Recaps

After Bai Wuya rescued Rujie and killed the three attackers, the group rested together in the abandoned Medicine Garden. They agreed to travel to the Immortal Secret Realm, with Bai Wuya offering to accompany Chen Changqing, Si Youyou, and Rujie.

• Rujie thanked Chen Changqing for the pill, and Si Youyou explained that Bai Wuya had sensed his danger and arrived to help.
• Bai Wuya killed the three kneeling cultivators with a spear of True Qi and gave their Storage Bags to Rujie.
• Rujie meditated to recover while Chen Changqing, Si Youyou, and Bai Wuya rested around a campfire.
• Chen Changqing told Bai Wuya that he, Rujie, and Si Youyou planned to visit the Immortal Secret Realm, surprising Si Youyou by including her.
• Bai Wuya said he would also go to the Immortal Secret Realm, and Rujie urged Chen Changqing to ask him to travel with them.
• Bai Wuya offered to accompany Chen Changqing, Si Youyou, and Rujie if Chen Changqing did not mind.

Chen Changqing agreed to enter the Immortal Secret Realm with Bai Wuya, Rujie, and Si Youyou, then returned from the Land of the Fallen Heavenly Monarch to find his five Immortal Artifacts had made him famous. The chapter left him facing a crowd of cultivators eager to seize his treasures, while he remained confident in his ability to fight an ordinary True Lord with his clones.

• Bai Wuya invited Chen Changqing to travel with him to the Immortal Secret Realm, and Chen Changqing accepted.
• Rujie teased that Chen Changqing had taken a fancy to Si Youyou, who clarified she was willing to join them despite her surprise at being invited.
• Chen Changqing, Bai Wuya, Rujie, and Si Youyou rested in the Medicine Garden, then left the Land of the Fallen Heavenly Monarch the next morning.
• Cultivators outside discussed Chen Changqing's fight against True Lord Lieyue and True Lord Duanzui, his five Immortal Artifacts, and Bai Wuya's arrival to rescue him.
• The crowd recognized Chen Changqing and stared at him with greed, while he stayed calm and considered himself capable of fighting an ordinary True Lord with his clones.

Bai Wuya protected Chen Changqing from cultivators coveting his Immortal Artifacts, then led him and their companions to the God-Burying Wasteland for the Immortal Secret Realm. As they waited among the enormous crowd, Chen Changqing learned that some Heavenly Monarchs avoid ascending and instead follow a special path.

• Bai Wuya released his Heavenly Monarch presence, frightening away the cultivators who had gathered around Chen Changqing.
• Rujie asked Chen Changqing for an Immortal Artifact, and Chen Changqing promised to give him one suited to him in the future.
• Bai Wuya led Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Si Youyou to the God-Burying Wasteland, where countless cultivators had gathered for the Immortal Secret Realm.
• Chen Changqing searched the crowd for familiar faces but found none, while Si Youyou wondered whether any Tribulation Immortals would appear.
• Bai Wuya explained that some Heavenly Monarchs refused to ascend to the Upper Realm and chose a special path instead.

Bai Wuya explained how Peak Heavenly Monarchs could become Tribulation Immortals through Liberation by Violence, and Chen Changqing learned about their immense strength and recurring tribulations. As the Immortal Secret Realm drew near, numerous True Lords arrived at the God-Burying Wasteland, and Si Youyou warned that stronger cultivators might still come.

• Bai Wuya explained that Tribulation Immortals could be created through Liberation by Violence and had to face a Heavenly Tribulation every thousand years, ascending after passing nine.
• Si Youyou said Tribulation Immortals were rare in the Nine Provinces, especially those who had survived three or more tribulations, and Chen Changqing wondered whether any would come to the Immortal Secret Realm.
• True Lords Jinkue, Xuanyan, Qingming, Lieshan, and Youquan arrived at the God-Burying Wasteland, drawing astonished reactions from the gathered cultivators.
• More True Lords arrived, and Rujie said Bai Wuya's presence was fortunate because the group might otherwise be unable to protect any treasures they found.
• Si Youyou said the arriving True Lords were only the beginning and called them an appetizer.

Heavenly Monarchs arrived at the God-Burying Wasteland as cultivators gathered for the Immortal Secret Realm. Chen Changqing recognized Separation Fire Heavenly Monarch and Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch, leaving Rujie and Si Youyou surprised by how many powerful figures he knew.

• Taiyin Heavenly Monarch arrived in a black war chariot pulled by nine Nether Ghost Dragons, and the cultivators were awed by his presence.
• Rujie remarked that Bai Wuya had arrived more discreetly, while Bai Wuya sensed another Heavenly Monarch approaching.
• Separation Fire Heavenly Monarch appeared in a golden sun, and Chen Changqing recognized him from their meeting at Medicine God Valley.
• Separation Fire Heavenly Monarch exchanged a brief, cold greeting with Taiyin Heavenly Monarch.
• Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch arrived amid a vast Taiji Diagram, and Chen Changqing recognized him, surprising Rujie and Si Youyou.

Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch arrived at the God-Burying Wasteland, joining Taiyin and Separation Fire as another contender for the Immortal Secret Realm. The three Heavenly Monarchs noticed Chen Changqing and Bai Wuya, whose breakthrough to the Heavenly Monarch Realm heightened their concern about the competition ahead.

• Chen Changqing recalled the past battle at Medicine God Valley, where Wu Zhen had used the Haotian Mirror to drive back Kunyuan and the other Heavenly Monarchs.
• Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch arrived, and Separation Fire and Taiyin recognized him as a rival for the Immortal Secret Realm’s treasures.
• Kunyuan and Separation Fire spotted Chen Changqing and remembered Wu Zhen’s efforts to protect him at Medicine God Valley.
• Separation Fire and Kunyuan discovered that Bai Wuya had advanced to the Heavenly Monarch Realm and wondered why he had come with Chen Changqing.
• Taiyin also recognized Bai Wuya, while Chen Changqing and his companions noticed the Heavenly Monarchs’ scrutiny.
• The gathered cultivators began speculating about Chen Changqing and Bai Wuya after seeing all three Heavenly Monarchs focus on them.

The Immortal Secret Realm opened, and Chen Changqing sensed that his Inheritance Token was reacting to something within it. Before the Heavenly Monarchs could enter, Cold Moon Fairy arrived with a presence stronger than theirs, shocking Si Youyou and Bai Wuya.

• A golden portal rose from the God-Burying Wasteland, announcing the opening of the Immortal Secret Realm.
• Chen Changqing's Inheritance Token reacted, leading him to suspect that another Inheritance Token was inside the realm.
• Rujie, Si Youyou, Bai Wuya, and the gathered cultivators waited as Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch, Separation Fire Heavenly Monarch, and Taiyin Heavenly Monarch prepared to enter.
• A terrifying presence descended, covering the wasteland in snow and surpassing the strength of the three Heavenly Monarchs.
• Cold Moon Fairy appeared, and Si Youyou and Bai Wuya recognized her with alarm.

The arrival of Cold Moon Fairy, a Tribulation Immortal on the Immortal Ranking, shocked the cultivators gathered at the Immortal Secret Realm and made the Heavenly Monarchs fear a fiercer struggle ahead. Chen Changqing learned that Mount Shu also had hidden Tribulation Immortals, but Bai Wuya said their identities and whereabouts were top secrets.

• Si Youyou told Chen Changqing that Cold Moon Fairy was one of the Ten Great Fairies and a Tribulation Immortal on the Immortal Ranking.
• Rujie and the gathered cultivators marveled at Cold Moon Fairy's arrival and wondered what treasure had drawn her to the Secret Realm.
• Taiyin Heavenly Monarch, Separation Fire Heavenly Monarch, and Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch worried that Cold Moon Fairy would compete with them for opportunities inside the Secret Realm.
• Bai Wuya reflected on his new Heavenly Monarch cultivation and resolved to refine the remaining power of the Heavenly Monarch Fruit and advance toward the Tribulation Immortal Realm.
• Chen Changqing asked Bai Wuya whether Mount Shu had any Tribulation Immortals, and Bai Wuya confirmed that it did.
• Bai Wuya told Chen Changqing that Mount Shu's Tribulation Immortals' identities and whereabouts were top secrets, and that they appeared only during life-or-death crises.

Chen Changqing and the others witnessed a second Tribulation Immortal arrive at the Immortal Secret Realm, slaughtering many cultivators with a single saber strike. Bai Wuya identified the newcomer as Blood Sea True Person and began explaining his origins.

• Chen Changqing wondered why Cold Moon Fairy had not entered the Immortal Secret Realm and suspected another Tribulation Immortal was coming.
• A blood-red light spread across the God-Burying Wasteland, and its stench and aura frightened the cultivators.
• Bai Wuya sensed danger and pulled Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Si Youyou away from the area.
• Blood-red saber Qi descended and killed the cultivators caught within its thousand-zhang reach, including a True Lord.
• Bai Wuya named the newcomer Blood Sea True Person and explained that the rogue cultivator had risen from a lowly sect disciple to the Tribulation Immortal realm.

Bai Wuya explained that Blood Sea True Person was a notorious Tribulation Immortal who practiced the Blood Sha Scripture by absorbing living beings’ Essence Blood. Blood Sea True Person arrived at the Immortal Secret Realm and absorbed the blood from the God-Burying Wasteland, while Chen Changqing wondered whether his AFK Cultivation System could use the scripture without killing anyone; the three Heavenly Monarchs watched the newcomer warily.

• Bai Wuya told Chen Changqing and the others about Blood Sea True Person’s massacres and his rise to the Tribulation Immortal Realm.
• Si Youyou noted that Blood Sea True Person made two Tribulation Immortals in the Immortal Secret Realm, and Bai Wuya explained that the realm had no cultivation restriction.
• Blood Sea True Person revealed his true form and intrinsic Immortal Artifact, the Blood Sha Blade, terrifying the gathered cultivators.
• Blood Sea True Person absorbed the blood mist and blood across the God-Burying Wasteland, then said his slash had yielded the Essence Blood of three hundred and seventy-six people.
• Chen Changqing considered whether the AFK Cultivation System could cultivate the Blood Sha Scripture without killing anyone, while the three Heavenly Monarchs watched Blood Sea True Person warily.

Chen Changqing and his companions learned why Tribulation Immortals sought the Undying Medicine before entering the Immortal Secret Realm. They arrived in a radiant world rich in Spiritual Qi, where Si Youyou reminded Rujie that their stay would be limited.

• Blood Sea True Person and Cold Moon Fairy exchanged barbed remarks, and Bai Wuya explained that the Undying Medicine could let a Tribulation Immortal safely endure a Heavenly Tribulation.
• Cold Moon Fairy and Blood Sea True Person entered the Immortal Secret Realm, followed by the three Heavenly Monarchs and then the other cultivators.
• Bai Wuya led Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Si Youyou through the golden gate into the Secret Realm.
• Chen Changqing and his companions found themselves in a golden-skyed realm filled with dense Spiritual Qi, and Si Youyou warned Rujie that the Secret Realm would eventually send them out.

Chen Changqing sensed another Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor Inheritance Token in the Immortal Secret Realm and split from his companions to seek it. Following its guidance, he found a gorge filled with spirit medicines and moved them into the Heaven-Stepping Ring.

• Chen Changqing sensed his Inheritance Token stir after entering the Immortal Secret Realm and suspected another token was nearby.
• After a long search yielded few treasures, Chen Changqing proposed that the group split up, and Bai Wuya, Rujie, and Si Youyou agreed.
• Bai Wuya, Rujie, and Si Youyou left the Sword Platform, allowing Chen Changqing to search alone for the other Inheritance Token.
• Chen Changqing followed the token's guidance to a dense forest and discovered a gorge packed with spirit medicines.
• Chen Changqing gathered the spirit medicines, including immature plants, and transferred them into the Heaven-Stepping Ring.

Chen Changqing found and collected several thousand-year-old Dragon-Vein Ganoderma before killing the Cloud-Swallowing Python guarding it. A group of cultivators arrived and demanded the medicine, and the chapter ended as their fat leader attacked Chen Changqing.

• Chen Changqing discovered a hidden cave with a spirit spring and several thousand-year-old Dragon-Vein Ganoderma, then stored the medicine, soil, and spring in his Heaven-Stepping Ring.
• A Cloud-Swallowing Python attacked Chen Changqing, who killed it with a single sword strike.
• A black-robed Mid Tribulation Transcendence cultivator and his group arrived and questioned Chen Changqing about the Dragon-Vein Ganoderma.
• Chen Changqing refused to hand over the medicine, and the fat cultivator charged at him with his hammer.

Chen Changqing survived the fat cultivator’s hammer blow and killed him with one strike of the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique. After the Black-Robed Cultivator offered to give up the Dragon-Vein Ganoderma, Chen Changqing declared that none of them would leave alive.

• The fat cultivator struck Chen Changqing with his enormous hammer, but Chen Changqing remained unharmed.
• The fat cultivator attacked again, and Chen Changqing drew the Heavenly Thunder Sword and killed him with one strike.
• The Black-Robed Cultivator recognized the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique and the Immortal Artifact, then offered to give up the Dragon-Vein Ganoderma.
• Chen Changqing mocked the Black-Robed Cultivator’s change of heart and vowed to kill everyone present.

Chen Changqing slaughtered the cultivators who attacked him, then chased down and killed the fleeing Black-Robed Cultivator. He kept the cultivator’s Storage Bag and planned to give the Dragon-Vein Ganoderma to Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, Hua Yao, and Liu Ruyan.

• The Black-Robed Cultivator ordered his group to attack Chen Changqing while secretly fleeing, but Chen Changqing cut down the attackers.
• Chen Changqing killed the Thin Cultivator with a sword strike and received AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing caught up with the Black-Robed Cultivator, who offered his Storage Bag in exchange for his life.
• The Black-Robed Cultivator attacked Chen Changqing, but Chen Changqing killed him with the Immortal Execution Sword Technique, Spirit Slaying.
• Chen Changqing kept the Storage Bag and considered giving the Dragon-Vein Ganoderma to Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, Hua Yao, and Liu Ruyan.

Chen Changqing followed the Inheritance Token into a valley and encountered a gigantic immortal beast guarding it. After the beast attacked him and proved stronger than a Late Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, Chen Changqing struck back with the Heavenly Thunder Twin Swords, and the clash escalated as the beast gathered a destructive sphere of energy.

• Chen Changqing followed the Inheritance Token’s guidance and entered the valley where the other token was located.
• The immortal beast sensed Chen Changqing and attacked him with blood-red beams and a roar-driven whirlwind, which Chen Changqing evaded and shattered with the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist.
• Chen Changqing recognized that the beast’s presence was stronger than a Late Tribulation Transcendence cultivator’s and summoned the Heavenly Thunder Twin Swords.
• The immortal beast charged Chen Changqing, and he dodged its claw before sending the Thunder Flame Sword toward its eye.
• The beast knocked the Thunder Flame Sword aside but was hurt by its lightning, then began condensing a destructive sphere in its mouth.
• Chen Changqing combined the twin swords into the Heavenly Thunder Sword, releasing the might of an Immortal Artifact.

Chen Changqing killed the immortal beast guarding the valley and claimed its Inheritance Token. When it fused with the token he already possessed, the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor appeared before him.

• Chen Changqing shattered the immortal beast’s dark red sphere with the Heavenly Thunder Sword and was sent staggering by the clash.
• Chen Changqing summoned the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder and wounded the immortal beast with a lightning Sword Qi strike.
• Chen Changqing used Immortal Execution to pierce the beast’s head and kill it.
• Chen Changqing entered the cave, found the Inheritance Token, and drew it into his hand.
• Chen Changqing summoned his first Inheritance Token, and the two tokens fused, causing the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor to appear.

Chen Changqing met the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor's phantom and learned that nine other successors were competing with him for the Emperor's true inheritance. The phantom vanished without explaining how to find them, leaving Chen Changqing to rely on his Inheritance Token as he searched for more tokens.

• The Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor told Chen Changqing that he had left the Secret Realm and its Inheritance Tokens behind.
• The Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor revealed that Chen Changqing had nine other rivals, and that only one of the ten successors would receive his true inheritance.
• The Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor warned Chen Changqing that the other successors included reincarnated old monsters, banished immortals, and people born with great fortune.
• The Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor's phantom disappeared before answering Chen Changqing's questions about the other successors.
• Chen Changqing wondered whether the warning was true, then decided to keep searching for Inheritance Tokens and watch for signs of the other successors.

Chen Changqing obtained the fused Inheritance Token but found no other reward, then headed toward a battle between two True Lords over a mysterious fragment. He watched True Lord Jinkue and the Black-Robed True Lord injure each other, and both were sent flying after exchanging attacks.

• Chen Changqing fused the Inheritance Token left by the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor with his own and learned that nine other people were competing for the inheritance.
• Chen Changqing left the cave abode and flew toward the sounds of a fierce battle.
• Chen Changqing saw True Lord Jinkue and the Black-Robed True Lord fighting over a fragment resting on an altar.
• The Black-Robed True Lord offered to let True Lord Jinkue have the fragment, but Jinkue refused and prepared another attack.
• True Lord Jinkue suffered a backlash, allowing the Black-Robed True Lord to stab his shoulder before Jinkue punched him in the chest and sent them both flying.

Chen Changqing tried to seize a black fragment after True Lord Jinkue and True Lord Long Ying were gravely wounded, but protective restrictions threw him back. He chose to challenge the two True Lords, and Long Ying was shocked when Chen Changqing shattered his sword strike with one punch.

• Chen Changqing approached the black fragment, but restrictions left by True Lord Jinkue and True Lord Long Ying destroyed his Spiritual Power and blasted him backward.
• True Lord Jinkue and Long Ying warned Chen Changqing to leave, while he assessed their injuries and weighed his chances against them.
• Chen Changqing called on the two wounded True Lords to give up the fragment and leave to recover.
• True Lord Long Ying attacked Chen Changqing with a black Sword-Ray, but Chen Changqing shattered it with his Heavenly Emperor Fist.
• Long Ying reacted in disbelief at Chen Changqing's strength, while True Lord Jinkue warned that the junior was not simple.

Chen Changqing broke True Lord Jinkue and True Lord Long Ying’s seals, took the fragment, and stowed it in his Heaven-Stepping Ring. Long Ying threatened to kill him, and Chen Changqing taunted him over his injuries as the confrontation escalated.

• Chen Changqing recognized that True Lord Jinkue and True Lord Long Ying were grievously injured and decided to challenge them for the fragment.
• Chen Changqing used Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist’s Star-Falling Style to shatter the two True Lords’ seals on the fragment.
• Chen Changqing took the fragment, felt an ancient will surge into him, and placed it in his Heaven-Stepping Ring.
• True Lord Jinkue demanded that Chen Changqing hand over the fragment, while True Lord Long Ying threatened him on behalf of the Nether Sect.
• Chen Changqing dismissed Long Ying’s threat and mocked his weakened state, prompting Long Ying to vow to kill him.

Chen Changqing faced the wounded True Lord Jinkue and True Lord Long Ying as they prepared to attack him and divide his possessions. After he revealed the Heavenly Thunder Sword and three identical-presence clones, the chapter ended as two clones manifested more Immortal Artifacts.

• True Lord Long Ying urged True Lord Jinkue to join forces and kill Chen Changqing before deciding who would take the fragment.
• True Lord Jinkue and True Lord Long Ying gathered their strength to attack, while Chen Changqing summoned the Heavenly Thunder Sword.
• True Lord Long Ying proposed that he and True Lord Jinkue divide Chen Changqing's Immortal Artifact and the fragment after killing him, and Chen Changqing mocked their confidence.
• Chen Changqing summoned three clones whose presences matched his own, shocking True Lord Jinkue and True Lord Long Ying.
• Chen Changqing's first clone manifested the Immortal Artifact Haotian Hammer, while his second clone summoned the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear.

Chen Changqing and his three avatars used four Immortal Artifacts to defeat and kill True Lord Jinkue and True Lord Long Ying. After collecting their storage artifacts, Chen Changqing received AFK Points from the system for both kills.

• True Lord Jinkue and True Lord Long Ying were stunned to see Chen Changqing and his three avatars wield four Immortal Artifacts, then attacked him for the treasures.
• Chen Changqing and his avatars countered with sword, hammer, spear, and zither techniques, breaking both True Lords' attacks.
• The Immortal-Burying Zither's sound struck the True Lords' souls, leaving them vulnerable to the remaining attacks.
• Chen Changqing's attacks killed True Lord Jinkue and True Lord Long Ying, leaving behind their storage artifacts.
• Chen Changqing collected the artifacts, dismissed his avatars, and laughed when the system awarded him AFK Points for both kills.

After killing True Lord Jinkue and True Lord Long Ying, Chen Changqing examined the black fragment they had fought over and learned it was a Fragment of the Creation Jade Disk containing an embryonic Law of Time and Space. He spent 500,000 AFK Points to begin refining it and started experiencing the law’s effects.

• Chen Changqing retrieved the Heavenly Thunder Sword, claimed the two True Lords’ storage treasures and the black fragment, and left the battlefield with 480,000 AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing found a secluded mountain fissure, sealed it with restrictions and a formation, and examined the fragment.
• Chen Changqing sent his Divine Sense into the fragment and received visions of a shattered disk before the system identified it as a Fragment of the Creation Jade Disk containing an embryonic Law of Time and Space.
• Chen Changqing learned that the first stage of refinement would cost 500,000 AFK Points and chose to spend them to gain another means of protecting himself.
• Chen Changqing began refining the fragment and felt time slow around him as he tried to draw on the law within his body.

Chen Changqing gained his first glimpse of the embryonic law of time and space, then discovered a Soul Mark had partly escaped from True Lord Long Ying’s belongings. The Nether Sect learned that Long Ying had died and sent people to investigate the Immortal Secret Realm for the sword-wielding killer.

• Chen Changqing tested the fragment’s time-and-space ability, which briefly slowed Spiritual Power, and learned that further refinement would require more AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing searched True Lord Jinkue’s and True Lord Long Ying’s storage artifacts, finding a mysterious golden Token and the Nether Soul Seal Jade Slip.
• A Soul Mark emerged from Long Ying’s Jade Slip; Chen Changqing destroyed most of it with the Heavenly Thunder Sword, but a remnant escaped before he left the mountain.
• A Nether Sect disciple discovered that Long Ying’s soul lamp had gone out and reported his death to the sect master.
• The Nether Sect Master examined the damaged Soul Mark and ordered his people to investigate the Immortal Secret Realm for a sword-wielding Tribulation Transcendence cultivator.