Recaps

Su Yao learned that Chen Changqing, who had opened the Black Treasure Box, was the Azure Dragon Ranking’s top prodigy and gave him a VIP Token for the Nine Provinces Auction House. After leaving the auction with Hua Xing, Chen Changqing entered the Devil Domain with him and arrived at a wasteland where many races had gathered.

• Su Yao discovered that Chen Changqing was the Azure Dragon Ranking’s number one and learned he had already reached Half-Step Spirit Transformation.
• Su Yao introduced herself as chief steward of the Nine Provinces Auction House and gave Chen Changqing a VIP Token with auction privileges and a twenty percent discount.
• Rujie tried to attract Su Yao’s attention, then said farewell to Chen Changqing and Hua Xing to meet his master.
• Chen Changqing and Hua Xing left the auction house and traveled to the Devil Domain.
• Hua Xing brought Chen Changqing to a wasteland where Humans, Devils, and Demons had gathered, drawing the crowd’s attention.

Chen Changqing arrived at the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm with Hua Xing, drawing attention when he revealed himself as the famed Mount Shu disciple. Si Youyou recognized him from their earlier encounter, while Old Ancestor Blood River identified him as the man who had killed his son and silently vowed revenge.

• Cultivators gathered to greet Hua Xing, and Chen Changqing reflected on the respect a True Lord commanded.
• Meiying brought Si Youyou to greet Hua Xing, and Chen Changqing recognized the Heavenly Demon Sect’s Saintess from the Dao Sect’s Universe Secret Realm.
• Chen Changqing introduced himself as a disciple of Mount Shu, startling the crowd and Si Youyou, who concealed their past encounter from Meiying.
• Si Youyou privately wondered how Chen Changqing knew the Yinyue Holy Dynasty’s Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique and why Hua Xing was escorting him.
• Old Ancestor Blood River recognized Chen Changqing as the killer of his son, Xue Wuhen, but held back because Hua Xing protected him.

Old Ancestor Blood River planned to have Chen Changqing killed inside the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm, while Chen waited with Hua Xing as cultivators gathered to witness its arrival. The realm appeared above the plain, but Hua Xing explained that immortal restrictions prevented anyone from entering until a passage opened.

• Old Ancestor Blood River decided to target Chen Changqing inside the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm, where his death could not be blamed on him.
• Chen Changqing noticed hostile cultivators watching him and waited with Hua Xing as forces from across the Demon Domain gathered.
• An enormous vortex appeared, and seven-colored immortal light spilled out as the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm emerged in the sky.
• A wave of Spiritual Power swept across the plain, exciting cultivators who felt their bottlenecks loosen.
• Chen Changqing asked why nobody entered, and Hua Xing explained that deadly immortal restrictions surrounded the realm until its passage opened.

Chen Changqing entered the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm to search for rare medicinal herbs requested by Hua Xing, while the Blood God Sect sent five Spirit Transformation cultivators to kill him. After reaching the realm, Chen Changqing quickly spotted a nine-leaf soul-returning grass.

• Hua Xing gave Chen Changqing a scroll of rare medicinal herbs and urged him to prioritize his safety.
• Three days later, the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm passage opened, and cultivators rushed inside.
• Chen Changqing said goodbye to Hua Xing and entered the secret realm as its boundary sealed off all outside sight.
• Old Ancestor Blood River ordered five Blood God Sect cultivators to hunt Chen Changqing, promising they would reach Tribulation Transcendence if they killed him.
• Chen Changqing explored the secret realm and found a nine-leaf soul-returning grass beside a mountain stream.

Chen Changqing faced a Blood God Sect Spirit Transformation cultivator who had tracked him down to avenge Xue Wuhen and seize his Immortal Artifact. Chen Changqing overwhelmed him with three forms of the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation, leaving the cultivator gravely wounded and terrified.

• A Blood God Sect Spirit Transformation cultivator confronted Chen Changqing, intending to avenge Xue Wuhen and claim Chen Changqing's Immortal Artifact.
• Chen Changqing summoned the Heavenly Thunder Sword, and the cultivator recognized it as an Immortal Artifact before attacking with a blood-colored banner full of ghosts.
• Chen Changqing's first sword form clashed with the cultivator's Ten Thousand Ghosts Soul Devour technique.
• Chen Changqing used the second form to split the ghostly torrent and strike the cultivator, who raised protective blood light.
• Chen Changqing's third form shattered the cultivator's protective blood light and left him badly injured and afraid.

Chen Changqing killed a Blood God Sect Spirit Transformation cultivator, then faced Long Tian, who trapped them in a sealing field to stop him from using his swordsmanship and spiritual power. Long Tian charged, confident his True Dragon bloodline gave him the advantage in physical combat, but Chen Changqing showed no fear.

• Chen Changqing killed the Blood God Sect Spirit Transformation cultivator with Sword Breaking the Void and took his Storage Bag.
• Chen Changqing revealed that he had sensed a watcher, and Long Tian appeared from hiding.
• Long Tian taunted Chen Changqing over their rivalry at Medicine God Valley and admitted he had planned to attack after the fight.
• Long Tian activated a Level 9 Sealing Talisman that sealed the cultivators’ True Qi and techniques within its range.
• Long Tian claimed his Ancient Dragon Clan bloodline made him superior in physical combat and charged at Chen Changqing for his Immortal Artifact.
• Chen Changqing said Long Tian was courting death in a contest of physical strength.

Chen Changqing fought Long Tian after Long Tian used a Level 9 Sealing Talisman to seal True Qi, expecting to win through his Ancient Dragon Clan physical strength. Chen Changqing revealed his formidable body-refining power and Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist, leaving Long Tian injured but still able to rise and charge again.

• Long Tian attacked Chen Changqing with a physical-strength punch, but Chen Changqing met it head-on and sent him crashing into a mountain.
• Long Tian emerged shocked by Chen Changqing's strength, while Chen Changqing mocked the Ancient Dragon Clan and explained that he had cultivated the Primordial Nine-Turn Body Refining Technique.
• Chen Changqing formed nine Heavenly Palace phantoms and golden Dao Marks, then used the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist's Heaven-Collapsing Style despite the sealed True Qi.
• Long Tian was forced to his knees, sank into the shattered ground, and spat blood as he realized Chen Changqing could resonate with heaven and earth.
• Long Tian struggled to his feet and charged at Chen Changqing again.

Chen Changqing overwhelmed Long Tian with the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist and killed him before the Level 9 Sealing Talisman wore off. After gathering nearly all the medicinal herbs Hua Xing needed, Chen Changqing followed a familiar presence and found Si Youyou.

• Chen Changqing used the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist to overpower Long Tian, who activated his True Dragon Bloodline and struggled to hold out until the Level 9 Sealing Talisman wore off.
• Long Tian begged Chen Changqing for mercy and swore he would never oppose him again, but Chen Changqing refused and destroyed both his body and soul.
• Chen Changqing took Long Tian's Storage Bag, then left to gather medicinal herbs for Hua Xing after the seal of the Level 9 Sealing Talisman came undone.
• Over the next three days, Chen Changqing gathered all but one of the medicinal herbs Hua Xing needed.
• Chen Changqing sensed a familiar presence near a distant commotion, approached it, and found the Saintess of the Heavenly Demon Sect, Si Youyou.

Si Youyou and her Heavenly Demon Sect guards were besieged by cultivators from other Demon Sects in the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm. Bai Yushan arrived and demanded the Tribulation-Crossing Flower, while Chen Changqing watched from hiding.

• Si Youyou struggled against several Spirit Transformation cultivators and was wounded by poisoned needles, Blood Python Impact, and Soul-Splitting Claw.
• More Spirit Transformation cultivators arrived as reinforcements, putting Si Youyou and her guards in greater danger.
• Chen Changqing suspected that the attackers wanted a treasure Si Youyou had obtained.
• Bai Yushan arrived with a winged Demon Tiger and demanded that Si Youyou hand over the Tribulation-Crossing Flower.
• Si Youyou's wounded guards gathered beside her, and Chen Changqing realized she had obtained the coveted flower.

Chen Changqing watched as Bai Yushan, Ji Ruqianxue, and Mo Ye converged on Si Youyou to seize her Tribulation-Crossing Flower. When the three attacked, Si Youyou’s Spirit Transformation guards sacrificed themselves to protect her.

• Chen Changqing recognized that Si Youyou’s Tribulation-Crossing Flower could help a peak Spirit Transformation cultivator survive heavenly tribulation and enter the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
• Ji Ruqianxue of the Flower-Shifting Palace arrived and used her charm technique on several Spirit Transformation cultivators, but Bai Yushan broke its influence.
• Mo Ye of the Yinyue Holy Dynasty arrived, leaving Si Youyou surrounded by geniuses from three great Demon Sects.
• Bai Yushan announced that whoever obtained the Tribulation-Crossing Flower would have to rely on their own ability, then attacked Si Youyou with his Spirit-Controlling Beast as Ji Ruqianxue and Mo Ye joined in.
• Si Youyou’s Spirit Transformation guards charged the attackers and self-destructed to protect their Holy Maiden.

Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, and Ji Ruqianxue pursued the injured Si Youyou to seize the Tribulation-Crossing Flower, while Chen Changqing followed in secret. The three heavenly geniuses attacked Si Youyou together, leaving her trapped in a barrage of assaults.

• Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, and Ji Ruqianxue survived the guards’ self-destruction, and Si Youyou fled as Chen Changqing secretly followed the pursuit.
• Bai Yushan and the others caught up with the injured Si Youyou and demanded that she surrender the Tribulation-Crossing Flower.
• Si Youyou refused, and Bai Yushan and his Spirit-Controlling Demon Tiger attacked her with the Myriad Beast Taming Ring and wind blades.
• Mo Ye struck Si Youyou’s soul with the Dark Moon Soul-Burial Sword, while Ji Ruqianxue enveloped her in the Thousand-Illusion Heart-Bewitching Ribbon’s illusion.
• Si Youyou dodged the wind blades but suffered a soul attack and became trapped in an illusion filled with temptations and corrosive peach blossoms.

Si Youyou fled Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, Ji Ruqianxue, and the Demon Tiger until she was trapped at a cliff with her strength nearly spent. Just as she prepared to jump rather than surrender the Tribulation-Crossing Flower, a mysterious silver sword strike shattered the attackers’ assault.

• Si Youyou used Heavenly Demon Dance to resist the four attackers, then fled when their combined strength overwhelmed her.
• Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, Ji Ruqianxue, and the Demon Tiger pursued Si Youyou to the edge of a bottomless cliff.
• Bai Yushan and the others demanded the Tribulation-Crossing Flower, but Si Youyou refused and threatened to jump.
• Bai Yushan and the others launched a killing attack, and Si Youyou prepared to leap from the cliff rather than let them take the flower.
• A silver Sword Light appeared and destroyed every attack aimed at Si Youyou, leaving Bai Yushan and the others bewildered.

Chen Changqing intervened to save Si Youyou from Bai Yushan and his companions, accepting her offer of an Immortal Artifact Treasure Map. He drew the Heavenly Thunder Sword and countered Bai Yushan’s attack, sending Sword Qi straight toward him.

• Chen Changqing appeared before Si Youyou and broke Bai Yushan and his companions’ attacks as she prepared to leap from a cliff.
• Si Youyou offered Chen Changqing an Immortal Artifact Treasure Map and swore to keep her promise, and he agreed to help her.
• Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, and Ji Ruqianxue dismissed Chen Changqing because he was only at Half-Step Spirit Transformation, while Mo Ye coveted his Quasi-Immortal Artifact.
• Bai Yushan attacked Chen Changqing with the Myriad Beast Taming Ring and his Spirit-Controlling Demon Tiger.
• Chen Changqing used the fourth form of Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation to break the binding force and wind-blade storm, then sent Sword Qi toward Bai Yushan.

Chen Changqing fought off Bai Yushan’s first attack, then challenged Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, and Ji Ruqianxue to attack him together. He held his own against all three Late Spirit Transformation cultivators and Bai Yushan’s Demon Tiger, leaving Si Youyou and the watching Demon Sect cultivators stunned.

• Chen Changqing shattered Bai Yushan’s defense and sent him flying with a sword strike.
• Ji Ruqianxue tried to charm Chen Changqing and recruit him, but her charm technique had no effect on him.
• Chen Changqing provoked Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, and Ji Ruqianxue into attacking him together.
• Chen Changqing used Sword Reversing Reincarnation to break their combined attacks.
• Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, Ji Ruqianxue, and the Demon Tiger charged Chen Changqing again, but he met them in battle without falling behind.

Chen Changqing struggled against Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, Ji Ruqianxue, and the Demon Tiger after they stopped holding back. Cornered and unable to protect Si Youyou with his current strength, he extracted the results of his Idle Cultivation, which had brought the Invincible Avatar Technique to its first layer at Great Accomplishment.

• Bai Yushan strengthened the Myriad Beast Taming Ring’s spatial restraints as Mo Ye, Ji Ruqianxue, and the Demon Tiger unleashed their attacks against Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing broke through the restraints and Ji Ruqianxue’s illusion, but the combined attacks eventually overwhelmed and sent him flying.
• Si Youyou watched anxiously as Chen Changqing was suppressed, while Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, and Ji Ruqianxue mocked him and urged him to surrender.
• Chen Changqing summoned his system and chose to extract his Idle Cultivation results.
• The system reported that the Invincible Avatar Technique had reached its first layer at Great Accomplishment.

Chen Changqing broke through to the Spirit Transformation Early Stage, summoned an identical Avatar, and fused the Heavenly Thunder Sword with the Heavenly Strike Sword into an Immortal Artifact. As Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, Ji Ruqianxue, and the Demon Tiger fled, Chen Changqing attacked with the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique.

• Chen Changqing extracted his idle cultivation results and advanced from Half-Step Spirit Transformation to Spirit Transformation Early Stage, shocking everyone present.
• Chen Changqing used the Invincible Avatar Technique to summon an identical Spirit Transformation Early Stage Avatar.
• Chen Changqing fused the Heavenly Thunder Sword and the Heavenly Strike Sword, revealing the Immortal Artifact Heavenly Thunder Sword.
• Bai Yushan and the Demon Tiger fled, and Mo Ye and Ji Ruqianxue followed when they saw Chen Changqing's power.
• Chen Changqing drew his sword and unleashed the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, which Mo Ye recognized as the Yinyue Holy Dynasty's orthodox Supreme Lore.

Chen Changqing killed Bai Yushan and the Demon Tiger with a pair of devastating sword strikes, causing Ji Ruqianxue, Mo Ye, and the watching Demon Sect cultivators to flee. He collected the Immortal Artifact Treasure Map from Si Youyou and revealed that he knew she possessed the Tribulation-Crossing Flower, leaving her asking why he would not kill her for it.

• Chen Changqing and his Avatar attacked Bai Yushan and the Demon Tiger with their sword techniques, killing both before they could resist.
• Ji Ruqianxue escaped using the Thousand-Illusion Heart-Bewitching Ribbon, while Mo Ye and the Demon Sect cultivators fled the area.
• Chen Changqing approached Si Youyou and demanded the Immortal Artifact Treasure Map she had promised him for saving her.
• Si Youyou gave Chen Changqing the map, and he told her he knew she possessed the Tribulation-Crossing Flower but would not attack her.
• Si Youyou asked Chen Changqing why he would not kill her to claim the Tribulation-Crossing Flower, and he challenged her for seemingly urging him to do so.

Chen Changqing saved Si Youyou, accepted her request to travel with him, and received the Phoenix Blood Wing Feather Grass he needed. On the way to the location marked on the Immortal Artifact Treasure Map, he killed four Blood God Sect cultivators, leaving Si Youyou awed by his strength.

• Chen Changqing told Si Youyou he had saved her because he admired her, then prepared to leave with the Immortal Artifact Treasure Map.
• Si Youyou asked to follow Chen Changqing until her injuries healed, and he agreed.
• Chen Changqing showed Si Youyou a list of herbs, and she gave him a Phoenix Blood Wing Feather Grass he needed for Hua Xing.
• Chen Changqing and Si Youyou set out for the treasure map's marked location and encountered four Spirit Transformation cultivators from the Blood God Sect.
• Chen Changqing swiftly killed all four Blood God Sect cultivators, and Si Youyou watched him with admiration.

Chen Changqing and Si Youyou reached the treasure site marked on the Immortal Artifact Treasure Map, but could not open the cave abode entrance by force. Meanwhile, Ji Ruqianxue and Mo Ye gathered their forces and followed a tracking technique to hunt them down.

• Chen Changqing continued toward the treasure site with Si Youyou after displaying his overwhelming strength.
• Ji Ruqianxue gathered Flower-Shifting Palace disciples and agreed with Mo Ye to attack Chen Changqing and Si Youyou, claiming their respective possessions.
• Mo Ye revealed that his hidden tracking technique was placed on both Chen Changqing and Si Youyou, and led Ji Ruqianxue's group toward them.
• Chen Changqing and Si Youyou entered a valley and found a formation concealing an ancient cave abode.
• Chen Changqing shattered the formation with the Heavenly Thunder Sword, but his strike could not open the cave entrance.
• Si Youyou reminded Chen Changqing that the Immortal Artifact Treasure Map had a spiritual formula on its back that might open the entrance.

Chen Changqing discovered another cave abode of the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor, fused its Inheritance Token with his own, and obtained a High-grade Immortal Artifact. He left the cave with the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear and revealed it to Si Youyou.

• Chen Changqing opened the cave abode with a spiritual seal, and his Inheritance Token reacted when he entered.
• Chen Changqing sent Si Youyou to wait while he followed a passage into a stone chamber and found another Inheritance Token.
• Chen Changqing fused the tokens and received the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear, along with the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor’s message that eight more Immortal Artifacts remained scattered across the world.
• Chen Changqing identified the spear as a High-grade Immortal Artifact and put it into his Heaven-Stepping Ring before returning to Si Youyou.
• Chen Changqing showed Si Youyou the spear, and she was astonished that he had found a High-grade Immortal Artifact.

After obtaining the High-grade Immortal Artifact Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear, Chen Changqing and Si Youyou discovered that their surroundings had been sealed by an array. Ji Ruqianxue and Mo Ye arrived with dozens of Spirit Transformation cultivators and demanded the Immortal Artifacts and Tribulation-Crossing Flower, but Chen Changqing prepared to fight.

• Chen Changqing obtained the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear, and Si Youyou admired his fortune.
• Chen Changqing and Si Youyou left the cave abode and noticed that the valley had fallen unnaturally silent.
• Chen Changqing and Si Youyou realized they were trapped in an array as dozens of Spirit Transformation cultivators appeared above the valley.
• Ji Ruqianxue and Mo Ye demanded the Immortal Artifacts and the Tribulation-Crossing Flower, threatening Chen Changqing and Si Youyou.
• Chen Changqing challenged the attackers, confident he could take their AFK Points.

Chen Changqing fought off dozens of Spirit Transformation cultivators from the two factions, killing several despite their array-enhanced strength. When Mo Ye ordered the cultivators to activate the killing array, Chen Changqing summoned an Avatar wielding a second Immortal Artifact, leaving his opponents stunned.

• Mo Ye activated an array that strengthened the assembled cultivators, and they charged Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing fought them with his Heavenly Thunder Sword and sword techniques, killing several cultivators and earning AFK Points.
• Ji Ruqianxue warned the others not to underestimate Chen Changqing, but he continued holding his own against their attacks.
• Mo Ye ordered the cultivators to withdraw to the array points and activate the Trapping and Killing Array against Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing used the Invincible Avatar Technique, summoning an Avatar with the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear, and the cultivators realized he had two Immortal Artifacts.

Chen Changqing and his Avatar broke the Demon Sect’s Level 7 Trapping and Killing Array and slaughtered its Spirit Transformation cultivators with two Immortal Artifacts. More cultivators arrived hoping to seize the artifacts, and Chen Changqing welcomed them as sources of AFK Points as the killing continued.

• Mo Ye and Ji Ruqianxue realized Chen Changqing and his Avatar wielded two Immortal Artifacts, then ordered the Demon Sect cultivators to power up their array.
• Chen Changqing and his Avatar struck the Level 7 Trapping and Killing Array with the Heavenly Thunder Sword and Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear, shattering it and injuring the array’s cultivators.
• Chen Changqing and his Avatar charged into the disorganized Demon Sect forces and killed Spirit Transformation cultivators with their sword and spear.
• More Spirit Transformation cultivators arrived, and many attacked Chen Changqing to claim his Immortal Artifacts.
• Chen Changqing and his Avatar killed the newcomers as the system awarded Chen Changqing AFK Points for each cultivator slain.

Chen Changqing slaughtered the Spirit Transformation cultivators who challenged him, then killed Mo Ye and Ji Ruqianxue as the survivors fled in fear. Just as he prepared to strike more of his attackers, a teleportation passage opened and the cultivators rushed toward it.

• Chen Changqing and his Avatar fought for more than two hours, killing many Spirit Transformation cultivators and driving the rest to retreat.
• Chen Changqing challenged the survivors, then turned his attention to Mo Ye and Ji Ruqianxue and demanded they face him.
• Mo Ye and Ji Ruqianxue tried to flee, but Chen Changqing pursued them with his Avatar and killed them inside his Invincible Sword Domain.
• Chen Changqing took Mo Ye and Ji Ruqianxue's storage artifacts and began identifying other cultivators who had attacked him.
• A teleportation passage appeared, and the Spirit Transformation cultivators rushed toward it, especially those who had previously attacked Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing blocked the teleportation passage and killed the cultivators who had attacked him before leaving the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm with Si Youyou. They emerged safely, becoming the first to return as Hua Xing and the waiting sect elders watched.

• Chen Changqing summoned an Avatar wielding the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear and killed the cultivators who had attacked him, while the others watched in fear.
• Si Youyou urged Chen Changqing to leave before the teleportation passage closed, and he decided not to attack the cultivators who had stayed back.
• Chen Changqing and Si Youyou entered the passage after he reflected on the herbs, Immortal Artifact, Inheritance Token, and AFK Points he had gained.
• Outside the Secret Realm, Hua Xing worried about Chen Changqing, and Gu Qing assured him that Chen Changqing would return safely.
• Chen Changqing and Si Youyou emerged from the passage, surprising the waiting crowd, and Hua Xing was relieved to see Chen Changqing safe.