luo Yunyang and Luo Yiyi before heading toward the Chosen Divine Mountain.

Mo Wuhen, Lei Jingtian, Yan Wushuang, and Shui Qingyin emerged from seclusion and headed for Chosen Divine Mountain, while Yun Yi revealed he had opened thirty-six hidden immortal apertures. At the mountain, the prodigies were unknowingly gathering as Dark Star prepared to hunt them, concealed as a peak Profound Immortal despite being a Golden Immortal.

• Mo Wuhen finished opening thirteen hidden immortal apertures and rushed toward Chosen Divine Mountain, eager to face Li Qingshan again.
• Lei Jingtian, Yan Wushuang, and Shui Qingyin sensed the mountain's emergence and set out after strengthening their respective immortal bodies.
• Yun Yi revealed that he had opened thirty-six hidden apertures, giving him seventy-two in total, but concealed his power and headed for the mountain.
• A gold-ranked assassin reported to Dark Star that the leading prodigies, including Li Qingshan and Yun Yi, were gathering at Chosen Divine Mountain.
• Dark Star dismissed the assassin's warning and revealed his Golden Immortal strength, masked by an ancient concealment array so he could enter the secret realm.

Dark Star planned to use the Chosen Divine Mountain's ascent to kill the leading prodigies, while Li Qingshan and his companions arrived as the mountain appeared in the Returning Ruins Wasteland. The mountain emerged with nine law-barrier levels, each demanding greater strength, and the Chosen Immortal King's legacy waited at its summit.

• Dark Star ordered a gold-rank assassin to monitor the Chosen Divine Mountain and target Li Qingshan, Yun Yi, Xiao Yuntian, Mo Wuhen, and other threats to the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion.
• Li Qingshan, Luo Yunyang, and Luo Yiyi arrived at the Returning Ruins Wasteland, where thousands of prodigies had gathered to watch the mountain take shape.
• Luo Yunyang explained that Chosen Origin Stones summoned the mountain, and described its nine levels, the strength needed to climb them, and the Chosen Immortal King's sealed legacy at the summit.
• The final formation pattern lit on the central platform, and a pillar of blue light connected it to the phantom mountain.
• The Chosen Divine Mountain emerged from the void, revealing its white-jade gateway, endless stairs, and nine colored law barriers.

The Immortal Lords discussed the Chosen Divine Mountain and the possible heirs to the Ninefold Dao Immortal King’s inheritance, which could only be claimed by reaching the summit. At the mountain, Li Qingshan led his companions through the gateway to begin the nine-level trial.

• Yun Xu told the Immortal Lords that the eighth level had once blasted him back with the pressure of the Great Dao, and described the Ninefold Dao Immortal King’s nine laws and sealed inheritance.
• The Immortal Lords considered Li Qingshan, Yun Yi, and other prodigies as potential climbers, while Zhao Cangming predicted the selection would make history.
• The Chosen Divine Mountain fully appeared in the Returning Ruins Wasteland, with nine colored barriers dividing its staircase into nine levels.
• Li Qingshan urged Tantai Yue, Zhao Chengqian, Murong Xuanwu, Luo Yunyang, and Luo Yiyi to respect their limits and prioritize survival.
• Li Qingshan entered through the white jade gateway first, followed by the five companions.

Li Qingshan climbed through the first three levels of the Chosen Immortal King’s trial, collecting sealed immortal-path fragments and refining the law attacks on the Yellow Heaven Realm. He opened three more immortal apertures, bringing his total to thirty, then prepared to enter the fourth level in search of stronger law source power.

• Li Qingshan entered the Crimson Firmament Realm and used its pressure to purify his immortal power.
• Heishan sensed a sealed fragment containing rich immortal-path source, which Li Qingshan gave to the Chaos Heavenly Capital Seal to refine.
• Li Qingshan entered the Orange Light Realm, withstood its turbulent law currents, and found Heishan another valuable artifact fragment.
• In the Yellow Heaven Realm, Li Qingshan used the Great Devouring Immortal Art to absorb and refine the violent law attacks.
• Li Qingshan opened his twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, and thirtieth immortal apertures, but could not awaken the thirty-first with the Yellow Heaven Realm’s source power.
• Li Qingshan decided to continue to the fourth level, where he expected to find higher-level law source power.

Li Qingshan used the law mist in the Green Wild Realm and the Ten Thousand Stars Immortal Source Fruit to open all thirty-six ordinary immortal apertures and begin opening his hidden apertures. When the fruit’s energy ran out, an unfamiliar stream of Supreme Yin power opened the remaining hidden apertures, and Lady Three-Flower awakened.

• Heishan pointed out a high-grade immortal artifact fragment, which Li Qingshan sent to the Chaos Heavenly Capital Seal to refine.
• Li Qingshan absorbed the Green Wild Realm’s law fragments and opened his thirty-first through thirty-fifth immortal apertures, but could not break through to the thirty-sixth.
• Li Qingshan ate the Ten Thousand Stars Immortal Source Fruit, opened his thirty-sixth aperture, and reached the peak of the Profound Immortal realm.
• Using the fruit’s energy, Li Qingshan opened eighteen hidden immortal apertures and nearly opened the nineteenth before his energy ran out.
• A stream of Supreme Yin immortal light entered Li Qingshan and opened the remaining hidden apertures, completing all thirty-six.
• Li Qingshan recognized the familiar aura as Lady Three-Flower’s and watched her awaken in the form of a calico cat.

Lady Three-Flower saved Li Qingshan from the collapse of his hidden immortal apertures and revealed that she had once guided the Chosen Immortal King. She encouraged him to keep climbing Chosen Divine Mountain, where he could pursue up to 108 hidden immortal apertures, and he entered the next barrier determined to continue.

• Lady Three-Flower explained that she had used her origin immortal qi to keep Li Qingshan's nineteenth hidden immortal aperture from closing and triggering a backlash.
• Lady Three-Flower revealed that she had known the Chosen Immortal King and advised him to cultivate one Great Dao, but he had instead pursued nine.
• Lady Three-Flower dodged Li Qingshan's questions about her identity, then promised to help him reach the higher levels and claim the Chosen Immortal King's inheritance.
• Lady Three-Flower told Li Qingshan that an ancient expert had opened 108 hidden immortal apertures and that the higher law fragments on Chosen Divine Mountain could help him find more.
• Lady Three-Flower flew toward the upper levels while Li Qingshan entered the green law barrier at the end of the Green Wild Realm.

Li Qingshan crossed the Azure Nether Realm and the Blue Firmament Realm, stabilizing his thirty-six hidden immortal apertures and finding treasures for the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd and the Chaos Heavenly Capital Seal. After he entered the seventh layer, the other climbers realized someone had caught up with Yun Yi and began racing to strengthen themselves and reach the upper realm.

• Li Qingshan activated the Azure Nether Realm’s formation patterns with law origin from his hidden immortal apertures and collected an azure immortal-artifact fragment for the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd.
• Li Qingshan absorbed blue law fragments in the Blue Firmament Realm until all thirty-six of his hidden immortal apertures were stable.
• Heishan directed Li Qingshan to a Five-Colored Heaven-Repairing Stone, which Li Qingshan gave to the Chaos Heavenly Capital Seal to refine.
• Li Qingshan crossed into the seventh layer, prompting Xiao Yuntian, Mo Wuhen, Yan Wushuang, Shui Qingyin, Liu Qingyan, and Dark Star to react to the new arrival.
• After a third climber entered the seventh layer, Xiao Yuntian and Mo Wuhen forced themselves to open more hidden immortal apertures, Yan Wushuang and Shui Qingyin began cultivating, and Liu Qingyan chose to strengthen her foundation.

Li Qingshan entered the Purple Zenith Realm and discovered that immortal golden essence could not be refined by his Chaos Law, but could strengthen his hidden immortal apertures and Azure Dragon Transformation. As he absorbed the realm’s essence, he sensed another hidden immortal aperture beyond the thirty-six he had already opened.

• Li Qingshan entered the Purple Zenith Realm and used his Golden Immortal-level Azure Dragon Transformation to withstand the pressure of immortal golden essence.
• Li Qingshan found that strands of immortal golden essence shook loose stubborn corners in the barriers of his thirty-six hidden immortal apertures.
• Li Qingshan activated the Great Devouring Immortal Art and absorbed the surrounding immortal golden essence, making the barriers pale gold and tempering his dragon scales with violet-gold patterns.
• Li Qingshan sensed a deeply concealed pulse beyond his thirty-six known hidden immortal apertures and realized that more remained.

Li Qingshan opened all seventy-two hidden immortal apertures, bringing his total to 108 and greatly strengthening his immortal power and laws. As he approached the eighth level of the Divine Mountain, Dark Star of the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion ambushed him, and their fight left Li Qingshan facing the Golden Immortal’s overwhelming immortal metal essence.

• Li Qingshan discovered and opened thirty-six deeper hidden immortal apertures, completing a total of 108 apertures and transforming his foundation.
• Li Qingshan suppressed the chance to trigger the Metal Essence Tribulation and walked toward the eighth level of the Chosen Divine Mountain.
• Dark Star ambushed Li Qingshan with an ink-black blade, but Li Qingshan dodged and forced him out of hiding with Azure Emperor Dragon-Controlling Fist.
• Dark Star revealed himself as a true Golden Immortal from the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion and challenged Li Qingshan’s ability to overcome the gap between their realms.
• Li Qingshan exchanged blows with Dark Star, but Dark Star’s concentrated immortal metal essence cracked Li Qingshan’s defenses and overwhelmed his attacks.

Li Qingshan opened all seventy-two hidden immortal apertures, bringing his total to 108 and strengthening his immortal power and laws as he prepared to enter the Chosen Divine Mountain’s eighth level. Before he could claim his seventh-level reward, Dark Star of the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion ambushed him, and their battle left Li Qingshan struggling against a true Golden Immortal’s immortal metal essence.

• Li Qingshan discovered and opened thirty-six deeper hidden immortal apertures, completing a total of 108 ordinary and hidden apertures and greatly strengthening his Chaos Law.
• Li Qingshan suppressed the Metal Tribulation and headed toward the eighth level, hoping to find the remaining thirty-six hidden apertures and pursue an Immortal Emperor’s foundation.
• An unseen attacker launched an ink-black blade at Li Qingshan, but he dodged it and struck the assailant’s hiding place with the Azure Emperor Dragon-Controlling Fist.
• Dark Star emerged and identified Li Qingshan as a peak Profound Immortal who had opened seventy-two hidden immortal apertures, then declared that he would kill him.
• Dark Star struck Li Qingshan with Golden Immortal-level immortal metal essence, and Li Qingshan’s counterattack cracked Dark Star’s defenses while leaving Li Qingshan’s dragon scales damaged.
• Dark Star unleashed a barrage of dark-gold punches, overwhelming Li Qingshan’s azure dragons and black finger rays as he pressed his advantage.

Li Qingshan fought Dark Star, a Golden Immortal assassin, and used the Grass-Character Sword Art to turn the Purple Zenith Realm’s immortal golden essence against him. Dark Star escaped grievously wounded, while Li Qingshan was left exhausted and vowed to remember the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion’s attacks.

• Dark Star overwhelmed Li Qingshan with his Golden Immortal power, badly damaging his scales and the Chaos Heavenly Capital Seal.
• Li Qingshan drew on the Grass-Character Sword Art and the realm’s immortal golden essence to break Dark Star’s Three Supreme Blades and crack his armor.
• Dark Star launched a massive combined blade strike, but Li Qingshan used a finger as a sword and redirected Dark Star’s own immortal golden essence into a devastating counterattack.
• Li Qingshan’s strike shattered Dark Star’s armor and left him with a deep, festering wound, forcing him to burn part of his immortal golden essence to escape.
• Li Qingshan admitted he lacked the strength to pursue Dark Star and vowed to remember the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion for its repeated assassination attempts.

Li Qingshan fought Dark Star, a Golden Immortal assassin, and grasped a deeper meaning of the Grass-Character Sword Art, using Dark Star’s own immortal golden essence to wound him. Dark Star escaped, while Li Qingshan was left exhausted and vowed to remember the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion’s repeated attempts on his life.

• Dark Star’s Golden Immortal power suppressed Li Qingshan, and a heavy punch wounded him and damaged the Chaos Heavenly Capital Seal.
• Li Qingshan used the Thunder Prison Blade to unleash the Grass-Character Sword Art, breaking Dark Star’s three blades before Dark Star’s law wall stopped the strike.
• Dark Star recognized the Grass-Character Sword Art and attacked again with a ten-thousand-foot blade force, intent on taking Li Qingshan’s inheritance.
• Li Qingshan understood how to let all things become swords and used his fingers to draw in the realm’s law runes and turn Dark Star’s immortal golden essence against him.
• The sword beam split Dark Star’s attack and grievously wounded him, forcing him to burn some of his immortal golden essence to escape.
• Exhausted, Li Qingshan let Dark Star flee and vowed to remember the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion’s repeated assassination attempts.

Li Qingshan claimed a fist-sized piece of Myriad Manifestations Divine Iron from the seventh layer and gave it to Heishan to refine into the Chaos Heavenly Capital Seal. He entered the eighth layer, the Silver Sky Realm, and began crossing an ocean of the Great Dao whose countless law origins battered him with overwhelming force.

• Li Qingshan examined the treasures on the seventh layer and chose the Myriad Manifestations Divine Iron, recognizing its value as an Immortal King-grade material.
• Li Qingshan gave the divine iron to Heishan, who promised to refine it into the Chaos Heavenly Capital Seal and increase its power.
• Li Qingshan entered the eighth layer through the silver barrier and found an ocean formed from the origins of three thousand laws.
• Li Qingshan activated the Azure Dragon Transformation and his one hundred and eight immortal apertures to endure the ocean’s immense pressure.
• Li Qingshan stepped into the sea, was struck by waves of diverse law origins, and struggled forward while his chaos law and immortal apertures protected him.