Chapter Summaries

Zhong Shan shattered the first tribulation with the Square Heaven Jade Seal, then faced the Eye of Heaven as it appeared to punish him for opening heaven and earth. He confronted the Eye and offered it a chance to follow him into the Great Chiliocosm, leaving its response unknown.

• Zhong Shan used the Square Heaven Jade Seal to destroy the thunder dragons and split the tribulation clouds, leaving an indelible imperial seal in the sky.
• The Eye of Heaven appeared, but it hesitated when it recognized Zhong Shan and began to withdraw.
• Zhong Shan called out to the Eye, drew the Opening Heaven Axe's Intent of Destruction from its damaged surface, and restored its cracks.
• Zhong Shan flew up to the Eye and explained that it would perish with the Small Chiliocosm unless it followed him.
• Zhong Shan promised the Eye that he could help it grow stronger in the Great Chiliocosm and urged it to join him.

Zhong Shan persuaded the Eye of Heaven to help him refine the Rivers and Mountains Shrine Painting and Taiji Diagram using the Small Chiliocosm World's power. After Heaven and Earth attacked the betraying Eye, Zhong Shan absorbed it into his own Heaven and named it Heavenly Punishment.

• Zhong Shan spent two hours persuading the Eye of Heaven to follow him, and it refrained from attacking him.
• Zhong Shan summoned the Rivers and Mountains Shrine Painting and Taiji Diagram frameworks in the two realms, then used the Eye of Heaven to refine and fuse them.
• Heaven and Earth discovered the Eye of Heaven was draining the world's essence and attacked it with storms, lightning, and other forces.
• Zhong Shan shielded the Eye of Heaven with his purple Heaven and drew its spirit and remaining might inside.
• Zhong Shan warned the Eye of Heaven that it would vanish unless it merged with his Heaven, and it reluctantly merged and became the purple-eyed Heavenly Punishment.

Zhong Shan absorbed the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, crushed the new Eye of Heaven, and gathered the strength of the Great Zheng World to begin opening Heaven and Earth. After entering the underworld and merging with his Shadow Body, he repeatedly slashed through the Primordial Chaos barriers, reaching the final strike.

• Zhong Shan named the absorbed Eye of Heavenly Punishment and ordered the people of the Great Zheng World to lend him their strength.
• The living and the dead sent their power to Zhong Shan, enlarging his true body until he seized and crushed the newly formed Eye of Heaven.
• Zhong Shan stepped through the Two Realm Passage into the underworld and merged with his Shadow Body to open Heaven in both realms.
• Zhong Shan shattered the skies and turned the living world and underworld into Primordial Chaos.
• Zhong Shan slashed the Primordial Chaos barrier 107 times, then unleashed his final strike to break through it.

Paradise vowed to avenge Heavenly Music by killing Zhong Shan, while Supreme Beginning Sacred King learned about the many forces surrounding the Small Chiliocosm World. Zhong Shan opened the Netherworld to the Great Chiliocosm World and began breaking through the Mortal World's barrier, leaving its opening imminent.

• Paradise learned that Zhong Shan's people had not ascended and said he would kill Zhong Shan to avenge Heavenly Music.
• Supreme Beginning Sacred King questioned Sima Zongheng about the forces surrounding the Small Chiliocosm World and heard that a Human Dao Sect expert had killed Yu Yang Zhi.
• Zhong Shan's Shadow Body cleaved open the Netherworld's barrier, allowing auspicious energy and worldly origin energy to enter.
• Zhong Shan returned his true body to the Mortal World and used eightfold strength to begin opening its Primordial Chaos barrier.
• Zhong Shan repeatedly struck the Mortal World's barrier as the people beneath Heaven cheered, and its opening drew near.

Zhong Shan opened Heaven in the Yang Realm and removed the Primordial Chaos Barrier from both realms, forging it into the paired Primordial Chaos Spiritual Treasures Emperor Yang Painting and Emperor Yin Painting. The Two Realm Passage closed, and Great Zheng began descending into the Great Chiliocosm World as Paradise prepared to attack its Sacred Court.

• Zhong Shan split open the Yang Realm's Primordial Chaos Barrier and pulled its half free while his Shadow Body removed the Yin Realm's half.
• Zhong Shan fused the barrier with the Two Realm Passage's Taiji Diagram and Rivers and Mountains Shrine Painting, creating the treasure he named Emperor Painting.
• Emperor Painting split into Emperor Yang Painting and Emperor Yin Painting, which Zhong Shan and his Shadow Body collected before the Two Realm Passage closed.
• Zhong Shan and his Shadow Body returned to their respective halls as the Small Chiliocosm World's Yin and Yang Realms separated and Great Zheng received blessings from the Great Chiliocosm World.
• Paradise recognized that Zhong Shan had opened Heaven and ordered his forces to prepare to attack and destroy the Great Zheng Sacred Court.
• Great Zheng descended into the Great Chiliocosm World as its territory expanded around an auspicious pillar of light and its Heaven and Earth Karma Position advanced toward Life Position.

Zhong Shan opened Heaven and Earth, bringing the Great Zheng World into the Great Chiliocosm World and establishing the Great Zheng Sacred Court. As the new realm welcomed Great Zheng, Zhong Shan retained the Opening Heaven Palm, advanced to the Second Firmament of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and emerged to the people’s acclaim.

• The Small Chiliocosm World descended into the Great Chiliocosm World, while the Supreme Beginning Sacred King and other powers watched and anticipated a chance to seize Great Zheng’s qi luck.
• Zhong Shan refined the Emperor Painting and used the Great Chiliocosm World’s blessing to resist its attempt to reclaim the Opening Heaven Palm.
• Zhong Shan retained the Opening Heaven Palm, advanced to the Second Firmament of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and saw Nightmare become a Great Immortal Artifact, which he renamed Eternal Life.
• Zhong Shan discovered that Great Zheng had advanced to a Sacred Court and that its officials’ Heaven and Earth Karma Positions had risen.
• Zhong Shan emerged from Eternal Life Hall as the people of Great Zheng celebrated the opening of Heaven and Earth and worshiped their Sacred King.

As Divine Land settled into the Great Chiliocosm World, the Great Zheng Sacred Court blocked the Eight Great Heavenly Dynasties with an array of 108 Immortal Steles. The barrier repelled their armies, but Zhong Shan warned that Great Immortals could breach it, and one red-robed Great Immortal entered Great Zheng territory.

• The Eight Great Heavenly Dynasties sent their armies to probe Great Zheng, but 108 Immortal Steles revealed themselves and formed the Immortal World array around Divine Land.
• The array repelled the armies, and Supreme Beginning Sacred King identified it as the Witch Clan's Immortal World.
• Jade Emperor told Plague God that the Ten Thousand Evils Supreme Yin Body was his descendant and declared her the Eighth Princess.
• The Eight Great Heavenly Dynasties withdrew after failing to breach the array, while Water Mirror reported the defense's success to Zhong Shan.
• Zhong Shan warned that Great Immortals could break through the Immortal World, and Hao Meili reminded him of his promise.
• A red-robed Great Immortal struck a hole in the array, slipped through before it closed, and entered Great Zheng territory.

Great Immortal Zheng Fan entered the Immortal World and demanded Great Zheng’s Great Immortal Artifact, while Hao Meili’s curses struck him despite his strength. Zhong Shan refused Zheng Fan’s escalating demands and drew Changsheng, preparing to fight as powerful observers watched.

• Great Immortal Zheng Fan broke through the Immortal World’s barrier, and the surrounding powers waited to see what he would do.
• Zhong Shan and Water Mirror realized that distant figures were observing the High Heaven Court through powerful eye-related abilities.
• Great Immortal Zheng Fan appeared before the High Heaven Court, insulted Zhong Shan, and demanded Great Zheng’s Great Immortal Artifact.
• Hao Meili cursed Zheng Fan, first causing heavenly lightning to strike him and then nearly breaking through his protective shield with another curse.
• Zheng Fan demanded that Great Zheng surrender both the artifact and Hao Meili, threatening to slaughter the court.
• Zhong Shan drew Changsheng, revealed how long Zheng Fan had been a Great Immortal, and challenged him to catch the saber.

Zhong Shan challenged Great Immortal Zheng Fan and used his Great Immortal Artifact and the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail to break Zheng Fan’s defenses. Emperor Xuan Sha then killed the weakened Zheng Fan, while the gathered powers watched and reconsidered the strength of the newly established Great Zheng Sacred Court.

• Zhong Shan declared that his saber, Eternal Life, would test whether Great Immortal Zheng Fan could catch it, drawing skeptical reactions from the surrounding forces.
• Great Immortal Zheng Fan trapped High Heaven Court inside a world of flames and revealed his Root Divine Sense, the Blue Heart Flame.
• Zhong Shan struck Zheng Fan with Heavenly Law, Ten Thousand Waves as the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail swallowed the Blue Heart Flame, leaving Zheng Fan weakened and badly wounded.
• Huan Ji’s Heavenly Demon disrupted Zheng Fan, and Zhong Shan ordered Emperor Xuan Sha to use Thousand Cuts, Ten Thousand Slices while Hao Meili prepared to curse him.
• Emperor Xuan Sha killed Zheng Fan with his crescent-shaped magical treasures, and Corpse Mister collected the body in a black coffin.
• The Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon presented Emperor Xuan Sha to a Purple Bearded Da Han as a wolf-clan genius.

After Emperor Xuan Sha killed Great Immortal Zheng Fan, twenty-two Great Immortals converged on the High Heaven Court and demanded Great Zheng’s Great Immortal Artifacts. Zhong Shan faced their threats calmly, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• The Purple Bearded Man praised Emperor Xuan Sha and allowed Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon to unlock another Soul Lock layer, raising him from Earth Immortal to Heavenly Immortal strength.
• Shui Jing reported that twenty-two Great Immortals were approaching the High Heaven Court from all four directions, while the Supreme Beginning Sacred King predicted that other forces would prevent Great Zheng’s destruction.
• The Jade Emperor mobilized the officials of the Great Hong Sacred Court after seeing the Eighth Princess use the Ten Thousand Evils Supreme Yin Body.
• The twenty-two Great Immortals arrived above the High Heaven Court, and Dong Jianfeng demanded Great Zheng’s Great Immortal Artifacts in exchange for sparing Zhong Shan and his court.
• Zhong Shan challenged the Great Immortals over who should receive the artifacts and remained calm as Dong Jianfeng threatened him.

Zhong Shan stalled the Rogue Cultivator Great Immortals by offering them positions in Great Zheng, while ten Great Buddhas arrived and recognized Zhong Tian as the reincarnated Buddha Ancestor. As the two sides prepared to fight over Zhong Shan and his Great Immortal Artifacts, a new group arrived and captured Dong Jianfeng in a Purple-Gold Red Gourd.

• Zhong Shan offered the Great Immortals Heaven and Earth Karma Positions in Great Zheng, but Dong Jianfeng rejected the proposal and demanded the Great Immortal Artifact.
• Ten Great Buddhas arrived, recognized Zhong Tian as the Buddha Ancestor reborn, and agreed to wait while he settled matters with Zhong Shan.
• Zhong Tian refused to leave immediately, and the Great Buddhas guarded the High Heaven Court when Dong Jianfeng's men tried to seize Zhong Shan.
• Dong Jianfeng rallied the twenty-two Rogue Cultivator Great Immortals to attack, while Zhong Shan pointed out that his one hundred and nine Great Immortal Artifacts could not be divided equally.
• An elegant man and nine companions arrived, and an old Daoist in an Eight Trigrams Daoist Robe captured Dong Jianfeng in a Purple-Gold Red Gourd.

Hao Tian and his ministers arrived at the Eternal Life Hall, where Hao Tian sought to take Hao Meili home. Hao Meili agreed to leave with him after learning that the Plague Sect founder could help revive the Western Poison Emperor, while Zhong Shan promised to bring her back if she later wished to return.

• Hao Tian’s group arrived, and nine ministers bowed to Hao Meili while Hao Tian introduced himself as her ancestor and the ruler of the Great Hong Heavenly Dynasty.
• Hao Tian asked Zhong Shan whether he objected to taking Hao Meili away, and Zhong Shan said the choice belonged to her and warned against forcing her.
• The Plague Sect founder revealed that the Western Poison Emperor’s True Spirit had been preserved and offered to help revive him if Hao Meili returned with the group.
• Zhong Shan advised Hao Meili to go with Hao Tian for her safety and promised to seek her out when he was strong enough to protect her.
• Hao Meili agreed to leave after the crisis and take Xiao Jin with her, while the gathered Great Immortals realized Zhong Shan had connections to another powerful faction.

Zhong Shan traded the Taiji Diagram fragment to Old Lord for the Jade Purifying Vase and a promise to ensure the Western Poison Emperor was restored without being controlled. As more powers entered the Immortal World, four forces from the Wind Tomb Territory demanded that Great Zheng submit as their vassal, leaving Zhong Shan facing a growing threat.

• Old Lord offered the Purple-Gold Red Gourd and Nine Revolutions Golden Pills for the Taiji Diagram, but Zhong Shan requested the Jade Purifying Vase and a promise to protect the Western Poison Emperor's restored body and soul.
• Old Lord agreed to Zhong Shan's terms, and Hao Meili thanked Zhong Shan for protecting the Western Poison Emperor from being controlled.
• The Supreme Beginning Sacred King led his people into the Immortal World as other powers began arriving.
• Zhong Shan had Water Mirror raise Great Zheng's banner before representatives of the Taiji Sacred Court demanded Great Zheng become a vassal or face destruction.
• Representatives of the Taiyi Sacred Court, Burning Lamp Dao Field, and Serpent Empress Dao Field arrived with the same demand, bringing the Wind Tomb Territory's force to forty Great Immortal-level experts.

As rival powers gathered to oppose Zhong Shan’s Great Zheng Sacred Court, allies and representatives from numerous realms arrived at High Heaven Court, turning the confrontation into a standoff involving 159 Great Immortals. The chapter ended with all sides assessing the overwhelming forces assembled before battle began.

• The Supreme Beginning Sacred King offered to protect Zhong Shan’s Great Zheng Sacred Court if it became affiliated with the Supreme Beginning Sacred Court, while the Purple Firmament Sect Master challenged the Jade Emperor’s intervention.
• The Central Sect Master arrived and told Gan Bao Er to return with her to the Central Dao Field after the surrounding enemies were driven away.
• The Ice God Palace Master summoned Bei Qing Si, and the Ancient Family’s Gossip Hall Ten Envoys recognized Gu Qian You as their Hall Master through her bloodline and Xun Cauldron.
• A representative of the Phoenix Territory delivered Nie Fanchen’s letter and arranged for Tian Ling’er to go there, while the Shi Tian Holy Realm invited Emperor Xuan Sha to join it.
• Wang Jian arrived with nine Great Qin subordinates to support Zhong Shan, and the assembled forces grew to eight allied powers and 159 Great Immortals as the rival leaders furrowed their brows.

Zhong Shan faced a standoff among more than a dozen powers when the Chaos Divine Beast descended and began devouring towns. He ordered Wang Jian to kill it, then bid farewell to Emperor Xuan Sha, Zhong Tian, and the four Great Empresses as they prepared to leave Great Zheng.

• Zhong Shan assessed the hostile and allied forces surrounding Great Zheng and recognized that neither fighting nor negotiating could resolve the standoff safely.
• A Chaos Divine Beast descended from the stars, swallowed a town, and drew the attention of the assembled powers, who hoped to capture it.
• Zhong Shan declared that those who harmed Great Zheng deserved death and ordered Wang Jian to execute Chaos; Wang Jian charged out, prompting twenty Great Immortals to pursue him.
• Zhong Shan congratulated Emperor Xuan Sha on his journey to the Shi Tian Holy Realm and told him that Great Zheng would always be his home.
• Zhong Shan reminded Zhong Tian of their shared ambition to cultivate destiny, and Zhong Tian knelt to swear that he would never forget.
• Zhong Shan reassured Bao Er, Gu Qian You, Bei Qing Si, and Tian Ling'er as they prepared to return to their families, promising to bring them back to their home.

After Great Zheng opened Heaven, Zhong Shan crushed the Chaos Pearl and declared Great Zheng a vassal of the Supreme Beginning Sacred Court to secure its protection from hostile powers. His family and allies departed, leaving him with Wang Jian and the dangerous path ahead.

• Wang Jian returned with the Chaos Pearl after his group slew the Chaos Divine Beast, and Zhong Shan crushed the pearl before the gathered powers.
• Zhong Shan announced that Great Zheng would become a vassal of the Supreme Beginning Sacred Court, throwing its people and officials into grief.
• The Supreme Beginning Sacred King accepted Great Zheng's vassalage, took half its fortune, and ordered the hostile powers to withdraw.
• The Taiyi Sacred Court, Taiji Sacred Court, Serpent Empress Dao Field, Burning Lamp Dao Field, Rogue Cultivators, and Purple Firmament Sect Master departed.
• Gan Bao Er told the Central Sect Master that the Supreme Beginning Sacred Court would eventually become Great Zheng's vassal, while Emperor Xuan Sha predicted Zhong Shan would turn the world upside down after recovering.
• Zhong Shan watched Gan Bao Er, Gu Qian You, Bei Qing Si, Tian Ling'er, Zhong Tian, Hao Meili, and Emperor Xuan Sha leave, then faced the Supreme Beginning Sacred King with Wang Jian and his group remaining.

Zhong Shan persuaded the Supreme Beginning Sacred King to accept Great Zheng as a vassal by asking her to honor her promise to protect it from the Kong Household. The Supreme Beginning Sacred King weighed the cost of confronting the Kong Household while Great Qin declared its own willingness to fight, and the chapter ended before she gave her decision.

• Zhong Shan revealed that an enemy beyond the Wind Tomb Territory threatened Great Zheng and asked the Supreme Beginning Sacred King to drive it away.
• Sima Zongheng challenged Zhong Shan’s tactics, while Zhong Shan explained that the Allied States Eight Great Powers could not be trusted to help.
• Zhao Tian Sha appeared with a sword-bearing man, who rebuked him and took him away from Great Zheng.
• Zhong Shan named the Kong Household as Great Zheng’s enemy and explained that he had killed Confucius’ direct-line heir in the Small Chiliocosm World.
• Supreme Beginning officials urged the Supreme Beginning Sacred King to reject Great Zheng as a vassal, while Wang Jian declared that Great Qin had no fear of the Kong Household.
• Zhong Shan asked the Supreme Beginning Sacred King to decide whether she would accept Great Zheng as a vassal and protect it.

Zhong Shan confronted the Supreme Beginning Sacred King over whether Great Zheng would become a vassal, while learning of Great Qin’s expansion and Ying’s offer of support. When Yan Hui arrived with forty Kong Family experts and a Taotie to avenge Kong Lietian and pursue the Kong Family’s aims in the Wind Tomb Territory, the Supreme Beginning Sacred King chose to protect Great Zheng, leaving their forces at a standoff.

• Zhong Shan asked the Supreme Beginning Sacred King to decide whether to accept Great Zheng as a vassal, and the Sacred King requested time to think.
• Zhong Shan learned from Wang Jian that Ying had opened eight Small Chiliocosm Worlds and offered Great Zheng ten generals for a hundred days; Zhong Shan accepted the offer.
• Shuijing warned Zhong Shan that Yan Hui and forty Kong Family experts had arrived with a powerful Taotie.
• Yan Hui accused Zhong Shan of killing Kong Lietian, and Zhong Shan argued that the Kong Family had come to establish control over the Wind Tomb Territory.
• The Supreme Beginning Sacred King declared that Great Zheng was under his protection, and Wang Jian joined his forces in facing Yan Hui’s forty experts.
• Yi Lan Que observed that Zhong Shan had kept nearly two hundred Great Immortals maneuvering without relying on them, turning their conflicting motives to his advantage.

As Great Zheng fought Yan Hui and the Supreme Beginning Sacred Court, Zhong Shan prepared to enter the enemy court as a hostage and arranged for Great Zheng to continue without him. He left Shui Wuhen in temporary command as Purple Chen Prince and rallied the people before departing.

• Yi Lan Que and the Yi Family's ancestor discussed Zhong Shan's survival and decided that keeping him as a friend was preferable to making him an enemy.
• Yan Hui and the Supreme Beginning Sacred King fought above the High Heaven Court as their forces clashed in a battle of sixty-seven Great Immortals.
• Zhong Shan gave Lin Xiao the Great Zheng Military Token to command the mortal realm's military forces and entrusted Shui Jing with the Prime Minister Seal and the cryptic reminder, “Why?”
• Zhong Shan appointed Shui Wuhen as Purple Chen Prince and temporary ruler of the Great Zheng World, telling him to ask what he truly hoped for when faced with an insurmountable difficulty.
• Zhong Shan announced to the people that he was entering the Supreme Beginning Sacred Court as a hostage, urged them to encourage one another, and the people bowed and vowed to endure the humiliation.

Zhong Shan protected the High Heaven Court as Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail swallowed Yan Hui’s Taotie, and Yi Siqi’s arrival forced the Kong Family’s forces to withdraw. Zhong Shan then departed with the Supreme Beginning Sacred King for the Qingqiu Holy Capital, while two Great Zheng agents secretly followed.

• Zhong Shan watched as Taotie charged toward the High Heaven Court, then Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail appeared and swallowed the enormous beast.
• Yan Hui demanded that Zhong Shan hand over Taotie, but the Supreme Beginning Sacred King blocked him as Yi Siqi arrived with thirty Great Powers and Yi Lan Que’s Yi Family forces.
• Yi Siqi challenged Yan Hui’s claim to the territory and threatened to call on his fellow disciples, so Yan Hui withdrew.
• Yi Siqi praised Zhong Shan’s handling of the crisis, and Zhong Shan thanked Yi Lan Que for securing the assistance.
• The Supreme Beginning Sacred King took Zhong Shan toward the Qingqiu Holy Capital, while Wang Jian remained to command the High Heaven Court and eliminate the remaining Great Powers.
• Corpse Mister and Dark Emperor secretly pursued Zhong Shan as Great Zheng’s ministers bade him farewell.