Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing’s seemingly random play transformed into a focused path of slaughter that began to challenge the Green-Robed Elder’s chess game. The elder praised Chen Changqing and urged him to show whether his slaughter could shake the principles of heaven and earth.

• Cultivators mocked Chen Changqing for playing without understanding chess until Bai Wuya silenced them with a cold glare.
• Xiaoqian restrained herself from confronting the mockers and prayed that Chen Changqing would win.
• Chen Changqing’s black stones shifted from frantic moves into a deliberate, unpredictable assault driven by his path of slaughter.
• Chess experts recognized that Chen Changqing was using the board to enact a great calamity and a pure Great Dao of slaughter.
• Bai Wuya wondered whether Chen Changqing understood chess, while Xiaoqian saw the game turning in his favor.
• The Green-Robed Elder praised Chen Changqing and challenged him to prove that his path of slaughter could shake heaven and earth’s supreme principles.

Chen Changqing broke the Heavenly Question Chess Game by overcoming the Green-Robed Elder’s final move with his killing intent and was granted access to Old Man Heavenly Question’s inheritance. Inside the gate, he entered a star-filled realm and encountered an ancient man in a moon-white Daoist robe.

• The Green-Robed Elder fused his divine soul with the chess game and unleashed its full power against Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing placed a black stone and shattered the force of the white pieces with his unwavering killing intent, winning the game.
• The Green-Robed Elder praised Chen Changqing for breaking the game and opened a rune-formed gate to the inheritance.
• Chen Changqing entered the gate and found himself in a silent realm filled with stars and nebulae.
• An illusory figure appeared before Chen Changqing and became a white-haired old man in a moon-white Daoist robe.

Chen Changqing met Old Man Heavenly Question, the immortal-soul remnant behind the chess game, and declined his offer of apprenticeship out of loyalty to Chen Yuan. Old Man Heavenly Question offered his legacy in exchange for killing the disciple who betrayed him, and Chen Changqing agreed.

• Old Man Heavenly Question revealed that Chen Changqing had broken his chess game and asked him to become his disciple.
• Chen Changqing refused because he already had a master, Chen Yuan True Person of Mount Shu.
• Old Man Heavenly Question said Chen Changqing could still inherit his knowledge and possessions if he fulfilled a request.
• Old Man Heavenly Question recounted that his chief disciple had murdered his family and kin, then ambushed him while he was in seclusion.
• Chen Changqing agreed to kill the traitorous disciple for Old Man Heavenly Question.

Chen Changqing agreed to kill Old Man Heavenly Question’s traitorous disciple, Qi Miao, despite learning that Qi Miao might have become a Heavenly Monarch. Old Man Heavenly Question gave him the Immortal-Burying Zither and Immortal-Burying Melody, then warned him to seek Qi Miao through the Heavenly Demon Sect only after he had grown strong enough.

• Chen Changqing agreed to kill Qi Miao and said he would wait until he had the strength to face him.
• Old Man Heavenly Question revealed that Qi Miao might have ascended to the Heavenly Monarch Realm and promised to help Chen Changqing.
• Old Man Heavenly Question gave Chen Changqing the high-grade Immortal Artifact Immortal-Burying Zither and its complementary cultivation method, the Immortal-Burying Melody.
• Chen Changqing examined the score and started cultivating it through his AFK system.
• Old Man Heavenly Question said Qi Miao had joined the Heavenly Demon Sect and warned Chen Changqing not to reveal his mission before he was strong enough.

Chen Changqing received Old Man Heavenly Question’s Immortal-Burying Zither and cultivation technique, then left the Secret Realm. Outside, Mo Yuan revealed that he was Old Man Heavenly Question’s retainer and knelt to recognize Chen Changqing as his new master.

• Old Man Heavenly Question praised Chen Changqing, entrusted him with the road ahead, and vanished as his lingering soul dissipated.
• Chen Changqing bowed in farewell, took the Immortal-Burying Zither and Immortal-Burying Melody, and left the Secret Realm.
• The cultivators gathered by the lake marveled at Chen Changqing’s Immortal Artifact, while Bai Wuya ensured that no one dared threaten him.
• Mo Yuan approached Chen Changqing, knelt before him, and declared that Old Man Heavenly Question’s final command made the inheritor his new master.
• Mo Yuan explained that he had been Old Man Heavenly Question’s household retainer, and Chen Changqing asked him to rise.

After winning Old Man Heavenly Question’s inheritance, Chen Changqing gained Mo Yuan, a Title True Lord, as his servant and returned with Bai Wuya to Mount Shu. Mo Yuan offered his Soul Mark to prove his loyalty, and Chen Changqing brought him to Evergreen Peak.

• Mo Yuan agreed to return to Mount Shu with Chen Changqing, then ended the Heavenly Question Chess Game and sent the remaining cultivators away.
• Chen Changqing reunited with Xiaoqian and introduced her to Mo Yuan and Bai Wuya, who explained that he had come to the game while traveling home.
• Bai Wuya invited Chen Changqing to return to Mount Shu with him, and Mo Yuan offered his Soul Mark to reassure him of his loyalty.
• Bai Wuya took Chen Changqing, Mo Yuan, and Xiaoqian back to Mount Shu, then left to see Chen Yuan.
• Chen Changqing led Mo Yuan and Xiaoqian to Evergreen Peak, where the Mystic Serpent and Black Bear greeted him as the Holy Son.

Chen Changqing returned to Evergreen Peak with Mo Yuan and Xiaoqian, where Little Black learned that Mo Yuan was a Title True Lord and devoured the ghost cultivators’ corpses Chen Changqing had brought back. Chen Changqing met the newly recruited disciples, and the chapter ended as he looked them over.

• Chen Changqing introduced Mo Yuan to the Mystic Serpent and Black Bear as a Title True Lord, and they bowed to him before Chen Changqing led him and Xiaoqian into Evergreen Peak.
• Little Black greeted Chen Changqing, then learned Mo Yuan was a Title True Lord and asked him to keep his Heavenly Demon identity secret.
• Chen Changqing gave Little Black the ghost cultivators’ corpses from Yulan Stronghold, which Little Black swallowed before leaving to digest them.
• Chen Changqing asked Ran Hua to gather the elders and met with Wang Yang, Shi Tian, Lin Yuan, Qingyang, and Liu Mu.
• Liu Mu introduced the several dozen new disciples he had recruited for Evergreen Peak, and Chen Changqing thanked him before looking over the recruits.

Chen Changqing welcomed the new disciples to Evergreen Peak by giving each of them a Top-grade Spirit Treasure and excellent pills. He left them with a warning to cultivate diligently and remain loyal or lose their rewards and be expelled.

• Chen Changqing welcomed the disciples chosen by Liu Mu to Evergreen Peak and offered them magical artifacts as a gift.
• Chen Changqing produced countless Top-grade Spirit Treasures, and each new disciple chose one suited to them.
• Mo Yuan suspected Chen Changqing had gained the treasures through killing and plunder.
• Chen Changqing distributed excellent spirit pills to the disciples as well.
• Chen Changqing ordered the disciples to cultivate, grow stronger, and stay loyal, warning that he would reclaim his gifts and expel anyone who slacked off or betrayed the peak.

Chen Changqing welcomed disciples to Evergreen Peak, appointed Mo Yuan as an elder, and learned about Mount Shu’s Holy Son Grand Competition. The chapter ended with Chen Yuan seeing a white-clad visitor and recognizing his junior brother.

• Chen Changqing sent the newly recruited Evergreen Peak disciples away with Top-grade Spirit Treasures and pills.
• Chen Changqing introduced Mo Yuan as an elder who would manage Evergreen Peak alongside Liu Mu, then revealed that Mo Yuan was a Title True Lord.
• Liu Mu told Chen Changqing that the Holy Son Grand Competition would begin in three months and explained its disciple trials, Holy Son battles, and impact on resource allocation and Sect Master candidates.
• Chen Changqing resolved to take first place, confident in his disciples’ preparations and his own strength.
• On Seven Stars Peak, Chen Yuan saw a white-clad figure appear and excitedly recognized his junior brother.

Bai Wuya returned to Mount Shu and warned Chen Yuan that Chen Changqing’s extraordinary talent could draw the Seven Peaks’ hostility, but learned that Chen Yuan’s master had surpassed the Heavenly Monarch realm. Later, Chen Changqing extracted his AFK cultivation results and advanced to the late stage of Spirit Transformation.

• Bai Wuya praised Chen Changqing’s talent and told Chen Yuan that they had returned to Mount Shu together after breaking the Heavenly Question Chess Game and gaining Old Man Heavenly Question’s inheritance.
• Bai Wuya warned Chen Yuan that the Seven Peaks might try to suppress Chen Changqing, and Chen Yuan revealed that his master had emerged from seclusion beyond the Heavenly Monarch realm.
• Chen Changqing resumed his leisurely routine in Mount Shu’s Inner Sect while tenfold AFK cultivation ran its course.
• Chen Changqing extracted the results of cultivating the Invincible Immortal Ascension Technique and broke through from the middle to the late stage of Spirit Transformation.

Chen Changqing extracted his AFK cultivation gains and condensed a second avatar with the Invincible Avatar Technique. He equipped the new avatar with the Immortal-Burying Zither and began performing the Soul-Wounding Chapter of the Immortal-Burying Melody.

• Chen Changqing extracted his cultivation results, bringing the Eight Desolations Spear Technique to major mastery and making enough progress to condense a second avatar.
• Chen Changqing condensed an avatar identical to himself, with late Spirit Transformation Realm cultivation.
• Chen Changqing summoned his first avatar, which wielded the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear, and assessed the strength of his two avatars.
• Chen Changqing gave the Immortal-Burying Zither to his second avatar, which began playing the Soul-Wounding Chapter of the Immortal-Burying Melody.
• Chen Changqing's second avatar sent out sound blades that struck directly at the divine soul.

Chen Changqing tested his second incarnation’s Immortal-Burying Melody and his first incarnation’s Eight Desolations Spear Technique, then prepared Evergreen Peak’s disciples for the Holy Son Grand Competition. The chapter left him and his disciples setting out for the competition, with Qingyang and Shi Tian among Evergreen Peak’s strongest contenders.

• Chen Changqing’s second incarnation played the half-complete Immortal-Burying Melody, whose sound blades drained the life and spiritual essence from a mountain without destroying its form.
• Chen Changqing ordered his first incarnation to demonstrate the Eight Desolations Spear Technique, which tore at space and split the ground with its successive forms.
• Chen Changqing put away both incarnations and continued resting until Liu Mu arrived to announce that it was time to depart for the Holy Son Grand Competition.
• Chen Changqing gathered Evergreen Peak’s disciples, encouraged them to uphold the peak’s prestige, and saw their confidence and progress.
• Chen Changqing noted that Qingyang had reached perfected Purple Mansion Realm while Shi Tian had reached late Purple Mansion Realm and could fight Nascent Soul cultivators.

Chen Changqing’s late Spirit Transformation cultivation stunned Mo Yuan, Chen Yuan, and Bai Wuya as Mount Shu prepared for the Holy Son Grand Competition. At the Questioning Platform, Wen Qing and other Holy Sons arrived, while Chen Changqing’s chances of winning remained a topic of debate.

• Chen Changqing led the Evergreen Peak disciples toward the competition, and Mo Yuan sensed that his cultivation had reached the late Spirit Transformation realm.
• Bai Wuya told Chen Yuan about Chen Changqing’s breakthrough, and they speculated that Old Man Heavenly Question’s inheritance had caused his rapid progress.
• Chen Yuan explained that Jian Zhenzi had left Mount Shu to pursue the sword and would not compete for the Holy Son position.
• Inner Sect disciples gathered at the Questioning Platform and debated who would win, including whether Chen Changqing could take first place.
• Wen Qing arrived with the disciples of Illusion Moon Peak, followed by other Holy Sons, including Luo Qingyi and Han Sheng.

Mount Shu’s Holy Sons gathered at the Questioning Platform for the Grand Competition, where Luo Futian arrived as the celebrated Second Sequence Holy Son and dismissed Chen Changqing as no threat. Chen Changqing then arrived with the disciples of Evergreen Peak, and he and Luo Futian exchanged a wary glance.

• Eight of Mount Shu’s eleven Holy Sons reached the Questioning Platform as disciples gathered for the Grand Competition.
• Luo Futian descended with a powerful aura and his followers, drawing the disciples’ bows and acclaim as the late Spirit Transformation Realm Second Holy Son.
• Disciples discussed whether Chen Changqing could compare with Luo Futian, who privately scorned Chen and considered only Jian Zhenzi a possible rival.
• Chen Changqing arrived with Liu Mu, Qingyang, Shi Tian, Wang Yang, Ran Hua, and dozens of Evergreen Peak disciples.
• Chen Changqing sensed the chill in Luo Futian’s gaze when their eyes met.

Chen Changqing attended Mount Shu’s Holy Son Grand Competition, where Elder Xuanchen explained the two-stage contest and its stakes. Chen Changqing looked beyond the competition toward the upcoming Seven Peaks Grand Competition and its powerful Peak Scions.

• Liu Mu identified Luo Futian as Mount Shu’s Second Sequence Holy Son, while Chen Changqing dismissed him and Luo Futian vowed to prove his strength in the Holy Son Battle.
• Ji Changkong resented Chen Changqing’s rapid cultivation and remembered how Chen Changqing had defeated Bai Hao and become the Eleventh Sequence Holy Son.
• Elder Xuanchen appeared and announced that followers would compete for points in the Myriad Monster Secret Realm before the Holy Sons fought one another for rankings.
• Chen Changqing considered whether he could battle a Tribulation Transcendence Realm expert with his incarnations and Immortal Artifacts.
• Chen Changqing decided the Peak Scions at the later Seven Peaks Grand Competition were the opponents he truly wanted to face.

The first stage of the Holy Son Grand Competition began in the Myriad Monster Secret Realm, where disciples hunted beasts for points and targeted Evergreen Peak. After two days, Ji Changkong’s disciples ambushed Qingyang’s group, and Qingyang summoned the Quasi-Immortal Artifact Heaven-Burning World-Destroying Halberd as the fight began.

• Xuanchen opened the Myriad Monster Secret Realm and started the first stage, sending the Holy Sons’ disciples inside to earn points.
• Chen Changqing urged Qingyang and the Evergreen Peak disciples to compete while putting their safety first.
• Ji Changkong’s disciples were ordered to watch Evergreen Peak and seize its points, while other Holy Sons’ forces also targeted the group.
• Over two days, Qingyang’s group hunted beasts throughout the Secret Realm and then encountered Ji Changkong’s Nascent Soul disciple and his forces in a valley.
• The Nascent Soul disciple demanded Evergreen Peak’s points and threatened to kill them, so Qingyang refused to surrender and summoned Chen Changqing’s Heaven-Burning World-Destroying Halberd.

Qingyang used the Heaven-Burning World-Destroying Halberd and his companions’ Top-grade Spirit Treasures to defeat and kill Su Kai, a Nascent Soul disciple, in the Myriad Monster Secret Realm. He took the defeated disciples’ Points Tokens and left with his group, while Shi Tian fought off attackers elsewhere in the realm.

• Qingyang’s halberd strike injured a group of Mount Shu disciples and stunned them with its Quasi-Immortal Artifact power.
• Su Kai attacked Qingyang to seize his group’s artifacts, but Qingyang and the Evergreen Peak disciples wounded him with their combined attacks.
• Qingyang killed Su Kai and his fleeing Nascent Soul after Su Kai threatened him with the name of Ji Changkong.
• Qingyang ordered the remaining disciples to hand over their Points Tokens, then collected them and led his companions away.
• Shi Tian used the Earth-Splitting Star-Crushing Gauntlets to scatter the disciples attacking him and charged after them.

Evergreen Peak’s disciples dominated the Myriad Monster Secret Realm by defeating rival factions with powerful artifacts and seizing their points. When the other Holy Sons accused them of cheating after Evergreen Peak took first place, Elder Xuanchen revealed the battles in a water mirror, leaving the Questioning Platform silent.

• Wang Yang used the Mystic Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Shield to repel and defeat the Mount Shu disciples who attacked him and his fellow Evergreen Peak disciples, then took their points.
• Over the next three days, Evergreen Peak’s disciples defeated disciples from other Holy Sons’ factions and plundered their points.
• Evergreen Peak rose to first place on the Points Leaderboard, far ahead of second-place Futian Peak, while Long Sky Peak ranked last.
• Ji Changkong and other Holy Sons accused Evergreen Peak of cheating, but Chen Changqing stopped Liu Mu from arguing with them.
• Elder Xuanchen summoned a water mirror that showed Qingyang and the other Evergreen Peak disciples defeating their rivals with powerful artifacts, silencing the Questioning Platform.

The disciples of Evergreen Peak revealed that their high-grade artifacts had helped them dominate the Points Leaderboard, provoking accusations and arguments among the Holy Sons. As the first stage neared its end, Evergreen Peak still led, and its disciples gathered in the Myriad Monster Secret Realm.

• The disciples of Mount Shu were stunned to see Evergreen Peak disciples wielding Quasi-Immortal Artifacts and Top-grade Spirit Treasures, and Elder Xuanchen suspected Chen Changqing had supplied them.
• Ji Changkong accused Chen Changqing of letting his disciples cheat, but Chen Changqing pointed out that no rule forbade bringing high-grade artifacts into the Secret Realm and mocked Ji Changkong by offering him one if he joined his ranks.
• Luo Futian criticized Evergreen Peak's victory as dishonorable, and Chen Changqing challenged him to give his own disciples Top-grade Spirit Treasures before complaining.
• Luo Futian threatened to defeat Chen Changqing in the Holy Son Battle, while Elder Xuanchen told the Holy Sons to wait for the second stage to settle their dispute.
• Several days later, Evergreen Peak still led the Points Leaderboard, and Qingyang, Shi Tian, and the other Evergreen Peak disciples gathered together as the first stage approached its end.

The first stage of the Holy Son Grand Competition ended with Evergreen Peak taking first place, and the Holy Son battles began. Luo Futian challenged the returning Jian Zhenzi, leaving the gathered disciples stunned as the First Sequence Holy Son appeared.

• Xuanchen announced the end of the Secret Realm stage, and the disciples returned to their camps as the Points Leaderboard showed Evergreen Peak in first place.
• Xuanchen announced that Mount Shu would distribute resources according to the rankings and explained the rules for the Holy Son battles.
• Luo Futian took the arena and invited the other Holy Sons to challenge him, then fixed his attention on Chen Changqing.
• Luo Futian sensed Jian Zhenzi's return and challenged him to a battle.
• Jian Zhenzi arrived at the Questioning Platform, where disciples recognized him as the First Sequence Holy Son and remarked that he seemed to have reached the Spirit Transformation Realm.