Recaps

Chen Changqing entered the Heavenly Void Land, defeated waves of bounty hunters, and uncovered the Ancient Immortal Hall. The arc left him facing the hall’s Nine-Colored Heavenly Stairway and bronze guardians as seventeen cultivators arrived behind him.

• Chen Changqing defeated Chen Yuan in a duel, then persuaded him to join Mount Shu’s competition team alongside Lu Tian.
• Chen Changqing traveled with Mount Shu’s representatives to the Heavenly Void Land, where True Person Kongwu announced a three-day survival trial with only one hundred survivors advancing.
• Separated from his companions inside the trial, Chen Changqing killed Feng Tian, Feng Yu’s death warriors, and scores of bounty hunters, climbing to first place on the Heavenly Void Mirror.
• Chen Changqing gathered Spirit Plants, rescued Chen Yong from Xue Feng, and exchanged the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Chart with Hong Yi for divine iron and a Heavenly Mystery Token.
• Chen Yong warned Chen Changqing that the Great Chu Dynasty and Yinyue Holy Dynasty had assembled an ambush near the Ancient Immortal Hall, where Chen Changqing killed Gu Yuan and then slaughtered Chu Heng’s formation.
• Chen Changqing broke the Ancient Immortal Hall’s restriction and entered alone, while a heartbeat shook the surrounding land and injured cultivators who tried to follow.
• Chen Changqing crossed into the hall’s Minor World and found a Nine-Colored Heavenly Stairway guarded by two bronze puppets, as seventeen Tribulation Transcendence cultivators arrived behind him.

Chen Changqing conquered the Heavenly Ladder, claimed the Ancient Immortal Hall’s inheritance, and defeated the heirs who tried to seize his treasures. After leaving the Secret Realm, he faced the factions’ retaliation and Kongwu’s assault before the Wine Sword Immortal and Heavenly Venerable Taixuan intervened, leading into the Second Trial.

• Chen Changqing climbed the Nine-Colored Heavenly Stairway and cleared its ninth level, earning the Tribulation Immortal Pill and Primordial Hongmeng Embryo, which he forged into the Immortal Execution Sword.
• Chen Changqing and his Avatars killed Ji Xuan, Lu Chengfeng, Dharma Wheel Monk, and Huang Tiannü after they tried to rob him, then defeated Mo Que and took his Heaven-Stepping Token.
• Chen Changqing emerged from the Secret Realm as its champion with 2,760 points, and the factions demanded that Mount Shu hand him over.
• Chen Changqing killed Ji Changkong when he attacked, and True Person Kongwu then tried to seize and convert him, overwhelming Chen Changqing and his allies with the Ten-Thousand Buddhas Nirvana Prison.
• The Wine Sword Immortal arrived, destroyed Kongwu’s defenses, and nearly killed him before Heavenly Venerable Taixuan intervened and ordered the factions not to retaliate against Chen Changqing.
• The Wine Sword Immortal taught Chen Changqing the complete Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step, and Taixuan announced the Battle Platform trial, which began three days later.

Chen Changqing won the Heavenly Void Grand Tournament, survived an ambush by cultivators seeking the Chaotic Origin Energy in his body, and returned to Mount Shu. Daoist Wuzhen chose him as the next Sect Master, and Chen Changqing entrusted Wuzhen with a Tribulation Immortal Pill for Mount Shu.

• Chen Changqing defeated Ji Wugou, Lu Changsheng, True Lord Blood River, and Shadow Fiend on the Black Mystic Battle Platform, then later beat Han Canghai and Guxingzi to win the arena showdown.
• Chen Changqing entered the Divine Pool, defeated nine opponents formed from his Dao Heart, and transformed his Nine Primordial Spirits with Chaotic Origin Energy.
• Chen Changqing detected pursuers on Mount Shu’s return voyage, and the Ji Clan Grand Elder spread rumors that he still possessed Chaotic Origin Energy, drawing hundreds of True Lords to the Netherworld Trench.
• Chen Changqing and his five Avatars fought the gathered cultivators, killing many before seven Heavenly Monarchs attacked and shattered his Avatars and Invincible Sword Domain.
• True Lord Qingxiao arrived, drove off the Heavenly Monarchs, healed Chen Changqing, and explained that the Chaotic Origin Energy had fused with his Nine Primordial Spirits.
• Chen Changqing returned to Mount Shu, where Daoist Wuzhen chose him to succeed as Sect Master and scheduled the formal announcement for three days later.
• Chen Changqing offered Daoist Wuzhen a Tribulation Immortal Pill, and Wuzhen sealed it away for Mount Shu before showing it to Daoist Qingyuan, who recognized it.

Chen Changqing helped Heavenly Origin Patriarch reach the Ninth Layer, then became Mount Shu’s next Sect Master and prepared to enter the Nine Nether Ghost Domain to find Xiaoqian. On the way, he rescued Ye Ling, destroyed the Zhengyang Sect, secured two entry tokens, and annihilated a gang of Ghost Cultivators.

• Heavenly Origin Patriarch swallowed Chen Changqing’s Tribulation Immortal Pill, broke through to the Ninth Layer, and summoned Chen Changqing to the First Heavenly Palace to thank him and warn him of the danger his secrets would bring.
• Heavenly Origin Patriarch gave Chen Changqing the Heavenly Origin Token, the Myriad Transformations Starry Skies Art, and Star Marrow Essence, then named him Mount Shu’s next Sect Master and chose him to lead the sect at the Two Dao Conference.
• Chen Changqing suppressed Zhao Wuji’s objection, accepted the Sect Master succession at Taiji Square, and received the Qingxiao Sword Token, Purple Firmament Thunder Seal, and Heavenly Mystery Sword before advancing to the Late True Lord Stage.
• When Xiaoqian’s presence vanished, Chen Changqing traveled toward the Nine Nether Ghost Domain and rescued Ye Ling from Black Tortoise Hall cultivators, taking her Heaven-Stepping Token in exchange for granting her request.
• Chen Changqing followed Ye Ling to the Zhengyang Sect, killed Song Yuanqiao and True Lord Liehuo, then sealed Elder Tianying’s escape and killed him before taking the sect’s resources and giving Ye Ling a Mount Shu Jade Talisman.
• At the Nine Provinces Auction House in Xuanming City, Chen Changqing bid 100 million and 120 million Top-Grade Spirit Stones to secure two Nine Nether Ghost Domain Entry Tokens, then set out on the faster route north.
• A scar-faced Ghost Fiend and twenty-two accomplices ambushed Chen Changqing for his Storage Ring and tokens, but his five Late True Lord Avatars and the Violence Formula empowered him to annihilate all twenty-three attackers and collect their Storage Rings.