Chapter Summaries

Chen Changsheng explained how Heaven's Mandate would strengthen the Puppet Legion before Great Emperor Fan Du gravely wounded him. At Candle Dragon Fortress, Wang Hao considered killing the injured Chen Changsheng, but Zhang Zhen threatened to kill Wang Hao if he tried, and Ye Yongxian agreed Chen Changsheng should stay alive for now.

• Chen Changsheng explained that the Weapon Spirit had merged with Heaven's Mandate, removing obstacles to controlling the Puppet Legion and boosting the high-grade puppets' strength.
• Great Emperor Fan Du struck Chen Changsheng through Heaven's Mandate, piercing his chest, but Chen Changsheng said his Life Lamp and Supreme Bone kept him from being killed.
• Chen Changsheng used Heaven's Mandate to limit the Heavenly Emperors' ability to monitor the epoch and provide the puppets with greater computational capacity before vanishing.
• Chen Changsheng returned to Candle Dragon Fortress severely wounded, and Wang Hao moved toward the Five-Colored Pool before Zhang Zhen made him step back.
• Chen Changsheng accepted Zhang Zhen's choice to cooperate with Wang Hao and asked him to preserve his humanity; he then ordered the group to hunt the top Generals of the Four Brahma Three Realms.
• Outside the fortress, Wang Hao complained that they should kill Chen Changsheng while he was wounded, but Zhang Zhen threatened him, and Ye Yongxian said he did not want Chen Changsheng dead yet.

After ordering a plan to wipe out every living being in the era, Chen Changsheng wrestled with his despair and chose to keep living. Little Wood returned to Xiao Qing and his mother, married Xiao Qing, and was left standing alone in the pavilion as evening fell.

• Chen Changsheng ordered Immortal Bone and the other puppet to continue the plan to exterminate the era, then confessed to the system that he was tormented but could not choose death.
• Chen Changsheng asked whether slaughtering an era could serve as an outlet for his pain, and the system said it had no judgment; he then absorbed the Heaven and Earth Profound Embryo Hu Tudou had obtained at the cost of his life.
• Little Wood flew for three days and nights to Great Bright Heaven and reunited with Xiao Qing, who promised to forgive him despite the deal he had made with a demon.
• Little Wood brought Xiao Qing to meet his mother, introduced Xiao Qing as his wife, and the three shared a family meal.
• That evening, Little Wood stood alone in the pavilion when his mother asked whether something was on his mind.

Little Wood accepted his mother's encouragement to continue his path, despite knowing the choice might cost her life. On the Great Bright Heaven Battlefield, Kong Ling asked Pang Hong to save Kong Yan, but Pang Hong abandoned her until Pang Tong arranged a rumor to lure him back.

• Little Wood's mother recognized that someone was forcing him to choose between his path and her life, and urged him to keep going for those depending on him.
• Little Wood left his mother and returned to the bridal chamber, where a wisp of golden light emerged and became an oil lamp.
• Kong Ling brought the unconscious Kong Yan to Pang Hong and begged him to save her by giving her a reason to live.
• Pang Hong rejected Kong Ling's request and flew away, leaving Kong Yan alone on a meteorite.
• Pang Tong asked Chen Changsheng for advice, and Chen Changsheng told him to spread a rumor that Pang Hong had abandoned Kong Yan after starting something with her.
• Chen Changsheng said Jade Completion should die at Little Wood's hands after Little Wood recovered.

Miao Shan persuaded Zhang Zhi that Jade Completion planned to sacrifice his life so Miao Shi and the others could grow into the final chance to stop the Undertaker. Zhang Zhi learned how dire the war had become and concluded that the Puppet Legion could not be defeated without destroying its control core.

• Chen Changsheng told Pang Tong that Jade Completion had to die to force Miao Shi and the others to grow, and that the Crimson Bright Heavenly Emperor would be the next target.
• Pang Tong agreed to take responsibility for guiding the group, while Chen Changsheng said they were his last hope against the Undertaker.
• Miao Shan assured Miao Shi that his father was recovering, then visited Zhang Zhi at the Marquis of Xixiang's residence.
• Miao Shan told Zhang Zhi that Jade Completion intended to trade his life for an opportunity that could save the era, and that the Undertaker had entrusted his conscience to Miao Shi and the others.
• Zhang Zhi learned that the Four Great Emperors were badly injured while the Puppet Legion had grown stronger, and said victory required destroying the core controlling the puppets.

Miao Shan told Zhang Zhi that the Undertaker had defeated the Emperor Lords and explained that he meant to forge the Young Master and others into a conscience capable of stopping him. At the Great Bright Heaven Emperor Palace, Chen Changsheng pressed Jade Completion for the World Cleansing Mantra and promised to treat Chang Sheng kindly in exchange.

• Miao Shan told Zhang Zhi that Blade Emperor Zhang Zhen had destroyed the Emperor Lords' avatars and the Undertaker had severely wounded the Emperor Lords with Heaven's Mandate.
• Miao Shan explained that the Undertaker had gone completely mad after Ancestor Qingqiu's death and intended to subject the Young Master to hardship so his Dao heart would grow firm.
• Miao Shan said he would trade Great Bright Heaven's eight hundred thousand soldiers and Zhang Zhi for the Emperor Lord's chance to survive, and Zhang Zhi agreed to give his life if it helped the Emperor Lord.
• Miao Shan explained that the Emperor Lord was unwelcome because his Double pupils had seen too much, and that the Undertaker was watching Great Bright Heaven to learn things from him.
• Chen Changsheng asked Jade Completion about Heaven's Mandate Poison, and Jade Completion said it could be undone by Unsealing Heaven's Mandate.
• Jade Completion gave Chen Changsheng a Jade Slip and Golden Page containing the World Cleansing Mantra after Chen Changsheng promised to treat Chang Sheng kindly.

Chen Changsheng pressured Jade Completion before leaving him to die, while Little Wood prepared to act and sought Pang Hong as an ally. Pang Hong considered helping Little Wood seize Ping Yu Heaven, but asked why he would betray Great Bright Heaven.

• Chen Changsheng took Jade Completion’s Golden Page and Jade Slip, warned him about Miao Shi, and refused to let him keep secrets that could endanger Great Bright Heaven.
• Chen Changsheng threatened that the Puppet Legion would attack Great Bright Heaven in three days, then left Jade Completion in the secret chamber.
• Little Wood agreed to Chen Changsheng’s plan and flew away to seek an ally after learning he would not be able to remain in Great Bright Heaven.
• Pang Hong went to rescue Kong Yan to disprove rumors that he had seduced and abandoned her, and Little Wood arrived to treat her injuries.
• Little Wood proposed that Pang Hong help him take control of Ping Yu Heaven, and Pang Hong showed interest but asked why Little Wood wanted to betray Great Bright Heaven.

Little Wood persuaded Pang Hong to take the wounded Kong Yan to Heyang Heaven so her family could help him gain control of Ping Yu Heaven. Meanwhile, the puppet army launched a slaughter across the Four Brahma Three Realms, leaving the conflict far more destructive.

• Little Wood told Pang Hong that bringing Kong Yan to Heyang Heaven would help secure the Kong Family’s support in Ping Yu Heaven, and Pang Hong eventually took her away.
• Little Wood revealed to Chen Changsheng that Ping Yu Heaven offered him room to advance, while Chen Changsheng warned that Little Wood would soon have to fight him.
• Pang Hong told Kong Yan he had saved her because she was useful and threatened her family to make her help Heyang Heaven; Kong Yan misread his demand that she stay by his side, and Pang Hong angrily left the tent.
• The puppet army began attacking across the entire front of the Four Brahma Three Realms, killing indiscriminately while the Three Great Puppets and Zhang Zhen hunted high-level cultivators.

The Heavenly Emperors failed to remove Chen Changsheng’s Heaven’s Mandate Poison and decided to sever their own mandates while others searched for a cure. Chi Ming secured Chen Changsheng’s appointment as acting Heavenly Emperor of Ping Yu Heaven, then realized the Undertaker had anticipated the day’s events.

• Yu Long asked whether anyone could cure the poison, and Hao Tian said the emperors would have to sever their Heaven’s Mandate to eradicate it.
• Fan Du proposed that the Heavenly Emperors leave while the others searched for a solution, and the group agreed to the plan.
• Chi Ming raised the leaderless Ping Yu Heaven and recommended Chen Changsheng as its acting Heavenly Emperor.
• Chi Ming said he wanted to ease tensions between himself and Jade Completion, and Hao Tian and Fan Du approved his proposal.
• After leaving Heaven’s Mandate, Chi Ming examined three Jade Slips and saw that the Undertaker had predicted the day’s events.

Chi Ming considered Chen Changsheng’s offer to help him become a Great Emperor, while the war between the Four Brahma Three Realms and the Undertaker’s forces grew more brutal. In Great Bright Heaven, Little Wood prepared to become acting Heavenly Emperor before the voice that had been silent for three months addressed him again as a Candle Dragon appeared.

• Chi Ming spoke with Chen Changsheng, who offered him the Epoch Heaven’s Mandate and support for claiming the Great Emperor Position if he opposed the Uncanny at the critical moment.
• The Heavenly Emperors returned, intensifying the war; Zhang Gu survived repeated attacks with help from Zhang Zhen and the Candle Dragon, while the Four Great Emperors weakened Ao Chuang’s control over the Heaven’s Mandate.
• Miao Shi congratulated Little Wood on his impending appointment as acting Heavenly Emperor, and Jiang Bo Yue urged him to carry himself like one.
• As Little Wood prepared to drink with Miao Shi and Jiang Bo Yue, the silent voice returned and asked whether he was ready; an enormous Candle Dragon appeared in the void.

Chen Changsheng confronted Jade Completion in the depths of the void while his allies tried to hold off the other Heavenly Emperors for three hours. The battles began across the void, with Zhang Zhen, Wang Hao, Ye Yongxian, Zhang Gu, and the Jade Bone each facing powerful opponents.

• Chen Changsheng arrived at Great Bright Heaven on the Candle Dragon, told Jade Completion that he had arranged to delay the other twenty-six Heavenly Emperors, and flew with him into the depths of the void.
• Zhang Zhen confronted sixteen Heavenly Emperors alone and drew his Miao blade, cleaving a star with his Blade Qi.
• Wang Hao initially pleaded with three Heavenly Emperors to wait, then unleashed a sea of blood and surrounded them with a world of flesh and blood.
• Ye Yongxian faced five Heavenly Emperors, rose with his Simple Long Sword, and prepared to sacrifice his body to kill one of them.
• Zhang Gu fought at a disadvantage against a Heavenly Emperor while the Jade Bone battled another, and neither opponent could quickly defeat them.

Miao Shi fought through the puppet army to reach his father, Jade Completion, while Chen Changsheng questioned the dying Jade Completion about the Uncanny and the Epoch’s hidden conspiracies. Jade Completion revealed that the real manipulator lay beyond the Four Brahma Three Realms, as Miao Shi began a final transformation to save him.

• After sensing Jade Completion’s aura weaken, Miao Shi charged into the puppet army and fought until his body reached its limit.
• Miao Shi tore the Mechanical Spinal Cord from his back, and a new Supreme Bone began regenerating as his body roared back to life.
• In the depths of the void, Chen Changsheng listened to the roar of Miao Shi’s body while Jade Completion accepted that he might die.
• Jade Completion told Chen Changsheng that two people had taken the Supreme Sage’s relics, one from the Four Brahma Heavens and one from the Epoch, and confirmed Xuan Tai’s involvement in the Undying Forbidden Ground.
• Jade Completion explained that Chi Ming had opposed Chen Changsheng to protect him, while Fan Du had helped drive the Epoch Restart Plan and was not necessarily an Uncanny infiltrator.
• Jade Completion said there were at least two mutually unaware traitors in the Four Brahma Heavens and that the true manipulator was beyond the Four Brahma Three Realms.

Chen Changsheng manipulated Little Wood into stabbing Jade Completion, who chose to sacrifice himself rather than let Little Wood bear the burden of killing him. Chen Changsheng then revealed that he had altered a recording to make Little Wood believe Jade Completion and Miao Shan distrusted him, exposing his deception and the reason he had used Little Wood as a shield.

• Chen Changsheng told Jade Completion he would keep searching for the person behind the events, then greeted Little Wood and urged him to kill Jade Completion.
• Little Wood refused to stab Jade Completion, but Chen Changsheng threatened Xiao Qing and Little Wood's mother and forced his hand forward.
• Jade Completion thrust himself onto the dagger, fatally piercing his origin, and told Little Wood not to let his death become a burden.
• Chen Changsheng played a Recording Stone that revealed Jade Completion and Miao Shan had discussed arranging a marriage for Little Wood and raising his position.
• Chen Changsheng admitted he had altered the recording Little Wood heard before and said he deceived Little Wood so he could use him as a shield while infiltrating Great Bright Heaven.

Chen Changsheng exposed Little Wood’s betrayal, and Little Wood lost both Miao Shi’s brotherhood and his mother. Elsewhere, the fighting forces received orders to withdraw, while Yu Long warned that Undertaker had become too dangerous to ignore.

• Chen Changsheng revealed Xiao Qing and the old woman, and Miao Shi confronted Little Wood before ending their brotherhood and leaving with Jade Completion.
• The old woman confessed that she had taken poison, apologized to Emperor Lord, and died in Little Wood’s arms as Xiao Qing stayed beside him and the Puppet Legion withdrew.
• Zhang Zhen received a message, broke away from the thirteen Heavenly Emperors, and took three incomplete Heavenly Emperor corpses with him.
• Wang Hao captured a Heavenly Emperor, but Yu Long struck him down as the Candle Dragon escaped with the captive; Yu Long then declared that Undertaker could no longer be ignored.
• Ye Yongxian received the retreat order and left the four Heavenly Emperors with his spoils.

Chen Changsheng gave Zhang Zhen a longevity method and Wang Hao the World Cleansing Mantra, then offered Wang Hao two unfinished divine swords. The chapter left Yuantu Abi’s potential dependent on finding an ocean of Boundless Karma Fire.

• Chen Changsheng asked Zhang Zhen how he would fare against the Great Emperor of the Four Brahma Heavens, then gave him a Jade Slip explaining how to extend his lifespan by devouring living beings while filtering out poison and avoiding Karmic Debt.
• Chen Changsheng gave Wang Hao the World Cleansing Mantra, approved his plan to act as the second step against the Four Brahma Three Realms, and named his future forbidden ground Nether River.
• Wang Hao asked Chen Changsheng for a weapon, and Chen Changsheng revealed that God-Slaying Weapons were concepts rather than a fixed set of nine weapons.
• Ye Yongxian concluded that Chen Changsheng himself was the strongest God-Slaying Weapon because he had created the Puppet Legion and Ao Chuang.
• Chen Changsheng offered Wang Hao the divine swords Yuantu Abi, explaining they were unfinished because they needed an ocean of Boundless Karma Fire to be forged successfully.

Chen Changsheng gave Wang Hao the Divine Swords and discussed the war’s length with Zhang Gu, who urged him to finish it sooner before his remaining years ran out. Chen Changsheng admitted he sought only revenge; meanwhile, the gravely weakened Jade Completion sent Miao Shi to summon Hidden Dragon Master and the Marquis of Xixiang.

• Wang Hao took the Divine Swords from Chen Changsheng, then left the fortress with Zhang Zhen.
• Zhang Gu explained that his age and limited lifespan made a protracted war dangerous for him, and urged Chen Changsheng to end it within ten thousand years.
• Ye Yongxian criticized Zhang Zhen for yielding to fate and warned that Chen Changsheng’s feelings could eventually kill him.
• Chen Changsheng said he had no choice but to release the two and cared only about revenge, regardless of the consequences.
• Jade Completion refused Miao Shi’s offer to fetch Cao Muzi and ordered him to summon Hidden Dragon Master and the Marquis of Xixiang instead.

As Jade Completion died, he entrusted Miao Shan and Zhang Zhi with guiding Shi Er and preserving peace between Great Bright Heaven and Ping Yu Heaven. Cao Muzi then revealed to Pang Tong that Four Brahma Three Realms had once sent two Great Emperors and thirty-six Heavenly Emperors to eliminate Undertaker, whose creations included Desolate Heaven Emperor Wu Li, Tiger Guard, and Phantom.

• Jade Completion asked Miao Shan and Zhang Zhi to support Shi Er as Emperor Lord and replace him if he could not bear the responsibility.
• Jade Completion named Undertaker as his killer, forbade Great Bright Heaven from believing other accounts of his death, and ordered a ten-thousand-year alliance with Ping Yu Heaven.
• Miao Shi vowed to avenge his father, but Miao Shan rebuked him and carried Jade Completion's corpse away.
• Pang Tong questioned Cao Muzi about his age and past while they discussed the Sword God's devastation during the Epoch War.
• Cao Muzi explained that Four Brahma Three Realms had identified Undertaker as the source of Desolate Heaven Emperor Wu Li, Tiger Guard, and Phantom, then sent two Great Emperors and thirty-six Heavenly Emperors to kill him.

Cao Muzi told Pang Tong how the Four Brahma Three Realms’ invasion of the epoch turned into a disastrous war after they targeted Undertaker. He ended with the revelation that even a massive reinforcement force failed to destroy the Three Thousand Zhou.

• Cao Muzi explained that the Four Brahma Three Realms had once possessed one hundred and eight Heavenly Emperors and six Great Emperors.
• Cao Muzi said the Four Brahma Three Realms invaded the Three Thousand Zhou while its strength was weakened by the Demon Emperor’s war with the Forbidden Grounds.
• After learning the Demon Emperor came from Undertaker’s school, the Four Brahma Three Realms tried to kill Undertaker, prompting the Demon Emperor to slay five Heavenly Emperors.
• A savage woman, a Scholar, and an honest young swordsman challenged the invaders, but they ignored the swordsman’s warning and put Undertaker on their Must-kill List.
• When the invaders attacked Undertaker’s lair, the White-Clad Woman, the Demon Emperor, Scholar, and Desolate Heaven Emperor Wu Li fought them; the swordsman then killed eighteen Heavenly Emperors and a Great Emperor after his Dao companion died.
• The Four Brahma Three Realms sent four Great Emperors and fifty-three Heavenly Emperors as reinforcements, but they still lost the battle.

Cao Muzi recounted the devastating Extinguish Heaven War and explained how Desolate Heaven Emperor Wu Li earned his reputation as a symbol of invincibility. Pang Tong connected the war to the Undertaker and uncovered a suspicious link between Cao Muzi and Heyang Heaven’s former Heavenly Emperor.

• Cao Muzi explained how Desolate Heaven Emperor Wu Li killed a Great Emperor despite being gravely wounded, then returned to life stronger after Scholar took his corpse.
• Cao Muzi described how the Demon Emperor triggered a lightning tribulation that killed seven Heavenly Emperors, forcing their side to retreat when the Reincarnation Forbidden Ground intervened.
• Pang Tong identified the Scholar as the Supreme Sage and Gongsun Huaiyu as the Tiger Brave Commander, then asked about the mysterious White-Clad Woman.
• Cao Muzi recalled that Desolate Heaven Emperor Wu Li and Little Immortal Elder fiercely protected the White-Clad Woman and suggested she was connected to the Undertaker.
• Pang Tong linked the Extinguish Heaven War to the Undertaker’s past, including the Investiture of the Gods War, and pointed out that Cao Muzi appeared in Great Bright Heaven soon after Heyang Heaven’s former Heavenly Emperor died.

Cao Muzi revealed to Pang Tong that Supreme Sage had secretly worked with Four Brahma Three Realms to oppose the Uncanny and that his suicide had sealed the final gap in their plan. He urged Undertaker to act boldly, then Pang Tong left Medicine Immortal Peak understanding what it meant to be first under heaven.

• Cao Muzi admitted that an unknown insider had helped push the Extinguish Heaven War and that Four Brahma Three Realms had been infiltrated, prompting a damaging purge.
• Cao Muzi told Pang Tong that Supreme Sage had cooperated with Four Brahma Three Realms since the Extinguish Heaven War and had helped remove the Uncanny’s Chess Pieces.
• Cao Muzi explained that Supreme Sage’s suicide had sealed the final gap in the plan and that Undertaker could eradicate the Uncanny by understanding its methods and human hearts.
• Cao Muzi told Pang Tong to tell Undertaker to act boldly, promised help from Four Brahma Three Realms, and said Supreme Sage’s relics were in the Epoch.
• Cao Muzi entrusted Pang Tong with caring for Four Brahma Three Realms’ four remaining sparks, and Pang Tong left Medicine Immortal Peak reflecting on the meaning of being first under heaven.

Chen Changsheng explained that he was carefully managing the conflict with the Uncanny while preparing Miao Shi and others to protect the world and restrain him. As Heavenly Emperor Chang Sheng consolidated power, the Undertaker struck hard, killing several leaders and leaving Little Wood to suspect a larger scheme.

• Chen Changsheng told Pang Tong he could not seal the epoch against the Uncanny, so he was using a measured strategy and relying on Miao Shi and others to preserve the world and stop him if he lost control.
• Chen Changsheng left Pang Tong, who realized that an epoch-wide killing calamity was approaching and that they would have to rely on themselves.
• Chen Changsheng ascended as Heavenly Emperor Chang Sheng, pardoned the Kong Family, took control of Ping Yu Heaven, and gained support from Pang Tong and Great Bright Heaven.
• Little Wood visited Xiao Qing, who said she did not blame him but still remembered Emperor Lord Jade Completion’s kindness and struggled with her husband’s betrayal of Great Bright Heaven.
• Pang Tong informed Little Wood that the Undertaker had killed the First General and three Heavenly Emperors, then detonated the Candle Dragon Puppet and severely injured Great Emperors Fan Du and Hao Tian, the Dead Sea Forbidden Ground’s master, and possibly the Blade Emperor.
• Little Wood suspected the Undertaker was pursuing a deeper scheme.