Recaps

Chen Changsheng established new cultivation standards while preparing to confront the Wang family ancestor, and his disciples chose whether and how to stand beside him. The arc ended with Chen Feng finding his sword path, Lu Mingyu fighting the Wang Family, and Liu Qingqing giving Chen Changsheng a list of Shadow Assassin members.

• Ouyang Bufan opened his Second Springhead and agreed to attempt to save Chen Feng, while Chen Changsheng confronted the choices facing his companions.
• Chen Changsheng warned Lu Mingyu that the Shadow Assassins had sent Black Shadow Assassins after him and his companions, then brought the attackers to Supreme Clarity Temple to establish new standards for the Bitter Sea System’s realms.
• Chen Changsheng set classifications for the Life Lamp and Immortal Venerable realms, and Wu Li joined him before confronting experts who challenged his strength.
• Wu Li explained to Lu Mingyu that Chen Changsheng’s immortality had to remain secret, then challenged the Lu Family and the Pill Epoch experts while Chen Changsheng established standards for Immortal Kings.
• Cui Tian Rui used the Imperial Preceptor Decree to send the Tiger Guard against the Wang Family, while Lu Mingyu learned why Chen Changsheng had destroyed the Chang Sheng Epoch and resolved to keep him from leaving.
• Chen Changsheng severed a Lu Family elder’s arm and let Lu Mingyu face his challengers, while Guan Ping fought Wang Bo and Liu Qingqing faced members of her organization and the Shadow Assassins.
• Chen Feng chose to save Liu Qingqing, revealed his sword path and struck down the Shadow Assassins, while Lu Mingyu fought Wang Bo and the Wang Family to protect Guan Ping.
• Cui Tian Rui and the Tiger Guard stood against the Wang Family, Chen Feng promised to meet Chen Changsheng at Green Mountain World in half a year, and Liu Qingqing gave Chen Changsheng a Jade Slip listing Shadow Assassin members.

Chen Changsheng faced Chen Feng’s judgment, announced his departure, and secretly remained in the Pill Epoch to prepare against the Wang family ancestor. Years later, he reappeared amid the conflict to guide his allies and let Chen Feng decide whether to accept Wang Hao’s aid.

• Chen Changsheng agreed to receive Chen Feng’s sword strike, and Chen Feng prepared by confronting the phantoms in Supreme Clarity Temple and summoning the dead’s resentment into his sword.
• Chen Feng struck Chen Changsheng, but the dead forgave him and disappeared, after which Chen Changsheng announced he was leaving the Pill Epoch.
• Chen Changsheng departed publicly, while Cui Ling Shuang returned to Guang Han Palace and Chen Feng left with Liu Qingqing.
• Guan Ping and Lu Mingyu mourned Guan Ping’s parents, and Lu Mingyu was named the Lu Family’s next Clan Leader before reconciling with his past.
• Chen Xiang and Xu Yao came to the Pill Epoch seeking Chen Changsheng, and Chen Changsheng secretly revealed that he had never left and joined the Heavenly Dao Society to target the Wang family ancestor.
• Chen Changsheng arranged for Bai Ze to aid the Society and warned Chen Xiang and Xu Yao about the Pill Epoch before sending them onward.
• Chen Feng exposed Wang Hao’s disguise, and Chen Changsheng appeared to question Wang Hao about his methods and his offer to join the coming conflict.
• Chen Feng refused Wang Hao’s help and said he would cut him down later.

Chen Changsheng returned to the Chang Sheng Epoch with Zhang Bairen to investigate its looming crisis and seek a way to extend his companions’ lives. After testing Chen Mengjie and meeting Miao Shi and Jiang Bo Yue, Chen Changsheng and Zhang Bairen split over who should bear the cost of the coming conflict.

• Chen Changsheng accepted Wang Hao’s offer to handle the Chang Sheng Epoch’s factions in exchange for solving the Asura Tribe’s lifespan problem, then entered a long slumber while Chen Feng and Liu Qingqing sealed themselves away.
• While Chen Changsheng slept, the Pill Epoch’s leaders ended the war, Yun Ya Zi revealed that the conflict had been planned as a purge, and Chen Changsheng began another slumber after arranging for the Wang family ancestor’s defeat.
• Chen Feng awoke, learned that Chen Changsheng had left the Pill Epoch, and visited old friends before deciding to find his own way to the Chang Sheng Epoch.
• Chen Changsheng agreed to help the dying Hundred Defeats Immortal return to the Chang Sheng Epoch, then told Bai Ze he would seek a way to extend his companions’ lives and recruit Zhang Bairen.
• Chen Changsheng found Zhang Bairen in the Netherworld Forest, and they discussed the epoch’s fractured Heaven’s Mandate, the Forbidden Grounds’ planned Dark Turmoil, and their search for the remaining strange books.
• Chen Changsheng and Zhang Bairen tested Chen Mengjie, who treated them compassionately and defended Apricot Forest Town, then met Miao Shi and Jiang Bo Yue as tensions rose over Chen Changsheng’s return.
• Chen Mengjie learned Chen Changsheng was the Epoch Butcher and Zhang Bairen was the Heavenly Court’s first founder, while Chen Changsheng and Zhang Bairen argued over who should bear the cost of the coming crisis.

Chen Changsheng returned as the Undertaker and invited the Forbidden Grounds to settle the coming Dark Turmoil through a contest rather than a war. As his descendants faced the Extinguish Heaven Battlefield, Wang Hao prepared his own move, leaving the era’s rivals watching one another.

• Chen Changsheng brought Chen Mengjie along to see the Sages’ traces and told Zhang Bairen he would accept his role as the Undertaker despite doubts about the Epoch Massacre.
• Jun Lin abducted Chen Mengjie, but Chen Changsheng and Zhang Bairen caught him, summoned Chen Xiao, and warned both young men not to interfere in their family’s affairs.
• Chen Changsheng invited the Forbidden Grounds to a Golden Age Gathering and recounted the wars, sacrifices, and injustices that had shaped his era.
• Chen Changsheng entered the Reincarnation Forbidden Ground, proposed settling the Dark Turmoil through direct battles, and secured its authority for three days.
• Chen Changsheng met Zhang Yu Sheng in the Underworld, gave him the other half of Reincarnation’s authority, and learned that the Underworld would defend its beliefs even at the cost of death.
• Jun Lin, Chen Xiao, Xu Qianzhui, and Ruan Su Xian entered the Extinguish Heaven Battlefield, where Nalan Xingde rescued them and used their bloodline origins to awaken its fallen warriors.
• Nalan Xingde sent the Sage Residence into the Reincarnation Forbidden Ground and dispersed the black mist, while Chen Changsheng and Zhang Bairen planned a contest for one of the Four Great Books.
• Wang Hao ended his bond with Liu Yidao, ordered him to free a sealed Heretical Buddha, and agreed with Zhang Zhen not to move against Chen Changsheng yet.