Chapter Summaries

Chen Qingyu drew the Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword from Sword Mountain, revealing that the Wang Clan’s long-awaited clan-guarding weapon had recognized him as its master. The Wang Clan patriarch and elders tried to stop him from taking it, but Chen argued that their promise to let him choose a flying sword meant it was his, leaving the clan leaders trapped between honoring their word and losing the weapon.

• Chen Qingyu noticed that the Wang Clan’s assembled cultivators were staring at the golden flying sword in his hand.
• The Wang Clan elders recognized the sword as the Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword, one of their founding ancestor Wang Jue’s two bonded weapons, long buried on Sword Mountain.
• The Wang Clan patriarch and cultivators rushed down to stop Chen Qingyu from taking the sword, realizing it had acknowledged an outsider as its master.
• Chen Qingyu claimed the sword belonged to him and reminded the Wang Clan that they had promised he could choose a flying sword from Sword Mountain.
• The Wang Clan patriarch could not refute Chen Qingyu’s argument, and the clan’s leaders were left unable to decide how to prevent him from taking their divine weapon.

Chen Shaojun kept the Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword after the Wang Clan failed to prove he had cheated or call the sword back. The Wang Clan’s supreme elder arrived on Sword Mountain and began speaking with him.

• The Wang Clan patriarch accused Chen Shaojun of cheating to draw out the Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword, but could not explain how or provide evidence.
• Chen Qingyu released the sword and challenged the Wang Clan to summon it back, and the patriarch performed the clan’s ritual.
• The Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword ignored the Wang Clan and affectionately circled Chen Qingyu when he nudged its blade.
• A vast sword light descended onto Sword Mountain, bringing the Wang Clan’s bald supreme elder to the summit.
• The Wang Clan members greeted the supreme elder, who acknowledged Chen Shaojun’s reputation and began speaking with him.

Chen Qingyu rejected the Wang Clan ancestor’s offer to buy back the Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword, but the ancestor challenged him to a wagered duel. Chen Qingyu reconsidered after hearing the stake would be a treasure left by Saint King Chenliu.

• The balding old man offered Chen Qingyu treasures and territory in exchange for the Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword, but Chen Qingyu refused.
• The Yin-Inscribed Dharma Sword emerged from the balding old man’s sleeve and joined the Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword beside Chen Qingyu before its owner called it back.
• The balding old man challenged Chen Qingyu to a wagered duel, with the Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword at stake.
• Chen Qingyu initially declined, but the balding old man offered a treasure left by Saint King Chenliu, prompting Chen Qingyu to reconsider.

Chen Qingyu accepted the Wang Clan’s sword duel for the Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword and learned that it would take place on the Divine Qi Cliff Platform, where contestants fought using equal flying swords and only a sliver of soul intent. With two hours to prepare, he asked Wang Pojun to explain the platform’s rules and cautions.

• Chen Qingyu agreed to wager the Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword in a sword duel against the Wang Clan.
• The balding elder ordered the Wang Clan patriarch to prepare the Divine Qi Cliff Platform and gave Chen Qingyu two hours to get ready.
• Chen Qingyu went to Wang Pojun, who explained that the platform made contestants fight solely through soul intent and identical flying swords.
• Chen Qingyu sat down with Wang Pojun to hear the platform’s rules before the duel began.

Chen Qingyu faced the Liangshan Wang Clan on the Divine Qi Cliff Platform, where the first duel ended with Wang Haoqi’s flying sword shattered in a single clash. Chen Qingyu called for his next opponent as the Wang Clan watched in shock.

• The balding elder explained that the wager stood even if Chen Shaojun cheated on the Divine Qi Cliff Platform, and the Wang Clan patriarch agreed to summon him.
• The Divine Qi Cliff Platform descended, and Chen Qingyu took his seat as the Wang Clan announced Wang Haoqi as the first duelist.
• Chen Qingyu secretly attached a wisp of the Nine Hells Heavenly Punishment Sword’s sword soul power to his intent as the platform’s formation activated.
• Wang Haoqi’s flying sword collided with Chen Qingyu’s and broke in the first exchange, leaving Wang Haoqi defeated.
• Chen Qingyu laughed and asked who would duel him next, while the Wang Clan disciples and elders reacted with shock.

Chen Qingyu defeated Wang Haoqi, Wang Haotong, and three more Wang Clan sword cultivators in succession, revealing that his flying sword’s power kept increasing during each duel. The Wang Clan’s strongest Heavenly Impulse Realm duelist, Wang Guiming, also fell, leaving the clan silent.

• The Wang Clan patriarch ordered Wang Haotong to challenge Chen Qingyu after Wang Haoqi’s flying sword was shattered.
• Wang Haotong used winding, indirect swordsmanship to redirect Chen Qingyu’s attacks, but Chen Qingyu increased his flying sword’s power until hers broke.
• A Heavenly Impulse Realm Wang Clan sword cultivator lasted five instants before Chen Qingyu shattered his flying sword.
• Two more Heavenly Impulse Realm challengers, including Wang Guiming, lost to Chen Qingyu in quick succession.
• Wang Guiming, the Wang Clan’s reputed king of sword duels, was defeated after eight instants, and the gathered Wang Clan disciples and elders fell silent.

Chen Shaojun faced the Wang Clan patriarch in a duel over the Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword after the clan’s other sword cultivators were defeated. The patriarch’s flying sword shattered almost immediately, leaving the Wang Clan’s claim to the sword in jeopardy.

• The balding elder ordered the Wang Clan patriarch to challenge Chen Shaojun and told him to destroy Chen’s flying sword within three breaths.
• The Wang Clan patriarch accepted the challenge, and Chen Shaojun agreed to duel him.
• The Wang Clan patriarch and Chen Shaojun launched their flying swords and clashed with their full strength.
• Chen Shaojun’s Nine Hells Heavenly Punishment Sword surged in power against its stronger opponent, then shattered the Wang Clan patriarch’s flying sword.

Chen Qingyu defeated the Wang Clan leader in the sword contest, claimed the Yang-Engraved Flying Sword and a mysterious token, then enhanced his Heaven-Collapsing Finger at the Summit of Liangshan. He learned that the divine ability defied heaven’s laws and annihilated all things, and wondered why Great Emperor Ziwei had created it.

• Chen Qingyu defeated the Wang Clan leader, and the balding old man ended the contest and gave him a mysterious token left by Saint King Chenliu.
• The balding old man surrendered Wang Jue’s Yang-Engraved Flying Sword, whose sword soul was taken over by the Nine Hells Heavenly Punishment Sword.
• Chen Qingyu stayed at Liangshan, explored the sword soul’s power with Wang Pojun, and news of his victory spread across Central Heaven Prefecture.
• At the Summit of Liangshan, Chen Qingyu checked in and greatly enhanced his control, comprehension, and application of Heaven-Collapsing Finger.
• Chen Qingyu realized Heaven-Collapsing Finger defied heaven’s laws and annihilated all things, then wondered why Great Emperor Ziwei had created it.

On Liangshan, Chen Qingyu studied the power of Heaven-Collapsing Finger and entered sudden enlightenment. He decided to make myriad calamities his path, anchoring and unifying his Doomsday Heavenly Calamity with a tribulation of Heaven.

• Chen Qingyu reasoned that Great Emperor Ziwei created Heaven-Collapsing Finger to defy the limits of his position and found the divine ability powerful enough to give him confidence against Divine Treasure Realm cultivators.
• Chen Qingyu contemplated how to unify his many powers into a pure and simple path, and Wang Pojun recognized his sudden enlightenment and guarded him.
• Chen Qingyu realized he could integrate Heaven-Collapsing Finger into Doomsday Heavenly Calamity as a tribulation of Heaven.
• Chen Qingyu established myriad calamities as his future path and saw Doomsday Heavenly Calamity as a framework into which he could incorporate other arts.

Chen Qingyu left Liangshan after struggling to merge [Heaven-Collapsing Finger] into Doomsday Heavenly Calamity, then returned to the Divine Capital and told the Ninth Ancestor about his gains. He showed the ancestor a dark metal token left by Saint King Chenliu.

• Chen Qingyu and Wang Pojun left the Summit of Liangshan after Chen Qingyu spent days trying to develop Doomsday Heavenly Calamity.
• Chen Qingyu told Wang Pojun he was leaving Liangshan, and they said farewell at the Wang Clan Sword Gate.
• Chen Qingyu traveled through the Heaven-Reaching Sword Domain and the Ancient Kingdom of Hanhai, then returned to the Divine Capital.
• Chen Qingyu visited the Ninth Ancestor, who praised his growing reputation and noticed his strength had increased.
• Chen Qingyu said he had obtained Wang Jue's lifebound flying sword and a treasure left by Saint King Chenliu, then showed the Ninth Ancestor the metal token.

Chen Qingyu learned that the black token he had obtained was a lost treasure of Saint King Chenliu and a key to an earth-shaking opportunity, though its matching map remained missing. The Ninth Ancestor told him to seek the map and then take up his post in Central Capital Yangchuan, while Chen Qingyu prepared to visit a valley near Western Capital Ligu first.

• The Ninth Ancestor recognized Chen Qingyu's black token as a treasure left by Saint King Chenliu and explained that it had been lost during the ancient kingdom's collapse.
• The Ninth Ancestor said the token was one of Chen Clan's most important lost treasures and required a missing map to reveal its opportunity.
• Chen Qingyu wondered whether the Liangshan Wang Clan had the map, but the Ninth Ancestor thought that unlikely and urged him to search for it.
• The Ninth Ancestor asked when Chen Qingyu would take up his post in Central Capital Yangchuan, and Chen Qingyu said he still had to visit a valley near Western Capital Ligu.
• The Ninth Ancestor let Chen Qingyu leave, reserved his inspecting envoy position, and warned him to stay within Central Heaven Prefecture because of the Sage Evolution Palace and hostile sacred lands.

Chen Qingyu visited Divine Punishment Valley and discovered that its valuable ore resembled the material of the mysterious token he had obtained. He entered the crater to check in and search for traces of the ancient meteor, leaving the token’s origins unresolved.

• Chen Qingyu traveled from Western Capital Ligu to Divine Punishment Valley, a vast crater formed by a meteor in the primordial era.
• Chen Qingyu learned from a local that people mined Divine Punishment Refined Iron ore scattered through the crater.
• Chen Qingyu bought a piece of the ore and suspected it might be related to the material used to forge his mysterious token.
• Chen Qingyu decided to enter the crater, search for meteor fragments, and check in from within it.
• Chen Qingyu landed on a hilltop in the crater and called out to the system to check in.

Chen Qingyu signed in at Divine Punishment Valley and gained Zhurong’s Ancestral Witch of Fire talent, which connected with his lightning power and gave him hope of reshaping Doomsday Heavenly Calamity. On his second sign-in, he obtained the Crimson Smoke Colt, a fire-attribute divine beast once raised by Luo Xuan.

• Chen Qingyu received Zhurong’s fire talent and discovered he could conjure and command flames without a medium.
• Chen Qingyu explored how his fire and lightning talents could convert into and strengthen each other, and planned to use fire calamity to reshape Doomsday Heavenly Calamity.
• Chen Qingyu entered the Supreme Void Dao Realm to practice his spiritual arts, then signed in again at Divine Punishment Valley the next day.
• Chen Qingyu obtained the Crimson Smoke Colt and learned that the divine beast could fly through smoke, conceal itself, and grow stronger alongside a master who cultivated fire arts.

Chen Qingyu received the primordial Golden Crow Flame at Divine Punishment Valley and realized the check-in rewards might extend beyond three prizes. Meanwhile, a white-robed man arrived at the Liangshan Wang Clan with the final fifth of the Heavenly Sword Saint King's inheritance and demanded to be welcomed up the mountain.

• Chen Qingyu summoned the Crimson Smoke Colt, named it Crimson Flame, and sent it flying off to hunt for fire Qi and smoke.
• Chen Qingyu checked in at Divine Punishment Valley and obtained the primordial Golden Crow Flame, which he drew into his body.
• Chen Qingyu considered using the Golden Crow Flame to strengthen his Doomsday Heavenly Calamity and feed Crimson Flame, then suspected the valley had more than three rewards.
• A white-robed man arrived at the Liangshan Sword Gate and told the Wang Clan sword cultivators that he possessed the final fifth of the Heavenly Sword Saint King's inheritance.
• The white-robed man demanded that the Wang Clan open the mountain gates and personally welcome him up the mountain if they wanted the inheritance.

The Wang Clan learned that the white-robed man at the Sword Gate possessed the final portion of the Heavenly Sword Saint King’s legacy. After Divine Will Returns to Me warned the Supreme Elder that attacking him would bring disaster upon the clan, Wang Gaohe personally led the clan out to welcome him.

• The white-robed man told the Sword Gate guards that he possessed the final fifth of the Heavenly Sword Saint King’s legacy, and a guard hurried to inform the Wang Clan’s leaders.
• The Wang Clan elders debated whether the man was telling the truth until the Supreme Elder confirmed that he truly possessed the legacy.
• The patriarch urged the Supreme Elder to capture the man, but the Supreme Elder said Divine Will Returns to Me had warned that attacking him would bring calamity upon the Wang Clan.
• The Supreme Elder ordered the clan to prepare a grand welcome and said he would ask the white-robed man what conditions he had for surrendering the legacy.
• Wang Gaohe led the patriarch, elders, and over a hundred cultivators out through the opened Sword Gate to welcome the white-robed man.

A mysterious white-robed man named Bai challenged the Liangshan Wang Clan for the final portion of the Heavenly Sword Saint King's legacy, defeating their sword cultivators and supreme elder. With no one in the clan able to stop him, the Wang Clan decided to fetch Chen Shaojun and find a way to make him temporarily part of their clan.

• Bai told the Liangshan Wang Clan he would hand over the legacy if one of their prodigies defeated him, and the clan chose magical combat first.
• Bai defeated a series of Wang Clan sword cultivators, including a peak Heavenly Impulse Realm exalted lord, each with a single strike.
• The Wang Clan switched to swordsmanship, but Bai broke the balding elder's flying sword and declared the clan unworthy of the legacy.
• The balding elder told the Wang Clan patriarch to go to the Divine Capital and ask Chen Shaojun for help.
• The balding elder suggested they find a way to make Chen Shaojun temporarily a member of the Wang Clan.

Chen Qingyu obtained the Heaven-Burning Art at Divine Punishment Valley, but learned that his next sign-in location, Emperor Yuan Palace, might be impossible for him to enter. The Wang Clan patriarch then sought his help in recovering the Heavenly Sword Saint King's legacy, proposing that Chen Qingyu marry into the Wang Clan so he could challenge the man guarding it.

• Chen Qingyu signed in at Divine Punishment Valley for the fourth time and received the Heaven-Burning Art, a cultivation art focused on burning annihilation and extinction.
• The system declared Divine Punishment Valley's prize pool exhausted and unlocked Emperor Yuan Palace as Chen Qingyu's next sign-in location.
• Chen Yuande and the Wang Clan patriarch arrived, and the patriarch asked Chen Qingyu to help his clan reclaim the remaining portion of the Heavenly Sword Saint King's legacy.
• Chen Qingyu said he could not intervene because the white-robed man required a challenger from the Wang Clan, not someone with the surname Chen.
• The Wang Clan patriarch proposed that Chen Qingyu become engaged to a direct-line Wang Clan woman and marry into Liangshan so he could take part.

Chen Qingyu learned that the Wang Clan offered him a map and a rare divine pill in exchange for posing as their live-in son-in-law, and the Ninth Ancestor urged him to accept. He agreed to go to Liangshan but warned that the mysterious white-robed man might be connected to the Sage Evolution Palace and a plot involving the Heavenly Sword Saint King's legacy.

• Chen Qingyu angrily refused the Wang Clan patriarch's request for him to become a live-in son-in-law.
• Chen Yuande revealed that the Ninth Ancestor supported the arrangement and gave Chen Qingyu a starlit jade pendant.
• The Ninth Ancestor explained that the Wang Clan possessed a hidden map and offered a Thirteen Golden Grain Pill that could greatly increase cultivation.
• Chen Qingyu agreed to go to Liangshan, accepting that the live-in son-in-law title would only be temporary.
• Chen Qingyu warned the Ninth Ancestor that the white-robed man's mysterious identity and the newly revealed legacy might signal a Sage Evolution Palace scheme.

Chen Qingyu agreed to help the Wang Clan and became its live-in son-in-law so he could challenge the mysterious white-robed swordsman. The white-robed man accepted Chen Qingyu’s challenge, and the two prepared to fight.

• The Ninth Ancestor warned Chen Qingyu to be cautious, and Chen Qingyu agreed to help the Wang Clan as its live-in son-in-law.
• The Wang Clan patriarch brought Chen Qingyu back to Liangshan, where the white-robed man’s dominance had left the Wang Clan disciples demoralized.
• The Wang Clan completed the marriage formalities, making Chen Qingyu its live-in son-in-law before he had even met the white-robed man.
• The Wang Clan patriarch announced that the clan wished to continue the challenge, and Chen Qingyu volunteered to fight.
• The white-robed man questioned Chen Qingyu’s right to represent the Wang Clan, then accepted his challenge.

Chen Qingyu fought the white-robed challenger, whose pure Innate Divine Ability let him occupy a higher spatial dimension and evade attacks while forcing opponents to face his sword strikes. Chen Qingyu recognized the ability’s spatial power and prepared to test himself against an opponent worthy of his strength.

• The Wang Clan patriarch warned Chen Qingyu that the white-robed man’s Innate Divine Ability made him invincible below the Divine Treasure Realm, and the duel began.
• Chen Qingyu opened with a powerful fist aimed at the white-robed man, but it passed through him like a reflection.
• The white-robed man explained that his pure and simple Innate Divine Ability touched the mysteries of space, then slashed at Chen Qingyu with a blow that seemed impossible to evade.
• Chen Qingyu used Standing Upright Without a Shadow to let the sword light pass through him, surprising the white-robed man.
• Chen Qingyu deduced how the man’s spatial ability worked and acknowledged him as a formidable opponent.