Chapter Summaries

Chen Changsheng explained how he had planted disguised magic treasure fragments and Jade Slips to make his discoveries seem accidental and to conceal the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag’s importance. He persuaded Jiang Bo Yue and Miao Shi to call their finds useless “junk,” leaving Great Bright Heaven positioned to demand a high price from Heyang Heaven for the flag.

• Chen Changsheng told Little Wood that he had reworked battlefield spoils, scattered them among the Four Brahma Three Realms, and planted Jade Slips to make his discoveries and secrets seem plausible.
• Chen Changsheng explained that he had controlled which Jade Slips Miao Shi took by placing weaker restrictions on selected slips and damaging their contents when the restrictions were broken.
• At the Imperial Palace, Jiang Bo Yue praised the recovered Jade Slips as priceless because they recorded exceptional Immortal King-grade magic treasures.
• Miao Shi discovered that one Jade Slip mentioned a God-Slaying Weapon and demanded the remaining slips, but Chen Changsheng said he had destroyed them.
• Jiang Bo Yue realized Chen Changsheng had destroyed the slips to protect himself and agreed that they should claim they had found only useless junk.
• Chen Changsheng explained that the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag belonged to Heyang Heaven, and that disguising it as junk could prevent the higher-ups from intervening and force Heyang Heaven to pay dearly for it.

Wu Li and Hu Tudou discussed returning to the Epoch and the plan to free Chen Changsheng from his long confinement, while the Heavenly Emperors prepared to Restart the Epoch. The chapter ended with their defenses nearly complete as they worried the Undertaker could devastate the Four Brahma Three Realms during the eight-hundred-year process.

• Wu Li told Hu Tudou he planned to return to the Epoch after ten thousand years away, and Hu Tudou accepted that she would be left behind.
• Wu Li said he would travel alone, then explained that Hua Feng, Jian Fei, and Yin Qi each had their own plans concerning the Epoch.
• Wu Li told Hu Tudou that Xingde’s death had shielded them and completed part of Chen Changsheng’s redemption, and Hu Tudou decided to carry out the final step herself.
• Great Emperor Fan Du announced that the Four Brahma Three Realms were positioned for an eight-hundred-year Restart the Epoch.
• Great Emperor Haotian warned that the Undertaker might use those eight hundred years to destroy the Four Brahma Three Realms, and Jade Completion Heavenly Emperor reported that the defenses were nearly complete.

Great Emperor Fan Du revealed that the God-Slaying Weapon could kill even Heavenly Emperors, though the Undertaker’s version might be incomplete, prompting the Four Brahma Three Realms to plan to restart the epoch. Chen Changsheng then learned that the Undying Forbidden Ground had been annihilated within the past year, despite the epoch being under surveillance.

• Fan Du told the Heavenly Emperors that the God-Slaying Weapon’s full power could destroy everything in its central region and kill even a Heavenly Emperor.
• Fan Du explained that the weapon was fragile, half-finished, and difficult to drive perfectly, but Great Emperor Haotian warned that the Undertaker might possess a complete version and urged the Four Brahma Three Realms to restart the epoch.
• Chen Changsheng left Miao Shi and Jiang Bo Yue to assemble scraps while he answered Wang Hao’s urgent summons.
• At Epoch Edge, Wang Hao showed Chen Changsheng corpses from the Undying Forbidden Ground and said the forbidden ground had been annihilated within the past year.

Chen Changsheng, Wang Hao, and Ye Yongxian investigated the destruction of the Undying Forbidden Ground and traced it to a newly developed God-Slaying Weapon. Chen Changsheng concluded that a hidden force had revealed itself and ordered the three to go into hiding while he tried to draw it out.

• Wang Hao and Ye Yongxian suspected Chen Changsheng of destroying the Undying Forbidden Ground, but he denied knowing anything about it.
• Chen Changsheng explained that the Undying Forbidden Ground had received God-Slaying Weapon techniques and developed a new weapon from one of the abandoned research paths.
• Chen Changsheng revealed that the Undying Forbidden Ground had contacted him two years earlier about its discovery, but he had ignored the message while preparing for war.
• After examining a Jade Slip, Chen Changsheng ordered the puppet army's attacks slowed and told himself, Wang Hao, and Ye Yongxian to separate and stay hidden.
• Chen Changsheng said he had used the God-Slaying Weapon as bait to expose a hidden force he suspected was connected to Scholar's death.

Chen Changsheng concluded that a hidden force had infiltrated the era and that the Supreme Sage killed himself to guide him into purging it. Back in the Great Bright Heaven Emperor Palace, Chen Changsheng questioned Miao Shi about the Undertaker’s weapons and learned that more than nine Heavenly Emperors had participated in killing the Supreme Sage.

• Chen Changsheng explained that the hidden force’s traces were scattered throughout the era and that he intended to destroy the era to expose its members.
• Ye Yongxian reasoned that the Supreme Sage’s suicide proved Desolate Heaven Emperor Wu Li and Little Immortal Elder had not been infiltrated; Chen Changsheng agreed that the Supreme Sage had sacrificed himself to direct his fury.
• Chen Changsheng told Wang Hao and Ye Yongxian that he would keep their original plan in place and wait for a chance to draw out the hidden force, then he departed.
• Wang Hao asked whether Chen Changsheng might kill them after destroying the era, and Ye Yongxian argued that remaining human let him understand Chen Changsheng and the Supreme Sage.
• Chen Changsheng returned to his body in the Great Bright Heaven Emperor Palace and asked Miao Shi why the Undertaker had researched so many magical treasures.
• Miao Shi said the weapons were meant to kill them and noted that more than the nine Heavenly Emperors had acted against the Supreme Sage; Jiang Bo Yue warned him to watch his words.

Miao Shi revealed that more than nine Heavenly Emperors had been involved in the Supreme Sage’s death, while Chen Changsheng recognized that Miao Shi had disclosed this to warn Jiang Bo Yue. Chen Changsheng explained that Jiang Bo Yue’s constant interference had blurred the ruler-subject relationship, leaving Miao Shi to openly reassert his authority.

• Miao Shi told Chen Changsheng that more than nine Heavenly Emperors had participated in the siege of the Supreme Sage, and that his father had witnessed it from afar.
• Jiang Bo Yue tried to stop Miao Shi from speaking, but Miao Shi dismissed his concern and explained why the hidden participants now courted Great Bright Heaven.
• An inexplicable fluctuation enveloped Great Bright Heaven as the epoch changed, prompting confusion from Chen Changsheng and Jiang Bo Yue.
• In the Divine Sense Realm, Chen Changsheng told Little Wood that Miao Shi had deliberately defied Jiang Bo Yue to warn him against overstepping his position.
• Chen Changsheng argued that Jiang Bo Yue should carry out Miao Shi’s decisions rather than teach him how to rule, and contrasted him with Miao Shan’s service to the Jade Completion Heavenly Emperor.

Chen Changsheng explained to Little Wood how he planned to use Miao Shi and Jiang Bo Yue to undermine Great Bright Heaven, while Heyang Heaven arranged a Flower Viewing Assembly to reclaim its Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag. As preparations began, Miao Shan rebuked Jiang Bo Yue for suspecting Chang Sheng without evidence and warned that jealousy toward the Young Master might be driving him.

• Chen Changsheng told Little Wood to learn to act as the real Chen Changsheng and described his plan to exploit the rift between Miao Shi and Jiang Bo Yue.
• The restored magical artifacts earned the group rewards, and Heyang Heaven proposed a Flower Viewing Assembly after the Jade Completion Heavenly Emperor refused to return its Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag.
• At Crouching Dragon Manor, Jiang Bo Yue told Miao Shan that preparations to make Heyang Heaven pay for the battle flag were nearly complete.
• Miao Shan overturned the Chess Pieces and scolded Jiang Bo Yue for prioritizing the battle flag over Great Bright Heaven's larger troubles.
• Jiang Bo Yue urged Miao Shan to investigate Chang Sheng, but Miao Shan slapped him and demanded evidence for his accusations.
• Miao Shan asked whether Jiang Bo Yue targeted Chang Sheng because he had grown close to the Young Master, and Jiang Bo Yue lowered his head in shame.

Miao Shan warned Jiang Bo Yue to respect the Young Master's authority and to set aside his suspicions of Chang Sheng while Great Bright Heaven faced the Undertaker. At Medicine Immortal Peak, Chen Changsheng used their conversation to teach Little Wood about controlling emotions and cultivating the mind.

• Miao Shan reminded Jiang Bo Yue that he had overstepped his role as a subject by making decisions for the Young Master, and Jiang Bo Yue resolved to apologize.
• Jiang Bo Yue insisted Chang Sheng was suspicious, but Miao Shan explained that four Emperor Lords had found no evidence and urged him to focus on the war against the Undertaker.
• Miao Shan told Jiang Bo Yue to learn from the Undertaker's ability to adapt and to guard against Chang Sheng without alienating him.
• Chen Changsheng played the conversation for Little Wood and said even an enemy's principles could be worth learning.
• Chen Changsheng taught Little Wood that mind cultivation began with controlling emotions and advised him to value his free time.

Chen Changsheng urged Little Wood to use his abundant time to understand his intentions, then discussed medicinal treatment with Cao Muzi. Meanwhile, Pang Hong of Heyang Heaven arrived at Great Bright Heaven seeking the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag, and Chen Changsheng stopped Miao Shi from answering Pang Hong’s provocation with a fight.

• Chen Changsheng told Little Wood that time would let him carefully understand his plans and potentially receive the era’s greatest gift, then brought dried herbs to Cao Muzi.
• Pang Hong reasoned that Great Bright Heaven wanted to extort Heyang Heaven over the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag and declared that he aimed to surpass Hidden Dragon Master and the Jade Completion Heavenly Emperor.
• Pang Hong arrived at Great Bright Heaven and loudly announced his visit to the Jade Completion Heavenly Emperor.
• Miao Shi tried to rush out and challenge Pang Hong, but Chen Changsheng warned that doing so would make Great Bright Heaven a laughingstock.
• Chen Changsheng persuaded Miao Shi that accepting Pang Hong’s provocation would place them on the same level, though Miao Shi remained concerned that they could not simply ignore the matter.

Chen Changsheng advised Miao Shi to ignore Pang Hong’s provocation until Great Bright Heaven’s elders assigned him the matter. Miao Shi finally welcomed Pang Hong with insults disguised as courtesy, leaving Pang Hong furious but unable to retaliate.

• Chen Changsheng explained that Miao Shi could frustrate the elders’ plans by playing dumb, so Miao Shi sat back while Pang Hong waited without a response.
• Miao Shan praised Miao Shi’s composure, then left Jiang Bo Yue in charge of handling the Flower Viewing Assembly and dealing with Pang Hong.
• Pang Hong grew increasingly humiliated as Great Bright Heaven ignored him, while his Dao Protector considered intervening.
• Miao Shi arrived with Chen Changsheng and claimed Pang Hong’s calls had been mistaken for the noise of someone whose cultivation had gone wrong.
• Miao Shi told Pang Hong to greet Heyang Heaven’s ancestors for him, enraging Pang Hong, before Jiang Bo Yue invited the visitors inside.

Chen Changsheng explained how Miao Shi’s command implied that he had accepted him as a direct subordinate, then warned Little Wood that their alliance with Miao Shan remained dangerous. At Great Bright Heaven, Miao Shan told Zhang Zhi that the Undying Forbidden Ground had been destroyed, leaving them to wonder whether the Undertaker was responsible.

• Chen Changsheng argued that extreme shamelessness could become respectable and persuaded Miao Shi that Pang Hong would be the one mocked.
• Miao Shi invited Chen Changsheng to call him Brother Shi and flew toward Pang Hong’s encampment.
• Chen Changsheng told Little Wood that Miao Shi had accepted him as a direct subordinate, but warned that Miao Shan would kill him if he found evidence against him.
• Miao Shan told Zhang Zhi to keep the Young Master and Boyue safe while he investigated the destruction of the Undying Forbidden Ground.
• Miao Shan revealed that the site bore a gravestone erected by the Undertaker, and Zhang Zhi worried that the Undertaker’s power had become unfathomable.

At the Four Seasons Residence, Chen Changsheng disrupted Miao Shi and Pang Hong’s negotiations over the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag by refusing to reveal Great Bright Heaven’s position. Afterward, he explained to Miao Shi that Heyang Heaven had shown its hand first, so Great Bright Heaven should keep its options open.

• Pang Hong told Miao Shi he wanted the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag and invited him to name terms.
• Chen Changsheng denied that Great Bright Heaven had the flag and praised his own service as merely fulfilling his duties.
• Pang Hong tried to negotiate directly with Chen Changsheng, but Chen stepped behind Miao Shi, who refused to hand over the flag.
• Pang Hong warned Miao Shi that Heyang Heaven would be less accommodating if the Flower Viewing Assembly ended without results, then ordered Xu Lao to investigate Chen Changsheng.
• Miao Shi asked Chen Changsheng why he had interrupted the negotiations, and Chen explained that Pang Hong had revealed his cards while Great Bright Heaven still had room to maneuver.

Chen Changsheng persuaded Miao Shi not to trade away the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag cheaply, then planned to capture Jiang Bo Yue again to test Miao Shi’s loyalty. At the Undying Forbidden Ground, Chen Changsheng confronted Miao Shan and Jade Completion Heavenly Emperor and warned Jade Completion not to break their agreement.

• Chen Changsheng convinced Miao Shi to make Pang Hong meet their demands before discussing the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag, and Miao Shi rewarded him with a token and two Beauty Preserving Flowers.
• Jiang Bo Yue apologized to Miao Shi, who forgave him and reaffirmed their close bond.
• Chen Changsheng told Little Wood he would capture Jiang Bo Yue again to widen the rift between Jiang Bo Yue and Miao Shi.
• At the Undying Forbidden Ground, Jade Completion Heavenly Emperor confirmed that traces of the Undertaker were present, and Great Emperor Fan Du declared the Undertaker must be killed after Restart the Epoch.
• Chen Changsheng appeared before Miao Shan and Jade Completion, said he intended to take Jiang Bo Yue for tea, and warned Jade Completion not to break their agreement.

Chen Changsheng unsettled Miao Shan by invoking Jade Completion’s claim that Double pupils never see wrongly, then revealed that Great Bright Heaven’s defeat was set in stone. As Luo Kai emerged to fight Miao Shan, Miao Shan realized Chen Changsheng was using Great Bright Heaven as bait to expose the hidden forces behind the destruction of the Undying Forbidden Ground.

• Jade Completion refused to say that anyone besides the nine Heavenly Emperors had participated in the siege against the Supreme Sage, then vanished.
• Chen Changsheng and Miao Shan shared bitter tea, and Miao Shan asked how Chen Changsheng had avoided the Emperor Lord’s investigation.
• Chen Changsheng claimed he had destroyed the Undying Forbidden Ground and reminded Miao Shan that Double pupils never saw wrongly, throwing Miao Shan into turmoil.
• Chen Changsheng announced that Great Bright Heaven’s defeat was inevitable, then departed as Luo Kai appeared to fight Miao Shan.
• Miao Shan concluded that Chen Changsheng was using Great Bright Heaven as bait to draw out the hidden enemies and vowed to fight Chen Changsheng.

Little Wood reunited with Xiao Qing in the Imperial Palace, where they shared spiritual medicine and spoke about their future. Meanwhile, Chen Changsheng weighed his shortage of trusted allies before Wu Li brought Hu Tudou to meet him.

• Little Wood used Miao Shi's token to enter the Imperial Palace and met Xiao Qing in a garden.
• Little Wood embraced Xiao Qing, and they talked about the dangers of his military service and their hopes for a life together.
• Xiao Qing gave Little Wood leftover spiritual medicine she had saved, and they ate Spiritual Fruits together.
• Chen Changsheng considered how his various bodies and allies were occupied and lamented that he lacked trustworthy manpower.
• Wu Li arrived through a passageway and escorted Hu Tudou to Chen Changsheng, where she greeted him as Daoist Brother.

Hu Tudou returned to help Chen Changsheng uncover a hidden force, and he asked her to find Zhang Gu, whom he suspected had joined that force before trying to withdraw. Before Hu Tudou left to search, she explained that she wanted to be remembered rather than accepted, and Chen Changsheng’s system told him he could not accept her because his heart was already tied to others.

• Chen Changsheng welcomed Hu Tudou and explained that he needed her help after Wu Li delivered her and departed.
• Chen Changsheng told Hu Tudou he suspected Zhang Gu had joined the hidden force and asked her to find him using a drop of his blood.
• Hu Tudou agreed to search for Zhang Gu, then told Chen Changsheng she wanted to be herself and do things for him rather than ask him for anything.
• Chen Changsheng asked Hu Tudou what ending she wanted, and she vanished after saying she did not need him to decide it for her.
• Chen Changsheng asked the system why he could not accept Hu Tudou, and it explained that his heart already held several others and that Hu Tudou had joined them.

Chen Changsheng confronted his unresolved feelings for women from different eras, then learned that his main body had been destroyed and restored his memories through a contingency in Little Wood. At the Flower Viewing Assembly, he stood up for Xiao Qing after Pang Hong mocked her and challenged him to a duel.

• Chen Changsheng accepted that he was trapped by his feelings for women from different eras and decided to carry the burden until time gave him an answer.
• Several figures confronted Chen Changsheng with a Bronze Box containing a God-Slaying Weapon, and he produced a silver box in response.
• An illusory Chen Changsheng appeared inside Little Wood and explained that his main body had been destroyed; he took control of Little Wood and recovered encrypted memories.
• Chen Changsheng went to the Flower Viewing Assembly and ate and saved Spiritual Fruit for Xiao Qing while Pang Hong mocked him.
• Chen Changsheng told Pang Hong not to mock Xiao Qing and challenged him to meet outside.

After Chen Changsheng challenged Pang Hong on behalf of Little Wood and Xiao Qing, he urged Little Wood to fight for the woman he loved and reflect on the regrets of a past life. Little Wood faced Pang Hong with new resolve, ready to risk his life for Xiao Qing.

• Chen Changsheng left the Flower Viewing Assembly, and Jiang Bo Yue defended his devotion to Xiao Qing.
• Pang Hong apologized to Xiao Qing and accepted the challenge, then left to prepare for the fight.
• At the foot of Hundred Flowers Peak, Chen Changsheng told Little Wood that he should openly declare his love for Xiao Qing and fight for her.
• Chen Changsheng described his regret over failing to confess love to those who had died, then yielded control of the body to Little Wood.
• Little Wood challenged Chen Changsheng's belief that he could not let go, saying he had already begun to face his regret.
• Little Wood met Pang Hong outside the Divine Sense Realm and resolved to fight without fear.

Little Wood fought Pang Hong to defend Xiao Qing’s dignity, but Pang Hong’s strength drove him to the brink of death. Chen Changsheng secretly guided Little Wood in using Thousand Transformations inward and changing the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag’s forms, leaving him to seek a life-or-death balance in their next exchange.

• Pang Hong overwhelmed Little Wood despite his use of the damaged Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag, while Little Wood refused to admit defeat until he personally reclaimed an apology for Xiao Qing.
• Pang Hong unleashed a stronger punch that nearly killed Little Wood, prompting Chen Changsheng to stabilize his injuries and explain the weaknesses of the battle flag and Pang Hong’s Hidden Force.
• Chen Changsheng told Little Wood to draw Thousand Transformations inward to dissipate Hidden Force, warning that his injured body could endure the technique for only five breaths.
• Chen Changsheng urged Little Wood to use the battle flag in different forms, and Little Wood charged back with a spear technique instead of repeating his previous moves.
• Jiang Boyue observed that Little Wood was drawing Thousand Transformations inward and estimated that he could survive for around ten breaths at most.

Little Wood pushed himself to the brink against Pang Hong, and Chen Changsheng briefly took control of his body so he could land a decisive surprise attack. Miao Shi intervened and carried Little Wood away, while Zhang Zhi and Xu Chu argued over whether the Young Master had lost and whether Heyang Heaven should recruit him.

• Chen Changsheng spoke with the system, then focused on Little Wood as he fought Pang Hong.
• Little Wood attacked through four breaths, but Pang Hong adapted, broke his techniques, and left him near death.
• Chen Changsheng used Divine Sense to control Little Wood for one breath, allowing him to find a point of balance and strike Pang Hong by surprise.
• Miao Shi caught Pang Hong's fist, and Pang Hong admitted he had been caught off guard; Little Wood released the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag and Miao Shi flew him to Medicine Immortal Peak.
• At Ten-Thousand-Blade Snow Mountain, Zhang Zhi and Xu Chu disagreed over whether the Young Master had lost and whether Heyang Heaven could recruit him.
• Zhang Zhi and Xu Chu agreed to exchange a few moves at the mountaintop.