Chapter 43 – The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System

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Chapter 43: The Protagonist Dies, Everything Ends

There are currently two hundred forty-one comments on this website page. That’s for a very good reason. Check out the title of this chapter! I couldn’t believe it when I first read it. What was your reaction? This is one of the chapters where the comments are very interesting and numerous.

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~Reika


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Reika’s Notes:

  • This chapter is by Yan. Yan asked if we ought to not put the chapter title up there but I was like, “Ummm the author put that there, we only translate, we don’t censor the author…. only the crab does that.” So yeah, massive spoiler in the chapter title.
  • Farewell, dearest cannon fodder Gongyi Xiao.
  • I cry every time I read this chapter. The comments are open, go ahead and let it all out!

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241 thoughts on “Chapter 43 – The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System”

  1. If Dharmann were to read this chapter:

    “So you see, communication is very important”

    🙂

  2. I didn’t think that I would cry this much, but I’m reading this novel for the 5th time and I’m still crying at this chapter… Thank you so much for the translation 😍

    1. Gonyi Xiao…my favourite disciple…he’s my all time favourite, and no one except ash and yuki can top that. 。:゚(;´∩`;)゚:。

  3. I legit cried during this chapter. Didn’t expect to due to the chapter title, but it still happened. SHIZUN!!!!!! T__T

    1. Well, I just got nut punched in the feels. 🤣😭😭

      Thank you for the translation!

    1. Same. I’m so sad the author killed him. Like he did nothing wrong. Just wrong place at the wrong time.

  4. OK! im crying over this and with stories that I have read. this legit made me cry my eyes out….dude, I cant stop my tears 🙁 this chapter is so sad!!!!

  5. ShenYuan was trying his best to escape his terrible fate, seemingly trapped by the predetermined rules and plot of this book, unaware of BingHe’s feeling for him, only thought of his actions as resentment towards him yet still cares for his disciple. BingHe on the other hand see his Shizun as an enigma, his light and support who then abandoned him for reasons he’ll never know, and quick to judge him for the crimes he didn’t do and it breaks him knowing he’ll never have Shizun and he’ll have no one else. This is my third time reading yet I still can’t handle them. There’s too much complications.

    1. Yeah, it’s my 4th time reading svss and I still can’t just pass on this scene normally, it’s too heartwrenching. Actually the whole novel is a big emotional mess, but I love it since it isn’t such a simple, lovey-dovey story. I really consider MXTX as genious author.

  6. Ashley Rodriguez

    I CANT BELIEVE THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED IM LIKE NONDBGUYJHbSUIDYDIVSDDVJABK UUDBBDBDJBBBEDD
    THIS IS SO SAD ISBUDDNNNNNN

    1. I’m actually rereading this for the nth time so I already know what’s gonna happen, but damn I cry every time.

  7. ngl, i cried hard in this chapter. I never expected that Shen (who values his life too much) would choose self-destruction just to help Luo. I’m confused as to why he didn’t use the Jade Pendant earlier tho? Bruh I’m really glad there’s next chapters bc I’m hella stunned with this suprising developments. 😢💔

  8. So you’re telling me SQQ gave his life despite knowing the fact dat the protagonist no matter what won’t die?? Wasn’t SQQ main goal was to save himself n his life but still he gave up so easily for what??

  9. BRO WTF IS THIS. OWUEJEIDIXIC HOLY SHIT IM PANICKING BUT IM ALSO FEEL KINDA FUNNY SINCE THE FLOW IS TOO FAST LIKE BRUUUHHH

    so yes i see a meme with sizhun and binghe, binghe staring at sizhun while sizhun lies down internally screaming “DON’T LOOK AT A CORPSE LIKE THAT!”

  10. I’m speechless, I literally cried.
    our good boy Gongyi Xiao :'(
    Shen Qingqiu :'(

    the title didn’t spoil anything to me, I honestly didn’t think about it much, I was shocked and cried my eyes out. the author knows what she’s doing.

  11. … Too…too many things just-… But.. But.. GONGYI XIAO NOOHHH GIMME BACK MY KIND BOI TF!!! Yall Wtf!! Can’t I even get to read one single story without crying ffs this is beyond unfair -_- whoever killed my son, I hope they suffer a miserable death. Now, WTFFFFWTFFF IS UP WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT TF EVERYTHING IS SO WRONG ND SOOO NOT OKAY

  12. I couldn’t nooo Shizun!!!! I thought the chapter title is just … there I dunno ugh! I’ve had a building feeling of sadness since the return of LBH. I kept waiting for this clearing up to happen but I didn’t expect it to be to the extent that SQQ died for it to happen ugh!!! Oh nooo 😭😭😭

    BTW it’s my firt time reading this so I stay. Clear from the comments for SPOILERS lol

  13. Why did Gongyi Xiao have to die?!?! I really liked him! And wow this chapter… made me.. feel solemn too. He’s the protagonist, he can’t die! Where’s that bloody system? Still… this chapter makes you cry and in terms of writing it’s a great chapter too for the writing of course, not the sad event in here. It’s sad and great at the same time!

  14. GONGYI XIAO MY BABY I DID NOT WANT THIS NO SHEN QINGQIU NO PLS OHMYGOD IM TEARING UP BRUH HELP PLS IMIEUFXOIEU
    BUT THANK YOU FOR TRANSLATING THIS AA

  15. Oh gosh i-i swear i’m not crying-
    LB BABY BOY DIDN’T WANT THAT AAA HE WANTED TO MAKE SHIZUN PROUD AAAAA THE pAiN-

  16. ack! my heart is all broken right now but i can’t just start crying at work now can i? so here i am…picking up the broken pieces of my heart…holding back tears… (T_T)

  17. F**k that chapter was so good. My dumbass didn’t read the title so I was actually surprised with what happened. I bawled so fucking much. First, finding out Gongyi died broke my heart, then everything else happened and I couldn’t take it and started crying like a baby😭

  18. He had too much momentum, and he needlessly created a strong gust of wind to the point that it threw the criticizing person off his own sword. ———— lol i love how this NPC’s heartfelt speech is totally ignored. so many false accusations what the hell

  19. i thought qingge would be the one to perish………who would have thought qingqiu would sacrifice himself one more time………

  20. WHY DOES THIS AUTHOR KEEP FORCING ME TO CRYYYY!!?????

    Thank you for the chapter soo soo much, I’m just breaking down right now.

  21. Ahhh. . This chapter is incredible
    It makes my heart ache painfully.
    Whom could I put a blame on? Why did SQQ choose this path? Where is the system f**king dead? Tears falling uncontrollably😭

    1. SQQ is in a deep coma, I suspect. The system wouldn’t allow him to spare LB the abyss, so he had to work around as best he could. Painful as it is, I’m hoping things will improve from here & the silly system find itself open to editing.

  22. My face is drenched in tears.
    The hell why am I ***ing crying
    WAKE UP SHEN QINGQIU WAKE UP PLEASE
    I’m overly sensitive already… this chapter just made me ten thousand times sadder than it was supposed to 😭

  23. thank you for translating.. 😭😭

    Gongyi Xiao my cinnamon bun..!!! please come back….. 😭😭😭😭

  24. T.T I didn’t want to cry but I can’t help it. This chapter is so sad I’m fighting the urge to wail loudly.

    1. I really can’t stand on this Chapter. My soul is already shuttered with Shizun. VERY SADDDDDD….

  25. i was laughing at first. now my nose is all stuffed!
    author really cna make you laugh one moment and cry the other.

  26. At first, I was still howling with laughter about the “Quickly, take medicine. You must not stop taking medicine!” part.

    But then……

    Cannot take this heartache

  27. I couldn’t stop crying… the feels. T^T) But I’m still angry at LB for killing GX. I really liked him. ;;;;

  28. GOT7-IGOT7-Jacky

    My heart was pierced not once but twice wtf!! I know Shizun won’t die that easily since he’a the MC but gdi bring back Gongyi Xiao!!! That precious cinnamon roll deserves better T~T

  29. omg im crying, please, make the tears stop…

    i started reading this recommended by a friend, but it only took two chapters to be engaged so deep. Soooooo deep, I read continously until now and the title made me think in Luo and not Shen… but damn that ending was super dramatic… but its not the ending, what?!

    So thanks for your hard work, thanks for bring this beatiful and charming novel for us. Its truly a gift.

    Now im going to reread the chapter to cry more for today . See you

  30. Oh my…

    This chapter is sad and yet it’s so wonderful and full of feelings!
    I can’t believe this chapter’s ending tho, think something is coming up after this BUT!
    Reading SQQ’s disciples dialog about his grief of LBH really moved my heart I cried inside huhu TAT
    On top of that tho I CAN’T BELIEVE GONGYI GONE THIS FAST WHYYYY TAT

  31. The long awaited chapter (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)
    I’ve waited for this for so long ugh my heart hurts so much

    Thank you very much for the chapter!!

  32. MY TEARS (╥A╥)
    SHIZUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNN
    THIS CHAPTER HIT ME SO MUCH TTATT I’M SO HEARTBROKEN,
    OMG TTATT)
    GODDAMN GONYI XIAO IS MY FAVE AND HE HAD TO DIE TOO

    Press F to respect

  33. Ahh the chapter that made me teary-eyed. That little bit where NYY asks LBH not to call SQQ Shizun anymore, drawing a line and cutting off his ties to the sect and herself….

    And it’s so heartwarming how his disciples and the sect in general (esp LQG lol, isn’t it cute how he just yells for him when he needs help?) are so fond of SQQ. No wonder they behaved like a ruffian was out to steal their precious daughter when Bing-mei and him finally got together.

    I should reread it in chinese sometime.

  34. I shed a tear for Gongyi Xiao, he was just being nice and respectful towards SQQ, a sweetheart

    And i have a feeling our brother Luo B will go bananas and switch on to destroy mode very soon

  35. Aaaahhh the drama, it’s like a knife into the heart.

    I love it! Can’t wait for more!

    (Thank you for translation!)

  36. I started binge-reading this series two days ago, and here I am. With this chapter to stop at. My masochistic fujoshi soul’s timing is impeccable as ever lol

  37. Omg…. this is too tragic😢 I left this for a couple months to binge read today… and was expecting happy Shizun LuoBinghe times…. SHIZUN!!!!! Don’t die!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Luo Binghe… You are still such a good kid…

  38. I rather like Gongyi Xiao.. I’m shocked I really didn’t expect that.. At all…

    But I’ve been waiting for this turn of events gor so long (I saw some spoilers), and am reaaaaally happy that we’re finally here.. Thogh it’s sad I’m just glad that Luo Binghe doesn’t misunderstand anymore. I think for me the misunderstandings are what hurt most…

    anyways thank you very much for translating! You do it so well! This is weekly highlights for me! 😀😀

  39. I saw spoilers and I’m still shocked and heartbroken!

    Gongyi Xiao was too good for this world. And Luo Binghe… this whole time I thought he was pulling a Sasuke, but he just wanted to make his shizun proud and stay on the proper path! My heart broke more!

    And Ning Yingying… I didn’t like her at the beginning because she was the stereotypical dumb satellite love interest. But she’s grown up and matured so much since the first chapters! And then shecompletely shattered my heart by asking Binghe not to call Shen Qingqiu shizun anymore.

    Thank you for translating! I’m gonna go cry now.

  40. Gongyi Xiao…………..he’s one of my favorite !!! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!???? I don’t want him to die…. and this chapter break the Dam in my eyes and gushing out without stopping…….ahhh…….this is so sad……..

  41. Thanks for the chapter .
    I’ve watched the spoiler on video and wonder when SQQ will die, but I don’t think it will be so soon. I’m not really prepared and shocked.
    No need for chopping union here
    (╥_╥)

  42. Надежда Александровна

    Poor Gongyi Xiao 🙁 I read spoilers before and I know about SQQ. But why they killed Gongyi Xiao???

  43. who’s chopping onions there!!! hate you!! shizun… no!!!! please next chapter please..

    that’s when your in the middle of your work then you read this chap.. it is really hard not to cry but you need to hold it up (╥﹏╥)

    1. I really do wonder who is behind to all this sham and scam… why does our cute master-disciple need to suffer. Whoever behind this need to be chop a million times then boil in a thousand degree oil then feed to the dogs (╥﹏╥)

  44. Why did Gongyi Xiao die?! How?! He’s such a sweet heart! I’m bawling! QAQ

    LBH calling out Shizun is making me even sadder. Ugh I need the asshole who hurt them to suffer! I’m crying a lot right now.

  45. A huge round of applause for the peerless beauty Ning Yingying here, for single-handedly managing to not only deescalate a situation that would have almost certainly ended up a bloodbath, but also for dealing out the most vicious of blows to LBH. Martial sister really does know how to hit where it really hurts! SQQ, you were wrong about that girl’s IQ, she has probably got to be the smartest of that group! Ning Yingying fan club has a new member!!

    Although, i wouldn’t be surprised if this just led to LBH jumping completely off the slippery slope and go full demon, if his desire to secretly become a righteous peak master was what caused him to indirectly lose SQQ. That and poor communication

    But I can’t help wonder about Gongyi Xiao’s death…if LBH didn’t kill him, who did? A demon spy in Huan Hua palace? Maybe someone in the demonic realm didn’t appreciate LBH’s whole “be righteous and accepted by shizun” plan and followed him here to mess it up? The only (living) demons we know so far are the dream demon, Mo Beijun and Sha Hualing (and party). Sha Hualing might not appreciate her crush going to the righteous path but doesn’t seem to have the cunning for this sort of conspiracy and dream demon can’t really affect the physical world anymore which leaves Mo Beijun? Or maybe another demon? Even then, to avoid being detected by LBH, the culprit would have to be either very good at hiding themselves or someone LBH trusts…

    LBH, use your dark majyyks to resurrect SQQ! Maybe without the blood control this time…

  46. I say! Really! You know what I think? I imagine myself just dragging the both of them by the hand and make them sit down and then I’ll point at their faces and say “Damn! Just shut up and talk with each other! Is it so damn hard!?” 😤

  47. Calm down my heart… Afterwards….afterwards it’ll be okay…😭 wu, wu….I still need a medic! 😣My heart! 😩

  48. You know what time it is? It’s angst time! ahahahahskskeks pls kill me gO D THIS CHAPTER HURT ME IN A GOOD WA Y. I DIDN’T EXPECT THIS WHATHEFU

  49. now is just tears and pain
    but when I think they will “Papapa” together, in the future
    a smile apeare in my face.
    (but now I’m crying, surely until the next week)

    thanks you for translating this chapter!

  50. I… uhhh..didn’t get spoilered by the title? Since I thought that protagonist=luo binghe, so I was wondering if the title meant he’ll die or something. But then he showed up and the ones who are dead were those other disciples so I got really confused. It was only when I got to the end of the chapter that I realized that protagonist meant shizun TT_TT

    1. Oh boy, I thought so too. But listen. You were not wrong. The protagonist is Luo Binghe. If he let his soul be consumed by the mcEvil sword or whatever, and died, the story would end. SQQ saved him, and the title’s like “here’s why he did it”.

      I think.

  51. Like everyone else, my heart really hurts for both of them. More so LuoBinghe, since, throughout all this, he has never once had the gift of foresight. Everything up till now has him being controlled by a prewritten system of fate that he’s had to struggle against alone. Once again, I love SQQ, but I do not feel sorry for him xD LBH has always been the victim in this and needing support and love for his little heart ;_;

    Man it felt good for all the misunderstandings to come out! Finally SQQ and LBH can see where the other might have been coming from.

    I can’t wait till these two muffins get to snuggle each other x3

    On another note. A moment of silence for Gongyi Xiao -_- He made such a big impact and its a terrible injustice for him to die off screen like that. I hope he died with honor, and it was quick and painless. I’m sure that bitch had something to do with it and I should love to see her struck with leprosy and haletosis. Seeing her beauty and pristineness turn to filth would be heavenly. Death is too kind a fate for her.

    And Liu Qingge! Best bro! I feel like Lan Wangji was inspired by his char xD Too wonderful. He needs his own hubby to pair up with x3

    Yay NingNing \.o/ Best Daughter.

    1. Glad I’m not the only Liu Qingge fan! Tbh I lowkey ship him with SQQ. They have chemistry. XD

    1. Jingle Belle Fille

      The story has 81 chapters (not including side stories)…..this is not the end!

  52. Hiks hiks, i really cry
    Sobs sobs, ..tessue where tessue , Omg assdffgjkllhqlwoeueu i can’t say anything
    Thankyou for this chapter hiks 😢😢😢😢😢

  53. Even though I know what’s going to happen, reading it is… … SQQ… T_T
    And LBH finally realizes it. Finally. Finally, only when something happens to his beloved then he realises it 🙁
    Thank you for all your hardwork!! Looking forward to the next chapter!!

  54. Throughout the whole novel, I could relate to SQQ the most. His line of thinking and his decisions were what I definitely would have done myself. This chapter (I didn’t read any spoilers or anything) is somewhat expected and unexpected to me. Expected because, despite everything, SQQ truly cared about LBG. Unexpected because it was actually happened sooner than I anticipated. Kudos to the ever hardworking translators who were able to beautifully project the feelings of this chapter. It managed to make me cry like a baby.

  55. WHO PLACE ONIONS IN FRONT OF ME?! !? ! (ಥ_ಥ)

    And thank you for all your hard work !!!!

    Shizun ….. !!! (ुŏ̥̥̥̥םŏ̥̥̥̥) ु it still hurts my heart when Luo Binghe is sad (ಥ_ಥ)

  56. Urgh cried my eyes out 🙁 Didn’t think it would happen so soon oO
    And poor Gongyi Xiao 🙁 He was such a nice guy…

  57. RIP Gongyi Xiao, he was a good dude ;; it really breaks my heart, the misunderstandings between SQQ and LBH that brought them to this point. Thanks so much for this chapter!!

  58. Something about the flower?? Shen quingqiu and the author had a plan concerning the flower.. i forgot its name. I think Shen quingqiu has a plan. Also gongyi xiao is really dead?? Who killed him? And why? He was such a cool character.. one of my favourite character in the novel… I just cant believe it…

  59. My heart (」゚ロ゚)」
    My mind\(;´□`)/
    My soul ಥ_ಥ

    SHIZZZZZUUUUUUNNN!!o(╥﹏╥)o

    Thinking of writing a whole ass novel for liu quinge tho he needs a bud also

  60. Omg, Shizuuunnnn!!!!
    I firmly refused to believe the spoiler I got of this but it has actually happened!
    *sob*

    Thank you for translating!!!

  61.  。・。∧_∧。・。
    。゚  ( ゚´Д`)  ゚。
      o( U U
       ’ー’ー’

    Shiizuuuuun~

    He will come back… right? Right?
    I mean, without him there is no waifu and hubby ( •̆ ̭ •̆)

    And thx for the update, can’t wait for the next chapter.. well, but have to lol

  62. I still don’t get it….
    Why did Shizun do all of this?
    Why did he act like a ghost every time he saw him? He broke the anti OOC detriment. So he could really do anything and be himself.
    And… he could’ve calmed his anger by using the jade necklace….
    He didn’t have to kill himself?….
    Like… what the actual f*** is going on?
    I don’t fucking understand

    ……..
    Thinking about it.
    Is it because he felt guilty for pushing him? But he had no choice. It was part of the story. If he didn’t. He would’ve died somehow instantly.
    But… the Ml came out in the end… yet after. He just acted SO WEIRD AND DIFFERENT TO HIM

    I DONT F****** UNDERSTAND EVEN AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT.
    What the actual f*** is going on in this story right now.

    If someone doesn’t help me. Please
    I’m legit dropping this novel. Right now.

    1. …. I still don’t get it. But I’ll bear with it because I’m still confused. And this chapter was in the end still good…
      I didn’t expect for him to die..

    2. It’s because of the system that SQQ had to push LBH into the abyss. And after LBH returned, he thought that LBH wanted to take revenge. And as the original story, he was supposed to be killed by LBH, right? It made him suspicious and afraid of LBH.
      But, not to spoil you, it is just a part of the plan! So, be patient a lil bit more keke

    3. But…. it was noted intensely how he cared for him still and even still cared about their relationship. Calling him Shizun Shizun everywhere….
      And….. unless….
      Is Shen… a block of wood?….

    4. Well, the original shizun also disliked Luo very much so I don’t think that avoiding him was OOC. He also wasn’t angry at that point but really agitated and battling with his sword so the pendant wouldn’t have helped much. And he acted as a ghost everytime cause he thought that he was hated and feared that he would end up like in the original story.
      About him self destructing, it was because he actually cared about Luo and didn’t want the sword to overtake him(or his demon side). At that point because of his state he couldn’t control any spiritual power and he used the only way he had to calm him.

    5. Really? But it was obvious from his behavior that he was jealous and angry and very very very sad that he was hurt by his beloved Shizun. And he expressed MANY TIMES HE WANTED TO TALK TO HIM MANY MANY MANY MANY TIMES.
      But Shen only avoided and didn’t talk to him.
      And it was out of fear?… I didn’t notice it was fear. It was like… just plain avoidance. Or something. But it was fear? I think I need to reread them. I didn’t really notice the fear. Because Shen still cared for him deeply and immensely.
      And we can see from his inner monologue. But it was confusing he never did anything and still avoided.
      But still. ML ONLY WANTED TO TALK AND KNOW ABOUT EVERYTHING.
      Was… that so hard?… I think not. Which is why I’m so confused

    6. So basically SQQ has the trouble of not being able to see the other characters as more than characters in a book. He fails to see that they are real people who are capable of growth and change, whose personalities and feelings can change from what they were in the original novel. Based on what happened in the original novel SQQ thinks that LBH hates him since he pretty much betrayed him. SQQ pretty much thinks that he activated LBH’s rage mode and that all LBH wants to do is to turn him into a human stick like what happened to the original SQQ; that’s why SQQ is so awkward and timid around LBH even though he really wants to fix their relationship—he doesn’t think that it’s possible because he doesn’t think LBH would believe him. And because SQQ can’t see past his own perceptions, he fails to see LBH’s true feelings. Yea, SQQ is pretty dense. All of MXTX’s MCs so far are XD (not sure about “No Rest For the Death God”) and a lack of communication plays a fairly large role in all of MXTX’s stories so far. Sorry if this doesn’t make much sense or if it doesn’t satisfactorily answers your questions. I hope you stay with this novel as it truly is pretty entertaining.

    7. But… SQQ saw his anger meter. AND IT WAS A MEASLY 50!!
      IT WASNT THAT HIGH SO LIKE Wtf.
      And he acted chill about it and everything. Only freaked out a bit about how little it was and yet so scary.
      And LBH’s actions are so… wrong? He killed people and even tried to make him into a villain. How does that play into his whole “trying to get Shizun” crap. And even his whole monologue here after SQQ dies. It barely fixes his whole character and his whole actions the past couple of chapters.
      I am so confused.
      And angry.
      VERY ANGRY.
      They went back and forth for so long that it’s pissing me off. And even caused the deaths of others.
      … and I see your point of SQQ viewing people as 2d instead of 3D. Based on his reaction to Gongyi Xiao’s death. He barely did anything. I didn’t really notice that.. I thought he started to care about everything?.. reading this I didn’t really have much inclination that he viewed it as such. I thought he was actively living in this world. Especially after finding the author. The two join into an alliance and attempted to live together and face the coming tragedies.

    8. Well, you did forget one main point. It wes said that after the ml came back, he was like a two faced person; smiling brightly, but killing behind the scene. So SQQ thought he was acting and it wasn’t his real feelings and he didn’t defend him in that city and even killed so many and everything was blamed on SQQ. So SQQ thought it was his plan to get revenge slowly and because of this he was kind of afraid of him killing him at anytime.
      And he still liked the ml from before becoming black so he couldn’t steel his heart and just watch the ml suffer before his eyes so he used the only solution to help him as our friend mentioned and i think he did this knowing he has a plan and can solve this problem of his (being chased and killed by ml) once and for all.

    9. ML suffer from what?

      And hmmmmmm really? When he came back, it was during the sower incident. So i don’t remember any indiscriminate killing. They were just hunting for the infected demons…?

    10. Can’t really say anything without spoilers, but 1) even though the anger meter wasn’t that high it was still scary to SQQ, 2) he kind of had more important things to worry about than Gonyi Xiao’s death (though he was saddened by it), and 3) as for LBH framing Shizun…again can’t say anything without spoilers but…you’ll see.

    11. … ok. I’ll try to see…

      I’m just upset, this whole nonsense has been going on for a bit now.
      It’s frankly upsetting even when I try to figure it out.

    12. OK so here things are suppose to be confusing now even SQQ is confused timings are far too confusing but here are key words “Sun and Need Dew” “ugly snake” things won’t be explained till later on but ya SQQ cared and feared LBH but all the events that had happened are out of proportion and SQQ had accidenly awoken something even SQH didn’t know about it gets better after this chapter XD

    13. … ok. Thanks for helping me lol. I have hope now.

      I was really questioning the authors capabilities because of all of these holes. And didn’t realize if it was intended or not intended

    14. The jade pendant is for cooling LBH’s rage points, probably wouldn’t work against the demonic sword. And if SQQ doesn’t pull LBH back to sanity, it would be Game Over for everyone in the city. So either SQQ pulls a suicide move to save LBH, or LBH goes on a possessed rampage and kills everyone or ends up getting killed by other sects. Since SQQ feels that he owes LBH, and he doesn’t want to see his disciples and Liu Qingge get caught in LBH’s rampage, and the fact that SQQ does have a backup plan of sorts, his act of self sacrifice is actually quite logical.

    15. I believe it has something to do with Mr author (Airplane shooting towards the sky…right)
      Because Shizun was searching for the tallest building for something.

      Also I believe he totally forgot, or wanted to look more dramatic to get more points, or perhaps it was a part of the plot he had to follow. We don’t know since it abruptly changed from Shen Quinqiu’s POV to Luo Binhe’s POV.

      If you want to drop it, that is your decision, I’m staying. I really want to know what happens next and eagerly wait the great work of the translators, editors and proofreaders to be able to read this story. So thankyou everyone and thankyou author for writing this interesting story.

    1. DeathByExamAnxiety

      Right, bring him back! TAT I was already so sad after reading about him that I didn’t even have any tears left to spare for Shizun’s fate! He was too cute to go out this way!

  63. Thank you so much for updating the chapter, really made my day.

    *Cough* Another week of torture *Wince* *Collapses*

  64. This was painful but also wonderful. The author knows how to make us have the feels.
    …And here I was thinking GDC was the angsty one.

    Thank you for the translation. Good job, and it keeps getting better with each chapter.

    And also, the comments. Guys, you’re all great, I was grinning through tears while reading.

    1. I really admire this author cause it’s fabulous story but at the same time give headache and crushed my hearts.
      I cried reading this story.
      Suffocated while reading GDC.
      And still afraid to read Heaven’s official blessing, maybe will read it after finishing this story and GDC that might immune my fragile heart a little (T ^ T)

  65. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
    SHIZUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!
    SHIZUUUUUNNNNNNN!!!!!
    ARGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

    Shizun!!!! T-T

  66. My god the comments are just endless. And I understand why. But. But. But I still cant accept Shizun dying?! TT~TT
    I was still hoping he didn’t really die and he’s just sleeping huhu. My eyes are sweating so much!!!!!
    Thanks for the chapter! Thinking how I have to wait another week just for the next chap uwu I cannot~!

  67. Luo Binghe’s monologue could clear Shizun’s name (if he said that out loud) since he revealed his half-demon bloodline.

  68. DeathByExamAnxiety

    I can’t even care about LBH being sad rn or whatever; I’m crying because… Gongyi Xiao! T^T He didn’t deserve to go like this, too early and off-screen! It’s too awful… Who did this to him? Please kill them! Painfully!
    Also… Shizun, for all your comical dialoguing, you’re actually heroic af, huh?
    Thanks for the chapter. Q_Q

  69. *reads the title *
    (இ﹏இ`。)

    *reads the main part of the chapter*
    💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

    *reads the final part*
    ˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ )‧º·˚

    SHIZUNNNNNNNNNNN!!! 😭😭😭😭

  70. What else can I say?
    R.i.p Gongyi Xiao. It’s not often to see a cannon fodder with functioning brain.
    Shizun, don’t die!!!
    At least later when he revived he won’t suffering from the stupid poison anymore?
    Poor ml, though. He’s suffering for the past three years and going to suffer some more. His interaction with his beloved Shizun make me believe this is the rare case of piling up more misunderstanding the more they communicate, even if mc always try to escape at the first sight of his favourite disciple.
    Thanks a lot for the chapter!

  71. NOOOOOOOO THE CLIFF IS TOO REAL, I’M HANGING ON BY MY FINGERTIPS, I’M SLIPPING, I’M FALLIIIIIINGGG

    NEED NEXT CHAPTER ASAP

    JUSTICE FOR SHEN QINGQIU

  72. QAQ SHIZUUUUN QAQ I didn’t actually realize the title was a huge spoiler, because I thought that there was so much more to uncover that if the MC dies then he’ll be revived lel… More like I didn’t even think the protagonist is the MC, I thought it was LBH XD but he’s super OP so…??? Hmmhmm still wanna know about the original ‘s past lel :3 thank you for the chapter~~

  73. I’m so wrecked oh my god. My favorite and most heartbreaking chapter, a dozen times worst than the Abyss scene because at least SQQ knows LBH is coming back.
    I love Yingying and Ming Fan so much. They really adore their Shizun. Yingying has really matured. LQG is so reliable and cool too. SQQ is really fortunate to have so many people who love him in his second life.

    Ahhhhh poor Binghe, being so surprised that SQQ sacrificed himself to stop his qi deviation, and then watching Shizun die before his eyes, THEN learning that SQQ really did care for him this whole time and mourned for him after the Abyss scene. The last line of the chapter makes him seem so small and incomplete aaaaahhhhhh T_T

  74. Finally! This is the moments i love the most! The angsty moments! HhahahaH, i can die without regret now!
    Farewell, dearest cannon fodder Gongyi Xiao. (+1)
    Thank you for the chapter!

  75. Damn ninjas cutting onions! 😭
    I like that Gongyi Xiao but why did he die? 😢😢
    Thank you for the updates!😆

  76. Guess who knew this was coming? Me. I’ve read the MTL and found that part really heartbreaking and seeing it again translated so beautifully…could you get the person cutting onions out? Sigh. Just sigh

  77. There was too much spolier videos on youtube and i expected this, although i didn’t cried cuz i already exhasted them during those videos i still feel very depressed.

    Thank you for the chapter!

  78. I read spoilers (unfortunately) so I knew that smth like that will happen, so you can say I was prepared.

    Hahahahahahahahahah!
    Lies! I wasn’t ready! I wasn’t, okay? I am still in a shock. My eyes! Who for Chuck’s sake is cutting onions here?
    I thought: ‘Oh, new chapter? I don’t want to stockpile it so let’s read it.’ Ah, what a mistake. Hahahahaha, I still can’t believe it. What’s happening?
    I’m gonna stop now and wait patiently for the new chap.

    Thanks for the new chapter (ノ﹏ヽ)

  79. I mean… I read spoilers and knew it was gonna happen but I didn’t think it would happen so soon! That ending tho—- I pretty much cried off the make up I’d just put on. Why this. I cannot live this life. QAQ

    Other than that, thank you for all the hard work! I’ve recently started reading this and I binged read all the way here. OTL

  80. ResidentialPsycho

    Gongyi Xiao! Awww…. I liked him. I wonder if Luo Binghe will find a way to revive Shen Qingqiu, or if he’ll find out his original body. I wonder how the author will react since he’s the only one who knows the whole truth about Shen Qingqiu and Shen Yuan.

    Shen Qingqiu’s behavior at the end should have cleared his name. Not only did he give up his escape in order to save the same people who previously imprisoned him and seriously want him dead, but he threw away his life in order to save the man who was hunting him down. He did all of this while dying from illness, and he was even infected by one of those demons in the process

    I’m glad Luo Binghe got some of his misunderstandings cleared up, so he can quit acting like a neglected yandere all the time.

  81. Estúpido SQ, sí siempre salió huyendo de él… lo que desencadenó en más malos entendidos, pero… ¿quién es el verdadero cerebro de todas estas cosas?… y ahora…
    demonios… este cap me partió el corazón… y aún más estúpido sistema de mierda… tuviste que hacer que SQ hiciera todo eso… odioso, quiero eliminar al sistema por causar todo este mal entendido.

  82. PrettyDamnCritical

    I am shook. So shook that i fell of the cliff and am only barely holding on. Tfw you become one with the cliffhanger. Thanks for the chapter!

  83. I assume he’ll be revived somehow (or else that was a fairly terrible ending with no resolution), so in the end I’m just confused rather than sad.
    Was shizun just like, “well f**k it. If I’m gonna die anyways, might as well save the town and luo binghe years of side quest with this f***ing sword by sacrificing myself.”?
    And while LBH is confessing all his insecurities, our protag is dead. So aren’t all the misunderstanding just gonna keep on chugging once he’s revived?

  84. The translation does this part justice. Even though I knew it was coming, having MTLed the entire novel, reading it like this it was like 10x times the impact. Thank you for doing such a great job! 🤗

  85. Man, I read the spoilers but still…this chapter is too much. Probably the only one is not freaking out in shock and sadness right now, is Shizun himself…I wonder if he has clue of all this…by the way who exactly killed poor Gonxi and all the other disciples? And what about the past wrongdoings recalled by that the female cultivator? Will be cleared?

  86. I actually couldn’t help myself and read this chapter raw with Google translate…. And i understand nothing of it! This is the difference of quality, my friends “cries happy tears”. Thank you for the update, also for making it so good that we can feel…

    1. Martina Bušovská

      The way my heart dropped when they said Gongyi Xiao has died…ffffccgc
      I am honestly so heartbroken about it because I know he is a canon fodder, so he won’t come back unlike immortal protagonists;;;;;;

    1. Wahhh! Gongyi Xiao died! He was one of my favorite characters! He deserved to be acknowledged and not die as poor cannon fodder. How unjust!

  87. IVE BEEN DESTROYED,,, luo binghe you big dumbass,,this is so sad alexa play despacito
    if only they would’ve communicated better and not doubted themselves and each other’s motives,,
    i knew this was coming but i didnt read the title at all when i began reading this chapter and i was totally caught off guard?? i didnt expect it to happen so soon YALL IM DEAD why are they so tragic 💔 shizun is so amazing, he didn’t hesitate to do this i’m hURT and LUO BINGHE YOU REALLY WHAT? WBK YOU LOVE HIM
    rip gongyi xiao tho,, and i just got a liking to him too, nobody will even have time for his tragic end after being overshadowed by shizun’s
    (also,, not to be that person with second lead syndrome but ive really been vibing shen qingqiu and liu qingge, does anyone feel me??? so far ive only been upset with mc n ml, and liu qingge gave us some wholesome things 🤧)

    thank you yan for the amazing translation🥰

  88. I didn’t see the spoiler either. On the bright side, the title doesn’t say “The Villain Dies,” so it’s actually kind of misleading? Ning Yingying, so well spoken!

  89. Gongyi Xiao actually died I can’t–

    I’ve read some of the spoilers and thought I was prepared for this, but damn, the author didn’t hold back on the angst level. The image of Luo Binghe holding Shen Qingqiu close in his arm, wiping blood off his face and trying to make things right between them with trembling voice–

    If what Luo Binghe said is true then I have to wonder who released the sowers in Jin Lan City though. And I wonder if everyone can hear Luo Binghe’s small confession of being a part of the demon race.

    Thank you for the hellish long roller coaster chapter 💚💔

  90. Whaaaat????!! I thought the protagonist is LBH (because I still think like SQQ that LBH is the MC of the novel), dies, and somehow resurrected again, you know protagonist’s halo. Why is it Shizun?? 😭😭

    Did SQQ died and return to his original world? Does he have enough points to keep him alive?

    1. Ah, I’m in too much of shock. I forget to say thank you for the translation, Yan.. And have fun, Reika…

  91. I read the chapter title, but thought it was talking about LB. And for some reason, I thought it was just a fact said by SQ. Like him just stating what happens to this world if LB dies.

    I didn’t think anyone would actually die!!! Q_Q

    Dang, this chapter hit me in the heart. The misunderstandings really crippled these two’s trust in one another. Q_Q

    Thanks for the chapter!

  92. The style of this precious author didn’t differ much from GDC; misunderstanding, slander, backstabbing left and right, righteous cultivators with rotten hearts who claims right but actually super wrong and vice versa, guilty until proven innocent.. Orz..

    I always feels reading this precious author’s works to be like a roller-coaster.. Cos you never know what shocking plots gonna happen next, also will we have a get back and forth timeline like in GDC, you know when someone died then you back in the past to tell the why and how.. Orz..

    That’s why sometimes I am pilling up updates from GDC and SVSS.. My heart needs a break from the shock ah.. 😱

    Thanks for the chap 💞 💞 💞

    1. That’s truee, it’s a great ride if you binge read, but the cliffhanger urges you to hang yourself too.
      I’ve been pilling up GDC updates myself, but Shen Qingqiu’s mini inner theater keeps me devotedly following every SVSS updates, they prevent things from going way too dark to handle.

  93. I didn’t see the title and I hate spoilers so I didn’t know that was coming but throughout the chapter, I was smiling like an idiot with a wierd feeling in my chest.
    Don’t know how to say it but I hope they meet again soon. Shizun died after falling off a building and I died from falling off a cliff.
    Thanks for the chapter!

  94. Oh man, I knew he was going to end up dying at some point (I was spoiled) but I didn’t know it would be like this… :’’’(
    That was so sad and heartbreaking! Truly beautiful, I love it. Look at poor lbh, he’s just standing there, unable to comprehend anything. Ugh it’s so good 😭😭😭

  95. At lasttr,its hereeeeee.i was grinning the whole time i read this.at the part where sqq died,i was totally expecting it but….gyx DIED!? I totally liked him though!
    Thank you very much for your hardwork in this chapter,love yalls 😍

  96. Press F to pay respect

    Jdjjd jokes aside even knowing this was coming … I am the sad. every time RIP

    Thank you Yan for translating this chapter!♡

    So now we all know … finally…that BingHe was just crippled with self-doubt and fear and that’s why he didn’t return to Qing Jing peak. He was terrified of rejection; and then, hoping to gain approval, he tried to live righteously. But the master who once was affectionate and indulging to him specially… seemingly hated him! RIP my BingBing

    If only they had just talked …

    Sniff sniff thanks for the chapter♡

    1. Well… me too comrade , I didn’t notice the title at all…but still I don’t regret it.

  97. Wait ? Huh ? What happened ? HUH ? NO !! I CAN’T AGREE WITH THAT !! TwT
    I’m dying !! T_T

    Also, thank you very much for the chapter !

    1. If Dharmann to read this chapter:

      “So you see, communication is very important.”

      🙂

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