Webnovel/25

## Chapter 25

* Main

The **25th chapter** of the web novel is titled 《无间深渊》 which translates to *"Endless Abyss"*. It was first published in Chinese on JJWXC, July 2015.

## English Novel Location

This chapter starts on the line

> “Shizun!”
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Of the English Novel volume 1, chapter 4: Conference, and ends on the line

> The Endless Abyss had finally been opened.
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Of the English Novel volume 1, chapter 4: Conference.

## Recap

Luo Binghe, having expected Shen Qingqiu to swoop in and rescue them when he got worried, was quite happy to see him there. At his questioning, Luo Binghe confirmed that they had relatively few casualties so far, and Shen Qingqiu commented how they’ve been through a lot. In response to that, Luo Binghe smiled, to which Shen Qingqiu was confused about since “one of [his] wives is dead?!” Seeing a powerful senior, the scared disciples surrounded Shen Qingqiu like he was their mother, who calmed them down by informing them that the senior generation was on their way to help. After he calmed them down, Luo Binghe asked what the monster that attacked them was, to which Shen Qingqiu was proud to show off his demonic beast lore knowledge. He explained that the beast was a ghost-head spider, which cries like an infant and its eight legs can pierce right through bones. He notes how, ever since Luo Binghe started learning under Meng Mo, he had been less able to offer him guidance, and was satisfied at finding his long-lost teacher’s halo after so long. He went on to continue explaining how they weren’t frequent in the human realm, and before he could finish his exposition dump, rustling came from above them, leading to multiple ghost-head spiders descending from above.

Using his fan, Shen Qingqiu cut the spiders down, and urged them to go. They led and covered the rear of the group as they fled, slaughtering the beasts in their path as they jumped at them. Even though Luo Binghe fought as if he was divinely blessed, there were still too many to beat them, and at that critical moment, Without A Cure started acting up and blocked his spiritual energy. He pivoted to using physical attacks, telling Luo Binghe to focus on himself when the boy noticed the change and got worried.

Under Shen Qingqiu’s leadership, they entered an area that the ghost-head spiders refused to enter due to the innate demonic repelling barrier of the Thousand-Leaves Fresh-Snow Lotus plants that were nearby. He explained this to the disciples upon Qin Wanyue asking about it, though he forgot the name and phrased it like a question which Luo Binghe was able to answer for him. He explains that they are the natural bane of demonic creatures, which gets Luo Binghe thinking about if they could cure Shen Qingqiu’s Without A Cure or not. Shen Qingqiu gets upset, thinking that he shouldn’t deflower the plant for him and not his future wife, and insists out loud that Luo Binghe focus on the situation at hand. Despite multiple denials, Luo Binghe still repeatedly pushes, until Shen Qignqiu harshly snaps at him to stop willfully fooling around at such a critical time. Having not been spoken to with even a bit of harshness in the years since the demon invasion, Luo Binghe obediently stopped talking, but did not sheath his word or back down.

As the two reached a deadlock, someone stepped out of the foliage nearby, followed by a group of battered and bloody disciples. Shen Qingqiu was shocked to see the new comer was Shang Qinghua, the peak lord of An Ding peak, who would be considered proper and handsome if it weren’t for the “inescapable air of sleaziness” in his every word and action. He notes that seeing Shen Qingqiu put him at ease, which made Shen Qingqiu mentally deride him because, as it turns out, Shang Qinghua was the main culprit behind the catastrophe. He then goes on to explain Shang Qinghua’s backstory, as he knows it.

He was a character that Shen Qingqiu made fun of due to his name, roasting him with lines like “He goes to Qinghua University, well I even took Beijing University’s exam.” While he was the An Ding Peak Lord, he was also a spy for the demon realm after he had been captured by demons back when he was a nameless outer disciple. Shen Qingqiu notes that he happily took up the task of being a mole. Once backed by demons, Shen Qingqiu says that it was smooth sailing for Shang Qinghua to swiftly rise through the ranks to become Peak Lord. However, clearly that position wasn’t enough, since An Ding was the logistics peak, and there was very little glory in laborers and budgets, where even a competent Peak Lord couldn’t be called impressive. So of course he became a demon flunky, committing all kinds of evils to help them conquer the Human Realm.

Shen Qingqiu asked Shang Qinghua if he had seen any large demonic beasts, which Shang Qinghua denied, confusing Shen Qingqiu. In Proud Immortal Demon Way, a large Black Moon Rhinoceros-Python was the beast that Luo Binghe fought to protect innocents, which led to his demonic heritage getting exposed as he powered up to fight it. Doing so exposed him to the original Shen Qingqiu, who used that as an excuse to eliminate for the sake of justice, striking Luo Binghe into the abyss and allowing him to level up.

Shen Qingqiu didn’t sense their demonic qi, but he knew that The System needed a justification to make him push Luo Binghe into the abyss, so he was on guard. While wary, he glanced over to see Luo Binghe still stubbornly considering picking the flowers to try to cure Shen Qingqiu’s poison. Shang Qinghua, meanwhile, lamented the lost disciples, calling the person who released the demonic creatures a myriad of names, despite he himself being the one who released the creatures. Shen Qingqiu mentally roasted him for this when, without warning, the earth began to shake like a magnitude 7.5 earthquake.

> The Endless Abyss had finally been opened.
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## Changes Between Versions

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

#### Larger Changes

* The comment about how the flower is supposed to be picked for Qin Wanyue ends with slightly different lines across translations. The Faelicy translation, with a translator note pointing out how ‘flower’ in this scenario is about obtaining women:

> and now you want to, in her presence, for someone else and a big, strong man to boot… pick the flower?
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And the Seven Seas translation, with ‘deflower’ adding a sexual innuendo:

> you want to deflower it in her presence, and for a big, strong man to boot?
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* Sex with Luo Binghe to cure his poison is described as “pa pa pa” in the Faelicy translation and “take a trip to pound town” in the Seven Seas translation.
* When making fun of Shang Qinghua’s name, in the Faelicy translation, Shen Qingqiu makes the following comment, saying he passed a university entrance exam:

> Goes to Qinghua University, ahh, I even passed Beijing University’s exam
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While in the Seven Seas translation, it’s said that he took the exam, but not stated if he passed or not:

> He goes to Qinghua University, well I even took Beijing University’s exam
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#### Smaller Changes

* In both translations, Shen Qingqiu notes that he speaks about the ghost-headed spiders with great familiarity, though in just the Seven Seas translation, that is followed by the line “like he was listing his family treasures.”
* The odd naming conventions that lead to names like “Thousand-Leaves Fresh-Snow Lotus,” in the Faelicy translation, “were so common, they were already far beyond what could be described as cheap or tacky,” and in the Seven Seas translation, “they were more numerous than old memes.”
* When Shen Qingqiu realizes that Luo Binghe is considering picking the flower for him instead of Qin Wanyue, he starts his mental rant with “Halt” in the Faelicy translation and “Stop. Do not pass go” in the Seven Seas translation.
* When Luo Binghe asks for Shen Qingqiu’s instruction, Shen Qingqiu says “It cannot” in the Faelicy translation and “It cannot do what you imply” in the Seven Seas translation.
* The Black Moon Rhinoceros-Python’s howl is described as “which would indicate its presence” in the Faelicy translation and “described in enigmatic fashion” in the Seven Seas translation.

### The (CNoveluv) WorshipperA Translation (January 2019 edited version)

*(Original version was posted December 2017, minor edits were made since)*

#### Larger Changes

* After Shen Qingqiu describes the Ghost-head spiders, there’s a line in the WorshipperA translation that is not present in the Seven Seas translation:

> This segment of science was completely copied from the original work.
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* At the chance to show off his teacher skills to Luo Binghe, which Shen Qingqiu hasn’t been fully able to do due to Meng Mo, there is a line in the Seven Seas translation that isn’t in the WorshipperA translation:

> It was like he’d finally found his long-lost teacher’s halo
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* In both translations, it’s noted that the ghost-head spider’s cry attracts large numbers of them. In the Seven Seas translation, its said as a bit of seemingly omniscient narration. In the WorshipperA translation, it’s framed as thoughts directly from Shen Qingqiu, and the line starts with the phrase “Fuck, how did he forget,” which is not in the Seven Seas translation.
* When Shen Qingqiu tries to get Luo Binghe to stop wanting to pick the Thousand-Leaves Fresh-Snow Lotus for him, in both translations he says they should focus on the crisis first, but there is a line before that that is only present in the WorshipperA translation:

> You don’t need to take notice of those things
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* Shen Qingqiu wonders at why Luo Binghe must “concern yourself with an old person” in the WorshipperA translation and “be so filial” in the Seven Seas translation.
* Sex with Luo Binghe to cure his poison is described as “pa pa pa” in the WorshipperA translation and “take a trip to pound town” in the Seven Seas translation.
* Once Shen Qingqiu harshly tells Luo Binghe to back down, the start of the description that follows is described with different details across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation:

> The simple, crude point was telling him to shut up.
> To tell the truth, these years, he had never said any heavier words to this disciple.
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And in the Seven Seas translation:

> To tell the truth, over these past few years, due to Shen Qingqiu’s strange desire to preemptively atone—along with certain other sentiments—he’d never spoken to his disciple with even the slightest bit of harshness.
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* The initial physical appearance description of Shang Qinghua differs across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation, he’s described with:

> In fact, this person’s appearance could also be considered averagely handsome. Only a tiny bit of his humble origins lingered in his demeanor, impossible to get rid of.
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And in the Seven Seas translation, he’s described with:

> In truth, this person’s appearance could have been considered proper and handsome, it was just that in his every word and action there was an inescapable air of sleaziness.
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* Before Shen Qingqiu mentally declares that he can’t be at ease with Shang Qinghua around, the WorshipperA translation alone has the line “Shen Qingqiu made a hehe sound.”
* Shen Qingqiu notes making fun of Shang Qinghua’s name as Shen Yuan, though that mockery is described differently with different implications across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation, he said the following, implying he got into Beida university:

> Shang Qinghua, hehe, I’ve even entered Beida University.
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And in the Seven Seas translation, he said the following, implying he just took the entry exam:

> He goes to Qinghua University, well I even took Beijing University’s exam
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* In the WorshipperA translation, An Ding peak is described with:

> Today delivering some hard work here, tomorrow bringing support supplies there.
> This kind of Peak Lord, was it prestigious? Was it imposing? Did it provide arrogance and swag?
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While in the Seven Seas translation, it’s described with:

> Send some cheap laborers here today, assist with supplies there tomorrow. Mountain gates broken? Get An Ding Peak to fix it. Missing a carriage driver? Get An Ding Peak to send someone. This month’s expenses over budget and you need money? Get An Ding Peak to file a report.
> Even if this kind of peak lord’s professional competence trounced that of Lanxiang and New Oriental, could they be called impressive? Were they imposing? Were they cool, awesome, insane, badass, or hyped?
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* Luo Binghe’s blood being exposed in the original novel is described as “His blood exploded into action and was revealed” in the WorshipperA translation and “Activate SEED mode” in the Seven Seas translation, which a translation note explains as: "Reference to an ability in the series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED that allows someone to enter an enhanced state."
* After it’s described that Shen Qingqiu used the excuse of the exposed demonic heritage to strike Luo Binghe down, there’s a line in the Seven Seas translation that is not in the WorshipperA translation:

> And when he struck his student down, he enabled Luo Binghe to level up.
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* Once he notices that Luo Binghe is still debating picking the flower, Shen Qingqiu thinks that he can pick flowers just not for the wrong people, and then there is a line in the WorshipperA translation that is not in the Seven Seas translation:

> Truly, asking a scum villain like me to teach the male protagonist people relations is enough to make me drunk with disbelief!
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* Shang Qinghua lamenting the loss of the disciples is in both translations, but only in the Seven Seas translation does he have the line:

> The person who released these demonic creatures is truly poisonous and shameless, underhanded and vulgar, cruel to the point of insanity!
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#### Smaller Changes

* Luo Binghe expecting Shen Qingqiu to swoop in for a rescue is described as “he’d already known (in his heart) Shen Qingqiu’s character” in the WorshipperA translation and “he’d anticipated” in the Seven Seas translation.
* The frightened disciples that are borderline clinging to Shen Qingqiu’s robes are described as a “group of little girls” in the WorshipperA translation and “youths” in the Seven Seas translation.
* It’s described that Qin Wanyue “looked delicate and tender as she panted heavily at the side” in the WorshipperA translation and that she was “Delicately panting, her expression uncertain” in the Seven Seas translation.
* The amount of oddly named mystical flowers is said to be so much that they “far exceeded the memory capacities of everyone” in the WorshipperA translation and “they were more numerous than old memes” in the Seven Seas translation.
* On his second try to dissuade Luo Binghe, Shen Qingqiu says “It cannot do what you imply” in the Seven Seas translation, and shakes his head and says “That thing is no use” in the WorshipperA translation.
* The beasts that exposed Luo Binghe’s demonic heritage in the original novel are called “purple-black Moon Python Rhinoceros” in the WorshipperA translation and “Black Moon Rhinoceros-Python” in the Seven Seas translation.

## Appearances

Shen Qingqiu

Luo Binghe

Qin Wanyue

M.Qin Wanrong

M.Meng Mo

S. Qinghua

M.OG Qingqiu

M.The System