Chapter Summaries

Chen Qingyu and Zhou Chenlong entered a randomized battle over a vast sea at noon, where their different abilities gained competing advantages. After their cultivation was equalized, Chen Qingyu used wind and sand to break Zhou Chenlong’s opening attack, leaving Zhou Chenlong caught beneath the storm.

• Chen Qingyu and Zhou Chenlong agreed to randomize the battlefield and split the spectator fees, and the draw placed them above a boundless sea beneath the midday sun.
• The combat rules reduced Zhou Chenlong’s cultivation to Chen Qingyu’s Fourth Heavenly Layer of the Blood Sea Realm, surprising Zhou Chenlong and spectators including Chen Qinggu.
• When the battle began, Chen Qingyu vanished into the wind while Zhou Chenlong launched a pillar of fire at Chen Qingyu’s sandstorm.
• Chen Qingyu strengthened the sandstorm with his wind-commanding ability, shattered Zhou Chenlong’s fire pillar, and engulfed him in the storm.

Chen Qingyu tried to force Zhou Chenlong out of the sea by freezing the battlefield, but Zhou Chenlong had secretly escaped the water and ambushed him. Chen Qingyu located Zhou Chenlong and pursued him, quickly closing the distance.

• Zhou Chenlong dove beneath the sea to evade Chen Qingyu's sandstorm attack.
• Chen Qingyu used [Summoning Wind and Rain] to freeze the sea, but Zhou Chenlong remained out of sight.
• Zhou Chenlong secretly left the sea, concealed himself in the mist, and struck Chen Qingyu from behind.
• Chen Qingyu survived the ambush, used [Seeing Through Walls] to locate Zhou Chenlong, and charged after him.
• Zhou Chenlong tried to retreat, but Chen Qingyu combined [Riding Clouds and Controlling Mist] with [Summoning Wind and Rain] and rapidly caught up.

Chen Qingyu fought Zhou Chenlong, but Zhou Chenlong unleashed the Heavenly Light Illuminates the World Method and trapped him in an ever-strengthening sea of fire. With Chen Qingyu’s True Qi rapidly draining, Zhou Chenlong declared that he had lost.

• Chen Qingyu broke through Zhou Chenlong’s Heavenly Light Burning Silence technique, but Zhou Chenlong used the delay to retreat.
• Chen Qingyu and Zhou Chenlong praised each other’s strength and concealment and flight techniques before charging into battle again.
• Zhou Chenlong unleashed the Heavenly Light Illuminates the World Method, reflecting sunlight between the sky and the frozen sea to form a prison of golden light.
• The reflected pillars of light became fire, melting the ice and boiling the sea as the sun began sustaining the technique.
• Chen Qingyu held the flames at bay while his True Qi drained, and Zhou Chenlong declared that he had lost.

Chen Qingyu countered Zhou Chenlong’s Heavenly Light Illuminates the World Method by using the steam from the sea to form replenishing clouds, then concealed himself in mist and approached undetected. He struck Zhou Chenlong from behind with the Great Radiance Heaven-Suppressing Fist, declaring victory.

• Chen Qinggu and the spectators watched Zhou Chenlong’s Heavenly Light Illuminates the World Method overwhelm Chen Qingyu, and Chen Qinggu feared his younger cousin would lose.
• Chen Qingyu summoned dark clouds from the steam rising off the sea, using them to weaken and eventually break Zhou Chenlong’s sunlight-powered technique.
• Zhou Chenlong dispelled his technique and said the battle was moving to another round, but Chen Qingyu insisted it was the final round.
• Chen Qingyu concealed himself in mist, held his breath to evade Zhou Chenlong’s heat-sensing, and used Seeing Through Walls to locate him.
• As Zhou Chenlong moved toward the sea, Chen Qingyu crept behind him and punched him with the Great Radiance Heaven-Suppressing Fist.

Chen Qingyu defeated Zhou Chenlong in a prolonged fist fight and claimed first place in the Blood Sea Realm combat rankings. As the Chen Clan celebrated his rise, Chen Qingyu reflected that greater challenges still awaited beyond the Blood Sea Realm.

• Chen Qingyu used the Celestial Star Attraction Method to stay close to Zhou Chenlong and repeatedly struck him with the Great Radiance Heaven-Suppressing Fist.
• Chen Qingyu gradually overpowered Zhou Chenlong in a fight that ranged between the sky and the sea, while spectators realized Zhou Chenlong was about to lose.
• After more than a quarter of an hour, Chen Qingyu knocked Zhou Chenlong into the sea, where Zhou could no longer get up and conceded defeat before vanishing.
• The Great Void Primal Spirit awarded Chen Qingyu Great Void Points and announced that he had risen to first place in the Blood Sea Heaven Overall Combat Victory Rankings.
• The Chen Clan of Changluo celebrated Chen Qingyu as the number one cultivator in the Blood Sea Realm, while Chen Qinggu reflected on his sudden rise to the summit.

After defeating Zhou Chenlong, Chen Qingyu shared a drink with him and learned why he had remained in the Blood Sea Realm to challenge the War God Tower’s ninth floor. Zhou Chenlong planned to break through to the Golden Bridge Realm, while Chen Qingyu learned that clearing the ninth floor could earn a mysterious reward and qualify someone to challenge the Immortal Altar.

• Chen Qingyu and Zhou Chenlong slipped away from the crowds and went to the Moon-Gaining Tower for a drink.
• Zhou Chenlong admitted that losing to Chen Qingyu relieved him of the burden of being number one under heaven, and he resolved to enter seclusion and break through to the Golden Bridge Realm.
• Chen Qinggu joined them, and Chen Qingyu asked why Zhou Chenlong had been so determined to challenge the War God Tower’s ninth floor.
• Zhou Chenlong explained that the ninth floor was the War God Tower’s final floor in Blood Sea Heaven and that clearing it could bring a special reward from the Great Void Primal Spirit.
• Chen Qinggu asked whether Zhou Chenlong’s goal was tied to the Immortal Altar, and Zhou Chenlong confirmed that clearing the ninth floor was considered necessary to qualify for it.

Chen Qingyu learned that the [Immortal Altar] preserved projections of history’s strongest Golden Bridge Realm prodigies and that clearing the ninth floor of the [War God Tower] was a prerequisite to contend for it. After Chen Qingyu became first in the Blood Sea Realm, Chen Zhengxing revealed that he had cleared the ninth floor more than three hundred years earlier by killing ten thousand opponents, leaving Chen Qingyu stunned.

• Zhou Chenlong explained that the [Immortal Altar] held projections of ten peerless Golden Bridge Realm prodigies and that the ninth floor of the [War God Tower] was extraordinarily difficult to clear.
• Zhou Chenlong told Chen Qingyu that more than twenty people had cleared the ninth floor across over a hundred thousand years, including a Chen Clan member just over three hundred years earlier.
• After Zhou Chenlong departed, Chen Qinggu left to investigate the old feat while Chen Qingyu went to the [Martial Practice Hall] to train.
• News spread across the Desolate Continent that Chen Shaojun had defeated Zhou Chenlong and become first in the world in the Blood Sea Realm.
• Chen Zhengxing admitted to Chen Qingyu that he had cleared the ninth floor by throwing ten thousand punches and killing ten thousand opponents, then teased his shocked son.

Chen Qingyu spent ten days training and preparing to clear the ninth floor of the War God Tower, while the Chen Clan searched in vain for the identity of the famous Chen Shaojun. After his final check-in at the Floating Heavenly Palace strengthened his Flying Sand and Moving Stones ability, Chen Qingyu prepared to challenge the tower before advancing to the Golden Bridge Realm.

• Chen Qingyu asked Chen Zhengxing about the special reward for clearing the ninth floor, but Chen Zhengxing kept its details secret.
• Chen Qingyu trained daily while the Chen Clan searched Divine Capital Changluo for Chen Shaojun and failed to discover that he was Chen Qingyu.
• Ten days later, Chen Qingyu reached the perfected Ninth Heaven of the Blood Sea Realm and made his final check-in at the Floating Heavenly Palace.
• The check-in strengthened Chen Qingyu's control and use of Flying Sand and Moving Stones.
• Chen Qingyu assessed his greatly increased strength and decided he was ready to challenge the ninth floor of the War God Tower.

Chen Qingyu entered the War God Tower to challenge its ninth floor, where ten thousand supreme heavenly prides attacked him at once. Their combined assault left him unharmed, and he began his counterattack with a dark-yellow sandstorm.

• Chen Qingyu concealed himself and entered the War God Tower, choosing to challenge the ninth floor with spectator access disabled.
• Ten thousand opponents appeared and unleashed a combined attack on Chen Qingyu.
• The attack destroyed Chen Qingyu's clothes but left his body completely unharmed.
• Chen Qingyu mocked the opponents' ineffective attack and summoned a dark-yellow sandstorm.

Chen Qingyu cleared the ninth floor of the War God Tower, earned its rewards, and learned he ranked twelfth in Blood Sea Heaven’s historical standings. His feat was announced throughout Blood Sea Heaven, where martial artists were stunned and began calling him a myth.

• Chen Qingyu used his enhanced Flying Sand and Moving Stones to fill the ninth floor with a sandstorm and kill the gathered prodigies.
• Chen Qingyu cleared the ninth floor, received two million Great Void Points and an exclusive reward for Golden Bridge Heaven, and placed twelfth in the historical War God Rankings.
• Chen Qingyu left the tower after activating Standing Upright Without a Shadow.
• The War God Tower announced across Blood Sea Heaven that Chen Shaojun of Divine Capital Changluo had cleared the ninth floor and reached its summit.
• Blood Sea Realm martial artists erupted in shock, and a young man admitted he had been wrong to think Chen Shaojun’s legend was over.

Zhou Chenlong learned that Chen Shaojun had cleared the ninth floor of the War God Tower, surpassing his own achievement. In the Divine Capital, Chen Qinggu heard that an investigation had identified their cousin Chen Qingshou as the likely identity behind Chen Shaojun.

• Zhou Chenlong consolidated his cultivation, entered Golden Bridge Heaven, and cleared the first eight floors of the War God Tower.
• Zhou Chenlong's father told him that Chen Shaojun had cleared the ninth floor of the War God Tower in Blood Sea Heaven, and Zhou Chenlong admitted Chen Shaojun was stronger.
• Chen Qinggu discussed Chen Shaojun's rapid rise with his Second Brother, who urged him to advance to the Golden Bridge Realm.
• Chen Qinggu's Second Brother revealed that investigators were seventy percent certain Chen Qingshou was Chen Shaojun.
• Chen Qinggu objected, but his Second Brother explained that Chen Qingshou's status, cultivation method, martial techniques, and disappearance from the Supreme Void Dao Realm matched Chen Shaojun.

Chen Qingyu broke through to the Golden Bridge Realm and entered the Supreme Void Dao Realm, where his name vanished from the Blood Sea rankings. The chapter left the onlookers stunned as Chang Qianjiao took his place at the top.

• Chen Qinggu learned that Chen Qingshou was close to the Golden Bridge Realm and realized he was Chen Shaojun.
• Chen Qingyu used his enhanced cultivation technique to break through the Blood Sea Realm and form the first section of his Martial Dao Golden Bridge.
• Chen Qingyu recognized that his vast foundation would make completing his golden bridge difficult but would give him extraordinary strength.
• Chen Qingyu entered the Supreme Void Dao Realm and expected to receive a reward for qualifying for Golden Bridge Heaven.
• Chen Shaojun's name disappeared from the Blood Sea rankings, and Chang Qianjiao automatically became the top-ranked cultivator.

Chen Qingyu advanced to Golden Bridge Heaven, shocking the Desolate Continent as people debated whether he had broken through or died. There, the Great Void Primal Spirit granted him an exclusive reward: scriptures and diagrams linked to a mysterious secret art, with another reward promised if he comprehended its mysteries.

• People in Divine Capital Changluo saw Chen Shaojun disappear from the Blood Sea Heaven rankings and concluded he had likely advanced to the Golden Bridge Realm.
• News of Chen Shaojun's disappearance spread across the Desolate Continent, stirring speculation about his breakthrough or possible death.
• Chen Qingyu arrived in Golden Bridge Heaven and learned that its cities now included the Immortal Altar, which could be challenged after reaching the War God Tower's highest floor.
• The Great Void Primal Spirit showed Chen Qingyu a vision of two towering figures, one of whom summoned eight identical figures as starlight shook the heavens.
• Chen Qingyu received scriptures and diagrams as his exclusive special reward, and the Great Void Primal Spirit told him that comprehending their mysteries would earn an additional reward.

Chen Qingyu sought help understanding a mysterious avatar-cultivation secret art, then learned the Taihuang Wu Clan was sending its princess to meet him. The chapter ended with Chen Zhengxing admitting he had once been engaged before breaking off the engagement.

• Chen Qingyu realized the secret art from the Great Void Primal Spirit might belong to the Chen Clan and left the Supreme Void Dao Realm to seek guidance.
• Chen Zhengxing recognized the art as unfamiliar and told Chen Qingyu to ask the Ninth Ancestor for help.
• Chen Zhengxing told Chen Qingyu that a princess of the Taihuang Wu Clan would arrive to meet and tour the Divine Capital with him.
• Chen Qingyu protested that he was only six and refused the proposed matchmaking, but Chen Zhengxing explained the princess was a prodigy and the clans hoped to arrange an engagement.
• Chen Zhengxing reassured Chen Qingyu that cultivators married late and revealed he had broken off an earlier engagement after meeting Chen Qingyu's mother.

Chen Qingyu learned how his father once broke off an engagement by defeating the Liangshan Wang Clan’s younger generation, but the Ninth Ancestor refused to cancel Chen Qingyu’s own matchmaking date. He told Chen Qingyu the match with Wu Su'e was tied to the secret art One Star, Nine Luminaries, and she would arrive in Divine Capital Changluo the next day.

• Chen Zhengxing recounted how he challenged and defeated the Liangshan Wang Clan’s younger generation until his fiancée publicly tore up their marriage contract.
• Chen Qingyu objected to marrying the eighteen-year-old Wu Clan princess, then flew to the Floating Heavenly Palace to ask the Ninth Ancestor to stop the matchmaking date.
• The Ninth Ancestor revealed that he had ordered the match and said the Wu Clan princess was an ideal partner for Chen Qingyu.
• The Ninth Ancestor explained that One Star, Nine Luminaries was created by a Chen Clan ancestor and had close ties to the Taihuang Wu Clan.
• The Ninth Ancestor identified the princess as Wu Su'e and said she would arrive in Divine Capital Changluo the next day.

Chen Qingyu checked in at the Floating Heavenly Palace, then went to the teleportation altar where the Taihuang Wu Clan princess was due to arrive. There, Chen Qingshou embraced his mistaken identity as Chen Shaojun and planned to take his place, while the teleportation array activated.

• Chen Qingyu checked in at the Floating Heavenly Palace and received a moderate enhancement to his Flying Sand and Moving Stones divine ability.
• Chen Qingyu left for the teleportation altar where the Ninth Ancestor said the Taihuang Wu Clan princess would arrive.
• Chen Qingshou told Chen Qingju and the others that an ancestor had confirmed the princess's arrival and let them believe she was coming to form a marriage alliance with him.
• Chen Qingshou decided to keep impersonating Chen Shaojun and seize the benefits, status, and potential marriage alliance for himself.
• The teleportation array lit up, and the gathered crowd watched for the princess's arrival.

Chen Qingyu arrived at the teleportation array and exposed Chen Qingshou as a possible impostor, but Chen Qingju rejected the revelation and accused Chen Qingyu of impersonating the Chen Clan's young lord. The crowd and the veiled princess were left uncertain about which man was the real Chen Shaojun.

• The veiled princess told Chen Qingshou that he was not Chen Shaojun, while Chen Qingju and the others insisted that he was.
• Chen Qingyu descended on an auspicious cloud, mocked Chen Qingshou, and used his jade thumb ring to clear the crowd's confusion.
• Chen Qingju recognized Chen Qingyu as Chen Shaojun, and the crowd noticed his resemblance to the portraits and his signature technique.
• Chen Qingshou challenged Chen Qingyu's identity, and the crowd wondered which man was genuine.
• Chen Qingju accused Chen Qingyu of being an impostor and cited Chen Qingshou's recent breakthrough to the Golden Bridge Realm as proof.

Chen Qingyu exposed the impostor Chen Qingshou by effortlessly suppressing him before a crowd, then left with Miss Wu. The humiliated crowd turned on Chen Qingshou and beat him.

• Chen Qingju and the others accused Chen Qingyu of impersonating Chen Shaojun, but he demonstrated his identity by crushing Chen Qingshou beneath his Star True Qi.
• Chen Qingyu mocked Chen Qingshou’s unstable foundation and poor cultivation before inviting Miss Wu to talk elsewhere.
• Chen Qingyu departed on an auspicious cloud with Miss Wu and her two maidservants, leaving Chen Qingju and the others regretting their mistake.
• Chen Qingshou cursed Chen Qingyu after being released, but Chen Qingju and the crowd confronted him over his deception and the gifts he had taken.
• The furious crowd surged forward and brutally beat Chen Qingshou as he tried to escape.

Chen Qingyu exposed Wu Su'e’s disguise and learned she had come to the Divine Capital Changluo to visit the Chen Clan’s Great Yin Grotto. Wu Su'e said the clan’s leaders already knew about her important business there, but Chen Qingyu did not know why they had kept it from him.

• Chen Qingyu recognized the blue-robed maid as Wu Su'e because her powerful True Qi gave away her disguise.
• Wu Su'e revealed her face, teased Chen Qingyu, and said she had come for a matchmaking meeting with him.
• Wu Su'e asked Chen Qingyu to take her to the Great Yin Grotto, and he warned her that it was a dangerous, heavily guarded site.
• Wu Su'e said she had important business at the Great Yin Grotto and had already informed the Chen Clan’s higher-ups.
• Chen Qingyu asked why no one had told him, and Wu Su'e said she had a guess based on his identity.

Chen Qingyu took Wu Su'e on a tour of Divine Capital Changluo before learning she had come to retrieve a Dragon Qi secret treasure from an ancestor buried in the Chen Clan’s Great Yin Grotto. They reached the grotto, but its guardian refused to let them enter without authorization.

• Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e discussed the powerful Xu Yuanxian and the cultivation traditions of their clans as they traveled around Divine Capital Changluo.
• Wu Su'e explained that a great-grandaunt of hers had married into the Chen Clan and that the Dragon Qi secret treasure formed after her death could aid Wu Su'e's cultivation.
• Chen Qingyu hurried Wu Su'e to the Great Yin Grotto, where an elderly guardian barred entry without a decree from the clan leader or a supreme elder.