Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing earned the Thunder Flame Sword’s recognition, claimed the Quasi-Immortal Artifact as his own, and acquired its sword technique inheritance. He emerged from the Sword Graveyard to find Chen Yuan, the guarding elders, and all Seven Peak Masters waiting outside.

• Chen Changqing endured the Thunder Flame Sword’s Sword Qi and grabbed its hilt, suppressing its backlash with the power of his seven Purple Mansions.
• The Thunder Flame Sword recognized Chen Changqing and revealed that it was a peak Quasi-Immortal Artifact containing the Thunder Flame Sword Technique inheritance.
• Chen Changqing used his system to begin idle cultivation of the Thunder Flame Sword Technique and then bound the sword to himself with his blood essence.
• Chen Yuan and the others outside were stunned by how easily Chen Changqing claimed the sword and celebrated his success.
• Chen Changqing left the Sword Graveyard and was surprised to find all Seven Peak Masters gathered outside with Chen Yuan and the guarding elders.

After obtaining the Thunder Flame Sword, Chen Changqing returned to Evergreen Peak and fused his sword techniques through the system. Three days later, the fusion produced the Immortal Execution Sword Technique, and its first two forms were revealed.

• Chen Changqing showed the Thunder Flame Sword to Chen Yuan, who praised its power and urged him to reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Chen Changqing returned to Evergreen Peak and told Liu Mu and the others that the earlier Sword Qi disturbance might have come from a Peak Master practicing swordsmanship.
• Chen Changqing activated the system's Fusion Function and selected five sword techniques for fusion.
• The system began fusing the techniques and required three days to complete the process.
• The system announced the Immortal Execution Sword Technique, revealing its five-form structure and describing Spirit Slaying and Immortal Slaughter.

Chen Changqing discovered the Immortal Execution Sword Technique and began cultivating it while idle. He returned the Rainbow Sword to Ran Hua, then learned that Liu Ruyan had come to see him, likely about the Hundred Dynasties War.

• Chen Changqing examined the five forms of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique and started its idle cultivation through the system.
• Chen Changqing visited Ran Hua and returned the Rainbow Sword, which Ran Hua accepted with gratitude.
• Wang Yang arrived and told Chen Changqing that Liu Ruyan from Cloud Perch Peak had come looking for him.
• Chen Changqing suspected Liu Ruyan wanted to discuss the Hundred Dynasties War and left to meet her.

Chen Changqing agreed to accompany Liu Ruyan to the Hundred Dynasties War in the Maple Leaf Dynasty and arranged for Elder Liu Mu to manage Evergreen Peak while he was away. Chen Yuan explained the Maple Leaf Dynasty’s ties to Mount Shu and warned Chen Changqing about the war’s dangers before Chen Changqing departed.

• Liu Ruyan asked Chen Changqing to accompany her to the Hundred Dynasties War in the Maple Leaf Dynasty, and he agreed to leave the next morning.
• Chen Changqing appointed Elder Liu Mu to handle Evergreen Peak’s affairs during his absence and told his subordinates he was joining Liu Ruyan for the war.
• Chen Changqing visited Chen Yuan and reported that he would participate in the Hundred Dynasties War with Liu Ruyan.
• Chen Yuan explained that Liu Ruyan came from the Maple Leaf Dynasty, whose founding ancestor had left Mount Shu, and warned Chen Changqing not to fight recklessly.
• Chen Changqing assured Chen Yuan that he understood the warning, then took his leave.

Chen Changqing left Mount Shu with Liu Ruyan aboard the Maple Splendor Boat to travel to the Maple Leaf Dynasty for the Hundred Dynasties War. Along the way, he learned the contest would decide the dynasty’s next Empress and asked Liu Ruyan about treasures needed for his cultivation; they arrived at a teleportation array controlled by the Formation Annihilation Sacred Land.

• Chen Yuan watched Chen Changqing depart and anticipated how his disciple would perform in the Hundred Dynasties War.
• Chen Changqing met Lin Yuan at Mount Shu’s gate and learned that Lin Yuan had reached Foundation Establishment after receiving his pill.
• Chen Changqing boarded Liu Ruyan’s waiting Maple Splendor Boat, and they set out for the Maple Leaf Dynasty.
• Liu Ruyan explained that the Hundred Dynasties War would determine which of the Empress’s nine daughters would inherit the throne.
• Chen Changqing asked Liu Ruyan about treasures containing Wood Origin or Black Tortoise Power, and she promised to inquire after they reached the dynasty.
• Three days later, Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan arrived at a teleportation array operated by the Formation Annihilation Sacred Land.

Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan learned they had to wait three days for their cross-region teleportation and went to an inn, where Chen Changqing unexpectedly reunited with Chen Ye. After Chen Ye won a physical fight, the three sat down together, and Chen Ye grew suspicious of Liu Ruyan being only Chen Changqing’s senior sister.

• A white-haired old man told Liu Ruyan that their teleportation had been reserved for three days later, and she took Chen Changqing to a nearby town to eat.
• Chen Ye fought another cultivator in the air using only physical strength and defeated him, sending him crashing into a crater.
• Chen Changqing recognized Chen Ye from their meeting in the Blood Moon World, and Chen Ye greeted him as Li Feiyu.
• Chen Changqing invited Chen Ye to drink and introduced him to Liu Ruyan as his senior sister.
• Chen Ye wondered whether Liu Ruyan was truly only Chen Changqing’s senior sister.

Chen Changqing revealed that the True Martial Immortal Sect encouraged deadly fights between disciples, then admitted to Chen Ye that Li Feiyu was his alias and he was the famed first-ranked Chen Changqing. Chen Ye was left stunned by the revelation.

• Chen Ye explained that the True Martial Immortal Sect let disciples fight to the death and awarded seniority to whoever defeated the disciple ranked ahead.
• Chen Changqing told Chen Ye that he had escaped the Blood Moon World after earning points on its Challenge Arena and asking an expert to send him out.
• Chen Ye asked whether Li Feiyu knew Chen Changqing, who had taken Jian Zhenzi's place atop the Azure Dragon Ranking, and said he wanted to challenge him.
• Liu Ruyan laughed, and Chen Changqing confessed that Li Feiyu was his alias and that his real name was Chen Changqing.
• Chen Ye stared in disbelief as he realized that Chen Changqing was the top-ranked fighter he had hoped to meet.

Chen Changqing revealed his identity as the top-ranked Azure Dragon Ranking cultivator to Chen Ye, then departed with Liu Ruyan for the Hundred Dynasties War. Elsewhere, a peak Demon Warrior resembling a giant dog fought off several other Demon Race creatures.

• Chen Changqing told Chen Ye that Li Feiyu was his alias, and Chen Ye recalled their earlier fight in the Blood Moon World.
• Chen Changqing explained that he was accompanying his senior sister Liu Ruyan, princess of the Maple Leaf Dynasty, to the Hundred Dynasties War.
• Chen Ye said he had come to explore a nearby Secret Realm, but Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan could not wait for it to open because they would leave in three days.
• After three days, Chen Changqing said goodbye to Chen Ye and boarded the Maple Splendor Boat with Liu Ruyan.
• Liu Ruyan guided the Maple Splendor Boat into a teleportation array, which transported them away.
• In a Vast Mountain Range, a peak Demon Warrior resembling a giant dog fought several Demon Race creatures of Demon Warrior level.

Little Black Dog Wangcai reached the Demon General level after defeating and devouring the wolf demons hunting it, while Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan traveled toward the Maple Leaf Dynasty. The chapter ended with Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan entering the dynasty’s territory by transportation array.

• Little Black Dog Wangcai, separated from Chen Changqing, survived repeated hunts and grew to the peak of the Demon Warrior level by devouring its enemies.
• Little Black Dog killed and devoured the wolf demons sent by the territory’s Demon King, then broke through to the Demon General level and awakened Soul Devour.
• Little Black Dog spotted the Demon King who had ordered the hunts, swore revenge, and fled into the forest.
• Liu Ruyan told Chen Changqing that the Hundred Dynasties War would determine the Maple Leaf Dynasty’s future Empress, and Chen Changqing resolved to help her.
• After ten days of travel, Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan entered the transportation array and arrived in the territory of the Maple Leaf Dynasty.

Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan crossed a void filled with dynasty worlds and entered the Maple Leaf Dynasty after its token admitted them past the Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty’s Immortal Artifact Gate Guardians. They arrived at the Maple Leaf Imperial City, where someone recognized Liu Ruyan as the Ninth Princess.

• Liu Ruyan explained that the bubbles in the void were independent dynasty worlds, with the Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty ruling over them.
• Two towering Gate Guardians appeared, and Liu Ruyan presented her Maple Leaf Dynasty token to request passage.
• The Gate Guardians opened a route to the Maple Leaf Dynasty and vanished; Liu Ruyan told Chen Changqing that they were incarnations of the dynasty’s Immortal Artifact.
• Chen Changqing wondered why his Heaven-Stepping Ring had shown no abilities beyond storage, then followed Liu Ruyan through the passage.
• Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan reached the Maple Leaf Imperial City, where a nearby person greeted Liu Ruyan as the Ninth Princess.

Liu Ruyan returned to the Imperial City with Chen Changqing, where General Wang Junmo questioned her choice of a Purple Mansion cultivator as outside help for the Hundred Dynasties War. She brought Chen to her residence and was warmly greeted by a refined middle-aged man.

• Wang Junmo met Liu Ruyan and Chen Changqing, learned Chen was her junior brother, and privately doubted his strength as outside help.
• Wang Junmo told Liu Ruyan that eight princesses had returned, with only the Eldest Princess, Liu Rushuang, still absent.
• Liu Ruyan and Chen Changqing headed into the Imperial City, where people speculated that Chen was her male pet.
• Liu Ruyan reassured Chen Changqing not to mind the rumors and led him to her residence.
• A servant announced Liu Ruyan's return, and a refined middle-aged man hurried to greet her in the main hall.

Liu Tian and Xu Zhen doubted Chen Changqing’s value as Liu Ruyan’s helper because he was only at the Purple Mansion Realm. Liu Ruyan revealed that he was the Azure Dragon Ranking’s top-ranked cultivator, leaving them stunned and changing their opinion of him.

• Liu Tian questioned why Liu Ruyan had brought a Purple Mansion Cultivator to help in the Hundred Dynasties War and introduced Xu Zhen, a Nascent Soul Cultivator he had arranged for her.
• Xu Zhen looked down on Chen Changqing and privately doubted he would survive the war.
• Liu Ruyan refused Liu Tian’s arrangement and identified Chen Changqing as Chen Yuan’s final disciple and the Holy Land’s Eleventh Sequence Holy Son.
• Liu Tian recognized Chen Changqing as the Azure Dragon Ranking’s first-ranked cultivator and was shocked by his identity.
• Xu Zhen realized Chen Changqing was the famous top-ranked prodigy and changed her opinion of him.

Chen Changqing joined Liu Tian in preparing for the Hundred Dynasties War and received the Black Tortoise Essence Blood he needed to advance his cultivation. After securing the blood, he asked Liu Ruyan to arrange a quiet room so he could refine it and open his eighth Purple Mansion.

• Liu Tian learned Chen Changqing was first on the Azure Dragon Ranking, welcomed him warmly, and asked for his help in the Hundred Dynasties War.
• Liu Tian arranged to bring Liu Ruyan and Chen Changqing to the imperial palace in three days.
• Liu Ruyan asked whether her family had treasures containing Five Elements Origin or Four Symbols Power, and Liu Tian revealed the Nether Sea Suppressing Cauldron.
• Liu Tian extracted the Black Tortoise Essence Blood from the cauldron and gave it to Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing stored the blood and asked Liu Ruyan to arrange a quiet room so he could refine it and open his eighth Purple Mansion.

Chen Changqing refined the Black Tortoise Essence Blood in the Liu Family’s cultivation chamber and opened his eighth Purple Mansion. He left seclusion and learned that Liu Tian wanted him to accompany Liu Ruyan to meet His Majesty the next day.

• Liu Ruyan arranged for Chen Changqing to cultivate in a secluded chamber, and Liu Tian asked her about her relationship with him.
• Chen Changqing refined the Black Tortoise Essence Blood, causing his Golden Core to transform into an azure Black Tortoise Purple Mansion.
• Chen Changqing realized that only the Wood Purple Mansion remained among the nine great Purple Mansions.
• Chen Changqing emerged from seclusion and told Liu Ruyan that he had gained a little.
• Liu Tian invited Chen Changqing to accompany him and Liu Ruyan to the palace the next day to meet His Majesty.

Liu Tian told Liu Ruyan and Chen Changqing that all eight of her sisters had returned and that the eldest princess had secured help from a True Martial Immortal Sect disciple for the Hundred Dynasties War. The three entered the palace to meet Empress Liuye, who greeted Liu Ruyan warmly before noticing Chen Changqing’s Purple Mansion Realm cultivation.

• Liu Ruyan asked Liu Tian whether her eight sisters had returned, and he confirmed they had, including the eldest princess, whose ally was a True Martial Immortal Sect disciple.
• Chen Changqing recalled his connection to the sect through Chen Ye and thought about testing himself against a Nascent Soul-level body cultivator.
• Liu Tian asked Chen Changqing to help Liu Ruyan in the Hundred Dynasties War, and Chen Changqing promised to do his utmost.
• At dawn, Liu Tian, Liu Ruyan, and Chen Changqing traveled to the imperial palace and entered the hall, where the other princesses and their allies had gathered.
• Chen Changqing met Empress Liuye, who welcomed Liu Ruyan affectionately and then observed that Chen Changqing was only in the Purple Mansion Realm.

Liu Ruyan introduced her Purple Mansion junior brother as her chosen support for the Hundred Dynasties War, drawing ridicule from the other imperial princesses. She revealed that Chen Changqing was the final disciple of Chen Yuan, Sect Master of the Shu Mountain Sacred Land, leaving the hall stunned.

• Empress Liuye and the imperial princesses looked down on Chen Changqing because he was only at the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Liu Qing mocked Liu Ruyan for bringing a Purple Mansion cultivator as her outside help.
• Liu Ruyan confirmed that Chen Changqing was her junior brother from Mount Shu and had come to help her in the Hundred Dynasties War.
• Liu Ruyan announced that Chen Changqing was the final disciple of Chen Yuan, Sect Master of the Shu Mountain Sacred Land.
• Liu Qing and the others froze in disbelief at Chen Changqing's identity.

After Chen Changqing’s identity as the Azure Dragon Ranking’s top prodigy was revealed, the court’s disdain for him turned to shock, and Empress Liuye summoned him and Liu Ruyan for a private meeting. In the rear garden, she asked Chen Changqing whether his master was well.

• Liu Ruyan revealed that Chen Changqing was Mount Shu’s Eleventh Sequence Holy Son and the Azure Dragon Ranking’s number one, silencing Liu Qing and startling the court.
• The Imperial Princesses, their outside helpers, Liu Tian, and Empress Liuye reacted to Chen Changqing’s identity with surprise and caution.
• Empress Liuye dismissed the court, then asked Liu Ruyan and Chen Changqing to stay behind as the other princesses left resentfully.
• A maid guided Liu Ruyan and Chen Changqing to the rear garden, where Empress Liuye asked Chen Changqing, “Your master... is he well?”

Chen Changqing learned that Empress Liuye and Sect Master Chen Yuan had once been fellow disciples, while Liu Tian revealed that Liuye had cultivated at Mount Shu before winning her right to inherit the Maple Leaf Dynasty. With the Hundred Dynasties War only three days away, Liu Tian explained its rules and the opportunities awaiting participants in the Secret Realm.

• Empress Liuye told Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan that Chen Yuan was her senior brother and urged them to prepare for the Hundred Dynasties War in three days.
• Liu Ruyan asked Chen Changqing what relationship Liuye and Chen Yuan truly had, but he insisted they were simply senior brother and junior sister.
• Liu Ruyan told Liu Tian that Empress Liuye had asked after Chen Yuan, and Liu Tian explained that Liuye had studied at Mount Shu before competing in the Hundred Dynasties War to earn the right to inherit the dynasty.
• Chen Changqing asked Liu Tian about the Hundred Dynasties War, and Liu Tian explained that participants would enter a Secret Realm, earn points by killing Demonic Beasts or seizing others' points, and seek various opportunities.

Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan recognized how the Hundred Dynasties War resembled the Mount Shu Void Realm trial, and Liu Ruyan wondered whether her mother had prepared her for it through her past training. The next morning, Liu Shi visited Liu Mansion to speak with Chen Changqing, and the chapter ended as she asked to talk with him alone.

• Liu Tian explained the Hundred Dynasties War’s rules, and Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan compared them to the Void Realm trial.
• Liu Ruyan recalled that Chen Changqing had saved her during the Mount Shu competition and helped her enter the Inner Sect.
• The gatekeeper announced Liu Shi’s arrival, and Liu Tian left her to catch up with Liu Ruyan.
• Liu Shi asked whether Chen Changqing was at the residence, revealing that meeting him was her real reason for visiting.
• Chen Changqing entered the hall, and Liu Ruyan agreed to leave him alone with Liu Shi.
• Liu Shi asked Chen Changqing to speak with her privately, and he asked what she wanted.

Liu Shi tried to recruit Chen Changqing to help her win the Hundred Dynasties War, offering him a chance to enter the Maple Leaf Dynasty Ancestral Land, but he refused and remained loyal to Liu Ruyan. Liu Ruyan was relieved by his choice, then learned that the Second Imperial Princess had come to see him.

• Liu Shi asked Chen Changqing to join her faction and serve as her informant while remaining with Liu Ruyan.
• Liu Shi offered Chen Changqing entry to the Maple Leaf Dynasty Ancestral Land if he helped her obtain the dynasty's inheritance position, but he declined.
• Liu Shi left in anger, and Liu Ruyan arrived and asked Chen Changqing what her eldest sister had wanted.
• Chen Changqing told Liu Ruyan he had refused Liu Shi for her sake, making Liu Ruyan blush and feel happy.
• A servant informed Liu Ruyan that the Second Imperial Princess had arrived and requested an audience with Chen Changqing.