Recaps

Chen Changqing faced Lu Chengfeng, Long Ao, and three other newly advanced True Lords, but crippled Long Ao with one punch and made the rest back down. He then began climbing the Nine-Colored Heavenly Stairway, absorbing Azure Wood Law Origin as he reached its second level.

• Lu Chengfeng and Long Ao confronted Chen Changqing, while three other True Lords and twelve Tribulation Transcendence cultivators surrounded him.
• Long Ao attacked Chen Changqing with a dragon claw, but Chen broke his arm and crippled him with one punch.
• Lu Chengfeng disavowed Long Ao's attack and proposed that they compete for the stairway's trials instead of fighting.
• Chen Changqing turned away from the group and stepped onto the first step of the Nine-Colored Heavenly Stairway.
• The stairway's gravity pressed on Chen Changqing as Azure Wood Law Origin flowed into him and was refined by his body art.
• Chen Changqing charged up the stairs and reached the second level.

Chen Changqing passed the second level of the Ancient Immortal Stairway and chose to accumulate his rewards, pressing on through increasingly dangerous trials. Meanwhile, his Points stopped rising in the Heavenly Void Land, leaving the forces watching from outside to assume he had fallen as Shu Mountain’s allies worried.

• A starry apparition offered Chen Changqing the second level’s reward or the chance to accumulate it, and he chose to save his fortune for a chance at a Primordial Immortal Dao Source.
• Chen Changqing surged through the Gengjin Sword Qi of the third level and charged into the Blackwater Mystic Ice Stairway of the fourth level.
• Lu Chengfeng and other cultivators began climbing the stairway; one Formation Annihilation Sacred Land cultivator claimed his reward and broke through to Half-Step True Lord, while Lu Chengfeng and two True Lord experts chose to accumulate theirs.
• The Heavenly Void Mirror showed Chen Changqing still at 213 Points, while Monk Faxiang led the rankings with over 680 and Chen Changqing fell to 102nd place.
• Observers from the Great Chu Dynasty and Yinyue Holy Dynasty suspected Chen Changqing had been killed, while Liu Ruyan, Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, and Hua Yao anxiously watched from Shu Mountain’s warship.

Chen Changqing conquered the eighth layer of the Heavenly Ladder and refused the fortune offered to him, choosing to face the ninth layer instead. As he stepped onto the final layer, a towering Emperor Shadow appeared before the Nine-Layer Immortal Pagoda.

• Outside the Heavenly Void Land, Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, Liu Ruyan, Bai Wuya, and Daoist Chen Yuan worried because Chen Changqing's Points had not risen, while Daoist Chen Yuan reassured the Mount Shu disciples.
• On the Heavenly Ladder, the other cultivators fell behind or stopped, leaving Chen Changqing alone to climb past the seventh layer.
• Chen Changqing endured the eighth layer's Yin-Yang Chaos Stairway and used the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist's Samsara Style to reach its final step.
• The starry apparition offered Chen Changqing three strands of Pure-Yang Immortal Marrow and a ninth-grade Immortal Artifact if he claimed his fortune and withdrew.
• Chen Changqing rejected the offer and demanded that the ninth layer open, then stepped onto its Chaos Immortal Jade stairs as an Emperor Shadow appeared by the Nine-Layer Immortal Pagoda.

Chen Changqing reached the top of the ninth level using his physical body and Nine Primordial Spirits, earning a Tribulation Immortal Pill and a Quasi-Houtian Spirit Treasure. He shaped the treasure into the Immortal Execution Sword just as Ji Xuan, Huang Tiannü, and other experts arrived on the platform.

• Chen Changqing endured the Immortal Dao pressure and cleared the ninth level's Heavenly Ladder, reaching the White Jade Dao Platform.
• The Emperor Shadow awarded Chen Changqing a Tribulation Immortal Pill and a Primordial Hongmeng Embryo for clearing the Ultimate Realm.
• Chen Changqing learned the rewards' properties, stored the pill in his Heaven-Stepping Ring, and chose a sword form for the embryo.
• Chen Changqing infused the embryo with Divine Sense, Immortal Execution Sword Intent, and power from his Nine Primordial Spirits, forming a dark-gold sword with blood-red patterns.
• Chen Changqing named the new weapon the Immortal Execution Sword, and the characters appeared on its blade.
• Ji Xuan, Huang Tiannü, and several other experts emerged onto the platform after forcing their way through the ninth level, stunned by what they saw.

After the Ancient Immortal Trial ended, Chen Changqing received the Immortal Execution Sword and a Tribulation Immortal Pill, while the others received lesser rewards. When Ji Xuan and the other heirs tried to claim Chen Changqing’s treasures, he refused, and Ji Xuan threatened to kill him if he did not surrender them.

• The Emperor Shadow awarded Huang Tiannü, Lu Chengfeng, and Ji Xuan their trial rewards, then granted Chen Changqing the Quasi-Houtian Spirit Treasure Immortal Execution Sword and a Tribulation Immortal Pill for clearing the trial unscathed.
• The Nine-Layer Immortal Pagoda opened to reveal the passage to the Ancient Immortal Hall’s core inheritance, while the other cultivators stared at Chen Changqing’s exceptional rewards.
• Ji Xuan, Huang Tiannü, and Lu Chengfeng asked Chen Changqing to lend them the sword, disguising their desire to claim his treasures as a wish to study them.
• Chen Changqing mocked their pretense and challenged them to admit they wanted to rob him.
• Ji Xuan dropped the pretense, threatened Chen Changqing, and demanded that he hand over the sword and pill.

Chen Changqing effortlessly wounded Ji Xuan and destroyed his Quasi-Immortal Artifact, prompting four top prodigies to join forces against him. He answered by summoning four powerful Avatars, each armed with an Immortal Artifact, and surrounded his opponents.

• Chen Changqing cut Ji Xuan’s Nine-Dragon Heaven-Turning Seal in half and severed his left arm with a single swing of the Immortal Execution Sword.
• Ji Xuan urged Huang Tiannü, Lu Chengfeng, and Dharma Wheel Monk to attack Chen Changqing together, then used a blood-colored Jade Talisman to boost his power and revealed the Xuanming Immortal-Slaying Sword.
• Huang Tiannü, Lu Chengfeng, and Dharma Wheel Monk unleashed their ultimate techniques and treasures alongside Ji Xuan, sealing off the White Jade Dao Platform.
• Chen Changqing activated the Invincible Avatar Technique and summoned four identical Avatars, each wielding a genuine Immortal Artifact.
• Chen Changqing and his four Avatars spread around the platform, facing the four prodigies with five powerful weapons.

Chen Changqing used four powerful Avatars to overwhelm the four rival geniuses and began killing them on the White Jade Dao Platform. After killing Ji Xuan and Lu Chengfeng and gaining AFK Points, he also killed Dharma Wheel Monk, while Huang Tiannü remained alive at the platform’s edge.

• Chen Changqing summoned four formidable Avatars armed with Immortal Artifacts, shocking Ji Xuan, Lu Chengfeng, Dharma Wheel Monk, and Huang Tiannü.
• Chen Changqing and his Avatars attacked together, grievously wounding all four opponents in a single exchange.
• Chen Changqing killed Ji Xuan with the Immortal Execution Sword and collected his Storage Ring and Xuanming Immortal-Slaying Sword.
• The Avatar wielding the Heavenly Thunder Sword killed Lu Chengfeng after he begged Chen Changqing for mercy.
• The Avatar wielding the Haotian Hammer killed Dharma Wheel Monk as Huang Tiannü watched in terror.

Chen Changqing killed Ji Xuan, Lu Chengfeng, Huang Tiannü, and Dharma Wheel Monk, surging to first place in the Heavenly Void Mirror’s rankings. On the White Jade Dao Platform, he encountered Mo Que, another inheritor of the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor’s lineage, who attacked him to seize his treasures and inheritance.

• Chen Changqing killed Huang Tiannü and gathered the spoils after defeating all four top True Lord geniuses on the White Jade Dao Platform.
• The Heavenly Void Mirror announced Chen Changqing in first place with 2,460 points, while the erased rankings revealed that Ji Xuan, Lu Chengfeng, Huang Tiannü, and Dharma Wheel Monk had died.
• The powerful elders of the four fallen geniuses’ factions erupted in anger, while Daoist Chen Yuan and Chen Changqing’s companions on the Shu Mountain Sacred Land warship celebrated his survival and victory.
• Chen Changqing discovered a moon-white-robed youth hiding on an Immortal Jade pillar, and the youth revealed a Heaven-Stepping Token that resonated with Chen Changqing’s tokens.
• The youth identified himself as Mo Que, another inheritor of the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor’s lineage, and attacked Chen Changqing with a spear to claim his treasures and inheritance.
• Mo Que’s spear strike sealed off Chen Changqing’s escape routes, but Chen Changqing laughed rather than retreating.

Chen Changqing defeated Mo Que with the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear and the Immortal-Extinguishing Three Spears, leaving Mo Que gravely injured. Mo Que then activated the Immortal Emperor Secret Canon, Violence Formula, devoured the remnants of four fallen True Lords, and rose to the Heavenly Monarch Realm.

• Chen Changqing revealed the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear and overpowered Mo Que's silver spear, forcing him back.
• Mo Que attacked with the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Step and Eight Desolations Earth-Splitting Spear, but Chen Changqing countered with Monarch-Slaying and shattered his defenses.
• Chen Changqing wounded Mo Que severely and declared him unworthy of holding the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor's Token.
• Mo Que activated the Immortal Emperor Secret Canon, Violence Formula, and the Token's scarlet light vaporized the remains of Ji Xuan, Lu Chengfeng, Huang Tiannü, and Faxiang.
• Mo Que absorbed the fallen True Lords' remnant souls and Essence Blood, restoring his body and advancing to the Heavenly Monarch Realm.

Mo Que used his new Heavenly Monarch power to suppress Chen Changqing, but Chen extracted his AFK gains and broke through from late Tribulation Transcendence to the Middle True Lord Stage. The chapter ended with Mo Que dismissing the breakthrough, unaware of the strength of Chen’s nine Purple Mansions and Nine Primordial Spirits.

• Mo Que suppressed Chen Changqing’s four Avatars with Heavenly Monarch Laws and demanded the Immortal Execution Sword and Immortal Emperor Token.
• Chen Changqing recalled his Avatars and extracted his AFK results, gaining a surge of Pure Yang Origin energy.
• Chen Changqing broke through to the Middle True Lord Stage as Mo Que watched in shock.
• The Invincible Avatar Technique advanced, allowing Chen Changqing to condense five Avatars with his true body’s combat power.
• Mo Que dismissed Chen Changqing as a Pseudo-Immortal ant, confident that a True Lord could not challenge a Heavenly Monarch.

Chen Changqing summoned five powerful avatars and killed Mo Que, the fourth inheritor, despite Mo Que’s attempt to escape. He claimed Mo Que’s Heaven-Stepping Token and learned the Violence Formula, leaving him with four portions of the Immortal Emperor’s inheritance and Mo Que’s spoils.

• Chen Changqing summoned five avatars, each armed with an Immortal Artifact, and surrounded Mo Que.
• Chen Changqing and his avatars overwhelmed Mo Que’s unstable Heavenly Monarch power, stopped his escape, and killed him with the Immortal Execution Sword.
• Chen Changqing collected Mo Que’s Heaven-Stepping Token, which joined his other three Tokens and revealed the Violence Formula.
• Chen Changqing took Mo Que’s broken silver spear, removed the restriction on his Storage Ring, and stored the spear, Spirit Stones, herbs, and Spirit Plants in the Heaven-Stepping Ring.

Chen Changqing completed the Primordial Immortal Hall trials after killing Mo Que, raising his Heavenly Void Secret Realm score to a record 2,760 points. He returned to the wasteland as the realm neared its closure, and Chen Yong asked what had happened to the other heirs.

• Chen Changqing began AFK cultivation of the Violence Formula and saw that killing Mo Que had raised his score to 2,760 points.
• The Heavenly Void Mirror announced Chen Changqing's new record, provoking fury among the Ji Clan, True Martial Immortal Sect, Great Thunder Sound Temple, and Phoenix Clan.
• Daoist Chen Yuan, Bai Wuya, and Empress Liuye protected Mount Shu's warship and warned the other powers not to break the Secret Realm's rules.
• Chen Changqing emerged from the ancient hall and met Chen Yong, who explained that he had waited a day and that the realm was about to close.
• Chen Changqing agreed to leave with Chen Yong, who asked where Ji Xuan, Lu Chengfeng, and the other heirs were.

Chen Changqing and Chen Yong escaped the collapsing Secret Realm after Chen Changqing revealed that the other leading prodigies had died. Outside, the elders of four great powers blamed him and threatened Mount Shu, leaving Chen Changqing ready to draw the Immortal Execution Sword.

• Chen Changqing told Chen Yong that everyone else in the Secret Realm was dead, then urged him to escape before the spatial passage collapsed.
• Chen Changqing and Chen Yong emerged from the Secret Realm as the surviving cultivators gathered before thousands of warships.
• The elders discovered that Ji Xuan, Lu Chengfeng, Huang Tiannü, and Faxiang had not returned, while Chen Changqing appeared as the trial champion with 2,760 points.
• Ji Changkong attacked Chen Changqing, but Bai Wuya intercepted him and defended Mount Shu's right to stand by the outcome of the trial.
• Elders of the True Martial Immortal Sect, Phoenix Clan, and Great Thunder Sound Temple demanded that Mount Shu surrender Chen Changqing, and Chen Changqing drew the Immortal Execution Sword against their pressure.

Daoist Chen Yuan and Chen Changqing faced the major factions demanding to search Changqing’s soul, but Xuanyuan Hong, Monk Rujie, and Heavenly Monarch Hua Xing arrived to support Mount Shu. The opposing forces stood evenly matched above the sea of clouds, leaving the threat of battle unresolved.

• Daoist Chen Yuan drew his sword and threatened the factions that demanded Chen Changqing be handed over for soul-searching.
• Ji Changkong accused Mount Shu of shielding a devil and warned that the factions would not let them leave the East Sea in peace.
• Xuanyuan Hong arrived with the Divine Dynasty’s army, called Chen Changqing his brother-in-law, and threatened the Ji Clan if anyone attacked him.
• Monk Rujie arrived with Heavenly Sound Temple’s experts and challenged the Great Thunder Sound Temple’s Arhats over their accusations against Chen Changqing.
• Heavenly Monarch Hua Xing arrived with Hua Yao and warned that Medicine God Valley would cut off ninth-grade pills to any sect that harmed its future son-in-law.
• The forces supporting Mount Shu and the opposing factions faced off above the sea of clouds with their strength evenly matched.

Chen Changqing refused to let Mount Shu’s allies shield him and challenged the older generation to fight him alone. When Ji Changkong attacked, Chen Changqing revealed five powerful avatars armed with Immortal Artifacts and stopped his strike.

• Chen Changqing thanked Xuanyuan Hong, Rujie, and Heavenly Monarch Hua Xing, then stepped forward to confront Ji Changkong and the True Martial Immortal Sect elder.
• Chen Changqing declared that Mount Shu would not accept outside protection and challenged the older experts to avenge their defeated successors by fighting him.
• Daoist Chen Yuan praised Chen Changqing, while Bai Wuya and Empress Liuye joined him in threatening anyone who bullied juniors through seniority.
• Ji Changkong attacked Chen Changqing with the Soul-Reaping War Halberd, but Chen Changqing told Xuanyuan Hong not to intervene and unleashed his Middle True Lord Stage power.
• Chen Changqing summoned five avatars, each wielding an Immortal Artifact, and the six Chen Changqings surrounded Ji Changkong and stopped his halberd strike.

Chen Changqing defeated and killed Ji Changkong before the assembled Dao lineages, leaving the Ji Clan and other major factions unable to intervene. He returned to the Mount Shu Warship after demonstrating that even a True Lord Peak elder could not withstand him.

• Chen Changqing and his five Avatars overwhelmed Ji Changkong, shattering his war halberd and crippling him in a single exchange.
• Xuanyuan Hong, Heavenly Monarch Hua Xing, and Daoist Chen Yuan prevented the Ji Clan and other factions from rescuing Ji Changkong.
• Chen Changqing used the Human Emperor Heaven-Suppressing Seal and the Immortal Execution Sword to crush Ji Changkong’s body and destroy his divine soul.
• Chen Changqing collected Ji Changkong’s Storage Ring and the shattered weapon fragments, then recalled his five Avatars.
• The gathered Dao lineages fell silent as Chen Changqing returned to the Mount Shu Warship and sheathed the Immortal Execution Sword.

True Person Kongwu arrived at the Heavenly Void Grand Tournament and rejected the Ji Clan and True Martial Immortal Sect’s demands to punish Chen Changqing, ruling that their fallen fighters had met the consequences of their actions. He then condemned Chen Changqing’s killing and Sha Qi, and Chen Changqing challenged him to state what he really wanted.

• True Person Kongwu descended from a golden rift as a Fourth Tribulation Immortal, and the Ji Clan and other sects accused Chen Changqing of slaughtering their disciples and elders.
• Chen Yong warned Chen Changqing that Kongwu favored his own, while Daoist Chen Yuan, Bai Wuya, Xuanyuan Hong, and Heavenly Monarch Hua Xing defended him.
• Kongwu recognized Chen Changqing’s extraordinary strength and decided that converting him with the Great Salvation and Conversion Zen Light would benefit the Great Thunder Sound Temple.
• Kongwu ruled that Ji Xuan and Lu Chengfeng had died in the Secret Realm by the rules, and that Ji Changkong had brought about his own death by attacking a junior.
• Kongwu accused Chen Changqing of excessive killing and warned that he would become a threat to the Nine Provinces, and Chen Changqing demanded that he reveal his true intentions.

True Person Kongwu tried to forcibly convert Chen Changqing and take him to the Great Thunder Sound Temple, but Chen refused and met the Fourth Tribulation Immortal's attack head-on. Chen unleashed his five Avatars and Immortal Artifacts to counter Kongwu's golden Buddha palm, leaving their clash unresolved.

• True Person Kongwu offered to take Chen Changqing to the Great Thunder Sound Temple, promising to cleanse him and teach him Buddhist teachings.
• Daoist Chen Yuan and Xuanyuan Hong condemned Kongwu for trying to seize Chen Changqing, while Kongwu suppressed Chen Yuan's Sword Intent and demanded Chen submit.
• Chen Changqing accused Kongwu of coveting his talent and Immortal Artifacts, then refused to be converted.
• True Person Kongwu attacked Chen Changqing with a vast golden Buddha palm, and Chen spent all his AFK Points and raised a bronze fragment as he prepared to fight back.
• Chen Changqing summoned five Avatars and attacked with six Immortal Artifacts, meeting Kongwu's Buddha palm with the Immortal Execution Sword Technique's third form, God Burial.
• The collision shattered nearby floating immortal islands, and True Person Kongwu showed surprise before renewing his murderous intent.

True Person Kongwu trapped Chen Changqing and his five Avatars inside the Ten-Thousand Buddhas Nirvana Prison and began forcing him to submit. Liu Ruyan, Mount Shu, the Divine Dynasty, and other powerful allies launched a combined assault on Kongwu to save him.

• True Person Kongwu summoned the Ten-Thousand Buddhas Nirvana Prison, which overwhelmed Chen Changqing and his five Avatars; one Avatar was destroyed, and the others were wounded.
• Chen Changqing resisted the prison's conversion chains and refused to kneel, even as Kongwu tightened the prison around him.
• Liu Ruyan charged Kongwu, and Jian Zhenzi led Mount Shu's sword cultivators in forming the Duality Dust Sword Formation to rescue Chen Changqing.
• Daoist Chen Yuan, Bai Wuya, Lu Tian, and Liu Ye joined the attack on Kongwu with their strongest techniques.
• Xuanyuan Xiaoyu begged Xuanyuan Hong to save Chen Changqing, and Xuanyuan Hong ordered the Divine Dynasty's imperial guards to form the Nine-Dragon World-Annihilating Formation.
• Rujie and Heavenly Monarch Hua Xing joined dozens of experts and tens of thousands of cultivators in a combined attack that shattered the sky over the East Sea.

True Person Kongwu overwhelmed the Mount Shu forces and was about to capture them when a mysterious cyan Sword Light arrived from the east. It destroyed his Buddha prison and Golden Body Faxiang, leaving the Fourth Tribulation Immortal gravely injured and the assembled cultivators stunned.

• True Person Kongwu used his Golden Body Faxiang to defeat Chen Yuan, Lu Tian, Bai Wuya, Empress Liuye, Xuanyuan Hong, Monk Rujie, and the Mount Shu disciples in a single attack.
• True Person Kongwu prepared to take the wounded Mount Shu fighters into custody while Chen Changqing neared his limit inside the Ten-Thousand Buddhas Nirvana Prison.
• A voice from the east announced, "Riding the wind on a sword, slaying demons between heaven and earth," as a cyan Sword Light froze the East Sea and swept toward True Person Kongwu.
• True Person Kongwu raised his strongest defenses, but the Sword Light split his Mount Sumeru Ancient Shield and destroyed the Ten-Thousand Buddhas Nirvana Prison.
• The Sword Light severed True Person Kongwu's Golden Body Faxiang and sent him flying tens of thousands of li, leaving the cultivators from the various Dao lineages in stunned silence.

Chen Changqing survived True Person Kongwu’s attack when a mysterious sword strike gravely wounded the Fourth Tribulation Immortal. Daoist Chen Yuan identified the attacker as one of Mount Shu’s Nine Elders, who arrived on a giant Scarlet Gourd and praised Chen Changqing.

• Chen Changqing watched as a single cyan sword strike shattered Kongwu’s defenses and gravely wounded him.
• Daoist Chen Yuan and Bai Wuya recognized the sword’s origin and revealed that Mount Shu’s Nine Elders guarded Ten Thousand Swords Cliff in the Ancestral Land.
• Daoist Chen Yuan sensed the attacker approaching from the east as a drunken singing voice crossed the sky.
• A middle-aged drunk riding a giant Scarlet Gourd descended before the Mount Shu Warship.
• The drunk examined Chen Changqing and said he was worth stepping in for.

The Wine Sword Immortal appeared to save Chen Changqing and revealed himself as a Seventh Tribulation Immortal, one of Mount Shu’s legendary Nine Elders. He summoned his crimson sword and called True Person Kongwu out of the ruins, where the monk rose badly wounded from the Immortal’s earlier strike.

• Wine Sword Immortal descended before the Mount Shu Warship, rebuked the injured Daoist Chen Yuan, and received his salute.
• The cultivators learned that Wine Sword Immortal was one of Mount Shu’s Nine Elders, while he recognized Chen Changqing’s techniques and his own Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step.
• Wine Sword Immortal sensed True Person Kongwu among the distant ruins and released a crimson sword surrounded by seven Tribulation-Light Divine Rings.
• The cultivators realized Wine Sword Immortal had reached the Seventh Tribulation Immortal Stage, and the Ji Clan’s elders lost hope.
• Wine Sword Immortal called True Person Kongwu out of the rubble, and the badly injured monk rose with only two of his four divine rings still glowing.

The Wine Sword Immortal confronted True Person Kongwu for threatening Chen Changqing and challenged him to withstand one sword strike. He split Kongwu’s Buddhist Dao True Body and left the monk grievously wounded.

• True Person Kongwu recognized the Wine Sword Immortal and apologized for offending him, while the gathered cultivators fell silent in fear.
• The Wine Sword Immortal rebuked True Person Kongwu for pursuing Chen Changqing and demanded that he survive one sword strike or die.
• True Person Kongwu unleashed his Buddhist Dao True Body and braced himself behind its Vajra Dharma Seal.
• The Wine Sword Immortal drew his Scarlet Heaven Sword and shattered the Dharma Seal with a single Sword-Ray.
• The Wine Sword Immortal cleaved the Buddhist Dao True Body in two, leaving True Person Kongwu with a deep, burning sword wound.

The Wine Sword Immortal nearly killed True Person Kongwu before Heavenly Venerable Taixuan intervened, healed Kongwu, and ended the confrontation. Taixuan declared that grudges from the Heavenly Void Secret Realm were over and warned the sects not to target Chen Changqing, leaving him protected as the tournament crisis passed.

• The Wine Sword Immortal shattered True Person Kongwu’s remaining Tribulation-Light Divine Rings and nearly destroyed his Dao foundation with one sword strike.
• As the Wine Sword Immortal prepared to kill Kongwu, Heavenly Venerable Taixuan appeared and used his Jade Whisk to suppress the sword flames and stabilize Kongwu’s wounds.
• Heavenly Venerable Taixuan persuaded the Wine Sword Immortal to spare Kongwu and decreed that grudges from the Secret Realm were wiped clean, warning the Ji Clan and other sects not to retaliate against Chen Changqing.
• Daoist Chen Yuan thanked Taixuan, Xuanyuan Hong withdrew the imperial guards, and Liu Ruyan checked on Chen Changqing as his injuries began to heal.
• The Wine Sword Immortal demanded payment for his help, and Daoist Chen Yuan promised to send two-thirds of the wine cellar’s Drunken Immortal Brew to his cave abode.

After winning the Secret Realm trial, Chen Changqing received the completed Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step and used his AFK Points to perfect it while preparing for the Battle Platform trial. Three days later, the platform opened, and the contest for the tournament championship began.

• The Wine Sword Immortal gave Chen Changqing the complete Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step after criticizing his technique.
• Heavenly Venerable Taixuan announced that the top hundred contestants would compete on the Battle Platform, with the champion's sect claiming thirty percent of the Secret Realm's output.
• Liu Ruyan warned Chen Changqing that the Ji Clan, True Martial Immortal Sect, and Great Chu Dynasty might team up to exhaust him, but he vowed to defeat anyone who challenged him.
• Chen Changqing spent 200,000 AFK Points to deduce and perfect the Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step.
• Three days later, the Battle Platform rose from the East Sea, and Heavenly Venerable Taixuan opened the Second Trial.