Chapter Summaries

Chen Changsheng purified the Blood Dragon Kingdom and learned that the Mountain Keepers, Mountain-Quelling Artisans, and Cloudwatch Bureau held separate roles in a plan to save the world. After helping Gu Dongchun restore the land and reading the Mountain Keepers' records, Chen Changsheng learned of an ancestral precept involving a person and a dog.

• Chen Changsheng explained why the Sages had destroyed the Blood Dragon Kingdom, then chanted a scripture to dispel the evil aura from the land and the remains of Long Bo and Feng Ling.
• Long Bo and Feng Ling's spirits thanked Chen Changsheng before they dissipated, and Chen Changsheng told Gu Dongchun to guard the restored land and preserve the scripture.
• Gu Dongchun explained the roles of the Mountain Keepers, Mountain-Quelling Artisans, and Cloudwatch Bureau, and said his lineage's records pointed to Celestial Master Zhang Daoling's tomb as the key to saving the world.
• Chen Changsheng corrected Gu Dongchun about the tomb's title, read the Mountain Keepers' handwritten records, and promised the lineage mountains and water when the world returned to clarity.
• Chen Changsheng gave Gu Dongchun one hundred thousand Divine Source and left the Blood Dragon Kingdom in his care.
• Gu Dongchun gave Chen Changsheng a Mountain Keepers token and revealed an ancestral precept to support a person and a dog who appeared together.

Chen Changsheng explained that the Ominous Maker had corrupted the Demon Continent’s earth veins and that Zhang Ling’s three inheritances had been left as a backup plan to reveal the danger. He set out with Xiao Hei to find Zhang Ling’s imperial tomb, while a mysterious figure escaped after fighting Xiao Yunshu in Hundun.

• Chen Changsheng told Xiao Hei that the Ominous Maker had planted energy in the Demon Continent’s earth veins, causing its inhabitants to produce evil energy.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Zhang Ling, Mo Bai, and the others had left the three inheritances to point later generations toward the earth veins and the threat above them.
• Chen Changsheng said they needed to find Zhang Ling’s imperial tomb and purge the Demon Continent of those responsible for its blood sacrifices and corruption.
• Chen Changsheng promised Xiao Hei he would try to bring Zhang Ling and the others back, then revealed that he had exposed himself deliberately and could use the truth about the Four Madmen’s Immortal Domain origins to threaten them.
• A mysterious figure escaped into Hundun after fighting Xiao Yunshu, and the Beast Ancestor warned Xiao Yunshu that the Virtual World’s destruction had made many people want him dead.

Xiao Yunshu rejected the Beast Ancestor’s warnings and insisted on preventing anyone from finding the Immortal Domain, while dismissing the threat posed by Chen Changsheng’s return. On the Demon Continent, Chen Changsheng sealed the Immortal-Slaying Sword and chose to rebuild his cultivation through grueling practice, beginning from the Springhead Realm.

• The Beast Ancestor warned Xiao Yunshu that their enemies were gathering and questioned whether the Immortal Domain still existed, but Xiao Yunshu insisted they would return and overcome any threat.
• Xiao Yunshu and the Beast Ancestor argued over whether to risk the Immortal Domain and whether Chen Changsheng’s return posed a danger; Xiao Yunshu said he would stop the Virtual World from being recreated.
• The Beast Ancestor refused to help Xiao Yunshu further, and Xiao Yunshu vowed to prevent anyone from exploring the Immortal Domain by himself.
• On the Demon Continent, Chen Changsheng sealed the Broken Sword, telling Xiao Hei he would stop borrowing the Immortal-Slaying Sword’s power and regain his strength through cultivation.
• Chen Changsheng explained that he would cultivate step by step from the Springhead Realm toward Bitter Sea Great Emperor, choosing grueling cultivation over a sudden breakthrough.

Chen Changsheng explained that he wanted to master his techniques and pursue a path of arduous cultivation, but his temperament made him consider letting his Second Divine Soul take over. The Second Divine Soul emerged and told Xiao Hei that neither of them was a complete Chen Changsheng, beginning to explain the divided nature of his identity.

• Chen Changsheng told Xiao Hei he wanted to temper his abilities to their limits and deduce a new path, like Thirteen.
• Xiao Hei doubted Chen Changsheng could cultivate tirelessly, given his lazy temperament and reliance on schemes of power.
• Chen Changsheng revealed that he had arranged for his Second Divine Soul to emerge after Xiao Yunshu and the others were killed.
• The Second Divine Soul took control, teased Xiao Hei, and warned that their memories and methods were shared.
• The Second Divine Soul said neither he nor the other Chen Changsheng was complete, and began describing Chen Changsheng's fear and vulnerability after leaving Bitter Sea Town.

Chen Changsheng explained how fear, grief, and the need to protect his friends shaped his path, and how the Second Divine Soul came into being. The system affirmed that he was still Chen Changsheng, and he entered the city with Xiao Hei after discarding his Life Lamp Realm cultivation to rebuild from the Springhead Realm.

• Chen Changsheng told Xiao Hei how he left Bitter Sea Town, buried an old friend in Night Moon Kingdom, and chose to plan for the Imperial Tutor Lineage instead of focusing on cultivation.
• Chen Changsheng explained that he was resurrected when Scholar fell and gained concrete form through the Second Divine Soul Method and the myriad lifetimes of Reincarnation beneath the Bodhi Tree.
• Chen Changsheng recounted how he personally entered several battles after his friends were killed, but had lost the pure Dao Heart needed to reach the ultimate end of the Great Dao.
• Xiao Hei asked whether Chen Changsheng would return, and Chen Changsheng assured him that he would before agreeing to enter the city.
• Chen Changsheng asked the system whether he was still himself, and the system said his changing emotions did not alter who he was.
• Chen Changsheng caught up to Xiao Hei, entered the city with him, and discarded his Life Lamp Realm cultivation to start again from the Springhead Realm.

Chen Changsheng trained his mortal body under five thousand jin of weight and infiltrated the Cloudwatch Bureau as a menial disciple. After overpowering the other disciples and claiming their room, he learned that his defensive power had reached the peak of the Immortal Venerable Realm.

• Chen Changsheng explained to Xiao Hei that he was training to gain absolute control over his strength, then said he planned to infiltrate the Cloudwatch Bureau and solve its problems head-on.
• Xiao Hei left to explore the area while Chen Changsheng went to the Cloudwatch Bureau and received a menial disciple's waist token.
• A burly real man threatened Chen Changsheng and rallied the menial disciples in their room, but Chen Changsheng fought them and drove them all outside.
• Chen Changsheng claimed the room, ordered the disciples to clean it within an hour, and threatened to break their legs or cut out their tongues if they disobeyed.
• Chen Changsheng asked the system about his defensive power, and it reported that he had reached the peak of the Immortal Venerable Realm.

Chen Changsheng trained his fist techniques while vowing to become invincible, but Mu Cheng attacked him for beating his younger brother. After subjecting Chen Changsheng to a prolonged assault, Mu Cheng left him unconscious and wondered what to do with him.

• Chen Changsheng discussed cultivation and attribute points with the system, then practiced his fist techniques while adapting to five-thousand-jin weighted clothing.
• Xiao Hei watched Chen Changsheng train as the real man he had beaten returned with his older brother, Mu Cheng.
• Mu Cheng confronted Chen Changsheng and traded a punch with him, then learned Chen Changsheng's name and claimed he would teach him the Cloudwatch Bureau's rules.
• Mu Cheng used Divine Sense attacks, spells, and divine powers to beat Chen Changsheng until he fainted.
• The real man asked whether Chen Changsheng was dead, and Mu Cheng said he would survive before the man asked if they should bury him.

Chen Changsheng trained in the Cloudwatch Bureau while Xiao Hei struggled to accept his approach and feared losing him. After three days, Chen Changsheng had opened the Spring Eye Realm of the Bitter Sea and was about to face the Cloudwatch Bureau’s Outer Sect Disciple selection.

• Mu Cheng stopped his burly subordinate from killing Chen Changsheng and ordered him to treat Chen Changsheng well so he could recruit him.
• After waking, Chen Changsheng practiced his sword beneath the moon, and Xiao Hei brought him a box of food.
• Xiao Hei questioned why Chen Changsheng had spared Mu Cheng, and Chen Changsheng explained that he wanted to rely on his own strength rather than external methods.
• Chen Changsheng gave Xiao Hei an orange, which Xiao Hei complained was sour but ate anyway while standing guard outside the Cloudwatch Bureau.
• Chen Changsheng trained day and night for three days, opening the Spring Eye Realm of the Bitter Sea and expanding it with his fists before the Outer Sect Disciple selection.

Chen Changsheng rejected Kai Wu’s efforts to recruit him for Mu Cheng and advanced through the servant-disciple selection with overwhelming strength. Mu Cheng offered him a place in the outer sect in exchange for serving him, but Chen Changsheng had not accepted.

• Kai Wu begged Chen Changsheng to join Mu Cheng, but Chen Changsheng questioned why Kai Wu was so determined and learned that he wanted access to cultivation resources.
• Chen Changsheng asked Kai Wu his name, heard that Mu Cheng was among the outer sect’s strongest candidates, and said Kai Wu’s life might have changed if he had met Chen Changsheng’s former self.
• Chen Changsheng defeated his first opponent with one punch, while Mu Cheng signaled the referee to alter Chen Changsheng’s match order.
• Chen Changsheng continued winning with single punches until he faced a skilled fist fighter, whom he barely defeated after throwing eighteen punches.
• Mu Cheng praised Chen Changsheng and offered to secure his entry into the outer sect if he agreed to work for him.

Chen Changsheng refused Mu Cheng's offer to become an Outer Sect Disciple and struggled with the doubts that kept his Sea of Bitterness from expanding. After rediscovering his resolve, he defeated a servant disciple with one sword strike and left the stage, stunning the spectators.

• Chen Changsheng rejected Mu Cheng's offer, and Mu Cheng left after threatening to stop him from entering the outer sect.
• Chen Changsheng entered his Sea of Bitterness and spoke with his First Divine Soul, who urged him to be patient with Xiao Hei but decisive when needed.
• A veteran servant disciple backed by Mu Cheng challenged Chen Changsheng with a magical longsword, but Chen Changsheng refused to draw his sword at first.
• Chen Changsheng realized that memories of peerless fighters had shaken his First Divine Soul's confidence and told the servant disciple a story about reclaiming the belief that he could become Number One Under Heaven.
• When the servant disciple charged, Chen Changsheng drew his Broken Sword and defeated him with a single strike, then left the stage as Mu Cheng and the onlookers stared in shock.

After becoming a Cloudwatch Bureau Outer Sect Disciple, Chen Changsheng argued with Xiao Hei that he could become the Number One Under Heaven. He challenged Xiao Hei’s belief that his own cultivation and qualifications made him incapable of surpassing figures like Dream, Wu Li, and Lu Mingyu.

• Chen Changsheng became the first Springhead Realm cultivator in Cloudwatch Bureau history to advance to Outer Sect Disciple and received a small house and three assigned attendants, including Kai Wu.
• Chen Changsheng dismissed Kai Wu and the other attendants, then joined Xiao Hei for a meal in his new residence.
• Xiao Hei mocked Chen Changsheng for caring about becoming first in the Cloudwatch Bureau, while Chen Changsheng insisted that being first mattered.
• Chen Changsheng challenged Xiao Hei to explain why he believed Chen Changsheng could not become the Number One Under Heaven, despite believing someone could surpass Dream.
• Chen Changsheng argued that his fear before the War of the Emperors had cost him an invincible heart and listed his cultivation, talent, and comprehension as reasons he could surpass Wu Li and others.
• Xiao Hei could not find a reason to refute Chen Changsheng’s claims.

Chen Changsheng rejected the titles and expectations tied to his past, but Xiao Hei left angry, and the First Divine Soul challenged his convictions. After three months of intense cultivation as a Cloudwatch Bureau Outer Sect Disciple, Chen Changsheng was sent on a major mission that raised the prospect of profit-seeking.

• Chen Changsheng told Xiao Hei he intended to become the Number One Under Heaven in his own way, but Xiao Hei said he was not the Chen Changsheng they remembered and left.
• A Cloudwatch Bureau woman reviewed the advancing Outer Sect Disciples and decided to keep Chen Changsheng under observation until his cultivation improved.
• The First Divine Soul appeared while Chen Changsheng practiced swordsmanship, defended Chen Changsheng's past choices, and questioned whether the Second Divine Soul existed.
• Chen Changsheng suppressed his distracting thoughts and continued training through three months of daily cultivation and basic duties.
• The Cloudwatch Bureau assigned Chen Changsheng and many other disciples a major compulsory mission, and a companion suggested skimming some of its profits.

Chen Changsheng learned rumors about Cloudwatch Bureau’s secret mission and agreed to compensate Kai Wu for gathering information. At the Immortal Deity Sect, the Sect Master pushed the sect’s failing Spirit Vein harder while a mysterious figure promised the Celestial Master’s Tomb held a path beyond the Immortal King Realm.

• Kai Wu insisted on following Chen Changsheng, and Chen Changsheng offered him compensation if he continued gathering information.
• Kai Wu told Chen Changsheng rumors that Cloudwatch Bureau was heading to the Immortal Deity Sect because a major power’s Spirit Vein was failing.
• Chen Changsheng reasoned that the sect would keep its Spirit Vein trouble secret to avoid becoming vulnerable to other factions.
• The Immortal Deity Sect’s elders warned the Sect Master that its Spirit Vein would run dry within three years, but he ordered them to increase its output.
• A blurry figure told the Sect Master they would find the Celestial Master’s Tomb within ten days and promised the Supreme Dao Canon could help him surpass the Immortal King Realm.

Chen Changsheng made Kai Wu drink the Divine Source-laced meat soup, then put him to work practicing swordsmanship while ignoring both his questions and the First Divine Soul’s advice. He left Kai Wu with a deadline of five hundred more sword swings before dawn.

• Kai Wu brought Chen Changsheng meat soup containing Divine Source powder, but Chen Changsheng made him drink it himself.
• Kai Wu admitted he had been handling Chen Changsheng’s minor Outer Sect tasks for the past three months, and Chen Changsheng gave him a Broken Sword to practice with.
• The First Divine Soul offered to take Kai Wu under his wing and speculated that the Cloudwatch Bureau’s recruitment drive for the Immortal Deity Sect concealed a motive.
• When Kai Wu’s sword movements faltered from exhaustion, Chen Changsheng ordered him to complete five hundred more swings before dawn or find someone else to follow.

Chen Changsheng rejected the First Divine Soul’s elaborate plans and chose to build his Divine Bridge by trusting himself. After arriving at the Immortal Deity Sect with Kai Wu, he cut through its protective formation and entered, where he began assessing the sect’s condition.

• The First Divine Soul offered Chen Changsheng plans for his Divine Bridge, but Chen Changsheng said he wanted to take a straightforward path and trust himself.
• The First Divine Soul accepted Chen Changsheng’s rebuke in silence and admitted that he deserved it.
• Chen Changsheng told Kai Wu that following him would bring trouble, but offered him an opportunity in return for the information he had gathered.
• The Cloudwatch Bureau party arrived at the Immortal Deity Sect, where an Immortal King Realm elder welcomed them.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Kai Wu to stay quiet, then opened the Immortal Deity Sect’s protective formation with a light slash of the Broken Sword.
• Chen Changsheng entered the sect and pulled up a sapling, judging its dried roots as a sign of the sect’s condition.

Chen Changsheng entered a ruined temple in the Immortal Deity Sect, identified its statue as Buddha, and left a vow before it. When Nangong Mozi confronted him, he accused her of betraying the Cloudwatch Bureau and killed her with the Broken Sword, leaving Kai Wu stunned.

• Chen Changsheng and Kai Wu entered a ruined temple, where Chen Changsheng examined a broken statue of Buddha and asked Kai Wu about the Immortal Deity Sect.
• Chen Changsheng carved a vow before the statue and turned to leave, but Nangong Mozi appeared and accused them of abandoning their post.
• Chen Changsheng identified Nangong Mozi as a traitor, citing her tainted aura and his suspicion that the Cloudwatch Bureau's higher-ups had been harmed.
• Chen Changsheng attacked Nangong Mozi with the Broken Sword, which cut through her jade flute and body before he burned her remains.
• Kai Wu stared in shock as Chen Changsheng explained that even a powerful cultivator could not withstand the Immortal-Slaying Sword.

Chen Changsheng descended underground and deduced that Lu Feng, leader of the Immortal Deity Sect, belonged to the Mountain-Quelling Artisans, a branch of the Daoist Sect. Lu Feng recognized Chen Changsheng as the person from his lineage’s ancient saying and demanded to know why he had only returned now.

• After killing Nangong Mozi, Chen Changsheng gave Kai Wu her Storage Bag and told him not to follow anymore.
• Chen Changsheng followed Xiao Hei’s passage underground, where Lu Feng killed a Cloudwatch Bureau elder after defending his attempt to reconnect the Path to Longevity.
• Chen Changsheng changed bearing, reunited with Xiao Hei, and told him that another presence still needed to control their body until their grudges were settled.
• Chen Changsheng studied the situation, showed Lu Feng a jade pendant, and concluded that he was descended from the Mountain-Quelling Artisans and the Daoist Sect.
• Chen Changsheng confronted Lu Feng about his knowledge of the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, the temples, and the Daoist Canon, then asked what disaster had changed him.
• Lu Feng recognized Chen Changsheng from a saying passed down by the Mountain-Quelling Artisans and angrily demanded to know why he had only returned now.

Chen Changsheng confronted Lu Feng over his betrayal of the Mountain-Quelling Artisans and learned how he founded the Immortal Deity Sect to escape a world where the Path to Longevity had been severed. As Lu Feng prepared to attack, Xiao Hei lent Chen Changsheng his power, and Chen Changsheng awakened the ruined temples throughout the sect.

• Lu Feng revealed that the Mountain-Quelling Artisans descended from Dragon Tiger Mountain and explained how the lineage had dwindled until he alone survived.
• Lu Feng described finding a torn page of Daoist scripture that saved his life and said he had abandoned the artisans’ rules because he believed the Path to Longevity was severed.
• Lu Feng explained that he had used his Mountain-Quelling Artisan identity to get the Cloudwatch Bureau to find a Spirit Vein, then founded the Immortal Deity Sect and gathered ruined temples to suppress it.
• Chen Changsheng accused Lu Feng of using the temples and draining the Spirit Vein to break a seal, and explained why he suspected Nangong Mozi had infiltrated the Cloudwatch Bureau.
• Lu Feng challenged Chen Changsheng, who asked Xiao Hei to lend him power without actively raising his own cultivation.
• Xiao Hei infused Chen Changsheng with Divine Sense Realm power, and Chen Changsheng’s words made every ruined temple in the Immortal Deity Sect shine.

Chen Changsheng exposed Lu Feng’s betrayal of his former faith, breaking his resolve before the Immortal Deity Sect was destroyed. He then explained that the Demon Continent’s deepest problem was its people’s lost conscience, which the Second Divine Soul knew how to restore.

• Chen Changsheng told Lu Feng that the ancient temples had been guarded by people who sacrificed their lives to protect the world, and accused Lu Feng of destroying its last hope.
• Chen Changsheng summoned divine phantoms, and Lu Feng broke down as the gods and Buddhas destroyed the Immortal Deity Sect’s disciples.
• Chen Changsheng explained to Xiao Hei that Lu Feng feared confronting the person he once was more than death.
• Chen Changsheng praised the Second Divine Soul’s wisdom and said that the Demon Continent’s real crisis was people’s broken hearts, not the Ominous Maker’s methods.
• Chen Changsheng told Xiao Hei that the Second Divine Soul knew how to restore the Chang Sheng Epoch’s lost conscience.

Chen Changsheng and Xiao Hei learned how Zhang Ling’s safeguards opened the Celestial Master’s Tomb, but Chen Changsheng refused to enter before his cultivation recovered and the Second Divine Soul was willing. After the Immortal Deity Sect was wiped out, Chen Changsheng told Kai Wu to gather what he could before its protective formation collapsed.

• Chen Changsheng insisted that restoring the Chang Sheng Epoch’s conscience required moving forward step by step, and told Xiao Hei that the Second Divine Soul’s patience reflected true great wisdom.
• Zhang Ling’s remnant consciousness opened a special space with the fragment of Epoch Heaven’s Mandate and flew into it, revealing the entrance to the Celestial Master’s Tomb across Demon Continent.
• Chen Changsheng explained that the Mountain Keepers, Cloudwatch Bureau, and Mountain-Quelling Artisans had protected the tomb, and said he would need to investigate the Cloudwatch Bureau’s role in finding it.
• Chen Changsheng declined to enter the tomb while his cultivation remained below its peak, and the Second Divine Soul took control as Xiao Hei asked about the strange presence inside Lu Feng.
• Kai Wu woke unharmed, and Chen Changsheng told him that everyone in the Immortal Deity Sect had died and urged him to collect ownerless treasures before the sect-protecting formation collapsed.