Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing revealed the true body of the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear and used an Immortal Art against the Nether Sect Master. The Nether Sect Master raised his Ten Thousand Souls Heaven-Suppressing Seal to meet Chen Changqing's first spear, leaving their clash unresolved.

• The Nether Sect Master sealed the space and bound Chen Changqing with demonic chains, while Chen Changqing revealed the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear's power to suppress the Black Coffin's Corpse Puppet.
• Chen Changqing summoned the spear's true body and endured the Nether Sect Master's seal, then broke free of the chains with his spear intent.
• Chen Changqing revealed that his technique was the Immortal Art Immortal-Extinguishing Three Spears, startling the Nether Sect Master and the watching cultivators.
• The Nether Sect Master drained the remnant formation's soul fire to form the Ten Thousand Souls Heaven-Suppressing Seal, and Chen Changqing began the first spear.

Chen Changqing used Bai Wuya’s Heavenly Monarch power to destroy the Nether Sect Master and his Nether Ghost Seed with the First Spear of Immortal Extinction. After killing a peak True Lord, he received one million AFK Points.

• Chen Changqing broke his chains and pressed the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear through the Nether Sect Master's Black-Red Seal while striking the fleeing Coffin-Carrying Half-Step True Lord.
• The Nether Sect Master absorbed a black bead identified as the Nether Ghost Seed, empowered his Primordial Spirit, and sent a Ghost Face to attack Chen Changqing.
• Bai Wuya's Heavenly Monarch power activated, burned through the Ghost Face, and restored Chen Changqing's spiritual power.
• Chen Changqing unleashed the First Spear of Immortal Extinction, destroyed the Nether Sect Master's defenses, and killed him with one strike.
• Chen Changqing received one million AFK Points for slaying a peak True Lord.

After annihilating the Nether Sect’s upper ranks, Chen Changqing escaped the valley but collapsed from his injuries in the wilderness. A hungry little girl found him and discovered he was still breathing.

• Chen Changqing intimidated the watching cultivators, collected the Nether Sect Master's storage ring, and killed the fleeing Coffin-Carrying Half-Step True Lord for 350,000 AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing flew away on the Heavenly Thunder Sword as the surviving cultivators spread news of the Nether Sect's destruction.
• Badly injured and drained of spiritual power, Chen Changqing lost consciousness and crashed into a patch of wild grass.
• A hungry little girl investigated the crash, found Chen Changqing in the pit, and confirmed that he was still breathing.

A little girl rescued the badly injured Chen Changqing and cared for him in a ruined temple until he woke. When men from the Sun Family came to seize her, Chen Changqing killed their attackers, but the burly leader threatened him with the power of the Sun Family’s Purple Mansion clan chief.

• The little girl dragged Chen Changqing from a pit to a ruined temple and nursed him for three days.
• Chen Changqing woke, thanked the little girl, and accepted her offer of roasted sweet potato.
• The burly man and four followers entered the temple and demanded that the little girl hand over something.
• The burly man tried to whip the girl, but Chen Changqing caught the whip and told her to close her eyes.
• Chen Changqing used the Heavenly Thunder Sword to kill the attackers, and the burly man warned that the Sun Family’s clan chief was a Purple Mansion cultivator.

Chen Changqing rescued Li Yuanyuan from Sun Family pursuers and learned that the Sun and Wang Families had massacred her family over a hidden object. After Li Yuanyuan asked him to avenge them, she revealed the half-piece of jade and note her father had left her.

• Chen Changqing killed the men who had cornered Li Yuanyuan in the ruined temple and burned their bodies.
• Chen Changqing gave Li Yuanyuan a spirit fruit, and she asked him to avenge her family after learning he was an immortal.
• Li Yuanyuan told Chen Changqing that the Sun and Wang Families had attacked her home and killed her family while searching for something.
• Li Yuanyuan explained that her father had given her a cloth bundle containing half a piece of jade and a note warning her not to trust anyone.
• Li Yuanyuan retrieved the bundle from beneath the Headless Idol and handed it to Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing took Li Yuanyuan into Wind Cloud City under the alias Chen Changsheng and learned that the Sun Family patriarch would celebrate his three-hundredth birthday in three days. He ordered a grand coffin for the patriarch, leaving the old coffin-maker startled.

• Chen Changqing took the Li Family jade fragment from Li Yuanyuan and promised he had avenged her.
• Chen Changqing brought Li Yuanyuan into Wind Cloud City, bought her clothes, and fed her at Drunken Immortal Inn.
• Chen Changqing overheard that the Sun Family patriarch’s three-hundredth birthday banquet would take place in three days.
• Chen Changqing led Li Yuanyuan to Old Wang Coffin Shop and ordered a heavy, finely lacquered mahogany coffin for someone aged three hundred.
• The coffin-maker dropped his plane and stared at Chen Changqing after hearing the order.

Chen Changqing commissioned a coffin for Sun Changtai and took Li Yuanyuan to the ruins of her family home, promising to destroy the Sun Family. After three days of recovery and mourning, they returned to collect the finished coffin.

• Chen Changqing paid Old Master Sun to make a redwood coffin lined with Cloud Silk, due in three days.
• Chen Changqing took Li Yuanyuan to the burned ruins of the Li Family, where she mourned and searched for keepsakes.
• Chen Changqing promised Li Yuanyuan that the Sun Family members would join her parents in death in three days.
• Chen Changqing meditated at the ruins while Li Yuanyuan gathered what she could salvage, and his strength recovered.
• On the third day, Chen Changqing and Li Yuanyuan went to Old Wang Coffin Shop, where Chen Changqing inspected the completed coffin.

Chen Changqing took Li Yuanyuan to the Sun Family’s birthday banquet after retrieving a Redwood Coffin, intent on avenging her family. The coffin crashed into the courtyard, and Chen Changqing announced that he had come to send Sun Changtai on his final journey.

• Chen Changqing made the Redwood Coffin vanish from the coffin shop and led the nervous Li Yuanyuan toward the Sun Family estate.
• The Sun Family celebrated Sun Changtai’s three-hundredth birthday as guests praised its growing power in Wind Cloud City.
• Sun Changtai told his son to keep searching for Li Yuanyuan and recover the jade piece, dismissing concerns that the Wang Family might know about it.
• The Redwood Coffin crashed into the middle of the birthday banquet, scattering guests and shattering Sun Changtai’s wine cup.
• Chen Changqing’s voice rang out above the courtyard, declaring that he had come to see Sun Changtai off on his final journey.

Chen Changqing brought Li Yuanyuan to Sun Changtai’s birthday banquet and confronted him over the Li Family’s destruction and the Legacy Map. After Chen Changqing overwhelmed the Sun and Wang Families and stunned Elder Zhao, the chapter ended with Elder Zhao recognizing him as Mount Shu’s Holy Son.

• Chen Changqing arrived at Sun Changtai’s banquet with Li Yuanyuan and presented a padded coffin as a gift.
• When a Sun Family junior attacked, Chen Changqing killed him with a flash of lightning and challenged Sun Changtai over the Li Family’s destruction.
• Chen Changqing revealed the Jade Pendant, prompting Wang Deshan to accuse Sun Changtai of breaking their agreement over the Legacy Map.
• Wang Deshan admitted that his family had also pursued the jade, and Li Yuanyuan learned that he had taken part in the events that killed her father.
• Elder Zhao demanded that Chen Changqing surrender the pendant and Li Yuanyuan, so Chen Changqing attacked the Sun Family guards and faced the gathered cultivators.
• Chen Changqing’s sword sent the Sun Family cultivators tumbling and blasted Wang Deshan away; Elder Zhao recognized him as Mount Shu’s Holy Son, Chen Changqing.

At the Sun Family birthday banquet, Old Wang revealed that he was a Half-Step True Lord who had secretly been waiting for the three jade fragments to be gathered. He demanded the Dragon Burial Ancient Well key from the injured Chen Changqing, who summoned two incarnations and prepared to fight as Old Wang attacked.

• Old Wang emerged from the Sun Family rear courtyard, revealed his Half-Step True Lord cultivation, and said he had waited for the three jade fragments for half a lifetime.
• Old Wang thanked Chen Changqing for gathering the jade pieces and demanded the key to the Dragon Burial Ancient Well, believing Chen Changqing's injuries left him vulnerable.
• Chen Changqing sent Li Yuanyuan behind the Redwood Coffin and refused to hand over the key.
• Chen Changqing summoned two incarnations, one wielding the Heavenly Thunder Sword and the other the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear.
• Old Wang bloodied his black short saber and unleashed his spiritual pressure, while Chen Changqing's two incarnations moved to meet him.

Chen Changqing defeated and killed Old Wang after stopping him from threatening Li Yuanyuan, but Old Wang warned that the Dragon Burial Ancient Well would open and that something inside had sensed Chen's Undying Medicine. Chen then killed Sun Changtai, Wang Deshan, and every cultivator in the courtyard.

• Old Wang unleashed coffin nails while trying to escape, and Chen Changqing shielded Li Yuanyuan and drove him back into the courtyard.
• Old Wang attacked Li Yuanyuan with a black claw, but Chen Changqing shattered it and slapped Old Wang through the Longevity Screen.
• Old Wang used Coffin Sha to strengthen himself and charged Chen Changqing, who killed him with the Heavenly Thunder Sword and Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear.
• Before dying, Old Wang revealed that the complete keys would open the Dragon Burial Ancient Well and that something inside had sensed Chen Changqing's Undying Medicine.
• Chen Changqing killed Sun Changtai, Wang Deshan, and every cultivator in the courtyard with Sword Qi.

Chen Changqing avenged the Li Family by killing the Sun and Wang Families’ cultivators and ordered Elder Zhao to restore Li Yuanyuan’s inheritance and investigate everyone involved. He agreed to take Li Yuanyuan to Mount Shu, but left her at an inn while he went to investigate the Dragon Burial Ancient Well.

• Chen Changqing killed the Sun and Wang Families’ cultivators who had taken part in wiping out the Li Family, then ordered Elder Zhao to return the Li Family’s assets and investigate the remaining culprits.
• Li Yuanyuan told Chen Changqing she felt no joy at her revenge and asked whether her parents would be happy; he reassured her that they would.
• Chen Changqing asked whether Li Yuanyuan wanted to stay in Wind Cloud City, and she asked to cultivate immortality with him.
• Chen Changqing agreed to take Li Yuanyuan to Mount Shu but refused to bring her to the Dragon Burial Ancient Well, promising to return for her.
• Chen Changqing and Li Yuanyuan made a pinky promise, and he took her to the largest inn in Wind Cloud City.

Chen Changqing left Li Yuanyuan in Elder Zhao’s care and followed the Jade Pendant to Dragon King Well on Green Ox Ridge. The well pulled him into a strange pocket world, where the pendant’s map changed into a rotating Dragon-shaped Mark and several figures appeared.

• Chen Changqing gave Li Yuanyuan a protective Jade Talisman and supplies, then asked Elder Zhao to guard her while he investigated the Jade Pendant’s destination.
• Elder Zhao told Chen Changqing that Dragon King Well was believed to be an ordinary well, despite legends of a divine dragon.
• Chen Changqing reached Green Ox Ridge, paid the villagers for their sacrificial pig, and sent them home before inspecting the well.
• The Jade Pendant activated at the well, and a powerful suction dragged Chen Changqing through its surface into a strange pocket world.
• Chen Changqing landed in the pocket world, saw the Jade Pendant’s golden map replaced by a rotating Dragon-shaped Mark, and noticed several figures descend nearby.

Chen Changqing, using the alias Li Feiyu, learned that his Jade Pendant was a Son-in-law Recruitment Token and that he had been drawn into the Dragon Clan’s Ancestral Land. He followed Long Jing to the Dragon Gate to register, where he discovered he was the third token holder and that one hundred candidates would take part in the trials.

• Chen Changqing met Long Jing and Long Lan, who explained that the Jade Pendant was a Son-in-law Recruitment Token for the Dragon Clan princess.
• Chen Changqing learned that he could not leave the Ancestral Land until the recruitment ended, so he decided to follow Long Jing and investigate the place for clues to the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor’s inheritance.
• Chen Changqing introduced himself as Li Feiyu and traveled with Long Jing’s group through the Ancestral Land, sensing an unfamiliar aura that stirred the Undying Medicine Pattern in his palm.
• Long Jing brought Chen Changqing to the white jade Dragon Gate, where a Dragon Guard verified his token and identified him as the third holder.
• Long Lan explained that one hundred token holders would register before entering the Three Trials of the Dragon Gate, surprising Chen Changqing.

Using the name Li Feiyu, Chen Changqing entered the Dragon Clan’s Ancestral Land with a Son-in-law Recruitment Token and settled into Courtyard No. 3 while recovering from his injuries. He discovered another Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor inheritor was nearby, and both sides chose to wait and observe.

• Chen Changqing told Long Jing and Long Lan he had no interest in marrying the princess, then agreed to stay until the recruitment ended.
• Long Jing escorted Chen Changqing to Courtyard No. 3 and explained that the Token Holders would be notified when the Ancestral Land opened; he warned Long Lan that many arrivals sought access to the forbidden Ancestral Dragon Pool.
• Chen Changqing activated the courtyard’s restrictions, took healing pills, and sensed that his Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor Inheritance Token was reacting to another inheritor nearby.
• In Courtyard No. 8, a young man recognized Chen Changqing as another inheritor and told his old servant to investigate Li Feiyu without alerting the Dragon Clan.
• Over the next three days, Chen Changqing stayed in his courtyard, healed, and avoided revealing his identity while the other inheritor also refrained from acting.

After recovering in the True Dragon Clan, Chen Changqing joined the gathering of token holders for the son-in-law recruitment, where the clan chief was set to announce the rules. He discovered that the mysterious holder of Order No. 8 also possessed a Heaven-Stepping Inheritance, just as a figure appeared above the Stone Platform.

• Long Jing and Long Lan told Chen Changqing that the clan chief would announce the recruitment rules, and he went with them after finishing his meal.
• The blue-black-robed young man learned that no one named Li Feiyu existed on the Nine Provinces Continent, but decided to stop investigating and see what Chen Changqing could do.
• Chen Changqing arrived at the Stone Platform and took his place among the token holders, learning that they would skip the first round of selection.
• Chen Changqing sensed his inheritance token react toward Order No. 8 and exchanged looks with its holder, a young man with a True Lord servant and a Heaven-Stepping Token.
• A dragon's roar silenced the crowd, the nine Coiled Dragon Pillars lit up, and a figure appeared above the Stone Platform.

Long Gan opened the True Dragon Clan’s son-in-law trials and promised those who passed all three stages a visit to the Ancestral Dragon Pool. As the Dragon Might Platform trial began, Niu Lieshan won first place and challenged Chen Changqing, the holder of Token Number Three.

• Long Gan announced the three trials and offered all who passed them entry to the Ancestral Dragon Pool, whether or not his daughter chose them.
• Chen Changqing told Long Lan he had come because he felt fated to meet the young man in Area No. 8.
• After cultivators without tokens objected to Token Holders skipping the first trial, Long Gan let the top ten non-holders challenge Token Holders after the trial.
• The Dragon Might Platform rose, and cultivators without tokens began testing their strength against its pressure.
• Niu Lieshan reached the front of the platform and claimed first place, then challenged Chen Changqing, the holder of Token Number Three.

Chen Changqing accepted Niu Lieshan’s challenge and defeated him with a single punch, revealing that he knew the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist’s Samsara Style. The crowd and the observers in Area No. 8 were left stunned by his strength and the technique he had used.

• Niu Lieshan challenged Chen Changqing for Token No. 3, while Long Lan warned Chen Changqing that he could refuse.
• Chen Changqing accepted the challenge and walked onto the Dragon Might Platform.
• Niu Lieshan attacked with Mountain-Shattering Strike, but Chen Changqing met his punch with the Samsara Style.
• Chen Changqing shattered Niu Lieshan’s arm and blasted him into a distant mountainside with one punch.
• The crowd stared in shock, and the dark blue-black-robed young man recognized the technique and wondered how Chen Changqing had learned it.

Chen Changqing crushed Niu Lieshan with a single Samsara Style punch, making the other challengers wary and leaving Area No. 3 untouched. After the first trial selected two hundred people, Long Gan announced that the second trial would be artifact and pill refining, provoking confusion and protests.

• Chen Changqing knocked Niu Lieshan into a mountain wall with a single punch, then challenged the crowd and gestured threateningly at the dark cyan-robed youth in Area No. 8.
• No one dared to challenge Chen Changqing, and Long Gan ordered the selection challenges to continue; challengers avoided the top-ranked Token Holders, especially Chen Changqing in Area No. 3.
• Chen Changqing returned to Position No. 3, reassured Long Lan that Niu Lieshan might still be alive, and watched as the day’s challenges continued.
• Long Gan announced that two hundred people had qualified for the second trial and declared that it would involve artifact refining and pill refining.
• The contestants protested the unexpected trial, while Long Lan and Long Jing admitted they had not known what Long Gan planned.

Long Gan changed the marriage test to artifact refining or pill refining and opened the True Dragon Clan’s treasure vault for the contestants. While the prodigies scrambled for materials, Chen Changqing calmly drank tea and waited to make his entrance.

• Contestants protested that artifact refining was an unfair test, while Chen Changqing recognized it as an easy opportunity thanks to his inheritance from Ou Ye Tiangong.
• Long Gan announced that contestants had three days to refine an artifact or pill, with the finished product’s grade determining the winner.
• Long Gan opened the treasure vault and promised entry to the Ancestral Dragon Pool for anyone capable of refining an Immortal Artifact.
• The contestants rushed into the vault to claim materials and tools.
• Long Lan urged Chen Changqing to hurry, but he stayed seated, drank tea, and said that masters often made their entrance last.