Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing finally entered the treasure vault and took the Nine-Heaven Breathing Soil and Chaos Divine Wood, materials meant for refining Immortal Artifacts. As the crowd mocked him, he calmly left with them, drawing the interest of the young man surnamed Chu.

• After spending the first day resting, Chen Changqing watched a White-Clad Sword Cultivator refine a Low-Grade Spirit Treasure on the second day.
• Chen Changqing told Long Lan he would take whatever he found and walked past the picked-over materials into the treasure vault’s restricted depths.
• Chen Changqing pressed his hand against the golden restriction, opened it effortlessly, and took the Nine-Heaven Breathing Soil and Chaos Divine Wood.
• Long Lan tried to make Chen Changqing put the divine materials back, but he avoided her and left the vault as the crowd laughed at him.
• The young man surnamed Chu watched Chen Changqing with amusement, while his gray-robed servant wondered whether Chen Changqing was bluffing or had some backing.

Chen Changqing stunned the Dragon Gate Stone Platform by revealing the Haotian Hammer, an Immortal Artifact that suppressed every other artifact and spiritual flame. Long Gan recognized it as Ou Ye Tiangong's legendary natal artifact and wondered whether Chen Changqing was his successor.

• Chen Changqing ignored the crowd's mockery, planted the Chaos Divine Wood beside the Nine-Heaven Breathing Soil, and took an ordinary-looking black hammer from his storage ring.
• Chen Changqing's hammer released an overwhelming immortal aura that silenced the platform, dimmed the spiritual flames, and suppressed the artifacts being forged.
• An onlooker identified the hammer as an Immortal Artifact, shocking the gathered cultivators and leaving Long Lan stunned.
• The young man surnamed Chu grew jealous and wary, while his gray-clad servant warned that Chen Changqing was no ordinary person.
• Long Gan recognized the hammer as the legendary Haotian Hammer and wondered whether Chen Changqing was Ou Ye Tiangong's successor.

Chen Changqing began forging with the Haotian Hammer, combining the Chaos Divine Wood and Nine-Heaven Breathing Soil using the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique and nine different flames. His Jade Pendant took shape, and his thirty-sixth hammer struck with overwhelming force, unleashing a shockwave.

• Chen Changqing used the Haotian Hammer and the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique to work the Chaos Divine Wood and Nine-Heaven Breathing Soil.
• Long Gan recognized the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, while the cultivators watched Chen Changqing's precise hammering make the two materials begin to merge.
• Chen Changqing summoned nine distinct flames and used them to melt the materials into a mass of chaotic liquid.
• Chen Changqing hammered the liquid into a Jade Pendant depicting a dragon and phoenix, with chaotic qi circulating between them.
• Chen Changqing poured the power of his nine Primordial Spirits into the Haotian Hammer and delivered the thirty-sixth strike, causing space to twist and a shockwave to burst from the Jade Pendant.

Chen Changqing's Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant unleashed a shockwave that shattered artifacts and stunned the marriage selection, while Long Ziyue recognized his hammer technique as the legendary Chaotic Cloak. As she wondered whether he was Ouye Zi's successor, tribulation clouds gathered over the Dragon Gate Stone Platform.

• The shockwave from Chen Changqing's Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant shattered artifacts and injured cultivators across the Stone Platform.
• The young man surnamed Chu and other contestants claimed Chen Changqing had faked the artifact's power, while Clan Chief Long Gan recognized its aura as genuine.
• Long Ziyue arrived at the Stone Platform and recognized Chen Changqing's hammer technique as the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique.
• Long Ziyue wondered whether Chen Changqing was the successor of Master Ouye Zi.
• Tribulation clouds gathered above the Dragon Gate Stone Platform as a crushing pressure descended.

A terrifying Chaos Tribulation Cloud appeared over the arena, and Long Gan recognized it as an Immortal Artifact Tribulation triggered by Chen Changqing's newly forged Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant. As its first strike descended, Chen Changqing calmly raised the Haotian Hammer to meet it.

• The Chaos Tribulation Cloud spread destructive pressure over the arena, terrifying the cultivators and leaving Long Lan, Long Jing, and the young man surnamed Chu shaken.
• Long Gan identified the cloud as an Immortal Artifact Tribulation, and the crowd realized Chen Changqing had forged an Immortal Artifact.
• Long Ziyue recognized the achievement's rarity and was stunned that Chen Changqing had accomplished it so quickly without a proper artifact cauldron.
• The Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant floated before Chen Changqing as the Chaos Nirvana Divine Light struck toward it.
• Chen Changqing casually swung the Haotian Hammer at the incoming lightning.

Chen Changqing used the Haotian Hammer to shatter the Chaos Nirvana Divine Light summoned by his heavenly tribulation, shocking everyone at the Dragon Gate Stone Platform. As the tribulation escalated into a net of lightning, he charged into it and used the attacks to sharpen his artifact.

• Chen Changqing smashed the first Chaos Nirvana Divine Light with the Haotian Hammer, leaving the spectators stunned.
• The Chaos Tribulation Cloud unleashed three stronger divine lights, and Chen Changqing broke all three with the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique.
• Chen Changqing taunted the tribulation cloud, which answered by raining dozens of Chaos Nirvana Divine Lights across the sky.
• The spectators fled as Chen Changqing charged into the lightning net, declaring that he would use the tribulation to sharpen his artifact.

Chen Changqing survived the eighth heavenly tribulation by meeting its devastating strike head-on with the Haotian Hammer, though the clash injured him. The Nine-Colored Heavenly Tribulation then descended, and Chen Changqing braced himself to face what he believed the hammer could not block.

• Chen Changqing cleared the seventh wave of tribulation, completing the Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant's tempering and leaving it ready for its final transformation.
• The tribulation clouds condensed into a hundred-zhang mass and fired a powerful black pillar of light at Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing poured the power of his nine Primordial Spirits into the Haotian Hammer and struck the pillar with the thirty-fifth hammer of Chaotic Cloak.
• The collision injured Chen Changqing and shook the Dragon Gate Stone Platform, but his hammer crushed the eighth tribulation's attack.
• The clouds formed a Nine-Colored Heavenly Tribulation, and Chen Changqing prepared as its fused divine light crashed down upon him.

Chen Changqing used his Invincible Avatar Technique and Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist to battle the final strike of the immortal artifact tribulation, but the Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant saved him by infusing him with dragon and phoenix power. He shattered the last divine light, completed the inferior immortal artifact, and stepped toward the True Dragon Clan Chief.

• Chen Changqing recalled the Haotian Hammer and summoned three avatars to meet the nine-colored divine light with the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist.
• Chen Changqing and his avatars shattered eight origin laws, but the backlash destroyed the avatars and left his right arm mangled as he fell.
• The Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant released a Chaos Divine Dragon and Nine Heavens Divine Phoenix, which entered Chen Changqing and restored his arm.
• Chen Changqing used the Dragon-Phoenix Emperor Fist to shatter the final black divine light and disperse the tribulation clouds.
• Chen Changqing claimed the completed inferior immortal artifact, the Dragon-Phoenix Auspicious Pendant, and walked toward the True Dragon Clan Chief.

Chen Changqing presented the Dragon-Phoenix Auspicious Pendant to Clan Chief Long Gan and asked whether he had passed the Dragon Gate trial, leaving the Dragon Clan chief speechless. Long Ziyue then appeared and met Chen Changqing’s gaze after watching him forge the Immortal Artifact and withstand its tribulation.

• Chen Changqing showed Clan Chief Long Gan the Dragon-Phoenix Auspicious Pendant and asked whether his achievement qualified as passing the trial.
• The crowd and Long Gan struggled to respond after Chen Changqing’s extraordinary feat left them stunned and embarrassed.
• Long Ziyue appeared on the high platform and reassured her father that the heavenly tribulation had dispersed.
• Long Ziyue walked to the platform’s edge and looked directly at Chen Changqing, reflecting on the artifact-refinement display she had witnessed.

Long Ziyue inspected Chen Changqing’s Dragon-Phoenix Jade Pendant and was astonished by its flawless craftsmanship and fused Heavenly Dao power. Impressed by his mastery, she asked to exchange insights on artifact refinement with him in the future.

• Long Ziyue asked Chen Changqing to let her examine the Jade Pendant, and he casually tossed it to her.
• Long Ziyue felt the pendant’s dragon and phoenix origin essence resonate with her bloodline and loosen her cultivation bottleneck.
• Long Ziyue examined the pendant’s flawless structure and discovered it contained a trace of Heavenly Dao laws.
• Long Ziyue returned the pendant to Chen Changqing and bowed to him in admiration.
• Long Ziyue addressed Chen Changqing as Fellow Daoist and asked whether they could exchange insights on artifact refinement in the future.
• Chen Changqing answered without hesitation.

Chen Changqing took first place in the artifact-refining trial after forging an Immortal Artifact and breaking its tribulation, then joined the other nineteen finalists for the third trial. The chapter ended as Long Gan announced the final trial at a heavily guarded ancient plaza.

• Long Ziyue invited Chen Changqing to discuss artifact refining, and he casually agreed.
• Long Gan named Li Feiyu first in the artifact-refining trial and announced that the top twenty would enter the third trial in three days.
• Chen Changqing returned to his courtyard while Long Ziyue watched him leave, and his feats spread throughout the East Sea Dragon Palace over the next three days.
• Chen Changqing and the other nineteen finalists arrived at an ancient plaza surrounded by Dragon Clan soldiers and nine towering Dragon Pillars.
• Long Gan announced that the third trial was the final trial of the Dragon Gate test.

Long Gan announced that the Dragon Gate trial’s final stage would be a deadly one-on-one tournament, and the contestants drew lots. After Chu Xiong crushed his first opponent with a fist technique identical to Chen Changqing’s, the crowd wondered whether Chen Changqing was also from the Chu Family of Central Province.

• Long Gan declared that contestants would fight in two arenas, with death allowed and retreat punished by banning their clans from the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• The contestants drew lots, and Chen Changqing drew number twenty while Chu Xiong drew number one.
• Chu Xiong identified himself as a prodigy of the Chu Family in Central Province and challenged the others from Arena One.
• A Late Tribulation Transcendence cultivator challenged Chu Xiong, who killed him with a single punch that destroyed his body and soul.
• The crowd recognized Chu Xiong’s fist intent as identical to Chen Changqing’s technique, and Long Ziyue and the others wondered whether Chen Changqing belonged to the Chu Family too.

Chen Changqing won his first match on Arena Two when his opponent conceded without a fight, while Chu Xiong slaughtered his opponents on Arena One. As the trials continued, contestants on Chen Changqing’s arena kept conceding, leaving him frustrated that no one would fight him.

• Chu Xiong angrily challenged Chen Changqing for using the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist, but Chen Changqing ignored him and stepped onto Arena Two.
• Chen Changqing’s first opponent, a gaunt ascetic cultivator, conceded and fled without making him move.
• Chu Xiong killed his next opponent with a single punch as the crowd cheered his brutal strength.
• Several more contestants on Arena Two conceded to Chen Changqing, including a Fox Clan youth who clung to a pillar in fear.
• Arena One became a bloody slaughterhouse under Chu Xiong, while Arena Two remained peaceful as contestants lined up to surrender.

Chen Changqing defeated the White-Clad Sword Cultivator and advanced to the Dragon Gate trial’s final battle against Chu Xiong. After Chu Xiong exposed “Li Feiyu” as a false name, Chen Changqing revealed that he was the Holy Son of Mount Shu, and the two prepared to clash over the Heavenly Emperor inheritance.

• The White-Clad Sword Cultivator challenged Chen Changqing to reclaim his sword heart, but Chen Changqing shattered his sword strike and sent him away with his resolve restored.
• Clan Chief Long Gan named Chu Xiong and Li Feiyu as the arena victors and opened a small world for their final battle.
• Chu Xiong accused Li Feiyu of hiding his identity and demanded to know who he really was.
• Chen Changqing revealed his real name, shocking the Dragon Palace and prompting Long Gan to reconsider the Dragon Clan’s plan to make him its son-in-law.
• Chu Xiong embraced Chen Changqing’s challenge as a contest to determine the true heir to the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor’s inheritance, while Chen Changqing dismissed the inheritance as insignificant before him.

Chen Changqing overwhelmed Chu Xiong with the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist and four Immortal Artifacts, driving him to the brink of death. Chu Xiong broke through into the True Lord Realm, but Chen Changqing dismissed him as a bigger ant and prepared to attack again.

• Chu Xiong attacked Chen Changqing with the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist, but Chen Changqing's matching punch shattered his fist intent and sent him flying.
• Chu Xiong used the Star-Falling Style, prompting Chen Changqing to create two incarnations and summon four Immortal Artifacts.
• Chen Changqing and his incarnations struck Chu Xiong with a sword, spear, hammer, and zither, breaking his defense and inflicting mortal wounds.
• Chu Xiong awakened a buried power at the brink of death, healed his injuries, and broke through into the True Lord Realm.
• Chu Xiong boasted that he would kill Chen Changqing and take his secrets, but Chen Changqing called him a bigger ant and moved to attack again.

Chen Changqing defeated Chu Xiong after Chu Xiong revealed an Immortal Emperor’s lingering will, then returned to Dragon Palace Square as the Ancient Battlefield collapsed. The Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor’s inheritance token flew to him and reacted with an identical token he already possessed.

• Chen Changqing and his three incarnations overwhelmed Chu Xiong with coordinated attacks, breaking his defenses and wounding him with the Immortal Execution Sword Technique.
• Chu Xiong burned his bloodline and summoned the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor’s lingering will, prompting Long Gan to prepare to intervene.
• Chen Changqing merged with his incarnations and used the Samsara Style to erase the Immortal Emperor phantom and destroy Chu Xiong in body and soul.
• The Ancient Battlefield collapsed, and Chen Changqing reappeared at Dragon Palace Square as the stunned Dragon Clan watched.
• The Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor’s inheritance token flew to Chen Changqing and hovered beside an identical token from his robes.

Chen Changqing united two of the nine tokens for the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor's inheritance, won the True Dragon Clan's son-in-law tournament, and heard Long Gan propose an alliance aimed at ruling the Dragon Clan. He agreed that Shu Mountain could form an alliance with the True Dragon Clan but rejected the marriage, leaving Long Gan furious and Long Ziyue devastated.

• Chen Changqing fused two ancient bronze tokens and learned that all nine were needed to open the final trial grounds.
• Long Gan announced Chen Changqing as the tournament's victor and the True Dragon Clan's son-in-law, then led him to the inner hall.
• Long Gan proposed an alliance with Shu Mountain and explained his plan to use Long Ziyue's Star Dragon Vein and Chen Changqing's support to win the Ten Thousand Dragon Assembly.
• Chen Changqing said an alliance and marriage should be treated separately and refused to agree to the marriage.
• Long Gan threatened Chen Changqing, whose defenses silently repelled the clan chief's pressure, while Long Ziyue wondered whether she had only been a prize for the inheritance token.

Chen Changqing explained that he could not immediately accept Long Ziyue because he already had three fiancées, but Long Ziyue accepted being fourth and Long Gan celebrated the match. Chen Changqing agreed to the marriage while postponing the wedding until after Mount Shu hosted the Ten Great Sacred Lands Grand Competition.

• Chen Changqing told Long Gan and Long Ziyue that he already had fiancées Xuanyuan Xiaoyu, Hua Yao, and Liu Ruyan, leaving Long Ziyue fourth in line.
• Long Ziyue accepted the marriage and declared herself Chen Changqing's fourth fiancée, while Long Gan enthusiastically welcomed him as his son-in-law.
• Chen Changqing drank with Long Gan and accepted the engagement, leaving Long Ziyue pleased with her decision.
• When Long Gan proposed holding the wedding soon, Chen Changqing said he had to return to Mount Shu to prepare for the Ten Great Sacred Lands Grand Competition.
• Long Gan accepted the delay and promised that the True Dragon Clan would support Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing refused the Ancestral Dragon Pool, gave Long Ziyue an immortal artifact refiner’s inheritance as his betrothal gift, and accepted the True Dragon Clan’s Dragon Emperor Token before returning to Wind Cloud City. After reuniting with Li Yuanyuan, he learned that Flying Cloud Sect disciples urgently needed his help.

• Chen Changqing declined the Ancestral Dragon Pool, explaining that his cultivation art made external resources unnecessary.
• Chen Changqing gave Long Ziyue a Jade Slip containing insights from immortal-level artifact refiner Ou Ye Tiangong, and Long Gan gave Chen Changqing the Dragon Emperor Token.
• Chen Changqing left the Dragon Palace and returned through the ancient well at Green Ox Ridge.
• Chen Changqing hurried to Wind Cloud City and found Li Yuanyuan guarded at an inn by Flying Cloud Sect disciples.
• Li Yuanyuan embraced Chen Changqing and told him she had been frightened while he was away.
• Flying Cloud Sect disciples knelt before Chen Changqing and begged him to save their sect.

Chen Changqing agreed to save the Flying Cloud Sect after learning that the Black Wood Sect had attacked it, then arrived at the besieged sect and revealed overwhelming power. He stopped True Person Mu from retreating and dismissed the threat of the Yinyue Holy Dynasty by claiming he had killed one of its Holy Sons.

• Two Flying Cloud Sect disciples told Chen Changqing that their Sect Master had died and True Person Mu was attacking their sect, so Chen agreed to help.
• Chen gave Li Yuanyuan a stronger Jade Talisman, told her to remain at the inn, and carried the disciples to the Flying Cloud Sect in an instant.
• Elder Zhao recognized Chen Changqing and welcomed him as Holy Son Chen while True Person Mu mocked his apparent lack of power.
• A Black Wood Sect elder attacked Chen, but vanished along with his poisonous handprint when lightning flickered across Chen's body.
• True Person Mu realized Chen's strength and tried to withdraw with his people, but Chen forbade them from leaving.
• True Person Mu invoked the Yinyue Holy Dynasty for protection, and Chen said he had already killed one of its Holy Sons.