Chapter Summaries

Yue Ling defeated Lie Wushuang, then faced Ji Wuhen in the Seven Peaks Grand Competition. Ji Wuhen’s relentless halberd assault forced Yue Ling onto the defensive, leaving their match unresolved.

• Lie Wushuang admitted defeat to Yue Ling and left the arena, while Ancestor Fire Spirit consoled him.
• Chen Changqing chose not to enter the contest as the Peak Scions reacted to Yue Ling’s strength.
• Ji Wuhen stepped onto the arena and offered Yue Ling a chance to rest, but she refused.
• Ji Wuhen unleashed his battle intent and struck at Yue Ling with his halberd, carving a trench into the arena when she dodged.
• Ji Wuhen pressed Yue Ling with a rapid barrage of attacks, forcing her to defend and barely evade his downward thrust.

Ji Wuhen defeated Yue Ling by using his Battle Intent Domain to suppress her Moonlight Domain and overwhelm her in the arena. He then faced Xu Ruochen, whose Phantom Shadow Domain let him evade Ji Wuhen’s attacks, and Xu began a domain-powered counterattack.

• Ji Wuhen unleashed his Battle Intent Domain, suppressing Yue Ling and strengthening his halberd strikes until she was forced to defend.
• Yue Ling released her strongest sword technique, but their clash wounded her and sent both fighters staggering back.
• Yue Ling conceded defeat and returned to the Cloud Perch Peak group, while Chen Changqing thought Ji Wuhen had prevailed because his domain countered hers.
• Xu Ruochen of Void Breaking Peak entered the arena and fought Ji Wuhen for over a hundred exchanges by vanishing from the halberd’s path and striking from unexpected angles.
• Xu Ruochen revealed his Phantom Shadow Domain and launched Phantom Killing Domain and Thousand Blade Twist against Ji Wuhen.

Xu Ruochen defeated Ji Wuhen in the Seven Peaks Grand Competition, but Qing Yu challenged him and won with Azure Phoenix Peak’s Seven Azure Phoenix Absolutes. As Xu Ruochen left the arena, Yue Qing recalled how Qing Yu had abandoned him during their earlier fight with the Straw Hat Mysterious Person.

• Xu Ruochen knocked Ji Wuhen off the arena and claimed victory, surprising the Mount Shu disciples and Chen Changqing.
• Xu Ruochen invited the remaining competitors to challenge him, and Qing Yu stepped onto the arena to confront him.
• Qing Yu and Xu Ruochen exchanged sword attacks and fought at high speed across the arena.
• Qing Yu used Azure Sky Feather to break Xu Ruochen’s spatial concealment and defeat him.
• Qing Yu taunted Xu Ruochen, who left the arena, while Yue Qing recalled Qing Yu abandoning him during their battle against the Straw Hat Mysterious Person.

Yu Mingzi defeated Qing Yu with the Jade Void Profound Art after Qing Yu challenged Mount Shu’s disciples to a duel. Lu Tian, who had hoped to avenge Qing Yu’s attempt to kill him, watched Qing Yu concede and resolved to seek another opportunity.

• Qing Yu challenged Chen Changqing and the others to send someone to fight, and Lu Tian prepared to take the stage.
• Yu Mingzi reached the arena before Lu Tian and accepted Qing Yu’s challenge.
• Qing Yu attacked with Azure Phoenix feather swords, but Yu Mingzi’s clear light absorbed them without a trace.
• Yu Mingzi’s clear light pursued and bound Qing Yu, restraining his spiritual power until Qing Yu conceded.
• Yu Mingzi released Qing Yu, and the Mount Shu disciples discussed the strength of the remaining contenders.
• Lu Tian reflected that Qing Yu had lost too easily and decided he would need another chance to avenge the attack in the Universe Landscape Map.

Lu Tian took the stage to fight Yu Mingzi and showed that his Seven Star Sword Canon could match the stronger opponent’s techniques. The chapter left Yu Mingzi facing Lu Tian’s ultimate sword move, Seven Stars Illuminate the World.

• Lu Tian challenged his junior nephew Chen Changqing to fight later, then stepped onto the arena to face Yu Mingzi.
• Lu Tian drew the Seven Star Sword and cut apart the ribbons of clear light from Yu Mingzi’s Whisk, alarming Qing Yu.
• Yu Mingzi used Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, but Lu Tian’s three sword moves shattered its attacks.
• Lu Tian summoned the seven stars with Seven Stars Illuminate the World and brought a powerful sword strike down on Yu Mingzi.
• Sect Master Chen Yuan remarked that Lu Tian’s talent was extraordinary for mastering the ultimate form of the Seven Star Sword Canon.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lu Tian, at the early stage of Tribulation Transcendence, uses the Seven Stars Illuminate the World technique, drawing stellar power to defeat Yu Mingzi, who is at the mid-stage of Tribulation Transcendence, knocking him off the arena in a single blow.
• Yue Qing, noticing Lu Tian's weakened state after his fight with Yu Mingzi, takes the stage instead of Chen Changqing, intending to take advantage of Lu Tian's condition.

Character Developments

• Lu Tian: Proves his strength by defeating Yu Mingzi with a powerful sword technique, but is left weakened afterwards. He maintains his composure despite his condition.
• Yu Mingzi: Underestimates Lu Tian's final strike and loses the match, leading to his defeat and withdrawal from the arena.
• Yue Qing: Recognizes Lu Tian's weakened state and takes the stage to challenge him, showing his strategic and opportunistic nature.

Significant Themes

• Power Dynamics: The power imbalance between Lu Tian and Yu Mingzi is evident, with Lu Tian's technique proving to be more powerful than expected. Yue Qing's challenge highlights the theme of taking advantage of weakness.
• Strategic Thinking: Yue Qing's decision to take the stage instead of Chen Changqing showcases his strategic thinking and opportunism.

Character Interactions

• Lu Tian vs. Yu Mingzi: Lu Tian's powerful sword technique defeats Yu Mingzi, who underestimates his opponent's strength.
• Lu Tian vs. Yue Qing: Yue Qing takes advantage of Lu Tian's weakened state, challenging him to a fight, while Lu Tian maintains his composure and refuses to back down.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yue Qing and Lu Tian face off in the final duel of the Seven Peaks Grand Competition.
• Yue Qing uses the Thirty-Six Mountain Suppressing Styles, while Lu Tian employs the Seven Star Sword Canon.
• Despite Lu Tian's injuries from his previous battle, he refuses to concede and continues fighting Yue Qing.

Character Developments

• Yue Qing demonstrates his immense power and determination, pushing Lu Tian to his limits.
• Lu Tian shows resilience and stubbornness, choosing to fight despite his severe injuries to help his lineage's chances in the competition.

Significant Themes

• The theme of determination and perseverance is highlighted through Lu Tian's refusal to concede, even in the face of overwhelming odds.
• The importance of lineage and legacy is emphasized as Lu Tian fights to give his lineage an advantage in the competition.

Character Interactions

• Yue Qing and Lu Tian engage in a fierce and intense battle, each pushing the other to their limits.
• Lu Tian glances at Chen Changqing, revealing his desire to fight him but also his realization that he might not be able to due to his current condition.
• Yue Qing warns Lu Tian about the potential consequences of continuing the fight, showing a degree of concern for his opponent's well-being.

Lu Tian fought Yue Qing’s Mountain Peak True Form and powerful defensive techniques, while Mount Shu disciples believed he was trying to wear Yue Qing down for Chen Changqing. Lu Tian unleashed Seven Stars Illuminate the World against Yue Qing’s Heaven-Propping Pillar, and their collision shook Questioning Platform as Ancestor Wuzhen raised a new barrier.

• Yue Qing transformed with Mountain Peak True Form and blocked Lu Tian’s Light Shaker with Immovable Mountain.
• Yue Qing struck Lu Tian with Mountain Collapsing Lean, sending him flying and leaving him spitting blood.
• Mount Shu disciples realized Lu Tian might be wearing Yue Qing down for Chen Changqing, though Chen Changqing said he could defeat Yue Qing himself.
• Lu Tian rose and invoked Seven Stars Illuminate the World, summoning seven beams of starlight into a Star Giant Sword.
• Yue Qing countered with Heaven-Propping Pillar, and their clash shattered the arena’s protective formation until Ancestor Wuzhen cast a replacement barrier.

Lu Tian and Yue Qing fought a fierce match that ended with Yue Qing standing and Lu Tian admitting defeat. With only Yue Qing and Chen Changqing left in the Seven Peaks Grand Competition, Lu Tian urged his young martial nephew to claim the championship.

• Lu Tian’s Star Giant Sword shattered Yue Qing’s Heaven-Propping Giant Pillar, but Yue Qing caught the sword and broke it with his Mountain Longevity technique.
• The backlash sent Lu Tian crashing onto the arena, while Yue Qing returned to his normal size and rose despite his injuries.
• Lu Tian admitted defeat, making Yue Qing the winner and leaving Chen Changqing to face him for the championship.
• Chen Yuan healed Lu Tian, who then joined Chen Changqing and encouraged him to seize the championship.

Chen Changqing finally took the stage to face Yue Qing, but offered him time to recover from his battle with Lu Tian. Yue Qing refused, and the two prepared to fight.

• Yue Qing called Chen Changqing to the arena as the last remaining contender in the Seven Peaks Grand Competition.
• Lu Tian returned to Chen Yuan, who thanked him for exhausting Yue Qing to give Chen Changqing an advantage.
• Xu Ruochen recalled Chen Changqing's past strength and warned himself that Yue Qing could suffer if he underestimated him.
• Chen Changqing stepped onto the arena and invited the injured, exhausted Yue Qing to recover before their match.
• Yue Qing rejected the offer, insisting his injuries and exhaustion were minor and demanding that Chen Changqing fight him at once.

Chen Changqing let Yue Qing's full-force Mountain Crushing Collapse hit him and emerged completely unharmed, revealing his formidable physical strength. Yue Qing suspected Chen Changqing was the mysterious figure from the Universe Landscape Map, but Chen Changqing's taunts enraged him and the fight continued.

• Yue Qing attacked Chen Changqing with Mountain Crushing Collapse, but Chen Changqing stood still and took the punch without injury.
• The Mount Shu disciples and leaders realized Chen Changqing's physical body was extraordinarily powerful, and Ancestor Wuzhen compared it to a Top-grade Spirit Treasure.
• Yue Qing recalled the mysterious straw-hatted person from the Universe Landscape Map and wondered whether Chen Changqing had been that person.
• Chen Changqing mocked Yue Qing for his weak punch, provoking Yue Qing to unleash a more violent aura and threaten him.
• Chen Changqing calmly challenged the enraged Yue Qing to show how frightening he was.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yue Qing uses his Thirty-Six Mountain Suppressing Styles and Earth Vein Reversal techniques, reversing the earth veins beneath the arena.
• Chen Changqing counters with his Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist and Heaven-Collapsing Style, sending Yue Qing flying with a single punch.
• Yue Qing activates his Earth Sovereign Bloodline, manifesting his Earth Emperor Tyrant Body.

Character Developments

• Chen Changqing demonstrates exceptional prowess in fist techniques, further solidifying his strength.
• Yue Qing shows determination and resilience, activating his bloodline power despite warnings not to.

Significant Themes

• The power of bloodlines and special constitutions.
• The importance of the Seven Peaks Grand Competition.

Character Interactions

• Chen Changqing and Yue Qing's intense battle, with Chen Changqing gaining the upper hand.
• Ancestor Mountain God's concern and eventual acceptance of Yue Qing activating his bloodline power.

Yue Qing awakened his Earth Sovereign Bloodline and used the Earth Emperor Tyrant Body to raise his cultivation from Mid Tribulation Transcendence to True Lord. The Mount Shu disciples and Peak Scions were stunned, while Xiaoqian remained confident that Chen Changqing would win.

• Yue Qing activated his Earth Sovereign Bloodline, and the Mountain God phantom appeared behind him as Mount Shu disciples and Peak Scions watched in shock.
• Chen Yuan recognized that Yue Qing had awakened a bloodline power but said its effects were still unknown.
• Yue Qing opened the Earth Emperor Tyrant Body and raised his cultivation through Late Tribulation Transcendence and Half-Step True Lord to True Lord.
• True Person Yuding explained that Yue Qing’s special constitution had let him reach the True Lord realm, leaving Yu Mingzi and Xu Ruochen astonished.
• Ran Hua and the Evergreen Peak disciples worried about Chen Changqing, but Xiaoqian declared that he would defeat Yue Qing.

Yue Qing awakened his bloodline power and temporarily reached the True Lord level, then challenged Chen Changqing with a devastating punch. Chen Changqing blocked it with two sword strikes, leaving the disciples worried about the fight as Mo Yuan wondered which hidden cards Chen Changqing would reveal next.

• Yue Qing taunted Chen Changqing after his cultivation surged to the True Lord level, but Chen Changqing calmly accepted the challenge and drew the Heavenly Thunder Sword.
• Yue Qing struck with a simple punch that shattered Chen Changqing’s first sword attack, forcing Chen Changqing to follow up with a second strike.
• Chen Changqing’s second sword strike and Yue Qing’s fist force canceled each other out, while the arena’s restriction formation shook under the impact.
• Mount Shu disciples were awed by Yue Qing’s power, and Evergreen Peak disciples worried that Chen Changqing might lose.
• Xiaoqian insisted Chen Changqing had hidden cards, Liu Mu urged Evergreen Peak to support him, and Mo Yuan wondered whether Chen Changqing would use the Immortal-Burying Zither.

Chen Changqing unleashed the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation against Yue Qing, who had awakened his Earth Emperor Tyrant Body and risen to the True Lord level. When the dust settled, Yue Qing’s mountain defense had weakened but remained unbroken, leaving the crowd to think Chen Changqing’s attack had failed.

• Yue Qing warned Chen Changqing to admit defeat because he could not fully control his newly awakened Earth Emperor Tyrant Body.
• Chen Changqing refused and used Sword Annihilates the Ten Directions, summoning a rain of divine lightning swords over Questioning Platform.
• Yue Qing invoked the Eleventh Style, Immovable Mountain, and shielded himself inside a mountain phantom formed from earth-colored protective qi.
• Chen Yuan recognized Chen Changqing’s technique as the Ten Forms of Sword Annihilation and realized his disciple had cultivated it to major completion.
• After the dust cleared, Chen Changqing stood unharmed and Yue Qing remained upright with his defense still intact, prompting the crowd to say Chen Changqing had failed to break it.

Chen Changqing failed to break Yue Qing’s defenses, but recognized that Yue Qing’s Earth Emperor Tyrant Body could not last and chose to endure until it ended. Yue Qing unleashed his Mountain Peak True Form and powerful techniques, knocking Chen Changqing back and leaving him injured.

• Chen Changqing’s sword attack failed to break Yue Qing’s defenses, shocking the Mount Shu disciples and Evergreen Peak members.
• Chen Changqing told Yue Qing that he only needed to outlast the Earth Emperor Tyrant Body, exposing Yue Qing’s concern that his empowered state would end soon.
• Yue Qing activated his Earth Sovereign Bloodline and transformed into the Mountain Peak True Form before attacking Chen Changqing with Earth-Shattering Heaven-Startling.
• Chen Changqing used Immortal Execution to tear apart Yue Qing’s fist force, but Yue Qing summoned a divine mountain phantom that blasted Chen Changqing backward and injured him.

Chen Changqing struggled against Yue Qing after Yue Qing raised his cultivation to the True Lord realm. He revealed an identical clone as an unexpected trump card, but the Mount Shu spectators remained skeptical.

• Yue Qing's strength overwhelmed Chen Changqing, worrying the Evergreen Peak disciples and Xiaoqian.
• Mo Yuan reassured Liu Mu and the others that Chen Changqing had not yet used all his strength, while Chen Yuan and the others wondered whether he had other means.
• Yue Qing demanded that Chen Changqing surrender, claiming victory in the Seven Peaks Grand Competition was already his.
• Chen Changqing declared that he still had a trump card and summoned a figure identical to himself.
• The Mount Shu disciples were astonished by the clone, but many dismissed it as insufficient to defeat Yue Qing.

Chen Changqing revealed that his avatar wielded the Immortal Artifact Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear, shocking Mount Shu as onlookers realized he possessed multiple Immortal Artifacts. As Yue Qing dismissed the avatar and spear as insufficient, Chen Changqing summoned a second avatar.

• Chen Changqing's avatar brought out the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear, unleashing a terrifying spear intent that shocked the Mount Shu disciples.
• Evergreen Peak's disciples celebrated the reveal, while Mo Yuan realized Chen Changqing might possess at least three Immortal Artifacts.
• Chen Yuan told Lu Tian that he had not given Chen Changqing the Immortal Artifacts and admitted he knew nothing about the newly revealed avatar.
• Ancestor Wuzhen wondered where Chen Changqing had obtained his many Immortal Artifacts and speculated that he might be the chosen son of heaven.
• Yue Qing dismissed Chen Changqing's avatar and second Immortal Artifact as insufficient, so Chen Changqing summoned a second avatar.

Chen Changqing summoned a second avatar during his battle with Yue Qing, astonishing Mount Shu’s disciples and leaders. The avatar revealed the Immortal Artifact Haotian Hammer, leaving Chen Changqing’s growing collection of treasures and abilities a mystery as the confrontation continued.

• Chen Changqing summoned a second avatar, whose aura matched his true body and stunned the Mount Shu disciples and peak leaders.
• Chen Yuan, Mo Tianji, Lu Tian, and Ancestor Wuzhen reacted with surprise to Chen Changqing’s extraordinary avatar technique.
• Yue Qing realized he might have to face Chen Changqing and two avatars at once and grew wary.
• Chen Changqing’s new avatar produced the Immortal Artifact Haotian Hammer, prompting shock at the sight of a third Immortal Artifact.
• Mo Yuan recalled that Chen Changqing also possessed the Immortal-Burying Zither and Immortal-Burying Melody, while Chen Yuan wondered if his disciple was heaven’s chosen one.

Chen Changqing revealed that his clones wielded the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear and Haotian Hammer, exposing himself as the mysterious person who had saved Lu Tian and fought Yue Qing and Qing Yu. He and his clones launched a three-pronged attack on Yue Qing, who answered with a punch empowered by the Earth Emperor Tyrant Body.

• Lu Tian recognized the Haotian Hammer and realized Chen Changqing had been the mysterious person who saved him and defeated Yue Qing and Qing Yu inside the Universe Landscape Map.
• Qing Yu and Yue Qing recognized Chen Changqing as the hammer-wielding fighter from the Universe Landscape Map, and Yue Qing accepted his challenge.
• Chen Changqing's true body and two clones readied the Heavenly Thunder Sword, Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear, and Haotian Hammer.
• Chen Changqing and his clones attacked Yue Qing together with sword, spear, and hammer techniques.
• Yue Qing gathered earth energy around his fist and punched toward the three incoming attacks.