Recaps

Chen Changsheng united rival powers to defeat Heaven, then faked his death and secretly returned to revive Bai Ze. He began helping Jiang Shan reclaim his honor and take control of his homeland.

• Wang Hao persuaded the Six Great Forbidden Grounds to withdraw, and Chen Changsheng gave them twenty years to clear their holdings before sending Qian Ya to attack Heavens Forbidden Ground.
• Chen Changsheng returned to the battlefield as the Chang Sheng Epoch fought the remaining Forbidden Ground forces, and Hundred Defeats Immortal died after delivering his final challenge to Heaven.
• Chen Changsheng gathered the ancient powers and the Six Great Forbidden Grounds to contain Heaven, then led them into the Ultimate Battle.
• After years of fighting, Chen Changsheng poisoned Heaven with substances delivered by Dream and killed him with the Silver Box.
• Chen Changsheng and his companions mourned their fallen friends, rebuilt the Chang Sheng Epoch, and strengthened ties with the Pill Epoch and Divine Beast lineage.
• Chen Changsheng faked his death, secretly grew back from a piece of flesh, and revived Bai Ze in the form of a dog.
• Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze found Jiang Shan, promised to help him uncover the massacre of his family, and traveled toward his hometown.
• Chen Changsheng made Jiang Shan chief of Shui Po Liang Shan and planned to bring the Greenwood Epoch under their control within ten thousand years.

Chen Changsheng used an extravagant escort job to draw out the Greenwood Epoch’s hidden powers and recruit promising young people for his Virtual World Project. After surviving betrayals and political pressure, he secured Lin Yuan and Lin Tianlang’s place at his side and continued building his force.

• Chen Changsheng entered the Greenwood Epoch with Bai Ze, split from Jiang Shan, and explained that he would build the Virtual World’s foundation there while seeking control of the region.
• Chen Changsheng offered the Weiyuan Escort Agency thirty million Divine Source to escort him and his box to the Nine Caves and Eighteen Forts, drawing bandits, merchants, and escort agencies into the job.
• Chen Changsheng recruited Lin Yuan and arranged the convoy, while Lin Yuan uncovered Wu Fangfang’s secrets and joined forces with Lin Tianlang to attack the escort party.
• Chen Changsheng defeated Lin Tianlang and the conspirators, confronted Dragon Gate City’s City Lord, and spared Wu Fangfang after revealing that he had killed the traitors who slaughtered her family.
• Chen Changsheng revived Lin Tianlang, gave him and Lin Yuan a chance to serve him, and taught Lin Yuan that earning loyalty and understanding the region’s exploitative system were essential to leadership.
• Chen Changsheng led the escort convoy along a dangerous route, taught the young escorts cultivation, and wagered that he could settle the threats against Lin Yuan and Lin Tianlang within twelve shichen.
• Chen Changsheng negotiated with Prefect He Youguang and a masked pursuer, arranged new identities for the Lin brothers, and gave up the Mystic Green Crystal Stone to keep them out of the capital.
• Chen Changsheng urged Lin Yuan to reclaim the money and crystal and avenge his family, then protected Lin Tianlang from the Crimson Gold Escorts by presenting his identity papers and paying them off.

Chen Changsheng trained a new following, brought Jiang Shan back into the struggle, and moved against the forces behind the Nine Caves and Eighteen Forts. He became Great Song’s National Teacher after bargaining for sweeping authority, while the emperor’s court prepared for a dangerous power struggle.

• Chen Changsheng recruited Yan Qing and Wu Fangfang, then challenged Lin Yuan and the others to master cultivation manuals and endure his demanding training.
• Chen Changsheng had his followers study a vast collection of books, tested their military reasoning, and destroyed the Nine Caves and Eighteen Forts after sending Jiang Shan’s old friend’s name to its leaders.
• Chen Changsheng reunited Jiang Shan with Hong Jing, investigated the hidden origins of the Greenwood Epoch’s Immortal King method, and sent four clones to form the Four Extremities Grand Array.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Jiang Shan to discipline the bandits, then traveled toward the capital with Xing Piaopiao and warned her about her responsibility for the forts’ crimes.
• Chen Changsheng used an ordinary pebble in a bargain with Emperor Song, prompting Tie Yunpeng to offer his fief and the emperor to consider a new governor.
• Chen Changsheng demanded Great Song’s support and sweeping control over the Four Provinces, secured Lin Tianlang’s marriage to a princess, and was appointed National Teacher.
• Grand Preceptor Pang warned the Crown Prince that Emperor Song could use Chen Changsheng to reclaim power, then proposed exploiting the turmoil among the emperor, Tie Yunpeng, and the court.

Chen Changsheng arranged Lin Tianlang’s marriage, trained Xing Piaopiao and Anle, and used the Qilin Plan to reshape Great Song’s political and military balance. As the forces gathered against Tie Yunpeng, Jiang Shan prepared to defend the Nine Caves and Eighteen Forts while Chen Changsheng set him on a path to confront the Limitless Celestial.

• Chen Changsheng tested the princesses’ willingness to marry Lin Tianlang and rigged the lots so Anle Princess was chosen, then brought her to the camp, where she offered eight hundred thousand Divine Source.
• Chen Changsheng trained Xing Piaopiao in weapon control and cultivation, helped Anle begin again with the Phoenix Art, and discovered that the Limitless Celestial had tampered with cultivation methods to develop the Inner Core System.
• After Jiang Shan’s campaign against local officials and troops, Chen Changsheng challenged the court over its failures, secured changes to the Ministry of War, and made Jiang Shan enforce military discipline among the former bandits.
• Chen Changsheng pitched the Qilin Plan to the Crown Prince, using communications and supply networks to weaken Tie Yunpeng and the commerce guilds, then left Capital City with Xing Piaopiao and Anle as rebellion spread.
• Anle and Lin Tianlang reunited and agreed to marry, while Jiang Shan divided his forces and organized teams to expand their operations as Tie Yunpeng prepared to march on the strongholds.
• Chen Changsheng chose Jiang Shan to face the Limitless Celestial, believing Jiang Shan’s Bitter Sea System cultivation and inherited techniques gave him a chance against the Golden Core System.
• As Tie Yunpeng’s army approached, Bai Ze led Xing Piaopiao and others away to seek supplies, while Chen Changsheng’s clone confronted Emperor Song and Chen Changsheng continued searching for the Limitless Celestial.
• Jiang Shan prepared the defenders for Tie Yunpeng’s attack, ordered White-Faced Scholar away from the front lines, and learned that Chen Changsheng could create Paper figure avatars without limit while maintaining the Four Extremities Grand Array.