Chapter Summaries

Liu Yidao revealed that he had brought a Virtual World slot to the Pill Epoch and explained his theory that Chen Changsheng wanted to reform the Cultivation World by breaking the aristocratic clans’ monopoly. The chapter left Bie Chen and Long Ji considering Liu Yidao’s claim that the Virtual World’s true purpose was reform.

• Liu Yidao showed Bie Chen and Long Ji a Virtual World slot and explained that the Nether River Ancestor had obtained it after Xuanjing fell and then passed it to him.
• Liu Yidao said the Nether River Ancestor had sent him to the Pill Epoch because powerful local factions and old conflicts kept the ancestor away.
• Liu Yidao proposed using the slot to gain a foothold in the Pill Epoch and argued that Chen Changsheng’s plans targeted the monopoly of aristocratic clans and noble families.
• Liu Yidao claimed Mo Bai and Baleful Shadow were distractions while the Five Tigers Group was Chen Changsheng’s real move.
• Liu Yidao argued that the Virtual World’s true purpose was to drive reform across the Cultivation World, leaving Bie Chen and Long Ji with little to say.

Liu Yidao persuaded Long Ji and Bie Chen to find talented figures in the Pill Epoch and make them compete for a place in the Virtual World. In the Lotus World, Mo Bai escaped Li Changming’s fight, while Li Changming and another cultivator turned their attention to Baleful Shadow.

• Liu Yidao explained that they should recruit frustrated talents from the Pill Epoch to support Chen Changsheng’s plans and challenge the era’s entrenched thinking.
• Long Ji, Bie Chen, and Liu Yidao agreed to choose one genius each and have them compete for a place in the Virtual World, then set a one-year deadline to regroup.
• Mo Bai and Li Changming fought until Mo Bai reached the Teleportation Array, but Li Changming admitted he had held back and sent Mo Bai away after praising him.
• After Mo Bai vanished, Li Changming destroyed the Teleportation Array and told two arrivals that Mo Bai’s strength had improved, possibly through an expert’s guidance.
• One of the arrivals proposed confronting Baleful Shadow, who was being held up by the Zheng Family, while Li Changming objected to ganging up on him.

Lu Jun, Li Changming, and Cui Yunzheng discussed competing with the Chang Sheng Epoch prodigies for the Imperial Tutor’s Relic, but a sudden Qilin Communicator shutdown disrupted the Pill Epoch. Chen Changsheng revealed that he had caused the outage to pressure the hardliners and give Mo Bai and Baleful Shadow an advantage, leaving the Pill Epoch’s cultivators cut off from one another.

• Lu Jun declared that he would compete for the Imperial Tutor’s Relic, and Li Changming agreed to speak with Li Changsheng about inviting the Chang Sheng Epoch prodigies to a gathering.
• Li Changming, Lu Jun, and Cui Yunzheng discovered that their communicators had stopped working, and the shutdown plunged the Pill Epoch into chaos.
• Qian Ya reported the communicator outage to Chen Changsheng and said that major powers had been warned while other factions were in disarray.
• Chen Changsheng explained that he had disabled communicators to isolate the Pill Epoch’s cultivators and force its hardliners to negotiate.
• Chen Changsheng said Mo Bai’s location in Beast Race Alliance territory would be harder to discover without communicators, giving Mo Bai and Baleful Shadow an advantage.

Chen Changsheng explained to Qian Ya that the Pill Epoch had extended her life so she could use her wealth and influence to reform it, but she had underestimated how deeply aristocratic clans and powerful families controlled the epoch. He revealed that even his own earlier attempt to infiltrate the Cui Family had failed, leaving the problem unresolved.

• Qian Ya asked whether Liu Yidao and the others arriving from the Chang Sheng Epoch would affect the battle royale, and Chen Changsheng said their presence was crucial to his plan.
• Chen Changsheng reminded Qian Ya that the Pill Epoch had extended her life for more than a hundred thousand years, not just because of his prestige but because Dream wanted her to reform the Pill Epoch.
• Chen Changsheng told Qian Ya that her role as the God of Wealth could let her change the epoch, but she argued that the Five Surnames and their allied families had infiltrated nearly every force.
• Qian Ya explained that the Five Surnames’ network reached across the Pill Epoch through powerful families and marriage alliances, making it impossible for her to break through.
• Chen Changsheng admitted that he had once tried to infiltrate the Cui Family to dismantle the powerful families, but abandoned the plan after realizing how formidable they were.

Chen Changsheng explained to Qian Ya how the Five Surnames Seven Realms had escaped their progenitors’ control and why Dream had used the God of Wealth to weaken them. He revealed that he planned to break the clans’ spiritual prestige through the battle for Number One Under Heaven, though he was not betting on Ming Yu to win.

• Chen Changsheng told Qian Ya that the aristocratic clans’ influence had grown so strong that Dream feared losing control of the Pill Epoch.
• Chen Changsheng explained that the clans had resisted the plan to eliminate the Wang Family, and that even the Pill Domain had opposed it after the clans infiltrated its ranks.
• Chen Changsheng said the clans had nearly broken free of their progenitors’ control, so Dream had used Qian Ya to suppress them through wealth and resources.
• Chen Changsheng explained that the Heavenly Dao Society could not solve the problem by killing the clans because new members would replace the dead and the Society depended on the clans’ resources.
• Chen Changsheng said he would shatter the clans’ prestige by challenging their reputation for producing the greatest cultivators.
• Qian Ya realized Ming Yu was Chen Changsheng’s final move, but Chen Changsheng said he was not betting on Ming Yu to win the battle for Number One Under Heaven.

Chen Changsheng explained to Qian Ya why finding someone to defeat Lu Mingyu fairly was essential to breaking the aristocratic clans’ faith in his claim to Number One Under Heaven. He rejected several possible challengers and admitted he had no suitable candidate, leaving him with no way to defeat his own disciple.

• Qian Ya asked Chen Changsheng how he planned to make Lu Mingyu lose, and he said that persuading Lu Mingyu to yield would not convince the aristocratic clans.
• Chen Changsheng said the challenger had to be younger than three hundred thousand years and defeat Lu Mingyu convincingly to shatter the clans’ confidence.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Hua Feng had little chance of gaining a decisive advantage because Lu Mingyu had nearly mastered the Soul Secret Method on his own.
• Qian Ya suggested Zi Ping, but Chen Changsheng said he was unsure Zi Ping wanted to enter the conflict and bear its consequences.
• Qian Ya proposed Chen Feng, but Chen Changsheng rejected him because his victory could elevate the Green Mountains Chen family and because Chen Feng might not suit the role of an overlord.
• Chen Changsheng admitted that he could find no one both strong and wise enough who was willing to challenge Lu Mingyu.

Chen Changsheng revealed that he could fight and understood why Lu Mingyu was trying to provoke him, but he denied planning to face him. After Qian Ya exposed the conspiracy’s backers, Chen Changsheng vowed to retaliate, while Qian Ya remained convinced he would still take the beating.

• Qian Ya challenged Chen Changsheng’s claim that he had no more candidates to oppose Lu Mingyu, and Chen Changsheng named himself.
• Chen Changsheng reminded Qian Ya of his past battles and explained that his skill at resolving conflicts had made people underestimate his fighting ability.
• Chen Changsheng said Lu Mingyu hoped to lose to him and use the defeat to weaken the aristocratic clans’ influence.
• Chen Changsheng refused to fight Lu Mingyu because he knew Qian Ya, Zi Ping, Hua Feng, and Lu Mingyu wanted to see him get beaten.
• Qian Ya admitted that Zi Ping helped the scheme and revealed that Zhang Bairen had leaked Chen Changsheng’s survival to Lu Mingyu.
• Chen Changsheng threatened to retaliate against Zhang Bairen, while Qian Ya privately remained sure that Chen Changsheng would take the beating.

Chen Changsheng told Qian Ya that the youths facing the Zheng Family would not lose, while Baleful Shadow fought Zheng Xuan in the Zheng Family Small World. As Baleful Shadow battled on despite Zheng Xuan's nine Great Dao Laws, Lu Jun revealed his growing hostility toward everyone.

• Chen Changsheng told Qian Ya that the young fighters would not lose, and Qian Ya agreed to see how they fared against the older generation.
• Baleful Shadow fought a Zheng Family prodigy who introduced himself as Zheng Xuan and offered to return him safely if he won.
• Zheng Xuan revealed that he had comprehended nine Great Dao Laws, then used the Time Law to land a powerful blow on Baleful Shadow.
• Zheng Xuan used the Space Law to trap and tear at Baleful Shadow, but Baleful Shadow broke free and charged back into battle despite his injuries.
• Li Changming praised Baleful Shadow and warned that Zheng Xuan was dangerous, while Lu Jun dismissed Zheng Xuan and said he was sick of everyone.

Lu Jun learned that the Immortal Emperor had chosen a new successor for the Fighting Saint Technique and threatened to challenge the young prodigies. Meanwhile, Zheng Xuan overwhelmed Baleful Shadow in a three-day battle, and as Baleful Shadow neared death, the glowing figure in his strange inner space agreed to help him for one move.

• Lu Jun told Cui Yunzheng and Li Changming that the Immortal Emperor had withheld the Fighting Saint Technique from him in favor of a better successor, then vowed to challenge them and discover who had been chosen.
• Zheng Xuan used his Great Dao Laws to keep Baleful Shadow wounded and suppress his power as their fight crossed the Zheng Family Small World and spilled into the void.
• After three days of battle, Baleful Shadow recognized that he was near death and launched a desperate counterattack, while Li Changming warned that he might die and Lu Jun offered to confront Zheng Xuan.
• Baleful Shadow entered the strange space within himself, admitted that Zheng Xuan was stronger and that he had never considered retreating, then asked the glowing Baleful Shadow for help.
• The glowing Baleful Shadow agreed to grant Baleful Shadow enough time for one move.

Baleful Shadow escaped after suddenly gaining overwhelming strength, leaving Zheng Xuan defeated and humiliated. Meanwhile, Mo Bai survived a disastrous teleport into the Beast Race Alliance, where powerful figures confronted him.

• Baleful Shadow broke free of Zheng Xuan's restraint, struck him with the Phoenix Winged Golden Rake, and escaped through a Spatial Rift.
• Cui Yunzheng and Li Changming discussed Baleful Shadow's apparent mastery of the soul technique, and Lu Jun said the Imperial Tutor was backing him and Mo Bai.
• Lu Jun and Li Changming rebuked Zheng Xuan for his conduct and poor showing, while Cui Yunzheng warned him not to damage the clans' reputations.
• Zheng Xuan vented his fury by attacking meteorites after Cui Yunzheng left.
• Mo Bai emerged from a Teleportation Array at the Vajra Bear Encampment after surviving Spatial Turbulence, and several powerful figures sensed him.

After a Teleportation Array mishap left Mo Bai stranded in the Pill Epoch, he tried to flee from Beast Race guards but was brought to Tiger Guard Centurion Xiong Da, who intervened because of Mister. Xiong Da praised Mo Bai’s strength, then warned him that his confrontational conduct in the Pill Epoch had been a mistake.

• Mo Bai identified himself as a Chang Sheng Epoch Kirin and asked the Vajra Bear Clan guards to let him leave, but they told him to wait while they consulted their elders.
• Mo Bai attempted to escape, fought an Immortal King Seventh Grade Beast Race expert, and held his own in their contest of strength.
• Xiong Da appeared and ordered Mo Bai to follow him, explaining that he had helped because of Mister.
• Xiong Da took Mo Bai to his cave, where little bears crowded around him and he declined Xiong Da’s offer of honey.
• Xiong Da told Mo Bai that his greatest mistake was handling conflicts in the Pill Epoch with the style of the Chang Sheng Epoch, and said his actions amounted to smashing up the place rather than resisting injustice.

Xiong Da explained the Pill Epoch’s rules and the powerful clans’ tangled influence, leaving Mo Bai with two choices: surrender or keep fighting. He gave Mo Bai a map and ordered him to leave Vajra Bear Clan territory within five days to avoid drawing the clans’ hostility onto them.

• Xiong Da explained that Mo Bai and Baleful Shadow had provoked the Pill Epoch’s great families by destroying their strongholds, even though they had acted in self-defense.
• Xiong Da told Mo Bai that he could surrender publicly and return to the Chang Sheng Epoch or keep resisting the aristocratic clans and great families.
• Xiong Da explained that defeating Cui Family prodigies would not end the conflict because the family’s branches, allies, marriage ties, and other forces would join against Mo Bai.
• Xiong Da explained that the Tiger Guard did not need the great families’ approval but relied on their endorsement, and its Cui commanders were tied to the Cui Family.
• Xiong Da gave Mo Bai a map of the Pill Epoch and told him to leave Vajra Bear Clan territory within five days so the clan would not be dragged into his conflict.

Mo Bai exposed Chen Changsheng’s disguise as Xiong Da and learned that the Pill Epoch’s reform and the Virtual World were part of his trial and a lesson in pursuing power through wisdom as well as strength. With rival prodigies and experts closing in, Mo Bai had five days to plan his next move, while Chen Changsheng prepared to confront those opposing the Virtual World.

• Mo Bai identified the disguised Xiong Da because he used a spoon to eat honey, and Chen Changsheng admitted he had been impersonating him.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Mo Bai and the Five Tigers Group had to help reform the Pill Epoch through the Virtual World, and urged Mo Bai to become an overlord with wisdom and strength.
• Chen Changsheng warned that rival factions, prodigies, and Heavenly Dao Society experts would join the struggle, and said Baleful Shadow had escaped but had touched the threshold of the soul for the second time.
• Chen Changsheng revealed that news of Mo Bai’s location had been sent out and the aristocratic clans would find him in about five days; he also forbade Mo Bai from involving the Beast Race Alliance.
• At God of Wealth Hall, Bai Ze told Chen Changsheng that Qian Girl had gone to answer the Pill Epoch’s demands over the Qilin Communicator, and Chen Changsheng decided to confront those opposing the Virtual World.

Chen Changsheng confronted more than a hundred faction leaders who demanded that the God of Wealth Hall restore their communicators. He revoked their secondary permissions and cooperation, then had Ying Bai Feng drive them out, leaving the crowd to realize he was the Imperial Tutor.

• The Sun Family Patriarch challenged Qian Ya over the shutdown of the main communicator formation and demanded that the God of Wealth Hall restore the communicators.
• Chen Changsheng took Qian Ya's seat and refused the Sun Family Patriarch's demand, arguing that the faction leaders had only secondary usage rights.
• Chen Changsheng revoked the gathered factions' secondary permissions and ended the God of Wealth Hall's cooperation with them, promising compensation later.
• Chen Changsheng summoned Ying Bai Feng and ordered him to enforce the Rules against the faction leaders now that they were no longer cooperation targets.
• Ying Bai Feng threatened the crowd with the Tiger Guard's killing intent, and the faction leaders fled the hall, fearing Chen Changsheng's status as the Imperial Tutor.

Chen Changsheng ordered Ying Bai Feng to stop visitors from spreading news of his appearance and warned Qian Ya that her wealth-gathering role made her a target. He promised her control of the Virtual World's intelligence department and a chance to recruit guards, while a swordmaster told his young student he could no longer teach him.

• Chen Changsheng told Ying Bai Feng to intercept the 126 visitors and warn them not to reveal his appearance, while challenging those behind the disturbance to confront him directly.
• Chen Changsheng explained to Qian Ya that people in the Pill Epoch might target her because gathering wealth created enemies, and Qian Ya agreed to assemble the God of Wealth Hall's guards.
• Chen Changsheng promised Qian Ya the Virtual World's intelligence department and advised her to recruit talented contestants eliminated from the five trials to guard the hall.
• In a small world of the Pill Epoch, a cold swordmaster told a tearful young man to leave, explaining that he had taught him out of boredom and did not know how to guide him.

The chapter followed several disciples sent out by mysterious masters, including Baleful Shadow, who received advice and a secret art to help control his Killing Intent. Chen Changsheng left the God of Wealth Hall to prepare gifts and seek inspiration for the third checkpoint, while the Pill Epoch struggled with the suspension of communication devices.

• A cold man ended his bond with a young swordsman and told him to credit the sword technique to Dugu.
• A blurry figure ordered his beautiful disciple in Wood Crystal World to defeat her peers and become the Bitter Sea Great Emperor, forbidding her from revealing anything about him.
• A plainly dressed farmer rescued Baleful Shadow, warned him to master the soul state and control his Killing Intent, and left a thousand-character secret art for him.
• Chen Changsheng left the God of Wealth Hall to bury treasures and look for inspiration for the third checkpoint, while Bai Ze stayed behind to escort the Little Pup from the Chang Sheng Epoch.
• The suspension of communication devices disrupted trade and contact throughout the Pill Epoch, forcing cultivators to rely on costly Teleportation Arrays.

Chen Changsheng was hiding treasure when Dugu asked him to take care of a twenty-three-year-old sword cultivator and help him compete for the title of Number One Under Heaven. Chen Changsheng refused, but Dugu offered to stay in the Pill Epoch if Chen Changsheng would at least go look at the young man.

• Chen Changsheng arranged paper figures to hide treasure in a perilous place in the Nameless Small World.
• Dugu asked Chen Changsheng to help a twenty-three-year-old sword cultivator, explaining that he had taught the young man to use a sword and believed he would win the contest for Number One Under Heaven.
• Chen Changsheng guessed that Dugu wanted the young man to surpass him without becoming trapped in the same role, then refused because the young man had only reached the Other Shore Realm.
• Dugu destroyed Chen Changsheng's forming treasure-site formation with sword qi and pleaded for him to take even one look at the young man.
• Dugu promised he would stay in the Pill Epoch if Chen Changsheng agreed to go see the young man.

Chen Changsheng agreed to take under his wing the person Dugu had recommended, then revealed that Dugu intended to challenge Dream rather than use a substitute to leave the Pill Epoch. Chen Changsheng promised Dugu one of the departure slots and teleported with him to the remote coordinates Dugu provided.

• Dugu pleaded with Chen Changsheng to take a promising person under his wing, and Chen Changsheng agreed before seeing him.
• Chen Changsheng deduced that Dugu planned to draw his sword against Dream, knowing the duel would likely kill Dugu.
• Chen Changsheng revealed that Dream's hidden condition required Lu Mingyu and Chen Feng to remain in the Pill Epoch, allowing two others to leave.
• Chen Changsheng insisted that Dugu would receive one of the departure slots, and Dugu accepted that Chen Changsheng would force him out if necessary.
• Chen Changsheng finished carving a Teleportation Array, received Dugu's remote coordinates, and teleported away with him.

Chen Changsheng and Dugu reached Little Stone Village, where Dugu wanted Chen Changsheng to examine Shi Qi, a young man whose swordsmanship seemed ordinary. Dugu revealed that teaching Shi Qi sword techniques had extinguished his inner radiance, and Chen Changsheng was left to discover why Shi Qi was a sword cultivator who could not use a sword.

• Chen Changsheng explained to Dugu that he had avoided the Five Clans, Four Sects, the Pill Domain, and the Heavenly Dao Society while waiting for negotiations.
• Chen Changsheng disguised himself as a hungry old man and met Shi Qi, who left to fetch him flour and fresh meat.
• Chen Changsheng questioned why Dugu valued Shi Qi despite his ordinary swordsmanship and kind nature.
• Dugu explained that Shi Qi had once astonished him, but learning sword techniques had gradually extinguished his radiance.
• Dugu told Chen Changsheng to have Shi Qi put down the wooden sword on his back so he would understand the problem.
• Shi Qi returned carrying flour, fresh meat, and a black pot to prepare food for Chen Changsheng.

Chen Changsheng met Shi Qi, whose kindness led him to feed the disguised old man, and offered to help with his swordsmanship. After watching Shi Qi's clumsy Basic Sword Art and inspecting his wooden sword, Chen Changsheng said it was missing a sheath.

• Shi Qi knowingly fed Chen Changsheng despite realizing the old man was lying, explaining that helping with food cost him little.
• Chen Changsheng sensed Shi Qi's goodwill and learned that Shi Qi practiced the sword to make his absent master return.
• Shi Qi demonstrated his Basic Sword Art, and Chen Changsheng judged it mediocre but better than his earlier practice.
• Shi Qi told Chen Changsheng that his master had given him the wooden sword and that it held special meaning for him.
• Chen Changsheng praised the wooden sword as a fine sword and said it was missing a sheath.