Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing led Liu Ruyan to a secluded valley and prepared to face the cultivators hunting him for the Human King's bounty. As the Human King revealed Chen Changqing's location to the outside world, a vast group surrounded the valley, and Chen Changqing challenged them to attack.

• Chen Changqing told Liu Ruyan that the valley would be the burial ground for his pursuers and sent her away to hide.
• The Human King projected scenes from the Secret Realm onto a light screen, revealing Chen Changqing meditating in the valley.
• Empress Liuye recognized Chen Changqing on the screen and worried that the Human King was trying to get him killed.
• Cultivators from the Nine Great Dynasties, the Hundred Strong Dynasties, and elsewhere gathered around the valley.
• Liu Ruyan worried that Chen Changqing could not face so many powerful cultivators alone, while Chen Changqing rose and challenged them to attack.

Chen Changqing faced Nine Li Xue, the Half-Step Spirit Transformation prince of the Nine Li Dynasty, and killed him with a single sword strike. The surrounding cultivators were left speechless at Chen Changqing’s overwhelming strength.

• The enraged cultivators prepared to attack Chen Changqing, but Nine Li Xue arrived and claimed that he alone would kill him.
• The cultivators recognized Nine Li Xue as a Half-Step Spirit Transformation cultivator, while Nine Li Xue dismissed Chen Changqing despite his Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation.
• Nine Li Xue summoned a demon-god phantom and struck Chen Changqing with a devastating punch as Liu Ruyan watched anxiously from a distance.
• Chen Changqing drew the Heavenly Thunder Sword and used the third form of the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation, Sword Dividing Yin and Yang, to break Nine Li Xue’s attack.
• Chen Changqing’s sword split Nine Li Xue’s body and destroyed his Nascent Soul, while the sword’s lingering power killed his Nascent Soul Late Stage attendants.
• The cultivators surrounding the valley were stunned that Chen Changqing had slain a Half-Step Spirit Transformation cultivator with one sword strike.

Chen Changqing killed Nine Li Xue with one sword strike, shocking the cultivators inside the Secret Realm and the watching dynasties. Suspecting he was the wanted Mount Shu disciple, Chen Changqing then unleashed his Sword Domain and began slaughtering the cultivators who had gathered to kill him.

• Chen Changqing killed Nine Li Xue and the Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators beside him with a single sword strike, stunning Liu Ruyan and the other cultivators.
• The Nine Li Dynasty's ruler vowed revenge, while the rulers of the Flame Dynasty and Azure Wood Dynasty began to suspect Chen Changqing had killed their princes; Empress Liuye also became more certain he had killed Cangmu Yan and Huo Hu.
• Cultivators watching the Secret Realm recognized Chen Changqing's sword technique as resembling the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation and suspected he was Chen Changqing of Mount Shu, the target of the Bounty Order.
• When the cultivators in the valley hesitated to attack, Chen Changqing unfolded his Sword Domain, split the Heavenly Thunder Sword into the Thunder Flame Sword and Heavenly Strike Sword, and charged them.
• Chen Changqing cut down the Nascent Soul Cultivators in the valley, leaving bodies and blood across the battlefield.

Chen Changqing slaughtered the cultivators in the valley until Chu Tian, crown prince of the Great Chu Dynasty, appeared after advancing to the Spirit Transformation Realm. Chu Tian shattered Chen Changqing’s Sword Domain and demanded that he take his own life, while Chen Changqing faced him with rising battle intent.

• Chen Changqing used the Wind and Thunder Twin Swords to kill cultivators and earn AFK Points, terrifying Liu Ruyan and the onlookers.
• The surviving cultivators fled as a powerful aura covered Chen Changqing’s Sword Domain.
• Chu Tian emerged from the void, having advanced to the Spirit Transformation Realm inside the Secret Realm, and shattered Chen Changqing’s Sword Domain.
• The observers recognized Chu Tian as the Great Chu crown prince; his father celebrated, while Empress Liuye worried for Chen Changqing.
• Chu Tian introduced himself to Chen Changqing and ordered him to take his own life, but Chen Changqing welcomed the chance to fight a Spirit Transformation cultivator.

Chen Changqing challenged Great Chu Crown Prince Chu Tian, whose Spirit Transformation cultivation let him effortlessly dispel Chen Changqing’s sword strike. Chen Changqing then unleashed his Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist, and though Chu Tian blocked it with nine golden dragon shadows, the attack left him bleeding.

• Chu Tian arrived and mocked Chen Changqing, while Liu Ruyan grew anxious about the Spirit Transformation expert.
• Chen Changqing attacked with Sword Breaking the Void, but Chu Tian erased the sword strike with a casual wave.
• Chen Changqing put away his swords and unleashed all three forms of the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist.
• Chu Tian shielded himself with nine golden dragon shadows, but Chen Changqing’s punch injured him and drew blood from his mouth.

Chen Changqing injured Chu Tian, a Spirit Transformation cultivator, with the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist, shocking the witnesses and rulers watching the Secret Realm. Chu Tian then unleashed a terrifying aura and summoned a blood-red saber, renewing the danger to Chen Changqing.

• Chen Changqing's punch injured Chu Tian, astonishing the cultivators in the valley and the observers outside the Secret Realm.
• Liu Ruyan worried for Chen Changqing, Empress Liuye feared the crisis was not over, and the Human King watched with growing interest.
• Chen Changqing realized Chu Tian had survived his strongest attack and concluded that defeating a Spirit Transformation cultivator would require more methods.
• Enraged by his injury, Chu Tian vowed not to give Chen Changqing another chance and released a crushing aura.
• Chu Tian summoned a blood-red saber whose pressure made the valley tremble.

Chu Tian brought out the Great Chu Dynasty’s Immortal Artifact, the Blood Prison Mad Blade, and demanded that Chen Changqing kneel. Chen Changqing refused and revealed that he, too, had an Immortal Artifact, leaving the cultivators stunned as his two Quasi-Immortal Artifacts fused into a new Divine Sword.

• Chu Tian summoned the Blood Prison Mad Blade, and cultivators inside and outside the Secret Realm believed Chen Changqing could not survive the fight.
• Liu Ruyan, the Chu Emperor, and Empress Liuye reacted with alarm as they watched Chu Tian wield the Immortal Artifact.
• Chu Tian taunted Chen Changqing and offered to spare his life if he knelt.
• Chen Changqing mocked Chu Tian and declared that he also possessed an Immortal Artifact.
• Chen Changqing summoned the Heavenly Strike Sword and the Thunder Flame Sword, fused them, and released the aura of an Immortal Artifact.

Chen Changqing revealed that the Heavenly Strike Sword and Thunder Flame Sword had fused into an Immortal Artifact, shocking the spectators and stirring covetous plans among the rulers watching. Chu Tian summoned his Spirit Transformation form and launched a Heaven-Breaking Slash at Chen Changqing, leaving their battle underway.

• Chen Changqing drew the fused divine sword, and Liu Ruyan recognized it as the Heavenly Strike Sword and Thunder Flame Sword combined into an Immortal Artifact.
• The rulers watching from outside the Secret Realm coveted Chen Changqing's sword, while the Human King identified it as the Heavenly Thunder Twin Swords.
• Chu Tian realized Chen Changqing had an Immortal Artifact and eagerly vowed to claim it along with his bounty reward.
• Chu Tian summoned his Spirit Transformation form and attacked Chen Changqing with the Blood Prison Mad Blade's Heaven-Breaking Slash.

Chen Changqing withstood Chu Tian’s Blood Prison Mad Blade and used the Immortal Execution Sword Technique to break his second strike. As the watching cultivators reeled from the clash, Chen Changqing began the technique’s second form, Immortal Slaughter.

• Chu Tian unleashed a devastating blade strike that transformed into a blood dragon, but Chen Changqing blocked it with the Heavenly Thunder Sword and emerged unharmed.
• Chen Changqing mocked Chu Tian, who grew furious and attacked again with Blood Slaughter Ten Thousand Miles.
• Chen Changqing used the first form of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique, Spirit Slaying, to tear apart Chu Tian’s crimson blade radiance.
• The watching cultivators and Chu Tian were astonished that Chen Changqing could match a Spirit Transformation cultivator despite being at Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Chen Changqing launched the second form, Immortal Slaughter, as lightning erupted from the Heavenly Thunder Sword and thunderclouds gathered overhead.

Chen Changqing defeated and killed Chu Tian with a thunderous sword strike, despite Chu Tian’s Spirit Transformation cultivation and Immortal Artifact. The Chu Emperor saw his son die and vowed to kill Chen Changqing.

• Chen Changqing unleashed a lightning-wreathed sword strike that overwhelmed Chu Tian’s blade power.
• Chen Changqing’s sword destroyed Chu Tian’s body and Primordial Spirit, killing him outright.
• Liu Ruyan and the cultivators inside and outside the Secret Realm reacted with shock to Chen Changqing’s victory.
• The Chu Emperor watched Chu Tian’s death and erupted in fury, revealing his Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivation and swearing revenge on Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing killed Chu Tian with the Immortal Execution Sword Technique, shocking the Human King and the Nine Great Dynasties. The Human King ended the Hundred Dynasties War and awarded first place to Liu Ruyan and Chen Changqing of the Maple Leaf Dynasty.

• Chen Changqing killed Chu Tian, a Spirit Transformation cultivator, with his second sword, stunning the watching dynasties and Empress Liuye.
• Empress Liuye realized Chen Changqing had used a sword technique unlike Mount Shu's and worried the dynasties whose princes he had killed would seek revenge.
• The Human King praised Chen Changqing's final sword and recognized the Shu Mountain Sacred Land might produce a true dragon.
• Chen Changqing challenged the silent cultivators, concealing that the Immortal Execution Sword Technique had exhausted his strength.
• The Human King appeared in the Secret Realm, declared the Hundred Dynasties War over, and named Liu Ruyan and Chen Changqing first place.

The Human King ended the Hundred Dynasties War and declared the Maple Leaf Dynasty the champion, with Liu Ruyan first and Chen Changqing revealed as her ally. After the contestants were teleported out, Empress Liuye warned Chen Changqing that he had made powerful enemies and asked whether he held a grudge against the Human King.

• The Human King ended the war early and confirmed Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan as the winners for the Maple Leaf Dynasty.
• The Chu Emperor and the rulers of several great dynasties learned Chen Changqing had killed their princes and vowed revenge.
• Empress Liuye resolved to protect Chen Changqing, despite anticipating trouble from the great dynasties.
• The Human King returned to his warship and teleported the surviving contestants out of the Secret Realm.
• Liu Shi and the others saw Liu Ruyan return and realized Liu Qing had not survived, while remaining unaware Chen Changqing had killed her.
• Empress Liuye confronted Chen Changqing about the trouble he had caused, then asked if he had a grudge against the Human King.

Maple Leaf Dynasty won first place in the Hundred Dynasties War, and the Human King ordered its representatives to receive their investiture at the Divine Dynasty in three days. Empress Liuye and Liu Ruyan feared Chen Changqing would be targeted for killing princes from the Nine Great Dynasties, but he refused to back down as Maple Leaf celebrated its victory.

• The Human King announced that Maple Leaf Dynasty must come to the Divine Dynasty in three days to receive its investiture, then teleported away with his Golden Warship.
• Empress Liuye sensed hostile auras aimed at Maple Leaf’s warship and considered sending Chen Changqing out of the Nine Provinces Imperial Dynasty’s territory for his safety.
• Liu Ruyan urged Chen Changqing to skip the investiture and leave the territory, but he insisted he would face anyone who came after him.
• Chen Changqing and the others returned to Maple Leaf Dynasty’s Imperial City, where news of their first-place victory sparked widespread celebration and congratulations from officials.

After Chen Changqing helped Liu Ruyan secure first place in the Hundred Dynasties War, Empress Liuye named her the Maple Leaf Dynasty’s next heir. The celebration was interrupted when the rulers of several great dynasties arrived to demand Chen’s death for killing their princes.

• Liu Ruyan credited Chen Changqing with her victory, and Empress Liuye and the officials praised his contribution.
• Empress Liuye announced Liu Ruyan as the Maple Leaf Dynasty’s next heir, leaving Liu Shi and the other princesses resentful.
• The Chu Emperor’s terrifying presence descended on the Imperial City, and he demanded that Chen Changqing come out.
• Rulers of the Nine Li Dynasty and other dynasties also shouted challenges, accusing Chen of killing their princes.
• An official reported that the Chu Emperor and the other rulers had arrived outside the city, leaving the court alarmed.

Empress Liuye refused to hand Chen Changqing over to the sovereigns who had come to avenge their princes, despite the danger posed by the Chu Emperor. The Chu Emperor unleashed his Late Tribulation Transcendence aura, and Liuye prepared to defend the Maple Leaf Dynasty with its dynastic fortune.

• The officials feared the sovereigns outside, while Liu Ruyan worried that they had come to avenge their princes and seize Chen Changqing's Immortal Artifacts.
• Empress Liuye decided to protect Chen Changqing, and he offered to go out alone to settle the grudge.
• Empress Liuye rejected Chen Changqing's offer and declared that outsiders would not be allowed to run wild in the Maple Leaf Dynasty's Imperial City.
• The Chu Emperor demanded that Liuye hand Chen Changqing over, but she cited the Human King's rules and Chen Changqing's standing as the Divine Dynasty's Imperial Son-in-law.
• The Chu Emperor dismissed Liuye's warning and unleashed his Late Tribulation Transcendence aura, while Liuye considered using the Maple Leaf Dynasty's fortune to fight him.

Empress Liuye used the Maple Leaf Dynasty's Power of National Destiny to protect Chen Changqing from the Chu Emperor's attack. The Chu Emperor's Blood Prison Soul-Suppressing Blade struck her barrier, and he prepared to answer her use of national destiny with power of his own.

• The Maple Leaf Dynasty's officials and princesses feared Empress Liuye would risk the dynasty's national destiny to defend Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing sensed the Blood Prison Mad Blade in his Heaven-Stepping Ring react to the Chu Emperor's Blood Prison Soul-Suppressing Blade and suspected the weapons were Parent-Child Immortal Artifacts.
• The Chu Emperor attacked Empress Liuye with the Blood Prison Soul-Suppressing Blade, and she blocked the strike with a barrier formed from the Maple Leaf Dynasty's Power of National Destiny.
• The officials blamed Chen Changqing for the danger, but Liu Ruyan warned them to stop and reassured her junior brother.
• The Chu Emperor questioned whether Liu Ye thought only her dynasty possessed the Power of National Destiny and raised his blade again.

The Chu Emperor attacked the Maple Leaf Dynasty’s defenses with his blade, empowered by Great Chu’s national destiny, while Empress Liuye struggled to hold him back with the Heaven and Earth Mirror. Chen Changqing stepped forward to face his pursuers, and the Chu Emperor vowed to kill him.

• The Chu Emperor poured Great Chu’s national destiny into the Blood Prison Soul-Suppressing Blade, while Empress Liuye raised the Heaven and Earth Mirror and reinforced its barrier with Maple Leaf’s national destiny.
• The Chu Emperor summoned his Blood Butcher Dharma Avatar and struck the Heaven and Earth Mirror’s barrier, forcing Empress Liuye to spit blood as the mirror shook under the attack.
• Other dynasty rulers urged Empress Liuye to hand over Chen Changqing, but she continued resisting the Chu Emperor’s slash.
• Chen Changqing rose into the air and told Empress Liuye that he would face the rulers alone rather than make her stake the Maple Leaf Dynasty’s destiny on him.
• The Chu Emperor saw Chen Changqing and declared that he would kill him to avenge his imperial son.

The Chu Emperor prepared to kill Chen Changqing, but an old man from the Divine Dynasty froze the world and stopped him. The old man was revealed to be a True Lord, leaving Chen Changqing wondering whether that title marked a realm beyond Tribulation Transcendence.

• The Chu Emperor unleashed his power and raised the Blood Prison Soul-Suppressing Blade to strike Chen Changqing, while Empress Liuye and Chen Changqing prepared to fight back.
• A strange force froze the world and immobilized the Chu Emperor, Empress Liuye, Chen Changqing, and the other emperors.
• An ordinary-looking old man emerged from the void under a pressure that suppressed everyone, and Chen Changqing sensed he was beyond Tribulation Transcendence.
• The old man challenged the Chu Emperor, who recognized him as a True Lord of the Divine Dynasty.
• The confinement lifted, and the emperors knelt to greet the True Lord while Chen Changqing wondered what realm the title represented.

A Divine Dynasty True Lord stopped the Chu Emperor from killing Chen Changqing, declaring Chen Changqing the Divine Dynasty’s Imperial Son-in-law and promising to take him and Empress Liuye to receive their titles in three days. After the True Lord departed, Empress Liuye explained that True Lords were pseudo-immortals who had failed to ascend and described their immense power.

• Empress Liuye urged Chen Changqing to kneel before the arriving True Lord, but Chen Changqing only bowed slightly.
• The True Lord condemned the Chu Emperor for attacking without the Divine Dynasty’s approval and suppressed him with his aura.
• The True Lord revealed that Chen Changqing had won the Hundred Dynasties War and was the Divine Dynasty’s Imperial Son-in-law, then ordered the Chu Emperor to leave.
• The Chu Emperor and the other imperial dynasty rulers fled, and the True Lord promised Chen Changqing and Empress Liuye that he would take them to the Divine Dynasty in three days.
• Chen Changqing wondered whether the Human King truly wanted him dead, and Empress Liuye explained the cultivation ranks beyond Tribulation Transcendence and the power of True Lords.

After the Divine Dynasty’s True Lord ended the crisis, Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan returned safely to the Ninth Imperial Princess Mansion. Liu Ye told Liu Ruyan to remain in the dynasty and cultivate after receiving her appointment, then asked what she thought of Chen Changqing.

• Chen Changqing learned that True Lords were half-immortals who had failed to transcend the tribulation and wondered whether Mount Shu had one.
• Liu Ye retrieved the Heaven and Earth Mirror, brought Chen Changqing before the hall, and dismissed the officials and imperial princesses.
• Liu Ruyan took Chen Changqing back to the Ninth Imperial Princess Mansion, where Liu Tian welcomed him and thanked him for helping Ruyan.
• Liu Ye told Liu Ruyan that she had to reach the Spirit Transformation Realm to become the dynasty’s heir and instructed her to stay in the dynasty to cultivate after her appointment.
• Liu Ye asked Liu Ruyan what she thought of Chen Changqing, leaving her flustered.