Recaps

Chen Changqing stepped onto the Black Mystic Battle Platform and defeated Ji Wugou in three moves, destroying the Ji Clan’s Taiyi Immortal-Slaying Needle and knocking him into the sea. After calling for the next challenger, Chen Changqing faced a silent gathering as a Ji Clan elder turned toward the True Martial Immortal Sect’s warship.

• Chen Changqing volunteered to defend the Black Mystic Battle Platform, and the Ji Clan sent Ji Wugou to kill him with the Taiyi Immortal-Slaying Needle.
• Ji Wugou launched the needle at Chen Changqing’s forehead, but Chen Changqing dodged it with the Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step.
• Chen Changqing shattered the returning Taiyi Immortal-Slaying Needle with the Immortal Execution Sword, leaving Ji Wugou wounded by the destruction of his bonded treasure.
• Chen Changqing struck Ji Wugou with his scabbard and sent him through the platform’s defensive barrier into the sea.
• Chen Changqing called for the next challenger, and a Ji Clan elder looked toward the True Martial Immortal Sect’s warship.

Chen Changqing defeated Lu Changsheng of the True Martial Immortal Sect and True Lord Blood River of the Great Chu Dynasty, turning back successive attempts to wear him down and kill him. He remained undefeated on the Battle Platform as the surrounding cultivators watched in stunned silence.

• Lu Changsheng used the True Martial Immortal Sect’s Yin-Yang defensive art to try to drain Chen Changqing’s True Essence.
• Chen Changqing smashed through Lu Changsheng’s Yin-Yang barrier with his sheathed sword and knocked him unconscious.
• True Lord Blood River attacked Chen Changqing with the Great Chu Dynasty’s Blood-Ban Secret Art and a river of blood.
• Chen Changqing summoned the Human Emperor Heaven-Suppressing Seal, purified True Lord Blood River’s attack, and blasted him off the platform.
• Chen Changqing stood undefeated after three successive Half-Step Heavenly Monarch opponents had been defeated.

Chen Changqing foiled and killed the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion assassin Shadow Fiend, then stepped down after earning three consecutive victories to rest. As the competition continued, Xuanyuan Hong defeated three challengers in a row and took control of the arena.

• The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion sent Shadow Fiend to assassinate Chen Changqing, but Chen dodged the attack and killed him with the Immortal Execution Sword.
• Heavenly Venerable Taixuan declared Chen Changqing’s third consecutive victory and offered him the choice to rest or keep defending the platform.
• Chen Changqing chose to step down and regulate his breathing aboard the Shu Mountain Sacred Land’s warship.
• Heavenly Venerable Taixuan opened the arena to other competitors, and Xuanyuan Hong took the stage as the first challenger.
• Xuanyuan Hong defeated a Phoenix Clan Half-Step Heavenly Monarch, a Great Chu Dynasty shadow guard leader, and a Flower-Shifting Palace cultivator to claim three consecutive victories.

Mount Shu’s Lu Tian and Chen Yuan defeated a series of challengers, while the Ji Clan prepared a trap for Chen Changqing. When Chen Changqing returned to the platform, Han Canghai invoked tournament precedent to fight in place of his injured disciple, Ji Wugou.

• Lu Tian used his heavy sword to defeat four challengers, including a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, in a few strikes each.
• Chen Yuan precisely defeated three opponents with basic Shu Mountain Sword Technique, drawing the attention of Heavenly Venerable Taixuan and other powerful observers.
• The Ji Clan Grand Elder arranged for Han Canghai to challenge Chen Changqing and planned to use the Chaotic Immortal-Locking Chain to suppress Chen Changqing’s Immortal Artifact.
• Chen Changqing recovered much of his strength and returned to the Black Mystic Battle Platform with the Immortal Execution Sword.
• Han Canghai invoked the rule allowing a master to fight once for an incapacitated disciple, and Heavenly Venerable Taixuan approved his challenge.
• Han Canghai stepped onto the platform with a gray-black chain at his waist, while Daoist Chen Yuan recognized the danger.

Chen Changqing defeated Han Canghai after Han used the Chaotic Immortal-Locking Chain to suppress his Immortal Artifacts. Chen Changqing left the Battle Platform victorious, and Heavenly Venerable Taixuan declared him the winner.

• Han Canghai accused Chen Changqing of ruining Ji Wugou's Dao foundation and spread the Chaotic Immortal-Locking Chain across the Battle Platform, suppressing Chen Changqing's Immortal Artifacts.
• Han Canghai attacked with the Heavenly Gang World-Destroying Palm, but Chen Changqing met his blows with the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist and drove him back.
• Chen Changqing used the Immortal-Burying Zither to assault Han Canghai's soul, breaking his concentration and protective Gang Qi.
• Chen Changqing drove Han Canghai into the Black Mystic Stone Slabs, causing the Chaotic Immortal-Locking Chain's suppression to collapse, then asked if he had gotten justice for his disciple.
• Heavenly Venerable Taixuan declared Chen Changqing the winner.

After Chen Changqing defeated Han Canghai and Master Rujie conceded their physical contest, no one else challenged him until Guxingzi of the Sword Pavilion arrived. Guxingzi asked to exchange sword techniques, and their first clash left the Battle Platform engulfed in colliding Sword Qi.

• Chen Changqing defeated Han Canghai without drawing the Immortal Execution Sword, then invited further challengers.
• Master Rujie fought Chen Changqing in close combat, admitted defeat, and returned to the Heavenly Sound Temple's warship.
• The warships fell silent until Guxingzi arrived from the Sword Pavilion and said he wanted to exchange sword techniques rather than compete for the Champion title.
• At Guxingzi's request, Chen Changqing struck first with the third form of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique, God Burial.
• Guxingzi drew his heavy sword and met Chen Changqing's attack, and their Sword Qi collided over the Battle Platform.

Chen Changqing defeated Guxingzi and won the Heavenly Void Grand Tournament’s second trial, earning a High-grade Immortal Artifact and control of thirty percent of the secret realm’s output for Mount Shu. With three days before he could enter the perilous Heavenly Void Divine Pool, he cultivated in seclusion and strengthened his Nine Primordial Spirits.

• Chen Changqing broke Guxingzi’s Heavy Sword in one exchange, and Guxingzi admitted defeat and praised his Sword Dao.
• After no one else challenged Chen Changqing, Heavenly Venerable Taixuan declared him the champion of the arena showdown and awarded him the Grand Void Illuminating Spirit Mirror.
• Heavenly Venerable Taixuan granted Mount Shu Sacred Land control of thirty percent of the Heavenly Void Secret Realm’s output and announced that Chen Changqing could enter the Divine Pool alone for one hour in three days.
• Daoist Chen Yuan explained that the Divine Pool’s Chaotic Origin Energy could temper Chen Changqing’s divine soul, but warned that three out of every ten champions had failed to return alive.
• Chen Changqing began cultivating the Primordial Nine-Turn Body Refining Art’s Divine Soul Chapter and the Invincible Avatar Technique’s Sixth Avatar through the AFK Panel.
• During two and a half days of seclusion, Chen Changqing broke through the Divine Soul Chapter’s bottleneck, and pale golden markings appeared on his Nine Primordial Spirits.

Chen Changqing entered the Divine Pool in the Heavenly Void Secret Realm and faced nine copies of himself, each armed with a different weapon or fighting style. He defeated five doubles, then looked toward the four remaining platforms.

• Chen Changqing received a Nine-Turn Soul Returning Pill from Liu Ruyan, who said Hua Yao had sent it as a precaution.
• Chen Changqing entered the Divine Pool through the golden light and found himself in a rune-lined stone corridor leading to a vast void.
• An aged voice explained that entrants had to defeat nine enemies formed from their Dao Heart to enter the pool, or die trying.
• Chen Changqing defeated the first four doubles, countering their sword, hammer, spear, and zither techniques.
• Chen Changqing beat the barehanded fifth double in a fifty-one-punch exchange, then faced the four remaining platforms.

Chen Changqing defeated the final clone by combining the first four forms of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique, earning access to the Divine Pool. There, he absorbed Chaotic Origin Energy as his Nine Primordial Spirits completed their transformation into a red-gold state.

• Chen Changqing defeated the sixth, seventh, and eighth clones with his movement, swordsmanship, and Human Emperor Heaven-Suppressing Seal.
• Chen Changqing faced a final clone wielding the fifth form of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique, Immortal Execution.
• Chen Changqing combined the first four forms of the technique and broke the clone's sword through the strength of his will, winning all nine battles.
• The aged voice declared Chen Changqing qualified, and the Divine Pool opened beneath him.
• Chen Changqing activated Automatic Guided Absorption Mode and absorbed the pool's Chaotic Origin Energy as his Nine Primordial Spirits transformed.
• Chen Changqing endured the divine-soul pain, and the Nine Primordial Spirits completed their transformation in a burst of red-gold light.

After completing the Divine Pool’s transformation, Chen Changqing returned to Mount Shu’s warship with his Divine Sense expanded to three thousand li. As the ship crossed the Void-Crossing Mists, he adjusted to his heightened perception and detected three concealed presences following northeast of the vessel.

• Chen Changqing left the Heavenly Void Secret Realm after his Nine Primordial Spirits improved, and Liu Ruyan and the others welcomed him aboard Mount Shu’s warship.
• Chen Changqing said the Heavenly Void Grand Tournament was over, and the warship turned west toward Mount Shu.
• Daoist Chen Yuan guided the warship through the Void-Crossing Mists and ordered Liu Ruyan to let Chen Changqing rest undisturbed.
• Chen Changqing tested his expanded Divine Sense, learned to maintain precise perception over five hundred li, and sensed three concealed presences about eight hundred li northeast of the warship.

Chen Changqing detected three Half-Step Heavenly Monarchs shadowing the Mount Shu Warship and told Daoist Chen Yuan to let them follow while the group continued west. The Ji Clan Grand Elder and the True Martial Immortal Sect’s black-robed Heavenly Monarch coordinated with Great Chu to prepare an ambush along either route ahead.

• Chen Changqing sensed three concealed Half-Step Heavenly Monarchs following the Mount Shu Warship and discovered a distant communication fluctuation in the direction of the Great Chu Dynasty.
• Chen Changqing told Liu Ruyan to inform Daoist Chen Yuan that they should let the pursuers follow without alerting them.
• Daoist Chen Yuan agreed to maintain the warship’s course, while Bai Wuya prepared to attack if the pursuers came within five hundred li.
• The Ji Clan Grand Elder tracked Chen Changqing with the Ten-Thousand-Mile Heart-Link Mirror as the black-robed Heavenly Monarch reported that three Shadow Guards were following the warship.
• The black-robed Heavenly Monarch told the Ji Clan Grand Elder that Great Chu had prepared an ambush at Falling Star Gorge and could seal the northern passage through the Sky-Reaching Mountains.

The Ji Clan Grand Elder ordered the Ji Clan to spread rumors that Chen Changqing might carry remnants of Chaotic Origin Energy, hoping to draw other powers against him. After detecting a surveillance Law Treasure and three followers, Chen Changqing told Daoist Chen Yuan to avoid both usual routes and travel through the Netherworld Trench instead.

• The Ji Clan Grand Elder ordered the black-robed Heavenly Monarch to publicize Chen Changqing’s possible connection to Chaotic Origin Energy and keep the Shadow Guard following him.
• Chen Changqing detected three Half-Step Heavenly Monarch followers and identified their cultivation lineages as Great Chu, True Martial, and the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.
• Chen Changqing found a surveillance Law Treasure more than two thousand li away that was tracking his presence.
• Chen Changqing told Daoist Chen Yuan that both the northern and southern routes were likely ambush sites.
• Chen Changqing proposed crossing the Netherworld Trench and entering through an underwater passage, despite its dangerous beasts and Netherworld Qi.

The Ji Clan Grand Elder leaked a claim that Chen Changqing still carried Chaotic Origin Energy, sending countless True Lord cultivators toward the Netherworld Trench. Daoist Wuzhen sought help from his master, the First-Layer Heavenly Palace elder, and asked him to visit the Fifth-Layer Heavenly Palace.

• Shadow Three, Shadow Fiend, and True Lord Xuanming followed the Mount Shu Warship after it changed course toward the Netherworld Trench.
• The Ji Clan Grand Elder ordered a backup plan and anonymously spread news that Chen Changqing had Chaotic Origin Energy remaining in his body.
• True Lord cultivators across the Nine Provinces Darknet discussed seizing the energy, and countless cultivators set off for the Netherworld Trench.
• Daoist Chen Yuan learned of the leak and went into Mount Shu’s forbidden grounds to seek the Nine Elders.
• Daoist Wuzhen told his master that several hundred True Lord cultivators were pursuing Chen Changqing and asked him to visit the Fifth-Layer Heavenly Palace.

Daoist Wuzhen persuaded True Lord Qingxiao to protect Chen Changqing from the cultivators gathering at the Netherworld Trench. As Chen Changqing’s Mount Shu warship arrived, he discovered hidden Heavenly Monarchs and chose to approach the crowd himself to discuss the Chaotic Origin Energy.

• Daoist Wuzhen asked his master, Daoist Qingyuan, to send True Lord Qingxiao to the Netherworld Trench to protect Chen Changqing.
• True Lord Qingxiao agreed to go, while Daoist Qingyuan warned that whoever had spread the news anonymously on the Nine Provinces Darknet was no ordinary person.
• Hundreds of True Lord cultivators gathered above the Netherworld Trench, intending to seize a wisp of Chaotic Origin Energy from Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing arrived aboard a Mount Shu warship and sensed more than a dozen concealed Heavenly Monarchs behind the crowd.
• Chen Changqing proposed speaking to the cultivators and flew down toward them despite Liu Ruyan’s concern.

Chen Changqing rejected more than three hundred True Lord cultivators’ demand for Chaotic Origin Energy, and they attacked after Bai Wuya and Daoist Chen Yuan tried to protect him. Chen Changqing summoned five Avatars and began slaughtering the attackers for AFK Points.

• Chen Changqing told Elder Hong and the gathered cultivators that he had no Chaotic Origin Energy and refused their offer of spirit stones.
• A black-clad cultivator attacked Chen Changqing, but Bai Wuya blocked the blow and revealed himself as a Heavenly Monarch.
• Elder Hong rallied the crowd to attack, and more than three hundred True Lords besieged Chen Changqing and his protectors.
• Chen Changqing drew the Immortal Execution Sword, activated battle mode, and summoned five Middle True Lord Stage Avatars wielding different weapons.
• Chen Changqing and his Avatars attacked the crowd, killing and wounding several cultivators; Chen Changqing killed the black-clad cultivator and gained 2,800 AFK Points.

Chen Changqing slaughtered scores of cultivators at Netherworld Trench before seven Heavenly Monarchs revealed themselves and attacked him and Mount Shu. His five Avatars and Invincible Sword Domain struggled to withstand four Heavenly Monarchs at once, while the battle around him escalated.

• Chen Changqing killed more than eighty True Lords and a concealed Early Tribulation Transcendence cultivator with his Immortal Execution Sword Technique.
• The surviving cultivators fled, and seven Heavenly Monarchs emerged from hiding to seize Chen Changqing and the Chaotic Origin Energy.
• Bai Wuya fought Sky-Splitting Spear, while Daoist Chen Yuan defended against Guiyuan and a Beast Taming Sect Heavenly Monarch.
• Four other Heavenly Monarchs attacked Chen Changqing, and his five Avatars fought them off as his Invincible Sword Domain cracked under the pressure.

Chen Changqing killed an Early Heavenly Monarch with a coordinated attack from his five avatars and his Immortal Execution Sword. The remaining six Heavenly Monarchs united against him, shattering his avatars and Sword Domain and blasting him across the Netherworld Trench.

• Chen Changqing withdrew his five avatars from the four Heavenly Monarchs and focused their attacks on the brown-robed Rogue Cultivator Heavenly Monarch.
• Chen Changqing used the Mountain Seal to trap the brown-robed Heavenly Monarch, then struck him from behind with Dao Reversal and killed him.
• The Heavenly Monarchs were stunned by Chen Changqing's feat, but the Heavenly Monarch of the Ji Clan urged them to kill him before he grew stronger.
• Sky-Splitting Spear, Guiyuan, and the other Heavenly Monarchs attacked Chen Changqing together while Daoist Chen Yuan and Bai Wuya tried to shield him.
• The six attacks shattered Chen Changqing's five avatars and Invincible Sword Domain and sent him flying as he spat blood.

True Lord Qingxiao arrived at the Netherworld Trench and confronted the six Heavenly Monarchs who had nearly killed Chen Changqing. He demanded that they leave or be sent away, leaving their fate hanging.

• The six Heavenly Monarchs prepared to deliver a final blow to the wounded Chen Changqing as Daoist Chen Yuan threatened them.
• A Tribulation Immortal’s pressure swept across the sea, halting the cultivators and disrupting the six Heavenly Monarchs’ power.
• True Lord Qingxiao emerged from a spatial rift on an Immortal Sword, and Daoist Chen Yuan recognized him as the fifth of Mount Shu’s Nine Elders.
• Bai Wuya helped Chen Changqing to his feet while True Lord Qingxiao praised the young cultivator and condemned the six Heavenly Monarchs for attacking him.
• True Lord Qingxiao asked the six Heavenly Monarchs whether they would leave on their own or be sent away.

True Lord Qingxiao drove off the remaining enemies and helped Chen Changqing recover, but warned that the Chaotic Origin Energy fused into Chen Changqing’s soul would make him a target. The Mount Shu group headed home, leaving Chen Changqing to recuperate and consider his gains from the battle.

• Sky-Splitting Spear and the other Heavenly Monarchs fled after True Lord Qingxiao arrived, and the Heavenly Monarch of the Ji Clan and Guiyuan followed after Qingxiao threatened them.
• True Lord Qingxiao healed Chen Changqing and praised Daoist Chen Yuan for choosing him as a disciple.
• True Lord Qingxiao revealed that traces of Chaotic Origin Energy had fused with Chen Changqing’s Nine Primordial Spirits and could only be extracted by shattering them.
• True Lord Qingxiao warned that outsiders would still covet Chen Changqing, so he escorted the Mount Shu group back toward Mount Shu.
• Chen Changqing recovered in the warship’s cabin, checked his AFK Points and cultivation, and found that his Fusion Function remained on cooldown for two months.

Chen Changqing and the Mount Shu group traveled safely under True Lord Qingxiao’s escort and arrived at Mount Shu. With the danger of the journey behind him, Chen Changqing prepared to grow stronger before the forces seeking his Chaotic Origin Energy could threaten him again.

• True Lord Qingxiao’s presence drove off the Netherworld Fiendbeasts, while Jian Zhenzi told Luo Futian about Qingxiao’s rank and past battles.
• Chen Changqing sensed that the Shadow Guards and surveillance Law Treasure were gone, then accepted Spirit Porridge from Liu Ruyan and reassured her about his injuries.
• Chen Changqing considered the threat posed by the news about his residual Chaotic Origin Energy and postponed a recommended breakthrough until he returned to Mount Shu.
• The warship completed its three-day journey without incident and emerged above the Western Nine Provinces, where Mount Shu came into view.
• True Lord Qingxiao confirmed the route was clear and flew back to the Nine-Layer Heavenly Palace as a crowd gathered at Mount Shu’s mountain gate.

Chen Changqing returned to Mount Shu as the Heavenly Void Grand Tournament Champion and reunited with Evergreen Peak. After reflecting on his strength and the threat of the six Heavenly Monarchs, he followed Daoist Chen Yuan into the back mountain to meet Grandmaster Daoist Wuzhen.

• Chen Changqing arrived at Mount Shu, where disciples welcomed him as the Heavenly Void Grand Tournament Champion.
• Chen Changqing thanked Liu Mu, exchanged a look with Mo Yuan, and accepted congratulations from Mount Shu's elders and Sequence Holy Sons.
• Chen Changqing returned to Evergreen Peak and reviewed his tournament gains, resolving to cultivate faster after recalling his near-fatal battle against six Heavenly Monarchs.
• Daoist Chen Yuan told Chen Changqing that Grandmaster Daoist Wuzhen wanted to see him.
• Chen Changqing followed Daoist Chen Yuan through Mount Shu's forbidden back mountain grounds toward the grandmaster.

Daoist Wuzhen summoned Chen Changqing and declared that he had chosen him to become Mount Shu’s next Sect Master. Chen Changqing hesitated over his low cultivation and recent arrival at the sect, but Wuzhen insisted that his achievements and potential made him a worthy successor.

• Daoist Chen Yuan brought Chen Changqing to meet Daoist Wuzhen in the elder’s secluded Cave Heaven.
• Daoist Wuzhen praised Chen Changqing’s nine Red-Gold Primordial Spirits, then recounted the uproar he had caused on his journey back to Mount Shu.
• Daoist Wuzhen asked Chen Changqing who should become Mount Shu’s next Sect Master and announced that he had chosen Chen Changqing to succeed him.
• Chen Changqing questioned whether he was qualified because he was only at the Middle True Lord Stage and had joined the sect a few years earlier.
• Daoist Wuzhen dismissed Chen Changqing’s doubts, citing his tournament victory, his slaying of a Heavenly Monarch, his nine Primordial Spirits, and his succession to the Immortal Execution Sword.

Daoist Wuzhen named Chen Changqing Mount Shu’s next Sect Master, while leaving Daoist Chen Yuan in charge until Changqing reached Heavenly Monarch. With the succession ceremony three days away and news of Changqing’s power spreading across the Nine Provinces, Changqing prepared to cultivate.

• Daoist Wuzhen announced that Mount Shu would formally name Chen Changqing its next Sect Master in three days.
• Daoist Wuzhen ordered Daoist Chen Yuan to continue managing the sect until Changqing reached Heavenly Monarch, and Chen Yuan reluctantly agreed.
• Chen Changqing accepted the succession arrangement and promised Daoist Wuzhen he would not disappoint him.
• Daoist Chen Yuan asked Chen Changqing to cultivate faster so he could retire sooner, and Changqing laughed.
• Chen Changqing considered the attention his succession and Netherworld Trench battle would bring, then summoned a dark-gold pill as Spiritual Qi surged around him.

Chen Changqing revealed that he had found a Tribulation Immortal Pill in an ancient cave abode and explained its extraordinary effects to Daoist Wuzhen. He offered the pill to strengthen Mount Shu’s guardian, and Daoist Wuzhen accepted it.

• Chen Changqing showed Daoist Wuzhen and Daoist Chen Yuan the dark-gold pill he had found in a cave abode in the Heavenly Void Secret Realm.
• Chen Changqing explained that the pill could turn a Heavenly Monarch into a Tribulation Immortal and let a Tribulation Immortal advance one stage without undergoing Tribulation Transcendence.
• Daoist Wuzhen reacted with shock, and his uncontrolled pressure shook the Cave Heaven before he restrained it.
• Chen Changqing offered the pill to Daoist Wuzhen, saying Mount Shu needed a stronger guardian and the pill would be wasted in his hands.
• Daoist Wuzhen silently accepted the Tribulation Immortal Pill with trembling hands.

Chen Changqing offered Daoist Wuzhen a Tribulation Immortal Pill, but Wuzhen refused to keep it for himself and took it to Mount Shu’s Nine-Layer Heavenly Palace. He revealed the pill to Daoist Qingyuan, whose shock suggested it could serve a greater purpose for the sect.

• Daoist Wuzhen accepted Chen Changqing’s Tribulation Immortal Pill but sealed it away and refused to use it for his own advancement, saying it belonged to Mount Shu.
• Daoist Wuzhen praised Chen Changqing ahead of the Sect Master Succession Ceremony and told Daoist Chen Yuan to prepare the arrangements.
• Daoist Wuzhen told Daoist Chen Yuan to guard the mountain gate, then entered the Nine-Layer Heavenly Palace.
• Daoist Wuzhen visited Daoist Qingyuan at the Seventh-Layer Heavenly Palace and opened the sealed jade box.
• Daoist Qingyuan sensed the pill’s power, sprang up in shock, and recognized it as a Tribulation Immortal Pill.