Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing killed Xue Wuhen and a Blood God Sect elder, then returned to Mount Shu with Hua Yao as Xue Wuhen’s father vowed revenge but chose not to attack the sacred land. At Evergreen Peak, Chen Changqing reunited with his companions and introduced Hua Yao to them.

• Chen Changqing and Hua Yao left the battlefield on Little Black, while Chen Changqing recognized that Xue Wuhen’s Tribulation Transcendence Realm father would likely seek revenge.
• Xue Wuhen’s father arrived at the battlefield, traced the killer’s aura to Mount Shu, and decided not to pursue Chen Changqing into the sacred land.
• Several days later, Chen Changqing and Hua Yao returned to Evergreen Peak, where Mystic Serpent and Black Bear greeted him at the gate.
• Ran Hua welcomed Chen Changqing and teased Hua Yao by calling her his sister-in-law, making her blush.
• Wang Yang, Shi Tian, Qingyang, and Liu Mu greeted Chen Changqing, who introduced Hua Yao to them.

After months on Evergreen Peak, Chen Changqing prepared to return to Medicine God Valley with Hua Yao to enter the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm and find a medicinal herb for Hua Xing. He bid farewell to Chen Yuan and left Mount Shu, then reached Medicine God Valley, where Hua Gu learned of his victory over the Blood God Sect and his Half-Step Spirit Transformation cultivation.

• Chen Changqing spent several months with Hua Yao on Evergreen Peak and reached the Half-Step Spirit Transformation realm.
• Chen Changqing told Hua Yao he was returning to Medicine God Valley, then went to Seven Stars Peak to bid farewell to Chen Yuan.
• Chen Yuan warned Chen Changqing about the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm's dangers and the Blood God Sect's likely retaliation for Xue Wuhen's death.
• Chen Changqing put Liu Mu in charge of Evergreen Peak and left Mount Shu with Hua Yao and Little Black.
• Hua Gu welcomed the returning pair and learned that Chen Changqing had killed Xue Wuhen and a Spirit Transformation elder of the Blood God Sect.
• Hua Gu discovered Chen Changqing had reached Half-Step Spirit Transformation and stared at him in shock.

Chen Changqing and Hua Xing discussed the dangers of the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm before deciding to visit a Nine Provinces Auction House auction. At the auction house, Hua Xing mentioned a rumored power beyond the True Lords, and Chen Changqing unexpectedly encountered Rujie.

• Hua Xing warned Chen Changqing not to trust others in the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm and to put his safety ahead of finding the medicinal herb.
• Chen Changqing and Hua Xing heard about the Nine Provinces Auction House auction and decided to attend.
• Hua Xing told Chen Changqing that the auction house had branches throughout the continent and was rumored to have a peerless powerhouse beyond a Title True Lord behind it.
• A familiar monk called out to Chen Changqing, who recognized him as Rujie from Heavenly Sound Temple.

Chen Changqing and Hua Xing met Rujie at the Nine Provinces Auction House, where Hua Xing revealed that Zen Master Badu was his biological younger brother. The three entered the auction house, and a steward asked whether they had invitations.

• Rujie recognized Chen Changqing, and the two recalled their past encounters and adventures together.
• Rujie greeted Hua Xing and learned that he was Hua Yao's grandfather.
• Hua Xing asked Rujie about Zen Master Badu and revealed that Badu was his biological younger brother.
• Hua Xing led Chen Changqing and Rujie into the auction house as the auction was about to begin.
• A steward approached the three and asked whether they had invitations for entry.

Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Hua Xing entered the Nine Provinces Auction House’s Heaven No. 1 private room, where chief auctioneer Su Yao began the auction. Chen Changqing ignored the early lots while Rujie struggled to resist bidding, and the auction continued.

• Hua Xing presented a VIP Token, and the steward escorted him, Chen Changqing, and Rujie to the Heaven No. 1 private room.
• Hua Xing explained how to bid, and Chen Changqing and Rujie took their seats as the auction began.
• Su Yao introduced the Nine-Turn Red Flame Pill, which sold for two hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones.
• Su Yao presented the Azure Sea Tide-Rising Sword, which a mysterious VIP-room buyer won for six hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones.
• Su Yao auctioned more treasures while Chen Changqing drank tea without bidding and Rujie eyed the bidding button despite having no money.

At the auction’s finale, a mysterious Black Treasure Box from an Immortal Secret Realm drew bids despite no one knowing how to open it. Chen Changqing suspected it held the next cultivation token he needed, and Hua Xing bid five hundred thousand top-grade spirit stones for it.

• Su Yao introduced the Black Treasure Box, explaining that even True Lords could not open it, and set its starting bid at one hundred thousand top-grade spirit stones.
• Rujie was shocked by the price, while Chen Changqing’s token reacted to the box and led him to suspect it contained another token.
• Chen Changqing showed interest in the box, and Hua Xing offered to buy it for him.
• Bidding raised the price to three hundred thousand top-grade spirit stones before Hua Xing called out five hundred thousand from the Heaven No. 1 private room.

Hua Xing spent five hundred thousand top-grade spirit stones to buy the mysterious Black Treasure Box for Chen Changqing, who thanked him for his generosity. After Su Yao delivered the box, Hua Xing failed to examine or open it and passed it to Chen Changqing to see whether he had a destined affinity with it.

• Hua Xing won the Black Treasure Box for Chen Changqing with a bid of five hundred thousand top-grade spirit stones.
• Chen Changqing thanked Hua Xing, while Rujie marveled at his lavish generosity.
• Su Yao brought the Black Treasure Box to Heaven No. 1 and greeted Hua Xing with respect.
• Hua Xing tried probing and striking the box but could not affect it.
• Hua Xing handed the Black Treasure Box to Chen Changqing to test whether he had a destined affinity with it.

Chen Changqing opened the Black Treasure Box and fused its token with one he already possessed, gaining cultivation techniques through immortal ascension and the Invincible Avatar Technique. After storing the token, he faced Su Yao’s question about his sect.

• Su Yao doubted Chen Changqing could open the Black Treasure Box, but it opened as soon as he touched it.
• Chen Changqing found an ancient token inside, and Rujie recognized it as similar to one Chen had carried before.
• Chen Changqing produced his token, and the two tokens merged into a new one that sent an inheritance into his mind.
• Chen Changqing received cultivation techniques through immortal ascension and the Invincible Avatar Technique, which could summon nine avatars as powerful as himself.
• Chen Changqing set both techniques to auto-cultivation, stored the fused token in his Heaven-Stepping Ring, and Su Yao asked which sect he belonged to.

Chen Changqing revealed that he was the Azure Dragon Ranking’s top genius, and Su Yao offered him a VIP token to build ties with him. After parting from Rujie, Chen Changqing and Hua Xing entered the Demon Domain and reached a crowded wilderness on their way to the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm.

• Chen Changqing told Su Yao that he was a disciple of Mount Shu, and she recognized him as the Azure Dragon Ranking’s first-ranked genius who had already reached Half-Step Spirit Transformation.
• Su Yao gave Chen Changqing a Nine Provinces Auction House VIP token offering auction access, high-standard hospitality, and a twenty-percent discount.
• Su Yao departed, and Hua Xing led Chen Changqing and Rujie out of the auction house.
• Rujie parted from Chen Changqing and Hua Xing to meet his master, while Hua Xing rebuked him for using the title Grand Martial Ancestor to attract Su Yao’s attention.
• Hua Xing and Chen Changqing traveled into the Demon Domain and, several days later, arrived at a wilderness where cultivators and members of the Devil Race and Demon Race had gathered.

Chen Changqing arrived at the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm with Hua Xing, drawing attention after revealing his Mount Shu identity. Si Youyou recognized him from their past encounter, while Old Ancestor Blood River discovered that Chen Changqing had killed his son and resolved to wait for a chance to take revenge.

• Cultivators gathered to greet Hua Xing, and Meiying brought Si Youyou to meet him.
• Chen Changqing introduced himself as being from Mount Shu, shocking the onlookers and Si Youyou.
• Si Youyou hid that she knew Chen Changqing from the Universe Secret Realm and wondered why he had used the Yinyue Holy Dynasty's Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique.
• Old Ancestor Blood River recognized Chen Changqing as the killer of his son, Xue Wuhen, but held back because Hua Xing was protecting him.

Old Ancestor Blood River planned to have Chen Changqing killed inside the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm, while Chen Changqing sensed danger among the gathered cultivators. The Secret Realm descended above the wasteland, but Hua Xing explained that immortal restrictions prevented anyone from entering until a passage opened.

• Old Ancestor Blood River decided to wait until Chen Changqing entered the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm before sending someone to kill him.
• Chen Changqing noticed hostile cultivators watching him and waited with Hua Xing as factions from across the Demon Domain gathered.
• A vast vortex opened in the void, and the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm emerged amid seven-colored immortal light and waves of spiritual power.
• Chen Changqing asked Hua Xing why the cultivators were not entering, and Hua Xing explained that immortal restrictions made entry impossible until a passage opened.

Chen Changqing entered the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm to search for rare medicinal herbs for Hua Xing, while Old Ancestor Blood River sent five Spirit Transformation cultivators to kill him. After arriving in the realm, Chen Changqing quickly found a Nine-Leaf Soul-Returning Grass.

• Hua Xing gave Chen Changqing a scroll listing rare medicinal herbs and urged him to put his safety first.
• After three days, the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm passage opened, and Chen Changqing entered it.
• Old Ancestor Blood River ordered five Spirit Transformation cultivators to prioritize killing Chen Changqing, promising they could reach the Tribulation Transcendence Realm if they succeeded.
• Chen Changqing explored the Secret Realm and found a Nine-Leaf Soul-Returning Grass in a mountain ravine.

Chen Changqing confronted a middle-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator from the Blood God Sect who had come to avenge Xue Wuhen and claim his Immortal Artifact. Chen Changqing overwhelmed him with the first three forms of the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation, leaving the Blood God Sect cultivator badly injured and terrified.

• A Blood God Sect Spirit Transformation cultivator appeared and revealed he had tracked Chen Changqing to avenge Xue Wuhen.
• The cultivator attacked Chen Changqing and coveted the Heavenly Thunder Sword after recognizing it as an Immortal Artifact.
• Chen Changqing used the first form of the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation to clash with the cultivator's torrent of resentful souls and vicious spirits.
• Chen Changqing's second sword split the ghostly torrent and forced the cultivator to defend himself with protective blood light.
• Chen Changqing's third sword shattered the protective blood light, heavily injured the cultivator, and left him gripped by fear.

Chen Changqing killed a Blood God Sect Spirit Transformation cultivator, then confronted Long Tian, who had been watching from hiding. Long Tian used a Level 9 Sealing Talisman to prevent Chen Changqing from using his cultivation and swordsmanship, then attacked him physically, but Chen Changqing remained confident in his own strength.

• Chen Changqing killed the fleeing Blood God Sect Spirit Transformation cultivator with Sword Breaking the Void and took his Storage Bag.
• Long Tian revealed himself and confronted Chen Changqing, recalling his grudge from their encounter at Medicine God Valley.
• Long Tian activated a Level 9 Sealing Talisman that sealed cultivation techniques and true qi throughout the area.
• Long Tian boasted of his Ancient Dragon Clan bloodline and charged Chen Changqing, intending to claim his Immortal Artifact.
• Chen Changqing stayed calm and declared that Long Tian was courting death by challenging him in physical strength.

Chen Changqing overwhelmed Long Tian in a contest of physical strength despite Long Tian sealing the area’s true qi. After Chen Changqing used the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist to crush Long Tian to his knees, Long Tian forced himself up and charged at him again.

• Long Tian sealed the area with a Level 9 Sealing Talisman and attacked Chen Changqing with a punch powered by his Ancient Dragon Clan body.
• Chen Changqing met Long Tian’s punch head-on and sent him crashing into a mountain.
• Long Tian emerged from the mountain shocked by Chen Changqing’s strength, and Chen Changqing mocked his claims about the Ancient Dragon Clan’s body.
• Chen Changqing revealed the nine heavenly palaces and golden Dao patterns of the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist, then used the Heaven-Collapsing Style to crush Long Tian into the ground.
• Long Tian spat blood, realized Chen Changqing could invoke the power of heaven and earth, forced himself to his feet, and charged at Chen Changqing again.

Chen Changqing defeated and killed Long Tian after overpowering him with the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist, then continued gathering medicinal herbs for Hua Xing. Three days later, he sensed a familiar aura and found Si Youyou, the Saintess of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

• Chen Changqing overwhelmed Long Tian with the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist despite Long Tian activating his true dragon bloodline.
• Long Tian begged Chen Changqing to spare him, but Chen Changqing refused and destroyed his body and soul with a final punch.
• Chen Changqing collected Long Tian's Storage Bag and the Nine-Leaf Soul-Returning Grass, then left to find medicinal herbs for Hua Xing.
• Three days later, Chen Changqing had gathered all but one of the herbs Hua Xing needed.
• Chen Changqing followed a familiar aura and found Si Youyou.

Chen Changqing watched as Si Youyou and her Heavenly Demon Sect guards were overwhelmed by Demon Sect attackers seeking the Tribulation-Crossing Flower. The siege paused when late Spirit Transformation cultivator Bai Yushan arrived and demanded the flower, while Chen Changqing realized it was the reason for the assault.

• Chen Changqing saw Si Youyou fighting several Spirit Transformation cultivators from other Demon Sects and wondered why they had attacked her.
• Si Youyou was poisoned, struck by Blood Sha Sect and Soul-Severing Sect techniques, and badly wounded as reinforcements joined the siege.
• Bai Yushan arrived with a winged Demon Tiger and offered to spare Si Youyou if she handed over the Tribulation-Crossing Flower.
• Chen Changqing realized that Si Youyou had obtained the Tribulation-Crossing Flower and that the other Demon Sects were pursuing her for it.

Chen Changqing watched as the Tribulation-Crossing Flower brought three Demon Sect prodigies to confront Si Youyou in the Immortal Mountain Secret Realm. When Bai Yushan, Ji Ruqianxue, and Mo Ye attacked, Si Youyou’s guards sacrificed themselves to protect her.

• Chen Changqing recognized the Tribulation-Crossing Flower’s value and suspected Si Youyou was in danger from Bai Yushan of the Beast Taming Sect.
• Ji Ruqianxue of Flower-Shifting Palace arrived and used her charm technique, but Bai Yushan broke it and freed the bewitched cultivators.
• Mo Ye of the Yinyue Holy Dynasty arrived, and Chen Changqing recognized an aura similar to the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique.
• Bai Yushan declared that the contenders would each rely on their own ability to take the Tribulation-Crossing Flower, then charged Si Youyou with his Demon Tiger.
• Mo Ye and Ji Ruqianxue joined the attack, and Si Youyou’s Spirit Transformation guards self-destructed while trying to stop the three prodigies.

Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, and Ji Ruqianxue pursued the injured Si Youyou for the Tribulation-Crossing Flower and attacked her when she refused to surrender it. Si Youyou was caught in their combined assault, leaving her trapped in Ji Ruqianxue’s illusion.

• Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, and Ji Ruqianxue survived the guards’ self-destruction while Si Youyou fled, and Chen Changqing secretly followed the pursuers.
• Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, and Ji Ruqianxue caught up with Si Youyou and demanded the Tribulation-Crossing Flower, but she refused to hand it over.
• Bai Yushan attacked Si Youyou with his Demon Tiger and Myriad Beast Taming Ring while Mo Ye and Ji Ruqianxue joined the assault with their Quasi-Immortal Artifacts.
• Si Youyou dodged the Demon Tiger’s wind blades but was struck by Mo Ye’s soul-targeting Sword Qi and enveloped by Ji Ruqianxue’s seven-colored illusion.

Si Youyou fled from Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, Ji Ruqianxue, and the Demon Tiger, but reached a cliff with her strength nearly spent. As their combined attack threatened to kill her, a silver sword light destroyed it, leaving her pursuers demanding to know who had intervened.

• Si Youyou used Heavenly Demon Dance to resist her pursuers, then fled when their attacks overwhelmed her.
• Bai Yushan, Mo Ye, Ji Ruqianxue, and the Demon Tiger chased Si Youyou to the edge of a bottomless cliff.
• The pursuers demanded the Tribulation-Crossing Flower, but Si Youyou refused and threatened to jump into the abyss.
• Bai Yushan and the others unleashed a combined attack as Si Youyou prepared to leap to her death.
• A streak of silver sword light shattered the attack, and Bai Yushan and the others demanded to know who had meddled.