Chapter Summaries

Lu Mingyu overwhelmed the cultivators challenging him, defeating Ouyang Bufan and Guo Yi before driving nearly all the others from the battlefield. As only seven remained, Chen Changsheng watched Chen Feng approach Liu Qingqing’s battlefield, anticipating his sword strike.

• Lu Mingyu transformed with Heaven and Earth Avatar and crushed the cultivators’ attacks.
• Ouyang Bufan used an Immortal Venerable Realm Great Seal while Guo Yi stabbed Lu Mingyu’s avatar, but neither could stop him.
• Lu Mingyu defeated Guo Yi and Ouyang Bufan, using the Fighting Saint Technique to replicate the Great Seal against Ouyang Bufan.
• Lu Mingyu drove cultivators from the battlefield until only seven of the 186 challengers remained.
• Chen Changsheng focused on Chen Feng, who walked toward Liu Qingqing’s battlefield.

Chen Feng arrived at the battlefield as Guan Ping turned the laws of the Heavenly Lotus World against Wang Bo, while Liu Qingqing was badly wounded by the Black Shadow Assassins. Chen Feng reached Liu Qingqing and gently wiped the blood from her face as she asked why he had come.

• Chen Changsheng told the Heavenly Lotus Sect elders that Chen Feng’s reborn Peerless Sword surpassed Lu Mingyu’s prospects because Lu Mingyu had not found his own path.
• Guan Ping fought Wang Bo at the Heavenly Lotus Sect’s mountain gate and said that no one was born deserving to die.
• Guan Ping twisted the Heavenly Lotus World’s laws, shrinking Wang Bo’s dharma manifestation and weakening his abilities.
• Liu Qingqing killed three Black Shadow Assassins before a Soul Locking Chain pierced her pipa bone and left her badly weakened.
• Chen Feng ignored the leading shadow’s warning, walked to Liu Qingqing, and wiped the blood from her face as she asked why he had come.

Chen Feng accepted responsibility for Liu Qingqing and vowed to fight for those trapped in darkness, then created a sword called Hope that brought down the killers pursuing them. Chen Feng collapsed and stopped breathing, but Chen Changsheng insisted he would survive.

• Chen Feng told Liu Qingqing he would save her because he could no longer avoid taking responsibility for her fate.
• Chen Feng faced the killers and declared that he would swing his sword for people unable to change their fate.
• Chen Changsheng celebrated as Chen Feng revealed a sword path that fulfilled Chen Shisan's unfinished road.
• Chen Feng named his sword of crimson light Hope and struck down the dozen or so dark figures, who fell from the sky.
• Chen Feng collapsed, and Liu Qingqing begged Chen Changsheng to save him, offering to reveal everything about the Shadow Assassin.
• Chen Changsheng told Liu Qingqing that Chen Feng would not die.

Chen Feng survived his near-fatal strike, while Lu Mingyu rejected Shang Lu and then fought the Wang Family to protect Guan Ping. The chapter ended with Lu Mingyu holding Wang Bo hostage despite his own serious injuries, daring the Wang Family to retaliate.

• Chen Changsheng reassured Liu Qingqing that Chen Feng would survive, and Chen Feng woke as Liu Qingqing embraced him.
• Lu Mingyu withdrew from the battle at the Heavenly Lotus Sect and told Shang Lu he did not find her feminine or suitable as a partner.
• Wang Family experts rescued the badly burned Wang Bo, then moved against Guan Ping, prompting Lu Mingyu to kill three of them.
• Lu Mingyu used the Fighting Saint Technique to shatter Wang Bo's Dharma Avatar and knock away his imperial weapon.
• A Wang Family Immortal King wounded Lu Mingyu, but Lu Mingyu seized Wang Bo by the throat and tore off his arm while Cui Hao Yu held the Immortal King back.

Lu Mingyu defeated and humiliated Wang Bo, while the Beast Race confronted the Wang Family. Chen Changsheng treated Guan Ping and Lu Mingyu, then accepted Chen Feng’s promise to meet him in half a year and received Liu Qingqing’s list of Shadow Assassin members.

• Lu Mingyu told Wang Bo that his achievements depended on the Wang Family, then threw him to a Wang Family expert and left.
• Cui Tian Rui and the Tiger Guard blocked the Wang Family, and the Wang Family elites charged them.
• Chen Changsheng used Transparent Flame to treat Guan Ping and told Lu Mingyu to let Spirit Fire burn away harmful contamination.
• Chen Feng promised to meet Chen Changsheng at Green Mountain World in half a year and draw his sword if necessary.
• Liu Qingqing gave Chen Changsheng a Jade Slip containing a list of Shadow Assassin members and explained she had secretly gathered it to protect herself.

Chen Changsheng explained why he gave Liu Qingqing a chance, then prepared to leave the Pill Epoch to keep those around him from risking their lives. After changing his mind, he stayed, while the Heavenly Lotus Sect gave Chen Feng Bodhi Seeds to support his struggle for the desperate.

• Chen Changsheng told Liu Qingqing he wanted to give people an “if” in their lives, and she vowed to fight Chen Feng if he ever drew his sword against him.
• The Heavenly Lotus Sect battle ended, Chen Feng’s hopeful sword strike drew attention, and the Beast Race declared war on the Wang Family over its Shadow Assassins.
• Chen Changsheng told Qian Ya he had planned to leave because the Pill Epoch’s enemies were too powerful and he would not sacrifice his companions or young cultivators like Lu Mingyu.
• Qian Ya refused to leave, and Chen Changsheng privately admitted to the system that he had changed his mind and was deceiving everyone about his departure.
• Ouyang Bufan and the Heavenly Lotus Sect disciples gave Chen Feng their gathered Bodhi Seeds, saying they admired him and wanted to support the weak.

Chen Feng confronted Lu Mingyu’s killing intent after Lu Mingyu admitted he would kill anyone who threatened his Teacher, but Chen Feng remained determined to challenge Sir. Six months later, rumors that Chen Feng was the White-Haired Sword God’s hidden son spread widely, and Chen Changsheng laughed at the story while Chen Feng felt relieved.

• Liu Qingqing asked Chen Feng about the sword seal, then left to discuss Bodhi Holy Water with Ping Guniang.
• Lu Mingyu warned Chen Feng to slow down and admitted he would kill him if Chen Feng drew his sword against Teacher.
• Chen Feng insisted he would strike his sword against Sir and accepted that either of them might die; Lu Mingyu promised to kill him quickly if necessary.
• Lu Mingyu and three others set out for Green Mountain World, while he and Chen Feng became the subjects of growing legends and challenges.
• People speculated that Chen Feng was the White-Haired Sword God’s secret second son, and Chen Changsheng laughed at the rumor at Supreme Clarity Temple as Chen Feng felt relieved.

Chen Changsheng revealed the truth behind the Epoch Massacre, recounting the wars and deaths he orchestrated across the Chang Sheng Epoch to find the Person Behind the Scenes and contain the Uncanny. After hearing his account, Chen Feng honored him but declared that he would still challenge him with his sword in three days.

• Chen Changsheng confirmed that he was the Undertaker and explained that he was called the Imperial Tutor because most of his students became Emperor-level Experts.
• Chen Changsheng traced the Epoch Massacre back to his days as a Taoist priest at Supreme Clarity Temple and described the events that led to the Investiture of the Gods War.
• Chen Changsheng admitted that he had knowingly sent three million people to die and recounted later wars in which he carved paths to survival from seemingly hopeless situations.
• Chen Changsheng explained that he wiped out the Four Brahma Three Realms to remove obstacles while searching for the Person Behind the Scenes, then killed every living thing in the Pill Epoch because the Uncanny had spread too widely.
• Chen Changsheng said Scholar's death had first made him want to kill everyone, but he knew ordinary people were not to blame; Lu Mingyu reflected that the Pill Epoch's peace was a blessing.
• Chen Feng bowed to Chen Changsheng, then said he would strike him with his sword for the innocent souls of the Chang Sheng Epoch in three days, and Chen Changsheng agreed.

Chen Feng prepared to strike at Chen Changsheng over the injustice that had cost an entire era, despite knowing the sword strike could cost him his life. After receiving his father’s support, he entered Supreme Clarity Temple’s secret chamber to borrow its power for the confrontation in three days.

• Chen Feng rejected Lu Mingyu’s offer to take his sword strike, and Lu Mingyu agreed to accompany Chen Changsheng and accept a future strike of his own.
• Chen Feng returned to the Chen family and told Chen Weng he intended to draw his sword against the Imperial Tutor; Chen Weng supported his decision despite the danger.
• Chen Feng knelt and kowtowed to Chen Weng before leaving, while his father watched him depart in tears.
• Chen Feng entered the secret chamber at Supreme Clarity Temple to borrow its power, and Chen Changsheng warned him to make his sword strike in three days satisfy him.

Chen Feng confronted the phantoms of the Chang Sheng Epoch and asked them to lend him their strength so he could strike Chen Changsheng with a sword. He challenged their belief that only the qualified could face the strong, and explained that Chen Changsheng’s guilt and willingness to be struck were tied to the phantoms’ lingering obsession; the deepest phantom offered to consider lending its strength if Chen Feng answered a question.

• Chen Feng opened the golden box, endured the phantoms’ mockery, and asked to borrow their strength to strike Chen Changsheng.
• Chen Feng argued that qualification could only be earned by challenging the strong, citing Chen Changsheng’s wars and his lack of power at their outset.
• Chen Feng said he approved of Chen Changsheng’s actions but believed Chen Changsheng bore real karmic hindrance and awaited someone willing to strike him.
• The deepest phantom asked why the phantoms had lost to Chen Changsheng, and Chen Feng answered that they lacked the heart of the strong.
• Chen Feng accused the phantoms of fearing the force behind the Uncanny, while Chen Changsheng had dared to face them alone.

Chen Feng explained to the phantoms why Chen Changsheng had arranged the two tests: to teach him that true justice favored the weak and kind, even if Chen Changsheng had to bear the name of a Butcher. The phantoms fell silent as they considered that, without Chen Changsheng, the Chang Sheng Epoch’s chaos might have continued indefinitely.

• A phantom challenged Chen Feng to explain why he alone should strike a sword against Chen Changsheng, and Chen Feng said only an impartial outsider could do it.
• When a phantom questioned his motives, Chen Feng said he acted for the justice in his heart and asked why Chen Changsheng had set him two tests.
• Chen Feng told the phantoms that the tests had taught him what true justice was, and he declared that justice should favor the weak and kind rather than treat everyone equally.
• Chen Feng argued that Chen Changsheng had taken up the Butcher Knife to end the Chang Sheng Epoch’s endless chaos and save future lives.
• The phantoms fell silent, recognizing that no one else could have ended the epoch’s chaos as Chen Changsheng had.

Chen Feng rejected the phantoms’ power and explained that his sword was meant to protect the weak, while Chen Changsheng told Guan Ping that Chen Feng’s sword strike was the final obstacle on a path that could surpass the Sword God. Chen Feng continued meditating, and Chen Changsheng warned Guan Ping not to interfere with the dangerous power beneath the Taoist Temple.

• Chen Feng left the secret chamber after telling the phantoms he had come to condemn them, not borrow their strength, and urging them to question whether they deserved to die.
• Chen Feng meditated on the rooftop for two days while Chen Changsheng spent his time making pastries.
• Guan Ping urged Chen Changsheng to stop opposing Chen Feng, and Chen Changsheng explained that Chen Feng’s path could lead him beyond the Sword God’s former glory.
• Chen Changsheng said Chen Feng might hurt him if he combined his sword with the resentment and obsessions hidden beneath the Taoist Temple.
• Chen Changsheng caught Guan Ping considering a way to tamper with the hidden power and warned that entering it would mean her death.
• Guan Ping said she would try to resolve matters between Chen Changsheng and Chen Feng, then dragged Chen Changsheng to the kitchen to learn how to make egg cake.

Chen Feng challenged Chen Changsheng with the Common People's Sword, carrying the resentment of those killed during the Slaughter Epoch. The sword could not kill Chen Changsheng, and Mei Yongsi revealed that the dead had forgiven him before warning that someone would soon force him back to the Chang Sheng Epoch.

• Chen Feng faced Chen Changsheng and explained that he had spent three days preparing himself and the spirits within his sword.
• Chen Feng summoned the dead's resentment into the Common People's Sword and struck Chen Changsheng, sending the spirits into his sea of consciousness.
• The dead saluted Chen Changsheng and disappeared, and Mei Yongsi explained that they had forgiven him because the Common People's Sword could not overcome his path for the common people.
• Mei Yongsi asked Chen Changsheng to return to the Chang Sheng Epoch and kill those who had escaped it, but Chen Changsheng refused.
• Mei Yongsi predicted that someone would soon make Chen Changsheng return to the Chang Sheng Epoch.

Chen Changsheng told Lu Mingyu and the others that he would leave the Pill Epoch, refusing their pleas to stay or accompany him. He set off with Bai Ze and the others for the Pill Domain to fulfill his promise to Immortal Guang Han and inform the Heavenly Dao Society.

• Mei Yongsi vanished after telling Chen Changsheng that the dead had left him something and urging him to deal with the remaining troubles.
• Chen Changsheng served Lu Mingyu and the others bitter tea, then announced that he would leave the Pill Epoch and that they must face the road ahead themselves.
• Chen Changsheng refused Guan Ping's request to come with him and said he would depart after handling a few matters with Shui Yue and Cui Tian Rui.
• Lu Mingyu accepted that Chen Changsheng's departure was for the best, and Chen Feng and the others left after him.
• Shui Yue and Cui Tian Rui opposed Chen Changsheng's decision to leave, but they could not change his mind.
• Chen Changsheng chose to visit the Pill Domain with Bai Ze and the others, then used a Tri-Color Teleportation Array to depart.

Chen Changsheng told Yun Ya Zi he planned to leave the Pill Epoch, citing the danger of fighting the Wang family ancestor and his reluctance to be drawn into the Chang Sheng Epoch’s affairs. He claimed he had a secret method that gave him a fifty percent chance of victory, leaving Yun Ya Zi to wonder whether he had perfected a God-Slaying Weapon.

• Yun Ya Zi left the Pill Tower after sensing Chen Changsheng calling for him at Guang Han Palace.
• Chen Changsheng invited Yun Ya Zi to witness Soul Supreme’s prepared funeral and announced he was leaving the Pill Epoch.
• Chen Changsheng explained he wanted to avoid fighting the Wang family ancestor and being pulled into the Chang Sheng Epoch’s affairs, while asking Yun Ya Zi to secure immortal pills for Qian Ya.
• Yun Ya Zi agreed that leaving was wise, then asked Chen Changsheng about his chances against the Wang family ancestor.
• Chen Changsheng said he had a fifty percent chance of winning but refused to reveal his secret trump card.
• Yun Ya Zi suspected Chen Changsheng had created a God-Slaying Weapon capable of destroying everything.

Chen Changsheng buried Soul Supreme and Xue Hua in the sea of stars before leaving, despite failing to reconcile with Cui Ling Shuang. After his abrupt departure, Cui Ling Shuang returned to Guang Han Palace and accepted her unrequited love as part of a life she was content to leave behind.

• Chen Changsheng gave Yun Ya Zi a Jade Slip with instructions about where to bury Mark and the others, then left with Lu Mingyu and the others.
• Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze entered a special world to find someone, leaving Lu Mingyu and the others to wait; three days later, Chen Changsheng returned frustrated and led them out.
• Chen Changsheng placed Soul Supreme and Xue Hua's corpses in the sea of stars, then learned that Cui Ling Shuang was waiting to see him before his departure.
• Cui Ling Shuang refused to hear Chen Changsheng out and left through the Teleportation Array, while Chen Changsheng stayed behind in silence.
• After Chen Changsheng departed, the Beast Race alliance remained intact with support from Guangxian Pavilion and the Cui Lu Families, while Cui Ling Shuang returned to Guang Han Palace.
• Cui Ling Shuang told Immortal Guang Han that she was glad she had confessed her feelings, and Immortal Guang Han praised her clarity.

After Chen Changsheng’s departure, his former companions pursued separate paths, then reunited ten years later. Chen Feng and Lu Mingyu agreed to kill Wang Bo, while Shui Yue returned to the Endless Sea to lead her people away and encountered an unexpected situation.

• Cui Ling Shuang reflected on Immortal Guang Han’s visit, while Chen Feng chose to travel with Liu Qingqing and they left Supreme Clarity Temple together.
• At Profound Heaven Sect, Bai Bingyang told Guan Ping to make her own decision, and Cui Tian Rui vowed to carry on the Tiger Guard after Chen Changsheng left.
• The Beast Race and the Beast Taming Lineage went to war, and ten years later Chen Feng, Lu Mingyu, Guan Ping, and Cui Tian Rui reunited.
• Lu Mingyu proposed killing Wang Bo to reclaim Guan Ping’s medicinal garden and the Golden Bull Horn, and Chen Feng agreed to help.
• Shui Yue returned to the Endless Sea to lead her people away, but an unexpected situation arose when she reached the Mermen Clan.

Yun Ya Zi helped Shui Yue prepare for the Mermen Clan’s migration and confirmed that no one knew where Chen Changsheng had gone. Fifteen years later, Guan Ping rejected Gu Yuting, who died by suicide with her husband, and the Fire Emperor Immortal Venerable visited their bodies at the Mass Burial Ground.

• Yun Ya Zi told Shui Yue that Chen Changsheng had asked him to help with the Mermen Clan’s migration, but he had found no sign of Chen Changsheng inside Kun Peng's Belly.
• Yun Ya Zi arranged for people from the Pill Domain to assist with the Mermen Clan’s migration, while Shui Yue wondered whether Chen Changsheng had abandoned her.
• Fifteen years after Chen Changsheng left, the Spotless Immortal Venerable killed Wang Bo, and the Wang Family avoided further conflict with Guan Ping.
• Guan Ping rejected Gu Yuting’s gifts and pleas for forgiveness, saying she would have no further ties to the Wang Family beyond her final filial duty.
• Gu Yuting and her husband committed suicide, and the Fire Emperor Immortal Venerable visited their bodies as the old gravedigger prepared to bury them.

Guan Ping and Lu Mingyu attended the funeral of Guan Ping’s parents after a graveyard keeper explained their deaths and helped bury them. Afterward, they discussed their shared suspicion that Sir had never left the Pill Epoch, though neither revealed what they might have discovered.

• The old man told Guan Ping that her parents had been driven to suicide by public condemnation and her abandonment, and said she had not been entirely heartless because she was the only one who visited their bodies.
• Guan Ping threatened the old man with the Void Demon Flame, but withdrew it after he explained that he was a dying graveyard keeper who knew the Wang Family’s secrets.
• The old man gave Guan Ping two sets of Mourning Clothes, and Lu Mingyu emerged from behind a tree; Guan Ping and Lu Mingyu wore mourning clothes and completed the funeral rites for her parents.
• Lu Mingyu gave the old man a Source Stone, then told Guan Ping that the seemingly ordinary keeper had felt strange to him.
• Guan Ping and Lu Mingyu agreed that they had both sensed Sir nearby over the past fifteen years and suspected he had never left the Pill Epoch; they argued over withheld information and Guan Ping admitted she had found no evidence.

Lu Mingyu persuaded the Lu Family ancestors to name him the next Clan Leader so the family would support the Beast Race against the Wang Family. Afterward, his mother revealed that she had originally planned to poison him and that his father had taken the poison to protect her from his resentment.

• Lu Mingyu and Guan Ping left the Mass Burial Ground, and the old man returned to the thatched hut after they were gone.
• Lu Mingyu told the Lu Family ancestors that he would fight the Wang Family and leave the clan if they backed the Wang Family instead of Teacher's allies.
• The Lu Family ancestors appointed Lu Mingyu as the next Clan Leader and ordered the current Clan Leader to step down within five hundred years.
• Lu Mingyu's mother visited him and asked him to stop resenting his father, then admitted that she had planned to poison him and that his father had delivered the poison in her place.
• Lu Mingyu's mother explained that his uncle had protected him at his father's request, then placed a bottle on the table and said she had taken poison.