Chapter Summaries

An unnamed outsider told his interlocutors he would not leave until he changed the tragedies he had come to prevent, and warned them that the old monsters would use and discard them. He urged them to cooperate with him, arguing that they could help where his outsider status hindered him, while reflecting on fate and his desire to change other lives.

• The outsider rejected being asked when he would leave, insisting he had many things to do and would not go until he changed the tragedies.
• He warned his interlocutors that the old monsters treated them as tools and might kill them once they were no longer useful.
• He urged them to work with him, saying their status as people of that world let them act in ways he could not, and offered cooperation in exchange for what they wanted.
• He warned that if they tried to kill him, he could slaughter many before being forced to leave, risking further calamities.
• He explained that he wanted to change other people's fates, though he admitted fate might already be decided and that changing it could be impossible.

Fang Yu confronted a powerful woman who demanded that he leave the world, accusing him of threatening the chosen savior’s fate. He rejected her claims and ended by warning the hidden powers not to interfere with his plans to change tragedies.

• A beautiful woman told Fang Yu that he should not exist and ordered him to leave the world so the chosen savior could fulfill his destined role.
• Fang Yu accused the woman and her allies of creating tragedies to control his younger brother and groom him into a savior they could manipulate.
• Fang Yu denied wanting to rule the world, saying he only changed tragedies because they upset him and that taking responsibility for the world would burden him.
• Fang Yu mocked the woman’s attempt to intimidate him through a mysterious identity and insisted that her allies could not make him leave without killing him.
• Fang Yu warned the hidden powers not to stop him from changing tragedies, then complimented the woman’s appearance.

Fang Yu tried to talk the woman and her allies out of attacking him, insisting that they should focus on saving the world and leave him alone. They remained furious but dared not act against him, and he left them with another lecture about their selfishness and the need to change their approach.

• Fang Yu told the woman that threatening or attacking him would not change the facts and urged her to focus on saving the world.
• Fang Yu argued that driving him away would only increase their burden, since he planned to have the people he had nurtured help save the world.
• Fang Yu mocked the group for calling him a threat while lacking the courage to attack him, and demanded that they thank him for sparing their lives.
• The woman burned with fury, but she and her allies held back because they feared the consequences of attacking Fang Yu and knew they could not defeat him.
• Fang Yu urged the group to stop being selfish and to help others improve rather than treating them as enemies.

Fang Yu argued that eternal life was impossible because all beings remained bound to the universe and would perish with it. The other being insisted that it would pursue immortality regardless, leaving them with irreconcilable beliefs and no change in course.

• Fang Yu explained that escaping death required transcending the universe, which he believed was impossible for any being born within it.
• Fang Yu told the other being that longevity could be earned through cultivation but eternal life could not, and that its fear of death drove its pursuit.
• The other being argued that eternal life might be created through enough effort and sacrifice, just as cultivation arts and weapons had been created.
• The other being said it would keep pursuing eternal life and would not leave the world because it needed to change many things.
• Fang Yu maintained that eternal life did not exist, and the two accepted that they would continue to follow their own beliefs.

The speaker warned the Empress that saving the world required immense strength and that she needed to survive her coming tribulation to reach godhood. He insisted he had to live and help her to prevent greater deaths, while withholding information that could change destined events.

• The speaker told the Empress that becoming a god did not guarantee immortality and that only a Celestial Venerable might give the world hope.
• He urged the Empress to survive her tribulation, warning that failure would mean death and success would let her enter the realm of gods.
• The speaker explained that he had to pursue a chance to live because his death could cause many others to die.
• He said he could not reveal what he knew without endangering people and argued that only overwhelming strength could make someone a true savior.
• The speaker insisted on helping the Empress despite her apparent reluctance and warned that revealing forbidden knowledge could harm her.

Fang Yu explained that his universe sought immortality through the nearly impossible Gate of Eternal Life, then argued with the Empress and her allies over their plan to make his younger brother stronger by allowing tragedies to happen. The exchange ended with Fang Yu insisting they were sacrificing people needlessly and condemning their strategy as foolish.

• Fang Yu told the Empress that immortality required finding the Gate of Eternal Life, which even Immortal Kings struggled to reach.
• Fang Yu warned that he had chosen a dangerous path to survive and could drag his opponents down with him if they attacked.
• Fang Yu urged the Empress to stop erasing his younger brother’s memories, speak honestly with him, and focus on saving the universe instead of one person.
• The Empress’s side defended keeping watch on Fang Yu and argued that the sacrifices could make his younger brother strong enough to save the world and universe.
• Fang Yu accused them of causing needless tragedies and said their plan demanded too great a price for too little benefit.

An unnamed speaker warned a group that powerful old immortals had chosen and manipulated them, despite their belief that they could save the world and control their benefactors. The speaker said they would stop the tragedies caused by the group’s choices, but left the decision to change in the group’s hands.

• The speaker berated the group, saying they had been selected because they were easy to control and lacked the sense to recognize their role as pawns.
• The speaker warned that the old immortals intended to regain control of the universe and would leave the group dead, injured, or vanished after using them.
• A member of the group said they believed the speaker but argued that one person’s belief would not change anything.
• The speaker explained that they were not from the group’s world and wanted to prevent tragedies caused by its people and the old immortals.
• The speaker insisted they would intervene to stop those tragedies and urged the group to recognize that their status and abilities had been given to them.
• The speaker ended by asking whether the group understood and would change, saying no one could help them if they refused.

An unnamed speaker accused powerful beings of manufacturing tragedies and deaths to preserve their glorious image and secure eternal life, while insisting they would keep changing tragedies. The powerful beings admitted their hypocrisy but defended their methods as necessary to control people and reduce casualties.

• The speaker rejected a plea to leave tragedies unchanged and declared they would alter them, even if that made them enemies of the powerful beings.
• The speaker accused the powerful beings of creating avoidable dangers and deaths, then posing as saviors to win obedience and conceal their true motives.
• The speaker warned that the powerful beings could not stop them and that their fate would be miserable if they continued their schemes.
• The powerful beings admitted the accusations were correct but claimed that deceiving and controlling living beings was necessary to prevent greater slaughter.

An unnamed speaker told an unnamed listener that nobody else could travel to his world and accused the listener of trying to force him away. He refused to leave, warned that he would destroy them if they kept provoking him, and ended by telling the listener to go do what needed to be done.

• The speaker said there was no way for the listener to travel to his world and claimed that only he could cross worlds at a personal cost.
• The speaker mocked the listener’s efforts to save the world and said they had been forced to rely on his younger brother.
• The speaker accused the listener of wanting to kill or drive him away, but said he would not leave this world.
• The speaker warned that he would wipe them all out if they continued to disgust or provoke him, then told the listener to go do what they needed to do.

A powerful outsider argued with those seeking to drive him from their universe, refusing to trust their promises or leave. He insisted he would stay and change tragedies he could prevent, leaving the dispute unresolved as he sent them back to their leader.

• The outsider told his opponents that driving him away was their only priority, but that they lacked the strength to force him out.
• He rejected their assurances that they would prevent tragedies, saying he did not trust them and would not leave.
• The outsider warned them that they should leave his world instead and told them to report back to their leader.
• When asked why he would not return, the outsider said he wanted to change tragedies he could not accept and had the power to alter.
• He urged them to stop negotiating and warned that trying to kill him would benefit no one.

The speaker refused to leave this world, explaining that staying alive was his only priority and insisting that the others follow his instructions. He warned them that meddling in his actions would bring disaster, then sent them away while declaring he would keep intervening to stop tragedies.

• The speaker told the others he would not return to his original world because doing so could get him killed.
• He warned that disobeying him could doom them, their world, and the universe, and urged them to stop questioning him.
• The speaker denied being their enemy but said he would intervene whenever he disliked what he saw, regardless of their orders.
• He challenged the others to kill him if they wanted him gone and argued that their powerful allies should be capable of doing so.
• The speaker said his younger brother already knew the truth, praised him, and urged the others to nurture him.
• The speaker told the others to stop bothering him and return to their duties.

A man explained to his little brother that the powerful people manipulating him could not kill him, and argued that he must stay and follow his guidance to prevent future tragedies. His little brother questioned why he should accept a plan that offered him no benefit, while the man insisted that leaving or resisting would endanger the people he cared about.

• The man told his little brother that their different statuses meant their enemies could not afford to kill him, though they would kill his brother if they no longer needed him.
• The man warned that the tragedies were tied to his little brother’s chosen identity and urged him to stay and obey rather than try to drive him away.
• The man said he might kill his little brother if he disobeyed or sabotaged his plan, but admitted that killing him could provoke even worse consequences.
• The little brother argued that the man’s proposed course might help the man but offered him no clear benefit, and asked whether he could refuse.
• The man said leaving to grow stronger or avoid endangering loved ones would fail, and claimed the only way to protect them was to become cold-blooded and stop caring about them.

A man tried to persuade his younger brother to follow his orders, claiming the powerful elders intended to use him as a savior while pursuing immortality. He left his brother with a warning that the elders would do anything to avoid losing their power and possessions.

• The man insisted he had stayed to change the world's tragedies and said he needed his younger brother's help to defeat their enemies.
• He warned that the elders would use his brother as a savior, then target him as a threat once he was no longer useful.
• The younger brother asked whether refusing would get him killed, and the man confirmed he would silence him if he disobeyed or became a liability.
• The man explained that the elders feared death and sought immortality, despite believing that no being could truly achieve it.
• The man said the elders would risk everything rather than surrender their power, possessions, and loved ones.

An elder brother tried to convince his younger brother to help stop powerful people from pursuing immortality, arguing that eternal life was impossible. When the younger brother refused to get involved, the elder brother threatened to kill him, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• The elder brother argued that immortality was impossible and that the pursuit came from people’s fear of death.
• The elder brother asked his younger brother to help persuade the immortality seekers, threatening him with a miserable fate if he refused.
• The younger brother said he would not get involved because the pursuit would bring no benefit and could get him killed.
• The elder brother admitted he had come because he did not dare face the matter himself, then declared his younger brother useless and threatened to kill him.

A mysterious speaker told his younger brother that he had no real choice and urged him to leave the academy and cultivate in a dark, evil place, claiming his presence brought disaster to innocents. The younger brother remained unconvinced and rejected being used or controlled.

• The speaker told his younger brother that he had little value and had survived only because others could use him.
• The speaker said the academy would limit his brother to the Fish-Dragon Realm and urged him to leave for a place filled with evil people.
• The speaker claimed his brother brought disaster to innocent people and should destroy the bastards responsible before more people were harmed.
• The younger brother said he did not understand the speaker’s reasoning and did not want to be used or controlled.

Fang Yu harshly told the chosen man to leave and even urged him to kill himself, insisting he had no value if he could not fulfill his role. The man’s companion went to check on him, while Fang Yu maintained confidence that his younger brother would endure the blow and survive.

• Fang Yu told the man that he was useless to him, accused him of coming under the old men’s orders, and offered him a knife to kill himself.
• The man left in a daze, and his companion warned Fang Yu that his words could push him to suicide.
• Fang Yu said the man had to overcome the setback himself and urged the companion to go comfort him.
• Fang Yu argued that the old men could choose someone else if the man died and said he trusted his younger brother to endure the ordeal.
• The companion said he would go see the man, and Fang Yu told him to hurry.

A man rejected pressure to intervene in his brother’s crisis and argued with a woman who wanted him to accept his assigned responsibility. He urged her to comfort his brother instead, leaving their conflict unresolved and warning that his brother might die if he failed to recover.

• The man refused to visit his brother, saying he believed his brother should survive the crisis on his own.
• The man accused the woman of trying to use his brother’s power against him and warned that their conflict could lead to mutual destruction.
• The woman said he had entered the world with a duty to fulfill and could not simply cancel that responsibility.
• The man rejected her demand and told her to comfort his brother and help restore his confidence.
• The man said he would find someone who understood his brother’s task, but that he would accept his brother’s death if he did not understand.

Boss spoke at length to the dead controller of time and space, asking him to withdraw the people he had sent and warning that Boss would oppose his plans. The monk appeared, revealing that he had returned from the past, and asked Boss to help save the world and universe.

• Boss urged the dead controller of time and space to stop sending people to bother him and remove his arrangements.
• Boss criticized the controller’s plans for causing tragedies and said he would stop him from carrying them out.
• Boss said the controller’s followers gave him no excuse to attack and joked that defeating them would let him unify the world and universe.
• The fierce-looking monk appeared before Boss after Boss called for him.
• The monk explained that he had come to ask Boss to help the world and universe, while the other visitors had their own purpose.

The speaker rejected the old bald donkey’s request to help save the world and insisted that changing its tragedies was his only mission. He demanded that the old bald donkey resolve the troubles and persuade the others to leave, while warning that he would fight anyone who obstructed him.

• The speaker told the old bald donkey that he had come to change the world’s tragedies, not to help with problems unrelated to his mission.
• The speaker warned that he would deal with anyone who tried to stop him, though he said he could not currently beat the old bald donkey and could instead take out his anger on his little brother.
• The speaker insisted that the old bald donkey and the others should solve their own troubles rather than rely on his power to save the world or universe.
• The old bald donkey questioned why the speaker remained in the world after refusing to take the path they wanted.
• The speaker blamed the old bald donkey for causing the tragedies and said he would leave once they were changed, then told him to think things through and handle the remaining matters himself.

A hostile intruder argued with the universe’s rulers about why he refused to leave and threatened them if they tried to force him out. He left them with an ultimatum: stop resisting and let him meddle, or face his revenge.

• The intruder told the rulers that their world had made him unhappy and that he wanted them to drive him out, though he believed they lacked the courage to act.
• He threatened to conquer the universe and kill the rulers if they angered him, while claiming he was holding back because he needed their help.
• The rulers asked why he kept interfering when he could leave, and he said his bad mood made him want to do good deeds by overthrowing them.
• The intruder told the rulers to kill themselves and go to the Hell Realm rather than continue opposing him.
• He insisted that letting him continue would benefit everyone, but warned that he would force the rulers to kill themselves if they pushed him too far.