Recaps

Chen Changqing revealed the Immortal Artifact Haotian Hammer and used it to break Yue Qing and Qing Yu’s combined attack, then badly injured Qing Yu. The chapter left Qing Yu embedded in a cliff and unable to fight, while Yue Qing and Lu Tian watched in shock.

• Chen Changqing brought out the Haotian Hammer and smashed Yue Qing’s phantom square seal and Qing Yu’s wind and lightning blades with one strike.
• The hammer force hit Qing Yu and sent him flying, leaving him severely injured as Yue Qing and Lu Tian realized Chen Changqing wielded an Immortal Artifact.
• Chen Changqing flashed in front of Qing Yu and struck again, breaking Qing Yu’s Azure Phoenix Sword and hurling him into a cliff.
• Qing Yu’s protective Law Robe blunted most of the second strike, but he remained gravely wounded and unable to fight.
• Chen Changqing fixed his gaze on Qing Yu, who shivered with fear.

Chen Changqing attacked Qing Yu for trying to kill the injured Lu Tian, but Yue Qing intervened to protect Qing Yu. After Chen Changqing overwhelmed Yue Qing, Qing Yu used a secret method to flee, leaving Yue Qing stunned.

• Qing Yu begged Chen Changqing to spare his life and offered to give up the Universe Order, but Chen Changqing chose to kill him because Qing Yu had tried to finish off Lu Tian.
• Yue Qing blocked Chen Changqing's hammer strike and defended Qing Yu, prompting Chen Changqing to challenge him over why he had not protected Lu Tian.
• After Qing Yu accused Chen Changqing of being a possible spy, Yue Qing resolved to stand in his way and unleashed the Thirty-Six Mountain Suppressing Styles.
• Chen Changqing's hammer force shattered Yue Qing's Heaven-Propping Pillar and sent him flying after he spat blood.
• While Yue Qing fought Chen Changqing, Qing Yu recovered some True Qi and escaped in a streak of cyan light using a Secret Method.

Chen Changqing defeated the threat to Lu Tian, gave him the Universe Order, and continued exploring the Universe Landscape Map. He secluded himself in a cave to extract his Idle Cultivation results and prepare to advance to Tribulation Transcendence.

• Yue Qing abandoned his challenge to Chen Changqing and left to search for other Universe Orders.
• Chen Changqing took the Universe Order from the air and gave it to the badly injured Lu Tian along with a recovery pill before departing.
• Chen Changqing removed his straw hat and searched the Universe Landscape Map for more Universe Orders, but found none.
• Chen Changqing entered a cave abode, set up a restrictive formation, and checked his Idle Cultivation results.
• The system reported that the Invincible Avatar Technique had reached 3/9, allowing Chen Changqing to condense a third Avatar that could use the Immortal-Burying Zither.

Chen Changqing extracted his Idle Cultivation results, advanced all nine Primordial Spirits to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, and created three powerful Avatars. He left the cave abode wondering whether the Universe Landscape Map prevented Heavenly Tribulations from descending.

• Chen Changqing extracted the results of cultivating the Invincible Immortal Ascension Technique, transforming all nine Primordial Spirits and breaking through to Tribulation Transcendence.
• Chen Changqing's immense presence shattered his cave's restrictive formation and frightened nearby Mount Shu disciples into fleeing.
• Chen Changqing reined in his presence and wondered why no Heavenly Tribulation had appeared, suspecting the Universe Landscape Map's world was the reason.
• Chen Changqing extracted the results of cultivating the Invincible Avatar Technique and summoned three Avatars identical to himself.
• Chen Changqing extracted the results of his other cultivation methods and divine abilities, then walked out of the cave abode.

Chen Changqing explored the Universe Landscape Map as the three-day trial deadline approached, while Mount Shu disciples doubted he could obtain a Universe Order. The participants were transported back to the Questioning Platform, where Xu Ruochen and Yue Qing returned with orders and revealed their encounters with Chen Changqing, who had not yet emerged.

• Chen Changqing searched the map for another Universe Order but found no disciples and rested in a cave abode.
• Mount Shu disciples gathered at the Questioning Platform speculated about who would obtain the ten Universe Orders, while Mo Yuan trusted Chen Changqing to succeed.
• The three-day deadline arrived, and a force transported all the participants out of the Universe Landscape Map.
• Xu Ruochen returned with a Universe Order and recalled that Chen Changqing had defeated him and slain the Bone-Eroding Demon Python.
• Yue Qing returned with a Universe Order and told Yue Kunlun that he and Qing Yu had been no match for Chen Changqing.

Yue Qing and Qing Yu reported that a mysterious straw-hatted man with a hammer-shaped Immortal Artifact had defeated them inside the Universe Landscape Map. Lu Tian revealed that the man had given him a Universe Order, leaving Chen Yuan and Mo Tianji wondering who the mysterious disciple was as Chen Yuan asked about Chen Changqing.

• Yue Qing told Yue Kunlun that a concealed Mount Shu disciple with a hammer-shaped Immortal Artifact had defeated him and Qing Yu, and Yue Kunlun suspected someone was hiding among the disciples.
• Qing Yu recalled how Chen Changqing had nearly killed him, then assured Ascendant Qingming that he had obtained a Universe Order.
• Lu Tian told Chen Yuan that another person had seized a Universe Order and given it to him after defeating Qing Yu and Yue Qing.
• Chen Yuan rejected Mo Tianji's suspicion that an outside spy had entered the Universe Landscape Map, trusting Master Wuzhen to have detected one.
• Chen Yuan asked Lu Tian where Chen Changqing was, and Lu Tian said Chen Changqing had gone off alone to find a Universe Order.

After leaving the Universe Landscape Map, Chen Changqing summoned a Heavenly Tribulation because his breakthrough to Tribulation Transcendence had been shielded inside it. As the Mount Shu disciples fled the Questioning Platform, Chen Changqing calmly faced the gathering tribulation clouds.

• Chen Changqing emerged from the Universe Landscape Map and felt as if something were watching him.
• Black tribulation clouds and dark red lightning formed above the Questioning Platform, sending the gathered Mount Shu disciples into a panic.
• Chen Changqing realized that extracting his cultivation gains inside the map had raised him to Tribulation Transcendence, and that leaving the map had triggered his Heavenly Tribulation.
• The disciples recognized Chen Changqing as the one facing the tribulation, while Liu Mu, Jian Zhenzi, Ji Changkong, and Chen Yuan reacted with shock and concern.
• Daoist Wuzhen recalled Chen Changqing's feats and treasures inside the map, marveling at his extraordinary fortune.

Daoist Wuzhen cleared the Questioning Platform so Chen Changqing could face the Heavenly Tribulation without interference. Chen Changqing confronted the first Scarlet Flame Lightning bolt and shattered it with a Geng Metal Killing Qi punch.

• Daoist Wuzhen ordered everyone to withdraw to the edge of the Questioning Platform and leave Chen Changqing to undergo his tribulation.
• The Mount Shu disciples speculated about the tribulation’s difficulty, while Daoist Wuzhen anticipated that Chen Changqing might face a colored Heavenly Tribulation.
• Chen Changqing waited beneath the churning lightning vortex and challenged it to strike.
• A scarlet Scarlet Flame Lightning bolt descended, and Chen Changqing shattered it with a punch that formed a white tiger from Geng Metal Killing Qi.

Chen Changqing shattered each bolt of the Heavenly Tribulation with a single punch, easily passing the Three-Colored Heavenly Tribulation. The tribulation clouds remained, and a disciple realized that a Six-Colored Heavenly Tribulation was forming.

• Chen Changqing's first punch stunned the Mount Shu disciples, while Yue Qing and Qing Yu wondered if he was the powerful person they had encountered in the Universe Landscape Map.
• Xu Ruochen recognized Chen Changqing as the opponent who had defeated him in the Universe Landscape Map and considered him a threat in the upcoming competition.
• Chen Changqing shattered the second, deep-blue bolt of Heavenly Tribulation with one punch.
• Chen Changqing destroyed the third, dark-gold bolt with another punch and passed the Three-Colored Heavenly Tribulation unscathed.
• A Mount Shu disciple noticed that the tribulation clouds had not dispersed and announced that a Six-Colored Heavenly Tribulation was forming.

Chen Changqing faced the fourth strike of his Heavenly Tribulation, Soul Devour Lightning, without resisting and devoured its power inside his body. The Shu Mountain experts recognized his extraordinary soul strength, while the peak leaders recalled that he had become Mount Shu’s Eleventh Holy Son after passing the Seven Peaks’ Heavenly Passes.

• The Shu Mountain disciples watched the tribulation clouds intensify into a Six-Colored Heavenly Tribulation and debated whether Chen Changqing’s talent or his delayed breakthrough had caused it.
• A bolt of Soul Devour Lightning descended, and Chen Changqing let it enter his body without making a move.
• Chen Changqing’s Nine Primordial Spirits and their Five Elements and Four Symbols power annihilated the lightning inside him, unseen by the onlookers.
• Chen Changqing opened his eyes unharmed, stunning the disciples who had thought the strike destroyed his soul.
• Mount Shu’s Tribulation Transcendence experts and the Seven Main Peaks’ leaders realized Chen Changqing had devoured the Soul Devour Lightning, and Ancestor Fire Spirit praised him as a monster.
• The peak leaders marveled at Chen Changqing’s power and recalled that he had earned his place as Mount Shu’s Eleventh Holy Son by passing the Heavenly Passes of the Seven Peaks.

Chen Changqing easily overcame the fifth and sixth bolts of the Six-Colored Heavenly Tribulation, astonishing the Mount Shu disciples and earning the Peak Scions' respect. The tribulation cloud did not disperse, however, and its merging lightning suggested that Chen Changqing might face a Nine-Colored Heavenly Tribulation.

• Chen Changqing cleaved the fifth bolt, Wind-Xun Thunder, in two with a single sword strike.
• Chen Changqing met the sixth bolt, Thick Earth Thunder, with a punch and overcame the Six-Colored Heavenly Tribulation without using a Technique Method, Divine Ability, or Law Artifact.
• The Mount Shu disciples watched in disbelief as Chen Changqing calmly dismissed the Six-Colored Heavenly Tribulation, while Lie Wushuang and Ji Wuhen reassessed him as a formidable competitor.
• Mo Yuan warned the Evergreen Peak disciples that the Heavenly Tribulation was not over, and they saw the tribulation cloud vortex continue to churn.
• The Mount Shu disciples realized the lightning might be forming a Nine-Colored Heavenly Tribulation and said that those who drew one could become Heavenly Monarchs.

Chen Changqing faced a Nine-Colored Heavenly Tribulation, astonishing Mount Shu’s disciples and leaders. He endured the Three-Colored Thunder Dragon’s strike to temper his body and emerged unharmed, while the tribulation continued.

• Chen Yuan, Lu Tian, the Seven Peak leaders, and Ancestor Wuzhen realized Chen Changqing had summoned a Nine-Colored Heavenly Tribulation and marveled at his potential.
• A Three-Colored Thunder Dragon surged from the tribulation clouds, and Chen Changqing flew directly toward it.
• Chen Changqing met the Thunder Dragon with only a faint Qi-and-Blood shield and was engulfed in a vast sphere of lightning.
• Chen Yuan, Lu Tian, and the Evergreen Peak disciples feared for Chen Changqing, while Mo Yuan and the leaders recognized that he was using the lightning to temper his body.
• Chen Changqing endured the lightning with his Nine-Turn Primordial Body Refining Art and emerged unharmed, his presence stronger than before.

Chen Changqing effortlessly overcame the Nine-Colored Heavenly Tribulation with his fists, convincing Mount Shu’s leaders that he had the makings of a Heavenly Monarch. Just as the tribulation clouds dispersed, a more powerful vortex formed in the sky, leaving everyone wondering what new trial awaited him.

• Chen Changqing canceled the eighth lightning tribulation with a punch, then met the ninth tribulation’s five-colored Thunder Dragon with a fist infused with Hammer Intent and destroyed it.
• Yue Qing and Qing Yu recognized that Chen Changqing’s Hammer Intent resembled the power of the mysterious straw-hatted person who had defeated them in the Universe Landscape Map.
• The tribulation vortex dissipated, and Mount Shu’s disciples and leaders marveled that Chen Changqing had overcome the Nine-Colored Heavenly Tribulation without using a technique, divine ability, or Law Artifact.
• Ancestor Wuzhen praised Chen Changqing, while Chen Yuan rejoiced that his disciple had Heavenly Monarch potential.
• Chen Yuan noticed thick tribulation clouds forming again after the first vortex had vanished, and the gathered Mount Shu disciples saw that the new vortex was more powerful than the previous one.

Chen Changqing’s nine-colored heavenly tribulation ended, but a new vortex formed and revealed the legendary twelve-colored heavenly tribulation. As the Mount Shu leaders and disciples watched in shock, Chen Changqing faced the stronger trial and summoned the Heavenly Thunder Sword.

• Ancestor Zhanqiong and the other peak leaders recognized that Chen Changqing might summon the legendary twelve-colored heavenly tribulation.
• Chen Yuan, Wu Zhen, the Mount Shu disciples, and Mo Yuan reacted with astonishment and hope for Chen Changqing’s future ascent.
• A strange force locked onto Chen Changqing, and twelve colors—including chaos—gathered in the tribulation clouds above him.
• Chen Changqing realized the new tribulation was stronger than the previous one and drew the Heavenly Thunder Sword.

Chen Changqing faced the Twelve-Colored Heavenly Tribulation with the Heavenly Thunder Sword and repeatedly shattered its strikes using the Immortal Execution Sword Technique. After surviving the first nine strikes, he had begun to exhaust himself, while the Peak Scions recognized him as a serious potential opponent.

• Chen Changqing summoned the Heavenly Thunder Sword as the Twelve-Colored Heavenly Tribulation descended, startling the Mount Shu disciples.
• Chen Changqing used the Immortal Execution Sword Technique's first move, Spirit Slaying, to split the first twelve-colored lightning pillar.
• Chen Changqing used the second move, Immortal Slaughter, to destroy three lightning pillars descending together.
• Chen Changqing broke nine increasingly powerful strikes of the Twelve-Colored Heavenly Tribulation, though the effort left him breathing unevenly.
• Lie Wushuang judged Chen Changqing's strength to be far greater than Late Spirit Transformation, while Ji Wuhen looked forward to fighting him.

Chen Changqing reversed the tenth bolt of the Twelve-Colored Heavenly Tribulation with Dao Reversal, then faced a humanoid lightning figure wielding a Thunder Sword. He met its sword strike with the fifth form of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique, and their attacks collided in a tremendous explosion.

• Yue Qing, Xu Ruochen, Lu Tian, and the other Mount Shu Holy Sons reacted to Chen Changqing's strength and anticipated the remaining tribulation bolts.
• Chen Changqing used Dao Reversal to send the tenth, pitch-black lightning bolt back into the tribulation cloud vortex, exhausting himself in the process.
• The tribulation lightning formed a humanoid figure carrying a Thunder Sword and attacked Chen Changqing with a powerful slash.
• Chen Changqing fused with the Heavenly Thunder Sword and unleashed the fifth form of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique, Immortal Execution.
• Chen Changqing's Sword Light collided with the humanoid figure's Thunder Sword in a terrifying explosion.

Chen Changqing faced the final strike of his Twelve-Colored Heavenly Tribulation, confronting a giant eye that resembled the Eye of the Heavenly Dao. After he met its judgment beam with his strongest sword strike, the eye vanished and a Dao Resonance restored him and strengthened his Nine Primordial Spirits.

• Chen Changqing steadied himself after using Immortal Execution to shatter the lightning giant formed by the eleventh strike.
• The tribulation cloud vortex transformed into a colossal, merciless eye that fixed its gaze on Chen Changqing.
• The eye fired a twelve-colored beam carrying primordial judgment, and Chen Changqing gathered his power into the Heavenly Thunder Sword.
• Chen Changqing unleashed his strongest sword strike and clashed with the beam, while Ancestor Wuzhen protected the Mount Shu disciples from the shockwaves.
• The giant eye disappeared, and a Dao Resonance descended to heal Chen Changqing, restore his Spiritual Power, and solidify his Nine Primordial Spirits.

Chen Changqing survived the Twelve-Colored Heavenly Tribulation, astonishing Mount Shu and proving that his talent surpassed even the expectations of its leaders. As the Seven Peaks Grand Competition’s arena battles still lay ahead, the disciples and elders recognized him as a rising force whose future could extend far beyond Shu Mountain Sacred Land.

• Chen Changqing survived the Twelve-Colored Heavenly Tribulation, leaving the Mount Shu disciples and Peak Scions in awe.
• Lie Wushuang, Xu Ruochen, and the other Holy Sons realized Chen Changqing’s strength had put him far beyond them.
• Evergreen Peak’s disciples celebrated Chen Changqing, while Mo Yuan resolved to protect him as he grew stronger.
• Chen Yuan reconsidered his plan for Chen Changqing to become Sect Master, and Mo Tianji teased him about his earlier low expectations.
• The leaders of the Seven Peaks and Ancestor Wuzhen recognized Chen Changqing as a treasure of Shu Mountain Sacred Land and resolved to look after him.

After surviving the Twelve-Colored Heavenly Tribulation, Chen Changqing returned to Evergreen Peak as Wu Zhen concluded the first trial and called for the Universe Orders. Zhou Shan and Chen Changqing revealed the final two orders, leaving all ten places in the next stage accounted for and making Chen Changqing a major obstacle to the Peak Scions.

• Chen Changqing returned to Evergreen Peak, where Liu Mu and the other disciples welcomed him after his tribulation.
• Wu Zhen announced that the first trial had ended and asked the disciples who found Universe Orders to present them.
• Lu Tian and the Seven Main Peaks' other Peak Scions presented their orders, and Wu Zhen asked who had obtained the remaining two.
• Zhou Shan of Mountain Suppressing Peak presented a Universe Order, surprising the crowd and prompting Yue Qing and Qing Yu to wonder whether he was the mysterious person.
• Xu Ruochen realized that Chen Changqing had the final order because he had seen him defeat the Bone-Eroding Demon Python in the Thousand-Fathom Stone Forest.
• Chen Changqing presented his Universe Order, drawing excitement from Lu Tian and concern from the other Peak Scions about their chances of winning.

The ten competitors began the Seven Peaks Grand Competition’s arena battles, while Yue Qing, Qing Yu, and Lu Tian wondered whether Chen Changqing was the mysterious person who had aided them inside the Universe Landscape Map. Yue Ling stepped forward first and began fighting Zhou Shan.

• Yue Qing and Qing Yu suspected Chen Changqing might be the mysterious person, while Lu Tian doubted that his junior martial nephew could be so powerful.
• Wu Zhen explained that the ten competitors would fight in pairs until one remained and warned them not to deliberately kill fellow disciples.
• After the competitors hesitated to take the arena first, Yue Ling challenged them and stepped onto the arena.
• Zhou Shan accepted Yue Ling’s challenge and attacked her with Mountain Crushing Collapse from the Thirty-Six Mountain Suppressing Styles.
• Yue Ling answered Zhou Shan’s attack with Three Thousand Moonbeams, Flowing Wind Returning Snow, as her figure blurred like moonlight or a snowflake.

Yue Ling defeated Zhou Shan with her Moonlight Sword Technique, then accepted a challenge from Lie Wushuang. Their battle began when Lie Wushuang unleashed two fire dragons, which Yue Ling evaded as the chapter ended.

• Yue Ling dodged Zhou Shan's punch and cut him with dozens of precise sword strikes, prompting him to concede.
• Yue Ling left the arena as the Mount Shu disciples praised her victory, and Yue Qing dismissed the possibility that Zhou Shan was the mysterious person.
• Yue Ling invited another Peak Scion to challenge her, and Lie Wushuang stepped onto the arena.
• Lie Wushuang challenged Yue Ling's swordsmanship with his Thirty-Six Burning Heaven Styles and sent two fire dragons at her.
• Yue Ling used her Movement Method to evade the fire dragons as they swept across the arena.

Yue Ling turned the tide against Lie Wushuang by breaking through his Burning Heaven True Fire with the Moonlight Sword Technique. The fight ended with her sword at Lie Wushuang’s throat, though he had not yet admitted defeat.

• Lie Wushuang filled the arena with fire and tried to trap Yue Ling, but she dodged his attacks.
• Yue Ling unleashed “Three Thousand Moonbeams, Moon Fills the Western Tower,” extinguishing the flames and striking Lie Wushuang through his Fire God’s Shield.
• Lie Wushuang drew his Burning Heaven Sword and attacked Yue Ling with “Burning Heaven! Blazing Sun Slash.”
• Yue Ling shattered the crimson sun with a single thrust and appeared before Lie Wushuang with the Moonlight Sword at his throat.

Yue Ling defeated Lie Wushuang, then faced Ji Wuhen, whose fierce halberd attacks forced her onto the defensive. The duel remained unresolved as Ji Wuhen continued his assault.

• Yue Ling defeated Lie Wushuang, and the Cloud Perch Peak disciples celebrated her victory.
• Ancestor Fire Spirit comforted Lie Wushuang after his loss, while Chen Changqing chose to wait before entering the arena.
• Yue Ling invited another Peak Scion to challenge her, and Ji Wuhen stepped forward with his battle halberd.
• Ji Wuhen attacked Yue Ling with a series of powerful, rapid strikes, forcing her to rely on her Movement Method and defend passively.

Ji Wuhen used his Battle Intent Domain to suppress Yue Ling and defeat her in the arena, though her final sword strike wounded him. He then challenged the remaining Peak Scions, and Xu Ruochen took the stage and began countering Ji Wuhen with his Phantom Shadow Domain.

• Ji Wuhen unleashed his Battle Intent Domain, suppressing Yue Ling despite her Moonlight Domain and driving her onto the defensive.
• Yue Ling countered with Three Thousand Moonbeams, Moon Sets Crow Cries, but Ji Wuhen defeated her and sent her crashing to the arena’s edge.
• Yue Ling admitted defeat and returned to Cloud Perch Peak, while the Mount Shu disciples reacted with surprise.
• Ji Wuhen challenged the remaining Peak Scions, and Xu Ruochen of Void Breaking Peak accepted.
• Xu Ruochen evaded Ji Wuhen’s attacks through more than a hundred exchanges, then revealed his Phantom Shadow Domain and launched Phantom Killing Domain and Thousand Blade Twist Strike.

Xu Ruochen defeated Ji Wuhen, but Qing Yu challenged him and won with the Seven Azure Phoenix Absolutes. As Xu Ruochen left the arena, Yue Qing watched Qing Yu with resentment over their earlier encounter in the Universe Landscape Map.

• Xu Ruochen knocked Ji Wuhen off the arena with a sword strike, surprising the Mount Shu disciples and Chen Changqing.
• Xu Ruochen invited the remaining contenders to challenge him, and Qing Yu stepped onto the arena and confronted him.
• Qing Yu countered Xu Ruochen’s sword attack with the Azure Phoenix Sword and used Three Thousand Feathered Transformations to break his defense.
• Qing Yu used Azure Sky Feather to pierce Xu Ruochen’s spatial concealment and defeat him, then mocked him as Xu Ruochen left the arena.
• Yue Qing watched Qing Yu angrily and recalled that Qing Yu had abandoned him while they fought the mysterious straw-hat-wearing person in the Universe Landscape Map.