Chapter Summaries

Chen Changsheng explained why he had left retirement to enter the game, then asked Bai Ze to decide what path Guan Ping should take while assigning Chen Feng to guard her. As Chen Feng and Bai Ze watched over the unconscious Guan Ping, Chen Feng advised that choices belonged to the person making them and that Chen Changsheng’s conflict came from regret; an approaching sound interrupted their conversation.

• Bai Ze questioned Chen Changsheng about his time in the Sky Abyss World, and Chen Changsheng said he had entered the game because Scholar and his wife had risked their lives to ask him.
• Chen Changsheng left Guan Ping’s future in Bai Ze’s hands and asked Chen Feng to protect her while she subdued the Void Demon Flame.
• Chen Feng agreed to guard Guan Ping, and Bai Ze led him up the mountain to check her condition.
• Bai Ze asked Chen Feng what his conflicted friend should do, and Chen Feng said the person must choose for himself and that regret explained his hesitation.
• Chen Feng told Bai Ze that time would help his friend let go of the need for a perfect choice, then an approaching sound interrupted them.

Chen Feng agreed to fight a newcomer for the dormant Void Demon Flame while Chen Changsheng watched from afar. At the Epoch Border, Jian Fei parted from Ma Ling'er and Sima Lan, condemned Xu Yao, Su You, Gui Qianjie, and Gui Daoran for failing Sir, then cast away his Sword Box.

• Chen Feng and the newcomer began fighting over the Void Demon Flame while Bai Ze stayed beside the unconscious Guan Ping.
• Chen Changsheng watched the battle from twenty miles away, reflected on his old epoch, and resumed digging.
• Jian Fei told Sima Lan and Ma Ling'er he was leaving to prepare for Sir's return, ended their marriage bond, and accepted a Sword Box from Ma Ling'er.
• Jian Fei berated Gui Qianjie, Gui Daoran, Xu Yao, and Su You for failing to support Sir, and the four remained silent or admitted their shame.
• Jian Fei lamented that he had failed to follow the Sword God's example and threw his Sword Box into the void.

Jian Fei left after reflecting on his failures, while Chen Xiang gave up his sword before the Giant Cauldron. Outside the Sumeru Illusion Realm, Chen Feng and Guan Ping emerged, and Lu Mingyu died suddenly before the twentieth day ended.

• Jian Fei told Su You and the others that he was unworthy of the sword and said farewell before leaving.
• Zhang Zhen promised Jian Fei he would look after the two women, then departed; Jian Fei left laughing.
• Chen Xiang tried to set his sword before the Giant Cauldron, but sword qi knocked it away, and he left with Xu Yao after glancing at the Rust Sword.
• Chen Feng and Guan Ping emerged injured from the Sumeru Illusion Realm, and Guan Ping promised to refine pills for him in the future.
• Butler Wang told Lu Mingyu that Guan Ping had obtained the Void Demon Flame and Chen Feng had defeated eighteen family scions; Lu Mingyu then collapsed and died without warning.

After Lu Mingyu was confirmed dead, Chen Changsheng received his corpse and led Guan Ping, Chen Feng, and Bai Ze through a mysterious area to bury him. A strange young man appeared at the burial site, and Chen Changsheng ordered Guan Ping and Chen Feng to dig deeper into the ground.

• Experts confirmed Lu Mingyu was dead, and Guan Ping learned that Chen Changsheng had predicted it.
• Lu Mingyu's Butler arrived to fulfill the agreement, but Chen Changsheng sent him flying and drew the corpse into the courtyard.
• Chen Changsheng told Bai Ze to lead Guan Ping and Chen Feng with Lu Mingyu's corpse through a region that confused anyone lacking sufficient strength.
• Chen Changsheng began digging a grave in the wilderness, where an ordinary-looking young man questioned whether he had permission to bury someone there.
• After arguing with the young man about the shallow foundation beneath the soil, Chen Changsheng told Guan Ping and Chen Feng to dig as deep as they could.

Chen Changsheng buried Lu Mingyu in the Pill Domain while confronting a young man who controlled the land, then faced Cui Hao Yu, who came seeking his nephew. Chen Changsheng and the young man agreed to oppose each other, leaving Cui Hao Yu to choose how to challenge them.

• Chen Changsheng used his Fishing Rod to make the ground flow, forcing the young man to admit the wilderness was unclaimed and let them dig.
• Chen Changsheng buried Lu Mingyu in the pit, and the young man pointed out that Cui Hao Yu had arrived looking for them.
• Cui Hao Yu asked whether his nephew could live, while Chen Changsheng and the young man debated whether to stay or leave.
• Chen Changsheng and the young man agreed to do the opposite of each other's wishes, then sat down to drink tea as Cui Hao Yu considered his choice.
• The young man advised Cui Hao Yu not to use his wooden sword and to try martial arts instead, prompting Chen Changsheng to criticize the suggestion.

Chen Changsheng sparred with Cui Hao Yu using only martial techniques and defeated him in one move after Cui Hao Yu exposed a flaw by attacking with a finger-sword. The young man then offered Cui Hao Yu a chance to choose another contest, while Bai Ze explained the lessons of sparring to Chen Feng and Guan Ping.

• Bai Ze told Chen Feng and Guan Ping that a restricted sparring match was a rare chance to study combat techniques.
• Chen Changsheng and Cui Hao Yu reduced their cultivation and agreed to compete with martial techniques, but Cui Hao Yu struck first.
• Chen Changsheng deflected Cui Hao Yu’s opening punch, traded techniques with him, then knocked him away when he attacked with a finger-sword.
• The young man criticized Cui Hao Yu for revealing his sword technique, and Chen Changsheng comforted Cui Hao Yu before returning to the table.
• Bai Ze explained how exposing a trump card could reveal flaws, and Chen Feng understood that fighters could use other methods to create openings.
• The young man gave Cui Hao Yu ten breaths to choose a contest, and when Cui Hao Yu began asking to compete in divine abilities, the young man told him to choose movement techniques instead.

Cui Hao Yu failed to touch the young man during a movement-technique challenge, and Chen Changsheng then agreed to fight him using the Divine Sense Realm. Their exchange began with devastating weapon attacks that forced Bai Ze to flee with Chen Feng and Guan Ping.

• Chen Changsheng explained that Cui Hao Yu could only challenge the young man in movement techniques, and Cui Hao Yu accepted the challenge.
• The young man set a fifty-breath challenge, but Cui Hao Yu could neither touch him nor ring the bell at his waist.
• Chen Feng and Guan Ping discussed Cui Hao Yu's Immortal King Eighth Grade strength and wondered what realm Chen Changsheng had reached.
• Chen Changsheng challenged the young man to an unrestricted exchange using the Divine Sense Realm, and they took up a Pudao and a Heavy Sword.
• Bai Ze retreated with Chen Feng and Guan Ping as the fighters' stray attacks injured Chen Feng and forced them to flee from the flames.

Chen Changsheng and the Pill Tower Master fought to a draw before the young man diagnosed Chen Changsheng’s lingering heart ailment. Chen Changsheng returned to the courtyard to treat Chen Feng, while Lu Mingyu began to revive.

• Bai Ze fled with Chen Feng and the other one, warning Guan Ping to avoid the fire unless she was as extraordinary as Chen Changsheng.
• After half an hour of fighting, Chen Changsheng and the young man agreed to a draw and stopped before their battle destroyed the area.
• The young man examined Chen Changsheng and said his heart ailment was improving, but warned him not to stir up his liver fire until he recovered.
• Chen Changsheng reflected on the trauma of the Slaughter Epoch and warned Cui Hao Yu to keep what he had witnessed to himself.
• Lu Mingyu’s pale hand emerged from the earth after his death, and Chen Changsheng later told Guan Ping that his battle with the young man had ended in a draw.

Chen Changsheng explained how he revived Lu Mingyu by using the Dragon Vein and Earth Qi of the Pill Domain to ignite the Innate Qi hidden in his body. He left Lu Mingyu's underlying illness unresolved, then invited Guan Ping and Chen Feng to watch the excitement outside.

• Guan Ping asked Chen Changsheng how he had brought Lu Mingyu back to life, and Chen Feng listened in.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Innate Qi could ignite vitality and that Lu Mingyu still had hidden remnants within his body.
• Chen Changsheng used Chen Feng to demonstrate how scattered Innate Qi could remain hidden and emerge when a life was in danger.
• Guan Ping realized Lu Mingyu's revival had relied on his remaining Innate Qi, and Chen Changsheng described how the Pill Domain's Dragon Vein and Earth Qi had ignited it.
• Chen Changsheng said Lu Mingyu's illness remained difficult to diagnose despite his body's transformations, then invited Guan Ping and Chen Feng to go watch the excitement outside.

At the Pill Tower, a young man ordered an associate to investigate Chen Changsheng’s identity across other eras, while Chen Changsheng encouraged Shui Yue to find new desires and met with Lu Mingyu to arrange an auction. Lu Mingyu guessed that Chen Changsheng planned to sell clues about the DuSheng True Fire.

• The young man judged Chen Changsheng too dangerous to confront and sent an associate to investigate his origins in other eras.
• The associate warned the young man that someone was using the DuSheng True Fire as bait before departing.
• Chen Changsheng told Shui Yue that her lack of desires came from confusion, not Supreme Emotionless, and gave her time to adjust to her new life.
• At an auction house, Lu Mingyu thanked Chen Changsheng and offered to mobilize Lu Family and other family auction houses to promote his goods.
• Lu Mingyu guessed that Chen Changsheng intended to sell clues about the DuSheng True Fire.

Lu Mingyu offered Chen Changsheng Bright Immortal Rock and asked to become his disciple, arguing that his skills could help manage Chen Changsheng’s affairs. Chen Changsheng initially refused, but Lu Mingyu’s challenge about never having anyone ask to join his sect prompted him to accept Lu Mingyu as the sect’s third-ranked member.

• Lu Mingyu deduced that Chen Changsheng had taken clues to the DuSheng True Fire and presented him with Bright Immortal Rock as thanks for saving his life.
• Lu Mingyu explained that he wanted to serve Chen Changsheng because his family’s troubles made his illness difficult to treat and his practical skills could reduce Chen Changsheng’s burdens.
• Chen Changsheng rejected Lu Mingyu’s request to become his disciple and left, insulting him as he went.
• Lu Mingyu asked whether anyone had ever proactively sought to become Chen Changsheng’s disciple, making Chen Changsheng pause and return to the couch.
• Chen Changsheng insisted he was not accepting Lu Mingyu for the sake of face, then named him third in the sect’s ranking.

Chen Changsheng accepted Lu Mingyu as his disciple after learning that Lu wanted to master his persuasive skill, then left the auction house with Shui Yue after a fight broke out. Shui Yue declared her goal of securing an honored place for the Mermen Clan, and Lu Mingyu later reported that Guan Ping and Chen Feng had been taken away by Pill City's Guard Team.

• Lu Mingyu kowtowed to Chen Changsheng and said he wanted to become someone like him, so Chen Changsheng accepted him as a disciple and told him to call him Teacher.
• After Chen Changsheng left the VIP room, Guan Ping fought three young masters who wanted to buy Shui Yue, while Chen Feng shielded Guan Ping and Shui Yue.
• Chen Changsheng assessed the dispute, encouraged the young masters to fight Guan Ping and Chen Feng, and left the auction house with Shui Yue as Lu Mingyu slipped away.
• Shui Yue told Chen Changsheng she wanted the Mermen Clan to live openly and honorably, and he urged her to build the strength needed to achieve that goal.
• Lu Mingyu reported that Guan Ping and Chen Feng beat the three young masters and their reinforcements before Pill City's Guard Team took them all away.

Chen Changsheng told Lu Mingyu the identities of his two senior brothers and revealed his own history as the Undertaker, while explaining that he was investigating the DuSheng True Fire. Lu Mingyu learned that Chen Changsheng’s companions and puppet were legendary figures, and ended the chapter awed by the immense karma surrounding his teacher.

• Chen Changsheng and Lu Mingyu discussed punishing Guan Ping, Chen Feng, and the three young masters for causing trouble.
• Lu Mingyu asked about his senior brothers, and Chen Changsheng warned that their names carried enormous karma before identifying them as Wu Li and Chen Shisan.
• Chen Changsheng revealed that Wu Li was the Desolate Heaven Emperor and Chen Shisan was the Sword God, then confirmed that he himself was the Undertaker who had killed an entire Epoch.
• Chen Changsheng told Lu Mingyu that a threat connected to the DuSheng True Fire had appeared in their Epoch, but said someone there was already handling it.
• Chen Changsheng explained that the woman from the Endless Sea was the second-generation God of Wealth of the Heavenly Court and that the mysterious expert was one of his puppets, one of the Four Calamities.

Chen Changsheng warned Lu Mingyu that revealing his lineage could draw challenges from powerful enemies connected to his senior brothers and other disciples. He then took Lu Mingyu and Shui Yue to the prodigy gathering, planning to attend uninvited.

• Chen Changsheng told Lu Mingyu to hide his lineage and explained that challengers might target him because Chen Changsheng was feared as a Madman.
• Chen Changsheng warned Lu Mingyu not to mention his senior brothers, then described a past dispute involving the First Senior Brother and the Five Surnames Seven Realms.
• Lu Mingyu recognized the Beast Race expert from his family's records, and Chen Changsheng revealed that Hua Feng's fist technique had been taught by him.
• Lu Mingyu agreed to call Chen Changsheng “Sir” in public, and Chen Changsheng assured him that the Tower Master would not cause trouble by investigating his identity.
• Chen Changsheng took Spiritual Fruit from Shui Yue and announced that he would bring Lu Mingyu to the prodigy gathering without an invitation.

Chen Changsheng taught Guan Ping not to rely on fairness or others to protect her, then provoked Li Yibai by mocking her music. Li Yibai challenged him to perform a piece, leaving the gathering waiting for his response.

• At the banquet, Chen Changsheng explained to Guan Ping that the Guard Team’s punishment showed how dangerous it was to entrust her safety to fairness and other people.
• Guan Ping accepted his advice and resolved to stay wary of those who might harm her, though Chen Changsheng promptly took her fruit platter.
• Guan Ping’s protest snapped Li Yibai’s zither string, and Li Yibai prepared to leave after Lu Mingyu offered her an ancient zither as an apology.
• Chen Changsheng insulted Li Yibai’s music and argued that vocal music should bring joy to everyone, while Guan Ping admitted she preferred the fruit.
• Li Yibai challenged Chen Changsheng to play a piece after he criticized her performance.

Chen Changsheng defeated Li Yibai in a musical contest with a moving zither performance, then returned her instrument and promised to introduce her to the two people whose music shaped his own. After the banquet scattered, he announced that Chen Feng’s master was trapped somewhere dangerous and needed rescuing.

• Chen Changsheng brushed aside Guan Ping’s attempt to stop him and accepted Li Yibai’s challenge to play the zither.
• Chen Changsheng performed a deeply sorrowful piece that moved the banquet guests to tears and produced a divine zither phenomenon.
• Chen Changsheng criticized Li Yibai’s music as showy, and Li Yibai conceded defeat and vowed never to play another instrument.
• Chen Changsheng returned Li Yibai’s ancient zither and promised to introduce her to the two people whose music he had described.
• The heavenly prodigies left the banquet, and Chen Changsheng told Lu Mingyu he would take the group somewhere more exciting.
• Chen Changsheng told Chen Feng that his master was trapped there and would die unless Chen Feng went to save him.

Chen Changsheng led Chen Feng, Lu Mingyu, and Guan Ping to rescue Li Alchemist and Qian Ya, who had been trapped while investigating the DuSheng True Fire. He explained that the rescue was part of a larger contest to expose a hidden enemy, and decided Qian Ya should become Lu Mingyu’s Dao Protector.

• Chen Changsheng told Chen Feng that Li Alchemist and Qian Ya had been trapped by a powerful enemy while pursuing a clue to the DuSheng True Fire.
• Chen Changsheng rejected calls for reinforcements and explained that brute force could expose them to a deadly attack, so they needed to pressure the enemy into revealing itself.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Chen Feng, Lu Mingyu, and Guan Ping to join the rescue, then assured them that Shui Yue could defend herself in the Pill Domain.
• In the Space Channel, Chen Changsheng explained that Qian Ya would be the best Dao Protector for Lu Mingyu, who needed someone to command in a crisis.
• Chen Changsheng told Lu Mingyu to offer Qian Ya money and named half of the Lu Family as the amount.

Chen Changsheng advised Lu Mingyu, Guan Ping, and Chen Feng on their ambitions, abilities, and relationships with others. He gave Lu Mingyu a body-tempering cultivation technique to help manage his illness while he investigated its cause.

• Chen Changsheng urged Lu Mingyu to broaden his efforts to match his lofty ambitions and said his immediate priority was staying alive.
• Chen Changsheng told Guan Ping that her poor relationships had left her without people to defend her reputation in the Pill Domain.
• Chen Changsheng warned Chen Feng that his Unyielding Spirit and desire to fight injustice would make his path difficult, and Chen Feng vowed to continue without regret.
• Chen Changsheng told Lu Mingyu to stay by his side and learn, then gave him a physical cultivation technique to strengthen his weak organs and bones while he sought the root of his illness.

Lu Mingyu presented Chen Changsheng with another Golden Page of the Eight Nine Mysterious Technique, and Chen Changsheng eagerly claimed it. After the group reached a transfer station, Bai Ze took Lu Mingyu and Guan Ping away while Chen Changsheng prepared a dangerous teleportation array to reach Sister Qian.

• Lu Mingyu gave Chen Changsheng a Golden Page from the Lu Family vault, and Chen Changsheng recognized it as another page of the Eight Nine Mysterious Technique.
• Chen Changsheng explained the Golden Page's value to Guan Ping while Lu Mingyu and Chen Feng discussed their ties to him.
• Chen Changsheng and the others arrived at a meteorite transfer station, where Lu Mingyu gave Bai Ze a gift.
• Bai Ze told Guan Ping that Sister Qian had encountered trouble and carried her and Lu Mingyu away to meet Chen Changsheng.
• Chen Changsheng warned the group that his rough, long-distance teleportation array could tear them apart, then kicked Guan Ping into it when she protested.

Chen Changsheng led the group through a dangerous Tri-Color Teleportation Array and reached a small world where Qian Ya and Li Alchemist were trapped in a strange Black Lake. He discovered that the lake could turn dreams into reality, leaving Lu Mingyu shaken by the possibility that their world was imagined by someone else.

• Chen Changsheng guided Guan Ping, Chen Feng, and the others through the Spatial Turbulence, telling them to protect their vital areas and prepare for dangerous escapes.
• After arriving in the Nameless Small World, Chen Changsheng explained that he and Bai Ze would go ahead while the others made their way toward Qian Ya and Li Alchemist.
• Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze reached the Black Lake, where Bai Ze entered to search for Qian Ya and Chen Changsheng stayed behind to investigate the lake water.
• Chen Changsheng explained to Lu Mingyu that the Black Lake was a dream capable of turning illusion into reality, then used a memory fragment to make an eyeless Heavenly Emperor appear.
• Chen Changsheng told Lu Mingyu that even they might be imagined by someone else, leaving Lu Mingyu alarmed.