Recaps

Chen Changqing defeated Niu Lieshan with a single punch and frightened the challengers into avoiding him, helping the selection finish with two hundred people qualifying. Long Qian then announced that the Second Trial would test artifact refining and pill refining, prompting widespread protests.

• Chen Changqing used the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist to punch Niu Lieshan into the mountain wall, then threatened the young man in the blue-black robe and asked who would challenge him next.
• No one dared fight Chen Changqing, and the remaining challenges avoided the first ten areas while he watched from Position No. 3.
• The Dragon Might Platform's selection continued for a day, leaving two hundred people qualified for the Second Trial.
• Long Qian announced that the Second Trial would involve artifact refining and pill refining, shocking the combat cultivators and prompting them to protest.
• Long Lan asked Long Jing why the trial involved refining, but he said he could not guess Long Qian's reasoning.

Long Qian changed the contest for the True Dragon Clan’s son-in-law into a three-day artifact-refining or pill-making test and opened the clan’s treasure vault to the contestants. While the others rushed to claim materials, Chen Changqing stayed seated, confident that he could wait and still win.

• The contestants objected when Long Qian announced that artifact refining would be part of the test, and Long Qian silenced them by saying a true expert should know how to create as well as fight.
• Long Qian gave the contestants three days to refine an artifact or a pill, with the finished product’s grade deciding the winner.
• Long Qian opened the treasure vault and offered its materials and equipment, promising entry to the Ancestral Dragon Pool to anyone who could refine an Immortal Artifact.
• The heaven’s chosen rushed into the vault to claim materials and furnaces.
• Long Lan urged Chen Changqing to hurry, but he sipped his tea and said experts often made their entrance last.

Chen Changqing waited until the second day of the artifact-refining trial before taking the Nine-Heaven Breathing Soil and Chaos Divine Wood from the treasure vault. He left the vault amid widespread ridicule, while the young man surnamed Chu watched with interest.

• Chen Changqing spent the first day drinking tea and sleeping while other participants refined artifacts and pills.
• A White-Clad Sword Cultivator refined a Low-Grade Spirit Treasure, prompting Long Lan to despair over Chen Changqing's inactivity.
• Chen Changqing entered the treasure vault and ignored the remaining ordinary materials, heading for its restricted depths.
• Chen Changqing calmly opened the golden restriction and took the Nine-Heaven Breathing Soil and Chaos Divine Wood.
• Long Lan tried to stop Chen Changqing, while the other cultivators mocked him for taking materials meant for refining Immortal Artifacts.
• The young man surnamed Chu watched Chen Changqing with amusement as his gray-clad old servant wondered whether he had something to rely on.

Chen Changqing revealed the Haotian Hammer, an Immortal Artifact, during the artifact-refining trial, silencing the crowd and suppressing every artifact and spirit flame on the platform. Long Qian recognized the hammer as Ou Ye Tiangong’s legendary natal Immortal Artifact and wondered whether Chen Changqing was his successor.

• Chen Changqing planted the chaos divine wood and set down the Nine-Heaven Breathing Soil while spectators mocked him for having no furnace.
• Chen Changqing took an ordinary-looking black hammer from his Storage Ring, drawing more laughter from the crowd.
• Chen Changqing shook the hammer, releasing Immortal might that silenced the platform and suppressed the other contestants’ artifacts and spirit flames.
• An onlooker identified the hammer as an Immortal Artifact, stunning the crowd and leaving Long Lan, the White-Clad Sword Cultivator, and the young man surnamed Chu shaken.
• Long Qian recognized the hammer as Ou Ye Tiangong’s Haotian Hammer and wondered whether Chen Changqing was Ou Ye Tiangong’s successor.

Chen Changqing forged the Chaos Divine Wood and Nine-Heaven Breathing Soil with the Haotian Hammer, the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, and nine different flames. After shaping the materials into a dragon-and-phoenix jade pendant, he struck it with the final hammer blow, releasing a powerful shock wave.

• Chen Changqing began hammering the Chaos Divine Wood and Nine-Heaven Breathing Soil with the Haotian Hammer, and Patriarch Long Qian recognized his technique as the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique.
• Chen Changqing summoned nine distinct flames, which formed fire dragons and fused the two divine materials into chaotic liquid.
• Chen Changqing used the Thirty-Six Chaotic Cloak Hammers to purify and shape the liquid into a jade pendant carved with a divine dragon and phoenix.
• Chen Changqing poured his strength and the Law Power of his Nine Primordial Spirits into the Haotian Hammer and struck the pendant with the thirty-sixth blow, unleashing a shock wave.

Chen Changqing’s Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant unleashed a shockwave that devastated nearby treasures and stunned the gathering, while Long Ziyue recognized his hammer technique as the legendary Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique. As tribulation clouds gathered above the Dragon Gate, the chapter left Chen Changqing facing a mysterious heavenly trial.

• Chen Changqing’s Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant sent out a soundless shockwave that shattered Law Treasures and damaged cultivators across the stone platform.
• The gathered cultivators and Patriarch Long Qian reacted with shock as they realized Chen Changqing might have crafted an Immortal Artifact.
• Long Ziyue arrived at the gathering and recognized Chen Changqing’s hammer technique as the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, wondering if he was Master Ouye Zi’s successor.
• Tribulation clouds filled the sky above the Dragon Gate as a crushing pressure descended on the gathering.

A Chaos Tribulation Cloud appeared over the newly forged Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant, and Long Qian identified it as an Immortal Artifact Heavenly Tribulation. As its first Chaos Nirvana Divine Light strike descended, Chen Changqing raised the Haotian Hammer and swung at it.

• The tribulation cloud’s terrifying pressure frightened the crowd, while Long Lan asked Long Jing what Li Feiyu had done.
• Long Qian recognized the phenomenon as an Immortal Artifact Heavenly Tribulation, revealing that Chen Changqing had refined an Immortal Artifact.
• The crowd and Long Ziyue realized the scale of Chen Changqing’s achievement, while the Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant faced the approaching tribulation.
• The Chaos Tribulation Cloud sent a bolt of Chaos Nirvana Divine Light toward the pendant.
• Chen Changqing casually swung the Haotian Hammer at the descending lightning.

Chen Changqing used the Haotian Hammer to shatter the Chaos Nirvana Divine Light aimed at the Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant, stunning everyone at the Dragon Gate Stone Platform. As the Heavenly Tribulation escalated into a vast lightning net, he charged into it and used the storm to sharpen his artifact.

• Chen Changqing struck the first bolt of Chaos Nirvana Divine Light with the Haotian Hammer and made it vanish.
• Long Qian and the witnesses watched in shock as the Chaos Tribulation Cloud swelled and sent three stronger bolts at Chen Changqing and the Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant.
• Chen Changqing shattered all three bolts with three blows of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique.
• After Chen Changqing challenged the tribulation cloud, it unleashed dozens of bolts in a lightning net, and the crowd fled toward the edge of the Dragon Gate Stone Platform.
• Chen Changqing flew into the lightning net and shattered its bolts with the Haotian Hammer, declaring that he would use the Heavenly Tribulation to sharpen his artifact.

Chen Changqing endured the eighth Heavenly Tribulation with the Haotian Hammer, but the Nine-Colored Heavenly Tribulation emerged as an even greater threat. The chapter ended as he braced to face its descending strike.

• Chen Changqing cleared the seventh wave of Heavenly Tribulation and finished purging the Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant’s impurities.
• The tribulation cloud condensed and unleashed the eighth strike, a massive black pillar of light.
• Chen Changqing met the pillar with the Haotian Hammer’s thirty-fifth Chaotic Cloak strike, destroying it but suffering minor injuries.
• A nine-colored tribulation cloud formed, and everyone recognized the nearly insurmountable Nine-Colored Heavenly Tribulation.
• Chen Changqing steeled himself as the nine-colored divine light descended upon him.

Chen Changqing survived the final Heavenly Tribulation by combining his fist technique with the Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant’s power, completing the Low-grade Immortal Artifact. He then turned toward the True Dragon Clan Chief and began walking to the raised platform.

• Chen Changqing put away the Haotian Hammer and summoned three Avatars to meet the nine-colored divine light with the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist.
• Chen Changqing and his Avatars shattered eight Powers of Principle, but the Avatars vanished and the final black Principle wounded him and sent him falling.
• The Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant released its dragon and phoenix, which entered Chen Changqing and restored his arm while increasing his power.
• Chen Changqing used the Dragon-Phoenix Emperor Fist to shatter the black divine light and end the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Chen Changqing received the completed Low-grade Immortal Artifact, the Dragon-Phoenix Auspicious Pendant, and walked toward the True Dragon Clan Chief.

Chen Changqing completed the Dragon Gate Trial by refining an Immortal Artifact and enduring its Heavenly Tribulation, then asked Clan Chief Long Qian whether he had passed. As Long Qian struggled to answer, Long Ziyue appeared and approached Chen Changqing, struck by his skill.

• Chen Changqing presented the Dragon-Phoenix Auspicious Pendant to Clan Chief Long Qian and asked whether he had passed the trial.
• The crowd was stunned by Chen Changqing’s feat, while Long Qian struggled to respond without making the Dragon Gate Trial seem meaningless.
• Long Ziyue appeared on the raised platform, and the crowd erupted at the sight of the Dragon Clan princess.
• Long Ziyue assured her father that the Heavenly Tribulation had dispersed, then walked toward Chen Changqing.
• Long Ziyue met Chen Changqing’s gaze, reflecting on his artifact refinement and feeling shock, curiosity, and admiration.

Long Ziyue examined Chen Changqing’s Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant and discovered its extraordinary power and craftsmanship. Impressed by his artifact-refining skill, she asked to exchange insights with him, and the chapter ended before he answered.

• Long Ziyue asked to inspect the Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant, and Chen Changqing casually tossed it to her.
• Long Ziyue sensed the pendant’s dragon and phoenix origins, its flawless formation, and a trace of Heavenly Dao Principle within it.
• Long Ziyue returned the pendant to Chen Changqing and bowed, expressing her admiration for his artifact-refining skill.
• Long Ziyue asked Chen Changqing to exchange insights on artifact refining, and he began to reply.

After Chen Changqing won the artifact refinement trial by forging an Immortal Artifact, the Dragon Palace spent three days buzzing with stories about him. The twenty finalists gathered at an imposing plaza for the Third Trial, where Long Qian began the final stage's announcement.

• Long Qian declared Li Feiyu first in the artifact refinement trial and announced that the top twenty would advance to the Third Trial in three days.
• Chen Changqing ignored the crowd's awe, put away the Dragon-Phoenix Auspicious Pendant, and left without looking back at Long Ziyue.
• Stories of Li Feiyu's Immortal Artifact and his clash with its Heavenly Tribulation spread throughout the East Sea Dragon Palace, while people avoided his courtyard.
• After the ancient bell rang, Chen Changqing joined the other nineteen finalists and followed Dragon Clan guards to an ancient plaza surrounded by nine Dragon Pillars.
• Long Qian addressed the assembled finalists from an altar and announced that the Dragon Gate trials had reached their final stage.

Long Qian announced that the Dragon Gate Trial’s final round would be life-or-death combat, and the contestants drew lots for their opponents. Chu Xiong killed his first opponent with a punch that matched Chen Changqing’s Heavenly Tribulation-defying fist technique, leaving the crowd wondering whether Chen Changqing was also from the Central Province Chu Family.

• Long Qian declared that the final trial round would consist of one-on-one fights, with death allowed and withdrawal forbidden.
• The contestants drew lots, and Chen Changqing received number twenty while Chu Xiong drew number one.
• Chu Xiong entered the first arena and challenged his opponent, revealing himself as the Qilin child of the Central Province Chu Family.
• Chu Xiong killed a Late Tribulation Transcendence cultivator with a single punch that destroyed both his body and soul.
• The crowd recognized Chu Xiong’s Fist Intent as identical to the technique Chen Changqing had used against the Heavenly Tribulation, and Long Ziyue reacted in shock.

Chen Changqing won his first match in the third trial when his opponent conceded without a fight, while Chu Xiong slaughtered his opponents on the first arena. Chen Changqing’s next opponents also surrendered, leaving the second arena peaceful as the chapter ended.

• The crowd noticed that Chen Changqing and Chu Xiong had both used the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist, and Long Qian and Long Ziyue wondered about Chen Changqing’s hidden abilities.
• Chu Xiong threatened Chen Changqing, who ignored him and stepped onto the second arena; Chu Xiong killed his already-defeated opponent in a burst of rage.
• A frightened ascetic conceded to Chen Changqing, and the arena elder declared Li Feiyu the winner.
• Chen Changqing rested while Chu Xiong killed another opponent and continued slaughtering challengers on the first arena.
• Several contestants on the second arena conceded to Chen Changqing, including a Fox Clan youth who clung to a pillar in fear.

Chen Changqing defeated the White-Clad Sword Cultivator and entered the Dragon Gate trial’s final battle against Chu Xiong. After revealing his true identity as Mount Shu’s Holy Son, he faced Chu Xiong’s challenge over the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor’s inheritance.

• The White-Clad Sword Cultivator unleashed his final sword strike against Chen Changqing, who shattered it with a single finger and left him unharmed.
• Clan Chief Long Qian named Chu Xiong and Li Feiyu the arena victors and opened a Minor World for their decisive battle.
• Chu Xiong accused Li Feiyu of using a false name, and Chen Changqing calmly revealed his real identity.
• The Dragon Palace crowd, Long Ziyue, and Long Qian reacted with shock as they recognized Chen Changqing’s standing as Mount Shu’s Holy Son and future Sect Master.
• Chu Xiong embraced the revelation and challenged Chen Changqing to determine the true successor to the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor’s inheritance.
• Chen Changqing gathered his Fist Intent and told Chu Xiong that his inheritance was not worth mentioning before him.

Chen Changqing overwhelmed Chu Xiong with his superior Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist and four Immortal Artifacts, but Chu Xiong broke through to the True Lord Realm at the brink of death. As Chu Xiong prepared to turn the fight around, Chen Changqing dismissed him as a bigger ant and attacked again.

• Chu Xiong used the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist's Heaven-Collapsing Style, but Chen Changqing's matching punch shattered his Fist Intent and sent him flying.
• Chu Xiong unleashed the Star-Falling Style, and Chen Changqing summoned two avatars, revealing three identical figures with the same cultivation.
• Chen Changqing and his avatars brought out four Immortal Artifacts and attacked Chu Xiong with sword, spear, hammer, and sound techniques.
• The attacks broke Chu Xiong's defenses and wounded him, but he awakened a buried power and broke through to the True Lord Realm, healing his injuries.
• Chu Xiong claimed he would kill Chen Changqing and seize his secrets, but Chen Changqing called him a bigger ant and launched another attack with his avatars.

Chen Changqing defeated Chu Xiong with a punch that erased both the newly ascended True Lord and the Immortal Emperor phantom he summoned. After the battlefield collapsed, Chen Changqing returned to Dragon Palace Square and received the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor's Inheritance Token, which responded to an identical token already in his robes.

• Chen Changqing and his three Avatars overwhelmed Chu Xiong with coordinated attacks, breaking his defenses and cutting him with the Immortal Execution Sword Technique.
• Chu Xiong burned his bloodline and summoned the will of a Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor as his final trump card.
• Chen Changqing merged his three Avatars into himself and used his own Samsara Style to erase the phantom and kill Chu Xiong.
• The Ancient Battlefield collapsed, and Chen Changqing reappeared in Dragon Palace Square as the Dragon Clan watched in stunned silence.
• An ancient bronze inheritance token flew to Chen Changqing, and it answered the identical token that emerged from his robes.

After defeating Chu Xiong, Chen Changqing was declared the True Dragon Clan’s son-in-law, but he rejected the marriage while remaining open to an alliance with Mount Shu. Long Qian erupted in anger, and Long Ziyue was left hurt and confused by Chen Changqing’s refusal.

• Chen Changqing fused two inheritance tokens into a new token and learned that gathering all nine would open the Final Trial Grounds.
• Long Qian announced Chen Changqing as the winner of the Son-in-Law Selection Tournament and declared him the True Dragon Clan’s son-in-law.
• Long Qian brought Chen Changqing to the inner hall, where Long Ziyue joined them.
• Long Qian explained the rival Dragon Clan branches and proposed an alliance so Long Ziyue could win the Ten Thousand Dragon Assembly with Chen Changqing’s help.
• Chen Changqing said an alliance with Mount Shu was possible but refused to agree to the marriage.
• Long Qian threatened Chen Changqing, while Long Ziyue wondered whether he had pursued her only for the Inheritance Token.

Chen Changqing explained that he could not immediately marry Long Ziyue because he already had several fiancées, including Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, Hua Yao, and Liu Ruyan. Long Ziyue accepted being his fourth fiancée, and Chen Changqing agreed to the match, though the wedding was postponed so he could prepare for the Ten Great Sacred Lands Tournament.

• Chen Changqing told Long Qian and Long Ziyue that he already had several fiancées and named Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, Hua Yao, and Liu Ruyan.
• Long Ziyue agreed to become Chen Changqing's fourth fiancée and declared that he could not run away.
• Long Qian celebrated the engagement, welcomed Chen Changqing as his son-in-law, and shared wine with him.
• Chen Changqing said the wedding had to wait because he needed to return to Mount Shu and prepare for the Ten Great Sacred Lands Tournament.
• Long Qian accepted the postponement and promised that the True Dragon Clan would support Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing refused the True Dragon Clan’s Ancestral Dragon Pool, gave Long Ziyue an Immortal-grade Artifact Refiner’s inheritance, and accepted the Dragon Emperor Token before leaving for Mount Shu. After returning to Wind Cloud City and reuniting with Li Yuanyuan, Flying Cloud Sect disciples begged him to save their sect.

• Long Qian offered Chen Changqing a baptism in the Ancestral Dragon Pool, but Chen Changqing declined because his cultivation method did not benefit from external resources.
• Chen Changqing gave Long Ziyue a Jade Slip containing Ou Ye Tiangong’s artifact-refining insights, and Long Qian gave Chen Changqing the Dragon Emperor Token.
• Chen Changqing left the East Sea Dragon Palace for Mount Shu, while Long Qian and Long Ziyue saw him off and discussed the marriage.
• Chen Changqing returned to Green Ox Ridge, then hurried to Wind Cloud City to check on Li Yuanyuan.
• Li Yuanyuan wept with relief when Chen Changqing arrived, and Flying Cloud Sect disciples knelt and pleaded with him to save their sect.

Chen Changqing agreed to save the Flying Cloud Sect after its disciples begged for help, then arrived in time to stop the Black Wood Sect's attack. He killed an attacking elder and confronted True Person Mu, whose appeal to the Yinyue Holy Dynasty failed when Chen revealed he had killed one of its Holy Sons.

• Two Flying Cloud Sect disciples told Chen Changqing that their sect master had died, the Black Wood Sect was attacking, and Elder Zhao was close to defeat.
• Chen Changqing gave Li Yuanyuan a protective Jade Talisman and used a movement technique to take the disciples to the Flying Cloud Sect.
• Elder Zhao welcomed Chen Changqing as the Flying Cloud Sect's Mountain Protection Array neared collapse, while True Person Mu mocked him.
• A Black Wood Sect elder attacked Chen Changqing and vanished when a flash of Thunder Light struck him.
• True Person Mu recognized Chen Changqing's power, tried to retreat, and then invoked the Yinyue Holy Dynasty for protection.
• Chen Changqing said he had already killed a Holy Son of the Yinyue Holy Dynasty, leaving True Person Mu horrified.

Chen Changqing destroyed the Black Wood Sect’s invading forces with one sword strike, then set out with Zhao Wuji to eliminate the sect at its mountain gate. He erased Black Wood Cliff and the Black Wood Sect with a single punch, leaving Zhao Wuji stunned.

• Chen Changqing used the Heavenly Thunder Sword to kill True Person Mu and hundreds of Black Wood Sect cultivators who had attacked the Flying Cloud Sect.
• Zhao Wuji and the surviving Flying Cloud Sect disciples thanked Chen Changqing, and he said he would finish off the Black Wood Sect to leave no loose ends.
• Chen Changqing sent two disciples back to guard the little girl, then used spatial travel to take Zhao Wuji to Black Wood Cliff.
• Chen Changqing surveyed the Black Wood Sect and learned that more than a thousand disciples remained, while its weakened Ten Thousand Wood Spirit-Imprisoning Array protected the mountain gate.
• Chen Changqing struck Black Wood Cliff with the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist, collapsing the array and crushing the sect, its disciples, and the surrounding mountain range.

Chen Changqing destroyed Black Wood Sect, gave Zhao Wuji resources to rebuild the Flying Cloud Sect, and brought Li Yuanyuan to Medicine God Valley for safety. Hua Yao saw Chen Changqing arrive with the little girl and mistakenly believed she might be his daughter.

• Chen Changqing obliterated Black Wood Cliff with one punch, took the surviving treasures, and gave Zhao Wuji a large share to rebuild the Flying Cloud Sect.
• Zhao Wuji returned to the Flying Cloud Sect, announced Black Wood Sect's destruction, and showed the disciples the resources Chen Changqing had bestowed.
• Chen Changqing reunited with Li Yuanyuan in Wind Cloud City and decided to take her to Medicine God Valley.
• Chen Changqing brought Li Yuanyuan to Medicine God Valley and asked to see Hua Yao.
• Yao Feng warned Hua Yao that Chen Changqing had arrived with a little girl who seemed to be his daughter, and Hua Yao rushed to confront him.
• Hua Yao saw Chen Changqing holding Li Yuanyuan's hand and looked at him with hurt and reproach.

Chen Changqing left Li Yuanyuan in Hua Yao’s care at Medicine God Valley and returned to Mount Shu, where disciples welcomed him as their First Sequence Holy Son. He reunited with his master, Chen Yuan, who was astonished by how impossible his cultivation had become to discern.

• Hua Yao mistook Li Yuanyuan for a rival, then learned the girl was the sole survivor of a massacred village and apologized to her.
• Chen Changqing asked Hua Yao to shelter Li Yuanyuan while he prepared for the Holy Land Grand Tournament, and Hua Yao agreed to care for her as a little sister.
• Chen Changqing left Li Yuanyuan with Hua Yao and Yao Feng, giving them supplies and accepting three Nine-Turn Soul Returning Pills from Hua Yao.
• Chen Changqing returned to Evergreen Peak, where Jian Zhenzi and the disciples welcomed him, and he thanked them for their work while he was away.
• Chen Changqing visited Heaven Pivot Peak and shared Enlightenment Tea with Chen Yuan, who realized he could no longer see through his disciple’s cultivation.