Zhou Zheng

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhou Zheng (周正)
Alias(es)	Lightning Swordsman; Cheng Tian Heavenly God; Cheng Tian Lord; Cheng Tian Dao Lord; Xia Chengtian; Emperor Cheng Tian
Species/Race	Human; reincarnated expert from an external Source World
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Temporal Temple; Black Wind Squad; Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave; Grand Void Heavenly Palace; Ancient Kingdoms of All Realms
Occupation/Role	Cultivator, swordsman, divine envoy, squad captain, mentor
Status	Alive
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Title-level Battle Qi	1	Reached at age twelve after the Gate of Time and Space improved his physical and soul aptitude.
Transcendental / Flying Heaven level	22 24	Cultivated in the Temporal Temple; after six years, he had advanced beyond initial Flying Heaven but had not reached its peak.
Third-level Myriad Realms profound mysteries	22	Brought Wind and Thunder, Particle, and Time Deceleration to the third level; Light later reached the same level.
Proto True Meanings	26 47	Possessed two Proto True Meanings, each expected to mature into a Second-grade True Meaning.
First-level Second-grade True Meanings	61	Used two Second-grade True Meanings in combination to overwhelm a demigod.
Proto Life True Meaning	58	Comprehended this Third-grade nascent True Meaning through research into particle structures.
Second Heaven World God	93	Comprehended the Divine Heart of Matter after 1,200 years; reportedly broke the record previously held by the Annihilation Great Emperor.
Peak Innate body refinement	100	Reached Peak Innate in under a year through the Ziwei Star Dou Scripture.
Returning Void	110	Reached peak Returning Void in Qi Refining and late Returning Void in Body Refining after a century on Mount Fangcun.
Fourth-level Power of Space-Time — Space-Time Heart	125	Created the Five Scrolls of Space-Time after a thousand years of study.
Complete sword way; first-level Power of Sword	144	Mastered the sword way in roughly two or three years while tempering himself against World Prison opponents.
Heart Force Fifth Level	148	Reached a level that made Old Man Yuan regard him as a genuine threat.
Fourth-level Power of Sword	157	Improved his study of the Five Treasures Sword Technique and supported further Space-Time progress.
Fifth-level Power of Space-Time	158 159	Broke through while integrating sword power into Spacetime Annihilation; subsequently defeated True God Shi Yu.
Fifth-level Power of Sword	194	Advanced through prolonged cultivation aided by the Sky-Peering Taihao Tower and the Northbow World God inheritance.
World God	466	Possessed half-step Dao Lord Divine Power and a fused Strongest Sword Dao.
Three-step Dao Lord	510	Began preparing to perfect his Dao heart and sought Space-Time secret manuals from the Dao Alliance.
Third step of Ultimate Space-Time Dao	498	Gained the Myriad Shadow Illusory Body, allowing his Original Body and avatars to interchange.
Second Stage of Three Powers Unity	549	Created the first form of Path to Godhood, “Ask My Heart”; this amplification raised his attacks to roughly three times an ordinary Holy City Lord’s strike.
Ultimate of the Space-Time Dao	654	Entered the Realmheart Divine Palace competition as an Ultimate and forced back stronger opponents.
Mid-stage Emperor-level physical body	679 686	Developed Primordial Rebirth and Primordial Body to cultivate an Emperor-level physique; later stated he had recovered to the mid-stage.
Late World-class stage	725	His strength was assessed as ranking among World-class Primordials; he accepted responsibility for defending the Realmheart Continent.

Background / History

Zhou Zheng was raised by an old family servant and learned Battle Qi cultivation from him. His initially ordinary aptitude was transformed by the Gate of Time and Space, which continuously improved both his body and soul. He became a Title-level mortal expert at twelve and challenged every Title-level opponent in the Great Xia World until none remained. 1 3

After entering the Temporal Temple, Zhou Zheng awakened the Particle Talent by drinking Tian Cong Poison. Although he had hoped for a Time Talent, he adapted quickly, using the new bloodline ability to perceive and destroy particles and to accelerate his comprehension of Particle mysteries. 22

His journeys repeatedly placed him in new worlds and cultivation systems. He trained under Deity Zhu Jiuling, became a disciple of Patriarch Bodhi at Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave, and later operated under identities including Cheng Tian, Xia Chengtian, and Emperor Cheng Tian. 24 103 669 712

Zhou Zheng was later revealed to be a reincarnated expert from an external Source World. Rather than join the Xia Clan, he chose the Ancient Kingdoms of All Realms, whose Old Man also arranged protection for Zhou Zheng’s parents, Xia Fazhi and Cang Ying. 629 631

Appearance

Zhou Zheng is commonly described as a youth or young man despite long periods of cultivation and reincarnation. His appearance has at times closely resembled his previous life. 26 92 110

• Often wears black robes. 92 612
• Carries twin swords on his back in one appearance. 92
• Possesses a magnetic, unusual aura that draws attention. 92
• Retained a youthful appearance after becoming Transcendental. 26

Personality

Zhou Zheng is intensely driven by the desire to become stronger and reach the heights of the worlds he traverses. He views cultivation as both survival and the meaning of his existence, consistently choosing difficult paths, long-term accumulation, and practical combat experience over complacency. 120 519 552

He is calm under pressure and generally pragmatic. When his cultivation stalled in the Temporal Temple, he overcame his anxiety by accepting that profound mysteries could not be forced and required patient accumulation. 22 He is likewise careful with resources, spending Time-Space Points freely only when a purchase is necessary for advancement. 52

Despite his ambition, Zhou Zheng can show responsibility toward others. He accepted Zhou Feng to preserve the Zhou family bloodline, led the Black Wind Squad while allowing its members a choice in dangerous circumstances, and intervened to protect allies when necessary. 58 93 654 671

Abilities & Skills

Gate of Time and Space

The Gate of Time and Space altered Zhou Zheng’s cultivation aptitude and enabled his repeated movement across worlds.

• Improved his physical aptitude, accelerating Battle Qi cultivation. 1
• Improved his soul aptitude, granting faster thought and clearer perception of nature. 1
• Its origins remained unknown even after Zhou Zheng gained numerous other inheritances. 296

Particle Talent

A Bloodline Talent awakened through Tian Cong Poison.

• Allows Zhou Zheng to perceive particle arrangements clearly. 22
• Lets him instinctively destroy certain particles without understanding the underlying mechanism. 22
• Greatly accelerated his comprehension of the Particle Profound Mystery. 22
• Became the basis for destructive Micro-particle True Meaning techniques. 61 77

Space-Time Arts

Space-Time is Zhou Zheng’s principal path across multiple cultivation systems.

• Time Deceleration — slows opponents and enhances his relative speed; he concealed its true extent from Qiao Yadu. 24 61
• Spacetime Annihilation — a destructive sword-based technique strengthened by integrating sword power. 158 170
• Space-Time Shuttle — a mobility art whose Second Stage substantially increased his speed. 550
• Myriad Shadow Illusory Body — makes his Original Body and avatars interchangeable. 498
• Primordial Rebirth — a creation-path technique capable of nurturing a mid-stage Emperor-level body. 679

Swordsmanship

Swordsmanship is Zhou Zheng’s preferred combat medium and the method through which he studies many laws and mysteries.

• Integrates Wind and Thunder, Light, Particle, and Space-Time insights into sword techniques. 22 487
• Learned and studied the Thousand Illusions Sword Art under Patriarch Bodhi. 109 117
• Mastered the Five Treasures Sword Technique, allowing sword strikes that surpassed the Heavenly Dao limit. 170
• Created and refined sword techniques through sustained combat rather than isolated meditation. 125 262 519

Heart Power

Zhou Zheng employs Heart Power for enhancement, suppression, illusions, and specialized secret arts.

• Created an incomplete Heart Power art that induced overwhelming fatigue in True God Shi Yu. 159
• Reached Heart Force Fifth Level by little more than a thousand years old. 148
• Used a transformed Heart World to suppress Sui Meng Cult Master’s Heart World. 498
• Developed powerful illusion arts capable of briefly ensnaring an Eternal Emperor’s soul and Dao-heart. 575

Three Powers Unity

A major amplification technique built around Zhou Zheng’s Space-Time Dao.

• Its initial stage increased his attack speed and power by thirty percent. 514
• The Second Stage doubled the underlying power of his techniques, allowing him to overpower ordinary Holy City Lord-level opponents. 549
• Its Heartforce consumption limits how long Zhou Zheng can maintain it continuously. 552

Body Refinement and Survival

Zhou Zheng actively addressed physical fragility after it was exposed by domain-type attacks in the Time-Space Arena.

• Cultivated the divine-grade Proto Micro-particle Divine Body to transform and strengthen his body. 51 52
• Practiced the Ziwei Star Dou Scripture for Divine-Demon body refinement. 100 103
• Developed Primordial Body, a Body Refinement Ultimate Skill using Primordial Force through Space-Time. 679
• Uses avatar substitution and Space-Time methods to avoid fatal damage; an avatar can be destroyed while his true body appears elsewhere. 580

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Longsword / twin swords — Zhou Zheng’s primary weapons. 22 92
• Destiny Divine Weapons — wielded alongside Three Heads Six Arms; later sought repairs from the Witch Ancestor. 552 625
• Sky-Peering Taihao Tower — taken from True God Shi Yu; accelerates time for cultivation. 159 194
• Azure Mountain Peak — contains information intended for Zuo Shan Ke and was central to their agreement. 457
• Chaos Tablet — received from Founder Giant Axe, upon which Zhou Zheng recorded nine diagrams of his sword path. 386
• Snake Tooth Marrow Orb — mysterious orb obtained in Black and White Divine Mountain and coveted by multiple Emperors. 703
• Time Gauze Robe, Void Pearl, Space-Time Sword, Scepter of Dreams, Destruction Fire Lotus — among the treasures and arts he selected with Great Merit. 637

Relationships

• Feng Zhuhong — former mission teammate and Black Wind Squad member; reunited with Zhou Zheng after years apart and followed him on dangerous research expeditions. 23 58
• Mo Zitong — Black Wind Squad member who trusted Zhou Zheng’s leadership during the search for the mage’s records. 58
• Herk — Black Wind Squad member; accompanied Zhou Zheng on particle-structure research expeditions. 58
• Zhu Jiuling — Deity who guided Zhou Zheng and recognized his exceptional potential; later recognized him as the Lightning Swordsman from an earlier mission. 24 93
• Patriarch Bodhi — master at Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave; provided foundational techniques, rules, and guidance on balanced cultivation. 103 148
• Zhou Feng — nominal disciple and Zhou family descendant; Zhou Zheng trained him to ensure the family bloodline continued. 92 93 208
• Island Master of Time and Space — accepted Zhou Zheng as a personal disciple after his rise to Second Heaven World God. 93
• Ji Ning — junior brother who later supplied sword scriptures and maintained a master-disciple connection with Zhou Zheng. 466 510
• Luo Feng — junior brother and later ally; Zhou Zheng offered him the World Beast opportunity, while Luo Feng offered assistance with Zhou Zheng’s breakthrough. 457 625
• Zuo Shan Ke — Luo Feng’s mysterious teacher; entered an agreement with Zhou Zheng concerning the Azure Mountain Peak. 457
• World Beast King — ally who protected Zhou Zheng against the Progenitor Ancient Kingdom’s invincibles. 654 656
• Sword Master / Demon Sword Venerable Lord — former acquaintance from the Grand Void Heavenly Palace; Zhou Zheng later aided him on the Realmheart Continent. 669 671

Story Role / Major Arcs

Temporal Temple and Black Wind Squad

Zhou Zheng enters the Temporal Temple, awakens the Particle Talent, and undergoes prolonged cultivation on Time-Space Island No. 954. He later leads the Black Wind Squad in searching for a Deity-level mage’s experimental records, using captured lifeforms to deepen his understanding of particle structures. 22 58

Three Realms and Mount Fangcun

After reincarnation into the Three Realms, Zhou Zheng joins Patriarch Bodhi’s Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave. He studies Qi Refining, body refinement, Space-Time, puppetry, swordsmanship, and Heart Power while growing into the Cheng Tian Heavenly God known across the Three Realms. 103 125 129 144

World Prison and Dao Lord Advancement

Zhou Zheng enters the World Prison, defeats True God Shi Yu for the Sky-Peering Taihao Tower, and continues refining his Space-Time and sword paths. He becomes a Dao Lord, develops the Ultimate Space-Time Dao, and creates the Three Powers Unity-based Path to Godhood. 159 498 549

Grand Void Heavenly Palace and Chaos Void

As a Grand Void Heavenly Palace disciple, Zhou Zheng gains Gold Robe resources and becomes a figure capable of confronting Dominators and Golden-robed Emperors. His Second Primordial Spirit later defeats the Saint Lord, making his strength known throughout the Chaos Void. 346 595 625

Realmheart Continent

Reincarnated into the Summer Wind Ancient Kingdom, Zhou Zheng joins the Ancient Kingdoms of All Realms and rapidly rises from Chaos Realm renown to an Ultimate-level and then invincible existence. He enters the Realmheart Divine Palace, defeats Island Master Zhanba, and is publicly named the Realmheart Continent’s strongest expert. 631 654 669

Primordial Era

Zhou Zheng develops Emperor-level body refinement and creation techniques, kills the Holy Lord with a single punch, and declares that he expects to control the Source World within a trillion years. He later accepts the task of defending the Realmheart Continent against an external attack. 679 725

Trivia

• Zhou Zheng’s original hoped-for Bloodline Talent was Time, but he received Particle instead. 22
• His first major weakness in the Time-Space Arena was his fragile physical body, especially against unavoidable domain attacks. 50 51
• He initially accepted Zhou Feng only as a nominal disciple; personal discipleship depended on future performance. 93
• Zhou Zheng once concealed his identity with a golden mask to prevent others from linking his Original Body to his Second Primordial Spirit. 625