Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing refused to meet the imperial princesses who came to recruit him, while Liu Ruyan turned them all away by claiming he was in secluded cultivation. After the princesses left, Chen Changqing joked about his popularity as Liu Ruyan remained angry about their attempts to poach him.

• After learning that Second Imperial Princess Liu Xin had arrived, Chen Changqing told Liu Ruyan he would not meet her and asked her to say he was in secluded cultivation.
• Liu Ruyan told Liu Xin that Chen Changqing could not receive guests, and Liu Xin warned her to be careful before leaving.
• Third Imperial Princess Liu Qi, Fourth Imperial Princess Liu Wei, Fifth Imperial Princess Liu Lin, and the other princesses visited Liu Ruyan's residence to recruit Chen Changqing, but Liu Ruyan sent them all away.
• After Eighth Imperial Princess Liu Qing left, Liu Ruyan angrily struck the table and complained that the princesses were openly trying to poach her people.
• Chen Changqing emerged and joked that he seemed popular, prompting Liu Ruyan to chide him and Chen Changqing to tease her about having good taste.

As the Hundred Dynasties War began, Empress Liuye summoned Chen Changqing privately after receiving a message from his master. The princesses speculated about the reason for the summons, while Liu Ruyan suspected it concerned Chen Changqing’s master, Chen Yuan.

• Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan arrived at the palace square, where the other princesses and their recruited helpers watched them with curiosity and hostility.
• Empress Liuye distributed identity plaques and warned everyone that the Hundred Dynasties War was a fight to the death.
• After announcing that the teleportation array would open in an hour, Empress Liuye called Chen Changqing to follow her into the palace.
• The princesses speculated that Empress Liuye might have a special connection to Chen Changqing, while Liu Ruyan recalled that the Empress had once been Chen Yuan’s fellow disciple at Mount Shu.
• In a quiet side hall, Empress Liuye told Chen Changqing that his master had sent her a voice transmission the previous day, then privately wondered why Chen Yuan had contacted her for his disciple.

Empress Liuye delivered Chen Changqing three strands of Mount Shu power from Chen Yuan to protect him during the Hundred Dynasties War. After Chen Changqing warned the imperial princesses not to provoke him or Liu Ruyan, the transmission passage opened above the Imperial City.

• Empress Liuye gave Chen Changqing a fragment containing three strands of Mount Shu power, each able to restore him from even severe injuries.
• Chen Changqing thanked Empress Liuye and returned to the plaza, where Liu Ruyan and the other imperial princesses waited for him.
• The imperial princesses questioned Chen Changqing about Empress Liuye’s summons, and Chen Changqing warned them not to target him or Liu Ruyan.
• Liu Ruyan led Chen Changqing away as the other princesses reacted angrily and scattered across the plaza.
• After an hour, Empress Liuye emerged from the hall and opened a massive transmission passage above the Imperial City.

Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan arrived at the gathering place for the Hundred Dynasties War, where Liu Shi urged the sisters to cooperate against outside threats. The Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty then arrived in a golden ship drawn by nine flood dragons, and a powerful figure stepped out.

• Empress Liuye brought the Maple Leaf Dynasty's participants through a void passage to the gathering place for the Hundred Dynasties War.
• Liu Ruyan asked Chen Changqing whether he would help fulfill her wish, and he calmly assured her he would protect her.
• Liu Shi told Liu Ruyan and Chen Changqing that the sisters should unite if outsiders threatened them in the Secret Realm.
• A bell rang, and Liu Ruyan announced that the Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty had arrived.
• Chen Changqing watched nine flood dragons draw a colossal golden ship into the center of the void.
• A figure wearing a Nine Dragon Crown stepped from the ship and unleashed a pressure that shook space-time.

The Human King announced greatly increased rewards for the Hundred Dynasties War, including a chance for the champion to become the Divine Dynasty's Imperial Son-in-law. Chen Changqing discussed the stakes with Liu Ruyan as the Human King opened the battle realm and warned participants that they would be responsible for their own survival.

• The Human King arrived, and the cultivators saluted him as the ruler of the Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty.
• The Human King announced that the top one hundred could earn advancement for their dynasties, the top ten would receive Quasi-Immortal Artifacts, the top five could receive empowerment, and the champion would become the Ninth Princess's Imperial Son-in-law.
• Chen Changqing recognized that the richer rewards would make the Hundred Dynasties War more brutal, while Liu Ruyan teased him about marrying into the Divine Dynasty.
• Chen Changqing joked that he wanted the title, then reassured Liu Ruyan that he would help her surpass her imperial sisters and compete for succession to the Empress's throne.
• The Human King opened a vast battle realm and warned participants that they would bear responsibility for their own lives and deaths.

Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan entered the void passage and faced a deadly black cloud filled with Spirit-Devouring Demon Fish. After killing one and earning 5,000 AFK Points, Chen Changqing eagerly charged into a swarm, leaving Liu Ruyan astonished and moved.

• Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan entered the black cloud after he decided it would not disperse and pulled her along.
• They found blood and remains in the cloud before a Spirit-Devouring Demon Fish attacked them.
• Liu Ruyan identified the fish as a man-eating Spirit-Devouring Demon Fish feared even by Spirit Transformation experts.
• Chen Changqing killed the fish with his Thunder Flame Sword and received 5,000 AFK Points.
• A swarm of Spirit-Devouring Demon Fish appeared, and Chen Changqing charged toward it excitedly while Liu Ruyan watched in disbelief.

Chen Changqing slaughtered Spirit-Devouring Demon Fish in the Black Cloud for a day and night, earning AFK Points and helping Liu Ruyan gain War points. After they entered the Secret Realm of the Hundred Dynasties War, a dynasty’s guards tried to seize his Quasi-Immortal Artifact-grade sword, and Chen Changqing killed their Nascent Soul elder with one strike.

• Chen Changqing slaughtered nearly all the Spirit-Devouring Demon Fish in the Black Cloud and earned three hundred thousand AFK Points and one thousand Hundred Dynasties War points.
• Chen Changqing told Liu Ruyan that his Thunder Flame Sword was a Quasi-Immortal Artifact and that it had a paired Heavenly Strike Sword.
• Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan left the Black Cloud and entered the Secret Realm of the Hundred Dynasties War, where Liu Ruyan thanked him for helping her earn points.
• A Golden Core youth from a dynasty ordered Elder Mu to seize Chen Changqing’s sword, threatening to spare Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan only if they surrendered it.
• Chen Changqing used Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step and killed Elder Mu with a single lightning-infused sword strike, destroying his Nascent Soul.

Chen Changqing killed a Nascent Soul elder, fleeing Purple Mansion cultivators, and their Golden Core leader after they tried to seize his Quasi-Immortal Artifact. He and Liu Ruyan continued exploring the Secret Realm, and three days of hunting raised Chen Changqing's score to 1,300 points.

• Chen Changqing revealed his strength by killing Elder Mu with one sword, shocking Liu Ruyan and the dynasty's people.
• Chen Changqing slew the fleeing Purple Mansion cultivators with the First Form of the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation and gained AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing killed the richly dressed youth, collected the group's Identity Tokens, and gave them to Liu Ruyan to claim their 100 points.
• Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan left to explore the Secret Realm, hunt strange beasts, and search for opportunities.
• Over the next three days, Chen Changqing killed the beasts they encountered and raised his Hundred Dynasties War score from 1,000 to 1,300 points.

Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan discovered that the Myriad Spirit Wood, a rare material containing the Wood Origin, had become a Half-Step Demon Emperor tree demon. As cultivators gathered to face it, a powerful newcomer emerged from a rupture in the void.

• Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan followed a golden beam to a clearing where dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators surrounded an ancient tree.
• Liu Ruyan identified the tree as the Myriad Spirit Wood, and Chen Changqing realized its Wood Origin could help him open his Wood Purple Mansion.
• The Myriad Spirit Wood awakened, revealed an aged face, and blasted the surrounding cultivators back with its Half-Step Spirit Transformation aura.
• Chen Changqing decided to let the gathered cultivators attack first and look for a chance to claim the tree.
• A stern figure in purple-gold robes emerged from the void with five Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators behind him.

Chen Changqing refused to abandon the Myriad Spirit Wood after Cangmu Yan of the Azure Wood Dynasty claimed it and drove away most of the gathered cultivators. Cangmu Yan’s five Nascent Soul Late Stage followers attacked the tree and trapped it in a formation, while Chen Changqing remained to watch.

• Cangmu Yan arrived with five Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators and declared that the Myriad Spirit Wood belonged to him.
• Liu Ruyan explained that the Azure Wood Dynasty was one of the Nine Great Dynasties, and most of the gathered cultivators fled.
• Chen Changqing refused Liu Ruyan’s urging to leave because he needed the Myriad Spirit Wood to open his ninth Purple Mansion.
• Cangmu Yan ordered his five followers to attack the Myriad Spirit Wood, which began losing ground under their combined assault.
• Cangmu Yan told his followers to form a formation, and they trapped the Myriad Spirit Wood in a massive cage.

Cangmu Yan’s formation subdued the Myriad Spirit Wood, and he killed several Nascent Soul cultivators who tried to seize it. Chen Changqing sent Liu Ruyan away and challenged Cangmu Yan for the treasure, leaving their clash about to begin.

• Cangmu Yan and five Nascent Soul cultivators used the Azure Wood Heaven-Imprisoning Array to shrink the Myriad Spirit Wood into a piece of spirit wood.
• Several Nascent Soul cultivators rushed for the Myriad Spirit Wood, but Cangmu Yan killed them with a single sword slash.
• Liu Ruyan urged Chen Changqing to retreat, but he gave her a Jade Talisman and told her to leave while he pursued the treasure.
• Liu Ruyan left, and Chen Changqing charged at Cangmu Yan with his lightning-wreathed sword.
• Cangmu Yan mocked Chen Changqing for being in the Purple Mansion Realm as Chen Changqing thrust his sword and unleashed a vast wave of sword force.

Chen Changqing struck Cangmu Yan, seized the Myriad Spirit Wood, and fled from Cangmu Yan and his five Nascent Soul Late Stage subordinates. He hid in a concealed valley and brought out the wood, intending to refine it before his pursuers found him.

• Chen Changqing struck Cangmu Yan with the Thunder Flame Sword, but Cangmu Yan survived thanks to his Quasi-Immortal Artifact battle armor.
• Chen Changqing ignored Cangmu Yan’s demand for his name, collected the Myriad Spirit Wood, and escaped using the Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step.
• Cangmu Yan ordered his five Nascent Soul Late Stage subordinates to pursue Chen Changqing, then joined the chase himself.
• Chen Changqing reached a valley concealed by natural miasma and hid inside a cave dwelling to evade the six pursuers.
• Chen Changqing took the Myriad Spirit Wood out of the Heaven-Stepping Ring, preparing to refine it.

Chen Changqing refined the Myriad Spirit Wood and opened his ninth Purple Mansion, then used the system’s AFK gains to begin breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm. Cangmu Yan and his subordinates rushed toward the valley, while nine Nascent Soul phantoms formed inside Chen Changqing’s Purple Mansions.

• Chen Changqing absorbed the Myriad Spirit Wood, using its life force to break open his ninth Golden Core and form the final Purple Mansion.
• Cangmu Yan and his five Nascent Soul Late Stage subordinates searched for Chen Changqing but could not find him.
• After three days, Chen Changqing completed the Myriad Spirit Wood’s refinement and formed a complete cycle of nine Purple Mansions.
• Chen Changqing extracted his tenfold AFK gains, and the resulting power shattered his concealment formation and sent a pillar of light into the sky.
• Cangmu Yan recognized Chen Changqing’s breakthrough and led his subordinates toward the valley, unable to attack while the world’s laws protected him.
• Nine infant phantoms formed within Chen Changqing’s Purple Mansions as he advanced toward the Nascent Soul Realm.

Chen Changqing broke through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, awakening Nascent Souls in all nine Purple Mansions, just as Cangmu Yan and five Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators arrived to kill him. Chen Changqing met their attack with the first form of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique, whose sword force continued toward the five cultivators after destroying their strikes.

• Chen Changqing's nine Purple Mansions each gave birth to a Nascent Soul, and the nine Nascent Souls advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Cangmu Yan sensed Chen Changqing's breakthrough and accused him of refining the Myriad Spirit Wood he had wanted for his own advancement.
• Cangmu Yan and his five Nascent Soul Late Stage subordinates surrounded Chen Changqing's cave and demanded that he come out.
• Chen Changqing emerged, drew the Thunder Flame Sword, and used the first form of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique, Spirit Slaying.
• Chen Changqing's sword light shattered the five cultivators' attacks and continued toward them.

Chen Changqing killed five Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators with one strike, then confronted Cangmu Yan, who tried to save himself by invoking his status as an Azure Wood Dynasty prince. Chen Changqing killed Cangmu Yan and destroyed his fleeing Nascent Soul.

• Chen Changqing used the first form of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique to kill Cangmu Yan's five Nascent Soul Late Stage subordinates and earned 30,000 AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing reflected that the sword technique's first form consumed the power of six Nascent Souls and that its second form could drain all nine.
• Chen Changqing confronted Cangmu Yan, who pleaded for his life and offered benefits by citing his status as a prince of the Azure Wood Dynasty.
• Chen Changqing dismissed Cangmu Yan's status and beheaded him with the Thunder Flame Sword.
• Cangmu Yan's Nascent Soul fled, but Chen Changqing pierced and destroyed it with the second form of his sword technique.

After killing Cangmu Yan and taking his Quasi-Immortal Artifact armor, Chen Changqing headed to meet Liu Ruyan as the Secret Realm announced the prince’s death. The announcement shocked powerful contestants, some of whom began wondering who had emerged as a dangerous new opponent.

• Chen Changqing looted Cangmu Yan’s body, took his Quasi-Immortal Artifact battle armor, and followed the aura Jade Talisman toward Liu Ruyan.
• The Secret Realm’s Imperial Scion Heavenly Death Edict announced that Prince Cangmu Yan of the Azure Wood Dynasty had fallen, stunning participants across the realm.
• Chen Changqing saw the announcement and was relieved that it did not identify his role in Cangmu Yan’s death.
• A black-robed man at the bottom of an icy abyss suspected that a dark horse had killed Cangmu Yan and anticipated gaining a new opponent.
• A woman cultivating in an Earth Core Fire Vein and other contestants across the Secret Realm reacted with shock and curiosity to Cangmu Yan’s death.

After Cangmu Yan’s death was announced, Liu Ruyan worried that Chen Changqing might have killed him but waited for him to return. The Azure Wood Emperor demanded justice, but the Human King enforced the Secret Realm’s rules and privately showed interest in the unknown killer.

• Liu Ruyan learned that Cangmu Yan had fallen and wondered whether Chen Changqing was responsible, but the Soul Jade Talisman’s aura reassured her that he was alive.
• Dynasties and kingdoms across the void reacted with shock to the news, while Empress Liuye worried that the Hundred Dynasties War had become unusually deadly.
• The Azure Wood Dynasty’s people were stunned by the prince’s death, and the Azure Wood Emperor roared, demanding to know who had killed his son.
• The Human King suppressed the Azure Wood Emperor’s aura and reminded him that life and death in the Secret Realm were left to fate.
• The Human King privately smiled and called the unknown killer an interesting little fellow.

Chen Changqing searched for Liu Ruyan after killing Cangmu Yan, while Liu Ruyan waited in a secluded valley. Liu Qing, the Eighth Imperial Princess, found her without Chen Changqing and demanded her Hundred Dynasties War points, threatening to spare her life if she surrendered them.

• Empress Liuye wondered whether Chen Changqing had killed Cangmu Yan, then dismissed the idea because his cultivation was only at the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Chen Changqing followed the Soul Jade Talisman’s aura toward Liu Ruyan, worried she might be in danger alone.
• Liu Ruyan waited in a secluded valley and suspected that Chen Changqing had killed Cangmu Yan.
• A Nascent Soul Early Stage middle-aged man blocked Liu Ruyan as Liu Qing arrived and asked where Chen Changqing was.
• Liu Qing deduced that Liu Ruyan and Chen Changqing had become separated, then demanded Liu Ruyan’s Hundred Dynasties War points and threatened to spare her life if she handed them over.

Eighth Imperial Princess Liu Qing confronted Liu Ruyan in the Hundred Dynasties War secret realm and tried to take her points before ordering her death. Liu Ruyan was pinned down by Liu Qing’s Nascent Soul helper and, with Chen Changqing absent, faced despair as he approached her.

• Liu Qing found Liu Ruyan alone and demanded that she hand over her points, claiming she would spare her life.
• Liu Ruyan refused to comply and warned Liu Qing that Chen Changqing might return, but Liu Qing’s aura sent her flying and left her injured.
• Liu Qing declared that Liu Ruyan was her rival for the Maple Leaf Dynasty’s throne and ordered her Nascent Soul Early Stage helper to kill her.
• The helper asked to defile Liu Ruyan before killing her, and Liu Qing agreed.
• The helper suppressed Liu Ruyan before she could draw her sword, leaving her helpless as she thought of Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing returned just in time to rescue Liu Ruyan, killing the Nascent Soul cultivator who threatened her. After revealing that he had reached the Nascent Soul realm, he left Liu Qing's fate to Liu Ruyan, who gave no answer to her sister's plea for mercy.

• A Nascent Soul cultivator approached Liu Ruyan while Liu Qing watched, but Chen Changqing's Thunder Flame Sword struck the ground between them.
• Chen Changqing arrived, and Liu Ruyan threw herself into his arms as he promised to protect her.
• Chen Changqing killed the Nascent Soul cultivator with a sword strike, then destroyed the man's fleeing Nascent Soul with his Sword Domain.
• Liu Ruyan realized Chen Changqing had reached the Nascent Soul realm, while Liu Qing became frightened of his power.
• Chen Changqing pointed his sword at Liu Qing, who knelt and begged Liu Ruyan to spare her, but Liu Ruyan remained silent.