Chapter Summaries

Li Chengyu killed Long Aotian, prompting Chen Xiao to force his way into the Pill Epoch to retrieve his disciple while Chen Changsheng used the death to pressure the great clans. Lu Jun and Li Changming learned Long Aotian had died and realized the killing had broken the rules that had kept negotiations possible.

• Li Chengyu beheaded Long Aotian, destroyed his Golden Dragon Life Lamp, and burned his corpse.
• Chen Xiao crossed the chaos, broke through the Pill Epoch's barrier, and defeated an Eighth Heaven Quasi-Emperor who tried to stop him.
• Chen Changsheng admitted to Dream that he had cheated at Go and explained that Long Aotian's death would make the Chang Sheng Epoch blame the great clans, whether or not Long Aotian survived.
• Lu Jun and Li Changming sensed Long Aotian's death, but Li Changming could not contact Li Chengyu.
• Lu Jun realized Long Aotian had been killed while his strength was restricted, destroying the possibility of negotiating the dispute.

Li Changming admitted that Long Aotian had been killed, setting the Aristocratic Clans on a path toward open conflict. Chen Changsheng revealed to Li Chengyu that Long Aotian might survive through his lineage’s unusual rebirth technique, leaving the fate of his essence blood uncertain.

• Li Changming told Li Changsheng that he had ordered Long Aotian killed, and Li Changsheng left with Lu Jun after promising to return with forces seeking revenge.
• Chen Changsheng met Li Chengyu on a meteorite, accepted a bottle containing Long Aotian’s essence blood, and confirmed that the killing would force the Aristocratic Clans into opposing camps.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Long Aotian’s death would draw the Sage Emperor, the sacred land, and the Yin Emperor into the conflict, escalating it into a wider struggle.
• Chen Changsheng told Li Chengyu that the Sage Emperor’s lineage could theoretically regenerate from a tiny part of the body without compressing divine power or a life lamp.
• Chen Changsheng said he had guided the Sage Emperor’s lineage after drawing inspiration from the Nether River Ancestor’s sinister path.

Chen Changsheng explained why he refused to sacrifice Li Chengyu or Long Aotian for his plan to overthrow the Pill Epoch’s aristocratic clans. Li Chengyu chose to stay and follow Chen Changsheng as Traceless, while Chen Changsheng predicted the Sage Emperor would defeat the clans’ experts.

• Chen Changsheng told Li Chengyu that a Great Dao’s righteousness depended on its wielder and gave him an Imperial Preceptor Decree and a route out of the Pill Epoch.
• Chen Changsheng said he had not ordered Li Chengyu to kill Long Aotian for strategic gain and would accept defeat rather than kill people he valued.
• Chen Changsheng explained that he opposed the aristocratic clans because the people of the Pill Epoch were not free and needed to fight for their own homeland.
• Li Chengyu decided to stay with Chen Changsheng, took the codename Traceless, and agreed to follow him.
• Chen Changsheng said the Sage Emperor could sweep through everything and would face no real obstacle before defeating seventeen or eighteen high-level Quasi-Emperors.

The Chang Sheng Epoch’s experts took notice after the Phoenix Empress successfully lived a second life with Immortal Medicine, and the Ancestor Phoenix considered visiting the Pill Epoch to obtain it. Meanwhile, war engulfed the Wang Family as Lin Yao and Wang Zhen fought amid escalating battles, while the Qilin’s son remained trapped in the Zheng Family Ancestral Tomb.

• Chen Changsheng told Li Chengyu that the Sage Emperor’s younger brother might intervene if the Sage Emperor encountered an obstacle, then entered the void with Li Chengyu following.
• At the Taiyuan Wang Family, Lin Yao joined the fierce fighting and clashed with Wang Zhen, whose Ninth Grade strength was challenged by Lin Yao’s Fourth Grade cultivation.
• The war intensified after news spread that Long Aotian had died and that the Sage Emperor had defeated twenty-one high-level Quasi-Emperors across eighteen Great Worlds.
• The Phoenix Empress’s second life drew the attention of the Chang Sheng Epoch’s powerful figures, who discussed whether Immortal Medicine could benefit them.
• The Ancestor Phoenix decided they should go to the Pill Epoch, and the Primordial Qilin noted that Chen Changsheng would offer Immortal Medicine in exchange for their contribution.

Chen Xiao fought three Eighth Heaven Quasi-Emperors in the void and destroyed one of their Imperial weapons. Wang Hao rescued Mo Bai and Zhang Ling from the five great families, and Primordial Qilin confronted the Heavenly Dao Society over the families’ treatment of the children.

• Chen Xiao broke through the three Quasi-Emperors’ restraints, shattered one fighter’s Great Dao with brute force, and destroyed his Purple Copper Long Staff before the three resumed their siege.
• Wang Hao escaped the five great families’ old foundations after returning Mo Bai and Zhang Ling to the True Dragon, Ancestor Phoenix, and Primordial Qilin, then self-destructed to vanish.
• Primordial Qilin left with Mo Bai and warned the five families that he would settle the score for his son.
• At the Pill Epoch barrier, Primordial Qilin challenged the Heavenly Dao Society’s rules and condemned the five families for using vicious methods against children in the Immortal King Realm.

Nalan Zi Ping and the Primordial Qilin, True Dragon, and Ancestor Phoenix each challenged a Heavenly Dao Society member over conflicts with their families. At the barrier, Hua Feng entered the Pill Epoch with Ruan Su Xian, while Dream studied the incarnations surrounding Mo Bai and Zhang Ling.

• Xu Qianzhui demanded an explanation for Mo Bai and Zhang Ling’s capture, and Nalan Zi Ping challenged a Heavenly Dao Society member named Tian Xiang Zi to a fight to the death.
• The Primordial Qilin, True Dragon, and Ancestor Phoenix each took a Heavenly Dao Society member into Hundun to settle their grievances.
• The Moon God told Yin Jun Lin that he could not enter, then allowed Hua Feng and Ruan Su Xian through after Hua Feng said she had come to see sir and Lu Mingyu.
• Dream ignored Chen Changsheng’s urging and watched the incarnations of the Primordial Qilin and two others before declaring the sight interesting.

Dream confronted Chen Changsheng over the poison Chen had planted in him, then explained why he had built the Pill Epoch’s system of control and allowed challengers to live. He revealed that the Madman of the Chang Sheng Epoch was returning, someone even he preferred to avoid.

• Dream removed the measures on Mo Bai and Zhang Lin, then sent True Dragon, Mo Bai, and the others out of the dream realm to face him later if they proved worthy.
• Dream accused Chen Changsheng of poisoning him, and Chen admitted he had planted poison as a safeguard against Dream’s strength and unpredictable moods.
• Dream said he would not kill Chen because challengers would keep appearing, and explained that he had turned the Pill Epoch into a cage governed through the Five Clans, Four Sects, and Pill Domain.
• Dream explained that he kept powerful challengers alive because they hindered others’ growth, and said he considered the whole world—not just Chen or the Divine Beast lineage—a potential enemy.
• Chen Changsheng sensed Dream’s excitement and asked who was coming back; Dream identified the Madman of the Chang Sheng Epoch and admitted he would avoid the Madman’s edge.

Dream explained to Chen Changsheng that the recovering Chang Sheng Epoch and Pill Epoch were approaching another war, while their conflicting ideals made lasting peace difficult. Chen Changsheng questioned whether Dream planned to fight, and learned what forces could make Dream’s true body awaken and enter reality.

• Dream told Chen Changsheng that he, Lu Mingyu, and Chen Feng showed that the Chang Sheng Epoch and Pill Epoch had recovered enough for war to begin again.
• Dream explained that the powerful would challenge him as a shackle to their advancement, and said the Little Immortal Elder had turned against Chen Changsheng over the plan called Severing Earth from Heaven.
• Chen Changsheng considered killing Dream and the people of both epochs to achieve peace, but abandoned the idea after Dream pointed out that other epochs would remain.
• Dream said that old aristocratic clans and powerful families no longer suited the changed world, and Chen Changsheng thanked him for the lesson.
• Dream said he would take the Forbidden Ground and Chang Sheng Epoch seriously if they united, and would awaken his true body if the Master of the Netherworld Forest joined them.
• Chen Changsheng asked Dream to compare that possible battle with his past battle, and Dream estimated it would reach about one-third its level.

Dream told Chen Changsheng how he became the Pill Epoch's sole ruler and explained that strife in the Chang Sheng Epoch began when four mysterious madmen clashed over the secret of longevity. He revealed the Master of the Netherworld Forest's belief that longevity factors could be gathered from living beings, leaving the other madmen's conflict unresolved.

• Dream recounted how he waged a million-year war in the Pill Epoch, defeated his rivals, and became its sole ruler.
• Dream explained that the Chang Sheng Epoch intervened during the war, but its internal turmoil helped the Pill Epoch resist the invasion.
• Dream said the Chang Sheng Epoch's unrest began with Human Race resistance, the Uncanny, and four mysterious madmen: the Dao Ancestor, the Master of the Netherworld Forest, the Ominous Maker, and the teacher of the three Divine Beasts.
• Dream described how the Ominous Maker opened a strange space and studied its energy and terrifying contents, believing it concealed the secret of Chang Sheng.
• Dream said the Master of the Netherworld Forest opposed the Ominous Maker, fought him, and pursued longevity by gathering longevity factors from living beings.

Dream recounted the wars that shattered the Chang Sheng Epoch and revealed how he helped bring down its great powers before fighting the Divine Beast lineage himself. He explained that those battles nearly killed him and that his true body was still recovering, though he was close to healed.

• Dream told Chen Changsheng that the Ominous Maker sought to refine the Chang Sheng Epoch into his body, and that competing beliefs about longevity led the great powers to war.
• Dream revealed that he ambushed the Dao Ancestor and a powerhouse in the Pill Epoch, helping shatter the Eight Nine Mysterious Technique, then fought the Master of the Netherworld Forest twice.
• Dream described the devastation caused by the Uncanny and the Master of the Netherworld Forest, the Dao Ancestor's betrayal by his disciples, and the departure of the surviving powers from the Chang Sheng Epoch.
• Dream said he unified the Pill Epoch and led the Heavenly Dao Society against the Divine Beast lineage, after which both sides withdrew and the two epochs lost contact.
• Dream admitted that the battles had left him near death and explained that he had remained in dreams while recovering, recently borrowing Chen Changsheng's help to eliminate the Wang family ancestor.

Dream told Chen Changsheng that the Dao Ancestor was a madman who intended to gather all faith in himself and exterminate heretics, and warned that his return would threaten Chen Changsheng. Dream then revealed that he had recovered enough to stop guarding against everyone and was using their conversation to make Chen Changsheng dread what was coming.

• Chen Changsheng deduced that the Dao Ancestor had taught Little Immortal Elder the Eighteen Transformations of Wuji and was about to return.
• Dream explained that the Dao Ancestor demanded all beings follow the Three Teachings and worship him, and would wipe out heretics like Chen Changsheng.
• Dream described the Forbidden Ground as a refuge for cowards that had grown stronger over millions of years, citing Heaven's strength when he fought the Ominous Maker.
• Dream said he had nearly recovered and no longer needed to fear minor opponents such as the three Divine Beasts.
• Chen Changsheng realized Dream's true target was him, and Dream confirmed he intended to make him suffer through fear and anticipation.

After Dream warned Chen Changsheng that one of the four Madmen might come to kill him, Chen Changsheng sealed away his memories of the threat and left himself a message to prepare for the future. Meanwhile, Meng De and Baleful Shadow discussed the approaching war, which Meng De expected to end only when one side was wiped out.

• Dream told Chen Changsheng that a powerful enemy might arrive and advised him to hide, but Chen Changsheng refused to abandon the people and life he had built.
• Chen Changsheng sent the Primordial Qilin, True Dragon, and Ancestor Phoenix away, then took the unconscious Mo Bai and Zhang Ling to an asteroid.
• Chen Changsheng asked the system not to reveal what had happened, wrote himself a warning on a Jade Slip, and temporarily sealed away part of his memories.
• After reading the warning, Chen Changsheng resolved to trust his former self and face the powerful future enemy, then left with Mo Bai and Zhang Ling.
• Dream appeared after Chen Changsheng vanished and said he would not escape Dream's grasp.
• At the Taiyuan Wang Family, Meng De told Baleful Shadow that the factions had chosen sides and asked whether he was ready for a battle ending in one side's complete destruction.

Meng De gave Baleful Shadow his Virtual World qualification to secure Lu Zijian’s release from the Sword Sect, and Baleful Shadow rallied the Chang Sheng Epoch prodigies for the mission. Meanwhile, Chen Changsheng pressed the Ten Thousand Years Bodhi Tree about a Pill Epoch exit slot before learning the Moon God had returned, and he urged her to meet Zhou Jingting.

• Meng De told Baleful Shadow to rescue Lu Zijian from the Sword Sect and proceed to the Green Mountain World of the Bo Ling Cui Family for the third Virtual World checkpoint.
• Meng De explained that the Sword Sect wanted a Virtual World qualification in exchange for cooperation, then handed his qualification to Baleful Shadow and described the burdens of managing the war.
• Baleful Shadow promised to bring Meng De more people and resources, then rallied the Chang Sheng Epoch prodigies to fight together and honor those who had sacrificed for them.
• Chen Changsheng asked the Ten Thousand Years Bodhi Tree to give the Moon God a slot to leave the Pill Epoch, but the Bodhi Tree refused and ended their communication.
• Chen Changsheng asked the Moon God about the fighting in Hundun and urged her to meet Zhou Jingting, saying the girl needed help letting go of her resentment.

Chen Changsheng learned that the Moon God considered him indebted to both her and the Bodhi Tree, while Ning Bei led Baleful Shadow and the others to the Sword Tomb to decide Cao Mingxian’s release. The chapter ended with Zhou Jingting refusing to enter the Heavenly Lotus Sect and questioning whether the Moon God’s identity mattered.

• The Moon God told Chen Changsheng that he owed her and the Bodhi Tree debts of Human Sentiment, then vanished when he protested.
• Ning Bei rejected Lu Zijian’s attempt to persuade him to release her and explained that she had brought her imprisonment upon herself by provoking the Sword Sect.
• Baleful Shadow delivered a Virtual World slot to the Sword Sect Leader, who ordered Ning Bei to join the group and secure the third checkpoint’s reward.
• Ning Bei released Lu Zijian but demanded that the group prove its strength in the Sword Tomb to earn Cao Mingxian’s release.
• Zhou Jingting continued writing instead of entering the Heavenly Lotus Sect and asked the Moon God whether her identity was important.

Zhou Jingting confronted Moon God over her failure to manage Heavenly Lotus Sect, then accepted her jade pendant and planned to reform the sect and join forces with Qilin's son. At the Sword Tomb, Ning Bei showed the group the founding patriarch's broken sword, and Cui Yunzheng revealed that someone had cut it in two.

• Zhou Jingting accused Moon God of allowing Heavenly Lotus Sect to decay and of meddling in the Pill Epoch's conflicts.
• Zhou Jingting said she planned to straighten out Heavenly Lotus Sect and join forces with Qilin's son, while Moon God left her a jade pendant granting access to the sect's resources and power.
• Moon God explained that advancing in the Pill Epoch would demand too many sacrifices and said Heavenly Lotus Sect could be handed over to Zhou Jingting after her studies at Ten Thousand Races Academy.
• Ning Bei brought the group to the Sword Tomb, where they saw a broken sword atop a mountain amid cliffs marked with sword traces.
• Cui Yunzheng identified the broken sword as the Sword Sect founding patriarch's weapon and said someone had cut it in two.

Ning Bei explained the Sword Tomb’s origins and the disgrace behind the Sword Sect’s founding patriarch losing his sword to Dugu, the Pill Epoch’s Number One Sword Cultivator. After Lin Yao volunteered to test the passage, he entered it protected by his Buddhist Golden Body as sword qi attacked him.

• Ning Bei explained that Sword Sect disciples had carved the passage and left sword marks on the unique grinding stones, while the founding patriarch had embedded the Broken Sword in the mountain.
• Lu Jun explained that the Sword Tomb was the Sword Sect’s shame because Dugu had severed the founding patriarch’s sword and taken the title of Number One Sword Cultivator.
• Cui Yunzheng connected Dugu to the mysterious sword teacher who had instructed Mo Bai, and Li Changsheng revealed that he had kept Mo Bai away to avoid angering the Sword Sect.
• Lin Yao volunteered to enter the Sword Tomb passage, manifested his Buddhist Golden Body, and charged through as waves of sword qi struck him.

Lin Yao and Cui Shuo failed to break through the Sword Tomb, while Lu Zijian was released and headed there to try to save Cao Mingxian. At the Heavenly Lotus Sacred Land, Chen Changsheng urged Zhang Ling to cultivate the Daoist Sect’s orthodox Great Dao alongside the Talisman Dao.

• Lin Yao was wounded by an ancient sword after explaining that the Sword Tomb retaliated against anyone who tried to enter without mastering the Sword Dao.
• Cui Shuo charged into the Sword Tomb with his Unrivaled Fist Intent, but ancient swords mangled him before Cui Yunzheng pulled him out at the cost of losing his six wheels of light.
• Ning Bei returned the Purple-Green Twin Swords and released Lu Zijian after the Chang Sheng Epoch paid his ransom, then told him Cao Mingxian would be freed if they passed through the Sword Tomb.
• Lu Zijian flew toward the Sword Tomb after Ning Bei confirmed that his attempt to pass through would count.
• Zhang Ling told Chen Changsheng that he had comprehended 137 lifetimes of Reincarnation and asked how to progress beyond his Talisman Dao bottleneck.
• Chen Changsheng advised Zhang Ling to cultivate the Daoist Sect’s orthodox Great Dao alongside the Talisman Dao, explaining that the two paths could complement each other.

Chen Changsheng advised Zhang Ling to follow his own heart, then negotiated with the Bodhi Tree to begin cultivating beneath it. Meanwhile, Li Chengyu searched an unknown Small World for the sword Dao prodigy Chen Changsheng had sent him to find, but found no trace of anyone powerful.

• Chen Changsheng warned Zhang Ling against pursuing an extreme path, told him to meld the insights from his reincarnations, and sent him away.
• Chen Changsheng arranged to exchange his Great Dao method with the Bodhi Tree for Bodhi Seeds and a section of core wood, then began meditating.
• Li Chengyu recalled Chen Changsheng's order to find a sword Dao prodigy and bring him to Baleful Shadow and the others at the Sword Sect.
• Li Chengyu searched the Small World for more than half a month but found no cultivators above Mortal Shedding Realm.
• Li Chengyu spread his Sword Intent across the Small World, but no one sensed it or responded.

Li Changsheng and his companions debated whether to keep trying to rescue Cao Mingxian from the Sword Sect while Lu Zijian repeatedly attempted the Sword Tomb. They agreed to wait two more days before continuing their dangerous journey, but an arrival sent by the Imperial Tutor appeared overhead.

• Li Chengyu failed to find the sword-dao genius and set out to search the strongest cultivators in the Small World.
• Lu Zijian was thrown back by the Sword Tomb, but insisted on trying again to rescue Cao Mingxian, who had been captured in her place.
• Li Changsheng stopped Lu Zijian and agreed with Ning Bei to wait two more days before the group departed.
• Lu Chang asked whether Cao Mingxian could be rescued, and Li Changsheng explained that their route through Green Mountain World would expose them to powerful enemies.
• Traceless arrived with another figure and asked the Sword Sect elders to grant him passage on the Imperial Tutor's orders.

Li Chengyu delivered Shi Qi, a sword prodigy sent by the Imperial Tutor, to the Sword Sect. When the sect learned that Shi Qi carried a wooden sword marked “Dugu” and was likely Dugu’s disciple, Ning Bei demanded that he enter the Sword Tomb and face the Sword Sect.

• Li Chengyu released Traceless, delivered Shi Qi to Li Changsheng, and relayed the Imperial Tutor’s warning that the Sword Sect’s sword was not invincible.
• Li Changsheng questioned Shi Qi, who explained that a strange old man had made his sword sheath, taught him swordsmanship, and claimed to know his master.
• Ning Bei recognized the name Dugu carved on Shi Qi’s sword and concluded that Shi Qi was Dugu’s disciple.
• Ning Bei insisted that Shi Qi enter the Sword Tomb and make a move for the Sword Sect, while Li Changsheng and the others opposed him.
• Shi Qi agreed to compete, and Cui Shuo offered to hold the line for him.