Recaps

Wu Zhen met Hua Yao and gave her the Qinglin Jade Hairpin, an Immortal Artifact, as a first-meeting gift. After settling Medicine God Valley’s crisis, he returned to Mount Shu and told Chen Changqing to come back soon for the Seven Peaks Grand Competition.

• Hua Gu praised Wu Zhen and said Medicine God Valley and Mount Shu would support each other through Chen Changqing and Hua Yao’s marriage.
• Wu Zhen recognized Hua Yao’s constitution and presented her with the Qinglin Jade Hairpin, explaining its powers and accepting her thanks.
• Wu Zhen told Chen Changqing to stay in Medicine God Valley briefly before returning to Shu Mountain Sacred Land for the Seven Peaks Grand Competition, then vanished.
• Hua Xing and the Medicine God Valley elders thanked Chen Changqing for bringing Wu Zhen’s protection, and Chen Changqing said he had only done what he should.

Chen Changqing presented Medicine God Valley with the Blood Prison Mad Blade as his promised betrothal gift, then spent several days with Hua Yao before returning to Shu Mountain Sacred Land. He arrived in time for the approaching Seven Peaks Grand Competition, where his companions voiced confidence that he would take first place.

• Hua Gu apologized to Chen Changqing for doubting him, and Chen Changqing reassured him and Hua Lixuan that he held no grudge.
• Chen Changqing presented the Blood Prison Mad Blade to Hua Xing as his promised betrothal gift, and Hua Xing accepted it for Medicine God Valley.
• Chen Changqing and Hua Yao shared an affectionate farewell before he left Medicine God Valley to represent Seven Stars Peak in the Seven Peaks Grand Competition.
• Chen Changqing returned to Shu Mountain Sacred Land, where Liu Mu and the others welcomed him back.
• Ran Hua asked whether Chen Changqing could take first place in the competition, and Wang Yang confidently declared that he was far ahead of the other young cultivators.

As the Seven Peaks Grand Competition approached, Chen Changqing remained idle despite warnings that the Peak Scions were formidable. With the competition a day away, the Sect Master sent for him while Ji Changkong and Jian Zhenzi watched him relax, still puzzled by his behavior.

• Liu Mu warned Chen Changqing not to underestimate the Seven Peaks’ Peak Scions, but Chen Changqing assured him he knew what he was doing.
• A month passed as the Peak Scions trained for the competition, while Chen Changqing strolled with Wangcai, slept, and basked in the sun.
• Mount Shu disciples mocked Chen Changqing and speculated that he had given up, despite his previous Holy Son Grand Competition victory.
• Chen Yuan told Mo Tianji that Chen Changqing had reached Late Spirit Transformation without anyone seeing him cultivate, then asked Mo Tianji to summon him.
• Ji Changkong and Jian Zhenzi watched Chen Changqing lounging on Evergreen Peak the day before the competition, and both wondered at his relaxed behavior.

Mo Yuan reflected on Chen Changqing’s extraordinary growth as Mo Tianji summoned him to Seven Stars Peak to discuss the upcoming Seven Peaks Grand Competition. Chen Changqing left intending to win first place, while Chen Yuan privately hoped he could claim the championship and Mo Tianji doubted he could even reach the top ten.

• Mo Yuan recalled Chen Changqing’s rapid cultivation progress and marveled at his ability despite never seeming to practice.
• Mo Tianji brought Chen Changqing to Seven Stars Peak, where Chen Yuan asked whether he was confident about the Seven Peaks Grand Competition.
• Chen Yuan explained that the competition would involve the Seven Peaks’ elite disciples and affect the future succession of the Sect Master.
• Chen Changqing assured Chen Yuan he would do his best, while Chen Yuan said reaching the top ten would satisfy him and keep Chen Changqing safe.
• After Chen Changqing left, Chen Yuan told Mo Tianji he hoped his disciple would contend for the championship, though Mo Tianji considered that unlikely.
• Chen Changqing returned to Evergreen Peak and reasoned that, despite being at Late Spirit Transformation, his abilities could rival Tribulation Transcendence cultivators.

Chen Changqing agreed to let Xiaoqian attend the Seven Peaks Grand Competition and gave her a Quasi-Immortal Artifact to conceal her identity. As the competition began at the Questioning Platform, Mount Shu disciples doubted Chen Changqing’s chances, while Evergreen Peak waited for him to appear.

• Chen Changqing confidently expected to win the Seven Peaks Grand Competition and believed he could break through to Tribulation Transcendence by collecting his Idle Cultivation results.
• Xiaoqian asked Chen Changqing for permission to attend the competition and cheer him on, and he agreed.
• Chen Changqing gave Xiaoqian a Quasi-Immortal Artifact conical hat that concealed her Qi signature.
• The next day, Mount Shu disciples gathered at the Questioning Platform for the Seven Peaks Grand Competition, which could determine a candidate for the next Sect Master.
• Mount Shu disciples dismissed Chen Changqing’s chances, while Liu Mu and Evergreen Peak’s disciples waited outside Chen Changqing’s residence for him to join them.

Chen Changqing woke and led Evergreen Peak to the Questioning Platform for the Seven Peaks Grand Competition, where the Seven Peaks' Tribulation Transcendence Peak Scions had gathered. The chapter ended as Chen Changqing arrived on the Heavenly Thunder Sword, accompanied by Evergreen Peak's disciples riding powerful Law Artifacts.

• Chen Changqing emerged from his cave abode, greeted the Evergreen Peak disciples, and set off with Liu Mu and the others.
• Eight Holy Sons arrived at the Questioning Platform, while disciples discussed Chen Changqing's place in the competition.
• Lie Wushuang, Ji Wuhen, and Xu Ruochen arrived with their Peak Masters, each revealed as an Early Tribulation Transcendence cultivator.
• The remaining Peak Scions arrived, including Yue Qing and Yu Mingzi at Mid Tribulation Transcendence, bringing all seven Peak Scions to the platform.
• Chen Changqing led Evergreen Peak to the Questioning Platform, riding the Immortal Artifact Heavenly Thunder Sword as his disciples followed on high-grade Law Artifacts.

Chen Changqing arrived at the Questioning Platform with Evergreen Peak’s disciples, drawing attention for their powerful Law Artifacts and the mysterious Mo Yuan. As the Seven Peaks’ helmsmen appeared, Chen Changqing recognized them and sensed they had all reached the True Lord level; then True Person Wudao arrived.

• Chen Changqing and Evergreen Peak’s disciples landed on the Questioning Platform, where Shu Mountain’s disciples and Holy Sons commented on their impressive Law Artifacts.
• The Peak Scions of the Seven Main Peaks looked down on Chen Changqing’s Late Spirit Transformation cultivation but became curious about Mo Yuan’s powerful presence.
• Chen Changqing noticed that all seven Peak Scions had reached Tribulation Transcendence and waited for the competition to begin.
• The Seven Peaks’ helmsmen appeared, and their Peak Masters and Peak Scions bowed to them.
• Chen Changqing recognized the helmsmen and sensed that all seven had advanced to the True Lord level.
• The sky parted above the Questioning Platform, and True Person Wudao appeared.

Wu Zhen arrived at the Questioning Platform with Lu Tian and introduced the Universe Mountain and River Map for the Seven Peaks Grand Competition’s first trial. The competition was about to begin inside the world contained in the map.

• Wu Zhen and Lu Tian arrived, and the Mount Shu disciples bowed to Wu Zhen; Chen Changqing noticed Lu Tian had reached Tribulation Transcendence.
• Mount Shu disciples discussed Lu Tian’s cultivation and disparaged Chen Changqing’s chances, while Chen Changqing ignored them.
• Chen Yuan and Mo Tianji arrived, and Chen Changqing greeted Chen Yuan as his master.
• Wu Zhen addressed the competitors and summoned an ancient scroll that expanded into a vast painting above the Questioning Platform.
• Wu Zhen identified the painting as the Universe Mountain and River Map and announced that the competition’s first trial would take place inside it.

Wu Zhen announced that contestants would fight for ten Universe Orders inside the Universe Mountain and River Map, with no restrictions on methods and no concern for life or death. The disciples resolved to continue, and the contestants entered the map to begin the First Trial.

• Wu Zhen explained that anyone who found and held a Universe Order within three days inside the map would advance, and that the ten orders would be scattered throughout it.
• Chen Changqing decided he would seize an order from someone else if necessary and considered targeting the Peak Scions, while the other contestants realized only two orders might remain after the leading competitors claimed theirs.
• Wu Zhen declared that the First Trial had no restrictions on methods and that life or death would not matter, shocking many Mount Shu disciples.
• Wu Zhen explained that the competition would help select a future Sect Master candidate and invited anyone unwilling to face the danger to withdraw; the wavering contestants instead declared they would fight.
• Wu Zhen activated the Universe Mountain and River Map, and the contestants, including the Peak Scions, entered through its pillar of light.

Chen Changqing and Lu Tian entered the world within the Universe Mountain and River Map to compete for Universe Orders. After seeing the dangerous landscape, Chen Changqing declined Lu Tian’s offer to accompany him and proposed that they search separately.

• Chen Changqing reassured Liu Mu and the Evergreen Peak disciples, then greeted Lu Tian, who offered to look after him inside the map.
• Chen Yuan warned Chen Changqing to be careful, and Chen Changqing and Lu Tian entered the pillar of light together.
• Chen Changqing and Lu Tian appeared in a strange, perilous Minor World filled with ancient landscapes and dense Spiritual Qi.
• Lu Tian proposed sparring, but Chen Changqing said they should focus on finding Universe Orders and could fight another time.
• Chen Changqing suggested that he and Lu Tian split up, prompting Lu Tian to warn him that other Peak Scions might target him for his Immortal Artifact.

Chen Changqing searched the world inside the Universe Map for a Universe Order while other Mount Shu disciples fought powerful beasts to reach tokens. He entered a mist-filled Stone Forest where Divine Sense could not reach.

• Chen Changqing dismissed Lu Tian’s offer of protection, and Lu Tian flew ahead while Chen Changqing began searching for a Universe Order.
• Evergreen Peak’s disciples worried about Chen Changqing’s chances against the stronger Peak Scions, while Mo Yuan trusted him to succeed.
• Lie Wushuang fought a golden-flamed bird guarding a Universe Order in a Wutong Forest, as Mount Shu disciples watched from a distance.
• Yue Qing fought several Silver Wolves in a swamp to reach a Universe Order floating nearby.
• Chen Changqing found a Stone Forest whose gray mist interfered with Divine Sense and flew inside, suspecting a Universe Order might be there.

Chen Changqing found a Universe Order in the Stone Forest, but a powerful Bone-Eroding Demon Python emerged to guard it. After the Mount Shu disciples withdrew, Chen Changqing refused to leave without the token, and the python challenged him to fight.

• Chen Changqing spotted a Universe Order above a stone pillar and flew toward it.
• A Bone-Eroding Demon Python burst from the mist, unleashing a roar that pulverized nearby stone pillars.
• Mount Shu disciples recognized the python and retreated, judging themselves too weak to defeat it.
• The Bone-Eroding Demon Python revealed its hundred-zhang body and warned Chen Changqing to leave.
• Chen Changqing demanded the Universe Order, and the python mocked his Spirit Transformation cultivation and invited him to attack.

Chen Changqing fought the Bone-Eroding Demon Python, first dodging its corrosive flames and bone-tail strikes before countering with a powerful fist technique. He drew the Heavenly Thunder Sword and unleashed a sword strike at the python, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Bone-Eroding Demon Python attacked Chen Changqing with corrosive green flames and its bone tail, but he dodged both.
• The Mount Shu disciples watching from a distance doubted Chen Changqing could defeat the python, which they believed was equivalent to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
• Chen Changqing used the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist’s Heaven-Collapsing Style to shatter the python’s attacks and startle the watching disciples.
• Chen Changqing summoned the Immortal Artifact Heavenly Thunder Sword, and its Sword Intent shocked the Mount Shu disciples and the Bone-Eroding Demon Python.
• Chen Changqing used the Immortal Execution Sword Technique’s first style, Spirit Slaying, to send a crescent of azure Sword Qi toward the python.

Chen Changqing endured the Bone-Eroding Demon Python’s bizarre attacks until the Heavenly Thunder Sword protected him from the invading memories. Enraged, he summoned divine thunder and unleashed the second form of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique against the demon.

• Chen Changqing struck the Bone-Eroding Demon Python with a powerful sword attack, sending it flying and destroying the souls trapped in its body.
• The Bone-Eroding Demon Python used Bone-Devouring Nightmare and Wailing Bone Forest to attack Chen Changqing’s body and Divine Soul with bone vibrations and painful memories.
• The Mount Shu disciples watched from a distance and refused to help Chen Changqing.
• The Heavenly Thunder Sword released Thunder Light that destroyed the invading memories and freed Chen Changqing from the attack.
• Chen Changqing summoned Nine Heavens Divine Thunder and struck the Bone-Eroding Demon Python with Immortal Slaughter, the second form of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique.

Chen Changqing used the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique to devastate the Bone-Eroding Demon Python, reducing its body and cultivation and forcing it to retreat. As the demon fled into the Stone Forest mist, Chen Changqing unleashed a thunder-charged strike that descended upon it.

• Chen Changqing struck the Bone-Eroding Demon Python with the second form of Immortal Execution, blasting it into the mist and severing many of its bone spurs.
• The Bone-Eroding Demon Python attacked with Skeletal Tide Surge, sending a mass of bones toward Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing used the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique to destroy most of the bone tide and reduce the Stone Forest's pillars to powder.
• The Bone-Eroding Demon Python reassembled at half its former size, with its cultivation reduced from Early Tribulation Transcendence to Late Spirit Transformation, and offered Chen Changqing the Universe Order before fleeing.
• Chen Changqing invoked the Heavenly Thunder Orthodox Method and brought a powerful thunderous sword strike down on the fleeing Bone-Eroding Demon Python.

Chen Changqing killed the Bone-Eroding Demon Python with the Heavenly Thunder Sword and prepared to claim the Universe Order. Xu Ruochen appeared and claimed the order for himself, leaving Chen Changqing to challenge him.

• Chen Changqing struck the Bone-Eroding Demon Python with the Thunderclap Sword Gale, burning away its Yin Baleful Intent and destroying its body.
• The Mount Shu disciples watched in disbelief as Chen Changqing defeated the Tribulation Transcendence Great Monster despite having Late Spirit Transformation cultivation.
• Chen Changqing looked toward the Universe Order and prepared to collect it after noting that such orders were guarded by vicious creatures.
• Xu Ruochen appeared from a ripple in space and told Chen Changqing to leave, declaring that he would take the Universe Order.
• Chen Changqing challenged Xu Ruochen to prove he could take the order, and Xu Ruochen laughed at him.

Chen Changqing refused to surrender the Universe Order to Xu Ruochen, the Peak Scion of Void Breaking Peak, and challenged him to fight. Xu Ruochen launched a surprise attack, but Chen Changqing blocked his twin blades with his body and mocked him.

• Xu Ruochen tried to intimidate Chen Changqing into giving up the Universe Order, but Chen Changqing refused and claimed it as the reward for killing the Bone-Eroding Demon Python.
• Chen Changqing unleashed his pressure and warned Xu Ruochen that he could kill a cultivator just as he had killed a Tribulation Transcendence Great Monster.
• Xu Ruochen, pressured by the watching Mount Shu disciples, attacked Chen Changqing from behind with his twin short blades.
• Chen Changqing remained motionless as Xu Ruochen's Quasi-Immortal Artifact blades struck his body without cutting him.
• Chen Changqing mocked Xu Ruochen's failed attack, leaving Xu Ruochen furious.

Chen Changqing fought Xu Ruochen, a Peak Scion of Void Breaking Peak, and overwhelmed his attacks with unexpected skill. After destroying Xu Ruochen’s four Avatars, he left Xu Ruochen wondering how many abilities Chen Changqing still had.

• Xu Ruochen attacked Chen Changqing with Qi blades from multiple spatial openings, but Chen Changqing shattered them with Spear Intent channeled through the Heavenly Thunder Sword.
• Chen Changqing mocked Xu Ruochen’s strength, prompting Xu Ruochen to summon four Avatars and attack.
• Chen Changqing identified Xu Ruochen’s true body and used the tenth form of the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation to destroy the four Avatars with lightning.
• Xu Ruochen stared in disbelief, wondering where Chen Changqing had acquired so many techniques and how many more he could use.

Chen Changqing overwhelmed Xu Ruochen in their duel, countering his Phantom Killing Domain with the Invincible Sword Domain and turning his attacks back on him. With Xu Ruochen trapped in the sword domain, Chen Changqing launched the eighth form of the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation.

• Chen Changqing taunted Xu Ruochen, then blocked his rapid attacks by anticipating where they would land.
• Xu Ruochen unleashed his Phantom Killing Domain and used Thousand Blade Twist to attack Chen Changqing with phantoms and spatial threads.
• Chen Changqing opened his Invincible Sword Domain, which engulfed Xu Ruochen's domain and halted the incoming attacks.
• Chen Changqing used Sword Reversing Reincarnation to turn Xu Ruochen's phantoms and spatial threads against him, forcing Xu Ruochen to dispel his domain.
• Chen Changqing began Sword Slaying Immortals and Demons, trapping Xu Ruochen inside the Invincible Sword Domain as the Sword Light streaked toward him.

Chen Changqing defeated Xu Ruochen with his Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, forcing the Mount Shu Peak Scion to flee. After the other Mount Shu disciples left, Chen Changqing claimed the Universe Order.

• Chen Changqing struck Xu Ruochen with a True Qi hammer and overwhelmed him with successive blows from the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique.
• Chen Changqing shattered Xu Ruochen’s Quasi-Immortal Wind-Breaking Blades and sent him flying with another hammer strike.
• Xu Ruochen fled from Chen Changqing’s seventeenth hammer blow, which tore through the fog below the Stone Forest.
• The Mount Shu disciples marveled at Chen Changqing’s strength, then fled when he asked whether they wanted to fight him for the Universe Order.
• Chen Changqing flew to the Universe Order and beckoned the Token into his hand.

Chen Changqing found a Universe Order and continued exploring the world inside the Universe Landscape Map, entering Soul-Severing Abyss after deciding to seek more. There, he witnessed Lu Tian face Qing Yu and Yue Qing as they fought over another Universe Order, and the two prepared to attack Lu Tian together.

• Chen Changqing put his Universe Order away and flew on rather than hiding, hoping to explore the world and find more tokens.
• On the second day, Chen Changqing entered Soul-Severing Abyss, where he saw ghostly mist and vast skeletal remains.
• Chen Changqing heard fighting, put on a straw hat to conceal himself, and approached the battle.
• Chen Changqing saw Lu Tian, Qing Yu, and Yue Qing stand off over a floating Universe Order.
• Qing Yu urged Yue Qing to join forces against Lu Tian, and Lu Tian refused to give up the token he had found first.
• Yue Qing tried to persuade Lu Tian to withdraw, but Lu Tian challenged them, so Qing Yu and Yue Qing exchanged a glance and attacked.

Lu Tian used the Seven Star Sword Canon to repel Yue Qing and Qing Yu’s coordinated attacks over the Universe Order in the Soul-Severing Abyss. Chen Changqing arrived unseen and watched as Lu Tian continued to hold his own against both Peak Scions.

• Yue Qing and Qing Yu attacked Lu Tian together, using a crushing fist technique and a storm of sword feathers.
• Lu Tian formed a Sword Domain with Giant Gate Suppresses Mountain, dissolving Yue Qing’s fist force and shattering Qing Yu’s Sword-Rays.
• Lu Tian mocked his opponents and warned them that the Universe Landscape Map allowed any means and that lives were at stake.
• Yue Qing and Qing Yu launched a fiercer second assault, and Lu Tian raised his sword to meet them as their battle shook the Soul-Severing Abyss.
• Chen Changqing approached under concealment, recognized the three fighters, and decided to watch before intervening if Lu Tian needed help.
• Chen Changqing watched in surprise as Lu Tian, despite being at Early Tribulation Transcendence, held off Yue Qing and Qing Yu’s combined attacks.

Lu Tian fought Yue Qing and Qing Yu with the Seven Star Sword Canon, but their combined attacks wore him down and Qing Yu wounded him. As Qing Yu pressed his attack despite Lu Tian’s defeat, Lu Tian faced a lethal threat.

• Chen Changqing watched Lu Tian hold off Yue Qing and Qing Yu and admired Lu Tian’s swordsmanship.
• Lu Tian used Fortune and Prosperity from the Seven Star Sword Canon to disperse both opponents’ attacks.
• Yue Qing and Qing Yu intensified their assault until Lu Tian’s strength dwindled and he began to struggle.
• Lu Tian refused Yue Qing’s offer to withdraw, and Yue Qing resumed fighting after Qing Yu urged him on.
• Qing Yu struck Lu Tian in the chest and sent him flying, then charged again to kill him as Yue Qing cried out in alarm.
• Qing Yu’s sword force reached the wounded Lu Tian, and a sudden change occurred just before it struck.

Chen Changqing intervened to save Lu Tian from Qing Yu and challenged Qing Yu and Yue Qing over the Universe Order. After Yue Qing failed to overpower him in a fistfight, he and Qing Yu agreed to join forces against Chen Changqing, though Qing Yu still considered how to take the prize for himself.

• Chen Changqing shattered Qing Yu's sword force with a punch and stepped between Qing Yu and Lu Tian.
• Chen Changqing invoked Ancestor Wuzhen's rules for the Universe Landscape Map and refused Yue Qing's demand to leave because he had come for the Universe Order.
• Yue Qing attacked Chen Changqing, but their punches collided and blasted them both backward.
• Yue Qing asked Qing Yu to join forces against Chen Changqing before they decided who would get the Universe Order.
• Qing Yu agreed aloud while privately judging Yue Qing and considering his own chance to seize the prize.

Chen Changqing defended Lu Tian and challenged Yue Qing and Qing Yu to face him alone. After he effortlessly stopped their combined attack, Qing Yu and Yue Qing launched a stronger assault, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lu Tian proposed that he and Chen Changqing each take on one of their attackers, but Chen Changqing told the gravely injured Lu Tian to stand down.
• Chen Changqing declared that he could handle Yue Qing and Qing Yu alone, prompting both Peak Scions to attack him together.
• Chen Changqing used the Eight Immortal-Slaying Spears to cancel out Yue Qing's Mountain-Severing Slash and Qing Yu's Azure Phoenix Chasing the Moon.
• Qing Yu and Yue Qing were shocked by Chen Changqing's strength, while Lu Tian and the two attackers wondered who he really was.
• Qing Yu activated Wind-Thunder Wings and Yue Qing formed the Earth-Suppressing Seal above Chen Changqing as they attacked again.