Chapter Summaries

Dai Changsheng defeated Zhang Lingyu in the first elimination round, revealing powerful Tai Chi techniques and rising to fame among the younger generation. After secretly learning techniques at other matches, he headed to the next day's arena with Wang Ye as the tournament continued.

• Feng Xingtong chose to watch Feng Baobao's quick victory before rushing with Zhang Chulan and the others to Dai Changsheng's match against Zhang Lingyu.
• Dai Changsheng shattered Zhang Lingyu's Golden Light Charm and deflected his Yin Five Thunders with Tai Chi techniques.
• Dai Changsheng compressed Zhang Lingyu's Water Taint Thunder, struck him with it, and knocked him unconscious with a slap, winning the match.
• Feng Baobao said Dai Changsheng would be difficult to handle, and Zhang Chulan hoped they would not meet him before the finals.
• Dai Changsheng watched the remaining matches and secretly learned several sect techniques before the first round ended with thirty-two contestants advancing.
• The next morning, Dai Changsheng went to the back mountain arena with Wang Ye, where spectators greeted him.

Dai Changsheng effortlessly defeated Jia Zhengliang, then watched Xiao Xiao and Huang Ming fight and learned their soul-related techniques. That night, he joined Lu Linglong’s bonfire party, where Feng Shayan was pushed to get him drunk, but the chapter ended with her drinking against Feng Baobao instead.

• Dai Changsheng defeated Jia Zhengliang in one move, drawing the crowd’s admiration and leaving Feng Shayan doubtful she could match him.
• Dai Changsheng watched Xiao Xiao defeat Huang Ming and learned Breath Condensation and Quanzhen Inner Elixir Cultivation.
• Dai Changsheng accepted Lu Linglong and the others’ invitation to the bonfire party, knowing they hoped Zhang Chulan would reveal his Vermilion Bird Seal.
• Feng Zhenghao sent Feng Shayan to the party hoping she would get Dai Changsheng drunk and secure a marriage match.
• Feng Shayan, flushed from drinking, challenged Feng Baobao to a drinking contest while Dai Changsheng asked Feng Xingtong if his sister would be all right.

Dai Changsheng defeated Feng Shayan at the Luotian Grand Ceremony while Zhou Sheng reflected on Wang Ye’s exposed Feng Hou Qi Men and the Wudang Sect’s losses. After the later matches, the Old Heavenly Master summoned Dai Changsheng and asked whether he had come to claim the Position of Heavenly Master; Dai Changsheng denied it and affirmed his loyalty to Wudang.

• Dai Changsheng recorded Zhang Chulan’s drunken antics, and Zhang Chulan learned the next morning that he had been caught in Lu Linglong and Zhi Jinhua’s drinking trap.
• Dai Changsheng defeated Feng Shayan by pulling her out of her Space Shuttle attack, while Zhang Chulan beat Tang Wenlong and Wang Ye demonstrated Feng Hou Qi Men.
• Zhou Sheng judged that Wang Ye had only grasped a fraction of Feng Hou Qi Men and decided to secretly offer him a hint, while he took comfort in Dai Changsheng’s strength.
• Wang Bing defeated Feng Xingtong using Spirit Controlling General and the Spirit Serving Method, but Feng Shayan intervened in time to save Feng Xingtong and preserve Wang Zizhong’s soul.
• The Old Heavenly Master asked Dai Changsheng whether he sought the Position of Heavenly Master, and Dai Changsheng said he would never leave the Wudang Sect or betray Daoist Yunlong.

Dai Changsheng won the Luotian Grand Ceremony, chose the Tongtian Talisman, and helped draw Quanxing evildoers into a trap on Dragon Tiger Mountain. He pursued a man carrying the Filial Son Banner and revealed that he could summon the spirits inside it.

• Dai Changsheng defeated Zhang Chulan in the championship match after copying his Yang Five Thunders and fending off his lightning attacks with Tai Chi fist force.
• Dai Changsheng chose the Tongtian Talisman instead of the Position of Heavenly Master, and the Old Heavenly Master offered the position to Zhang Chulan.
• Dai Changsheng went to the back mountain, where a Quanxing youth ambushed him, and Lu Jin and the Lu Family revealed their trap for Yuan Tao's group.
• Dai Changsheng chased the man carrying the Filial Son Banner while Lu Linglong and the others pursued the other Quanxing fiends.
• Dai Changsheng summoned the spirits out of the Filial Son Banner and gathered them into small black spheres in his palm.

Dai Changsheng used his sparrow disguise to watch Feng Baobao get lured into an ambush, then confronted Xia Liuqing and Baron to acquire their techniques. While Gong Qing moved against Tian Jinzhong and Lu Jin fought the Four Maniacs, Dai Changsheng left the forest and spotted Lu Linglong struggling against Quanxing.

• Dai Changsheng captured the bamboo-hatted man's soul with Breath Condensation and Spirit Controlling General, then waited near Feng Baobao in sparrow form.
• Yu Huadu disguised as Zhang Chulan and lured Feng Baobao through the woods to Xia Liuqing and Baron, where Baron defeated her and she fled.
• Dai Changsheng confronted Xia Liuqing and Baron, secretly learned the Divine Mask and Six Treasuries Immortal Thief, then sent them fleeing.
• Lu Jin's rampage distracted the Old Heavenly Master while Gong Qing prepared to question Tian Jinzhong, unaware that Wang Ye and Zhou Sheng were protecting him.
• Dai Changsheng flew away as a sparrow and found Lu Linglong struggling after Tu Junfang defeated the other young Lu Family members.

Dai Changsheng used the Tongtian Talisman to rescue Lu Linglong and the other Lu Family juniors from Tu Junfang’s ambush, then reunited with Lu Jin and the Old Heavenly Master. After Dai Changsheng asked Lu Jin to teach him Triple Reversal of Life, Lu Jin agreed.

• Dai Changsheng arrived as Lu Linglong and the others were trapped, shielding them with golden talismans and killing the Quanxing members with a cyan dragon of wind blades; Tu Junfang escaped.
• Dai Changsheng healed Lu Linglong’s group, then led them to support Lu Jin and found him standing over the apparently dead Old Heavenly Master.
• Lu Jin realized the Old Heavenly Master was alive and complained that he had been frightened, while Dai Changsheng healed the Old Heavenly Master’s chest wound with a Rejuvenation Talisman.
• Lu Linglong told Lu Jin how Tu Junfang had ambushed her group, and Lu Jin thanked Dai Changsheng for saving the Lu Family juniors.
• Dai Changsheng asked Lu Jin to teach him Sanyimen’s Triple Reversal of Life, and Lu Jin agreed.

Dai Changsheng strengthened his position across the Otherworldly Realm and the Chaotic Star Sea, then returned to the Changsheng Cave Mansion before the Bloody Trial. He reunited with Xin Ruoyin, Chen Qiaoqian, and Xiao Mei, who had been studying formations.

• Dai Changsheng considered learning Triple Reversal of Life after Lu Jin agreed to teach him the life-preserving technique.
• The Old Heavenly Master found Tian Jinzhong safe, learned Wang Ye had secretly protected him from Gong Qing, and thanked Wang Ye and Dai Changsheng.
• Zhou Meng explained to Daoist Yunlong that expelling Dai Changsheng and Wang Ye helped keep Wudang Sect out of danger, while the two disciples could protect themselves.
• Dai Changsheng and Wang Ye traveled to the Capital City, and Dai Changsheng later established a cave abode on Xiao Huan Island, where he raised Gold Devouring Insects and Blood Jade Spiders.
• Dai Changsheng returned to the Changsheng Cave Mansion using the Great Teleportation Token as the Bloody Trial approached.
• Xin Ruoyin, Chen Qiaoqian, and Xiao Mei sensed Dai Changsheng's return and went to greet him at the Ancient Teleportation Array.

Dai Changsheng reunited with Xin Ruoyin, Chen Qiaoqian, and Xiao Mei, gave them gifts, and prepared for the Bloody Trial with Han Li and Zhang Tie. At the council hall, Divine Transformation cultivator Xiang Zhili noticed Dai Changsheng’s disguise, while Li Huayuan praised him and met his disciples.

• Xin Ruoyin told Dai Changsheng she had reached Foundation Establishment Early-stage after taking a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Dai Changsheng gave Chen Qiaoqian and Xiao Mei five Foundation Establishment Pills each, then presented Xin Ruoyin with a collection of formations.
• After receiving Li Huayuan’s summons, Dai Changsheng met Han Li and Zhang Tie at Yellow Maple Valley’s council hall and confirmed they had mastered their sword puppets.
• Xiang Zhili noticed Dai Changsheng’s spiritual-power disguise while Zhong Lingdao distributed registration rewards to the Bloody Trial participants.
• Li Huayuan praised Dai Changsheng for reaching Foundation Establishment Mid-stage, and Dai Changsheng introduced Han Li and Zhang Tie to their Grandmaster.

Han Li and Zhang Tie traveled with Li Huayuan’s group to the Bloody Forbidden Zone, where they unknowingly drew Xiang Zhili’s attention and then refused his offer to team up. As the Seven Sects gathered, Li Huayuan wagered Iron Essence against Fu Yunzi’s Crimson Sun Meteorite Gold, and Nangong Wan arrived with the Moon Concealment Sect.

• Li Huayuan gave Han Li and Zhang Tie Silver Armored Shields made from scales of his evolved Silver Armored Horned Python.
• Li Huayuan’s group flew to a mountain near the Bloody Forbidden Zone, and Dai Changsheng told the disciples to wait there for the opening.
• Xiang Zhili approached Han Li and Zhang Tie to form a team, but they refused, while Dai Changsheng watched anxiously.
• The Clear Void Sect arrived, and Fu Yunzi proposed wagering Crimson Sun Meteorite Gold against Li Huayuan’s Iron Essence on the disciples’ harvest of spirit herbs.
• Li Huayuan accepted Fu Yunzi’s wager, confident in Han Li and the others’ preparations.
• Nangong Wan arrived aboard the Heavenly Moon Divine Ship with the Moon Concealment Sect, and Li Huayuan and the others greeted her.

Dai Changsheng watched the Seven Sects breach the Bloody Forbidden Zone’s ancient formation and wait for their disciples to return. Han Li and Zhang Tie came back with over a hundred century-old spirit herbs, prompting accusations that they had cheated by using Foundation Establishment puppets, while Li Huayuan defended their right to bring protective treasures.

• Nangong Wan joined the Seven Sects’ leaders as they gathered before the Bloody Forbidden Zone, and Xiang Zhili secretly entered the area disguised as a Yellow Maple Valley disciple.
• The seven Core Formation elders weakened the ancient formation with their magic treasures and opened a passage for the disciples, including Han Li and Zhang Tie, to enter.
• On the fifth day, disciples emerged from the forbidden zone, and Han Li and Zhang Tie returned safely after surviving an encounter with an evolving Ink Flood Dragon using four sword puppets.
• Xiang Zhili waited until the passage was nearly closed before scrambling out, while Li Huayuan prepared to settle a wager over the disciples’ spirit herbs.
• Han Li and Zhang Tie produced more than one hundred and forty century-old spirit herbs, and surviving disciples accused them of using Foundation Establishment puppets and killing members of other sects.
• Fu Yunzi challenged Yellow Maple Valley’s conduct, but Li Huayuan argued that no rule prohibited puppets and pointed out that other sects also gave their disciples powerful treasures.

Li Huayuan settled the dispute over Yellow Maple Valley’s puppets by agreeing that future expeditions would ban them, while Han Li and Zhang Tie divided their Bloody Forbidden Zone spoils with Dai Changsheng and bought the sword puppets they had borrowed. Dai Changsheng then traveled to Tianxing City to find materials for Core Formation Stage Puppets and entered the city, where he headed toward its Sacred Mountain.

• Nangong Wan cited the Moon Yang Pearl precedent, and Li Huayuan agreed that the Seven Sects would no longer allow disciples to bring puppets into the Bloody Forbidden Zone after the expedition.
• Li Huayuan won Fu Yunzi’s Crimson Sun Meteorite Gold, and Han Li and Zhang Tie each received ten Foundation Establishment Pills for their contributions.
• Dai Changsheng took half the spoils from Han Li and Zhang Tie, then sold them the four sword puppets they had borrowed for four thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones each.
• Dai Changsheng examined the golden chest key to the Heavenly Origin Pagoda and recognized that he would need at least Nascent Soul Stage strength to claim its inheritance.
• Dai Changsheng traveled to Tianxing City to buy cheaper Demonic Beast materials for his planned Core Formation Stage Puppets.
• Dai Changsheng bought permanent residency identification at the city gate and flew toward the Sacred Mountain at the center of Tianxing City.

Dai Changsheng killed Xia He and the other Quanxing attackers, then learned about the company’s order to capture a rogue Temporary Worker. He agreed to accompany Wang Ye to meet Ma Xianhong in Biyou Village, curious about Divine Machine Forging.

• Dai Changsheng rented a cave on the Sacred Mountain’s forty-eighth level, strengthened its defenses, and renovated it with puppets.
• Dai Changsheng followed Xia He to a deserted alley, where Shen Chong attacked while Gao Ning and Dou Mei tried to weaken him.
• Dai Changsheng killed the Four Maniacs and Lu Liang, enslaved their souls, and burned their bodies to ash.
• Xu Si told Zhang Chulan that the company had ordered Temporary Workers from six regions to capture the South China Branch’s deserter, and Zhang Chulan agreed to accompany Feng Baobao.
• Jin Yong approached Dai Changsheng and Wang Ye on Ma Xianhong’s behalf, and Dai Changsheng agreed to meet Ma Xianhong in Biyou Village.

Dai Changsheng and Wang Ye visited Biyou Village, where Ma Xianhong asked them to help perfect the Body Refining Furnace. While Wang Ye feared the company’s response, Dai Changsheng secretly copied Ma Xianhong’s memories to learn Divine Machine Forging, then encountered the company’s Temporary Workers at the village entrance.

• Ma Xianhong welcomed Dai Changsheng and Wang Ye to Biyou Village and demonstrated his artifacts, including the Devouring Pouch.
• Ma Xianhong asked Wang Ye to help perfect the Body Refining Furnace in exchange for Divine Machine Forging, and Dai Changsheng requested three days to consider.
• Dai Changsheng knocked Ma Xianhong unconscious, copied his memories with the Soul Illumination Technique, erased Ma Xianhong’s memory of the incident, and returned to study Divine Machine Forging.
• After company representatives arrived, Dai Changsheng and Wang Ye went to the village entrance and saw Feng Baobao, Zhang Chulan, Wang Zhenqiu, Xiao Zizai, Black Tube, and Old Meng.
• Zhang Chulan warned that Biyou Village was no place for guests, and Dai Changsheng said they would leave in a few days before inviting the group into the village.

Dai Changsheng secretly copied Old Meng and Wang Zhenqiu’s memories before leaving Biyou Village with Wang Ye, who learned Zhao Guizhen practiced a murderous evil art and accepted that Zhao would soon die. Later, Dai Changsheng was pulled into the Shared Space, where the other selves met the newcomer from Akame ga Kill and shared their memories and abilities with him.

• Dai Changsheng copied Wang Zhenqiu’s memories, including his Love Massage technique, and erased the memories of his ambush from Wang Zhenqiu and Old Meng.
• Dai Changsheng led Wang Ye out of Biyou Village and explained why Ma Xianhong’s plans threatened the balance between ordinary people and the Otherworldly Realm.
• Wang Ye learned Zhao Guizhen practiced Seven Fiends Gathering Body, then used Feng Hou Qi Men to divine that Zhao would die soon.
• Dai Changsheng later reunited with Feng Shayan at her villa before being transported to the Shared Space.
• The newcomer revealed he was a viscount in the world of Akame ga Kill, had saved Shayou and Iyeyas, and was preparing to survive the Empire’s downfall.
• Akame Kill Dai Changsheng gained his other selves’ memories, physical strength, and abilities, including Divine Machine Forging.

Dai Changsheng used the powers shared by his counterparts to strengthen himself, then stole three Imperial Arms and artifact materials from the palace to study. While he developed new Imperial Arms and Shayou and Iyeyas trained, Tatsumi was tortured by Aria before Night Raid rescued him, leaving him disfigured and joining the assassins.

• Dai Changsheng returned to the Akame ga Kill world with enough power to believe he could fight Esdeath and decided to study Imperial Arms.
• Dai Changsheng transformed into a bird, infiltrated the palace vault, and took the Hundred Arms Giant, Thorn Spear, Vengeance Shield, and artifact-refining materials.
• Shayou and Iyeyas trained at Dai Changsheng's manor, quickly improving under experts from the Imperial Fist Temple.
• Dai Changsheng's absence allowed Tatsumi to follow his original path to Aria's home, where Aria drugged him and locked him in a warehouse with corpses.
• Night Raid killed Aria's family and rescued Tatsumi, who joined the group after being tortured and disfigured.
• Dai Changsheng finished studying and modifying the three Imperial Arms after several days of research.

Dai Changsheng gave Shayou and Iyeyas remodeled Imperial Arms and reunited them with Tatsumi, who had joined Night Raid. After Mine took Tatsumi away, Dai Changsheng followed her to Night Raid’s headquarters, where Leone briefed the group on two assassination targets.

• Dai Changsheng gave Shayou the Demon Breaking Bow and Arrow, Iyeyas the Damage Reflecting Treasure Saber, and brought them shopping with Tom.
• Shayou and Iyeyas reunited with Tatsumi, learned how Aria had nearly tortured him to death, and invited him to become Dai Changsheng’s guard.
• Mine arrived to collect Tatsumi, and Dai Changsheng used Tom to place a tracking talisman on her before asking her to return his cat.
• Dai Changsheng followed Mine to Night Raid’s headquarters, where Najenda led a discussion of their next assassination mission.
• Leone reported that Imperial Capital Guard Ouka took bribes from oil merchant Jamel and helped him frame innocent people, including the client’s fiancé.

Dai Changsheng joined the Revolutionary Army with a vast donation and a magical storage pouch, then hosted Night Raid at his manor while Najenda and Lubbock delivered the supplies. The chapter ended with Dai learning that the murderer Zank had killed his gardener, Old Jack.

• Najenda accepted Dai Changsheng into the Revolutionary Army after he offered a Devouring Pouch and one hundred thousand gold coins.
• Najenda and Lubbock left the Imperial Capital to deliver the supplies, while Dai Changsheng let the remaining Night Raid members stay at his manor.
• Leone trained Mine and Shayou, Brood trained Iyeyas and Tatsumi, Akame visited the kitchen, and Dai Changsheng made Sheele his personal secretary.
• Sheele broke a tea set and Dai Changsheng examined her for injuries at length.
• A maid told Dai Changsheng that Old Jack had been found dead and that Zank was suspected of killing him.

Dai Changsheng killed Zank and took the Imperial Arm All-Seeing Eyes before Esdeath returned to the Imperial Capital, forcing Night Raid to suspend its assassination missions. Far from the capital, Sheele, Shayou, and Iyeyas helped Dai Changsheng defeat a Frost Dragon Bear, and he captured its soul to add to his growing undead force.

• Dai Changsheng lured Zank into an alley, beheaded him, and took All-Seeing Eyes.
• Esdeath returned to the Imperial Capital after Minister Honest exaggerated Night Raid's strength to draw her back from the border.
• Leone sensed Esdeath's danger and abandoned her assassination attempt, then warned Night Raid that Esdeath had returned.
• Brood proposed suspending assassinations until Najenda and the others returned, and Akame and the rest agreed.
• Sheele, Shayou, and Iyeyas helped Dai Changsheng defeat the Frost Dragon Bear on a snowy mountain.
• Dai Changsheng enslaved the Frost Dragon Bear's soul and summoned knives to carve up its corpse.

Dai Changsheng returned to the Imperial Capital and volunteered to confront the Three Beasts, confident he could defeat Esdeath and make her an ally. He intercepted the Three Beasts as they attacked an honest official’s carriage, killing Daidaras and Nyau and disarming Liver, while the battle against Esdeath remained ahead.

• Dai Changsheng devoured over a thousand jin of Frost Dragon Bear flesh, learned that Esdeath had returned to the Imperial Capital, and led Sheele and the others back.
• Leone told Dai Changsheng that the Three Beasts had impersonated Night Raid to assassinate civil officials, and Dai Changsheng offered to deal with them himself.
• Dai Changsheng demonstrated his strength to Night Raid, then used a Qimen formation to locate the Three Beasts and flew toward them.
• Daidaras killed several guards and wounded the blonde girl as the Three Beasts attacked a carriage carrying a bald civil official and his daughter.
• Dai Changsheng crushed Daidaras and Nyau’s heads with an invisible force, then Liver attacked him with blood blades made using Water Dragon Possession.
• Dai Changsheng used Mental Power to remove Water Dragon Possession from Liver, causing the blood blades to fall apart.

Dai Changsheng defeated Esdeath in Yellow Sand Canyon and persuaded her to accept his terms, then brought her to Night Raid headquarters. Najenda learned what had happened and decided that Night Raid would support Dai Changsheng's plan to become emperor after the Empire fell.

• Dai Changsheng took Liver's Imperial Arm and those of Nyau and Daidaras, then challenged Esdeath to meet him in Yellow Sand Canyon.
• Esdeath fought Dai Changsheng with ice attacks and Mahapralaya, but he resisted the time-space freeze and defeated her.
• Dai Changsheng spared Esdeath and proposed that she become his consort and obey him until she could defeat him; Esdeath accepted.
• Several days later, Najenda returned to Night Raid headquarters and found Esdeath feeding grapes to Dai Changsheng.
• Leone explained how Dai Changsheng had defeated the Three Beasts and subdued Esdeath, and Najenda chose to have Night Raid support his ambition to become emperor.