Chapter Summaries

Hua Feng defeated Cui Tian Rui and Nine-Headed Xiang Liu, then took the Immortal Medicine and named Desolate Heaven Emperor as the strongest. Cui Tian Rui arrived at the Apricot Forest Realm for treatment, where the injured discussed an impending conflict between the Virtual World, the Forbidden Ground prodigies, and the Pill Epoch.

• Cui Tian Rui and Chen Xiao conceded to Hua Feng, and Nine-Headed Xiang Liu got up and admitted defeat.
• Hua Feng said Nalan Zi Ping might have surpassed her, took the Immortal Medicine, and told Nine-Headed Xiang Liu that Desolate Heaven Emperor was the strongest.
• Cui Tian Rui told Cui Hao Yu that he had nearly died fighting Hua Feng, then was sent to the Apricot Forest Realm for treatment.
• Chen Changsheng said the Virtual World would take over the Apricot Forest Realm and cover treatment costs, and Chen Mengjie put Cui Tian Rui in the medicine pool.
• Xu Qianzhui, Chen Xiao, Ruan Su Xian, and Wei Guang discussed the threats facing Jun Lin and Bai Zhi, including the Forbidden Ground prodigies and the Pill Epoch.

Cui Tian Rui explained how the Pill Epoch changed its Ancestral Tomb rules, driving its ambitious cultivators toward the Virtual World and a brutal contest for its opportunities. He warned that the Pill Epoch had around twenty experts like him, but the Chang Sheng Epoch also concealed many powerful figures, and admitted his own plans had changed after his defeat.

• Cui Tian Rui said the Bitter Sea Emperor Realm System had become necessary for many cultivators, especially after the Pill Epoch's Ancestral Tombs began admitting only cultivators who reached the third Quasi-Emperor layer or higher.
• Cui Tian Rui explained that the Pill Epoch's upper echelons accepted the new rules, while the Immortal Emperor, God of Wealth, and Tiger Guard had little reason to oppose them.
• Chen Xiao concluded that the Virtual World would draw Pill Epoch prodigies into a fierce competition, and Cui Tian Rui agreed that many had been preparing to attempt the Emperor Tribulation.
• Chen Xiao asked how many experts like Cui Tian Rui the Pill Epoch had, and Cui Tian Rui estimated around twenty before listing powerful hidden figures in the Chang Sheng Epoch.
• Cui Tian Rui recalled that he had come to meet the Master and fight, but after being beaten three against one, he was no longer as impulsive.

Xu Qianzhui gathered allies to form a new faction, with Cui Tian Rui securing Qian Ya’s investment and support. As the group began mobilizing their influence, Wang Hao reunited enthusiastically with Liu Yidao at Bai Ze Garrison.

• Cui Tian Rui warned Chen Xiao and the others that the Immortal Emperor was unbeatable for now and that ancient experts from the Pill Epoch might compete for Bitter Sea Great Emperor.
• Xu Qianzhui proposed founding a new faction, and Ruan Su Xian agreed to join while Chen Xiao said he had already accepted Jun Lin’s invitation to the Five Tigers Group.
• Cui Tian Rui joined Xu Qianzhui’s faction and contacted Qian Ya, who offered about eight hundred billion Divine Sources and asked them to recruit Bai Ze for the Virtual World.
• Xu Qianzhui and Ruan Su Xian began using their influence across Confucian and Daoist circles to build support for the faction.
• At Bai Ze Garrison, Wang Hao rushed over to Liu Yidao, making Mo Bai uncomfortable.

Wang Hao reunited with Liu Yidao and brought him and Mo Bai into a plan to unite the Forbidden Ground prodigies amid the Chang Sheng Epoch’s scramble for Virtual World benefits. He explained that rival factions and the God of Wealth controlled most of the resources, but his group could still claim a share through insider opportunities.

• Wang Hao warmly embraced Liu Yidao, who joked about his survival and unsettled composure, before Wang Hao teased him about his cultivation path.
• Wang Hao invited Mo Bai and Liu Yidao to join the others, but Mo Bai challenged Wang Hao and calmly declared that he would kill him once he was strong enough.
• Wang Hao brought Mo Bai and Liu Yidao into a pavilion and said the Forbidden Ground prodigies needed to unite to secure a place in the future.
• Wang Hao explained that Lu Mingyu’s Five Tigers Group and Xu Qianzhui’s faction would control much of the Virtual World’s benefits, while the God of Wealth commanded about sixty percent of the Pill Epoch’s resources.
• Wang Hao showed them a map and said the Bai Ze Clan had earned one hundred million Divine Source from a Virtual World livestream, prompting Mo Bai to question the amount.

Wang Hao explained to Mo Bai how the costs of mining and maintaining a sect consumed most of its Divine Source, and why prodigies depended on faction support. Liu Yidao then revealed that factions restricted powerful Loose Cultivators from freely absorbing World Spiritual Energy, leaving Forbidden Ground prodigies without a place to belong.

• Wang Hao showed Mo Bai a piece of Divine Source and described the costs of claiming and operating a mine, paying cultivators, and maintaining a sect.
• Wang Hao explained that equipping a prodigy with a costly magical treasure could leave a sect merely breaking even, with even greater losses if the prodigy died.
• Mo Bai insisted he could rely on himself by selling Natural Treasures, killing cultivators, or absorbing World Spiritual Energy, but Wang Hao challenged each method.
• Liu Yidao explained that factions restricted Immortal Venerables from absorbing large amounts of World Spiritual Energy and tolerated Mo Bai only because he was a Qilin Child.
• Liu Yidao said Forbidden Ground prodigies had already tried those ways of gaining resources but had no place to call home in the Chang Sheng Epoch.

Liu Yidao explained how the surviving Forbidden Grounds prodigies had been reduced to hiding or struggling to survive in the Chang Sheng Epoch, while Wang Hao revealed why the Forbidden Grounds had escaped destruction. The chapter ended as Wang Hao’s figure expanded into a giant towering above the heavens.

• Mo Bai learned from Liu Yidao that Forbidden Grounds survivors could either become cannon fodder or leave, and that he and the others had chosen to stay in the Chang Sheng Epoch.
• Liu Yidao explained that the new era’s rules and repeated hunts by Righteous Cultivators had left the former prodigies unable to thrive.
• Wang Hao said the Forbidden Grounds had foreseen the survivors’ fate and spared them because they posed little danger.
• Liu Yidao told Mo Bai that the Forbidden Grounds could not be killed now and that even Sir could no longer destroy them.
• Wang Hao revealed that the Forbidden Grounds had retreated far away because the Chang Sheng Epoch could not afford the cost of war, then his figure grew into a giant taller than the heavens.

Wang Hao explained to Mo Bai why the Chang Sheng Epoch could not easily wage war on the forbidden grounds and warned that greed over Chen Changsheng’s creation would spark conflict. Liu Yidao helped Mo Bai recover from Wang Hao’s intimidation, while Wang Hao settled on killing people and taking their treasures to build his wealth.

• Mo Bai argued that righteousness would eventually defeat the forbidden grounds, but Wang Hao challenged him to consider the cost and risks of a full-scale war.
• Liu Yidao steadied Mo Bai and warned him that Wang Hao could threaten him through tone and presence without making a move.
• Wang Hao said he would spare Mo Bai because Chen Changsheng and Primordial Qilin were protecting him, then warned him not to openly threaten Demon Cultivators.
• Wang Hao rejected copying Lu Mingyu and the God of Wealth, saying he had no money or connections and would need to kill people and seize their treasures to build capital.
• Wang Hao said Chen Changsheng would not start a war, but greedy people would fight over the profits and had no right to demand that Chen share his creation.
• Mo Bai realized how naive he had been after leaving the Cosmic Black Hole and facing Wang Hao and the others.

Wang Hao explained that Liu Yidao and the others should earn resources by targeting hostile Divine Beasts and expanding beyond the Two Great Epochs, rather than slaughtering everyone. He declared that he would become a “good person” who hated evil and expected Liu Yidao’s group to serve under him, though Liu Yidao had not agreed.

• Liu Yidao asked whether Wang Hao had gathered them to kill bad people, and Wang Hao said their talent for killing was the reason they were useful.
• Wang Hao advised Liu Yidao to let foolish Divine Beasts attack the Bai Ze Clan, then take a paid role in retaliating and profit from both sides.
• Wang Hao said the True Dragon and Ancestor Phoenix would likely stay out of the conflict, and noted that Chen Changsheng had already sent Primordial Qilin to them.
• Wang Hao urged Liu Yidao to seek resources beyond the Two Great Epochs, where Chen Changsheng’s expanding Virtual World could provide new opportunities.
• Mo Bai suggested killing everyone for their resources, but Wang Hao argued that profitable ventures like the livestream were better than draining the pond through slaughter.
• Wang Hao called himself a future good person who hated evil and claimed he would become Liu Yidao’s immediate superior, while Liu Yidao said they had never agreed to work under him.

Liu Yidao persuaded Mo Bai to stop investigating the mysteries of Bloodline Immortality and the Forbidden Grounds, reflecting on how curiosity and overthinking had led the Forbidden Ground prodigies to ruin. Meanwhile, Li Changsheng and Zhang Ling arrived in the Buddhist Kingdom to carry out their task, relying on a promised protector.

• Liu Yidao told Mo Bai that pursuing unresolved truths would wear away his youthful spirit, and Mo Bai agreed to stop investigating for now.
• Liu Yidao recalled how the Forbidden Ground prodigies entered Sir's Mortal World Heart Refinement and were wiped out while the righteous prodigies survived, blaming their failure on unchecked curiosity.
• Mo Bai explained that he understood Liu Yidao's warning because he was smart enough to grasp its simple principle, leaving Liu Yidao impressed.
• Li Changsheng contacted Meng De, who assured him that the Immortal Emperor had arranged protection for him and Zhang Ling in the Buddhist Kingdom.
• Li Changsheng asked Zhang Ling whether he understood Buddhist teachings, and Zhang Ling pointed out that he was a disciple of Wudang Mountain and a successor of the Daoist tradition.

Li Changsheng and Zhang Ling debated whether Zhang Ling could use his Buddhist knowledge to help rescue Lin Yao without provoking the Buddhist Sect, but they found no safe approach. Lin Yao then appeared and revealed that Li Changsheng and Zhang Ling had walked into the cage themselves.

• Zhang Ling told Li Changsheng that studying Lesser Vehicle Buddhism had nearly allowed him to attain Arhat Fruit Status, but using Buddhist Dharma in the Buddha Country would risk a Dao-Buddhist Conflict.
• Li Changsheng admitted that his own knowledge of Buddhist Dharma was too limited to debate Buddhist masters, and Zhang Ling explained that the Buddhist Sect might convert them by force if they challenged it.
• Li Changsheng and Zhang Ling argued about the methods of the Buddhist Sect, Dao Sect, and aristocratic clans before returning to the problem of rescuing Lin Yao.
• Lin Yao suddenly appeared and told Li Changsheng and Zhang Ling that they had entered the cage rather than freeing her.

Lin Yao learned that the Five Tigers Group had publicly invited him and exposed its members, while its mysterious boss remained unknown. As Lin Yao showed Li Changsheng and Zhang Ling around the Buddhist Kingdom, Wang Zhigao and Lu Mingyu worked with Jiang Shan to open a rift between colliding passages in the Hundun.

• Lin Yao showed Li Changsheng and Zhang Ling the Five Tigers Group’s announcement and article, which accused the Buddhist Sect of refusing to release its lay disciples.
• Li Changsheng and Zhang Ling saw that the Five Tigers Group’s members had been revealed, but its boss’s identity remained a mystery; Lin Yao dismissed Li Changsheng’s suggestion that Meng De was the boss.
• Lin Yao agreed to show Li Changsheng and Zhang Ling the Demon Emperor’s and Sword God’s calligraphy in the Buddhist Kingdom, then pointed out the Demon Emperor’s vow to destroy Buddhism.
• Wang Zhigao told Lu Mingyu that he had helped stage the Five Tigers Group’s publicity to make the Buddhist Kingdom release Lin Yao, and said another senior had instructed him.
• Jiang Shan called on Lu Mingyu and Wang Zhigao for help as two passages collided in the Hundun; Lu Mingyu used Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth to tear open a rift while Wang Zhigao summoned nine golden dragons.

Lu Mingyu and Wang Zhigao helped Jiang Shan open the Epoch Passage, and Greenwood Epoch envoys arrived to represent their world in the Chang Sheng Epoch. In the Buddhist Kingdom, Lin Yao explained to Li Changsheng and Zhang Ling that the new Buddha Lord’s reforms had opened core authority to lay disciples, fueling conflict between the old and new factions.

• Lu Mingyu and Wang Zhigao stabilized the Hundun rift while Jiang Shan opened the Epoch Passage, and five Greenwood Epoch envoys emerged.
• Lu Mingyu and Wang Zhigao assessed the envoys, while Jiang Shan explained that the Greenwood Epoch had begun correcting its outdated cultivation system under the Teacher’s guidance.
• Lin Yuan asked whether the Young Master was in the Chang Sheng Epoch, and Lu Mingyu advised the envoys to handle their duties before seeking him; Lin Tianlang then proposed secretly infiltrating the Buddhist Kingdom.
• Li Changsheng questioned the Buddhist Kingdom’s vast size, and Lin Yao attributed its growth to reforms enacted after the new Buddha Lord took office.
• Lin Yao explained that lay disciples could access the Buddhist Sect’s core authority, leading Li Changsheng to recognize that the hostility toward Lin Yao stemmed from an internal struggle between old and new factions.

Lin Yao explained the Buddhist Sect’s reforms and revealed that the Demon Emperor’s enmity with the sect began after Buddhist Daughter Linglong died in the Investiture of the Gods War. He showed Li Changsheng and Zhang Ling two Buddhist Verses left by the Demon Emperor and the Sword God, with the Demon Emperor’s verse bound to the Buddhist Kingdom’s fortune.

• Lin Yao explained how lay disciples handled worldly affairs so Buddhist monks could focus on cultivation, and how expanding the Buddhist Kingdom helped restore worlds’ vitality.
• Zhang Ling noted that reshaping worlds together could also cut the enormous cost of maintaining Teleportation Arrays.
• Lin Yao told Li Changsheng and Zhang Ling that Buddhist Daughter Linglong had left the sect to be with the Demon Emperor, but later died in the Investiture of the Gods War.
• The Demon Emperor knelt before a Buddha statue with Linglong’s corpse and swore that Buddha had no need to exist if she could not be revived.
• Lin Yao showed them the Buddhist Verses left by the Demon Emperor and the Sword God, explaining that the Demon Emperor’s verse was nailed to the Buddhist Kingdom’s fortune.

Lin Yao explained how the Demon Emperor's Buddhist Verse became entangled with the Buddhist Kingdom's lifeline, while Li Changsheng and Zhang Ling learned that the Future Buddha planned to act against them. Meanwhile, Chen Changsheng denied targeting Buddhism and threatened the phantoms who suspected him.

• Zhang Ling deduced that the Buddhist Kingdom had planted the Demon Emperor's Buddhist Verse in its lifeline to gain favor with him, and Lin Yao confirmed the explanation.
• Lin Yao said the Buddhist Kingdom had once asked the founding Emperor Lord of the Great Shang Dynasty to destroy the Verse, but the Yin Emperor had rejected the request.
• Lin Yao agreed to support peaceful reform of the Buddhist Kingdom and promised to help Zhang Ling escape if conflict broke out.
• Bai Zhi refused to decide how to respond to Li Changsheng and Zhang Ling, so the Future Buddha volunteered to handle the matter.
• Chen Changsheng denied moving against Buddhism and warned the phantoms that he could tear the Chang Sheng Epoch apart if they provoked him.

Chen Changsheng confronted Yuan Yi and persuaded him to emerge from seclusion despite knowing Xu Qianzhui would likely kill him. Yuan Yi agreed to guard the second Imperial Tutor relic in exchange for the Dreamscape Keystone and permission to kill the entrants, while Chen Changsheng promised to release powerful beings from the Eighteen Levels of Hell to serve under him.

• Chen Changsheng dismissed the phantom figures and spoke with Yuan Yi while a monk watched over them.
• Chen Changsheng provoked Yuan Yi into admitting he feared Xu Qianzhui, then promised to speak to Xu Qianzhui and spare his life.
• Yuan Yi agreed to emerge from seclusion and guard the second Imperial Tutor relic, knowing he would likely die in a fight with Xu Qianzhui.
• Yuan Yi asked for the strange meteorite from the Four Directions Continent, and Chen Changsheng agreed to give him the Dreamscape Keystone.
• Yuan Yi demanded freedom to kill anyone entering the Game, and Chen Changsheng agreed not to interfere or shield them from the consequences.
• Yuan Yi asked Chen Changsheng to release powerful beings from the Eighteen Levels of Hell and place them under his command.

Chen Changsheng left Yuan Yi, who faced certain death but laughed in desolation. In the Buddhist Kingdom, Zhang Ling and Li Changsheng were barred from seeing Lin Yao, and Li Changsheng began a spar with the Gold-robed Arhat Xuanjing.

• Chen Changsheng told Yuan Yi he would give him what he wanted later, then left Yuan Yi laughing desolately as he contemplated his inevitable death.
• A monk told Zhang Ling and Li Changsheng that the Buddhist Kingdom was closing and Lin Yao was in seclusion, then refused their request to visit him.
• Li Changsheng stopped the monk, but Zhang Ling recognized him as Xuanjing, a Gold-robed Arhat, and warned that his strength was difficult to gauge.
• Li Changsheng went outside and challenged Xuanjing to a friendly spar, then attacked with the Li Family's Undying Seal Art as Xuanjing summoned an Arhat Phantom.

Li Changsheng was swiftly defeated and sealed by Xuanjing while trying to enter the Buddhist Kingdom, and the group discussed how to rescue Lin Yao. Chen Changsheng answered Li Changsheng’s request through the Virtual World, while explaining that he would not reveal it to everyone until its framework was complete and the old monsters entered the fray.

• Li Changsheng attacked Xuanjing with the Undying Seal Art, but Xuanjing evaded the strike, defeated him, and sealed him for three months.
• Zhang Ling helped the powerless Li Changsheng leave, and Li Changsheng later explained Xuanjing’s Arhat Dharma Form and escape techniques to the others.
• Li Changsheng argued that defeating Xuanjing would not help unless they found Lin Yao, while Meng De proposed competing on the same stage and using the Virtual World’s Inquiry function.
• Li Changsheng used Inquiry to seek a way to remove the Swastika Seal, and Chen Changsheng received the request and sent it to several special individuals.
• Zhang Yu Sheng asked why Chen Changsheng did not open the Virtual World, and Chen Changsheng said he would wait until its framework was complete and the old monsters entered the fray.

Chen Changsheng selected prisoners from the Eighteen Levels of Hell to guard stages in his Virtual World and confronted a blinded former enemy from the Sky Spirit Great World. He revealed that he had destroyed the man’s sect and world after their war over his assets, then tried to recruit him to challenge young geniuses.

• Chen Changsheng explained to Zhang Yu Sheng that he wanted to attract old monsters into the Virtual World and continued choosing prisoners from the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• A blinded prisoner recognized Chen Changsheng, who treated his eyes with Spirit Liquid before asking him to help guard game stages.
• The prisoner cursed Chen Changsheng for blinding him and destroying his sect, and Chen Changsheng admitted to causing those losses and occupying his Great World.
• Chen Changsheng explained that the prisoner’s lineage had attacked his assets and opposed the Sky Abyss World, while the prisoner defended the resistance as a fight against Chen Changsheng’s exploitation.
• Chen Changsheng offered the prisoner a chance to challenge his young geniuses in exchange for a quicker death and less torture, but the prisoner rejected the deal.

Chen Changsheng set brutal rules for a trial meant to temper the era’s prodigies, while Liu Yidao learned how the Virtual World Rescue Team could benefit him. The Rescue Team offered a legitimate way to enter dangerous places and gain access to rare opportunities, and Liu Yidao embraced the prospect.

• Chen Changsheng warned a blind, vengeful man that he could kill within set boundaries but would be destroyed if he crossed them, and the man vowed to use all his skills against the prodigies.
• Chen Changsheng told Zhang Yu Sheng that the prodigies had to survive a deadly trial because no villains remained in the Chang Sheng Epoch and the future depended on their strength.
• At Bai Ze Garrison, Liu Yidao and Mo Bai received invitations to join the Virtual World Rescue Team and answer questions, so Liu Yidao contacted Chen Changsheng for an explanation.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Rescue Team membership would give them a valid reason to enter the Buddhist Kingdom and help Children of Luck in exchange for access to their discoveries.
• Liu Yidao realized the team could trade cultivation techniques for rare treasures such as immortal metal, and eagerly agreed with Chen Changsheng’s reasoning.

The Virtual World launched a rescue service, and Li Changsheng hired Liu Yidao to help in the Buddhist Kingdom, where Wang Hao joined with a commission to protect the Five Tigers Group. Lin Yao remained unwilling to enter Buddhism as Xuanjing tried to persuade him, leaving their dispute unresolved.

• Liu Yidao explained to Mo Bai how the Virtual World Rescue Team would offer aid and interfere in other factions' affairs, and Mo Bai reflected on adapting to the new era.
• Li Changsheng received Secret Techniques for removing the Swastika Seal and learned about the Virtual World's new request-for-aid function and its rules.
• Li Changsheng hired rescue aid, paying Liu Yidao Three Hundred and Eighty Million Divine Sources, then Liu Yidao invited Mo Bai to the Buddhist Kingdom.
• Wang Hao joined Liu Yidao and Mo Bai, saying he had been appointed temporary Rescue Team captain and had accepted an Eight Billion Divine Sources commission from the Five Tigers Group.
• In the Buddhist Kingdom, Xuanjing urged Lin Yao to stop resisting, but Lin Yao said he would not enter Buddhism, and Xuanjing claimed he was reciting sutras to dispel Lin Yao's Karmic Hindrance.