Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing met Hua Yao’s second uncle, Hua Lixuan, who learned that Chen Changqing was Chen Yuan’s disciple and became warmly approving of him. The revelation unsettled Yao Feng, who feared Chen Changqing could become Hua Yao’s preferred match.

• Hua Yao brought Chen Changqing to meet Hua Lixuan, while Yao Feng watched with jealousy.
• Hua Lixuan examined Chen Changqing and asked who his master was.
• Chen Changqing revealed that Chen Yuan was his master, shocking Hua Lixuan, Hua Yao, and Yao Feng.
• Hua Lixuan reconsidered Chen Changqing as a possible match for Hua Yao and decided to let the young people choose for themselves.
• Hua Lixuan praised Chen Changqing warmly, then encouraged Hua Yao to befriend him after Chen Changqing left.
• Yao Feng felt bitter as he realized Hua Lixuan did not oppose Chen Changqing and Hua Yao becoming a couple.

Chen Changqing extracted weeks of AFK cultivation, advancing all nine Golden Cores to the late Golden Core stage and strengthening his body to Low-Grade Spirit Treasure level. On the morning the Universe Secret Realm was set to open, Chen Yong led him and Wangcai to the gathering plaza.

• Rujie visited Chen Changqing at Pure Heart Pavilion and learned that Chen Changqing had met Hua Yao’s second uncle.
• Chen Changqing extracted his completed Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, Rainbow Sword Technique, and Three Extremes Origin Seal, gaining mastery of all three.
• Chen Changqing extracted 30,000 sessions of the Invincible Golden Core Method, advancing all nine Golden Cores to the late Golden Core stage.
• Chen Changqing extracted 30,000 sessions of the Primordial Nine-Turn Body Refining Art, raising his physical body to Low-Grade Spirit Treasure level.
• Chen Yong woke Chen Changqing and led him and Wangcai to the plaza, where Dao Sect disciples and people from other sects had gathered for the Universe Secret Realm.

Chen Changqing joined the gathered disciples and outsiders preparing to enter the Universe Secret Realm, where the Grand One Celestial Master required everyone to sign an agreement accepting responsibility for their own lives. Before Chen Changqing entered the passageway, Li Yuan True Person gave him a spirit talisman containing a Nascent Soul's single strike.

• Chen Yong told Chen Changqing that sects had paid as much as ten thousand top-grade spirit stones to send their disciples into the Universe Secret Realm.
• The Grand One Celestial Master arrived to preside over the realm's opening, startling the gathered outsiders with his imposing presence.
• The Grand One Celestial Master distributed agreements stating that the Dao Sect would bear no responsibility for those who died in the Secret Realm, then opened a passageway and set its return opening for one month later.
• Chen Changqing signed the agreement and prepared to enter the passageway.
• Li Yuan True Person stopped Chen Changqing and gave him a spirit talisman containing the power of a Nascent Soul's single strike before flying away.

Chen Changqing entered the Universe Secret Realm with Wangcai and encountered Rujie fleeing from Demon Sect disciples. As the leading Golden Core cultivator prepared to attack, a terrifying aura descended from above.

• Chen Changqing accepted Hua Yao’s fifth-grade Mysterious Origin Pill and entered the passage with Wangcai, while Hua Yao wished him a safe return.
• Chen Changqing arrived in a dark-purple world, warned Wangcai to hide his Demon Race identity, and found that his ancient token did not react.
• Rujie arrived pursued by more than a dozen Demon Sect disciples and asked Chen Changqing to save him.
• The late Golden Core Demon Sect leader threatened Chen Changqing and Rujie, but a terrifying aura suddenly descended with an icy voice addressing the Demon Sect disciples.

Yao Feng arrived as Chen Changqing and Rujie faced a group of Demon Sect disciples, then effortlessly killed them and warned Chen Changqing to take care of himself. After dismissing Yao Feng as no threat, Chen Changqing learned that Rujie had entered the Universe Secret Realm to seek an inheritance from Heavenly Sound Temple, and Rujie asked him to accompany him somewhere.

• Yao Feng appeared while Chen Changqing and Rujie confronted a late-stage Golden Core demon cultivator and other Demon Sect disciples.
• The Demon Sect group tried to flee, but Yao Feng sealed the area and killed them all with a wave of his hand.
• Yao Feng told Chen Changqing that he had intervened because Hua Yao asked him to look after Chen Changqing, then flew away.
• Rujie warned Chen Changqing that Yao Feng could become his great enemy, but Chen Changqing dismissed the idea and privately considered pursuing Hua Yao.
• Chen Changqing asked Rujie why he had entered the Universe Secret Realm, and Rujie said he sought an inheritance left by an ancestor of Heavenly Sound Temple.
• Rujie asked Chen Changqing to accompany him on a journey.

Chen Changqing agreed to accompany Rujie to retrieve Heavenly Sound Temple’s ancestor’s inheritance and followed his Buddhist beads through the Secret Realm. After several days of killing Demon Sect pursuers for AFK Points, Chen Changqing encountered Chen Yong fleeing more demonic cultivators, leaving him to wonder if Chen Yong was cursed with bad luck.

• Rujie asked Chen Changqing to escort him to Heavenly Sound Temple’s ancestor’s inheritance, and Chen Changqing agreed because his token had given no sign of its target.
• Chen Changqing ordered Wangcai to devour the Demon Sect disciples’ corpses, then followed Rujie’s Buddhist beads toward the inheritance.
• Over several days, Chen Changqing killed groups of Demon Sect disciples and accumulated more than ten thousand AFK Points.
• Chen Yong fled toward Chen Changqing and Rujie while pursued by Golden Core Demon Sect cultivators, then begged Chen Changqing to save him.
• Chen Yong explained that he had obtained a fourth-grade Barrier-Breaking Pill but was attacked and pursued by Demon Sect disciples, and Chen Changqing wondered if he was naturally cursed with bad luck.

Chen Yong sought Chen Changqing’s protection from a demonic cultivator hunting the fourth-grade Barrier-Breaking Pill. Chen Changqing faced the summoned Demon Sect reinforcements and vanished beside the first attacker, while Rujie and Chen Yong retreated.

• Chen Yong told Chen Changqing that a mid-stage Golden Core demonic cultivator was pursuing him for his Barrier-Breaking Pill, and Chen Changqing stepped in to protect him and Rujie.
• The demonic cultivator sent a blood-red Cloud-Piercing Arrow skyward to summon reinforcements, but Chen Changqing remained calm and eager for their arrival.
• An eerie late-stage Golden Core man and more than a dozen Demon Sect disciples arrived, and the man ordered them to attack for the pill.
• Chen Changqing told Rujie and Chen Yong to retreat, sent Little Black Dog to the ground, and used the Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step to appear beside the charging demonic cultivator.

Chen Changqing tore a mid-stage Golden Core demonic cultivator apart with his bare hands, then slaughtered nearly all the remaining Demon Sect disciples and claimed their AFK Points. He confronted the last survivor, who threatened him with the Blood God Sect, and showed him a steward elder’s token.

• Chen Changqing ripped the mid-stage Golden Core demonic cultivator in half, shocking Chen Yong, Rujie, and the other demonic cultivators.
• The system awarded Chen Changqing 2,000 AFK Points for the kill, and he attacked the remaining Demon Sect disciples.
• Chen Changqing killed the demonic cultivators in rapid succession, earning AFK Points until only the sinister-looking man remained alive.
• Chen Changqing asked the survivor whether he had accomplices, but the man threatened him with retaliation from the Blood God Sect.
• Chen Changqing revealed the personal token of a Blood God Sect steward elder and told the man he had killed members of the sect before.

Chen Changqing killed a late-stage Golden Core demonic cultivator with the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, stunning Chen Yong and Rujie before they continued toward a Heavenly Sound Temple inheritance. One day later, they reached a ruined ancient temple, where Rujie identified the site of the inheritance.

• Chen Changqing revealed a Blood God Sect executive elder token and told the sinister-looking man he had killed the elder who owned it.
• Chen Changqing killed the late-stage Golden Core demonic cultivator with one sword strike and gained 8,000 AFK Points.
• The Little Black Dog devoured the demonic cultivators' corpses while Chen Yong and Rujie reacted fearfully to Chen Changqing's strength.
• Chen Changqing urged Rujie to lead them onward, and the group traveled for a day to a ruined ancient temple.
• Rujie led Chen Changqing and Chen Yong into the temple's main hall and confirmed it was where a Heavenly Sound Temple ancestor had left an inheritance.

Rujie restored the Buddha statue and entered its golden light, while Chen Yong began using a Barrier-Breaking Pill as Chen Changqing stood guard. When a Shu Mountain distress signal appeared, Chen Changqing flew to help and found a Cloud Perch Peak woman surrounded by cultivators.

• Rujie restored the Buddha statue with its golden head and vanished into the Buddhist light.
• Chen Yong swallowed the fourth-grade Barrier-Breaking Pill to attempt a breakthrough, while Chen Changqing and Wangcai stood guard.
• After three days, Chen Changqing saw a Shu Mountain sword signal and left Wangcai to watch the ruined temple.
• Chen Changqing followed the signal and found a Purple Mansion Realm woman from Cloud Perch Peak being attacked by a group led by a late Purple Mansion Realm elder, while a richly dressed young man watched.

Chen Changqing rescued an injured Mount Shu disciple from Elder Teng and a lecherous young master in the Universe Secret Realm. He landed beside her and asked if she was all right, while she wondered who the unfamiliar Golden Core disciple was.

• Elder Teng struck down the Mount Shu woman, and the richly dressed youth ordered him to stop before demanding that she surrender to him.
• The woman refused the youth's advances and invoked Mount Shu, but he dismissed the threat and ordered Elder Teng to capture her.
• As Elder Teng's palm threatened the gravely injured woman, Chen Changqing arrived and split the attack with a sword strike.
• The youth and Elder Teng mocked Chen Changqing for being a Golden Core cultivator, but he ignored them and went to the woman's side.
• Chen Changqing asked whether the woman was all right, and she replied that she was fine while questioning who he was.

Chen Changqing confronted Elder Teng and the richly dressed youth after they attacked Mount Shu disciples, revealing strength far beyond his Golden Core cultivation. He overwhelmed Elder Teng’s ghost-filled banner with the Three Extremes Origin Seal and then unleashed a terrifying Sword Momentum.

• Chen Changqing said he would handle the attackers and demanded to know if they had injured Mount Shu disciples.
• When the richly dressed youth ordered his men to kill Chen Changqing, Chen Changqing killed a charging Golden Core subordinate with one sword strike.
• Elder Teng sealed off the spiritual qi and summoned a black banner that released countless wronged souls and Fierce Ghosts against Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing used the Three Extremes Origin Seal to suppress the souls and overwhelm Elder Teng’s banner.
• Chen Changqing gathered his true qi and unleashed Sword Momentum, stunning Elder Teng and the woman.

Chen Changqing used his Sword Momentum to break Elder Teng’s spiritual energy seal and kill him, then cut down the richly dressed youth and his fleeing companions. After exhausting most of his true qi, he was helped by Su Yue, a disciple of Cloud Perch Peak, who asked which peak he belonged to.

• Chen Changqing broke Elder Teng’s seal with a sword strike imbued with Sword Momentum.
• Chen Changqing killed Elder Teng with the Great Harmony of Heaven and Earth technique and received 80,000 AFK Points.
• The richly dressed youth threatened Chen Changqing with his Nascent Soul father, then fled with his subordinates.
• Chen Changqing pursued and killed the youth and his companions, earning more AFK Points.
• Chen Changqing approached the stunned Su Yue, swallowed a medicinal pill, and heard her ask which peak he belonged to.

Chen Changqing reunited with Su Yue, Rujie, and Chen Yong in the Universe Secret Realm after helping Su Yue survive an attack. As his companions departed with their rewards, Chen Changqing stayed behind to pursue another spirit vein, and Wangcai devoured the corpses left from the battle.

• Su Yue recognized Chen Changqing as Shu Mountain's Eleventh Sequence Holy Son and thanked him for saving her from Teng and his allies.
• The token in Chen Changqing's Heaven-Stepping Ring began trembling, signaling that another token might be nearby.
• Rujie and Chen Yong arrived with Wangcai, and Chen Changqing congratulated them on their cultivation breakthroughs and newly acquired opportunities.
• Rujie, Chen Yong, and Su Yue each said farewell to Chen Changqing and left the Secret Realm area to return home.
• Chen Changqing stayed to search for another spirit vein, while Wangcai devoured the corpses at the battlefield.

Chen Changqing followed the token in his Heaven-Stepping Ring to a valley, where Yao Feng and the Heavenly Demon Sect Saintess fought over a hidden inheritance. Their Spirit Treasures collided, and the chapter ended as the shockwaves battered the watching cultivators.

• Chen Changqing spent ten days traveling through the Secret Realm, killing Demon Sect disciples and righteous cultivators who tried to rob him.
• Chen Changqing followed the token's guidance to a valley filled with dense spiritual energy and found Yao Feng facing a woman.
• Chen Changqing learned from the onlookers that the woman was the Heavenly Demon Sect Saintess, ranked tenth on the Heavenly Phoenix Ranking.
• The Heavenly Demon Saintess demanded that Yao Feng leave the inheritance site, but Yao Feng refused to yield.
• The Heavenly Demon Saintess attacked with the Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Whip, and Yao Feng countered with the Medicine God Ruler.
• The two Spirit Treasures collided, sending powerful shockwaves through the crowd and injuring nearby cultivators.

Yao Feng and the Heavenly Demon Saintess battled fiercely, exhausting themselves in a clash of domains and ultimate techniques. With both badly injured, Chen Changqing prepared to enter the vortex and claim the token hidden within.

• Yao Feng attacked the Heavenly Demon Saintess with the Medicine God Ruler, and she countered with the Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Whip.
• Yao Feng opened his Longevity Domain, and the Heavenly Demon Saintess answered with her Nine Nether Demon Domain; their domains shattered and both suffered backlash.
• Yao Feng unleashed the Medicine God Ruler’s final form, while the Heavenly Demon Saintess summoned the Devil Ancestor’s descent from her Jade Pendant.
• Yao Feng and the Heavenly Demon Saintess’s ultimate attacks collided, leaving Yao Feng’s ruler cracked and three skulls on her whip shattered.
• Chen Changqing saw that both opponents were gravely injured and prepared to enter the vortex where the token was hidden.

Xue Tian arrived at the treasure ground and attacked Si Youyou and Yao Feng, demanding Yao Feng’s treasures. As Yao Feng prepared to use a Spirit Explosion Pill, Chen Changqing decided he had to intervene.

• Xue Tian appeared from hiding and revealed that he had followed Si Youyou to claim the treasure ground’s riches.
• Si Youyou attacked Xue Tian, but he shattered her whip strike and injured her, leaving the Heavenly Demon Sect disciples to rush to her aid.
• Xue Tian demanded that Yao Feng hand over his treasures, then smashed the Medicine God Ruler’s defense and wounded him with a blood claw.
• Yao Feng took out a Spirit Explosion Pill, and Chen Changqing resolved to make a move.

Chen Changqing stopped Yao Feng from taking a Spirit Explosion Pill and challenged Xue Tian, then smashed him out of the sky with the Three Extremes Origin Seal. Xue Tian rose and unleashed his Blood God Heaven and Earth domain, and Chen Changqing faced the attack as Yao Feng warned him.

• Yao Feng prepared to swallow a Spirit Explosion Pill, but Chen Changqing appeared and stopped him.
• Chen Changqing challenged Xue Tian, drawing disbelief from the watching cultivators and curiosity from Si Youyou.
• Chen Changqing used the Three Extremes Origin Seal to smash Xue Tian from the sky and leave him injured in a crater.
• Xue Tian rose in fury and unleashed his Blood God Heaven and Earth domain, prompting Yao Feng to warn Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing survived Xue Tian’s Blood God Slash by relying on a silver battle armor that appeared to be an Immortal Artifact. The spectators and Xue Tian were left stunned as Chen Changqing emerged from the dust alive.

• Si Youyou wondered about Chen Changqing’s identity and what he relied on as Xue Tian unleashed his domain.
• Xue Tian summoned a blood-colored demon god and attacked Chen Changqing with his Blood God Slash, alarming the gathered cultivators.
• Chen Changqing used Great Harmony of Heaven and Earth with the Rainbow Sword to meet Xue Tian’s attack in a violent clash.
• Xue Tian and the spectators assumed Chen Changqing had died, while Yao Feng prepared to swallow the Spirit Explosion Pill and fight.
• Chen Changqing’s voice came from the dust, and he emerged alive in silver battle armor covered in profound Dao patterns.
• The onlookers recognized Chen Changqing’s armor as a genuine Immortal Artifact.

Chen Changqing survived Xue Tian’s attack with the Quasi-Immortal Silver Firmament Battle Armor and revealed that he had comprehended Sword Momentum. He unleashed the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, destroying Xue Tian’s Blood God Domain and striking through him.

• The spectators recognized Chen Changqing’s armor as a Quasi-Immortal Artifact, while Yao Feng realized it had been given to him by Chen Yuan.
• Xue Tian greedily resolved to take the armor, and Chen Changqing activated all nine Golden Cores and unleashed Sword Momentum.
• Chen Changqing’s Sword Momentum shattered Xue Tian’s domain and drew countless cultivators’ swords into the sky, shocking Yao Feng and Si Youyou.
• Xue Tian burned his essence blood to summon the Blood God Image and tried to kill Chen Changqing with one desperate attack.
• Chen Changqing used the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique to destroy Xue Tian’s domain and Blood God Image and pierce Xue Tian with his sword light.