Chapter Summaries

Si Youyou fought Black Sha and his four companions to protect the Heavenly Demon Relic Pearl, but they overwhelmed and nearly killed her. Chen Changqing arrived in time to block Black Sha’s fatal strike, and a terrifying pressure suddenly descended upon Black Sha’s group.

• Black Sha demanded the Heavenly Demon Relic Pearl and threatened Si Youyou, who refused to surrender it.
• Black Sha and his four companions attacked Si Youyou, gradually overpowering her despite her Quasi-Immortal Artifact-grade longsword.
• Black Sha wounded Si Youyou and offered to spare her if she let him refine her into a puppet, but she refused.
• Black Sha struck at the helpless Si Youyou, but Chen Changqing appeared and blocked the fatal attack.
• Black Sha confronted Chen Changqing, then an immense pressure suddenly enveloped Black Sha and his five-man group.

Bai Wuya killed Black Sha and his companions, then repaid Si Youyou for protecting him by giving her a healing pill and their Storage Bags. Elsewhere, Rujie discovered a Buddha Bone Sarira in an abandoned Medicine Garden, but three cultivators arrived and demanded he hand it over.

• Bai Wuya killed Black Sha and the other attackers with true qi spears.
• Bai Wuya gave Si Youyou a supreme healing pill and the attackers' Storage Bags, and she recovered enough to set out with him and Chen Changqing.
• Rujie searched an abandoned Medicine Garden and found a golden bead hidden inside a dead tree.
• Rujie identified the bead as a Buddha Bone Sarira and planned to refine it to improve his cultivation.
• Three cultivators entered the Medicine Garden, and their leader demanded that Rujie hand over the bead.

Rujie tried to protect a Buddha Bone Sarira from a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator and his two Spirit Transformation companions, but their combined attacks left him badly injured. Just as the leader’s final strike was about to kill him, Bai Wuya, Chen Changqing, and Si Youyou arrived and subdued the attackers with their aura.

• Rujie tried to convince the three cultivators that the Buddha Bone Sarira was an ordinary pearl, but one of them recognized it and demanded he hand it over.
• The Tribulation Transcendence cultivator attacked Rujie while his two companions blocked his escape.
• Rujie used Vajra Body to withstand their combined attack, but the barrier shattered and he collapsed, gravely injured.
• The leader sent a Blood Sword Aura toward Rujie, but it suddenly broke apart before reaching him.
• Bai Wuya, Chen Changqing, and Si Youyou descended, forcing the three attackers to their knees with their aura.
• Chen Changqing gave Rujie a supreme healing pill.

After Bai Wuya rescued Rujie and killed the three cultivators who had attacked him, the group gathered in the abandoned Medicine Garden and discussed their plans. Chen Changqing, Si Youyou, and Rujie planned to travel to the Immortal Secret Realm, and Bai Wuya offered to go with them.

• Bai Wuya killed the three subdued cultivators and gave their Storage Bags to Rujie as thanks for protecting him.
• Rujie meditated to recover while Chen Changqing, Si Youyou, and Bai Wuya waited through the day at the abandoned Medicine Garden.
• Chen Changqing told Bai Wuya that he, Rujie, and Si Youyou planned to go to the Immortal Secret Realm, surprising Si Youyou by including her.
• Bai Wuya revealed that he was also heading to the Immortal Secret Realm, and Rujie asked Chen Changqing to invite him to travel with them.
• Bai Wuya offered to go to the Immortal Secret Realm with Chen Changqing and the others.

Chen Changqing and his companions left the Land of the Fallen Heavenly Monarch and found rumors of his Immortal Artifacts had drawn a crowd of curious and covetous cultivators. He remained calm, confident he could fight an ordinary True Lord with his incarnations.

• Bai Wuya agreed to enter the Immortal Secret Realm with Chen Changqing, and Rujie asked Chen Changqing to back him up if trouble arose.
• Rujie told Si Youyou that Chen Changqing wanted her to join their journey, and she admitted she had not refused.
• Chen Changqing, Bai Wuya, Rujie, and Si Youyou rested in the Medicine Garden, then left the Land of the Fallen Heavenly Monarch the next morning.
• Cultivators outside discussed Chen Changqing’s battle with Lieyue and True Lord Duanzui, including his use of multiple Immortal Artifacts and Bai Wuya’s rescue.
• Rujie and Si Youyou realized the rumors concerned Chen Changqing, and a cultivator recognized him, drawing the crowd’s greedy attention.

Bai Wuya drove away cultivators who hoped to seize Chen Changqing’s Immortal Artifacts, then led Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Si Youyou to the God-Burying Wasteland for the Immortal Secret Realm. As they waited among a vast crowd, Si Youyou asked whether a Tribulation Immortal would appear, and Bai Wuya began explaining what lay beyond the Heavenly Monarch realm.

• Bai Wuya revealed his Heavenly Monarch aura and ordered the cultivators surrounding Chen Changqing to leave, scattering them.
• Rujie asked Chen Changqing to trade him an Immortal Artifact, and Chen Changqing promised to give him one if he found one suitable.
• Two days later, Bai Wuya led Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Si Youyou to the God-Burying Wasteland, where countless cultivators had gathered to enter the Immortal Secret Realm.
• Chen Changqing searched the crowd for familiar faces while the group waited on a high outcropping of rock.
• Si Youyou asked whether a Tribulation Immortal would appear, and Bai Wuya began explaining that some Heavenly Monarchs refused to ascend and chose a different path.

Chen Changqing learned that Tribulation Immortals surpassed Heavenly Monarchs but had to survive a heavenly tribulation every thousand years, then watched powerful cultivators gather at the God-Burying Wasteland for the Immortal Secret Realm. The arrival of numerous True Lords was only the beginning, Si Youyou warned.

• Bai Wuya explained that Heavenly Monarchs could undergo Liberation by Violence to become Tribulation Immortals, who faced a heavenly tribulation every thousand years and could ascend after surviving nine.
• Si Youyou said Tribulation Immortals were rare in the Nine Provinces and that surviving nine tribulations was nearly unheard of; Chen Changqing wondered how much his AFK Cultivation System would raise his cultivation.
• True Lords Jinkue, Xuanyan, Qingming, Lieshan, and Youquan arrived at the God-Burying Wasteland, drawing astonished reactions from the gathered cultivators.
• Chen Changqing recalled his earlier defeat by True Lords Lieyue and Duanzui and predicted that more powerful experts would arrive.
• Rujie said Bai Wuya's presence would help them protect any treasures they found, while Si Youyou warned that True Lords were only the appetizer.

Chen Changqing and the others watched three Heavenly Monarchs arrive at the God-Burying Wasteland as cultivators gathered for the Immortal Secret Realm. The chapter ended with Chen Changqing recognizing the Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch, surprising Rujie and Si Youyou.

• The Taiyin Heavenly Monarch arrived in a black chariot pulled by nine Nether Ghost Dragons, and the cultivators marveled at his imposing presence.
• Rujie praised Bai Wuya for arriving discreetly, while Bai Wuya sensed another Heavenly Monarch approaching.
• The Separation Fire Heavenly Monarch arrived in a golden sun, and Chen Changqing recognized him from their encounter at Medicine God Valley.
• The Separation Fire Heavenly Monarch exchanged brief words with the Taiyin Heavenly Monarch, acknowledging that they would be rivals in the Immortal Secret Realm.
• The Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch appeared within a Taiji diagram, and Chen Changqing recognized him, astonishing Rujie and Si Youyou.

Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch arrived at the God-Burying Wasteland, joining Taiyin Heavenly Monarch and Separation Fire Heavenly Monarch ahead of the Immortal Secret Realm’s opening. The three Heavenly Monarchs noticed Chen Changqing and Bai Wuya, and the surrounding cultivators wondered why they had drawn such attention.

• Chen Changqing recalled Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch’s role in the Medicine God Valley battle and wondered whether other Heavenly Monarchs might also come.
• Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch arrived, and he and Separation Fire Heavenly Monarch exchanged barbed remarks as Taiyin Heavenly Monarch regarded them as rivals.
• Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch and Separation Fire Heavenly Monarch recognized Chen Changqing from Medicine God Valley and noticed Bai Wuya beside him.
• Separation Fire Heavenly Monarch, Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch, and Taiyin Heavenly Monarch realized Bai Wuya had reached the Heavenly Monarch realm and grew wary of his presence.
• The Heavenly Monarchs’ attention drew the cultivators’ eyes to Chen Changqing and Bai Wuya, prompting speculation about why the two had attracted their notice.

The Immortal Secret Realm opened in the God-Burying Wasteland, and Chen Changqing’s Inheritance Token reacted as he prepared to enter. Before the Heavenly Monarchs could go inside, a Tribulation Immortal known as Cold Moon Fairy arrived, startling Bai Wuya and Si Youyou.

• The ground split open and a massive golden gate rose, signaling that the Immortal Secret Realm had opened.
• Chen Changqing’s Inheritance Token reacted, leading him to suspect that the realm contained other tokens.
• Taiyin Heavenly Monarch, Separation Fire Heavenly Monarch, and Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch prepared to enter the realm.
• A chilling aura stronger than the Heavenly Monarchs descended, and snow covered the God-Burying Wasteland.
• Cold Moon Fairy appeared, and Bai Wuya and Si Youyou reacted with shock.
• Chen Changqing asked who she was, and Si Youyou identified her as Cold Moon Fairy.

The arrival of Cold Moon Fairy, a Tribulation Immortal on the Immortal Ranking, shocks the cultivators gathered at the God-Burying Wasteland and raises fears about the struggle inside the Immortal Secret Realm. Chen Changqing learns that Mount Shu also has a Tribulation Immortal, though Bai Wuya says the figure’s identity and whereabouts are closely guarded secrets.

• Si Youyou tells Chen Changqing that Cold Moon Fairy is one of the Ten Great Fairies and a Tribulation Immortal listed on the Immortal Ranking.
• Cultivators and the Heavenly Monarchs react with alarm to Cold Moon Fairy’s arrival and worry that the Immortal Secret Realm’s contests will grow more dangerous.
• Cold Moon Fairy glances at Taiyin Heavenly Monarch, Separation Fire Heavenly Monarch, and Kunyuan Heavenly Monarch before looking away.
• Bai Wuya resolves to stabilize his newly gained Heavenly Monarch cultivation and absorb the remaining power of the Heavenly Monarch Fruit.
• Chen Changqing asks whether Mount Shu has a Tribulation Immortal, and Bai Wuya confirms that it does.
• Bai Wuya tells Chen Changqing that Mount Shu’s Tribulation Immortal’s identity and whereabouts are top secrets.

Chen Changqing and the others witnessed Blood Sea True Person arrive at the Immortal Secret Realm and slaughter cultivators with a single blade strike. Bai Wuya saved Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Si Youyou, then identified the newcomer as a Rogue Cultivator who had risen to the realm of Tribulation Immortal.

• Chen Changqing wondered why Cold Moon Fairy had not entered the Immortal Secret Realm and realized another Tribulation Immortal might be coming.
• Blood-red radiance spread across the God-Burying Wasteland, and Bai Wuya pulled Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Si Youyou away from the danger.
• A blood-red blade aura tore through the wasteland, killing cultivators—including a True Lord—within a thousand-zhang radius.
• Chen Changqing thanked Bai Wuya for saving them, and Bai Wuya named the attacker as Blood Sea True Person.
• Bai Wuya explained that Blood Sea True Person was a Rogue Cultivator who had risen from a menial disciple to become a Tribulation Immortal.

Bai Wuya explained Blood Sea True Person’s murderous history and the unrestricted entry rules of the Immortal Secret Realm. Blood Sea True Person revealed himself and absorbed the blood from the God-Burying Wasteland, while the three Heavenly Monarchs watched him warily.

• Bai Wuya told Chen Changqing and the others that Blood Sea True Person cultivated the Blood Sha Scripture by draining living beings and had reached the Tribulation Immortal realm through Liberation by Violence.
• Chen Changqing asked Bai Wuya about entry restrictions, and Bai Wuya explained that the Immortal Secret Realm allowed cultivators of any level to enter because an immortal had opened it.
• Blood Sea True Person emerged in his true form, wielding the Blood Sha Blade, and absorbed the blood mist and blood across the God-Burying Wasteland.
• Blood Sea True Person said that his latest slash had yielded the essence of 376 people, enough to fuel several days of cultivation.
• Chen Changqing wondered whether his AFK Cultivation System could cultivate the Blood Sha Scripture without killing anyone, then set the thought aside.
• Taiyin, Separation Fire, and Kunyuan turned grim and watched Blood Sea True Person warily.

Chen Changqing learned why the Tribulation Immortals sought the Undying Medicine, then followed Bai Wuya and his companions into the Immortal Secret Realm. The group arrived in a spiritual paradise, where Si Youyou reminded Rujie that they would be forced out when the realm’s limited opening ended.

• Blood Sea True Person and Cold Moon Fairy exchanged barbed words before entering the Immortal Secret Realm.
• Bai Wuya explained that the Undying Medicine could let a Tribulation Immortal safely survive a heavenly tribulation.
• Cold Moon Fairy and Blood Sea True Person entered first, followed by the three Heavenly Monarchs and the other cultivators.
• Bai Wuya led Chen Changqing, Rujie, and Si Youyou through the golden gate into the Immortal Secret Realm.
• Rujie admired the realm’s rich spiritual energy, and Si Youyou told him that everyone would be teleported out when its opening ended.

Chen Changqing and his companions explored the Immortal Secret Realm but found few worthwhile treasures, so they split up to search. Following the reaction of his Inheritance Token, Chen Changqing headed out alone and discovered a valley filled with spirit herbs, which he began collecting.

• Chen Changqing sensed his Inheritance Token react inside the Immortal Secret Realm and suspected another token left by the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor was nearby.
• Chen Changqing, Bai Wuya, Rujie, and Si Youyou explored the realm but found only damaged magical artifacts and ordinary spirit herbs.
• Chen Changqing suggested they split up and regroup at the Sword Platform, and Bai Wuya, Rujie, and Si Youyou each departed.
• Chen Changqing followed the token's guidance toward a dense forest and found a valley packed with spirit herbs.
• Chen Changqing collected the valley's spirit herbs and stored them in the Heaven-Stepping Ring.

Chen Changqing found and collected ancient Dragon-Vein Ganoderma in a canyon cave, then killed the Cloud-Swallowing Python guarding it. A group led by a black-robed cultivator demanded the herbs, and the fat cultivator attacked Chen Changqing when he refused.

• Chen Changqing discovered several thousand-year-old Dragon-Vein Ganoderma beside a spirit spring and stored the herbs, soil, and spring in his Heaven-Stepping Ring.
• A Cloud-Swallowing Python burst into the cave and lunged at Chen Changqing, who split it in two with one sword strike.
• Chen Changqing left the cave and encountered a group of cultivators led by a black-robed man at Mid Tribulation Transcendence.
• The black-robed man demanded the Dragon-Vein Ganoderma and offered to spare Chen Changqing if he handed it over.
• Chen Changqing refused to surrender the herbs, and the fat cultivator charged and swung his hammer at him.

Chen Changqing killed the fat cultivator with one strike of the Heavenly Thunder Sword, prompting the Black-Robed Cultivator to abandon his claim to the Dragon-Vein Ganoderma. After recognizing Chen Changqing’s technique and weapon, the Black-Robed Cultivator tried to appease him, but Chen Changqing declared that none of them would leave alive.

• The fat cultivator struck Chen Changqing with his hammer, but Chen Changqing remained unharmed.
• The fat cultivator attacked again, and Chen Changqing used the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique to kill him with one sword strike.
• Chen Changqing received 15000 AFK Points for killing an Early Tribulation Transcendence cultivator.
• The Black-Robed Cultivator recognized Chen Changqing’s technique and Immortal Artifact, then offered to give up the Dragon-Vein Ganoderma.
• Chen Changqing mocked the Black-Robed Cultivator’s change of stance and declared that none of the group would leave alive.

Chen Changqing slaughtered the cultivators who attacked him, then chased down and killed their fleeing leader. He took the Black-Robed Cultivator’s Storage Bag and planned to give the Dragon-Vein Ganoderma to Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, Hua Yao, and Liu Ruyan.

• The Black-Robed Cultivator ordered his companions to attack Chen Changqing while secretly fleeing.
• Chen Changqing killed the other cultivators, including the Thin Cultivator, and earned AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing caught up to the Black-Robed Cultivator, who offered his Storage Bag in exchange for his life.
• The Black-Robed Cultivator attacked Chen Changqing, but Chen Changqing killed him with the Immortal Execution Sword Technique and gained more AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing considered giving the Dragon-Vein Ganoderma to Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, Hua Yao, and Liu Ruyan.

Chen Changqing followed the Inheritance Token to a valley, where a powerful immortal beast guarding the other token attacked him. As the beast gathered a destructive sphere of energy, Chen Changqing merged the Heavenly Thunder Twin Swords into the Heavenly Thunder Sword.

• Chen Changqing followed the Inheritance Token's guidance into a valley and discovered that another token was hidden there.
• The immortal beast sensed Chen Changqing and attacked him with blood-red beams, but he dodged them and shattered its sound-wave attack with the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist.
• Chen Changqing identified the beast as stronger than a Late Tribulation Transcendence cultivator and summoned the Heavenly Thunder Twin Swords.
• The immortal beast charged Chen Changqing and struck away the Thunder Flame Sword, but lightning from the blade exploded across its claw.
• The immortal beast began gathering a destructive sphere in its mouth, so Chen Changqing merged the two swords into the Heavenly Thunder Sword.

Chen Changqing defeated the immortal beast guarding the valley and claimed its Inheritance Token. When it merged with the token he already held, the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor appeared before him.

• Chen Changqing clashed with the immortal beast's dark red orb, then wounded it with a lightning sword strike and killed it with Immortal Execution.
• Chen Changqing noticed the slain beast and the Cloud-Swallowing Python had great strength but remained beast-shaped, then headed into the valley cave.
• Chen Changqing found the Inheritance Token floating above a Stone Platform and took it.
• Chen Changqing's two Inheritance Tokens merged, causing the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor to appear.