Chapter Summaries

Chen Changsheng defeated the hidden Phantom operative Li Yueshan, confirmed the Li Family’s generations-old loyalty, and learned that the Regent Prince’s grandson was targeting the Gu Family’s Profound Yellow Mother Metal. He discovered that someone within the Gu Family had exposed its secrets and left furious at the betrayal.

• Gu Yi told Hong Ling to endure Ma Yuxuan’s leering until they left the city, when he would find a chance to cripple him if necessary.
• Chen Changsheng sealed the surrounding space, defeated the Immortal King Ninth Grade hidden figure, and forced him to yield to the Broken Sword.
• The defeated man identified himself as Li Yueshan and explained that his ancestor had ordered Phantom to serve Chen Changsheng when he returned.
• Chen Changsheng asked who was targeting the Gu Family, and Li Yueshan said the Regent Prince’s grandson wanted half of its Profound Yellow Mother Metal.
• Li Yueshan revealed that someone within the Gu Family had disclosed its secrets while seeking refuge with the King of Mars, angering Chen Changsheng.

Chen Changsheng explained that the Gu Family had exposed the Desolate Heaven Emperor’s hidden connection to them, putting the Emperor’s vulnerable clansmen at risk, and ordered Li Yueshan to awaken Phantom. On the slow wilderness journey, Gu Yi defied Chen Changsheng’s orders and carried the carriage away with Hong Ling and Ma Yuxuan.

• Chen Changsheng told Li Yueshan that the Gu Family had not betrayed him but had exposed their connection to the Desolate Heaven Emperor, risking the Emperor’s state of mind by revealing his weak spot.
• Chen Changsheng refused Li Yueshan’s offer to escort the Gu Family away and decided they would accompany him, then ordered Li Yueshan to awaken and screen Phantom in the Divine Land Epoch.
• After a month of slow travel, Gu Yi confronted the silent carriage and said the group could not afford further delays.
• Hong Ling blasted Ma Yuxuan away and cursed at the carriage when Chen Changsheng asked what their duties had to do with him.
• Gu Yi severed the carriage reins, lifted the carriage onto his shoulders, and flew away with Hong Ling, who took Ma Yuxuan along.

As Gu Yi and Hong Ling struggled to transport Ma Yuxuan and Chen Changsheng toward their destination, Ma Yuxuan used a practical homework problem to draw Hong Ling and Gu Yi into considering a possible encounter. Chen Changsheng recognized Ma Yuxuan’s scheme but let him pass the assignment.

• Hong Ling flew at high speed without protecting Ma Yuxuan, while Gu Yi and the others covered over a thousand li before stopping to rest.
• Gu Yi worried that their travel pace would delay their mission, but refused to abandon the noble passengers and said he could use a secret technique to go faster.
• Ma Yuxuan handed his homework to Chen Changsheng, who praised his calculations but marked his practical solution down for being too idealistic.
• Ma Yuxuan showed Hong Ling a battle problem describing cultivators and ten enemies, then slipped back into the carriage as Hong Ling and Gu Yi studied his answer.
• Chen Changsheng confronted Ma Yuxuan about using the homework to prompt Hong Ling and Gu Yi, then let him pass the social practice assignment despite recognizing his scheme.

Chen Changsheng tested Ma Yuxuan’s battle plan by making him watch Gu Yi and Hong Ling fight ten Death Warriors. The plan initially gave them an advantage, but their inexperience and the enemies’ desperation turned the battle against them, leaving them near death.

• Chen Changsheng revealed that he had changed their route so Gu Yi and Hong Ling could avoid the enemies, then agreed to test Ma Yuxuan’s plan in practice.
• Ma Yuxuan explained how Gu Yi and Hong Ling used a modified Yin-Yang Bagua Formation to block a surprise attack, then struck the weakest enemy to seize the initiative.
• When Gu Yi and Hong Ling drew the enemies toward the carriage, Chen Changsheng moved the carriage a thousand miles away and showed Ma Yuxuan the battle through a Profound Light Mirror, deducting two points for Ma Yuxuan’s scheme against him.
• Ma Yuxuan became sick at the sight of the bloody fight, and Chen Changsheng gave him a Spiritual Fruit to ease his nausea.
• After Gu Yi and Hong Ling suffered heavy injuries, Chen Changsheng explained that Ma Yuxuan had underestimated their emotional vulnerability and the Death Warriors’ willingness to fight desperately.
• Gu Yi and Hong Ling fell into a severe disadvantage and were on the verge of being beaten to death.

Chen Changsheng tested Ma Yuxuan’s compassion by making him choose between the Sword Flight Technique and saving Gu Yi and Hong Ling; Ma Yuxuan gave up the technique, and Chen Changsheng rescued them. After learning that Marquis Yongchang had offered the Gu Family a deal, Chen Changsheng questioned how the minor family had become involved with a supposed confidant of the Mars King.

• Ma Yuxuan urged Chen Changsheng to save Gu Yi and Hong Ling, but Chen Changsheng said their danger was not his concern and reminded Ma Yuxuan that social practice class required observing without interfering.
• Chen Changsheng offered Ma Yuxuan a chance to wait and keep the Sword Flight Technique, but Ma Yuxuan refused to let Gu Yi and Hong Ling suffer for the sake of a cultivation art.
• Chen Changsheng sent his Broken Sword to kill ten attackers, then arrived with Ma Yuxuan and Xiao Hei to rescue Gu Yi and Hong Ling.
• Gu Yi and Hong Ling thanked Ma Yuxuan, but he told them to thank Chen Changsheng and returned to his homework.
• Hong Ling identified Marquis Yongchang as the person behind the Gu Family’s deal, and Chen Changsheng reasoned that the marquis was likely a confidant of the Mars King.

Chen Changsheng confronted Gu Yi and Hong Ling about the Gu Family’s decision to reveal the Profound Yellow Mother Metal and its fabricated connection to Desolate Heaven Emperor Wu Li. He revealed that he was the Imperial Tutor and that the Gu Family were Wu Li’s surviving clansmen, leaving them eager to serve him despite his warning that their path would be perilous.

• Chen Changsheng questioned Hong Ling and Gu Yi about the leaked Profound Yellow Mother Metal and learned the Gu Family had voted to trade it for resources.
• Gu Yi admitted the Gu Family had invented its connection to Wu Li to make the metal more valuable, and Chen Changsheng struck him.
• Chen Changsheng showed Hong Ling the other half of the Golden Page and explained that it was a token tied to an agreement with her ancestors.
• Chen Changsheng revealed that Wu Li was his eldest disciple and that the Gu Family were Wu Li’s clansmen, prompting Gu Yi and Hong Ling to kneel and greet him as the Imperial Tutor.
• Chen Changsheng warned that the Gu Family had exposed its hidden identity and that serving him would be dangerous, but Gu Yi and Hong Ling remained eager to follow him.

Chen Changsheng explained to Ma Yuxuan why he refused to let Gu Yi and Hong Ling risk their lives, then learned how Marquis Yongchang had plotted against the Gu Family. Chen Changsheng entered Yongchang City with the group, determined to confront Marquis Yongchang for treating the Gu Family like dogs.

• Chen Changsheng told Ma Yuxuan that Gu Yi and Hong Ling lacked the support and irreplaceable status that made it safer for Ma Yuxuan to join him.
• Chen Changsheng and the group set out to deliver the goods and investigate Marquis Yongchang.
• Marquis Yongchang learned that his men had sabotaged the Gu Family's goods and sent three groups of Death Warriors to intercept them, unaware that Xiao Hei and Chen Changsheng had already wiped them out.
• In Yongchang City, Chen Changsheng scolded Gu Yi and Hong Ling for agreeing to escort the goods without knowing the trade location.
• Chen Changsheng entered the city, enraged by Marquis Yongchang's schemes against the Gu Family.

Ma Yuxuan took Hong Ling into Yongchang City to complete Chen Changsheng’s homework while Chen Changsheng questioned Gu Yi about the Wu Clan’s scheme involving the Profound Yellow Mother Metal. Gu Yi admitted the clan had deliberately exposed the secret to attract help, and Chen Changsheng asked whether they truly wanted to live openly and make a name for themselves.

• Chen Changsheng assigned Ma Yuxuan to investigate Yongchang City’s livelihood and guide Hong Ling, then left with Gu Yi to contact the liaison.
• Ma Yuxuan showed Hong Ling the homework, challenged her attitude, and borrowed Divine Source from Xiao Hei in exchange for grooming his fur.
• Chen Changsheng confronted Gu Yi about the Wu Clan’s power and the leaked news of the Profound Yellow Mother Metal.
• Gu Yi confessed that the Wu Clan had deliberately leaked the secret to draw out Chen Changsheng’s old acquaintances and secure the clan’s survival.
• Gu Yi revealed that he and Hong Ling had been chosen by lot to escort the supplies, prepared to die so the secret would spread further.
• Chen Changsheng acknowledged the clan’s hardship and asked whether they truly wanted to make a name for themselves, then asked when Gu Yi had learned their origins.

Gu Yi explained how the Wu Clan deciphered part of the Golden Page and accepted Chen Changsheng’s offer to serve under him. At a noodle shop, Ma Yuxuan challenged Hong Ling’s beliefs about why a benefactor helps someone and what that help demands in return.

• Gu Yi told Chen Changsheng that the Wu Clan used a Virtual World reward to have Yun Yu decipher four Golden Page characters: “Ground Shrinking Golden Light.”
• Chen Changsheng agreed to take the Wu Clan under his command, and Gu Yi said the clan wanted to see the view from the mountain peak.
• Ma Yuxuan told Hong Ling that she misunderstood why the Imperial Tutor had not chosen her and asked what kind of person she believed he was.
• Hong Ling called the Imperial Tutor her benefactor and said she would give her life if he chose her, but she could think of no other way to repay him.
• Ma Yuxuan argued that a benefactor’s help required no repayment and said that trying too hard to repay one made him less willing to help.

Ma Yuxuan helped Hong Ling understand why she should pursue her own path rather than depend on a benefactor, while Butler Zhou discovered that Gu Yi had reached Yongchang City and prepared to confront him. Chen Changsheng and Ma Yuxuan waited in a deserted alley for a trade, knowing the Yongchang Marquis Residence intended to kill them.

• Ma Yuxuan explained to Hong Ling that a benefactor valued character and that failing to repay kindness could breed resentment.
• Hong Ling recognized that her sulking had been childish, regained her confidence, and resolved to advance without her lord’s help.
• Hong Ling paid for Ma Yuxuan’s meal, and he left her pondering whether kings, marquises, generals, and ministers were born to their stations.
• Butler Zhou learned that Gu Yi had arrived in Yongchang City and found that all three groups of Death Warriors had gone silent.
• Butler Zhou ordered ten Death Warriors to accompany him and threatened to use his enemies’ corpses as flower fertilizer.
• In a pitch-black alley, Ma Yuxuan asked Chen Changsheng if their contact had arranged the trade there, and Chen Changsheng confirmed they were preparing to ambush them.

Chen Changsheng taught Ma Yuxuan about Demon and Evil Cultivator methods, then used Butler Zhou's arrival to demonstrate his own strange approach to negotiation. The chapter ended with Chen Changsheng repeatedly slapping Butler Zhou while claiming he had hit him by mistake.

• Chen Changsheng explained that Demon Cultivators sought rapid advancement, while Evil Cultivators used bizarre methods at the cost of their lifespan and fortune.
• Chen Changsheng told Ma Yuxuan that the Divine Land Epoch's strong Fortune Grand Dao made it a suitable time to demonstrate Evil Cultivator methods.
• Xiao Hei brought the bound Butler Zhou to Chen Changsheng after defeating ten Death Warriors.
• Chen Changsheng asked Butler Zhou about payment for the Gu Family's handover, then demanded roughly ten times the agreed price and compensation for substandard goods.
• Chen Changsheng slapped Butler Zhou whenever he spoke, even after Ma Yuxuan pointed out that Chen Changsheng had told him to answer.

Chen Changsheng taught Ma Yuxuan about the Yansheng Art and its dangers, then used the Dead Bone Curse against Yongchang Marquis Residence. The curse engulfed the residence as Chen Changsheng prepared to confront Marquis Yongchang and the powerful ally he had summoned.

• Chen Changsheng destroyed Butler Zhou's Sea of Bitterness and had Xiao Hei and another companion slap him while he took Ma Yuxuan away.
• Chen Changsheng explained the Yansheng Art, its anchoring objects, backlash, and the dangers of letting an Evil Cultivator cast a spell.
• Chen Changsheng left Ma Yuxuan to study his notes and entered Yongchang Marquis Residence, where his avatar gave Marquis Yongchang fifteen minutes to summon his backer.
• Marquis Yongchang called for help from Mars King, while Chen Changsheng buried white bones at the residence gates and cast the Dead Bone Curse.
• Shadowy figures of the dead appeared throughout Yongchang Marquis Residence, and Chen Changsheng said its many wicked deeds made the curse powerful.

Chen Changsheng used increasingly powerful Yansheng Arts to devastate the Yongchang Marquis Residence and confront Marquis Yongchang. Suo Fu appeared to stop him, and Chen Changsheng agreed to let Suo Fu decide how to settle the matter.

• Ma Yuxuan asked Chen Changsheng about how formations changed techniques, then took notes as ghosts overwhelmed the Yongchang Marquis Residence.
• Chen Changsheng used Lock-Life Yansheng to seal the cultivators’ great Dao and let Butler Zhou’s soul regain a body to slaughter the residence’s people.
• Marquis Yongchang shattered Chen Changsheng’s first two arts, so Chen Changsheng used Lock-Coin Yansheng and Tomb-Sealing Yansheng against him.
• Chen Changsheng unleashed Withered-Bone Yansheng, turning half his hair white as his power grew, then prepared an even stronger art against figures in the sky.
• Suo Fu seized Chen Changsheng’s wrist and asked him to set aside their hostility for a reunion over aged wine.

Chen Changsheng confronted Suo Fu over Fanyang and Marquis Yongchang’s attempt to force the Gu Family to sell their Profound Yellow Mother Metal. He secured connected territories in exchange for settling the matter and left Suo Fu reflecting on the Bitter Sea Emperor Realm System.

• Suo Fu welcomed Chen Changsheng to his residence with eight-hundred-thousand-year-old wine, while Xiao Hei told Gu Yi that Suo Fu was one of the Five Grand Regents.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Marquis Yongchang had tried to force the Gu Family into selling their ancestral treasure, and Suo Fu summoned Fanyang to answer for it.
• Fanyang blamed Marquis Yongchang for deceiving him, and Chen Changsheng warned Suo Fu that Desolate Heaven Emperor Wu Li and others were still alive.
• Chen Changsheng negotiated a connected grant of territories, including seven Small Worlds and one Great World, and demanded Suo Fu withdraw his people and spies.
• Chen Changsheng and Suo Fu made peace, then discussed the Bitter Sea Emperor Realm System and why Suo Fu had not followed its path.

Chen Changsheng secured political powers and a vast territory from Suo Fu to recruit Great Emperor Realm cultivators and protect the Wu Clan, while Ma Yuxuan concluded that Fanyang had plotted against them. In the Chang Sheng Epoch, Chen Feng met Nalan Fuguang, who warned him that leaving could push him into demonic cultivation.

• Chen Changsheng introduced Ma Yuxuan to Suo Fu, and Ma Yuxuan demanded legislative, taxation, and noble-title powers in exchange for their cooperation.
• Chen Changsheng told Suo Fu he wanted every Great Emperor Realm cultivator in the Divine Land Epoch for revenge, while withholding the details of his plan.
• Ma Yuxuan identified Fanyang as the mastermind behind the plot, and Chen Changsheng explained that Suo Fu might also have been investigating the Wu Clan's bloodline.
• Chen Changsheng said he had secured a vast territory as a place for the Wu Clan to survive and build its future.
• Chen Feng arrived in the devastated Chang Sheng Epoch and met Nalan Fuguang, who relayed that Sir had instructed him to remain there for one hundred years.
• Nalan Fuguang warned Chen Feng that he was close to demonic cultivation and asked whether his unusual condition came from the path of Confucianism.

Nalan Fuguang gave Chen Feng Liu Qingqing’s final letter, prompting Chen Feng to grieve and question his path before resolving to find his sword again. In the Divine Land Epoch, Chen Changsheng assigned Hong Ling and Gu Yi new roles and told Ma Yuxuan that he would need to lead the fight against the nobles and powerful figures.

• Nalan Fuguang told Chen Feng that he carried fragments of the Supreme Sage’s memories and invited him to join in rebuilding the Chang Sheng Epoch; Chen Feng agreed to become guardian of the Mountain and River Academy.
• Nalan Fuguang gave Chen Feng Liu Qingqing’s final letter, and Chen Feng shed a tear as he remembered leaving her behind.
• Chen Feng asked whether he had chosen the wrong path, and Nalan Fuguang urged him to recover his heart and sword.
• At the Gu Family, Chen Changsheng ordered the kneeling clan members to prepare to move and summoned Hong Ling and Gu Yi to stay.
• Chen Changsheng assigned Hong Ling to study the Dao with Ma Yuxuan and appointed Gu Yi as his assistant, with Ma Yuxuan leading decisions in his absence.
• Chen Changsheng told Ma Yuxuan that Hong Ling’s resolve made her a promising comrade and reminded Ma Yuxuan that his marquis title required him to lead.

Chen Changsheng urged Ma Yuxuan to stay in the Divine Land Epoch and rebuild it into a peaceful world after he eventually departed. He encouraged Ma Yuxuan’s resolve, explained why people called him “Sir,” and rewarded him with the Sword Flight Technique, which he began to reveal.

• Chen Changsheng told Ma Yuxuan he would eventually leave and urged him to remain in the Divine Land Epoch to rebuild the Immortal Domain and guide its people.
• Ma Yuxuan accepted that he must forge his own path, and Chen Changsheng advised him to build patiently while his teacher and senior brothers helped shoulder the burden.
• Chen Changsheng explained that he let worthy companions call him “Sir” to give them hope and help them find their way.
• Ma Yuxuan said he often felt compelled to guide others, and Chen Changsheng described their effort to reshape the world as a long struggle requiring steadfast Dao hearts.
• Chen Changsheng assured Ma Yuxuan that his courage would carry him past cultivation obstacles and gave him a Jade Slip containing the Sword Flight Technique as a reward for keeping his humanity.
• Chen Changsheng activated the Jade Slip and began describing the rare sword cultivators who could truly be called cool.

Chen Changsheng explained the dazzling but impractical Sword Flight Technique to Ma Yuxuan and proposed forging special thin Flying Swords to overcome its limitations. When Ma Yuxuan contacted Ma Xu'an for help with the materials, Chen Changsheng sent them to seek out Yun Yu, despite Ma Xu'an's hostility toward him.

• Chen Changsheng described the Sword Flight Technique's escape art and sword art, then explained that its vast Sword Qi and Flying Sword requirements made it impractical for Ma Yuxuan.
• Chen Changsheng suggested forging many cicada-wing-thin Flying Swords that could assemble into complete swords and scatter into a swarm, but admitted he had not solved the material problem.
• Ma Yuxuan used a special crystal token to contact Ma Xu'an and asked for help obtaining suitable materials.
• Ma Xu'an learned Chen Changsheng was with Ma Yuxuan, scolded him for using the emergency line over a toy, and said he lacked the right materials and expertise.
• Chen Changsheng told Ma Yuxuan to seek Yun Yu's help, even after Ma Xu'an revealed that Yun Yu had killed many of his people and that he was preparing to kill him.

Chen Changsheng contacted Yun Yu, who revealed his interest in Chen Changsheng’s intelligence and warned that his death would release the dangers sealed in the Special Space. Yun Yu offered to share information and urged Chen Changsheng to grow strong enough to kill him, leaving Chen Changsheng aware that their conflict could threaten everyone he cared about.

• Chen Changsheng told Ma Xu'an that he had been admitted directly to a top institution, then asked him to contact Yun Yu about a material.
• Yun Yu said he had the material and its manufacturing method, learned of Chen Changsheng’s claim, and gave Ma Xu'an his contact information.
• Chen Changsheng contacted Yun Yu, who taught him a more reliable communication method and said he had already suspected Chen Changsheng’s existence.
• Yun Yu explained that he had spared Chen Changsheng because he wanted a worthy rival, and advised him to keep Ma Yuxuan out of their conflict.
• Yun Yu revealed that he studied the Special Space out of curiosity and warned that his death would release its contents, threatening everyone Chen Changsheng cherished.

Chen Changsheng brought Ma Yuxuan to Sophora Blossom Great World, now his territory, and explained that ruling it would be a struggle against the old order. He showed Ma Yuxuan that he had no trusted people to rely on, leaving him to consider how he could govern.

• Chen Changsheng ended his call with Yun Yu and promised to kill him someday, then reassured Ma Yuxuan before taking him to Marquis Yongchang's fief.
• Chen Changsheng told Ma Yuxuan that Sophora Blossom Great World belonged to him and that its people were under his authority, but Ma Yuxuan refused to harm them.
• More than a thousand people greeted Ma Yuxuan, and Chen Changsheng learned that the Yongchang Marquis Residence's officials had been seized and requested a list of the world's factions.
• Chen Changsheng warned Ma Yuxuan that the factions would mostly resist him because the old ruling system was being overturned and Ma Yuxuan lacked the strength and authority to command them.
• Chen Changsheng asked how Ma Yuxuan would investigate a region where every living being had died, and Ma Yuxuan realized that he had no trusted people to send.