Webnovel/27

## Chapter 27

* Main

The **27th chapter** of the web novel is titled 《无间深渊 3》 which translates to *"Endless Abyss 3"*. It was first published in Chinese on JJWXC, July 2015.

## English Novel Location

This chapter starts on the line

> And after completing his task, he turned right around and left.
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Of the Seven Seas English Novel volume 1, chapter 4: Conference, and ends on the line

> “Qing Jing Peak’s disciple Luo Binghe,” Shen Qingqiu said slowly, “fell to the demons and perished.”
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Of the Seven Seas English Novel volume 1, chapter 4: Conference.

## Recap

After Mobei-jun fully removed Luo Binghe's seal, he turned around and left, Shen Qingqiu noting that his straightforward and cryptic actions reflected how he acted in Proud Immortal Demon Way. After he left, The System hit Shen Qingqiu with a message.

> 【 Warning! The critical quest “The Endless Abyss and Endless Hatred, a Sky Filled with Crystal Frost and Tears of Blood” has officially begun! If it is not successfully completed, twenty thousand protagonist satisfaction points will be deducted! 】
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Shen Qingqiu complains about how the point penalty had been doubled since the last time he asked.

Shen Qingqiu went over to a half-crazed Luo Binghe and attempted to strike him back to consciousness a few times, which didn’t directly work, but the blood he spat up from the demonic energy rebounding into him did in fact wake Luo Binghe up. Once Luo Binghe is awake, Shen Qingqiu’s confrontation begins, with Luo Binghe immediately chilled by his cold face and his use of his full name instead of just “Binghe.” When confronted about his demonic cultivation, Luo Binghe uncharacteristically starts to panic, which Shen Qingqiu cuts him off so he doesn’t have to witness, but Luo Binghe hears his overly harsh tone and reacts like a slapped child. When Shen Qingqiu asks how long Luo Binghe has been practicing demonic cultivation, he answers immediately and honestly, which shocks Shen Qingqiu into silence that Luo Binghe reads as anger at having been lied to. When he does eventually respond, Shen Qingqiu points out how this must be how he improved by leaps and bounds, which he meant as an expression of regret but what Luo Binghe heard as an accusation so harsh that he fell to his knees. Shen Qingqiu demands that he get up, not wanting kneeling to be added to a list of future Luo Binghe’s grudges, but current Luo Binghe is upset that he had apparently done something so wrong that he couldn’t even kneel down and beg for forgiveness.

It’s at this point that Luo Binghe brought up the line Shen Qingqiu told him after the Skinner Demon attack, about how humans can be good or bad, and so can demons, a line that Shen Qingqiu forgot telling him and disregards in the midst of his own personal crisis. In response, Shen Qingqiu gives a speech about how the mark on Luo Binghe’s forehead is a mark of sin, showing how his ancestors fell from the heavens and have a penchant for murder and calamity, and how he can’t afford to wait and see if Luo Binghe won’t end up like them. At that, Luo Binghe’s hopes shattered, and Shen Qingqiu repeatedly and desperately tried to brainwash himself to put himself at ease, which failed. Shen Qingqiu summoned Xiu Ya, which prompted Luo Binghe to ask if Shen Qingqiu wanted to kill him, which Shen Qingqiu denied. Despite his words, Luo Binghe internally notes that Shen Qingqiu had never looked through him like this before, similar to how he looked at demons he executed with Xiu Ya in the past. Shen Qingqiu says that Mobei-Jun was right, and how he ought to return to where he belongs, advancing them both to the edge of the simmering Abyss. Once there, he asks if Luo Binghe will willingly jump, or if Shen Qingqiu needs to force him.

Internally, Shen Qingqiu admits that he selfishly hoped that Luo Binghe would jump, so that he could believe his own lies that he caught onto something and didn’t have to suffer. Instead, Luo Binghe refused to fully give up hope that the teacher who he found companionship with for all these years truly would turn on him like this. He clung to that hope even as Xiu Ya stabbed into his chest. Shen Qingqiu tried getting him to step back to avoid his sword, thus falling into the abyss on his own, but Luo Binghe refused to budge, taking the sword to the chest and even loosely grabbing it with his hand. In silence, Shen Qingqiu withdrew the sword, igniting Luo Binghe’s hope for the final time before he dealt the finishing strike that sent Luo Binghe down. The expression he had when he fell was one that Shen Qingqiu knew he would never forget.

Some time later, after the Abyss had long since closed, the sect leaders and other cultivators arrived. Ignoring Shang Qinghua, who was still playing dead, Shen Qingqiu went around and was tending to the injuries of the passed out disciples, ignoring his own injuries and wretched state. Upon seeing him, Yue Qingyuan rushed to check on him, and asked Mu Qingfang to examine him as well. Liu Qingge, meanwhile, was the first to realize that Luo Binghe, who always flitted around Shen Qingqiu, was missing, and asked where he was. Shen Qingqiu didn’t answer Liu Qingge’s question, instead picking up the broken sword fragments of Zheng Yang as the Qing Jing disciples arrived, with Ming Fan sharply identifying the sword as Luo Binghe’s sword (which he had envied and wanted for years). Ning Yingying started to wail in denial, while the onlookers had a range of reactions. Notably, one pointed out how Luo Binghe had become the top ranker in the Conference during all of the chaos.

Ning Yingying sobs, and Ming Fan reflects on how despite his cursing, he never truly wanted Luo Binghe dead, and how him dying without even leaving a corpse behind was clearly making Shen Qingqiu sad. Qi Qingqi and the Xian Shu delegation were moved, and Liu Qingge attempted to console Shen Qingqiu by claiming he could always just accept another disciple. Brushing off this support, he affirmed that what’s done is done.

> “Qing Jing Peak’s disciple Luo Binghe,” Shen Qingqiu said slowly, “fell to the demons and perished.”
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## Changes Between Versions

### The Faelicy/Lily Translation (February 2020 version)

#### Larger Changes

* The way that Shen Qingqiu complains about the System, including the time frame of the point changes, is different across the translations. In the Faelicy translation, he says:

> The quest item name seems to get more and more tsukkomi-worthy each time; is that my imagination?
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> And two days ago when I confirmed with you, didn’t it say 10000?
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> After only a couple of days, it’s doubled?
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And in the Seven Seas translation, he says:

> Was it Shen Qingqiu’s imagination, or were the quest names getting more and more absurd every time, to the point that Shen Qingqiu didn’t even know where to begin roasting them?
> And hey, when I confirmed with you a while back, wasn’t it ten thousand? It’s been like five minutes, and now it’s doubled?
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* After Shen Qingqiu explains that Heavenly demons have been responsible for calamities for centuries now, his speech ends in the Faelicy translation, but continues on with the following lines in the Seven Seas translation:

> Under no circumstances can they be spoken of in the same breath as other demons. I cannot wait and hope my earlier words were true while you develop a taste for slaughter and lose all control.”
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* In Shen Qingqiu’s mental brainwashing, the Faelicy translation frames it like a sentence, while the Seven Seas translation frames it like a poem or quote. Additionally, the Faelicy describes Luo Binghe entering a chasm:

> without entering the chasm, how could there be a world-destroying demon king
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While the Seven Seas translation mentions the time frame he was down there for in Proud Immortal Demon Way:

> Without three years’ training in realms below / How could a demon king over worlds loom?
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* After Mind Fan notes that Luo Binghe dying without leaving a corpse behind would make Shen Qingqiu terribly sad, there is an extra line at the end of that passage in the Seven Seas translation:

> and Ming Fan couldn’t be happy about that either.
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#### Smaller Changes

* Mobei-Jun is described as “This NPC really played his role thoroughly; he wasn’t even the slightest bit sloppy. Completely identical to the original work” in the Faelicy translation and “This NPC really was so straight to the point, not a moment spared—completely in line with his modus operandi in the original work” in the Seven Seas translation.
* When expressing his laments after Luo Binghe was honest with him, Shen Qingqiu says the line “Luo Binghe you, as expected of Luo Binghe,” in the Faelicy translation and “You truly live up to your reputation, Luo Binghe” in the Seven Seas translation.
* Shen Qingqiu describes feeling “envy with a tiny bit of jealousy” towards Luo Binghe’s talents in the Faelicy translation and “admiration, with the tiniest bit of envy” in the Seven Seas translation.
* Shen Qingqiu’s mental justifications in this scene are described with “Today Shen Qingqiu, who’d always been good at adjusting himself mentally, reached a new high in tsukkomi frequency” in the Faelicy translation and “Shen Qingqiu, who’d always been so good at mental gymnastics, reached a new high in his number of mental roasts” in the Seven Seas translation.
* Shen Qingqiu claims that as long as Luo Binghe claims Xin Mo, he won’t be a “beta male” in the Faelicy translation and won’t be “an incel” in the Seven Seas translation.
* Both translations mention that Ming Fan would curse Luo Binghe to go die despite not truly wanting it to happen, the Faelicy translation adds that he cursed “secretly.”

### The (CNoveluv) WorshipperA Translation (January 2018 version)

#### Larger Changes

* There is an extra line of Shen Qingqiu’s shock at Mobei-Jun’s directness has an extra line in the WorshipperA translation that is not in the Seven Seas translation:

> Shen Qingqiu was shocked by this straightforward style to the point of being unable to speak.
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* The descriptions of Mobei-Jun’s npc like behavior are different across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation which mentions how mysterious he originally was:

> Finished his mission and left…… this NPC really did things thoroughly and to the point, briskly…… he came from the darkness, he also returned to the darkness. He came mysteriously and he also went mysteriously. However, he was originally a mysterious character. Wherever Luo Binghe needed him, he would without logic appear there, so this kind of arrangement couldn’t be considered far-fetched.
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And the Seven Seas translation, which calls him a maverick again:

> This NPC really was so straight to the point, not a moment spared—completely in line with his modus operandi in the original work. He’d show up wherever Luo Binghe needed him without rhyme or reason. His actions were just that forced, a total maverick, needing not a shred of logic!
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* The name of the quest, as well as the following reaction from Shen Qingqiu, are different across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation, with insults:

> 【Warning! Important new mission: Endless Abyss and Endless Hatred, has officially opened! If unable to be completed, the protagonist’s coolness level -20,000! 】
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> Wait a moment.
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> Yesterday I confirmed with you, and didn’t you say it was 10,000?
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> Only a few days have passed, and yet it’s multiplied several times?
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> System, fuck your mother until she explodes (#‵′)凸!
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And the Seven Seas translation, with a longer called out name:

> 【 Warning! The critical quest “The Endless Abyss and Endless Hatred, a Sky Filled with Crystal Frost and Tears of Blood” has officially begun! If it is not successfully completed, twenty thousand protagonist satisfaction points will be deducted! 】
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> Was it Shen Qingqiu’s imagination, or were the quest names getting more and more absurd every time, to the point that Shen Qingqiu didn’t even know where to begin roasting them?
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> And hey, when I confirmed with you a while back, wasn’t it ten thousand? It’s been like five minutes, and now it’s doubled?
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* When Shen Qingqiu goes to slap Luo Binghe awake, there is an extra line in the WorshipperA translation about Shen Qingqiu’s physical state that is not in the Seven Seas translation:

> Shen Qingqiu’s own injuries hadn’t recovered.
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* Before Luo Binghe notes that Shen Qingqiu always calls him “Binghe,” the Seven Seas translation elaborates even more on his feelings at the moment:

> He stared at Shen Qingqiu’s wintry face, and his heart sank straight down.
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* When confronting Luo Binghe, Shen Qingqiu asks him when he started, but he says it in different ways across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation, looking at Luo Binghe:

> Shen Qingqiu relentlessly fixed his gaze on him without softening, dully enunciating his words: “From when did you start?”
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While in the Seven Seas translation, he avoids eye contact and recites lines like it’s a play:

> “When did you start?” Shen Qingqiu stiffly recited the line, unable to harden his heart enough to look his student in the eyes.
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* After Luo Binghe immediately answers Shen Qingqiu’s question, there is a line in the WorshipperA translation that is not in the Seven Seas translation:

> He wondered if it was necessary to ask this child.
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* Shen Qingqiu’s horrified reaction to Luo Binghe kneeling is elaborated on differently across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation, his reaction is:

> Shen Qingqiu in his heart was scared into a CRY. Fuck me, from the first time I met you, you knelt; how come we’ve come to this day and you’re still kneeling to me?! This boy has yellow gold under his knees. Once the male protagonist kneels, my life is gone; this old lady truly can’t afford to endure it!
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And in the Seven Seas translation, his reaction is:

> Shen Qingqiu’s soul almost left his body. If a man kneeling was worth his weight in gold, the male lead kneeling was worth your life. Letting him kneel at this critical juncture—when Luo Binghe remembered it in the future, wouldn’t his hatred be compounded?
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* In both translations, Luo Binghe worries that he’s even lost to right to kneel, but the Seven Seas translation has a portion of a line before that:

> “Had he done something wrong? Something so wrong that it couldn’t be absolved”
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* In both translations, Luo Binghe quotes Shen Qingqiu’s earlier quote about demons being good or bad, but in the Seven Seas translation, he says more of the quote:

> “That in this world, there is no one…intolerable to the heavens.”
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* When Shen Qingqiu realizes he really did say bold lines about demon equality to Luo Binghe, there is a follow up line in the Seven Seas translation that is not in the Seven Seas translation:

> But that had been then, when he’d been considering a far-off future. This was now, in the midst of a crisis with a blade suspended above his throat.
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* Shen Qingqiu’s explanation of Heavenly demons, and why they are no simple demons, is different across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation, his explanation is:

> “You are an ancient Heavenly Demon. This family has always killed countless people in the Human Realm. They have caused countless sins, no matter how things are said. They cannot be mentioned in the same breath as other demons.”
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And in the Seven Seas translation:

> “That mark on your forehead is a mark of sin—the mark of the demons who fell from the heavens. These demons have murdered countless humans, and moreover, their temperaments are impossible to contain. From ancient times, they’ve been the cause of calamity upon calamity. Under no circumstances can they be spoken of in the same breath as other demons. I cannot wait and hope my earlier words were true while you develop a taste for slaughter and lose all control.”
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* The description about the extent of Shen Qingqiu’s self brainwashing is elaborated on in the Seven Seas translation. In the WorshipperA translation, the lines are:

> Shen Qingqiu, who was always good at doing tsukkomis and adjusting himself, couldn’t relax.
> He could only once again brainwash himself with this reason: The pain and suffering Luo Binghe undergoes right now are all necessary experiences for his wish to become a person above all others in the future.
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And in the Seven Seas translation, those lines are expanded to:

> Shen Qingqiu, who’d always been so good at mental gymnastics, reached a new high in his number of mental roasts, madly smashing through his old records—yet he still couldn’t put himself at ease, and instead he only grew more tired and worn out.
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> He relentlessly told himself to the point of auto-brainwashing: the suffering and torment Luo Binghe endured now was all necessary in order for him to stand above the masses in the future.
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> Without enduring the bone-chilling cold / How could fragrant plum blossoms hope to bloom / Without three years’ training in realms below / How could a demon king over worlds loom?
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> Xin Mo in hand, he would possess everything beneath the heavens / With a harem innumerable, he need not be an incel…
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> But it was useless.
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> It was completely useless. Nothing could lift his spirits.
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* After Shen Qingqiu reveals his selfish hope that Luo Binghe will willingly jump down, the lines that follow are different across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation, it’s followed with:

> Though this treatment was too cruel to him, it would still be better than being hit down by Shen Qingqiu.
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And in the Seven Seas translation, the line is followed with:

> In this kind of scenario, characters who chose to jump from cliffs were always caught on something—then Shen Qingqiu could go on believing his own lies that this scene would have a happy end.
> Better that than this moment being carved into Shen Qingqiu’s memory from here on out, forcing him to remember night and day that he had shoved Luo Binghe down with his own two hands.
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* Though both translations have a line where Luo Binghe refuses to believe that his kind teacher would actually hurt him, the Seven Seas translation alone has an additional line following that belief:

> He refused to believe that all those years of companionship every day, morning to night, could lead to this conclusion.
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* In terms of Luo Binghe’s fall into the Abyss in Proud Immortal Demon Way, Shen Qignqiu said “Originally, he’d only fallen down” in the WorshipperA translation, while in the Seven Seas translation, “In the original work, Luo Binghe was only kicked into the abyss.”
* The lines after Shen Qingqiu deals the final blow against Luo Binghe are different across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation, the final lines of the scene are:

> He knew that Luo Binghe definitely wouldn’t counterattack.
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> He knew even more definitely that he was afraid that he would never forget that desperate gaze of Luo Binghe’s as he fell down.
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> One strike to send him down!
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And in the Seven Seas translation, the final line is:

> He knew he would never forget Luo Binghe’s expression from the moment of his fall.
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* Both translations note that Liu Qingge notices that someone is missing first, but the Seven Seas translation has an extra line with further elaboration:

> Then he realized it was the person who was always flitting around Shen Qingqiu, impossible to miss.
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* Xian Shu’s presence is explained slightly differently across the translations. The WorshipperA translation notes that Liu Mingyan is there:

> Xian Shu Peak’s Qi Qingqi received Liu Mingyan, but they were also moved.
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While the Seven Seas translation just mentions the entire group of women, not mentioning Liu Mingyan by name:

> Xian Shu Peak’s group of women, with Qi Qingqi as their head, were also deeply moved.
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#### Smaller Changes

* When Luo Binghe awakens, the Seven Seas translations notes that he “managed to piece together a couple of mangled words,” but the WorshipperA translation actually elaborates that the mangled words were “Shizun…… was in front of him…………blood…… suffered an injury?”
* Luo Binghe is described as having “an old head on his young shoulders” in the WorshipperA translation and that he “often acting mature beyond his years” in the Seven Seas translation.
* When cutting Luo Binghe off, in the WorshipperA translation, Shen Qingqiu says “Shut your mouth!” while in the Seven Seas translation he says “Silence!”
* Shen Qingqiu realizes he was too harsh to Luo Binghe slightly differently across the translations. The WorshipperA translation of the line:

> Seeing him speechless, he felt that he hadn’t had a good grasp on things and was overly harsh.
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And the Seven Seas translation of the line:

> His voice had only just left his mouth, and he already felt like he hadn’t properly controlled himself—that his tone had been overly harsh.
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* Shen Qingiqu withdraws his sword “silently” in the WorshipperA translation and “suddenly” in the Seven Seas translation.
* The cultivators noted to have helped clear out the demons is described to be “sect leaders and other cultivators” in the Seven Seas translation and “Cang Qiong Mountain sect, Huan Hua Palace, and Tian Yi Overlook cultivators” in the WorshipperA translation, notably leaving out Zhao Hua Monastery.

## Appearances

Mobei-jun

Shen Qingqiu

The System

Luo Binghe

M.OG Qingqiu

M.OG Binghe

S. Qinghua

Yue Qingyuan

Mu Qingfang

Liu Qingge

Ming Fan

Ning Yingying

Qi Qingqi