Chapter Summaries

Wu Xing questioned the peak leaders about why they opposed Chen Changqing becoming Mount Shu’s Sect Master successor despite praising his talent. After sending the others away, he kept Ancestor Mountain God behind and reminded him that Chen Changqing had defeated someone Wu Xing thought highly of.

• Ancestor Yuehua and the other peak leaders praised Chen Changqing’s talent, achievements, and Immortal Artifacts while Ancestor Mountain God stayed silent.
• Wu Xing asked the leaders why they had opposed Chen Changqing’s succession after the Seven Peaks Grand Competition, and they recognized that they had acted to protect their own peaks’ interests.
• Elder Void asked Wu Xing for his assessment of Chen Changqing, and Wu Xing reminded him of their agreement concerning the Ten Great Sects Grand Competition and his becoming Chen Changqing’s Dharma Protector.
• Wu Xing dismissed the peak leaders but ordered Ancestor Mountain God to remain behind.
• Wu Xing reminded Ancestor Mountain God that Chen Changqing had defeated someone Wu Xing thought highly of, prompting Ancestor Mountain God to recall Yue Qing.

Wu Xing learned that Chen Changqing had advanced at an astonishing pace despite appearing never to cultivate, and suspected he was hiding a great secret. He turned his attention to strengthening Yue Qing, then privately resolved to prove that his chosen disciple could surpass Wu Zhen’s favored grand-disciple.

• Wu Xing and Ancestor Mountain God discussed Yue Qing’s loss to Chen Changqing and Chen Changqing’s extraordinary rise from the Outer Sect to Tribulation Transcendence.
• Ancestor Mountain God told Wu Xing that Chen Changqing was known for sleeping and walking dogs rather than cultivating, leaving Wu Xing convinced he possessed a hidden secret.
• Wu Xing asked Ancestor Mountain God to send spies into Evergreen Peak, but learned that Chen Changqing barred disciples from other main peaks and that none of the selected Inner Sect disciples passed its entrance examination.
• Wu Xing praised Chen Changqing’s talent and carefulness, then told Ancestor Mountain God to focus on making Yue Qing stronger for the Ten Great Sects Grand Competition.
• After Ancestor Mountain God left, Wu Xing privately declared that he would compete with Wu Zhen by seeing whose favored disciple became stronger.

Chen Changqing welcomed fifty-six new disciples to Evergreen Peak by giving each one a magical artifact, mostly Top-grade Spirit Treasures. After the disciples dispersed, Ran Hua praised Chen Changqing’s generosity.

• Liu Mu brought the fifty-six newly recruited disciples to meet Chen Changqing outside his residence.
• Chen Changqing summoned a large collection of magical artifacts and offered each new disciple one as a first-meeting gift.
• The astonished disciples each chose an artifact, then bowed and dispersed after Chen Changqing told them to follow Evergreen Peak’s rules.
• Ran Hua praised Chen Changqing for giving the newcomers such valuable treasures.

Chen Changqing promised Ran Hua and the others that he would arrange Immortal Artifacts for them, then went out to walk Little Black and met Yue Qing at Evergreen Peak’s gate. Yue Qing urged him not to give up on the Ten Great Sects Grand Competition, but Chen Changqing assured him he would still compete and returned to Evergreen Peak that evening, where Ran Hua said someone had come looking for him.

• Chen Changqing told Ran Hua and the others to cultivate diligently and promised to arrange Immortal Artifacts for them.
• Chen Changqing took Little Black out for a walk and met Yue Qing at the mountain gate of Evergreen Peak.
• Yue Qing urged Chen Changqing to pursue first place in the Ten Great Sects Grand Competition rather than give up.
• Chen Changqing said walking Little Black would not interfere with the competition and told Yue Qing to cultivate harder.
• Chen Changqing returned to Evergreen Peak that evening, and Ran Hua told him someone had come looking for him.

Luo Futian came to Evergreen Peak under pressure from the Luo Family and asked Chen Changqing to let him join. Chen Changqing accepted him, and Liu Mu arranged a residence for him on the peak.

• Ran Hua told Chen Changqing that Luo Futian was waiting in the side hall.
• Luo Futian asked Chen Changqing to let him join Evergreen Peak, explaining that his Lineage had pressured him to befriend Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing guessed that the Luo Family had sent Luo Futian and accepted him despite the possibility of ulterior motives.
• Luo Futian formally greeted Chen Changqing as Holy Son Changqing and thanked him for accepting him.
• Liu Mu arranged a residence for Luo Futian halfway up Evergreen Peak, drawing the attention of Jian Zhenzi and Ji Changkong.

Luo Futian joined Evergreen Peak, where Chen Changqing limited the number of Holy Sons to keep the peak manageable. Several days later, Chen Yuan arrived to take Changqing to meet Grandmaster Wu Zhen and asked whether Changqing’s agreement with the Second Elder was genuine; Changqing confirmed it.

• Luo Futian joined Evergreen Peak and was shown to his residence by Liu Mu.
• News of Luo Futian’s arrival spread, and Chen Changqing rejected other Holy Sons who sought to join Evergreen Peak.
• Chen Yuan arrived at Chen Changqing’s courtyard and said Grandmaster Wu Zhen had summoned him.
• On the way to meet Wu Zhen, Chen Yuan asked whether Changqing’s agreement with the Second Elder was real, and Changqing confirmed that it was.

Chen Changqing met with Wu Zhen, who explained that he had earned two rewards for winning the Seven Peaks Grand Competition. The chapter ended with Chen Changqing learning he could undergo a Blood Pool Baptism and enter the Sword Graveyard again.

• Chen Yuan brought Chen Changqing to Realization Peak, where Lu Tian greeted them.
• Wu Zhen told Chen Changqing that he should have become the Mount Shu Sect Master's successor, but Wu Xing had challenged him to place in the top three at the Ten Great Sects Grand Competition.
• Chen Changqing said he still intended to win the Ten Great Sects Grand Competition and wanted Wu Xing to serve as his protector.
• Wu Zhen revealed that Chen Changqing's rewards were a Blood Pool Baptism in the Ancestral Land and another chance to enter the Sword Graveyard.

Chen Changqing received tokens for the Blood Pool Baptism and the Sword Graveyard, then chose to give the baptism opportunity to someone else. He decided Ran Hua was the candidate and went to speak with him.

• Wu Zhen explained the Blood Pool Baptism and Sword Graveyard rewards to Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing asked whether he could give his Blood Pool Baptism spot to another person, and Wu Zhen agreed while warning him to choose someone who could withstand it.
• Wu Zhen gave Chen Changqing tokens for the Blood Pool Baptism and Sword Graveyard.
• Chen Changqing returned to Evergreen Peak and decided to choose someone from among its core members for the baptism.
• Chen Changqing found Ran Hua practicing swordsmanship and told him he wanted to discuss something.

Chen Changqing gave Ran Hua his qualification for the Ancestral Land Blood Pool Baptism, urging him to cultivate well and grow stronger. The next morning, Chen Changqing arrived at the Sword Graveyard and met the two elders guarding it.

• Chen Changqing told Ran Hua he would give him the Blood Pool Baptism opportunity he had earned by winning the Seven Peaks Grand Competition.
• Ran Hua initially refused, but Chen Changqing insisted and handed him the Blood-Colored Token.
• Ran Hua thanked Chen Changqing and vowed to cultivate hard, and Chen Changqing encouraged him to stand together at the peak of the Nine Provinces.
• The next morning, Chen Changqing flew to the Sword Graveyard, where the two guarding elders appeared and recognized him.

Chen Changqing entered the Sword Graveyard seeking an Immortal Artifact-grade Divine Sword and passed over several Quasi-Immortal Artifacts that recognized him. After exploring its vast sword forests, he sat down and merged his aura with the graveyard, where the scenery began to change.

• Chen Changqing showed the two elders his token and entered the Sword Graveyard.
• The elders recalled his previous visit, his Thunder Flame Sword, and his achievements, and wondered which Divine Sword would recognize him this time.
• Chen Changqing touched the Burning Heaven Sword and sensed its recognition, but left it behind because it was only a Quasi-Immortal Artifact.
• He continued past the Cold Abyss Sword and countless other Divine Swords, rejecting them as he searched for an Immortal Artifact.
• Chen Changqing sat atop a small hill and spread his divine sense, letting his aura merge with the Sword Graveyard.
• The scenery around Chen Changqing began to change as he sensed the auras of countless Divine Swords.

Chen Changqing discovered a hidden silver-white longsword inside an ancient stone stele in the Sword Graveyard. When the sword emerged, its vast Sword Intent stirred every Divine Sword and enveloped him in a pillar of light.

• Chen Changqing sensed several Immortal Artifact-grade Divine Swords, including the Haoran Sword and Azure Underworld Sword, but neither responded to him.
• Chen Changqing found the chained Soul Devour Sword reacting violently to his consciousness, though he continued searching for a better sword.
• Chen Changqing discovered an empty stretch of land with a stele inscribed, “Those fated shall obtain it,” and sent his consciousness through a crack in the stone.
• Chen Changqing approached the trembling stele, which shattered and released a silver-white longsword.
• The longsword unleashed a vast Sword Intent that stirred the Sword Graveyard, churned Chen Changqing’s spiritual power, and engulfed him in a pillar of light.

Chen Changqing gained the recognition of a powerful Divine Sword inside the Sword Graveyard, unleashing Sword Intent across the Shu Mountain Sacred Land. The sect leaders and disciples learned of his latest Immortal Artifact, while Wu Xing tried to dismiss his unease about their wager.

• A silver-white pillar of Sword Qi burst from the Sword Graveyard, and Chen Yuan realized someone had gained an Immortal Artifact.
• Mo Tianji told Chen Yuan that Chen Changqing was the only person who had entered the Sword Graveyard that day.
• Wu Zhen confirmed to Lu Tian that Chen Changqing had gained the recognition of an Immortal Artifact-grade Divine Sword, leaving Lu Tian astonished.
• Wu Xing sensed Chen Changqing in the Sword Graveyard and recalled their wager about the Ten Great Sects Grand Competition, then tried to suppress his unease.
• The leaders of the Seven Main Peaks learned Chen Changqing had obtained the Divine Sword and envied his growing collection of Immortal Artifacts.
• Swords across Mount Shu trembled and rang as the Sword Intent spread.

Chen Changqing obtained the Ganjiang Sword in the Sword Graveyard and suspected it was incomplete without its twin, Moye. After learning the guarding elders had never heard of Ganjiang, he left for Seven Stars Peak.

• Chen Changqing claimed the nameless sword and discovered the name Ganjiang engraved on its hilt.
• Chen Changqing sensed the Ganjiang Sword was incomplete and concluded that its full power required the missing Moye Sword.
• Chen Changqing stored the Ganjiang Sword in his Heaven-Stepping Ring and exited the Sword Graveyard.
• The two elders congratulated Chen Changqing, and the short, stout elder asked which Divine Sword he had obtained.
• Chen Changqing named the Ganjiang Sword, but both elders said they had never heard of it.
• Chen Changqing left the Sword Graveyard and headed toward Seven Stars Peak.

Chen Changqing told Chen Yuan he had obtained the Immortal Artifact Ganjiang Sword from the Sword Graveyard, and Chen Yuan warned him that his many artifacts could draw envy. Back at Evergreen Peak, Chen Changqing rejected Ancestor Zhanqiong and several other peak leaders who sought to trade for his Immortal Artifacts.

• Chen Changqing told Chen Yuan that he had obtained the Ganjiang Sword, but Chen Yuan did not know its origins and suggested asking the grandmaster.
• Chen Yuan warned Chen Changqing to be careful because his Immortal Artifacts could attract covetous people, including those within Shu Mountain.
• Liu Mu told Chen Changqing that Ancestor Zhanqiong had come to Evergreen Peak, and Chen Changqing invited him into the hall.
• Ancestor Zhanqiong offered to exchange other items for one of Chen Changqing’s Immortal Artifacts, but Chen Changqing declined.
• Several more peak leaders came seeking Immortal Artifacts, and Chen Changqing rejected them all.

Ancestor Mountain God learned that Chen Changqing had refused to trade Immortal Artifacts with the other peak leaders, then Ran Hua used Chen Changqing’s Blood-Colored Token to enter Blood Pool Peak for his baptism. The gray-robed elder brought Ran Hua to the Ancestral Land Blood Pool’s entrance and explained that it would judge his foundation and potential.

• A disciple told Ancestor Mountain God that none of the other peak leaders had obtained an Immortal Artifact from Chen Changqing, easing his worry about the balance of power.
• Ancestor Mountain God recalled how the peak leaders had opposed Chen Changqing’s rise to Holy Son and Sect Master successor, and lamented that he had joined the Sect Master's lineage.
• Ran Hua resolved to use the Blood-Colored Token Chen Changqing had given him and set out for Blood Pool Peak at dawn.
• A gray-robed elder checked Ran Hua’s token, confirmed Chen Changqing had given him the baptism opportunity, and admitted him through the mountain’s restrictions.
• The gray-robed elder led Ran Hua to the stone gate of the Ancestral Land Blood Pool and explained that the Blood Pool would determine his baptism based on his foundation and potential.

Ran Hua entered Mount Shu’s Blood Pool to undergo its dangerous baptism and endured the pool’s brutal physical tempering by thinking of Chen Changqing. The baptism then drew him into a battlefield illusion, where a taunting voice urged him to give up as an axe came down on him.

• The gray-robed elder warned Ran Hua that retreating from the Blood Pool could cripple or kill him, then opened the stone gate with Ran Hua’s Blood-Colored Token.
• Ran Hua crossed a passage filled with mounting pressure and reached the vast underground Blood Pool, where ancient blood qi and the will imprints of Mount Shu predecessors stirred.
• Ran Hua leaped into the pool and endured his body being torn apart and reforged, holding on because he did not want to disappoint Chen Changqing.
• Ran Hua was transported into an illusion of a blood-soaked battlefield, where a burly warrior attacked him with a giant axe.
• After Ran Hua’s sword shattered and he found himself unable to move, a voice mocked his talent and foundation and urged him to retreat.

Ran Hua overcame illusions that preyed on his doubts about his talent and his place beside Chen Changqing, then absorbed the Blood Pool’s power. He emerged with a transformed body and cultivation at Nascent Soul Peak.

• Ran Hua remembered Chen Changqing calling him his brother and shattered an illusion of an axe-wielding opponent.
• Ran Hua rejected the voice urging him to give up on keeping pace with Chen Changqing, insisting he would keep chasing him.
• Ran Hua endured a succession of illusions as the Blood Pool strengthened his body and widened his meridians.
• Ran Hua broke through from Golden Core Peak to Purple Mansion and then advanced through the Nascent Soul stages to Nascent Soul Peak.
• Ran Hua awoke to find the Blood Pool clear and marveled at his new strength and cultivation.

Ran Hua returned from the Blood Pool Baptism at Nascent Soul Peak and thanked Chen Changqing, who urged him to keep cultivating toward Spirit Transformation. Several days later, a Spirit Transformation monk named Rujie arrived to see Chen Changqing.

• Ran Hua emerged from the Blood Pool after advancing from Golden Core to Nascent Soul Peak, and the gray-robed old man praised his endurance.
• Ran Hua returned to Evergreen Peak, thanked Chen Changqing for giving him the baptism opportunity, and vowed to reach Spirit Transformation soon.
• News of Ran Hua’s breakthrough and Chen Changqing’s generosity spread through Evergreen Peak, leaving Ji Changkong astonished.
• A disciple told Chen Changqing that a monk had come to see him, and Chen Changqing asked for the visitor to be brought over.
• Rujie arrived by the stream, and Chen Changqing recognized him as the lecherous monk before Rujie greeted him warmly.

Rujie visited Chen Changqing at Mount Shu and was astonished to learn that Chen had reached Tribulation Transcendence. Rujie praised Chen’s recent triumph in the Seven Peaks Grand Competition, but Chen clarified that becoming Mount Shu’s Sect Master heir remained uncertain; Rujie’s real reason for visiting was left unrevealed.

• Chen Changqing welcomed Rujie, while Xiaoqian eyed the monk warily because of their past encounters with Buddhist monks.
• Rujie sensed Chen Changqing’s aura and was shocked to learn he had reached Tribulation Transcendence.
• Rujie praised Chen Changqing’s rapid progress and mentioned that his victory in the Seven Peaks Grand Competition had spread beyond Mount Shu.
• Xiaoqian challenged Rujie’s incomplete account of Chen Changqing’s achievements, and Chen confirmed he had won but said his status as Sect Master heir was still unclear.
• Chen Changqing asked why Rujie had come, and Rujie claimed he had merely been passing by, leaving Chen doubtful.

Rujie asked Chen Changqing to join him in exploring an Immortal Secret Realm, and Chen Changqing agreed after warning him about the dangers. Chen Changqing went to Seven Stars Peak to tell his master, Chen Yuan, who questioned whether the risk was worth taking.

• Rujie told Chen Changqing that an Immortal Secret Realm, said to be the burial place of an ancient Loose Immortal, would soon emerge and asked him to join forces.
• Chen Changqing warned that the realm would attract powerful cultivators, including possible Heavenly Monarchs, and Rujie accepted the danger.
• Chen Changqing stopped Rujie from leaving and said he would go with him, then headed to Seven Stars Peak to seek his master's permission.
• Chen Changqing told Chen Yuan about the Immortal Secret Realm, and Chen Yuan questioned whether his disciple needed its treasures enough to risk entering.