Webnovel/19

## Chapter 19

* Main

The **19th chapter** of the web novel is titled 《谆谆教诲》 which translates to *"Repeated Teachings"*. It was first published in Chinese on JJWXC, July 2015.

## English Novel Location

This chapter starts on the paragraph

> “If one lives by feeding off of others’ dream realms, and one often changes hosts, one’s spirit will weaken and suffer damage during the transfers,” said Luo Binghe. “But if one were to live long-term within a set host’s body, one could instead preserve and nurture the spirit to stabilize it.” He paused. “Senior Meng Mo, could it be that you’re already approaching your limit, and that’s why you have to pick me to be the host you’ll raise?”
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Of the English Novel volume 1, chapter 3: Favor Points, and ends on the line

> Luo Binghe obediently asked to be excused. But he hadn’t walked far when he heard Shen Qingqiu call from behind, “Come back.”
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Of the English Novel volume 1, chapter 3: Favor Points.

## Recap

After Luo Binghe correctly guesses that Meng Mo is weakened and looking for a successor, the demon insists that this is an opportunity that Luo Binghe can’t pass up on. He had been residing within a demonic artifact cultivating, but was unloaded onto Luo Binghe when Sha Hualing used the device as a weapon against him. However, he sensed great demonic potential within Luo Binghe, and refused to pass up on the chance to have such a great host, and was willing to do anything from pester to threaten to get Luo Binghe to agree.

When Meng Mo tries to threaten Luo Binghe into thinking it through, he makes the mistake of threatening Shen Qingqiu as well. At that, Luo Binghe says that Meng Mo can say anything he wants, but if he harms Shen Qingqiu, then their agreement is void. Meng Mo is stunned, terrorized by his presence, never having lost to anyone in terms of presence before. Then he laughs, declares that Luo Binghe has quite the temper, and ejects him from the dream realm. Luo Binghe wakes up in the woodshed, drenched in sweat.

At the same time, Shen Qingqiu also woke up. Despite Meng Mo showing Ning Yingying happy childhood memories in Proud Immortal Demon Way, Shen Qingqiu instead got nightmares. The final part of the nightmare was him, stuck as the limbless tongueless Shen Qingqiu from Proud Immortal Demon Way, suspended in the air by a ring around his waist. After an unknown amount of time, a figure with an icy presence entered the room. Shen Qingqiu couldn’t clearly see his face, but he knew very well that it was Luo Binghe.

After a brief System interaction, Luo Binghe arrived at the bamboo house to check on Shen Qingqiu, who didn’t even want to look at him after his nightmare. Shen Qingqiu insists he’s fine, despite still fighting to suppress his fear, and Luo Binghe was able to tell that his expression was odd since he wasn’t looking at him straight on. Shen Qingqiu quickly adjusted his attitude, upon remembering he was a teacher, and examined Luo Binghe, insisting he still go get a checkup the next day despite not finding any anomalies. After getting examined, Luo Binghe tentatively asked if all demons were wicked and needed to be exterminated.

After deliberating, and seeing Luo Binghe’s forcibly calm face, Shen Qingqiu insisted that humans can be good or bad, so naturally demons can be good or bad, and said to not to put too much weight on race. At this, Luo Binghe asked if that means the heavens don’t find those with demonic connections intolerable. Shen Qingqiu insisted that nothing is intolerable to the heavens, or else the heavens wouldn’t let them exist.

At this speech, Luo Binghe was overwhelmed with the drive to get stronger so he would never be powerless, and so he could protect Shen Qingqiu. Shen Qingqiu, meanwhile, dwelled on how demonic conflicts were common across many genres of fiction, and how this had affected Luo Binghe and the vengeance he wanted to take on the world for the pain that he suffered. Shen Qingqiu hoped his words would mean he doesn’t blame himself and his heritage for the hatred he faced in the future. Shen Qingqiu finishes off his speech by saying that demons are naturally gifted with spiritual strength, and using it for the common good couldn’t be anything else but good. He then exposits for a bit to himself about how much stronger demons are, and how only them being sparse in number is keeping them from colonizing the human realm.

Exhausted by the night’s events, he waves Luo Binghe off and dismisses him, but before Luo Binghe could get very far, Shen Qingqiu called him back.

## Changes Between Versions

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

#### Smaller Changes

* Luo Binghe worries since Shen Qingqiu isn’t looking him in the eyes like he has “in the past” in the Faelicy translation and “ usually did these days” in the Seven Seas translation.
* After Shen Qingqiu explains to him that nothing is intolerable to the heavens, Luo Binghe thinks that he himself is not a “small-minded person” in the Faelicy translation and not a “pedant” in the Seven Seas translation.
* Shen Qingqiu notes that the original Luo Binghe took revenge on “society” in the Faelicy translation and “the world” in the Seven Seas translation.

### The (CNoveluv) WorshipperA Translation (August 2017 version)

#### Larger Changes

* After Meng Mo confirms that Luo Binghe’s guess about his weakening body was correct, there is a line in the WorshipperA translation that is not in the Seven Seas translation:

> Luo Binghe wasn’t going to tell him that the words he said earlier was just his blind guess.
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* After Meng Mo was intimidated by Luo Binghe, he laughs then says two separate lines across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation, he says:

> “You brat, you really thought I meant it!”
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And in the Seven Seas translation, he says:

> “Boy, you really have quite the temper!”
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* The first half of Shen Qingqiu’s nightmare is described as having different events and details across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation, it’s:

> for what did he get a dream of getting surrounded and beaten up by four people, running like mad in a narrow wood path while chased by a huge fireball from behind!
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And in the Seven Seas translation, it’s:

> How come on his turn, he had first been surrounded by fist-sized man-eating wasps, then been dashing madly through the narrow passages of a tomb while closely pursued by a giant ball of fire?!
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* The Luo Binghe in Shen Qingqiu’s nightmare’s presence is described differently across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation, he’s described like”

> From that person, an ice-cold majesty emanated, more breathtaking than the lack of air in the dungeons.
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And in the Seven Seas translation, he’s described like:

> From that person emanated an ice-cold pressure, more stifling than the dungeon’s airless darkness.
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* Before going off on the System for the points he got, Shen Qingqiu has different reactions across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation, he thinks:

> Shen Qingqiu exploded: ‘Fuck your mom
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And in the Seven Seas translation, he thinks:

> Shen Qingqiu made a “stop” gesture and still had enough in him to try settling debts.
> “Let’s have a proper discussion,” he said.
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* Before Shen Qingqiu insists to Luo Binghe that he’s fine, his emotions are described differently across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation:

> Shen Qingqiu listlessly put on a fresh face and stood up by himself
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And in the Seven Seas translation:

> Shen Qingqiu averted his face and, with unyielding strength and poise
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* Luo Binghe’s reaction to Shen Qingqiu’s unease, there are differences across translations, as well as an additional line in the WorshipperA translation. In the WorshipperA translation:

> Luo Binghe was unclear about why he was like this, but seeing his odd expression and evasive eyes, his heart was a bit anxious and apprehensive. He wanted to put his head forward, face-to-face, and ask what to do to make things better.
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And in the Seven Seas translation:

> Unsure of the reason for this, Luo Binghe only saw that Shen Qingqiu’s expression was odd, his gaze no longer calmly looking straight at him like he usually did these days. It made his heart both fretful and anxious.
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* Luo Binghe’s immediate reaction to Shen Qingqiu checking his wrist is different across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation, it’s:

> Seeing Shifu willing to be straight with him, Luo Binghe was able to relax his heart a little and obediently say: “Yes.”
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In the Seven Seas translation, it’s:

> “Yes,” said Luo Binghe obediently, his wrist firmly held.
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* Before Shen Qingqiu tells Luo Binghe that race doesn’t matter, his reaction is elaborated differently across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation:

> Even without looking at his expression, Shen Qingqiu knew that right now, Luo Binghe must be wavering over matters such as the human and demon separation and the inability of good and evil to coexist. It was time for him to teach again.
> Shen Qingqiu thought, then said
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And in the Seven Seas translation:

> Shen Qingqiu didn’t reply to this question right away. He stood in place, indeed finding it difficult to answer.
> Seeing Luo Binghe petrified, forcibly keeping calm while also somewhat anticipating his teacher’s answer, Shen Qingqiu spoke slowly
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* After Shen Qingqiu tells Luo Binghe that race doesn’t matter, there is a paragraph in the WorshipperA translation that is not in the Seven Seas translation:

> For example, the truth behind the persecution of Luo Binghe’s father and mother that year. Truthfully, it was only two young people who wanted to fall in love, but weren’t careful and were too high-profile to the point that everybody panicked.
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* How Shen Qingqiu frames his speech on how demons and humans aren’t that different differs across translations. In the Seven Seas translation, he says:

> As long as nothing deliberately wrong is done, as long as the heart is righteous, there can be friends on that side.
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With the second half of the paragraph matching to a later paragraph of the Seven Seas translation. The first half, when translated to the Seven Seas translation, frames it based on the heavens:

> “How can you claim they’re intolerable to the heavens in the first place?” Shen Qingqiu countered. “If they’re intolerable, why would the heavens let them exist? Who has the authority to say whether they ought to be tolerated or not?”
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* There are a number of changes at the end of the chapter between the translations. The paragraphs that are present are occasionally in a different order across the translations, and there are a number of paragraphs that are exclusive to each version. In the WorshipperA translation, there is an entire System interaction that is not in the Seven Seas translation:

> The system carried a notice: 【The protagonist decided to practice demonic cultivation, Coolness level +50! 】
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> Coolness level only 50…… After Luo Binghe learned demonic cultivation with the Dream Demon, his strength increased by at least ten times. Ever since, for a long he mounted girls and everything went successfully; you’re telling me the coolness level is only 50?
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> Shen Qingqiu already didn’t want to argue with the system anymore. Anyway, this was a coincidence. He originally only wanted to experience the pleasure of saying words like these. After all, there were too many dramas that would have at least one person who would have this kind of wise and farsighted role, saying these kinds of profound things.
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And in the Seven Seas translation, there are a few paragraphs that are exclusive to this translation. The paragraph:

> “Luo Binghe, you may choose to ignore the words this master tells you from here on out,” Shen Qingqiu said at last, “but you must always remember what I’ve told you here today. In this world, there is nothing intolerable to the heavens. This is true for all races, as it’s true for humans.”
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The lines:

> Seeing Luo Binghe’s eyes so dazzlingly bright, Shen Qingqiu couldn’t imagine what he was thinking, but his own thoughts were a jumbled mess.
> His advice this time wasn’t coming purely from a place of having developed an addiction to being the sage guiding the protagonist’s life journey.
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And the paragraphs:

> As someone of mixed lineage, it had been extremely difficult for the original Luo Binghe to avoid being impacted by human hatred of demons and vice versa. Since the greater half of his life had been harsh and full of misfortunes, he’d even begun to despair and think that perhaps the world and heavens both found his existence intolerable—that he should have never been born.
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> Shen Qingqiu hoped that, from this point forth, these words could plant a seed within Luo Binghe’s heart and broaden his perspective. That in the future, when facing the truth of his heritage, he could remain optimistic and not take attacks on his lineage to heart. Perhaps then his behavior wouldn’t trend so extreme, and he wouldn’t become bent on taking revenge on the world.
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> Perhaps, even if someday in the future, Luo Binghe had to face a Shen Qingqiu who would throw him down into the Endless Abyss, he would be able to understand that this betrayal wasn’t his fault.
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> If that was possible…then even if the scenario arrived and the System forced Shen Qingqiu to say lines like, “Humans and demons cannot coexist, their hatred is ocean-deep and cannot be overcome, you fucker, hurry up and die,” thereby slapping himself so hard that he sent himself flying, well, that would be that!
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> Now that the atmosphere had grown heavy, Shen Qingqiu felt he’d gone overboard with his cool act. With his terror of embarrassment about to erupt, he coughed once.
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#### Smaller Changes

* In the WorshipperA translation, Meng Mo had been cultivating for 80 years, while in the Seven Seas translation, he was cultivating for 180 years.
* Luo Binghe’s emotions when threatening Meng Mo are described as “Luo Binghe spoke calmly and deferentially, but his voice was ice-cold” in the WorshipperA translation and “Luo Binghe’s gentle and humble demeanor from moments before was entirely gone, his voice bitterly cold” in the Seven Seas translation.
* After waking up from his nightmare, Shen Qingqiu thinks “Tragic beyond compare!” in the WorshipperA translation and “Horrible, horrible, horrible. Horrible enough to die!”
* When trapped as the original goods in the nightmare, Shen Qingqiu says he was only able to scream in the WorshipperA translation, and only able to hiss in the Seven Seas translation.
* The System awards 500 “coolness” points in the WorshipperA translation and 500 “satisfaction” points in the Seven Seas translation.
* When Shen Qingqiu goes to inspect Luo Binghe, he refers to Mengo Mo differently across translations, and there is a line that is altered. The WorshipperA translation refers to Meng Mo as “Demon Realm spirit” and says “Binghe, relax, this master is going to inspect you. This Dream Demon’s interest isn’t good.” In the Seven Seas translation, he refers to Meng Mo as a “demon” and says “We cannot be negligent.”
* Shen Qingqiu tidies his clothes in both translations to keep up appearances, but only the Seven Seas translation specifies that he’s specifically in his inner robes.
* After Shen Qingqiu insisted he was able to handle his dream, there is a slight difference across translations that’s minor but funny. In the WorshipperA translation:

> Sorry \_(:□)∠)\_. Truthfully, he really couldn’t deal with it!
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And the Seven Seas translation:

> Of course he couldn’t handle it!
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* While both translations say that Shen Qingqiu averted his gaze from Luo Binghe, only the Seven Seas translation specifies that he does so to suppress his fears.
* In both translations, Shen Qingqiu tells Luo Binghe to report to him if an issue arises, but solely in the Seven Seas translation he also “urged Luo Binghe to visit Qian Cao Peak and Qiong Ding Peak the next day to let other people examine him”

## Appearances

Luo Binghe

Meng Mo

M.Sha Hualing

Shen Qingqiu

M.Ning Yingying

M.OG Binghe

The System

## Locations

Dream Realm

Bamboo House