Recaps

Chen Changqing became Mount Shu’s Eleventh Sequence Holy Son and established Evergreen Peak as his base. As disciples and rivals reacted to his rise, Sect Master Chen Yuan assigned two Purple Mansion True Persons to guard his peak.

• Ran Hua, Liu Mu, and the others saluted Chen Changqing as the Eleventh Holy Son after he gained the title.
• News of Chen Changqing’s promotion spread through Mount Shu, drawing envy and criticism from disciples.
• Ji Changkong learned Chen Changqing had passed the Heavenly Pass and vowed that their rivalry had only begun.
• Liu Ruyan reflected on Chen Changqing’s rapid rise and said his future achievements could exceed expectations.
• Chen Changqing brought Liu Mu and the others to Evergreen Peak and named it their foundation in the Shu Mountain Sacred Land.
• True Persons Xuanqing and Xuanming arrived under Chen Yuan’s orders to guard Evergreen Peak and serve Chen Changqing.

After settling into Evergreen Peak as the Eleventh Sequence Holy Son, Chen Changqing received gifts from Mount Shu’s Holy Sons and Liu Ruyan. He obtained a Universe Guiding Talisman from Chen Yuan and set out for the Dao Sect’s Universe Secret Realm, but stopped on the way after sensing Demonic Qi.

• Chen Changqing settled into Evergreen Peak, where Bai Yifei and other Holy Sons sent him congratulatory gifts, including spirit pills and Law Treasures.
• Liu Ruyan visited Chen Changqing, congratulated him, toured Evergreen Peak with him, and gave him a low-grade Law Treasure sword.
• More than two months later, Chen Changqing visited Chen Yuan, who gave him a Universe Guiding Talisman and told him to seek out True Person Li Yuan at the Dao Sect.
• Chen Changqing returned to Evergreen Peak, gave Liu Mu and the others instructions, then set off with Little Black Dog Wangcai toward the Dao Sect’s Universe Secret Realm.
• Three days into the journey, Chen Changqing sensed Demonic Qi in a desolate mountain range and flew toward its source, hoping to earn AFK Points by killing Demon Sect members.

Chen Changqing rescued Hua Yao from Blood God Sect disciples who had cornered her in the mountains, killing their attackers with his sword. After the battle, Hua Yao introduced herself as a disciple of Medicine God Valley and thanked him.

• Hua Yao fled through the mountains but was surrounded by Blood God Sect disciples led by three Core Formation cultivators.
• Chen Changqing arrived on his flying sword and killed a late-stage Foundation Establishment disciple with one strike.
• Chen Changqing's Sword Momentum cut down the fleeing disciples, and he killed their wounded late-stage Core Formation leader despite the man's threat about the Blood God Sect.
• Chen Changqing introduced himself as a disciple of Mount Shu, and Hua Yao identified herself as a disciple of Medicine God Valley and thanked him.

Chen Changqing agreed to help Hua Yao find a medicinal herb used to refine fifth-grade Nascent Soul Pills, and they followed her treasure map to a cliff. Meanwhile, Fan Lao used a bloodline tracking technique to pursue the killer of his son Fan Wushuang, whose trail led toward Chen Changqing.

• Hua Yao told Chen Changqing about the treasure map and asked him to help search for the herb, offering a favor from Medicine God Valley; he agreed and set off with her and Wangcai.
• Fan Lao arrived at the valley, found Fan Wushuang's headless corpse, and swore revenge on the killer.
• Fan Lao cast the Bloodline Tracking Technique, which traced Chen Changqing's direction, and he pursued him.
• Chen Changqing and Hua Yao reached a cliff where the treasure map marked the herb's location below.
• Hua Yao climbed into Chen Changqing's arms, and he carried her down the cliff.

Chen Changqing and Hua Yao reached a Spirit Pool, where they found the Pure World White Lotus needed to refine a fifth-grade Nascent Soul Pill. Fan Lao arrived seeking revenge for his son, but became consumed with excitement after spotting the lotus.

• A Spirit-Devouring Demon Vine attacked Chen Changqing and Hua Yao, but Little Black transformed into a giant beast and devoured it.
• Chen Changqing and Hua Yao reached a Spirit Pool, where Hua Yao identified the Pure World White Lotus as the precious herb she needed.
• Chen Changqing moved to pick the lotus, but Fan Lao's blood-colored attack clashed with his Sword Qi.
• Fan Lao confronted Chen Changqing about killing his son, then spotted the Pure World White Lotus and rejoiced at the chance to reach Nascent Soul.

Chen Changqing fought Fan Lao, a Purple Mansion cultivator seeking revenge for his son and coveting the Pure World White Lotus. After Chen Changqing wounded him with the Three Seals, Fan Lao transformed into a blood-colored giant to meet Chen Changqing’s sword strike, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Fan Lao set his sights on the Pure World White Lotus and vowed to kill Chen Changqing for killing Fan Wushuang.
• Chen Changqing’s Rainbow Sword Technique failed to break Fan Lao’s protective Gang Qi.
• Chen Changqing summoned the Mountain, Water, and Fire Seals, shattered Fan Lao’s defense, and sent him crashing into a cliff.
• Fan Lao rose from the rubble injured and threatened to wrench out Chen Changqing’s soul.
• Chen Changqing used the Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step and struck with Sword Momentum, startling Fan Lao.
• Fan Lao activated Blood God True Body, became a thirty-foot blood-colored giant, and punched against Chen Changqing’s Sword-Ray.

Fan Lao sealed the surrounding Spiritual Qi and attacked Chen Changqing, but Chen revealed a Quasi-Immortal Artifact battle armor that blocked the blow. Greedy for the armor, Fan Lao unleashed his Blood God Claw, leaving Chen facing a massive attack.

• Fan Lao recovered from Chen Changqing’s earlier attacks and explained how a Purple Mansion True Person could command the Spiritual Qi within a hundred li.
• Fan Lao sealed the surrounding Spiritual Qi, but Chen remained confident because his nine Golden Cores held abundant True Qi.
• Chen unleashed his Three Extremes Origin Seal, but Fan Lao shattered it with a surge of Purple Mansion True Qi.
• Fan Lao’s Blood Spear struck Chen’s chest, only for a Quasi-Immortal Artifact battle armor to block the attack.
• Fan Lao recognized the armor, grew greedy, and summoned a gigantic Blood God Claw to strike Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing fought Fan Lao, a Purple Mansion True Person, and broke through his attacks while remaining protected by the Silver Firmament Battle Armor. After Fan Lao exhausted his True Qi and tried to flee, Chen Changqing challenged him not to run.

• Fan Lao's Blood God Claw descended, but Chen Changqing used the Three Extremes Origin Seal to shatter it.
• Fan Lao hurled a blood-red spear at Chen Changqing, whose Silver Firmament Battle Armor left him unharmed.
• Fan Lao unleashed attacks including a Blood Spear, Bone Sword, and Resentful Soul Array, but Chen Changqing neutralized them all.
• Chen Changqing noticed Fan Lao's attacks weakening and realized his True Qi was nearly exhausted.
• Fan Lao decided to retreat with the Blood Escape Technique, and Chen Changqing mocked him for trying to run.

Chen Changqing killed Fan Lao with the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, then collected Fan Lao’s belongings and retrieved the Pure World White Lotus for Hua Yao. Hua Yao wondered whether Chen Changqing was on the Azure Dragon Ranking, but he did not know what it was.

• Chen Changqing used the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique to pierce Fan Lao’s defenses and kill him.
• Hua Yao and Wangcai marveled at Chen Changqing’s victory over a Purple Mansion cultivator, while Chen Changqing received 100,000 AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing looted Fan Lao’s Spirit Stones and Blood God Claw manual, then let Wangcai devour the corpse.
• Chen Changqing retrieved the Pure World White Lotus from the Spirit Pool and gave it to Hua Yao.
• Hua Yao asked whether Chen Changqing was on the Azure Dragon Ranking, and he replied that he did not know what it was.

Hua Yao explained the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s rankings to Chen Changqing, including the Azure Dragon Ranking and his senior brother Jian Zhenzi’s first-place standing. After learning Chen Changqing was headed to the Dao Sect for the Universe Secret Realm, Hua Yao asked to travel with him so she could meet Medicine God Valley companions there, and he agreed.

• Hua Yao explained that the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion compiled influential rankings, and told Chen Changqing that Jian Zhenzi ranked first on the Azure Dragon Ranking while Chen Yuan placed in the Heaven Ranking’s top twenty.
• Chen Changqing reflected on his senior brother’s reputation, his master’s standing, and whether his Heaven-Stepping Ring might appear on the Immortal Artifact Ranking.
• Hua Yao asked where Chen Changqing was going, and he told her he planned to visit the Dao Sect for the Universe Secret Realm.
• Hua Yao asked to travel with Chen Changqing so she could meet Medicine God Valley disciples at the Dao Sect and return with them, and Chen Changqing agreed.

Chen Changqing, Hua Yao, and Little Black Dog Wangcai stopped at a town tavern on their way to the Dao Sect and ran into Rujie. Rujie joined them on the journey to the Dao Sect’s Universe Secret Realm, much to Hua Yao’s dismay.

• Chen Changqing traveled with Hua Yao and Wangcai for three days before stopping at a tavern to rest.
• Rujie recognized Chen Changqing as Li Feiyu, and Chen Changqing explained that Li Feiyu was his alias.
• Rujie teased Hua Yao by asking whether she already had someone in her heart.
• Rujie revealed that his master had sent him to the Dao Sect and learned that Chen Changqing and Hua Yao were headed there too.
• Rujie joined Chen Changqing, Hua Yao, and Wangcai on their journey to the Universe Secret Realm, and the group set off after eating and resting.

Chen Changqing, Hua Yao, and Rujie arrived at the Dao Sect for its Universe Secret Realm, where cultivators from across the younger generation had gathered. Medicine God Valley’s Yao Feng found Hua Yao and told her to return with him after the secret realm, then met Chen Changqing and Rujie with little interest.

• Chen Changqing brought Hua Yao and Rujie to the Dao Sect, where they admired the sect’s mountain scenery and saw many young cultivators gathered outside its gate.
• Chen Changqing reasoned that the Universe Secret Realm admitted only cultivators below Nascent Soul and would likely impose a high entry threshold on outsiders.
• Medicine God Valley disciples arrived, and Hua Yao greeted her senior brother, Yao Feng.
• Yao Feng told Hua Yao that her grandfather had searched Medicine God Valley for her and instructed her to return after the secret realm; Hua Yao agreed.
• Hua Yao introduced Chen Changqing and Rujie to Yao Feng, who judged them by their Golden Core cultivation and showed them little regard.

Yao Feng, ranked tenth on the Azure Dragon Ranking, reunited with Hua Yao at the Dao Sect and took her to see her second uncle. Chen Changqing then encountered Chen Yong and asked to meet True Person Li Yuan, leaving Chen Yong astonished that he knew his master.

• Rujie recognized Yao Feng as a top Azure Dragon Ranking genius, and Yao Feng gave Chen Changqing and Rujie third-grade pills in thanks for looking after Hua Yao.
• Yao Feng invited Hua Yao to visit her second uncle, and Hua Yao gave Chen Changqing a token before leaving with him.
• Rujie teased Chen Changqing about Hua Yao's apparent affection for him after Yao Feng and Hua Yao departed.
• Chen Changqing reunited with Chen Yong, whom he had once saved in Hundred Herbs Valley, and confirmed that he had come to enter the Universe Secret Realm.
• Chen Yong explained the secret realm's entrance requirements, and Chen Changqing asked him to take him to see True Person Li Yuan, leaving Chen Yong shocked that Chen Changqing knew his master.

Chen Changqing learned that Chen Yong was a disciple of True Person Li Yuan and asked him to arrange a meeting. Meanwhile, Hua Yao reunited with Hua Lixuan and told him how Chen Changqing had saved her from the Blood God Sect, leaving Hua Lixuan astonished by Chen Changqing’s strength.

• Chen Changqing discovered that Chen Yong was True Person Li Yuan’s disciple and asked Chen Yong to take him to his master.
• Hua Yao reunited with Hua Lixuan, who agreed to help conceal her escape from Medicine God Valley and told her to stay in the Dao Sect.
• Hua Yao revealed that Blood God Sect disciples had hunted her and that Chen Changqing had saved her by killing a Purple Mansion cultivator.
• Hua Yao described Chen Changqing as a Shu Mountain Sacred Land disciple who had defeated a Purple Mansion cultivator despite having Golden Core cultivation.
• Hua Lixuan and Yao Feng were shocked by Chen Changqing’s strength, and Hua Lixuan wondered when Mount Shu had produced such a prodigy.

Chen Changqing secured Li Yuan’s help to enter the Dao Sect’s Universe Secret Realm and stayed at Pure Heart Pavilion. Three days later, Hua Yao visited him and persuaded him to meet her second uncle, Hua Lixuan.

• Chen Yong brought Chen Changqing and Rujie to meet his master, Li Yuan, and Chen Changqing presented Chen Yuan’s letter asking for help entering the Universe Secret Realm.
• Li Yuan agreed to grant Chen Changqing entry in ten days and told Chen Yong to take him to Pure Heart Pavilion.
• Chen Yong and Rujie left Chen Changqing at Pure Heart Pavilion, where he settled in to wait for the secret realm to open.
• Three days later, Hua Yao visited Chen Changqing and said her second uncle wanted to thank him for saving her.
• Chen Changqing agreed to go with Hua Yao to meet Hua Lixuan.

Chen Changqing met Hua Yao’s second uncle, Hua Lixuan, who learned that Chen Changqing was the disciple of Chen Yuan, Mount Shu’s Sect Master. Hua Lixuan welcomed him warmly and accepted the possibility of him and Hua Yao becoming close, leaving Yao Feng feeling threatened and bitter.

• Hua Yao brought Chen Changqing to meet Hua Lixuan while Yao Feng watched with displeasure.
• Hua Lixuan examined Chen Changqing and asked who his master was.
• Chen Changqing revealed that his master was Chen Yuan, shocking Hua Lixuan, Hua Yao, and Yao Feng.
• Hua Lixuan reconsidered Chen Changqing as a potential match for Hua Yao and decided to leave the young people to handle their own affairs.
• Hua Lixuan praised Chen Changqing warmly, then told Hua Yao she should get to know him well after Chen Changqing left.
• Yao Feng realized Hua Lixuan did not mind Hua Yao growing closer to Chen Changqing and felt bitter.

Chen Changqing collected the results of his Idle Cultivation before the Universe Secret Realm opened, raising all nine Golden Cores to late Golden Core and his body to low-grade Spirit Treasure strength. The next morning, Chen Yong escorted him and Wangcai to the gathering plaza, where sect disciples and visitors had assembled.

• Monk Rujie visited Chen Changqing at the Pure Heart Pavilion and learned that Hua Yao had taken him to meet her second uncle.
• Chen Changqing collected his Idle Cultivation results and mastered the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, Rainbow Sword Technique, and Three Extremes Origin Seal.
• Chen Changqing completed thirty thousand repetitions of the Invincible Golden Core Method, advancing all nine Golden Cores to late Golden Core.
• Chen Changqing completed thirty thousand repetitions of the Primordial Nine-Turn Body Refining Art, bringing his physical strength to the level of a low-grade Spirit Treasure.
• The next morning, Chen Yong led Chen Changqing and Wangcai to the plaza where Dao Sect disciples and people from other sects had gathered for the Universe Secret Realm.

Chen Changqing joined the other sects’ disciples at the Dao Sect to enter the Universe Secret Realm, where the Grand One Celestial Master announced that everyone had to sign an agreement. Before Chen Changqing entered the passage, True Person Li Yuan gave him a talisman containing the power of a Nascent Soul strike.

• Chen Yong explained that disciples from other sects had paid ten thousand top-grade spirit stones to enter the Universe Secret Realm.
• The Grand One Celestial Master appeared, and the Dao Sect disciples greeted their Sect Master as he prepared to open the secret realm.
• The Grand One Celestial Master required everyone entering the secret realm to sign an agreement disclaiming the Dao Sect’s responsibility for their lives and opened a passage with an ancient Token.
• Chen Changqing signed the agreement as the entrants began heading through the passage.
• True Person Li Yuan stopped Chen Changqing and gave him a spiritual talisman containing the power of a Nascent Soul strike.

Chen Changqing entered the Universe Secret Realm with Wangcai, where Rujie soon arrived while fleeing a group of Demon Sect disciples. As their leader threatened them, a terrifying presence descended and an icy voice called out to the Demon Sect disciples.

• Hua Yao gave Chen Changqing a fifth-grade Mysterious Origin Pill and urged him to return safely from the Secret Realm.
• Chen Changqing entered the swirling passage with Wangcai and arrived in an unfamiliar world, where he warned Wangcai to hide his Demon Race identity.
• Chen Changqing found that his Token did not react, then noticed someone approaching while being pursued.
• Rujie reached Chen Changqing and explained that Demon Sect disciples had attacked him after he was randomly transported into the Secret Realm.
• The late Golden Core Demon Sect leader threatened Chen Changqing and Rujie, but a terrifying presence descended and an icy voice addressed the Demon Sect disciples.

Yao Feng arrived as Chen Changqing and Rujie faced a group of Demon Sect disciples, then killed them all and warned Chen Changqing to look after himself. After Yao Feng left, Rujie explained that he had entered the Universe Secret Realm to seek an inheritance from an ancestor of Heavenly Sound Temple and asked Chen Changqing to accompany him.

• Yao Feng arrived and learned that Chen Changqing and Rujie were confronting Demon Sect disciples led by a late Golden Core devil cultivator.
• The Demon Sect group tried to flee, but Yao Feng sealed the area and killed them with a wave of his hand.
• Yao Feng told Chen Changqing that Hua Yao had asked him to look after him, then left; Chen Changqing dismissed him as no formidable enemy and privately considered pursuing Hua Yao.
• Rujie warned Chen Changqing to be careful of Yao Feng, and Chen Changqing asked why Rujie had entered the Universe Secret Realm.
• Rujie said he was seeking an inheritance left by an ancestor of Heavenly Sound Temple, then asked Chen Changqing to accompany him.

Chen Changqing agreed to help Rujie retrieve the Heavenly Sound Temple ancestor’s inheritance and followed his prayer beads through the secret realm. After fighting off Demon Sect groups along the way, they encountered Chen Yong fleeing pursuers, leaving Chen Changqing to wonder if his fellow Daoist was born unlucky.

• Chen Changqing agreed to accompany Rujie to retrieve the Heavenly Sound Temple ancestor’s inheritance because his Token had not reacted and he had little else to do.
• At Chen Changqing’s command, Little Black Dog devoured the Demon Sect disciples’ corpses, astonishing Rujie.
• Rujie guided Chen Changqing through the secret realm with a glowing string of prayer beads, and Chen Changqing killed several Demon Sect groups for AFK Points.
• Chen Yong flew toward Chen Changqing and Rujie while several Golden Core cultivators pursued him, then begged Chen Changqing to save him.
• Chen Yong explained that he had found a Barrier-Breaking Pill but had been attacked by Demon Sect disciples, and Chen Changqing recalled that he had nearly died in a similar encounter before.

Chen Changqing protected Chen Yong from a middle Golden Core Devil Cultivator who wanted his Barrier-Breaking Pill, then waited as the enemy summoned reinforcements. A late Golden Core Devil Cultivator and his followers arrived and attacked, while Chen Changqing vanished with the Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step to confront the first pursuer.

• Chen Yong told Chen Changqing that a middle Golden Core Devil Cultivator was trying to kill him for his Barrier-Breaking Pill, and Chen Changqing stepped in to protect him and Rujie.
• The Devil Cultivator discovered Chen Changqing was at late Golden Core and fired a Cloud-Piercing Arrow to summon reinforcements.
• More than a dozen Devil Cultivators arrived, led by an eerie-looking late Golden Core man, who ordered them to attack and seize the pill.
• Chen Changqing told Rujie and Chen Yong to retreat, sent Little Black Dog to the ground, and used the Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step to appear beside the charging middle Golden Core Devil Cultivator.

Chen Changqing revealed his overwhelming strength by tearing apart a middle Golden Core devil cultivator and slaughtering nearly all the Demon Sect disciples to harvest AFK points. He confronted the last survivor, who threatened him with the Blood God Sect, and Chen Changqing answered by showing the sect elder’s personal token.

• Chen Changqing ripped a middle Golden Core devil cultivator in half with his bare hands, shocking Chen Yong, Rujie, and the remaining Demon Sect disciples.
• The system awarded Chen Changqing 2,000 AFK points for the kill, and he attacked the other devil cultivators, earning more points as he slaughtered them.
• Chen Changqing killed all but the sinister-looking man, while Chen Yong and Rujie watched in stunned disbelief and Wangcai anticipated a feast.
• Chen Changqing asked the survivor whether he had accomplices and offered him time to summon them.
• The sinister-looking man threatened Chen Changqing with the Blood God Sect, so Chen Changqing showed him the personal token of a Blood God Sect deacon elder.

Chen Changqing killed a late Golden Core Devil Cultivator with the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, then continued with Rujie and Chen Yong to find a Heavenly Sound Temple inheritance. The group arrived at a ruined ancient temple, where Rujie said the inheritance was hidden.

• Chen Changqing showed the sinister-looking man an executive elder's Blood God Sect Token and claimed he had killed its owner.
• Chen Changqing slew the late Golden Core Devil Cultivator with one sword strike and received 8,000 AFK Points.
• Little Black Dog devoured the Devil Cultivators' corpses, while Chen Yong and Rujie recoiled from Chen Changqing's savage fighting methods.
• Chen Changqing told Rujie to lead the way, and the group traveled for a day to a dilapidated ancient temple.
• Rujie led Chen Changqing and Chen Yong into the ruined main hall, where Chen Yong asked whether it held the Heavenly Sound Temple ancestor's inheritance.

Rujie entered the restored Buddha statue’s golden light to pursue a fortuitous opportunity while Chen Yong began using a Barrier-Breaking Pill to attempt a breakthrough. After three days of standing guard, Chen Changqing answered a Mount Shu distress signal and found a Cloud Perch Peak woman surrounded by attackers.

• Rujie fitted the golden Buddha head onto the statue and vanished into its Buddhist light.
• Chen Yong swallowed the Barrier-Breaking Pill and began attempting to reach the Golden Core Realm as Chen Changqing and Wangcai stood guard.
• After three days, Chen Changqing spotted a Mount Shu sword-shaped distress signal and left Wangcai to guard the ruined temple.
• Chen Changqing flew to the signal and saw a Purple Mansion woman from Cloud Perch Peak being attacked by a group led by a Late Purple Mansion old man.