Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing and Dark Moon Ghost Lord turned the battle against Bone Demon Heavenly Monarch and Thousand Poisons Old Monster, and Chen claimed the kill before Dark Moon could strike. Bone Demon Heavenly Monarch died, earning Chen Changqing eight million AFK Points.

• Bone Demon Heavenly Monarch and Thousand Poisons Old Monster burned their Essence Blood to break Chen Changqing’s Immortal Execution Sword Formation, nearly overwhelming him.
• Dark Moon Ghost Lord fused Dark Moon City’s protective formation with her origin and ambushed Bone Demon Heavenly Monarch with nine Taiyin Divine Chains.
• Chen Changqing’s Avatars suppressed Bone Demon Heavenly Monarch while Dark Moon Ghost Lord prepared to kill him with her Ice Sword.
• Chen Changqing rushed in and killed Bone Demon Heavenly Monarch with the fifth form of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique.
• The system awarded Chen Changqing 8,000,000 AFK Points for killing the peak Heavenly Monarch.

Chen Changqing and Dark Moon Ghost Lord killed Thousand Poisons Old Monster after stopping his escape and attempted self-destruction, earning Chen Changqing eight million AFK Points. With the enemy leaders dead, Chen Changqing turned his attention to the hundred-thousand-strong army below.

• Thousand Poisons Old Monster fled after Chen Changqing killed Bone Demon Heavenly Monarch, but Chen Changqing urged Dark Moon Ghost Lord to stop him.
• Dark Moon Ghost Lord blocked Thousand Poisons Old Monster with Dark Moon City's protective formation, while Chen Changqing and his Avatars attacked.
• Thousand Poisons Old Monster tried to detonate his Poison Core, but Chen Changqing suppressed him long enough for Dark Moon Ghost Lord to seal him in ice.
• Chen Changqing asked Dark Moon Ghost Lord to spare Thousand Poisons Old Monster for the final blow, then killed him with the Immortal Execution Sword and gained eight million AFK Points.
• The hundred-thousand-strong White Bone Territory and Myriad Poison Ridge army watched in fear as Chen Changqing eyed them and wondered how many AFK Points they were worth.

Chen Changqing defeated Bone Demon Heavenly Monarch and Thousand Poisons Old Monster, routed their hundred-thousand-strong army, and helped Dark Moon City turn back the invasion. After claiming the dead Heavenly Monarchs’ treasures and conserving his AFK Points, he attended a victory feast and asked Dark Moon Ghost Lord about the promised teleportation array and Soul-Guiding Jade Register.

• Chen Changqing ordered his five Late True Lord Stage Avatars to crush the fleeing allied army after the deaths of Bone Demon Heavenly Monarch and Thousand Poisons Old Monster, then halted the slaughter when the survivors surrendered.
• Dark Moon Ghost Lord thanked Chen Changqing and arranged for Dark Moon City’s army to take control of the battlefield while he claimed the two Heavenly Monarchs’ Storage Rings.
• Chen Changqing found vast resources, cultivation methods, and a map of the Taiyin Ancestral Vein in the rings, and his AFK Point balance reached 24,680,000.
• Chen Changqing declined to spend his AFK Points on a breakthrough, choosing to save them until he entered the Yama Heavenly Palace Ancestral Land or faced greater danger.
• Dark Moon City’s generals honored Chen Changqing at a victory feast, where he asked Dark Moon Ghost Lord about the teleportation array and Soul-Guiding Jade Register she had promised.
• Dark Moon Ghost Lord drew a palm-sized piece of smooth black jade from her sleeve.

Chen Changqing entered the Ancestral Land Minor World for a five-day trial, where the top ten contestants would qualify for the final battle and a chance to request the array to the Yang Realm. As three powerful ghost bears charged him, he prepared to strike without drawing his sword.

• Dark Moon Ghost Lord gave Chen Changqing the Soul-Guiding Jade Register and explained that the top three in the competition could petition the Yama Heavenly Palace to open the interrealm array.
• A Yama Heavenly Palace Ghost General summoned Chen Changqing to the finals and announced a five-day hunt in the Ancestral Land Minor World, with points awarded for killing ghost creatures.
• Rakshasa Ghost King arrived with Blood Butcher and asked Chen Changqing to spare his son, but Chen Changqing gave no assurance.
• The contestants entered the Minor World, where Blood Butcher quickly took first place on the ranking while Chen Changqing started with zero points.
• Chen Changqing sensed three peak Middle True Lord Stage ghost bears charging up a slope and raised his fist to meet them.

Chen Changqing drew a vast horde of primordial ghost beasts to himself and slaughtered them with the Immortal Execution Sword Formation, rapidly climbing to first place in the trial. The spectators saw his immense battlefield on the Heaven-Patrolling Divine Mirror, where his Avatars had pinned a gigantic Primordial Bone Flood Dragon.

• Chen Changqing killed three Ghost Bears with one punch but gained only three Trial Points.
• Chen Changqing released his Qi and Blood to lure tens of thousands of ghost beasts, including two Half-Step Heavenly Monarch Primordial Bone Flood Dragons.
• Chen Changqing summoned five Avatars and activated the Immortal Execution Sword Formation to attack the beast tide.
• The Patrol-Heaven Golden Ranking showed Chen Changqing’s Points surging to 6,800, pushing Blood Butcher out of first place.
• The spectators viewed the battlefield and saw Chen Changqing’s Avatars pinning a thousand-zhang Primordial Bone Flood Dragon amid the remains of countless ghost beasts.

Chen Changqing slew the awakened Late Heavenly Monarch Stage remnant soul of the Heavenly Baleful Ghost General, earning twelve million AFK Points and raising his trial score to 7,800. He then set off toward another set of Ancient Ruins, intent on turning the Primordial Battlefield inside out during the remaining trial days.

• Chen Changqing killed a Half-Step Heavenly Monarch Primordial Bone Flood Dragon, drawing the Heavenly Baleful Ghost General from his ancient coffin.
• The Heavenly Palace Envoy warned that the Ghost General was a Late Heavenly Monarch Stage threat and prepared to evacuate the trial participants.
• Chen Changqing charged the Ghost General, used his Avatars to expose the remnant soul's weakness, and killed it with the Immortal Execution Sword Technique's third move, God Burial.
• Chen Changqing gained twelve million AFK Points and raised his Netherworld Jade Talisman score to 7,800, stunning the observers on the viewing platform.
• Chen Changqing headed northeast toward another set of Ancient Ruins after declaring that five days were enough to turn the Primordial Battlefield inside out.

Chen Changqing deliberately drew a vast horde of Primordial Ghost Fiends to the ancient altar and slaughtered them with his Avatars and powerful techniques. A group of Outer Domain Ghost Cultivators watched in stunned silence as he overwhelmed the creatures they had feared.

• Outer Domain Ghost Cultivators hid near the altar and planned to hunt isolated ghost beasts while avoiding the horde.
• Chen Changqing arrived above the altar, revealed his overwhelming Pure Yang Qi and Blood, and drew tens of thousands of ghost soldiers and eight Primordial Corpse Fiends toward him.
• Chen Changqing summoned five Late True Lord Stage Avatars and unleashed the Immortal Execution Sword World across the altar.
• Chen Changqing and his Avatars killed the Corpse Fiends and ghost soldiers with sword strikes, a spear attack, and the Haotian Hammer.
• The Outer Domain Ghost Cultivators abandoned their escape and stared in dumbfounded disbelief as Chen Changqing continued slaughtering the horde.

Chen Changqing slaughtered the monsters at an ancient altar, then earned 5,400 Points in a single tally period and put Dark Moon City in first place. His result silenced the Outer Domain factions that had mocked Dark Moon City and doubted his chances.

• Chen Changqing wiped out the monsters around an ancient altar, shocking Blood Butcher and the other Ghost Cultivators who witnessed the slaughter.
• The First Ghost General endured taunts from rival cities, while Dark Moon City’s commanders worried that Chen Changqing could not match the Points earned by groups.
• The Underworld Bronze Bell tolled to mark the second hour, and the secondary ranking steles began updating.
• The stele placed Blood Butcher second with 880 Points gained, prompting Rakshasa City to celebrate.
• The stele revealed Chen Changqing had gained 5,400 Points, reached 13,200 cumulative Points, and put Dark Moon City in first place, stunning the gathered factions.

After Chen Changqing’s score surged to 13,200, a Ghost Immortal silenced accusations of cheating and confirmed the ranking was genuine. Chen Changqing had earned 50 million AFK Points and, still intent on securing first place, headed toward a slumbering Primordial remnant immortal.

• The one-eyed elder of Blood Baleful Intent City and Black Mountain City’s deputy city lord accused the ranking of being tampered with, provoking a clash between the city leaders.
• The Duty Ghost General descended, threatened the accusers, and declared that the Yama Ancestral Land’s rankings were governed by the imperial weapons’ Principles.
• The Dark Moon Ghost Lord celebrated Chen Changqing’s achievement and taunted the Rakshasa Ghost King as Dark Moon City’s officers and soldiers proudly raised their heads.
• Chen Changqing surveyed the scorched battlefield, saw that his AFK Points balance had reached 50 million, and decided to keep hunting rather than stop.
• Chen Changqing sensed an immortal Dao fluctuation in a deep western abyss and raced toward the slumbering Primordial remnant immortal.

Chen Changqing stole the final blow against a Dao Embryo Corpse King from the Central Domain prodigies, claiming its reward and provoking Qin Zhan's fury. The chapter ended with Qin Zhan glaring at Chen Changqing after the kill raised Chen Changqing's total to 18,200 Points.

• Qin Zhan and Chu Tiankuo led the Central Domain prodigies to awaken the Dao Embryo Corpse King in the Profound Yin Nine Nether Abyss.
• The Corpse King broke through their formation, killed two Chu Family True Lords, and forced the group into a desperate battle.
• After more than half a shichen, the prodigies pinned the weakened Corpse King, and Qin Zhan moved in to deliver the final blow.
• Chen Changqing arrived and destroyed the Corpse King's core with a Pure Yang Sword Intent strike, killing it and earning 20,000,000 AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing gained 5,000 trial Points, bringing his total to 18,200, while Qin Zhan seethed at the stolen reward.

Chen Changqing killed a Half-Step Heavenly Monarch cultivator with the Immortal Execution Sword, revealing its power and prompting the Central Domain cultivators to recognize it as a Quasi-Houtian Spirit Treasure. Qin Zhan and Chu Tiankuo formed a killing formation to seize the sword, and Chen Changqing answered by summoning five avatars.

• Qin Zhan ordered the Central Domain cultivators to attack Chen Changqing for taking the Extreme Yin Corpse King's reward.
• Chen Changqing slew a black-armored Qin Clan great cultivator with one strike of the Immortal Execution Sword and gained 1,500,000 AFK Points.
• Chu Tiankuo recognized the Immortal Execution Sword as a Quasi-Houtian Spirit Treasure, and Qin Zhan and the other cultivators became determined to claim it.
• Qin Zhan urged Chu Tiankuo and the Central Domain prodigies to form the Ten Directions Yama Spirit-Slaying Killing Formation and divide the treasure.
• Chen Changqing dismissed their threat and summoned five Late True Lord Stage Avatars, each radiating Supreme Dao Ferocious Might.

Chen Changqing and his five equally powerful Avatars destroyed the Ten Directions Yama Spirit-Slaying Killing Formation and massacred the Central Domain prodigies who had come to seize his treasures. Qin Zhan was left crippled and surrounded as Chen Changqing approached.

• Qin Zhan and Chu Tiankuo activated the Ten Directions Yama Spirit-Slaying Killing Formation, but Chen Changqing's Avatar shattered its attack with the Haotian Hammer.
• Chen Changqing's spear-wielding Avatar killed four Chu Family cultivators and opened a gap in the formation.
• Chen Changqing's Avatar used the Human Emperor Heaven-Suppressing Seal to pin down the remaining Central Domain cultivators, and Chen Changqing killed Chu Tiankuo with the Immortal Execution Sword.
• The remaining prodigies fled, but Chen Changqing sent his five Avatars after them and massacred the thirty-odd young cultivators on the icefield.
• Qin Zhan survived the massacre with severed meridians and a lost arm, surrounded by Chen Changqing's five Avatars as Chen Changqing approached.

Qin Zhan used a Yama Emperor Talisman to transform himself into a demonic form nearing the Middle Heavenly Monarch Stage and attacked Chen Changqing. Meanwhile, the points leaderboard updated, placing Nangong Tian first with 29,000 points and moving Chen Changqing to second.

• Qin Zhan crushed the Jade Talisman, which transformed him with Yama's power and restored his severed arm.
• Qin Zhan attacked Chen Changqing with his enlarged demonic body and Yama Laws.
• Cultivators fought and died across the Ancestral Land Minor World as the leaderboard stele updated.
• Chen Changqing's score rose to 18,500 points, but Nangong Tian surged into first place with 29,000 points.

Chen Changqing killed Qin Zhan after overpowering the Central Domain prodigy’s talisman-enhanced Asura form, then set out for the ruins of the Yama Heavenly Palace. As he flew toward the Minor World’s core, a chained, spiked hand suddenly burst from the ground and attacked him.

• The trial rankings showed Nangong Tian in first place with 29,000 points, prompting the envoys to discuss his entry into the realm.
• Chen Changqing evaded Qin Zhan’s demonic claw and shattered his arm with the Starfall fist despite Qin Zhan’s Middle Heavenly Monarch-level power.
• Chen Changqing crushed Qin Zhan with the Human Emperor Heaven-Suppressing Seal, gaining AFK Points and raising his trial score to 19,300.
• Chen Changqing saw Nangong Tian ranked first and headed with his five Avatars toward the Yama Heavenly Palace ruins.
• A giant hand wrapped in black chains burst from a fissure and reached for Chen Changqing as he flew.

Chen Changqing passed the First Trial and was transported to a Floating Island where the top survivors gathered for the next stage. As the Central Domain heirs plotted against him, Nangong Tian arrived with the power of a Middle Heavenly Monarch at his peak.

• A giant skeletal hand carried Chen Changqing to a Floating Island after he passed the First Trial.
• Chen Changqing recognized Han Jue, Wang Long, and Wang Hu, who suspected he had killed Qin Zhan and coveted his Immortal Execution Sword.
• Chen Changqing sat apart and checked his 74,500,000 AFK Points while the three Central Domain heirs warned each other to wait for the arena trial.
• Zhao Feiyan and other powerful survivors arrived, and the eight Central Domain heirs formed a discreet alliance against Chen Changqing.
• After the ninth platform was occupied, Nangong Tian descended onto the central platform with a pitch-black Ancient Sword and the might of a peak Middle Heavenly Monarch.

Nangong Tian demanded Chen Changqing’s Immortal Execution Sword, but Chen refused and challenged him. The first trial’s results stunned the spectators, and the second round began with Chen matched against Wang Long.

• Nangong Tian arrived and confronted Chen Changqing over Qin Zhan’s death and the Immortal Execution Sword, offering protection in exchange for it.
• Chen Changqing refused Nangong Tian’s offer and challenged him to take the sword in the arena; Nangong Tian vowed to kill him.
• The first trial’s results appeared before the spectators: Chen Changqing advanced with 20,100 points, while the other Outer Domain contestants had been eliminated.
• The First Ghost General and Dark Moon Ghost Lord mocked the leaders of the Outer Domain cities for their losses.
• The Duty Ghost Immortal announced the life-and-death arena round, and Chen Changqing and Wang Long drew matching tokens for the first battle.

The Black Armor Ghost Immortal opened bets on the competition’s champion, and most leaders backed Nangong Tian while the Dark Moon Ghost Lord, Qingming City, and Cold Crow Ridge wagered on Chen Changqing. On the White Bone Battle Platform, Wang Long attacked Chen Changqing, who raised his hand to meet the strike.

• The Black Armor Ghost Immortal set odds of ten to one for Nangong Tian and twenty to one for Chen Changqing, and invited the leaders to wager.
• Black Mountain City, Blood Baleful Intent City, the Rakshasa Ghost King, and other powers bet heavily on Nangong Tian, while the Dark Moon Ghost Lord wagered three million Ghost Coins on Chen Changqing.
• Qingming City and Cold Crow Ridge each bet five hundred thousand Ghost Coins on Chen Changqing because they had witnessed his strength against the Corpse Baleful Qi creatures.
• Chen Changqing entered the White Bone Battle Platform, where Wang Long challenged him and unleashed a spear thrust aimed at his throat.
• Chen Changqing analyzed Wang Long’s attack with his Divine Sense, activated the Sixth Turn of the Primordial Nine-Turn Body Refining Art, and raised his palm to confront the strike.

Chen Changqing crushed Wang Long’s Bone Spear with his bare hand, but Wang Long invoked a hidden bloodline seal to summon White Impermanence and rise to the Middle Heavenly Monarch Stage. The chapter left Chen Changqing facing the Nether Bureau’s overwhelming power.

• Chen Changqing caught Wang Long’s Bone Spear barehanded, extinguished its Underworld Fire, and shattered it with his fingers.
• The recoil sent Wang Long staggering back, while Nangong Tian and the Central Domain’s chosen watched in shock.
• Wang Long awakened a hidden Law Seal in his bloodline and invoked a Yin Marshal of the Nether Bureau.
• White Impermanence, Xie Bi’an, appeared as a towering projection and lent Wang Long Nether Bureau power.
• Wang Long’s strength surged to the Middle Heavenly Monarch Stage as the Battle Platform froze under his Underworld Fire.
• The gathered experts recognized the danger of the Nether Bureau’s power and wondered whether Chen Changqing could withstand it.

Chen Changqing defeated Wang Long on the White Bone Battle Platform, breaking his Nether Bureau Borrowed Magic before killing him with the Immortal Execution Sword. As Chen Changqing advanced to the next round, Wang Hu and Nangong Tian prepared for the next confrontation.

• Wang Long invoked his Bloodline Divine Seal and White Impermanence Faxiang, using the Mourning Staff to attack Chen Changqing’s soul.
• Chen Changqing broke Wang Long’s soul attack and struck the Mourning Staff with the Human Emperor Heaven-Suppressing Seal, shattering the weapon and crippling Wang Long.
• Chen Changqing used the Immortal Execution Sword Technique’s God Burial form to destroy White Impermanence and kill Wang Long, body and soul.
• Ghost Cultivators watching at the Yama Heavenly Palace reacted to Wang Long’s defeat, while the Dark Moon Ghost Lord celebrated and the Black Armor Ghost Immortal advanced Chen Changqing to the next round.
• Wang Hu swore revenge as Chen Changqing left the platform, while Nangong Tian reached for his Yama Ancient Sword and the second-round Battle Tokens began spinning.

Nangong Tian crushed Han Jue, while Chen Changqing defeated and killed Wang Hu in the first elimination round. Nangong Tian received a bye into the final, leaving Chen Changqing to face Zhong Cheng, who revealed his Zhong Family’s inheritance from Zhong Kui before their battle began.

• Nangong Tian defeated Han Jue with a sword strike that broke his Quasi-Immortal Artifact shield and left him gravely wounded.
• Zhao Feiyan narrowly defeated Sun Ce despite sustaining severe injuries, and Zhong Cheng killed a Li Family prodigy with his Judge Ghost-Slaying Blade.
• Chen Changqing killed Wang Hu after evading his attack, striking him with Heavenly Collapse, and finishing him with the Immortal Execution Sword Technique.
• Zhao Feiyan was removed from the competition because her injuries prevented her from fighting, leaving Nangong Tian, Zhong Cheng, and Chen Changqing.
• Nangong Tian received the bye, and Chen Changqing was matched against Zhong Cheng.
• Zhong Cheng introduced himself as an inheritor of Zhong Kui of the Evil-Punishing Bureau and warned Chen Changqing that he would not hold back.