Chapter Summaries

After Cao Muzi took the wounded Chen Changsheng for treatment, Chen Changsheng explained to Little Wood that surviving repeated near-death trials was the only way to surpass himself. He revealed that his true body’s destruction was a staged death, while his enemies believed he was gone and began searching for his puppet Weapon Spirit.

• Miao Shi brought the bloodied Chen Changsheng to Medicine Immortal Peak, where Cao Muzi promised to save him.
• In the Divine Sense space, Chen Changsheng told Little Wood that he had to risk death to break through his limits and explained that Little Wood lacked any exceptional strengths.
• Little Wood asked why Chen Changsheng remained alive after his true body was destroyed, and Chen Changsheng admitted he had faked his death to lure out a hidden enemy.
• In the void, the figures who attacked Chen Changsheng used destiny and the shattered Bronze Life Lamp to search for him, then concluded he was dead and decided to lie low.
• The figures planned to find the puppet Weapon Spirit created by the Undertaker, while the Jade Completion Heavenly Emperor sensed the disturbance and chose not to investigate.

Chen Changsheng recovered at Medicine Immortal Peak, advised Cao Muzi on medicinal treatments, and returned to the Flower Viewing Assembly at Hundred Flowers Peak. There, Pang Hong questioned him about the magic treasure he had used, and Chen Changsheng denied knowing its name or having any connection to Heyang Heaven.

• In the Divine Sense Realm, Chen Changsheng taught Little Wood the Ground Shrinking Golden Light divine ability and explained that using his own power could expose them to Great Bright Heaven's surveillance.
• Chen Changsheng woke and discussed his recovery and medicine formulas with Cao Muzi, who gave him pills and followed his advice about Black White Grass.
• At Hundred Flowers Peak, Chen Changsheng learned that Xiao Qing had become Laundry Bureau Supervisor and told a palace maid to remind her not to overwork.
• Chen Changsheng attended the Flower Viewing Assembly, greeted Miao Shi, and took a seat beside him as the gathering began.
• Pang Hong asked what magic treasure Chen Changsheng had used, and Chen Changsheng said he had found it, did not know its name, and believed it had nothing to do with Heyang Heaven.

Chen Changsheng refused Pang Hong’s demand for the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag, so Pang Hong proposed a wager involving Udumbara Flowers and the Titan Beasts of Heyang Heaven. Chen Changsheng revealed that he had arranged the contest to win Myriad Laws Return to Spring for Little Wood, while planning to leave the young prodigies without their protectors.

• Pang Hong asked Chen Changsheng to return the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag, but Chen Changsheng argued it was Great Bright Heaven’s spoils of war and refused.
• Pang Hong displayed an Udumbara Flower and challenged the gathered prodigies to find another, proposing the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Battle Flag as the stake.
• Miao Shi accepted the wager and demanded Myriad Laws Return to Spring if Pang Hong lost.
• After Miao Shi and Jiang Bo Yue left, Chen Changsheng told Little Wood that he had engineered the wager to obtain a cultivation technique suited to the Supreme Bone.
• Chen Changsheng explained that he had secretly given Heyang Heaven a way to handle Titan Beasts and intended for a Titan Beast to keep Zhang Zhi and Xu Chu occupied during the contest.

Chen Changsheng planned to reveal himself during the fight for the Udumbara Flower, while Jade Completion Heavenly Emperor investigated evidence that Undertaker had died and feared a trap against Great Bright Heaven. Miao Shi set out to unseal the Titan Beast, and Jade Completion remained uncertain about Undertaker’s fate and motives.

• Chen Changsheng told Little Wood he would appear when the Udumbara Flower was retrieved and urged him to cultivate Ground Shrinking Golden Light.
• Jade Completion Heavenly Emperor’s avatar broke Undertaker’s formations and recovered a porcelain bottle containing a recorded message.
• Miao Shan reported that Undertaker had supposedly died, and Jade Completion confirmed that the Life Lamp Realm fragments were genuine but doubted Undertaker was truly dead.
• Jade Completion warned that Undertaker might soon target Great Bright Heaven and ordered Miao Shan to return there.
• Miao Shi asked Jade Completion for permission to unseal the Titan Beast, and Jade Completion agreed while warning him to stay alive.
• Jade Completion examined Undertaker’s Life Lamp Realm fragment and wondered whether Undertaker was investigating people from the Destruction Forbidden Ground.

Chen Changsheng used a hidden chain of intermediaries to escape Great Bright Heaven and complete a risky reverse rebirth in a Small World. After recovering his cultivation, he decided to reveal himself soon and let the world doubt whether he was real.

• Jade Completion wondered whether restarting the Epoch was truly right and why the Undertaker seemed even more eager for it.
• Chen Changsheng instructed Little Wood to put his life lamp in a well, warned him to avoid the Titan Beast, and ended their contact for the time being.
• The life lamp drifted out of the imperial capital disguised as Lapis Lazuli and was transported to a Small World.
• A middle-aged man used Spirit Liquid, the Big Fat Silkworm's blood, a replica of the Haotian Mirror, and a special Magical Artifact to restore Chen Changsheng's body and cultivation.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Little Gold helped conceal the karmic link to his rebirth, then decided to appear before the world as soon as possible.

Little Wood led the young prodigies through the outer regions of Titan World while Miao Shi and the others went deeper to seek the Udumbara Flower. After Little Wood slaughtered ten Profound Immortal Realm beasts to calm his restlessness, someone caught his attack and criticized his temperament.

• Jiang Bo Yue reassured Little Wood that the Titan Beasts were tamed and that the group’s powerful escorts could handle them if they lost control.
• Miao Shi and Pang Hong entered the sealed Small World to face the Frost Giant Ape, while Chen Changsheng arrived outside and sent the transformed Golden Silkworm Gu to gnaw through the Dao Patterns.
• Inside Titan World, Miao Shi and Jiang Bo Yue warned the young prodigies about its dangers and flew deeper, leaving Little Wood to guide the others through the outer regions.
• Little Wood rejected the prodigies’ call to help Miao Shi’s group and told them to seek opportunities and strengthen themselves; afterward, he laughed at how much he had changed.
• Little Wood killed ten Profound Immortal Realm beasts over five hours, then someone caught his thrust with one finger and told him his temper and heart still needed more tempering.

Chen Changsheng told Little Wood that his Ground Shrinking Golden Light was far from mastered and urged him to use it boldly while rescuing the others. He then spread powder that drove many vicious beasts mad and confronted Miao Shi, Pang Hong, and their guards at the Frost Giant Ape battlefield.

• Chen Changsheng told Little Wood that entering the threshold of Ground Shrinking Golden Light required using it more than twenty times in succession, and explained how Desolate Heaven Emperor Wu Li survived by running fast.
• Chen Changsheng sent Little Wood to rescue the others and said he would handle the consequences of using Ground Shrinking Golden Light.
• Chen Changsheng scattered powder through Titan World, causing one-third of its vicious beasts to go mad.
• Pang Hong and Miao Shi fought the Frost Giant Ape until Chen Changsheng appeared and blasted them apart with a shockwave.
• Chen Changsheng told Zhang Zhi and Xu Chu that he had sealed the Small World and dealt with the guards, then said they were not his target.

Chen Changsheng fought Zhang Zhi and Xu Chu while trying to seize the Frost Giant Ape, but Miao Shi broke its seal and the battle erupted. As Miao Shi, Pang Hong, and Jiang Bo Yue fled, a Chen Changsheng clone intercepted them, and the two Imperial Sons began suppressing him while Jiang Bo Yue disrupted his formation.

• Zhang Zhi and Xu Chu tried to retreat with Miao Shi and Pang Hong, but the Golden Silkworm Gu blocked their escape and Chen Changsheng revealed it had slain powerful cultivators.
• Zhang Zhi attacked Chen Changsheng, while Xu Chu fought the puppet "Luo Kai" and tried to reach the Frost Giant Ape.
• Miao Shi crushed a token that broke the Frost Giant Ape's seal, destroying many puppets as Chen Changsheng used Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth.
• Miao Shi, Pang Hong, and Jiang Bo Yue fled and discussed the power of Chen Changsheng's divine ability, but a clone intercepted them.
• Jiang Bo Yue warned that Chen Changsheng was forming a formation, so Miao Shi and Pang Hong attacked him while Jiang Bo Yue contested his control of the local terrain.

Chen Changsheng defeated Miao Shi, Pang Hong, and Jiang Bo Yue, then used his Five-Colored Divine Light Fan to capture them. At the Titan World Core, he drew Zhang Zhi and Xu Chu away with a clone and prepared to deal with the Frost Giant Ape.

• Chen Changsheng fought Miao Shi with sword techniques and beat back Pang Hong's Nine Dragons Combined with his saber, but Jiang Bo Yue broke the array and immobilized him with Array Flags.
• Miao Shi and Pang Hong struck Chen Changsheng with an Emperor Weapon spear and Great Seal, apparently erasing him.
• Chen Changsheng reappeared and used the Five-Colored Divine Light Fan to disarm and restrain his opponents, sealing Pang Hong with steel needles and Miao Shi with Seven-Colored Meteorite Nails.
• Chen Changsheng sealed Jiang Bo Yue and stored all three captives in a scroll painting, explaining that his fan countered magical artifacts.
• At the Titan World Core, Chen Changsheng's clone baited Zhang Zhi and Xu Chu with Miao Shi's aura, drawing them away from the main body.
• Chen Changsheng turned to the Frost Giant Ape and sent over a hundred puppets to attack it with specially made steel needles.

Chen Changsheng gained control of the Frost Giant Ape while Jade Completion rallied the Four Brahma Three Realms against him. As Zhang Zhi and Xu Chu fought to reclaim the captured scroll, Little Wood escaped with it but was caught by an enemy.

• Chen Changsheng ordered his forces to capture the Frost Giant Ape intact and learned that Ao Chuang would finish a special artifact for it in two hours.
• Zhang Zhi and Xu Chu attacked Chen Changsheng's clone, while Jade Completion called on the Four Brahma Three Realms for aid and left the Mandate of Heaven to join the fight.
• Chen Changsheng took control of the Frost Giant Ape and attacked the scroll containing Miao Shi and the others, but Zhang Zhi and Xu Chu fought back as Ao Chuang's Immortal Bone Puppet engaged Xu Chu.
• A sneaky figure seized the scroll during the battle, and Zhang Zhi held Chen Changsheng back from pursuing it.
• Little Wood fled with the scroll using Ground Shrinking Golden Light, but an enemy seized him by the neck and suppressed his cultivation.

Chen Changsheng used Little Wood and the scroll as hostages to escape Jade Completion, then revealed a Candle Dragon puppet and weapons threatening the Four Brahma Three Realms. He withdrew into the puppet’s fortress while his controlled Frost Giant Ape fought Jade Completion.

• Chen Changsheng forced Jade Completion to choose between saving Little Wood and keeping the scroll, and Jade Completion chose to save the child.
• Chen Changsheng escaped with the scroll as twenty-seven Heavenly Emperor incarnations and four Great Emperors gathered to capture him.
• Chen Changsheng unleashed a Candle Dragon puppet that attacked the Heavenly Emperor incarnations, then warned that single-use weapons were flying toward the Four Brahma Three Realms.
• Chen Changsheng entered the fortress atop the Candle Dragon and sent an armored, needle-controlled Frost Giant Ape to fight Jade Completion.
• The Profound Embryo Heavenly Emperor offered to hold off Great Bright Heaven while Jade Completion fought the Frost Giant Ape.

Jade Completion swiftly killed the Frost Giant Ape, while Chen Changsheng tried to recruit Pang Hong as a student by proposing a cultivation path based on eating. The chapter left Pang Hong holding Bone Inscriptions that Chen Changsheng said could teach him Taotie's Devouring Heaven and Earth.

• Jade Completion used his sword to exploit the Frost Giant Ape's armor weaknesses and destroyed it in less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea, briefly turning one strand of his hair white.
• Chen Changsheng explained to Pang Hong that fighting desperately made Heaven's Mandate Bearers lose lifespan as Heavenly Mandate evolved a Small World within them.
• Chen Changsheng offered to teach Pang Hong a new cultivation path, even as he vowed to kill Pang Hong's father and destroy the Four Brahma Three Realms.
• Chen Changsheng told Pang Hong to become the Four Brahma Three Realms' greatest Glutton King by eating enough to fill the Bitter Sea System's void.
• Chen Changsheng gave Pang Hong Bone Inscriptions from the Gluttony Root Bone and said Taotie's Devouring Heaven and Earth could help him break through his predicament.

Chen Changsheng captured Pang Hong and said he intended to destroy his Nine Dragons Combined while still teaching him. In Great Bright Heaven, Jade Completion learned Miao Shi had been returned with his Supreme Bone excavated, and he sought Heaven Mending Paste to save him before seven days passed.

• Chen Changsheng seized Pang Hong and dragged him into the fortress after declaring he would destroy Pang Hong's Nine Dragons Combined.
• Jade Completion learned that Undertaker had trapped Miao Shi in a fortress too heavily guarded to assault, and he ordered his people to prepare for the final battle.
• Little Wood confronted the empty room, then saw Jiang Bo Yue kneeling with Miao Shi's body and was beaten by the furious crowd.
• Jade Completion took Miao Shi to Medicine Immortal Peak, where Cao Muzi said he needed Heaven Mending Paste within seven days to survive.
• Cao Muzi explained that the paste could be found only through the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground, Mountain and River Academy, or Undertaker, and Jade Completion called on the Great Emperor Haotian for help.

Jade Completion and Cao Muzi tried to save Miao Shi, whose Supreme Bone origin rejected ordinary medicine. The Undertaker’s special Heaven Mending Paste and Golden Silkworm Silk temporarily stabilized him, but a lasting cure required more medicine and likely the Undertaker’s help.

• After several days of failed efforts, Jade Completion returned with the Great Emperor Haotian and gave Cao Muzi Heaven Mending Paste, but Miao Shi’s wound burst open after it began to heal.
• Cao Muzi explained that the Supreme Bone origin fused into Miao Shi’s flesh rejected spiritual medicine, and said he had too little time to develop a suitable remedy.
• Jade Completion gave Cao Muzi a medicinal paste from the Undertaker, which produced Golden Silkworm Silk that temporarily replaced Miao Shi’s Supreme Bone and stabilized his condition.
• Cao Muzi said the paste could only extend Miao Shi’s life by a few days and that more specially prepared Heaven Mending Paste was needed for a complete cure.
• Cao Muzi advised Jade Completion to seek the Undertaker’s help restoring Miao Shi’s bones and constitution, while Miao Shan objected because the Undertaker was their enemy.

Jade Completion sought medicine from Chen Changsheng to save his son, sacrificing one of his Double pupils and revealing the secret behind Heyang Heaven’s hostility toward him. Meanwhile, Miao Shan told Jiang Bo Yue that people had to bear the consequences of mistakes, just as the Undertaker arrived at Medicine Immortal Peak.

• Great Emperor Haotian urged Jade Completion to seek any means necessary to save his son, and Cao Muzi gave him a Jade Slip detailing the medicine used.
• Jade Completion went to Puppet Fortress, knelt and kowtowed for three hours, and begged Chen Changsheng for medicine.
• Chen Changsheng demanded Jade Completion’s life, then accepted one of his eyes and asked why Heyang Heaven hated Great Bright Heaven.
• Jade Completion revealed that he had witnessed a traitor kill the Previous Heavenly Emperor of Heyang Heaven, and Chen Changsheng agreed to accompany him and treat Miao Shi.
• Miao Shan told the kneeling Jiang Bo Yue that people had to accept the consequences of their decisions and announced that the Undertaker had arrived.

Chen Changsheng arrived at Great Bright Heaven to treat the dying Miao Shi, whose lost Supreme Bone had left him near death. The group prepared to replace it with Chen Changsheng’s specially forged Mechanical Root Bone, and waited for Cao Muzi’s medicine to take effect so the surgery could begin.

• Chen Changsheng provoked Zhang Zhi at Great Bright Heaven, but Great Emperor Haotian restrained Zhang Zhi and insisted they focus on saving Miao Shi.
• Chen Changsheng examined Miao Shi and proposed using a Poison Formula to stimulate his vitality before replacing his lost root bone.
• Cao Muzi confirmed that Chen Changsheng’s plan was the best option if the Supreme Bone would not be returned, and Jade Completion approved it.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Haotian would extract the remaining Supreme Bone origin source while Jade Completion implanted the Mechanical Root Bone.
• Cao Muzi began preparing the medicine as Jade Completion waited for it to be ready.

Hao Tian extracted Miao Shi’s Supreme Bone origin and Jade Completion saved his life, though Miao Shi lost most of his cultivation. Chen Changsheng returned to Little Wood through the Bronze Life Lamp, while Miao Shi woke with the knowledge that the Undertaker’s plan had unfolded exactly as promised.

• Hao Tian extracted Miao Shi’s Supreme Bone origin, and Jade Completion repaired his body with Heaven Mending Paste after the procedure crippled his cultivation.
• Chen Changsheng challenged Jiang Bo Yue and Little Wood to grow stronger, then Hao Tian crushed Chen Changsheng’s avatar in anger.
• Little Wood found the Bronze Life Lamp at home and voluntarily surrendered control of his body to Chen Changsheng.
• Little Wood asked whether he could oppose Chen Changsheng, and Chen Changsheng said he could act against him without breaking their agreement, while his ability to stop him depended on how quickly he learned.
• Little Wood accepted that he and his companions had misjudged their strength, and Chen Changsheng explained that his plan had chiefly targeted Miao Shi.
• Miao Shi woke unable to control his body and having lost ninety percent of his cultivation, but he understood that the Undertaker’s plan had unfolded as promised.

Chen Changsheng confronted the imprisoned Miao Shi and challenged him to prove he could stand on his own without the Supreme Bone. He began cutting into Miao Shi to remove it, then provoked him by threatening to make his father beg for his life.

• Bound in the Puppet Fortress, Miao Shi taunted Chen Changsheng to release him and fight at the same realm.
• Chen Changsheng argued that Miao Shi's strength and confidence depended on the Supreme Bone, while claiming he could remain the Undertaker without his own advantages.
• Chen Changsheng said he would dig out the Supreme Bone and let Miao Shi prove he could survive without it.
• Miao Shi accepted the challenge but asked Chen Changsheng to kill him during the extraction if he was going to die anyway.
• Chen Changsheng cut into Miao Shi's back and taunted him about his pain and his father's future pleas for help.
• Miao Shi broke into a violent struggle when Chen Changsheng insulted his father, and Chen Changsheng called him a coward for wanting to end everything in hardship.

After Chen Changsheng removed Miao Shi’s Supreme Bone, Miao Shi’s memories returned to the present as he struggled with his disabled body and despair. Cao Muzi explained why he had hidden Miao Shi’s wish to die and urged him to face his recovery with courage, praising the Undertaker’s boldness in solving difficult medical problems.

• Chen Changsheng removed Miao Shi’s Supreme Bone and protected his consciousness so Miao Shi would remain aware and seek death.
• Miao Shi returned to the present and fell from his bed when he tried to get up.
• Cao Muzi helped Miao Shi into his wheelchair and revealed that he had known Miao Shi wanted to die.
• Cao Muzi explained that he stayed silent because telling the Emperor Lord would have intensified Miao Shi’s desire to die.
• Cao Muzi told Miao Shi that the Undertaker’s courage to face difficult problems, rather than superior skill alone, made him an exceptional physician.

Chen Changsheng visited the supposedly crippled Miao Shi, discussed Great Bright Heaven’s military deployment, and gave him Myriad Laws Return to Spring. Afterward, Chen Changsheng revealed to Little Wood that Miao Shi had regained his mobility and was testing the loyalty of those around him, then challenged Little Wood to understand why he wanted to support him.

• Cao Muzi left Miao Shi alone with Chen Changsheng, who brought news and a map of Great Bright Heaven’s deployment.
• Miao Shi dismissed his own prospects of leading Great Bright Heaven, but Chen Changsheng reaffirmed his loyalty and urged him to study the military plan.
• Miao Shi asked about Pang Hong, then gave Chen Changsheng permission to copy Myriad Laws Return to Spring.
• After leaving Medicine Immortal Peak, Chen Changsheng told Little Wood that Miao Shi had secretly recovered and was testing people’s hearts.
• Chen Changsheng questioned Little Wood about the lessons in saving Miao Shi and Pang Hong, then headed to the military camp as Little Wood pondered why Chen Changsheng supported him.
• At Puppet Fortress, an unidentified speaker remarked on how someone had changed after ten thousand years.