Chapter Summaries

The Old Celestial Master told Chen Changsheng that recovering his memories required a journey to Reincarnation Land, where the troubles involving Yu Sheng and the two worlds could also be addressed. Chen Changsheng chose to leave Dragon Tiger Mountain with Zhang Yu Sheng, while the Old Celestial Master prepared to face the army gathered below.

• Tu JiaoJiao volunteered to ask Drunken Scholar for help as the leaders feared bloodshed when the two continents met.
• The Old Celestial Master told Chen Changsheng that Reincarnation Land held the key to Yu Sheng's predicament and the conflict between the Eight Wastes and the Nine Regions.
• Chen Changsheng questioned whether he should recover his memories, and Zhang Yu Sheng reminded him that everyone lived with troubles.
• Chen Changsheng decided to recover his memories so he could find his old friends, then took Zhang Yu Sheng toward the foot of the mountain.
• Yun He warned the Old Celestial Master about the powerful army below, but he said no Immortal Venerable Realm cultivator had ever been his match.

The Old Celestial Master defeated the White Tiger Legion alone, allowing Chen Changsheng and his companion to pass, then turned away Yang Jian’s challenge. At Mountain and River Academy, Tu JiaoJiao learned that Tian Guang was the hidden master who could resolve the Dragon Tiger Mountain crisis, while Tian Guang and the Old Celestial Master discussed the coming meeting of the Eight Desolations and Nine Regions and the threat of Reincarnation Land.

• The Old Celestial Master crossed the White Tiger Legion encampment, defeating its experts without killing anyone and clearing a path for Chen Changsheng and his companion.
• Yang Jian challenged the Old Celestial Master at Dragon Tiger Mountain and later came down unharmed, having lasted only three moves.
• Tu JiaoJiao asked the Drunken Scholar to intervene, but he said he would remain at Mountain and River Academy and revealed that Tian Guang was his hidden junior brother and the master of the Peacock Little Bright King.
• The Drunken Scholar told Tu JiaoJiao that Tian Guang had arranged for a Logistics Minister to join the Demon Subjugation Army and said Dragon Tiger Mountain’s problem should already be resolved.
• Tian Guang visited the Old Celestial Master, and they discussed the coming meeting of the Eight Desolations and Nine Regions and whether Reincarnation Land would seek peace.

The Old Celestial Master and Tian Guang agreed that the Eight Wastes had to begin seeking coexistence with the Nine Regions themselves, while Chen Changsheng and Zhang Yu Sheng headed for the Reincarnation Land to find answers. Their journey continued under pursuit, and Chen Changsheng refused to release Yun He’s suppression without her proving her allegiance.

• The Old Celestial Master rejected Reincarnation’s authority over the Eight Wastes, and Tian Guang urged him to take responsibility for changing their future.
• The Old Celestial Master learned that Chen Changsheng was a benefactor of the Nine Regions, while Tian Guang admitted his generation had failed Chen Changsheng’s expectations.
• Chen Changsheng told Zhang Yu Sheng they were going to the Reincarnation Land to seek answers and find a way for the Eight Wastes and Nine Regions to coexist.
• Mao Shiba destroyed Chen Changsheng’s formation and pursued him after accusing him of refining the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• After three months of pursuit, Chen Changsheng refused Zhang Yu Sheng’s request to lift Yun He’s suppression, saying she had not yet offered her Proof of Allegiance.

Chen Changsheng and Zhang Yu Sheng entered the Ghost Market to use its dangers against their pursuer, Yang Feiyun, and found themselves drawn into a bargain involving the Wang Family. Meng Po warned that the hedgehog had deceived them and revealed the costly penalty for failing, while Chen Changsheng questioned whether she could claim what he carried.

• Chen Changsheng decided to head for the Ghost Market with Zhang Yu Sheng and use dangerous places to escape or kill their pursuer.
• Yang Feiyun sensed Chen Changsheng’s location with the Bronze Life Lamp and secretly flew toward him despite being told to travel on foot.
• Chen Changsheng used incense and spirit money to enter the Ghost Market, where he and Zhang Yu Sheng encountered a silent crowd and strange wares.
• A hedgehog demanded the life of the Wang Family Head of Huayang City in exchange for a Golden Page, and Chen Changsheng agreed to have Meng Po witness the deal.
• At the temple, the hedgehog offered the Golden Page for the life of a Wang Family member, and Meng Po approved the bargain.
• Meng Po warned Chen Changsheng and Zhang Yu Sheng that the hedgehog had deceived them and said failure would cost them their possessions; Chen Changsheng challenged whether she could take his belongings.

Chen Changsheng learned that the Bai family had sought rebirth through a geomantic treasure land, triggering memories and strange changes in him. After Yun He’s attack helped him regain control, Yang Feiyun returned his Bronze Life Lamp, restoring Chen Changsheng’s fate, and Chen Changsheng effortlessly subdued Meng Po.

• Meng Po explained that the Bai family and Wang Family became mortal enemies after the Wang Family seized the Bai family’s Swan Hatching Egg, a site intended for rebirth.
• The mention of rebirth stirred Chen Changsheng’s memories, and paper-money marks appeared on his body before his expression returned to normal.
• A disturbance outside drew Meng Po away, while Chen Changsheng suffered intense pain and told Zhang Yu Sheng to stay back.
• Yun He attacked Chen Changsheng, but her nails broke; Chen Changsheng thanked her, took the Firewood Stick, revealed it as a ruler, and pinned Yun He to the ground.
• Yang Feiyun returned the Bronze Life Lamp to Chen Changsheng, restoring his fate; Chen Changsheng changed the surrounding terrain and bound Meng Po with four Golden Chains.
• At the ruined temple, Chen Changsheng told Yang Feiyun that his unreliable pace had made the Life Lamp’s return happen at exactly the right time.

Chen Changsheng forced Meng Po to submit, spared Yun He at Zhang Yu Sheng’s request, and revealed that he planned to destroy the Wang Family to obtain its blessed land and learn Rebirth of a Fallen God. After explaining that his weakened condition made an immediate attack too dangerous, he suspected Meng Po held the key to opening the Yin Yang Yansheng Book.

• Chen Changsheng used the Golden Page and his Bronze Life Lamp to weaken Meng Po until she submitted to him.
• Chen Changsheng pulled Yun He free and threatened her, but spared her after Zhang Yu Sheng pleaded for her.
• Chen Changsheng told Yang Feiyun that the Wang Family’s blessed land could help him cultivate the Heavenly Silk Nine Transformations.
• Chen Changsheng warned that he and the others were too injured to face the Wang Family immediately, then proposed using Yansheng Art.
• Chen Changsheng asked Meng Po whether she had the key to opening the Curse Book.

Chen Changsheng learned that Yansheng Art could consume his lifespan and that his next slumber was restricted, leaving him only nine thousand usable years for his current gamble. After studying the Yin Yang Yansheng Book, he warned Yang Feiyun that using its powerful arts against the Wang Family Head could cost him his life.

• Chen Changsheng asked the System about lifespan-consuming forbidden arts and learned that exceeding his limit would force him into slumber, while using up his lifespan too soon could kill him.
• Chen Changsheng entered a ten-minute slumber, but Yansheng Art’s attacks woke him after ten breaths; the System confirmed his lifespan remained ten thousand years and could not be increased by other means.
• Meng Po gave Chen Changsheng the copper coin key, and he used it to open the Yin Yang Yansheng Book.
• Outside Huayang City, Chen Changsheng told Yang Feiyun that each page of the book cost a year of lifespan and that he had learned at least three hundred Yansheng Arts in ten days.
• Chen Changsheng explained that major Yansheng Arts consumed lifespan and forced a fight to the death, then asked Yang Feiyun to estimate how long it would take to wear down an Immortal King Realm opponent.

Chen Changsheng explained that the Eight Wastes’ pollution threatened the Nine Regions and that reincarnation could cleanse the negative energy, but he needed the Eight Wastes’ people to choose how to coexist. Yun He concluded she would help for her own sake as the group headed toward Huayang City.

• Chen Changsheng revealed that his enemy had used an immortal bone and half his lifespan to cast the Yansheng Art, leaving the two of them locked in a deadly contest.
• Chen Changsheng explained that borrowing reincarnation’s power had weakened but not removed the curse, and rebuked Yang Feiyun for failing to resolve the conflict between the Eight Wastes and the Nine Regions.
• Chen Changsheng said the Eight Wastes polluted the Nine Regions with negative energy and described the Nine Regions’ proposed solution of killing its inhabitants and cleansing the world.
• Zhang Yu Sheng suggested eliminating the Eight Wastes’ negative energy, and Chen Changsheng explained that Reincarnation Land could purify it but that its processing rate needed to be increased.
• Chen Changsheng warned that the Eight Wastes’ inhabitants would die if he failed, then left for Huayang City with Yang Feiyun and Zhang Yu Sheng.
• Yun He told Meng Po that she would help herself because she no longer wanted to live as a being hated and rejected by the Eight Wastes.

Chen Changsheng released Nalan Zi Ping to help investigate and undermine the Wang Family, while reflecting on his dwindling allies and whether he should stop trying to eradicate every evil force. Zi Ping laid out an infiltration plan, and Chen Changsheng agreed to support it as the Old Celestial Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain prepared to prove his allegiance.

• Chen Changsheng released Nalan Zi Ping from a Longevity Bloodstone and told him to learn the situation in Huayang City.
• Chen Changsheng asked the System why he felt weaker, and it explained that his former victories depended on exceptionally gifted allies who had since drifted away.
• Chen Changsheng questioned whether he should eradicate evil cultivators, and the System warned that removing them would leave the world incomplete.
• Nalan Zi Ping proposed infiltrating the Wang Family while Meng Po and Yun He caused a distraction, with Yang Feiyun and a Demon Extermination Squad member helping protect them.
• Chen Changsheng approved Zi Ping's plan, promised support from Yu Sheng, and said the Old Celestial Master must first submit a Proof of Allegiance.

Chen Changsheng explained that Zhang Yu Sheng’s life was tied to Yun He and that he would otherwise face total annihilation, then offered him a way to survive by controlling reincarnation. Zhang Yu Sheng accepted the responsibility but asked to delay taking it so he could see more of the world, and Chen Changsheng revealed that Zhang Yu Sheng would endure as long as reincarnation existed.

• Yang Feiyun learned that Nalan Zi Ping was the Supreme Sage’s son and abandoned the idea of becoming sworn brothers with him.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Zhang Yu Sheng’s grandfather had defied the Heavenly Dao to give him life, tying his fate to Yun He at the cost of his vitality.
• Chen Changsheng warned Zhang Yu Sheng that he would die before turning eighteen and would be destroyed rather than enter reincarnation.
• Chen Changsheng offered to save Zhang Yu Sheng if he agreed to control reincarnation and keep it orderly, and Zhang Yu Sheng accepted.
• Zhang Yu Sheng asked to postpone taking charge of reincarnation so he could see more of the world, and Chen Changsheng told him he would not die while reincarnation existed.

Meng Po attacked the Wang Family for half of its treasured land but was badly wounded by the Family Head's lightning arts. Yang Jian arrived under a Heavenly Court decree, captured Meng Po and Yun He, and claimed Meng Po's territory for the Heavenly Court.

• Meng Po demanded half of the Wang Family's treasured land, but the Wang Family Head struck her with lightning and severely injured her.
• Chen Changsheng explained to Zhang Yu Sheng that Meng Po's injuries left her vulnerable, and the Wang Family pursued her as she tried to flee.
• Yang Jian dispelled the Wang Family Head's Three Thousand Thunder Troops, captured Meng Po under a Heavenly Court decree, and seized Yun He.
• Chen Changsheng told Zhang Yu Sheng to let himself be captured later and warned him not to seek out Mao Shiba.
• At a banquet, Yang Jian discussed the Heavenly Court's actions with the Wang Family Head and declared that Meng Po's territory belonged to the Heavenly Court.

Chen Changsheng urged Yang Jian to overcome resistance in the Eight Wastes with decisive force while he handled reincarnation. The Heavenly Court strengthened the Demon Subjugation Army and began expanding Qilin Communicator coverage, alarming the Eight Wastes with the arrival of the Tiger Guard.

• The Wang Family Head ordered his people not to clash with the Heavenly Court until his God of Death Second Transformation was complete, and he approved investigating Chen Changsheng, the talent who fought the Drought Demon's soul.
• Yang Jian assigned Mao Shiba to serve under Yang Feiyun, then met Chen Changsheng outside Huayang City and reported that local forces were resisting the Demon Subjugation Army.
• Chen Changsheng told Yang Jian to crush the Eight Wastes' obstacles selectively and forcefully so that potential allies could support the Heavenly Court, while Chen Changsheng handled reincarnation.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Yang Jian to investigate the damaged Signal Towers and establish Qilin Communicator coverage in the Eight Wastes within three days.
• Qian Ya took charge of expanding the Qilin Communicator Alliance in the Eight Wastes, and Xu Hu sent an eight-hundred-man Tiger Guard unit to reinforce the Demon Subjugation Army.

Chen Changsheng spoke with Xu Hu and Qian Ya about preparing an offensive against the Eight Wastes, urging them to secure support and develop the region. Qian Ya agreed to make the Eight Wastes her graduation work, then asked whether Chen Changsheng still owed her a wish.

• Yang Feiyun delivered the captive Mao Shiba to Chen Changsheng and left to contact the Wang Family.
• Chen Changsheng told Mao Shiba he had not refined the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, then called Xu Hu to order preparations for the Eight Wastes offensive and request help from Ye Yongxian and Wang Hao.
• Chen Changsheng questioned Qian Ya about the lack of Qilin Communicators in the Eight Wastes and urged her to develop the region as a vast commercial opportunity.
• Qian Ya overcame her fear of failure and declared that she would use the Eight Wastes as her graduation work.
• Qian Ya asked Chen Changsheng whether his promise to grant her one wish still stood.

Chen Changsheng accepted Qian Ya’s wish to call him Sir, then questioned Mao Shiba about his determination to investigate him. After the investigation cleared Chen Changsheng, he explained that strict adherence to the Heavenly Laws would be essential to governing the Nine Regions and Eight Wastes.

• Qian Ya asked Chen Changsheng for permission to call him Sir, and he accepted before encouraging her to face the future on her own.
• Mao Shiba insisted that he would investigate Chen Changsheng if he had any connection to the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, citing his duty to protect the Nine Regions.
• Mao Shiba explained that a Ghost King had destroyed his hometown ten years earlier, and that he wanted to prevent the Nine Regions from suffering the same fate.
• Chen Changsheng said he planned to move against the Wang Family, then arranged for Mao Shiba to remain in Huayang City and cooperate with an investigation.
• The Demon Subjugation Army investigated Chen Changsheng according to its Rules and certified him innocent, while Mao Shiba received a mission arranged by Chen Changsheng and the Corps Commander.
• Chen Changsheng told Yang Feiyun that everyone, including himself, had to follow the Heavenly Laws and be punished for breaking them.

At the Wang Family, Yang Feiyun revealed that his criminal-hunting mission was a cover for seeking forces friendly to the Nine Regions, while Chen Changsheng planned to act at the family’s Longevity Feast. In Reincarnation Land, Nalan Fuyao plotted to force Chen Changsheng into a deal by launching an attack that would put the Sword God and his allies at risk.

• Yang Feiyun told Wang Long that he had come to seek allies for the Nine Regions and agreed to attend the Wang Family’s Longevity Feast in ten days.
• Chen Changsheng studied the Golden Page containing the Eight Nine Mysterious Technique’s cultivation method and ordered Mao Shiba to prepare for action at the Longevity Feast.
• Nalan Fuyao told a figure in Reincarnation Land that Chen Changsheng’s true advantage was the Heavenly Court’s God of Wealth and his plan to dismantle the Eight Wastes’ foundations.
• Nalan Fuyao proposed continuing the war and provoking Chen Changsheng by attacking first, knowing the Sword God and his allies would risk their lives in response.
• The figure agreed to Nalan Fuyao’s plan but warned him that the Sword God’s death could drive Chen Changsheng mad.

Chen Changsheng and his allies attacked the Wang Family during its Longevity Feast to seize the Swan Hatching Egg configuration, while Chen used the Hungry Ghost Curse to drain the family’s fortune. He revealed that he was the Undertaker and challenged the Wang Family Head, ending as lightning struck the hungry ghost.

• Nalan Fuyao told Zi Ping that Chen Changsheng would be his teacher and that he must learn from him to defeat him.
• Nalan Zi Ping placed a White Jade Ghost at the Wang Family’s gate, splitting the guarding stone lions and confronting Wang Long over the Swan Hatching Egg configuration.
• Mao Shiba accused the Wang Family’s Third Miss of murdering forty-nine women to make a Four Yin Bone Flute and invoked the power of the gods.
• Chen Changsheng confronted the Wang Family Head, revealed that he had used the Hungry Ghost Curse and the bones of a Heaven’s Mandate Bearer, and admitted he was injured and had no cultivation.
• The Wang Family Head challenged Chen Changsheng’s ability to kill him, and lightning struck the hungry ghost consuming the family’s fortune.

Chen Changsheng used the Yansheng Art to attack the Wang Family Head from the Unknown Land, but the Wang Family Head broke his first attacks with thunder divine power. Chen Changsheng then targeted the Wang Family Head’s first-life body and prepared a Dragon Locking Formation to keep him trapped in the Wang Family Residence.

• Chen Changsheng explained that the Wang Family Head’s thunder arts came from Heavenly Dao punishment, while his own visible form was only a phantom.
• Chen Changsheng cast the Ghost-Eye Curse using a puppet made from a Heaven’s Mandate Bearer’s corpse, but the Wang Family Head summoned a thunder deity that cracked the puppet and struck back.
• Back in the Unknown Land, Chen Changsheng cast the Five Viscera Ghost Yansheng Art, sacrificing thirty-five hundred years of lifespan as his hair turned ash-gray.
• Chen Changsheng told Zhang Yu Sheng that the Wang Family Head’s first-life body remained in the Swan Hatching Egg formation, allowing the Yansheng Art to target him from afar.
• Chen Changsheng revealed seven Qiongqi teeth and began preparing a Dragon Locking Formation to prevent the Wang Family Head from leaving the Wang Family Residence.

Chen Changsheng defeated Wang Jun with help from a hidden ally, then confronted Reincarnation Land over its demands and threatened to destroy both it and the Eight Wastes. He left the others alarmed as he declared he would rather perish with his enemies than sacrifice more people around him.

• Wang Jun identified Chen Changsheng’s spells but was caught by Dragon Trapping Nails and attacked by Corpse-Eating Ghosts as Chen Changsheng found one of his life bodies.
• Wang Jun used his Chaos Body to escape the attack and rose from the earth near Chen Changsheng, believing Chen Changsheng could no longer use Yansheng Art.
• A mist-shrouded figure subdued and killed Wang Jun, causing his second life body to be devoured as well.
• Chen Changsheng negotiated with the Reincarnation Land figure, then vowed to kill Fu Yao and summoned Bai Ze, Wu Li, and the others to destroy the Eight Wastes and Reincarnation Land.
• Chen Shisan arrived with Meng Yu and tried to calm Chen Changsheng, who declared he would abandon the world and perish alongside his enemies rather than let more of his companions die.

Chen Changsheng, furious over the treatment of Chen Shisan, threatened to destroy the Eight Wastes and Reincarnation, but Nian Sheng comforted him and Chen Shisan insisted on sacrificing himself. Chen Changsheng finally granted Chen Shisan’s wish, while Chen Shisan pursued the distant figure through the void and threatened to strike with his final sword.

• Chen Changsheng challenged Wu Li and Nalan Xingde over whether saving the world mattered more than one person, then declared he would destroy the Eight Wastes and Reincarnation.
• Ge Hong brought Nian Sheng to Chen Changsheng, and Nian Sheng reassured him that she would stay by his side even if he lost the whole world.
• Chen Shisan refused Chen Changsheng’s offer to extend his life and begged him to let him die as he wished; Meng Yu supported Chen Shisan’s choice.
• Chen Changsheng relented and granted Chen Shisan’s wish before returning to his room, while Nian Sheng and Ge Hong eventually departed.
• Chen Shisan pursued the distant figure through the void and warned that he would use his final sword if the figure resisted his strike.

Ge Hong and Nian Sheng ambushed the besiegers at the Qiongqi Tomb while Nalan Xingde obtained Earth Bone from Nalan Fuyao to lift the Yansheng Art. Back at the brothel, Chen Changsheng and Nalan Xingde faced the coming deaths of Thirteen and Tian Xuan, and Nalan Xingde broke down under the weight of his responsibilities.

• Ge Hong and Nian Sheng attacked the beings besieging the Qiongqi Tomb, then withdrew before they could be caught in a larger fight.
• Nalan Xingde confronted Nalan Fuyao, who gave him Earth Bone and said Earth Flesh lay deep within Reincarnation.
• Nalan Fuyao told Nalan Xingde that Earth Blood was held by the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground and that it would deliver it to Chen Changsheng.
• Nalan Xingde returned to the brothel and told Chen Changsheng that Thirteen and Tian Xuan were fated to die in the coming battle.
• Nalan Xingde angrily admitted his burdens and grief, and Chen Changsheng comforted him as he broke down.