Chapter Summaries

Chen Qingyu learned that news of the Yanggu Zhang Clan’s destruction had spread, then was confronted outside Jade Firmament Palace by Princess Yulong’s chief lady-in-waiting, who used a missing treasure as a pretext to detain him. He refused and began counting down, leaving the soldiers and lady-in-waiting shaken by his presence.

• Chen Qingyu overheard Spirit Race servants discussing the Yanggu Zhang Clan’s destruction and the Sage Evolution Palace’s alleged role.
• Chen Qingyu concluded that the sacred lands were publicizing the Sage Evolution Palace’s involvement while concealing information about the Corpse Demon calamity.
• More than a dozen green-armored soldiers surrounded Chen Qingyu outside Jade Firmament Palace, and the chief lady-in-waiting of Jade Dragon Palace accused him of needing to cooperate with an investigation into a missing treasure.
• Chen Qingyu recognized the accusation as Princess Yulong’s attempt to delay him and refused to go with the soldiers.
• Chen Qingyu warned the group to leave before he counted to three, and his gaze made the soldiers falter and the lady-in-waiting retreat.

Chen Qingyu nearly attacked the Jade Dragon Palace soldiers who tried to search him, but Ling Shuangxue arrived and drove them away by claiming him as her younger brother. As they traveled to meet their mother, Ling Shuangxue told Chen Qingyu to stay in her chambers from now on, surprising him.

• Chen Qingyu counted down and prepared to unleash his power when the Jade Dragon Palace soldiers moved to seize him.
• Ling Shuangxue arrived with azure-armored soldiers, stopped the confrontation, and declared Chen Qingyu her younger brother.
• Ling Shuangxue ordered the Jade Dragon Palace official and her soldiers to leave, threatening to report them for offending nobility.
• Ling Shuangxue warned Chen Qingyu that the royal court's divine weapon and ancestral tree suppressed treasures, while Chen Qingyu dismissed the danger.
• Ling Shuangxue and Chen Qingyu boarded her imperial carriage to visit their mother, and she told him to stay in her chambers from now on.

Chen Qingyu learned that Ling Shuanglong’s faction had tried to intercept him with support from hostile royal court elders, but the Spirit King had agreed to receive him in three days. After Ling Shuangxue brought him to Ling Qiuxia, Chen Qingyu asked whether his mother and sister would return with him to the Divine Capital once the blood exchange ceremony was complete.

• Ling Shuangxue told Chen Qingyu to stay in her sleeping quarters for protection and explained that royal court elders were secretly backing Ling Shuanglong.
• Ling Shuangxue told Chen Qingyu that the Spirit King would receive him in three days and set a date for the blood exchange ceremony.
• Ling Shuanglong learned that her interception attempt had failed and planned to use Chen Qingyu as leverage against Ling Shuangxue.
• Ling Shuangxue brought Chen Qingyu to Ling Qiuxia, and they discussed Ling Shuanglong’s latest attempt to cause trouble.
• Chen Qingyu asked Ling Shuangxue and Ling Qiuxia whether they would return to the Divine Capital with him after the ceremony.

Chen Qingyu asked Ling Qiuxia and Ling Shuangxue whether they would return to the Divine Capital if he resolved every obstacle, but neither agreed. While refining the Ancestral Tree tea, he entered the reopened Supreme Void Dao Realm, which Ling Qiuxia also sensed.

• Chen Qingyu asked Ling Shuangxue and Ling Qiuxia whether they would reunite with his father in the Divine Capital if he removed every obstacle, and both avoided agreeing.
• Ling Qiuxia changed the subject and served Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue tea brewed from the Ancestral Tree's tender leaves.
• Chen Qingyu drank the tea, felt it advance his cultivation, and discovered that the Supreme Void Dao Realm had reopened.
• Chen Qingyu entered the Supreme Void Dao Realm while pretending to refine the tea, and Ling Shuangxue praised Ling Qiuxia for helping him.
• Ling Qiuxia sensed that the Supreme Void Dao Realm had reopened.

Chen Qingyu received eleven Yin-Yang Spirit Marks in the Supreme Void Dao Realm and learned that collecting all twenty-four could strengthen his innate divine ability. He entered [Divine Capital Changluo] in [Spirit Origin Heaven], intending to clear its [War God Tower] and [Immortal Altar] for more marks.

• Chen Qingyu entered [Spirit Origin Heaven] and received eleven Yin-Yang Spirit Marks as rewards from [Golden Bridge Heaven].
• Chen Qingyu learned that collecting four, eight, and twelve marks brought rewards, while collecting all twenty-four could transform his innate divine ability upon reaching the Divine Ability Realm.
• Chen Qingyu chose [Divine Capital Changluo] instead of [Heaven-Reaching Ancestral Tree] to avoid drawing attention by repeating his earlier achievements.
• Chen Qingyu arrived in [Divine Capital Changluo] and saw that wilderness, mountains, and rivers extended beyond the city.
• Chen Qingyu learned that opportunities and hidden Yin-Yang Spirit Marks could be found in the lands outside cities, then resolved to clear the [War God Tower] and [Immortal Altar].

Chen Qingyu entered the Spirit Origin Heaven War God Tower and used his Supreme Void Young Venerable authority to skip straight to the eleventh floor. He swept away two battle formations of one hundred thousand martial artists each with a casual sleeve, clearing the challenge.

• Chen Qingyu saw that the top-ranked fighters in Spirit Origin Heaven had cleared only the tenth floor and recognized them as the East Sea Dragon Clan and Heavenly Crystal Ancestral Court’s nine-star geniuses.
• He entered the War God Tower and invoked his authority to skip the first ten floors and challenge the eleventh.
• The Great Void Primal Spirit summoned two formations, each made up of one hundred thousand top martial artists with eleven martial meridians.
• Chen Qingyu unleashed the Doomsday Heavenly Calamity with a sweep of his sleeve, overwhelming both formations and annihilating them within moments.

After clearing the eleventh floor of the War God Tower, Chen Qingyu wondered why Wu Chenkong’s recorded body had so little primordial yang, then left for the Immortal Altar. His summit announcement revealed that he had reached Spirit Origin Heaven, prompting the human Venerables in Divine Capital Changluo to celebrate his return.

• Chen Qingyu cleared the War God Tower’s eleventh floor, earned his rewards, and ranked first in both Spirit Origin Heaven rankings.
• Chen Qingyu wondered why Wu Chenkong’s recorded body had only about a day’s worth of primordial yang, then left to visit the Immortal Altar.
• Chen Clan Venerables in Divine Capital Changluo complained that other races dominated Spirit Origin Heaven and hoped Chen Shaojun would eventually challenge them.
• Chen Qingyu’s summit of the War God Tower sent golden light across Divine Capital Changluo and drew the city’s attention.
• The Great Void Primal Spirit announced that Chen Shaojun had cleared the eleventh floor, and human Venerables across Spirit Origin Heaven celebrated his return.

Chen Qingyu challenged the Immortal Altars in Spirit Origin Heaven and reached Wu Chenkong, whom he had once narrowly defeated. As their rematch began, Chen Qingyu found that Wu Chenkong recognized him and that Dragon Qi no longer suppressed him, then met Wu Chenkong’s Weapons of War Seal with a powerful punch.

• Chen Qingyu entered the Immortal Altar and quickly defeated the Spirit Race prodigy who had replaced Wang Jue on the tenth altar.
• He swept through the remaining altars, defeating even former Divine Shore Realm experts in just a few exchanges.
• Chen Qingyu recognized Wu Chenkong and asked whether he was truly an imprint of the past; Wu Chenkong promised to answer after their fight.
• Wu Chenkong released his powerful Human Dao Dragon Qi, but Chen Qingyu resisted its suppression with his Ancestral Witch Body and lightning-powered True Essence.
• Wu Chenkong attacked with the Weapons of War Seal while Chen Qingyu countered with a punch gathering the power of his many techniques, and their fists collided.

Chen Qingyu defeated Wu Chenkong in the Supreme Void Dao Realm, but Wu Chenkong withheld the secret of his shared ten images until their next meeting in True Gang Heaven. Back in the Spirit Clan Royal Court, Ling Shuangxue celebrated Chen Shaojun’s renewed record-breaking victories, while Ling Qiuxia asked Chen Qingyu to introduce him to his older sister.

• Chen Qingyu defeated Wu Chenkong with one punch, leaving him unable to fight.
• Wu Chenkong revealed that his ten images shared one mind and promised to answer more after Chen Qingyu defeated him in True Gang Heaven.
• Chen Qingyu returned to the Rosy Light Hall, where Ling Qiuxia believed he had been refining his spirit tea.
• Ling Shuangxue reported that Chen Shaojun had reached the top of the War God Tower and Immortal Altar in Spirit Origin Heaven, becoming its all-time number one again.
• Ling Qiuxia asked Chen Qingyu to introduce Chen Shaojun to Ling Shuangxue when they returned to the Divine Capital.

Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue spent several peaceful days in the royal court before preparing to meet the Spirit King, while Princess Yulong and her grandaunt secretly plotted against them. The chapter ended as the siblings were summoned into Azure God Hall for their audience.

• Chen Qingyu claimed he was engaged to a woman from the Taihuang Wu Clan to stop Ling Qiuxia and Ling Shuangxue from discussing a match between him and Ling Shuangxue.
• Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue visited their mother and spent three peaceful days at Cold Mountain Hall, wondering why Princess Yulong had not caused trouble.
• Ling Shuangxue told Chen Qingyu that their audience with the Spirit King would settle matters, and he hoped to learn his grandmother's attitude toward their family and why his mother would not return to the Divine Capital.
• Princess Yulong asked her grandaunt why they could not use Ling Shuangxue's violation of royal-court rules against her, but her grandaunt warned that Ling Qiuxia would defend her children.
• Ling Shuanglong's grandaunt secretly gave her instructions, and Ling Shuanglong agreed to wait and follow them.
• Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue arrived at Azure God Hall and were summoned into the hall to meet the Spirit King.

Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue met the Spirit King and presented their Bloodline Covenants, beginning preparations for the Blood Exchange Ritual. The ritual was set to take place in seven days, while the Spirit King privately reflected on her grandchildren becoming strangers.

• Ling Shuangxue and Chen Qingyu entered the Azure God Hall and met the Spirit King and the Grand Elder.
• Chen Qingyu refused to kneel, and the Grand Elder rebuked him before the Spirit King intervened.
• The Spirit King combined Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue's Bloodline Covenants to form the disc that activated the Blood Exchange Ritual.
• The Spirit King announced that preparations would begin immediately and that the ritual would take place at noon in seven days.
• After Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue left, the Grand Elder suggested the Spirit King was reluctant to lose her grandchildren, but the Spirit King denied it.

Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue attended the blood exchange ritual that would sever their blood ties and make them pure-blooded members of different lineages. As the ritual began, the Spirit King and the Spirit Clan Royal Court’s leaders watched from the Azure God Hall.

• Ling Shuangxue scolded Chen Qingyu for disrespecting the Grand Elder, and Chen Qingyu asked whether she had spent her life in the Royal Court walking on eggshells.
• Ling Shuangxue described the Spirit King as an impartial ruler, while Chen Qingyu judged her attitude neutral and resolved to reveal everything after the ritual.
• Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue spent seven peaceful days together before a female official escorted them to the ritual site on a leaf of the Ancestral Tree.
• Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue sat on opposite ritual platforms, and an elderly Spirit Race man announced the start of the blood exchange ritual.
• The Spirit King, the Grand Elder, and the Royal Court’s leaders watched the ritual begin through an azure screen in the Azure God Hall.

As the blood exchange ritual began, Ling Shuanglong watched for it to fail, confident that her grandaunt had secretly sabotaged its formation. Ling Shuangxue’s solid foundation impressed the elders, but Chen Qingyu’s astonishing five-colored spiritual radiance then covered the sky, leaving the ritual’s outcome uncertain.

• Ling Qiuxia watched the ritual uneasily while Ling Shuanglong anticipated its failure, knowing her grandaunt had subtly tampered with the formation to delay it past the Ancestral Tree’s birthday celebration.
• The blood exchange ritual began by measuring the cultivation and foundations of Ling Shuangxue and Chen Qingyu.
• Ling Shuangxue released six rings of azure spiritual radiance, and the elders praised her exceptionally solid foundation.
• Ling Shuanglong grew concerned that the elders might favor Ling Shuangxue as High Princess after the blood exchange.
• Chen Qingyu released six enormous rings of five-colored spiritual radiance that veiled the sky and shook the Spirit Clan Royal Court.

Six rings of spirit light appeared during the blood exchange ritual, revealing that Ling Qiuxia’s son was Chen Shaojun, the legendary Divine Shore Realm prodigy. Ling Shuanglong and her grandaunt realized their scheme against him had doomed them, while the Spirit Clan Royal Court faced the consequences of its discovery.

• Five-colored spirit light rose over the Spirit Clan Royal Court and stunned the people gathered in the Azure God Hall.
• Ling Shuanglong’s grandaunt claimed the ritual formation had malfunctioned because Chen Shaojun seemed to have six layers of cultivation spirit light.
• A royal court elder recognized the six rings as evidence of the Divine Shore Realm, and the elders identified the youth as Chen Shaojun.
• The Third Elder confirmed that the ritual had revealed Chen Shaojun’s true cultivation foundation and dismissed Ling Huanyu’s objection about his appearance in Divine Capital Changluo.
• Ling Shuanglong collapsed in despair, and Ling Huanyu slumped into her chair as both realized they had helped sabotage Chen Shaojun’s ritual.

After learning that Qingyu was Chen Shaojun, the Spirit Race realized he was Ling Qiuxia’s son and the Spirit King’s grandson. The royal court urged the Spirit King to halt the blood replacement ritual so their blood ties to Chen Shaojun would remain intact, and she hesitated.

• The Spirit Race figures recognized Qingyu as Chen Shaojun, leaving the Hall of Ten Thousand Trees deputy hall master, Ling Qiuxia, and the grand elder stunned by the revelation.
• The Spirit King told Ling Qiuxia she had a fine son and reassured her that her years of hardship were over.
• As the blood replacement ritual continued, the Fifth Elder urged the Spirit King to stop it because Chen Shaojun shared the Spirit Race royal bloodline.
• Dozens of Spirit Race elders and mighty figures called for the ritual to be halted, and the Spirit King frowned as she considered their demand.

The Spirit Queen and the Spirit Race's mighty figures debated whether to stop the Blood Exchange Ritual, but the Grand Elder insisted it continue. When the ritual formation failed, Ling Huanyu confessed that she had sabotaged it.

• The Spirit Queen asked the Grand Elder whether the Blood Exchange Ritual should be stopped, and the Grand Elder argued that the royal court could not break the agreement made by the holy lands.
• The Spirit Queen ordered the ritual to continue, while the gathered figures worried that their past treatment of Chen Shaojun had already damaged their chances of winning his favor.
• A formation flag cracked, the lights went out, and the Blood Exchange Ritual ground to a halt.
• The Third Elder concluded that someone had sabotaged the formation and advised suspending the ritual for an inspection.
• Ling Huanyu knelt before the Spirit Queen and admitted that she had secretly sabotaged the ritual formation.

Ling Huanyu took sole responsibility for sabotaging Ling Shuangxue’s Blood Exchange Ritual, and the Spirit King sent the third elder to invite Chen Shaojun and his elder sister to the Azure God Hall. The ritual began and exposed Chen Qingyu’s identity, but it suddenly lost power before the bloodlines could be exchanged.

• Ling Huanyu insisted that she alone had sabotaged the ritual, while the Spirit King said she would announce a punishment after Ling Shuangxue and Chen Shaojun arrived.
• The Spirit King instructed the third elder to invite Chen Shaojun and his elder sister to the Azure God Hall.
• The Blood Exchange Ritual activated, suppressing Chen Qingyu and leaving Ling Shuangxue semiconscious as the formation prepared to extract their bloodlines.
• Six vast curtains of light rose from Chen Qingyu, revealing his identity to the Spirit Race’s higher-ups.
• A great force stirred the Spirit Race bloodline within Chen Qingyu, but the ritual formation abruptly went dark and lost its power.
• The elderly man presiding over the ritual was stunned that it had failed without warning.

Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue learned that the Blood Exchange Ritual had failed for a reason unrelated to its design, and Ling Shuangxue discovered her brother was the famed Chen Shaojun. In the Azure God Hall, Chen Qingyu asked the Spirit King to explain the ritual’s failure.

• Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue woke after the Blood Exchange Ritual failed, and Ling Shuangxue realized her Spirit Race bloodline had not strengthened.
• Ling Danhe arrived, greeted Chen Qingyu as the Chen Clan’s Shaojun, and explained that the ritual had revealed his concealed identity.
• Ling Shuangxue reacted in disbelief when Chen Qingyu admitted he was indeed Chen Shaojun and apologized for hiding it from her and their mother.
• Ling Danhe brought Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue to the Azure God Hall, where the Spirit Race’s leaders rose to greet Chen Qingyu.
• The Spirit King asked why Chen Qingyu had concealed his identity, and Chen Qingyu said he had his reasons and held no grievance.
• Chen Qingyu asked the Spirit King to explain why the Blood Exchange Ritual had failed.

Chen Qingyu confronted the Spirit Clan Royal Court over Ling Huanyu sabotaging his Blood Exchange Ritual and secured a severe punishment and a promise to repeat it within seven days. After he left with Ling Qiuxia and Ling Shuangxue, the elders realized the famed Chen Shaojun was only a little over six years old.

• Chen Qingyu warned the Spirit King that the Chen Clan’s Ninth Ancestor would demand an explanation if anyone obstructed his Blood Exchange Ritual.
• The Spirit King sentenced Ling Huanyu to lose her office and noble title and spend five hundred years in the Earth Root Prison.
• The Spirit King promised to prepare another Blood Exchange Ritual within seven days and personally oversee it, while the court agreed to keep Chen Qingyu’s identity secret.
• Chen Qingyu left the Azure God Hall with Ling Qiuxia and Ling Shuangxue after asking the Spirit King’s permission to depart.
• The Spirit King and the third elder considered building a relationship with Chen Qingyu through his family ties.
• A Royal Court elder realized Chen Qingyu was only a little over six years old, shocking everyone in the hall.

Chen Qingyu revealed his true appearance and identity as Chen Shaojun to Ling Qiuxia and Ling Shuangxue, explaining why he had concealed himself. The family accepted him, but their conversation was interrupted by news that Princess Yulong was kneeling outside Rosy Radiance Palace to beg Ling Shuangxue's forgiveness.

• In Azure God Hall, the Spirit Race elders learned Chen Qingyu was only a little over six years old and realized why the Chen Clan had concealed his identity.
• At Rosy Radiance Palace, Chen Qingyu removed his mask and dispelled his disguise, showing Ling Qiuxia and Ling Shuangxue his true appearance as Chen Shaojun.
• Chen Qingyu explained that he had entered the Royal Court under another identity to see how his mother and sister were living, and confirmed that what he had told Ling Shuangxue was true.
• Ling Shuangxue struggled to accept that her little brother was the famed Number One Heavenly Prodigy, but Chen Qingyu reassured her that he was family before he was Chen Shaojun.
• An azure-armored soldier reported that Princess Yulong was kneeling outside Rosy Radiance Palace and begging Ling Shuangxue for forgiveness.