Chapter Summaries

After Cui Tian Rui broke through to the Blood Moving Realm, Chen Changsheng sent him to investigate the Tiger Guard. Searching the Eighth Branch Library Pavilion, Cui Tian Rui found a clue in records from an ancient epoch and learned that worlds and epochs extended far beyond what he could imagine.

• Cui Tian Rui’s obsession with the battlefield awakened his Life Lamp Fire, and he advanced from the Life Lamp Realm to the Blood Moving Realm.
• Chen Changsheng explained Dao Heart to Shui Yue and urged her to face herself to understand what she truly wanted.
• Cui Tian Rui asked Chen Changsheng about the Tiger Guard, and Chen Changsheng told him to learn about it before asking again.
• Cui Tian Rui used the family head’s command token to search the Eighth Branch Library Pavilion for information about the Tiger Guard.
• Cui Tian Rui found a record of the Zheng Family hosting eight hundred Tiger Guard in Alchemy Era 1135, then read that an epoch spanned a world’s life and that epochs existed beyond epochs.
• Cui Tian Rui discovered several books he had never seen during his previous visits to the library.

Cui Tian Rui learned from three books that the Bitter Sea System came from another era and became convinced that Chen Changsheng was a legendary figure. Chen Changsheng refused to reveal his identity, but promised to do so if Cui Tian Rui could defeat him with spear skills, then left with him to question the imprisoned household staff.

• Cui Tian Rui read three books about Desolate Heaven Emperor Wu Li and the origins of the Bitter Sea System, then guessed that Chen Changsheng might be the Supreme Sage or the Ice-Fire Immortal King.
• Cui Tian Rui waited outside Chen Changsheng's room all night and asked him to reveal his identity; Chen Changsheng told him not to spread what he knew about Tiger Guard.
• Chen Changsheng explained that the Ice-Fire Immortal King and the Phoenix Empress had trained under the same master and entered the world together, but refused to identify himself.
• Chen Changsheng promised to reveal who he was and where he came from if Cui Tian Rui defeated him with spear skills, and added that he would hand over Tiger Guard as well.
• Cui Tian Rui asked Chen Changsheng to seek handwritten keepsakes from the legendary figures, and Chen Changsheng agreed to take him to question the imprisoned stewards and household managers.

Cui Tian Rui interrogated the Cui Family executives and uncovered evidence of their embezzlement, following Chen Changsheng’s plan to pressure their superiors into confessing. At a banquet hosted by the Eighth Sage King, Chen Changsheng found himself between the Eighth Sage King and Cui Xingye as they complained about their burdens and asked him to judge who suffered more.

• Cui Tian Rui pressured Executive Zhao with the ancestor’s decree, and Zhao agreed to reveal what he knew.
• Within half a day, the imprisoned managers confessed, and Cui Tian Rui brought their evidence to Chen Changsheng.
• Chen Changsheng told Cui Tian Rui to copy the evidence and send it to the heads of each branch so they would confess to the ancestor themselves.
• The Eighth Sage King welcomed Chen Changsheng to a banquet, while Cui Ziheng greeted Cui Tian Rui and Shui Yue at the estate.
• Chen Changsheng discovered that Cui Xingye had also been invited, and banquets began in the East and West Halls.
• After drinking, the Eighth Sage King and Cui Xingye each complained to Chen Changsheng about their responsibilities and asked him to judge who suffered more.

Chen Changsheng persuaded the Eighth Sage King and Cui Xingye to cooperate, offering to handle the Beast Race and the Beast Taming Lineage while taking charge of the younger generation. At the West Hall, Shui Yue confronted men who dismissed an assassination attempt against her, then overturned their table in anger.

• The Eighth Sage King warned that his followers might leave the Cui Family rather than obey orders, and Cui Xingye objected to his threat.
• Chen Changsheng proposed expanding the Cui Family’s opportunities through a conflict between the Beast Race and the Beast Taming Lineage, and suggested preparing on two fronts.
• Chen Changsheng identified the people of the West Hall as a way to break the deadlock and offered to handle the Beast Race and place the Beast Taming Lineage’s gains in the uncles’ hands.
• Cui Xingye and the Eighth Sage King agreed to take the risk, then left the wine table.
• At the West Hall, a drunken man told Shui Yue to stop pursuing the investigation into an assassination attempt against her, dismissing her standing without Tian Rui’s brother-in-law.
• Shui Yue kicked over the table and released her divine power.

Shui Yue confronted her insecurities after a banquet, and Cui Tian Rui and Chen Changsheng urged her to build confidence through her own strength. The next morning, the Cui Family’s corrupt officials were stripped of office and placed under investigation, while Cui Tian Rui was poised to gain influence in the Qinghe Realm.

• Shui Yue flipped the table at the banquet and left with Cui Tian Rui after dismissing the drunken insult.
• Cui Tian Rui told Shui Yue to stop dwelling on her hardships and prove her worth through strength.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Shui Yue’s inferiority complex, rather than her cultivation or treasures, held her back.
• The Cui Family heads submitted polished evidence of their subordinates’ crimes, and the ancestor ordered the accused stripped of office and placed under investigation.
• Chen Changsheng predicted that Cui Tian Rui would become sought-after amid the vacant positions, but Cui Tian Rui said he preferred armored soldiers and iron horses.

Chen Changsheng prepared to leave Qinghe Realm and arranged for Cui Tian Rui and Huang Wen Shu to handle its affairs. Xiong Da also arrived to ask for Chen Changsheng’s help with the remaining resistance in the Beast Race.

• Chen Changsheng offered Cui Tian Rui authority over Qinghe Realm, but Cui Tian Rui insisted on accompanying him as a foot soldier.
• Xiong Da told Chen Changsheng that the Beast Race was mostly under control, though stubborn enemies remained, and Chen Changsheng agreed to meet him outside.
• Xiong Da warned Xiong Er to respect Chen Changsheng and explained that Pill Domain had only pretended to carry out his punishment.
• Chen Changsheng told Huang Wen Shu and his wife that he was leaving and asked them to manage Qinghe Realm in his stead.
• Huang Wen Shu hesitated, but Chen Changsheng said his uncles had approved the arrangement and presented the Transfer Order.

Chen Changsheng gave Huang Wen Shu a position and assured him and Cui Yao that he would help him advance, explaining that family members would do the work with heart. As he traveled toward the Beast Race, Chen Changsheng accepted Xiong Er’s offer to carry him and urged his companions to keep a trace of kindness.

• Chen Changsheng persuaded Huang Wen Shu to accept the position and promised to help him rise further if he did not overstep.
• Chen Changsheng explained to Cui Tian Rui that Huang Wen Shu and the others would work with heart because the position could become theirs permanently.
• Xiong Er offered to carry Chen Changsheng, who agreed and rode on the bear’s back despite Xiong Da’s objection.
• Chen Changsheng told Shui Yue and the others that people should preserve a trace of kindness, even after reaching the peak.

Chen Changsheng took control of the Beast Race and imposed strict deadlines for unifying its remaining territories, reforming its logistics, and preparing for war against the Beast Taming Lineage. The gathered powerholders accepted his command after three clan leaders who tried to leave were killed, and Chen Changsheng set the Beast Race on a course toward all-out war.

• Ying Shan told Chen Changsheng that the Beast Race's unification and logistics reforms were incomplete, the Beast Taming Lineage was hostile, and talks with the Lu Family were moving slowly.
• Chen Changsheng summoned the Beast Race's powerholders and declared that he would control the Beast Race; when three clan leaders left to consult their ancestors, they were killed outside the hall.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Bai Ze to take the territories of four holdout races within ten months, threatening him with death if he failed.
• Qian Ya told Chen Changsheng that logistics reform was facing resistance and needed seven months; he ordered her to make it profitable by then.
• Chen Changsheng announced that the Beast Race would declare all-out war on the Beast Taming Lineage in one year and ordered the three slain leaders' races to choose replacements within three days and lead the campaign against the four holdout races.

Chen Changsheng ordered the Beast Realm to establish Guangxian Pavilion and summoned Bai Feng and the others back from the Pill Domain to strengthen the Beast Race. He then asked Qian Ya for the means to restart the Tiger Guard, but she refused until he explained that an Incense Evil God spy had revealed unexpected information.

• Chen Changsheng announced Guangxian Pavilion, open to every bloodline and race, and warned that anyone obstructing it would be killed.
• Qian Ya told Chen Changsheng that entrenched views and a lack of manpower were delaying the Beast Race's plans, so he sent Xiong Da to bring Bai Feng and the others back from the Pill Domain.
• Chen Changsheng assigned Xiong Er, Shui Yue, and Cui Tian Rui to build Guangxian Pavilion within one month.
• Chen Changsheng and Qian Ya discussed Huai Yu's legacy and his plan to restore the Tiger Guard with Cui Tian Rui as a potential commander.
• Qian Ya refused to give Chen Changsheng what he needed to restart the Tiger Guard, fearing it would expose his identity and draw trouble to him.
• Chen Changsheng told Qian Ya that an Incense Evil God spy from the Cui Family, sent by 'Big Fish,' had revealed unexpected information.

Chen Changsheng restarted the Tiger Guard to pursue immortality and gathered his old Bronze Armor companions, hoping to uncover a way to lift immortality’s curse. He contacted Little Immortal Elder for information about the Ancient Era, then corrected Xiong Er and Cui Tian Rui’s plans for Guangxian Pavilion.

• Chen Changsheng told Bai Ze and Qian Ya that he wanted to capture an immortal and study the secrets of lifespan, not fight the Ominous Maker.
• Chen Changsheng explained why Emperor Zuo had shown greater courage by pursuing immortality, and reassured Qian Ya that he would proceed carefully.
• Qian Ya summoned eight hundred suits of Bronze Armor, and Chen Changsheng greeted his returned companions before setting out again.
• Chen Changsheng activated a communication artifact to contact Little Immortal Elder, then left a clone to watch it while he handled other matters.
• At Thousand Zhang Peak, Chen Changsheng scolded Xiong Er for making Guangxian Pavilion’s site too difficult to reach and warned him and Cui Tian Rui to ask questions instead of working blindly.

Chen Changsheng explained to Xiong Er, Cui Tian Rui, and Shui Yue why he had killed three Clan Leaders and used force to make the Beast Races acknowledge him as Beast Lord. He revealed that Guangxian Pavilion and a group of reform-minded pioneers were his means of unifying the Beast Race, while the three races he had sent to war faced a deadline to deliver results.

• Xiong Er asked whether the three races would resist after Chen Changsheng killed their Clan Leaders, and Chen said they would have to accept his rule because the Beast Race’s unity required iron-blooded suppression.
• Chen Changsheng outlined the Beast Race’s factions and the support he had won, explaining that those who refused to recognize him as Beast Lord had died and that he had sent the three resisting races to serve as vanguard.
• Xiong Er reasoned that if the three races won, their losses would leave them dependent on Chen Changsheng and unlikely to oppose him; Chen praised his understanding.
• Cui Tian Rui asked why the Beast Race’s upper ranks supported Chen Changsheng, and Chen explained that he had promised to unify the Beast Race and provide resources, which he needed to deliver quickly.
• Shui Yue asked whether Guangxian Pavilion was Chen Changsheng’s means of unifying the Beast Race, and Chen said it would spread new ideas through pioneers to break down bloodline prejudice and racial barriers.

Chen Changsheng ordered Cui Tian Rui, Shui Yue, and Xiong Er to build Guangxian Pavilion within a month, while they realized the project was meant to recruit talented people from across the Beast Race. At the Beast Realm Ancestral Tomb, hidden Beast Race experts demanded that Chen Changsheng reveal his identity in return for their cooperation.

• Chen Changsheng chose a site for Guangxian Pavilion and ordered Cui Tian Rui, Shui Yue, and Xiong Er to build it within a month, threatening them if they failed.
• Cui Tian Rui explained that they could not use faction resources, and Shui Yue recognized that Guangxian Pavilion was intended to gather worthy talents from across the Beast Race.
• Cui Tian Rui said Xiong Er's knowledge of the Beast Race and kind nature made him essential to finding hidden talents, and Xiong Er led them toward a formidable person.
• Chen Changsheng arrived at the Beast Realm Ancestral Tomb and was brought into a hidden space by Beast Race experts.
• The experts said they had killed the man and helped Chen Changsheng take the Beast Lord's seat, then asked when he would fulfill his promise and reveal his identity.
• Chen Changsheng said the Beast Race's problems would take at least ten months to address, then challenged the experts to prove they had the courage to accept his sincerity.

Chen Changsheng revealed that he had written his identity on a note for the Beast Race elders, who decided to ignore it and judge him by his reforms. In the Pill Domain, Xiong Da urged Bai Feng and the others to leave their clans and serve Chen Changsheng, but Bai Feng hesitated over giving up his dream of becoming a Supreme Pill Master; Xiong Da set off without him, then reunited with Guan Ping in the Wilderness.

• Chen Changsheng gave the Beast Race elders a note bearing his identity, then vanished before they could read it.
• A powerhouse in the ancestral tomb persuaded the others not to learn or expose Chen Changsheng's identity, and they agreed to judge him by whether his reforms succeeded.
• Xiong Da returned to the Pill Domain and told Bai Feng and the others that Chen Changsheng had ordered them to join him directly.
• Xiong Da declared that he would serve Chen Changsheng despite the risks, while Bai Feng hesitated because leaving meant abandoning his Supreme Pill Master dream.
• Xiong Da gave Bai Feng three days to decide, then left with several Beast Race Heaven's Chosen.
• In the Wilderness, Guan Ping welcomed Xiong Da and asked after Chen Changsheng, and Xiong Da said Chen Changsheng had become Beast Lord.

Guan Ping told Xiong Da she had found her biological family in the Taiyuan Wang Family, while Chen Feng continued guarding her in the locked-down Pill Domain. Elsewhere, Lu Mingyu was summoned by his family, and Xiong Er brought a chained Tiger Clan youth before Shui Yue, who freed him and drew the clan’s attention.

• Guan Ping told Xiong Da that she had found her biological parents and younger brother Wang Bo, and Xiong Da reassured her that their bond would not change despite her returning to the Wang Family.
• Guan Ping reported that the Pill Domain lockdown remained in place and that Chen Changsheng had become Beast Lord, then went to refine pills while Liu Qingqing tried to gossip with Chen Feng.
• Lu Mingyu coughed up blood while practicing the Eight Nine Mysterious Technique, then agreed to answer his family’s summons.
• Xiong Er introduced a frail Tiger Clan youth with an unstable bloodline to Cui Tian Rui and Shui Yue, explaining that the clan restrained him with iron chains when he went berserk.
• Shui Yue objected to the youth being chained, snapped the chains, and attracted the attention of Tiger Clan members.

Cui Tian Rui recruited Ghost Tiger into Guangxian Pavilion to help with its construction and explained to Xiong Er that employing bloodline supremacists could help the pavilion succeed. The slave boy remained with the Saber-Toothed Tiger Clan, and Xiong Er was left asking how Cui Tian Rui would handle troublemakers like Ghost Tiger.

• Xiong Er introduced Ghost Tiger, a powerful Saber-Toothed Tiger Clan descendant, to Cui Tian Rui and Shui Yue while explaining their urgent mission to build Guangxian Pavilion.
• Ghost Tiger offered to join Guangxian Pavilion and arranged for Cui Tian Rui to take a slave boy, promising to remove the boy’s slave mark later.
• Cui Tian Rui accepted Ghost Tiger’s offer, then left the Saber-Toothed Tiger Clan with Xiong Er while the slave boy stayed behind.
• Xiong Er questioned why Cui Tian Rui would recruit an arrogant bloodline supremacist, and Cui Tian Rui said Ghost Tiger’s skills could help the pavilion and that refusing him might disrupt recruitment among the clans.
• Cui Tian Rui explained that recruiting people like Ghost Tiger was a way to manage them and prevent bloodline-based conflict from obstructing Guangxian Pavilion’s construction.
• Xiong Er admired Cui Tian Rui’s reasoning but asked how he would stop people like Ghost Tiger from causing trouble in the pavilion.

Chen Changsheng took command of the campaign against the Bi Fang Clan and announced that he would destroy Bi Fang World within three days. As news spread, people across the epoch dismissed his threat as madness.

• Cui Tian Rui told Xiong Er that disobedient Guangxian Pavilion recruits would be killed to clear the way for reform.
• Chen Changsheng arrived at the battle in Bi Fang World and ordered the forces attacking its barrier to withdraw.
• After learning that the Bi Fang Clan resisted unification over its bloodline and claim to rule, Chen Changsheng ordered the other forces to withdraw and Bi Fang World to be surrounded.
• Chen Changsheng instructed Ying Shan to have Chou Gu announce a general assault in three months, claiming he would make Bi Fang World vanish within three days.
• Chen Changsheng told Bai Ze that he could defeat the Bi Fang Clan in twenty hours, and reports of his threat spread as people mocked it.

The Cui Family debated whether Chen Changsheng could truly destroy the Bi Fang Clan in three months, while Chen revealed the lethal methods he had arranged and warned Bai Ze about their danger. Chen then returned to the Beast Realm and greeted Cui Hao Yu, whose many ties to him now placed him in an awkward position.

• Cui Family experts argued over Chen Changsheng’s announced war against the Bi Fang Clan and whether he had a weapon capable of destroying them.
• Chen Changsheng told Bai Ze that his arrangements were only a fraction of the methods he had once used against the Four Brahma Three Realms, and said their full power required Ao Chuang’s help.
• Chen Changsheng warned Bai Ze that the methods were more dangerous than the Uncanny and asked whether he understood why Scholar had refused to pull him from the mire.
• Bai Ze promised to guard the arrangements and urged Chen Changsheng not to lose control, and Chen agreed to hold back against the Bi Fang Clan.
• Chen Changsheng sensed someone from the Beast Realm seeking him, vanished, and warmly greeted Cui Hao Yu upon returning.

Chen Changsheng learned that Lu Mingyu had exposed their master-disciple relationship to protect Guan Ping, and he angrily explained the risks behind Lu Mingyu’s plan. He refused Cui Hao Yu’s request to delay the attack on Bi Fang World, then arranged training for Bai Feng ahead of the coming battle.

• Cui Hao Yu asked Chen Changsheng to delay the attack on Bi Fang World and revealed that Guan Ping had told the Lu Family that Lu Mingyu was Chen Changsheng’s disciple.
• Chen Changsheng realized Lu Mingyu had deliberately provoked Guan Ping so their master-disciple relationship would become public and help protect her, but the move had also trapped him.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Cui Hao Yu to help him and rejected his request to interfere in the attack, declaring that no one could change his strategic plan for Bi Fang World.
• At Guangxian Pavilion, Chen Changsheng asked Bai Feng whether he regretted leaving the Pill Domain and promised him a teacher and training from the Silver Moon Wolf.
• Chen Changsheng told Bai Feng and Cui Tian Rui that they would take part in the battle for Bi Fang World in two months, then beckoned Ghost Tiger as he left.

Chen Changsheng confronted Ghost Tiger over his disruptions at Guangxian Pavilion and let him leave rather than punishing him for refusing to accept mixed ranks. Ghost Tiger returned to challenge Chen Changsheng’s reasons for protecting weaker Beast Races, then vowed to prove his strength through blood and strength.

• Chen Changsheng questioned Ghost Tiger about repeatedly defying discipline and clashing with Xiong Er and the others at Guangxian Pavilion.
• Ghost Tiger argued that pure-blooded Beast Races were naturally superior and refused to bow to those he considered lowborn.
• Chen Changsheng told Ghost Tiger that joining Guangxian Pavilion was voluntary and allowed him to leave, warning him not to disrupt its order again.
• Ghost Tiger returned and asked why Chen Changsheng kept protecting the weak; Chen Changsheng said he wanted to create a relatively fair environment for competition.
• Chen Changsheng called Ghost Tiger too afraid to compete fairly, and Ghost Tiger vowed to prove his strength with blood and strength.

Chen Changsheng challenged Ghost Tiger’s obsession with bloodline and status, teaching him that true strength came from defeating every opponent through his own ability. Ghost Tiger accepted the lesson and left inspired to seek worthy rivals.

• Chen Changsheng rebuked Ghost Tiger for relying on bloodline and excuses, and explained that strong people proved themselves by defeating opponents.
• Chen Changsheng pointed to Cui Tian Rui as someone whose confidence came from his own talent and strength, then asked Ghost Tiger what he had beyond his background.
• Ghost Tiger realized he feared competing against mixed-blood rivals because losing to them would leave him without an excuse.
• Chen Changsheng said he welcomed the chance to face a true threat and urged Ghost Tiger to look upward for stronger opponents.
• Ghost Tiger decided that bloodline no longer mattered and said he wanted to battle an impure-blood opponent who had proved his excellence.
• Chen Changsheng praised Ghost Tiger’s resolve and told him to cultivate opponents of his own.