Recaps

Chen Changqing defeated Chen Yuan's ultimate sword strike and secured a decisive victory, forcing Wu Xing to admit he had misjudged both Chen Yuan and the situation. After acknowledging the power of Chen Yuan's sword, Chen Changqing told him he was coming to the sect competition, leaving Chen Yuan stunned.

• Chen Yuan's Sever Dustbound Ties shattered against Chen Changqing's Sword World, and Chen Yuan admitted defeat.
• Lu Tian celebrated Chen Changqing's victory while Chen Yuan and his faction welcomed the result, and Wu Xing acknowledged that he had misjudged Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing praised the strength of Chen Yuan's sword and said it would have killed any cultivator of their age who faced it without the Sword World.
• Chen Changqing told Chen Yuan he was coming with him to the sect competition, and Chen Yuan replied that he had already lost.

Chen Changqing and the Mount Shu elders chose Chen Yuan and Lu Tian to join him as Mount Shu’s representatives in the Sect Grand Competition, then Chen Changqing returned to Evergreen Peak to prepare. He left Chen Yuan with a promise to share something later, while Liu Ruyan drew him back from his attempted seclusion for a spirit meal and competition intelligence.

• Chen Changqing persuaded Chen Yuan to accept a competition spot, then nominated Lu Tian for the third place.
• Chen Yuan, Bai Wuya, and the elders approved Lu Tian, and Chen Yuan ordered Mount Shu to prepare the three representatives.
• Chen Yuan praised Chen Changqing’s progress toward the Sword World and told him to get ready while the competition rules were pending.
• Chen Changqing asked Chen Yuan to meet him at Evergreen Peak later, then left Lu Tian behind.
• Chen Changqing returned to Evergreen Peak, where Liu Ruyan called him back from seclusion for a spirit meal and Xiaoyu’s competition intelligence.

The Nine Provinces’ major factions prepared for the Sect Grand Competition after learning that Mount Shu had selected Chen Changqing, Lu Tian, and Chen Yuan. Back at Mount Shu, Chen Changqing reviewed reports on formidable rivals and confidently went to make preparations.

• The Dao Sect’s headmaster discussed Mount Shu’s selections, while one disciple worried about Chen Changqing and another boasted that his hammer could challenge him.
• Fayan of the Great Thunder Sound Temple accepted that he might have to receive Chen Changqing’s sword himself.
• The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s young participant declared that he wanted to face Chen Changqing and believed his calculations could outmatch Mount Shu’s swords.
• A prince of the Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty claimed the competition spot and vowed to punish the man who had taken his sister, Xiaoyu, back to Mount Shu.
• Other factions prepared for the competition as Chen Changqing reviewed Xuanyuan Xiaoyu’s files on awakened ancient prodigies and suspected Immortal reincarnations.
• Chen Changqing dismissed Xuanyuan Xiaoyu’s concerns, said he would challenge all the rivals, and left to make preparations.

Chen Changqing and the Mount Shu delegation traveled to the Heavenly Void Land for the Sect Grand Competition. After reaching the shattered realm, they faced scrutiny from rival sacred lands, and the Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty’s First Prince mocked Chen Changqing.

• Chen Yuan summoned Chen Changqing, Lu Tian, and Chen Yuan to the Headmaster’s Hall and explained the dangers of the Heavenly Void Land.
• The Mount Shu Warship arrived, and Chen Changqing invited Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, Hua Yao, and Liu Ruyan to travel with him, drawing astonished reactions from the disciples.
• Chen Changqing and the others boarded the warship, which sailed alongside vessels from the Dao Sect, the Great Thunder Sound Temple, and other sacred lands.
• The Mount Shu Warship entered the spatial rift and reached the shattered Heavenly Void Land, where powerful Divine Senses scrutinized its passengers.
• The Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty’s First Prince mocked Chen Changqing, asking whether he could withstand even one punch.

Xuanyuan Hong challenged Chen Changqing while revealing that Chen Changqing was engaged to Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, the Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty’s Third Princess. As more factions arrived at the Heavenly Void Land, Mount Shu and Chen Changqing drew heightened attention and wary respect.

• Xuanyuan Hong called Chen Changqing his brother-in-law, prompting Xuanyuan Xiaoyu to angrily defend Chen and revealing their connection to the gathered factions.
• Chen Changqing accepted Xuanyuan Hong’s proposed sparring match on the tournament stage, and Xuanyuan Hong said he would await him there.
• Lu Tian learned that Chen Changqing was the Divine Dynasty’s son-in-law and joked that Mount Shu could have sailed its warship right up to the others.
• More Sacred Lands, sects, and clans arrived at the Heavenly Void Land, bringing the gathering to more than a hundred warships.
• Leaders across the gathered factions warned their disciples not to provoke Mount Shu, especially Chen Changqing, while Lu Tian basked in their fear.

As the Ten Great Sacred Lands gathered to open the Heavenly Void Land, Chen Changqing faced contempt from a resurrected Primordial Sect ancestor. He answered the ancient prodigy’s insult with a mocking remark, setting up a confrontation as the grand competition began.

• Chen Yuan told Chen Changqing that the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s arrival would let the sacred lands open the Heavenly Void Land’s core region.
• The Nine Provinces Auction House arrived on the second day, adding another powerful rival to the competition.
• On the third day, the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s Star-Gazing Ark appeared, and ten powerful representatives joined forces to open the Heavenly Void Gate.
• Chen Changqing sensed both opportunities and danger beyond the gate, then was targeted by the Divine Sense of a Primordial Sect ancestor awakened after thirty thousand years.
• After the ancestor insulted him, Chen Changqing stopped Lu Tian from replying and mocked the old prodigies who liked to flaunt their age; Wangcai barked in agreement, provoking an angry retort from the stone boat.

Chen Changqing subdued the ancient prodigy with a display of World Power as the Heavenly Void Gate opened and True Person Kongwu appeared. Kongwu announced that the Sect Grand Competition’s first trial would be a three-day free-for-all, with only the top one hundred survivors advancing.

• The ancient prodigy attacked the Mount Shu Warship, but Chen Changqing’s Sword World presence erased the pressure and frightened him into silence.
• The ten top powerhouses opened the Heavenly Void Gate, releasing a surge of Primordial Qi from within.
• True Person Kongwu appeared above the gate, and Chen Yuan identified him as a legendary Fourth Tribulation Immortal and former Buddha Son of the Great Thunder Sound Temple.
• Chen Changqing remarked that Kongwu was strong for now, while Lu Tian reacted with disbelief.
• Kongwu announced a three-day free-for-all in which all entrants would be hunters and prey, and only the top one hundred survivors would advance to the Second Trial.

After the Sect Grand Competition’s rules allowed only a hundred survivors, Chen Changqing and his companions entered the Heavenly Void Land, where the chaotic principles scattered them. Chen Changqing landed alone on a floating island and discovered that his System’s efficiency had increased.

• True Person Kongwu announced that only a hundred of the more than ten thousand participants could survive, prompting outrage from many disciples and excitement among top-tier geniuses.
• Chen Yuan explained that the competition tested survival, while Lu Tian eagerly welcomed the chance to fight; Chen Changqing told his companions to stay alive and kill their enemies if they became separated.
• True Person Kongwu opened the Heavenly Void Gate, and the contestants rushed inside; Chen Changqing stayed calm, injured a Great Chu Dynasty member with Sword Qi, and entered the gate.
• Chaotic Power of Principle separated Chen Changqing from Lu Tian and Chen Yuan as they passed through the gate.
• Chen Changqing found himself alone on a small floating landmass in a gray void, noticed the System’s efficiency had increased, and turned toward something in the void to his left.

Feng Tian and his Heavenly Mystery Pavilion followers cornered Chen Changqing in the Heavenly Void Land to claim the bounty on his head. Chen Changqing mocked Feng Tian’s plans and challenged his reliance on outdated intelligence, leaving the confrontation poised to turn violent.

• Feng Tian arrived with more than a dozen followers and identified himself as the young pavilion master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's Thirty-Seventh Pavilion.
• Chen Changqing dismissed Feng Tian and his group, and Feng Tian revealed that the Great Chu Dynasty and Yinyue Holy Dynasty had issued a bounty for Chen Changqing’s head.
• Chen Changqing realized Feng Tian had come to kill him and suggested that killing the group would keep anyone from learning about the bounty.
• Feng Tian described his Nine Palaces Sky-Locking Formation and his followers’ joint attack, claiming he had calculated Chen Changqing’s abilities and fate.
• Chen Changqing laughed at Feng Tian and accused him of trying to scheme with outdated intelligence.

Chen Changqing overwhelmed Feng Tian and the twelve Heavenly Mystery Pavilion disciples who tried to trap him, then killed Feng Tian as another powerful arrival approached. The chapter ended with Chen Changqing preparing to face more enemies.

• Feng Tian ordered twelve Heavenly Mystery Pavilion disciples to trap Chen Changqing in the Nine Palaces Sky-Locking Formation.
• Chen Changqing summoned four Avatars, revealing that Feng Tian’s calculations had underestimated him.
• Chen Changqing’s Avatars shattered the formation and slaughtered the twelve disciples.
• Feng Tian tried to escape with a Jade Talisman, but Chen Changqing stopped him and demanded to know who else sought his head.
• Feng Tian shouted to an approaching Tenth Brother, and Chen Changqing beheaded him.

Chen Changqing’s four Avatars tore through Feng Yu’s elite death warriors while hidden bounty hunters watched for a chance to strike. Feng Yu attacked Chen Changqing with his Thousand-Handed Buddha Faxiang, and Chen Changqing met the assault with a punch.

• Feng Yu arrived and vowed to kill Chen Changqing after finding Feng Tian’s corpse.
• Feng Yu sent twenty-four Tribulation Transcendence death warriors to surround Chen Changqing and form the Heaven-Net Earth-Web Formation.
• Chen Changqing ordered his four Avatars to attack, and they broke through the formation and killed more than half the death warriors.
• Hidden cultivators watched the fight, planning to attack Chen Changqing after the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion weakened him.
• Feng Yu unleashed his Thousand-Handed Buddha Faxiang, and Chen Changqing stepped into the storm of attacks and punched toward it.

Chen Changqing defeated Feng Yu and destroyed the Heavenly Mystery Wheel, then revealed the cultivators hiding nearby and challenged them to claim the bounty on his head. Hundreds of cultivators surrounded him and attacked, while Feng Yu tried to escape in the chaos.

• Chen Changqing shattered Feng Yu's Thousand-Handed Buddha with a punch and emerged unharmed.
• Feng Yu used the Heavenly Mystery Wheel to trap Chen Changqing, but Chen broke it with a pure Sword Intent as his Avatars killed the deathsworn.
• Chen Changqing sensed the hidden cultivators and called them out, daring them to claim the bounty or lose their lives.
• Chen Changqing's Avatars dragged cultivators from behind meteorites, prompting dozens upon hundreds to surround and attack him.
• Feng Yu laughed at the attacking crowd and tried to escape with his last life-saving Law Treasure, while Chen Changqing welcomed the fight.

Chen Changqing slaughtered the cultivators who ambushed him in the Heavenly Void Land and gained a large number of AFK Points. Outside, the contestants’ Points rankings revealed his rapid climb, while Xuanyuan Xiaoyu and Liu Ruyan worried that he was being targeted and Hua Yao remained confident he was safe.

• Chen Changqing activated kill tally mode and used his original body and four Avatars to kill dozens of cultivators who attacked him.
• Chen Changqing spared a Rogue Cultivator who surrendered, then killed the remaining attackers and gained 300,000 AFK Points.
• Feng Yu escaped the battle with a life-saving Law Treasure, badly wounded.
• On the Mount Shu Warship, Chen Changqing’s Points rapidly climbed on the Heavenly Void Mirror as spectators watched in disbelief.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu and Liu Ruyan feared that bounty hunters were targeting Chen Changqing, while Hua Yao said his rising Points showed that he was safe.

Hua Yao and Xuanyuan Xiaoyu worried about Chen Changqing, while rival factions discussed how his growing strength might eventually leave him vulnerable. After the Heavenly Void Land system detected a large gathering, Chen Changqing headed toward it as Feng Yu proposed using a forbidden formation to combine the gathered cultivators’ power against him.

• Hua Yao reassured Xuanyuan Xiaoyu that Chen Changqing would return, while the Dao Sect’s young leader and the Yinyue Holy Dynasty’s Supreme Elder reacted to Chen Changqing’s rising points.
• Chen Changqing’s AFK System continuously restored his Spiritual Power, making each kill strengthen him further.
• The system detected more than seventy cultivators nearby, and Chen Changqing used the Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step to head toward them.
• Feng Yu told the gathered cultivators that Chen Changqing had defeated him and urged them not to fight Chen Changqing individually.
• Feng Yu revealed the Myriad Spirits Unification Formation, which could combine the cultivators’ power to give its vessel Half-Step Heavenly Monarch strength.
• Feng Yu volunteered to be the vessel, and the gathered cultivators agreed to contribute their strength to kill Chen Changqing.

Feng Yu used the Bronze Mirror array to drain more than seventy cultivators and temporarily reach Half-Step Heavenly Monarch, then fought Chen Changqing with his borrowed power. As the power began destroying Feng Yu’s body, he launched a final concentrated attack at Chen Changqing.

• Feng Yu directed more than seventy cultivators to channel their power into the Bronze Mirror array, raising his cultivation to Half-Step Heavenly Monarch while leaving them nearly lifeless.
• Chen Changqing arrived, recognized how Feng Yu had gained his power, and challenged his claim to Heavenly Monarch status.
• Feng Yu attacked Chen Changqing, whose Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist forced Feng Yu back but sent Chen Changqing dozens of zhang away.
• Feng Yu pursued Chen Changqing with powerful punches, but Chen Changqing evaded them with the Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step and explained that Feng Yu’s borrowed power was rapidly damaging his body.
• Feng Yu gathered his remaining power into a golden sphere and hurled it at Chen Changqing as a final attack.

Chen Changqing stopped Feng Yu’s full-powered attack with his Sword World, defeated him, and left him alive with a warning for the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s master. Outside the Heavenly Void Land, Chen Changqing’s score settled at 213 points, leaving the spectators stunned and Mount Shu’s allies proud and uneasy.

• Chen Changqing opened his Sword World and shattered Feng Yu’s golden energy sphere, exhausting Feng Yu’s borrowed power and severely damaging him.
• Chen Changqing spared Feng Yu, told him to warn the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s master, and departed; Feng Yu was left kneeling in hatred.
• Chen Changqing’s score climbed to 213 and took first place on the Heavenly Void Mirror.
• Spectators concluded that Chen Changqing had killed more than two hundred Tribulation Transcendence cultivators and turned their attention toward Mount Shu’s warship.
• Elder Liu Mu celebrated Chen Changqing’s achievement, while Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, Liu Ruyan, and Hua Yao reacted with pride, concern, and understanding; Chen Yuan concealed his embarrassment as he heard the crowd’s remarks.

Chen Changqing collected the spoils from his battle in the Heavenly Void Land, spared a Rogue Cultivator, and continued searching for resources for Evergreen Peak. He found a thunder-rich land filled with valuable Spirit Plants, then heard a fight nearby.

• Chen Yuan reflected on Chen Changqing’s brutal fighting style and calmly accepted that his disciple had acted justly.
• Chen Changqing looted the fallen fighters’ Storage Rings and gave the Rogue Cultivator healing pills and Spirit Stones so he could escape.
• Chen Changqing sorted the spoils, including Quasi-Immortal Artifacts and Spirit Treasures, intending to support Evergreen Peak’s disciples.
• Chen Changqing discovered a green-covered stretch of land beneath a black mountain filled with pure thunder power and gathered its valuable Spirit Plants.
• Chen Changqing heard weapons clash and violent power fluctuations ahead as someone began fighting.

Chen Changqing intervened when Xue Feng and two Blood Sect disciples nearly killed Chen Yong over the Nine-Leaf Lightning Tribulation Grass. He destroyed Xue Feng’s Blood Sea Soul-Refining Banner and crippled him with a single punch, leaving the other attackers terrified.

• Chen Changqing recognized the wounded Chen Yong as a fellow Daoist he had met in the Universe Secret Realm and decided to intervene.
• Xue Feng demanded that Chen Yong surrender the Nine-Leaf Lightning Tribulation Grass while he and two Blood Sect disciples attacked him.
• Chen Changqing revealed himself, greeted Chen Yong, and ignored Xue Feng’s threats.
• Xue Feng unleashed the Blood Sea Soul-Refining Banner at Chen Changqing and Chen Yong.
• Chen Changqing used the Star-Falling Style of the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist to purify the Blood Sea, break Xue Feng’s banner, and send him crashing into a mountain wall.

Chen Changqing defeated Xue Feng and two Blood Sect disciples who tried to rob him and Chen Yong, then climbed a lightning-wreathed mountain and found the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Chart. When he reached for the chart, Hong Yi of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion appeared and asked him to give it to her.

• Chen Changqing crippled Xue Feng and his Blood Sea Soul-Refining Banner with one punch, then revealed his identity as Mount Shu's First Holy Son.
• Xue Feng and the two Blood Sect disciples fled, but Chen Changqing used the Invincible Avatar Technique to kill all three.
• Chen Changqing gave Chen Yong the nine-leaf lightning tribulation grass and headed up the mountain to investigate its summit.
• Chen Changqing found the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Chart, which the system identified as a suspected relic of a fallen ancient Immortal.
• A scarlet spear shattered Chen Changqing's reaching handprint, and Hong Yi appeared, introduced herself as the young master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's Third Pavilion, and asked him to give her the chart.

Chen Changqing confronted Hong Yi over the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Chart, which he had claimed first. Hong Yi offered nine-heavens profound yang divine iron and a favor from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's Third Pavilion in exchange, and Chen Changqing considered the trade.

• Chen Changqing told Hong Yi that he had killed Feng Tian and Feng Yu after they came seeking the bounties on his head.
• Hong Yi recognized Chen Changqing as Mount Shu's First Holy Son and weighed the risk of fighting him for the chart.
• Hong Yi accepted that Feng Yu and Feng Tian had brought their deaths upon themselves and asked Chen Changqing to make an exception for her.
• Hong Yi offered nine-heavens profound yang divine iron and promised Evergreen Peak an enormous favor from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's Third Pavilion.
• Chen Changqing used the system to verify the divine iron and considered trading the chart for it and Hong Yi's favor.

Chen Changqing traded the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Chart to Hong Yi for the Nine-Heavens Profound Yang Divine Iron and a Heavenly Mystery Token. After Hong Yi challenged him to a spear spar, the two began a fierce battle on the summit, witnessed by Chen Yong.

• Chen Changqing handed Hong Yi the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Chart and received the divine iron and a Heavenly Mystery Token in exchange.
• Hong Yi explained that the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s Tenth and Thirty-Seventh Pavilions were at odds with her branch, and said she would not interfere if Chen Changqing fought them.
• Hong Yi asked Chen Changqing to spar with her, and he summoned the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear and accepted.
• Hong Yi launched a fiery spear attack, and Chen Changqing met it with his spear techniques as the two fought across the summit.
• Chen Yong arrived on the Dao platform and recognized Hong Yi as the young master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s Third Pavilion.

Chen Changqing defeated Hong Yi in their spear spar, then revealed the overwhelming Sword Intent that made her concede he would have won with his true strength. After Chen Yong warned him that allied forces had gathered to ambush heavenly prides near the Ancient Immortal Hall, Chen Changqing headed toward the danger, eager for a fight.

• Chen Changqing and Hong Yi fought with spears, and Hong Yi gained a slight advantage in their exchange of techniques.
• Hong Yi recognized that spear cultivation was not Chen Changqing’s true path, and Chen Changqing revealed his Invincible Sword Domain, convincing her she would have lost if he had drawn his sword.
• Hong Yi thanked Chen Changqing for the spar and departed to refine her ancient map while he kept the divine iron.
• Chen Yong thanked Chen Changqing for saving him and warned that the Great Chu Dynasty and Yinyue Holy Dynasty had gathered core disciples to ambush heavenly prides near the Ancient Immortal Hall, with Chen Changqing as their main target.
• Chen Changqing welcomed the prospect of fighting the gathered enemies as the chapter revealed the Ancient Immortal Hall, a rumored trove of immortal inheritances and artifacts.

Chen Changqing arrived at the Ancient Immortal Hall and killed Gu Yuan with a single sword strike after Gu Yuan attacked him for the bounty. The plaza’s cultivators backed down, but Chu Heng urged them to join forces against Chen Changqing.

• Chen Changqing and Chen Yong arrived at the Ancient Immortal Hall, where gathered cultivators had failed to open its bronze doors.
• Gu Yuan challenged Chen Changqing over the bounty and attacked him with a Bone Spear.
• Chen Changqing killed Gu Yuan with one sword strike without drawing his sword, and the system awarded him 80,000 AFK Points.
• The cultivators recoiled from Chen Changqing, who invited anyone else seeking the bounty to step forward.
• Chu Heng stepped forward with twelve Tribulation Transcendence Peak deathsworn and called on the cultivators to form an array and kill Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing killed the forces of the Great Chu Dynasty, the Yinyue Holy Dynasty, and the Blood God Sect, then opened the Ancient Immortal Hall's doors using immortal power and artifact-refining techniques. He entered alone as a mysterious heartbeat sounded from deep inside the hall.

• Chu Heng and more than forty cultivators formed the Nine Nether Immortal-Execution Formation to attack Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing shattered the formation and slaughtered all the attackers, gaining 520,000 AFK Points and raising his Idle Cultivation efficiency to 41 times.
• Chen Changqing used the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor's inheritance and Ou Ye Tiangong's artifact-refining inheritance to break the Ancient Immortal Hall's restriction and open its bronze doors.
• Chen Yong chose to stay outside while Chen Changqing entered the hall alone.
• A heartbeat sounded from deep within the hall, shaking the continent and injuring cultivators who tried to follow Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing entered the Immortal Hall and reached a vast inner world containing a Nine-Colored Heavenly Stairway and a golden Treasure Pagoda. Seventeen Tribulation Transcendence experts followed him inside, including five young cultivators who had reached the Pseudo-Immortal True Lord Realm.

• Dozens of cultivators rushed the bronze doors, but the Immortal Hall’s restriction killed those below the Tribulation Transcendence Stage who tried to enter.
• Monk Faxiang and other qualified experts passed through the doors, while Chen Yong stayed outside to refine the Nine-Leaf Lightning Tribulation Grass as Chen Changqing had instructed.
• Chen Changqing crossed a bronze passage into an independent Minor World and found a Nine-Colored Heavenly Stairway guarded by two towering bronze puppets, with a nine-story Treasure Pagoda above it.
• Seventeen Tribulation Transcendence cultivators arrived behind Chen Changqing, including five young True Lords who had advanced within the Heavenly Void Land.