Recaps

At Medicine God Valley’s Marriage Recruitment Assembly, Long Tian and other orthodox prodigies rebuked Xue Wuhen while pressing Hua Gu to begin. Just as the betrothal presentations were about to start, Chen Changqing arrived with Yao Feng and reminded Hua Gu of their agreement.

• Long Tian, Song Xiao, and Qian Zhan confronted Xue Wuhen over his presence at the assembly, and Xue Wuhen swallowed his anger while vowing to take revenge.
• Long Tian urged Hua Gu to begin the assembly, while Hua Yao worried that Chen Changqing had failed to keep their agreement.
• Huang Xuan and Li Sibai pressed Hua Gu to start, and Hua Gu agreed to begin the betrothal presentations.
• As Xue Wuhen prepared to present his gifts first, Chen Changqing entered the Council Hall and challenged Hua Gu about their gentleman’s agreement.
• Yao Feng followed Chen Changqing and was relieved that the presentations had not yet begun.

Chen Changqing arrived at Medicine God Valley’s marriage recruitment assembly, where Hua Yao joyfully reunited with him and the other prodigies challenged his place beside her. After Chen Changqing defeated Xue Wuhen’s pressure, he revealed he was from Mount Shu, leaving the assembly stunned by his identity and rapid cultivation progress.

• Chen Changqing entered the Council Hall, and Hua Gu hesitated to explain why he had broken his agreement with him.
• Hua Yao rushed to Chen Changqing, embraced him, and greeted him affectionately, angering the assembled prodigies.
• Xue Wuhen challenged Chen Changqing and unleashed his pressure, but Chen Changqing shattered it and forced Xue Wuhen back into his seat.
• Chen Changqing announced that he was from Mount Shu and had come to participate in the marriage recruitment assembly.
• The prodigies recognized Chen Changqing as the Azure Dragon Ranking’s first-ranked cultivator and marveled that he had advanced from the purple mansion realm to the nascent soul middle stage in only a few months.

Chen Changqing attended Hua Yao’s Marriage Recruitment Assembly, where the gathered prodigies insisted he follow the rules despite his status as the Azure Dragon Ranking’s first place. Song Xiao opened the betrothal presentations with an eighth-level formation compass, and Qian Zhan challenged him to leave the stage.

• Xue Wuhen, Li Sibai, Qian Zhan, and Long Tian argued that Chen Changqing should receive no special treatment at the assembly.
• Hua Yao guided Chen Changqing to an empty seat, while Hua Gu privately marveled at his cultivation breakthrough and regretted the circumstances that had forced the assembly.
• Hua Gu announced the start of the Marriage Recruitment Assembly and invited the prodigies to present their betrothal gifts.
• Song Xiao presented the Heaven and Earth Compass, which contained an eighth-level grand formation capable of withstanding a True Lord’s attacks.
• Qian Zhan rose and told Song Xiao that his gift was unimpressive and that he should get off the stage.

At Medicine God Valley’s Marriage Recruitment Assembly, Qian Zhan presented a Seven-Colored Divine Lotus that stunned the crowd and eclipsed the other suitors’ gifts. Chen Changqing then rose to present his own offering, leaving its nature unknown.

• Qian Zhan of the True Martial Immortal Sect dismissed Song Xiao’s Heaven and Earth Compass and presented the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus, which Hua Gu and Hua Yao recognized as a main ingredient for a Tribulation Transcendence Pill.
• Long Tian of the Ancient Dragon Clan presented the Quasi-Immortal Sky-Splitting Spear as his betrothal gift.
• Huang Xuan of the Phoenix Clan presented an eighth-grade Nirvana Pill.
• Li Sibai presented the Quasi-Immortal Bagua Heart-Protecting Mirror, and Xue Wuhen presented the Quasi-Immortal Heaven-Slashing Blade.
• Qian Zhan smugly believed no one could surpass his gift, but Chen Changqing rose and walked to the Offering Platform as the crowd turned to watch.

Chen Changqing presented the Blood Prison Mad Blade, an Immortal Artifact he had taken from Chu Tian, as his betrothal gift to Hua Yao. The prodigies and Medicine God Valley’s experts were stunned, while Hua Yao was deeply moved by his offering.

• Chen Changqing walked onto the Offering Platform and exchanged affectionate looks with Hua Yao as the other prodigies mocked his ability to present a worthy gift.
• Chen Changqing summoned the Blood Prison Mad Blade, releasing a killing aura that spread through the Council Hall and across Medicine God Valley.
• The crowd recognized the saber as an Immortal Artifact, and experts throughout Medicine God Valley rushed toward the Council Hall.
• Xue Wuhen, Long Tian, Li Sibai, Huang Xuan, Qian Zhan, Hua Gu, and Hua Lixuan reacted with shock to Chen Changqing’s gift.
• Hua Yao realized Chen Changqing was willing to give up an Immortal Artifact for her and felt deeply moved.

Chen Changqing presented the Blood Prison Mad Blade as an Immortal Artifact for Hua Yao's Marriage Recruitment Assembly, drawing Medicine God Valley's elders and Supreme Elder Hua Xing into the hall. Hua Xing recognized Chen Changqing's lavish offering as he considered the assembly he had arranged to benefit the valley.

• Chen Changqing's Immortal Artifact overwhelmed the other betrothal gifts and delighted Hua Yao.
• Medicine God Valley's Grand Elder and five other great elders arrived and stared at the Blood Prison Mad Blade.
• Hua Xing descended into the hall, and everyone present bowed to Medicine God Valley's Supreme Elder.
• Chen Changqing recognized Hua Xing as Hua Yao's grandfather and judged his presence comparable to that of a True Lord.
• Hua Xing recalled approving the two-trial assembly to secure benefits for Medicine God Valley and marveled that Chen Changqing was willing to offer an Immortal Artifact.

Chen Changqing won the Marriage Recruitment Assembly’s First Trial by offering the Blood Prison Mad Blade as an Immortal Artifact betrothal gift. Hua Xing then announced the arena battle for the Second Trial, and the chapter ended as someone volunteered to enter first.

• Hua Xing confirmed that Chen Changqing was offering an Immortal Artifact as a betrothal gift and declared him the winner of the First Trial.
• Qian Zhan resented Chen Changqing for surpassing his Seven-Colored Divine Lotus gift, while Hua Yao rejoiced at Chen Changqing’s victory.
• Hua Xing announced the Second Trial and summoned an enormous arena outside the assembly hall.
• Hua Xing explained that the last person standing would win, and warned the contestants not to kill anyone.
• Hua Gu asked who would enter the arena first, and a contestant volunteered.

Chen Changqing entered the Void Arena first, despite his Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation, and challenged Xue Wuhen. He used the Thunder Flame Sword to destroy Xue Wuhen’s ghosts and Blood God Banner, defeating him in a single strike.

• Chen Changqing stepped onto the Void Arena and challenged the assembled prodigies.
• Xue Wuhen accepted Chen Changqing’s challenge and summoned his Blood God Banner.
• Xue Wuhen unleashed countless vicious souls at Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing used the sixth form of Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation to destroy the ghosts and shatter the Blood God Banner.
• Xue Wuhen spat blood and was sent flying after Chen Changqing’s attack.

Chen Changqing defeated Xue Wuhen with one sword strike, then challenged all the remaining prodigies to fight him at once. Hua Xing allowed the match, and five prodigies, including Long Tian, gathered on the Void Arena to face Chen Changqing.

• Chen Changqing defeated Xue Wuhen with a single sword strike, leaving him gravely injured and unable to continue.
• The gathered prodigies, Hua Xing, Hua Yao, and Yao Feng were shocked by Chen Changqing's strength.
• Chen Changqing told the remaining prodigies to attack him together because he was in a hurry.
• Hua Xing declared that the rules allowed multiple fighters to enter the arena at once.
• Qian Zhan, Li Sibai, Huang Xuan, and Long Tian joined Chen Changqing on the Void Arena.

Chen Changqing faced Long Tian and the four other prodigies on the Void Arena and challenged them to attack together without using his Immortal Artifact. As their combined attacks closed in, he fused the Thunder Flame Sword with the Heavenly Strike Sword to create the Immortal Artifact Heavenly Thunder Sword.

• Li Sibai, Song Xiao, Huang Xuan, Qian Zhan, and Long Tian mocked Chen Changqing for challenging all five at once.
• Chen Changqing told the five prodigies to attack together and said he would not need his Immortal Artifact to defeat them.
• Li Sibai, Long Tian, Huang Xuan, Song Xiao, and Qian Zhan launched their attacks as the spectators watched Chen Changqing remain still.
• Chen Changqing summoned the Heavenly Strike Sword and fused it with the Thunder Flame Sword, forming the Immortal Artifact Heavenly Thunder Sword.

Chen Changqing summoned the Heavenly Thunder Sword and defeated Long Tian and the other four chosen with one strike of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique. After they accused him of cheating by using an Immortal Artifact, he pointed out that the rules allowed it and asked Valley Master Hua to announce the result.

• Chen Changqing revealed the Heavenly Thunder Sword, stunning Long Tian and the spectators with his second Immortal Artifact.
• Chen Changqing unleashed the third form of Immortal Execution, God Burial, and destroyed the chosen's attacks with one sword strike.
• The Void Arena collapsed, and Long Tian and the other four chosen fell defeated while Hua Yao cheered for Chen Changqing.
• Long Tian and the others protested that Chen Changqing had cheated by using an Immortal Artifact.
• Chen Changqing replied that the rules had not forbidden Immortal Artifacts and told the others they could use one if they had it.
• Chen Changqing asked Valley Master Hua to announce the outcome.

Chen Changqing won the Marriage Recruitment Assembly, but Hua Xing withheld approval for his marriage to Hua Yao until he completed one final test. Chen Changqing agreed to enter the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm in six months and retrieve a spirit medicine for Hua Xing.

• Hua Gu declared Chen Changqing the winner, and Long Tian and the other defeated prodigies left after threatening to meet him again.
• Hua Yao praised Chen Changqing, and Hua Xing dismissed the Medicine God Valley elders before assessing the victor.
• Hua Xing said he still would not approve Chen Changqing's marriage to Hua Yao yet, upsetting Hua Yao and surprising Hua Gu.
• Chen Changqing asked what more Hua Xing required, and Hua Xing challenged him to retrieve a spirit medicine from the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm.
• Hua Xing explained that the Secret Realm opened once every hundred years and barred cultivators at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm or above, and Chen Changqing agreed to go.

After winning two rounds of Hua Yao’s marriage recruitment assembly, Chen Changqing grew close to her and learned that Hua Xing needed a Longevity Immortal Pill to protect Medicine God Valley. He prepared to return to Mount Shu before entering the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm and asked Hua Gu to let Hua Yao go with him.

• Hua Xing, Hua Gu, and Hua Lixuan left Chen Changqing and Hua Yao alone, and Chen Changqing embraced the shy Hua Yao.
• Hua Gu asked Hua Xing whether he had sent Chen Changqing to the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm to find an ingredient for the Longevity Immortal Pill, and Hua Xing confirmed that his remaining lifespan was only about a hundred years.
• Hua Xing said he believed Chen Changqing’s talent could offer Medicine God Valley another way forward, while Hua Gu agreed that Chen Changqing would make a suitable son-in-law.
• Chen Changqing told Hua Yao about the Hundred Dynasties War, his engagement to Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, and his feelings for Liu Ruyan, and Hua Yao accepted his other relationships without anger.
• After spending several days with Hua Yao, Chen Changqing told Hua Gu he needed to return to Mount Shu and asked to take Hua Yao with him.

Chen Changqing left Medicine God Valley with Hua Yao, promising Hua Gu that he would return in three months. Xue Wuhen ambushed them to seize Chen Changqing’s Immortal Artifacts and capture Hua Yao, but Chen Changqing killed the five Nascent Soul Late Stage attackers with one sword strike.

• Hua Gu allowed Hua Yao to leave with Chen Changqing after making him promise to keep her safe and return in three months.
• Chen Changqing took Hua Yao away from Medicine God Valley on a flying sword.
• Chen Changqing sensed danger, and Little Black warned him just in time to dodge a blood-colored attack.
• Xue Wuhen appeared with his men and revealed that he planned to kill Chen Changqing, take his treasures, and capture Hua Yao.
• Xue Wuhen ordered five Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators to attack Chen Changqing, who destroyed them with a single strike of the Heavenly Thunder Sword.

Chen Changqing fought a Blood God Sect Spirit Transformation elder who wanted to seize his Heavenly Thunder Sword and Hua Yao. After Chen Changqing destroyed the elder’s Blood God Claw with one sword strike, the elder unleashed another technique, leaving the battle unresolved.

• A Blood God Sect Spirit Transformation Middle Stage elder appeared, and Xue Wuhen demanded that Chen Changqing surrender Hua Yao and his two Immortal Artifacts.
• The elder coveted Chen Changqing’s Heavenly Thunder Sword and threatened to spare his life if he handed it over, but Chen Changqing refused.
• The elder attacked with Blood God Claw, which Chen Changqing split apart with Immortal Execution’s third form, God Burial.
• The elder dismissed Chen Changqing’s defense and began casting Blood God Heaven and Earth, summoning a vast crimson tide.

Trapped in the Blood God Heaven and Earth, Chen Changqing faced the Spirit Transformation elder’s relentless attacks and extracted his Idle Cultivation results mid-battle. He broke through to Half-Step Spirit Transformation and began a Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique strike against the elder.

• The Spirit Transformation elder trapped Chen Changqing and Hua Yao in the Blood God Heaven and Earth and attacked Chen Changqing with countless Blood Spears.
• Chen Changqing defended himself with a Sword Qi barrier, but the elder’s attacks began to overwhelm it as Xue Wuhen and Hua Yao watched.
• Chen Changqing contacted the system and extracted his Idle Cultivation results, causing his cultivation to surge.
• The elder summoned the Quasi-Immortal Artifact Nirvana Blood Soul Spear, but Chen Changqing broke through to Half-Step Spirit Transformation before he could attack.
• Chen Changqing assumed a sword-drawing stance, filled the blood-red world with Sword Intent, and swung the Heavenly Thunder Sword with the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique.

Chen Changqing broke through to Half-Step Spirit Transformation and used the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique to kill a Blood God Sect elder and Xue Wuhen. He returned to Hua Yao after destroying both enemies.

• The Blood God Sect elder recognized Chen Changqing's Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique and fled in fear.
• Chen Changqing pursued the elder with a sword strike that destroyed his body and soul, shattering the blood-red veil.
• Chen Changqing appeared before Xue Wuhen, who tried to deter him by invoking his Tribulation Transcendence father.
• Chen Changqing killed Xue Wuhen with the Heavenly Thunder Sword, destroying his Nascent Soul, then flew back to Hua Yao.

Chen Changqing killed Xue Wuhen and a Blood God Sect elder, then returned to Mount Shu with Hua Yao. Xue Wuhen's father tracked the killer to Mount Shu but chose not to pursue him there, while Hua Yao met Chen Changqing's fellow disciples at Evergreen Peak.

• Chen Changqing and Hua Yao left the battlefield on Little Black, who revealed himself as a Demon King-level Demon Beast.
• Xue Wuhen's Tribulation Transcendence Realm father tracked the killer to Mount Shu, recognized Chen Changqing's connection to the sacred land, and abandoned his pursuit.
• Chen Changqing brought Hua Yao back to Evergreen Peak several days later, where Mystic Serpent and Black Bear greeted him at the mountain gate.
• Ran Hua greeted Chen Changqing and teased Hua Yao by asking if she was his sister-in-law, making her blush.
• Wang Yang, Shi Tian, Qingyang, and Liu Mu arrived, and Chen Changqing introduced them to Hua Yao.

After months at Mount Shu, Chen Changqing prepared to return to Medicine God Valley with Hua Yao and enter the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm. He reunited with Hua Gu, who learned that Chen Changqing had slain Xue Wuhen and a Blood God Sect elder and had reached Half-Step Spirit Transformation.

• Chen Changqing spent several months with Hua Yao on Evergreen Peak before deciding to return to Medicine God Valley.
• Chen Changqing visited Chen Yuan to say farewell, and Chen Yuan warned him that the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm was dangerous and the Blood God Sect might seek revenge.
• Chen Changqing put Liu Mu in charge of Evergreen Peak and left with Hua Yao and Little Black.
• Hua Gu welcomed Chen Changqing and Hua Yao back to Medicine God Valley, then grew furious when Hua Yao told him about Xue Wuhen's ambush.
• Hua Gu was shocked to learn that Chen Changqing had killed Xue Wuhen and a Spirit Transformation elder and had reached Half-Step Spirit Transformation.

Chen Changqing and Hua Xing discussed the dangers of the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm and went to the Nine Provinces Auction House. There, Chen Changqing learned of rumors that a power beyond the True Lord realm backed the auction house before Monk Rujie called out to him.

• Cultivators discussed the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm's arrival in the Demon Domain, and Hua Xing warned Chen Changqing to be cautious and prioritize his safety inside.
• Chen Changqing and Hua Xing decided to attend the Nine Provinces Auction House's event and headed to its city branch.
• Hua Xing explained that the auction house had branches across the continent and was rumored to have a peerless expert beyond the Title True Lord realm behind it.
• Chen Changqing wondered whether that expert was a true immortal, but Hua Xing said the story was only a rumor.
• Monk Rujie called out to Chen Changqing outside the auction house.

Chen Changqing reunited with Rujie at the Nine Provinces Auction House and introduced him to Hua Xing. Hua Xing revealed that Rujie's grandmaster, Zen Master Badu, was his younger brother, then led them inside as the auction was about to begin.

• Rujie recognized Chen Changqing, and they recalled how they had met and helped each other in the past.
• Chen Changqing introduced Rujie to Hua Xing as Hua Yao's grandfather.
• Rujie identified himself as a disciple of Heavenly Sound Temple, and Hua Xing asked what relation he had to Badu.
• Hua Xing revealed that Zen Master Badu was his younger brother, shocking Rujie and Chen Changqing.
• Hua Xing led Chen Changqing and Rujie into the auction house, where a steward asked whether they had invitations.

Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Hua Xing entered the Nine Provinces Auction House’s Heaven No. 1 private room with Hua Xing’s VIP Token and watched the auction begin. Chen Changqing ignored the early lots while Rujie struggled to resist bidding, and the auction continued under chief auctioneer Su Yao.

• Hua Xing presented a VIP Token, and the steward escorted Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Hua Xing to the Heaven No. 1 private room.
• Hua Xing explained how to bid, and Chen Changqing and Rujie took their seats as the auction hall filled.
• Su Yao introduced herself as the branch’s chief auctioneer and opened the auction with a Nine-Turn Red Flame Pill, which sold for two hundred thousand High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Su Yao presented the Azure Sea Tide-Rising Sword, and a mysterious VIP-room buyer won it for six hundred thousand High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Su Yao continued auctioning treasures while Chen Changqing drank Spirit Tea without bidding and Rujie eyed several items despite having too few Spirit Stones.

At the Nine Provinces Auction, a sealed Black Treasure Box from an Immortal Secret Realm drew attention because it radiated Immortal Qi, though even a True Lord could not open it. Chen Changqing suspected it held a Token he needed, and Hua Xing bid five hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones for it, leaving the auction hall stunned.

• Su Yao revealed that the Black Treasure Box came from an Immortal Secret Realm, could not be opened by a True Lord, and had a starting price of one hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Rujie questioned the box’s value, while Chen Changqing’s Token trembled inside his Heaven-Stepping Ring and led him to suspect the box contained another Token.
• Chen Changqing showed interest in the box, and Hua Xing offered to buy it for him.
• Bidders raised the price to three hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones before the auction fell silent.
• Hua Xing bid five hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones from Heaven No. 1, shocking the crowd and stopping further bids.

Hua Xing spent five hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones to win the Black Treasure Box for Chen Changqing, moving Chen with his generosity. After Su Yao delivered the box and Hua Xing failed to penetrate or damage it, he handed it to Chen Changqing to see whether he was fated with it.

• Su Yao announced that Hua Xing had won the Black Treasure Box for five hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones, ending the auction.
• Chen Changqing thanked Hua Xing for buying the box for him, while Rujie envied Hua Xing's generosity.
• Su Yao brought the Black Treasure Box to Heaven No. 1 and explained that buyers had repeatedly returned it because no one could open it.
• Hua Xing tested the box with his Divine Sense and Spiritual Power but could neither probe inside nor leave a mark on it.
• Hua Xing handed the Black Treasure Box to Chen Changqing and told him to see whether he was fated with it.

Chen Changqing opened the Black Treasure Box, and its token merged with one he already possessed to reveal an inheritance containing a cultivation method through immortal ascension and the Invincible Avatar Technique. After starting the system's idle cultivation of both, he put the token away and faced Su Yao's question about his sect.

• Chen Changqing opened the Black Treasure Box as soon as it touched his fingertips, shocking Hua Xing, Su Yao, and Rujie.
• The box contained an ancient token, and Rujie recognized it as resembling one he had seen on Chen Changqing in the Dao Sect's Universe Secret Realm.
• Chen Changqing summoned his own similar token, and the two tokens merged into one.
• Holding the merged token gave Chen Changqing an inheritance with a cultivation method through immortal ascension and the Invincible Avatar Technique, which could summon nine avatars as strong as his original body.
• Chen Changqing instructed the system to begin idle cultivation of both techniques, stored the token in his Heaven-Stepping Ring, and heard Su Yao ask which sect he came from.