Chapter Summaries

Zhou Zheng was abducted by the Temporal Temple and learned that it had made him a Cyclic Reincarnator. He planned to endure until his Gate of Time and Space recovered, then escape to another world.

• Zhou Zheng woke in the Temporal Temple beside a blue-robed female mage and two unfamiliar figures, including a demon from the Dark Abyss.
• An information ripple revealed that the group had been brought to the Temporal Temple and made Cyclic Reincarnators.
• Zhou Zheng recalled how the Gate of Time and Space had brought him to the Xia Clan World, improved his aptitude, and helped him reach Title-level at twelve.
• After his old servant died, Zhou Zheng spent three years challenging powerful experts until he had no mortal rivals.
• Zhou Zheng realized the Temporal Temple controlled part of his soul and resolved to escape once the Gate of Time and Space finished cooling down.

Zhou Zheng and his three companions discussed their first Temporal Temple mission: protecting the Wang Family from Wilco’s revenge in the Nine Yuan World. They learned that a stronger rival team would arrive later, and began weighing survival against the chance to earn more Time-Space Points.

• Demon Herk explained that the group was in the mission’s preparation period and urged them to cooperate.
• Herk, Zhou Zheng, Feng Zhuhong, and Jit introduced themselves, their ranks, and their specialties.
• Herk classified the mission as Normal Tier and warned that provoking powerful locals could make it far more dangerous.
• Zhou Zheng suggested hiding a Wang Family descendant for a month, but Herk explained that saving more family members could earn more Time-Space Points.
• Herk said the rival team would likely help Wilco attack the Wang Family and would be stronger than their team, prompting Zhou Zheng and Feng Zhuhong to grow concerned.

After arriving in Black Wind City, Zhou Zheng and Feng Zhu Hong investigated the Wang Family and suspected its Transcendental was only a Pseudo-Transcendent. Zhou Zheng stormed the estate to force the family to respond, and a Wang Family King-level expert finally appeared before him.

• Zhou Zheng and Feng Zhu Hong learned that the Wang Family had three King-level experts and an unusual Transcendental who had once been defeated by a King-level expert.
• Zhou Zheng explained that the family’s Transcendental might be a Pseudo-Transcendent, and he and Feng Zhu Hong set out for the Wang Family estate.
• Zhou Zheng kicked open the estate gates and used the force of heaven and earth to pin the guards to the ground.
• Feng Zhu Hong followed Zhou Zheng into the estate, where they subdued more guards without killing them.
• A burly Wang Family King-level expert appeared, and Zhou Zheng welcomed the chance to face a worthy opponent.

Zhou Zheng and Feng Zhuhong warned Ancestor Wang that Wilco had become a Transcendental and would soon destroy the Wang Family. With no powerful ally to call upon, Zhou Zheng told the family to flee, but Wang Chongshan hesitated over abandoning the power and comforts he had built.

• Zhou Zheng defeated the Wang Family’s burly fighter with a single kick and ordered him to fetch Ancestor Wang.
• Zhou Zheng told the burly fighter that he had come to help the Wang Family and warned that it could be wiped out.
• Zhou Zheng and Feng Zhuhong met Wang Chongshan in a soundproofed reception room and told him Wilco had become a Transcendental who would attack the Wang Family.
• After learning that Wang Chongshan had no powerful ally, Zhou Zheng advised the Wang Family to split up, hide their identities, and flee.
• Wang Chongshan hesitated to abandon the Wang Family, which he had built to provide himself with comforts and pleasures.

Zhou Zheng and Feng Zhuhong evacuated Wang Chongshan and a young Wang Family descendant while Herc held off Wilco outside Black Wind City. Wilco eventually reached the deserted Wang Family estate and then headed for the City Lord's Manor to continue his pursuit.

• Zhou Zheng threatened Wang Chongshan into warning the Wang Family to flee as Herc fought Wilco above Black Wind City.
• Wang Chongshan brought Zhou Zheng and Feng Zhuhong a young boy and said the clan had been warned; he identified himself and the boy as the two direct descendants Zhou Zheng had requested.
• Feng Zhuhong summoned an Alchemy Flying Boat, and she, Zhou Zheng, Wang Chongshan, and the boy fled the city.
• Herc continued blocking Wilco for two hours, then escaped once the Wang Family had time to leave.
• Wilco entered Black Wind City, found the Wang Family estate deserted, burned the remaining servants, and headed for the City Lord's Manor.

A second team of Transcendentals arrived in Black Wind City to destroy the Wang Family and decided to seek out Wilco before tracking the scattered family members. Meanwhile, Herk and Jit reached Zhou Zheng and Feng Zhuhong, who arranged for two Wang Family descendants to be protected separately.

• The white-robed man’s team learned that the Wang Family had disbanded and decided to find Wilco, expecting him to help locate the family.
• Herk picked up Jit and found Zhou Zheng, Feng Zhuhong, and Wang Chongshan in a gorge far from Black Wind City.
• Herk promised to protect Wang Chongshan, and Jit took the boy traveling with him into his liquid body for safekeeping.
• Jit departed with the boy while Herk stayed with Wang Chongshan, carrying out the team’s plan to protect two Wang Family descendants.

Zhou Zheng trained his Battle Qi and refined his swordplay while waiting for the Temporal Temple’s cooldown, which could take centuries. He returned to the cave where Feng Zhuhong prepared defenses and Wang Chongshan catered to Herk, unaware that Herk was an Abyss Demon.

• Zhou Zheng realized he needed to become a transcendent to survive long enough for the Gate of Time and Space to finish cooling down.
• Zhou Zheng cleaned his Deep Sea Gold longsword, a weapon capable of harming transcendent beings.
• Zhou Zheng practiced his modified Lightning Swordplay and tried to combine the Mystery of Wind with the Mystery of Lightning, but the wind reduced his sword strikes’ speed.
• Zhou Zheng returned to the cave, where Feng Zhuhong set up spell arrays to protect the group from other teams.
• Wang Chongshan attended to Herk as Herk drank and ate, unaware of Herk’s true identity as an Abyss Demon.

After nearly a month of quiet cultivation in the Gorge, Zhou Zheng comprehended the Mystery of Light, but two enemy Transcendents arrived and forced him to flee. The dwarf tracked Zhou Zheng’s scent as the two pursuers prepared to call their allies.

• Zhou Zheng spent the first twenty-two days cultivating, gradually harmonizing the Mysteries of Wind and Lightning.
• While climbing the Gorge on the twenty-third day, Zhou Zheng comprehended the Mystery of Light.
• Feng Zhuhong warned Zhou Zheng that two Transcendents had entered her Alert Array and that Herc had fled with Wang Chongshan.
• Zhou Zheng packed his belongings and escaped using the Mysteries of Wind and Lightning.
• The white-robed man and the dwarf broke out of Feng Zhuhong’s array, realized the people in the Gorge belonged to the other team, and decided to summon their allies.
• The dwarf said he had caught Zhou Zheng’s scent and believed he would not escape.

While fleeing through the mountains, Zhou Zheng was caught by a transcendent who transformed into the Silver Beast and nearly killed him. Under extreme pressure, Zhou Zheng triggered an unknown force that slowed time around his attacker, letting him wound the beast with his transcendent-material sword.

• Zhou Zheng pushed his speed higher as he fled, bringing his fusion of wind and lightning profundities close to completion.
• The dwarf transcendent caught up to Zhou Zheng and attacked, but Zhou Zheng deflected his dagger and escaped.
• The dwarf transformed into the Silver Beast and wounded Zhou Zheng's shoulder with its Purple Flame claws.
• As the Silver Beast attacked again, Zhou Zheng triggered a force that slowed everything near him and evaded its claws.
• Zhou Zheng slashed the Silver Beast with his sword, opening a huge wound and leaving it horrified.

Zhou Zheng escaped after using Time Deceleration to wound Silver Claw, then discovered that his Battle Qi had transformed into Transcendent Battle Qi. He began transforming his body, leaving his transcendence underway.

• Zhou Zheng combined the Mysteries of Wind and Thunder, touched upon Time Deceleration, and forced Silver Claw to retreat.
• Silver Claw returned with a white-robed man, and they decided to wait for Fear Moth and Purple Fiend before pursuing Zhou Zheng.
• Zhou Zheng fled for three hours, covered more than fifty thousand li, and rested in a mountain cave.
• Zhou Zheng's Solid Core produced its first wisp of Transcendent Battle Qi, and he converted all his Battle Qi into it.
• Zhou Zheng drew in the power of heaven and earth to fill his Dantian, then began using Transcendent Battle Qi to transform his body.

After breaking through to the Transcendental realm, Zhou Zheng discovered that the Silver Beast and three companions had tracked him to his cave. He killed the Silver Beast and pursued a second attacker outside, where Purple Fiend realized Zhou Zheng had become a Transcendental.

• Zhou Zheng completed his transformation into a Transcendental and explored his enhanced senses and ability to change form.
• Zhou Zheng overheard the Silver Beast and three companions planning to ambush him, then pretended to recover as two entered the cave.
• Zhou Zheng used Time Deceleration and his new strength to kill the Silver Beast with two sword strikes.
• The second attacker fled, but Zhou Zheng pursued him and struck his golden barrier twice, weakening it.
• Purple Fiend attacked Zhou Zheng with a Purple Ribbon, but he slowed it with the Mystery of Time and dodged; she realized he was no longer mundane.

Zhou Zheng fought three Transcendentals but withdrew when a Transcendent Mage joined the battle and began preparing a major spell. He headed back to the Grand Canyon to look for Herk and consider joining forces against the remaining enemies.

• Fear Moth arrived and learned from the white-robed man that Zhou Zheng was a Transcendental who wielded the Mystery of Time.
• Zhou Zheng attacked Fear Moth, but her magic slowed him and gave the white-robed man and the woman in purple time to join the fight.
• Zhou Zheng fought the white-robed man and the woman in purple, then retreated when Fear Moth began casting a large-scale spell.
• The three enemies decided to stay together and continue their mission to kill at least a hundred more members of the Wang Family.
• Zhou Zheng returned toward the Grand Canyon to search for Herk and seek his help.

Zhou Zheng and Feng Zhuhong reunited in the cave and tracked down Herk near a village. After Zhou Zheng revealed that he had become Transcendental, he proposed that they hunt the opposing team, and Herk agreed to test his strength first.

• Zhou Zheng returned to the cave but found no clues left by Herk.
• Feng Zhuhong emerged from a Concealment Formation and explained how she had evaded the two Transcendents.
• Zhou Zheng revealed his breakthrough to the Transcendental realm, and Feng Zhuhong used a tracking mark on Wang Chongshan to locate Herk.
• Zhou Zheng and Feng Zhuhong found Herk near a village, where Zhou Zheng proposed attacking the opposing team’s three remaining Transcendents.
• Herk agreed to join the hunt but demanded to see Zhou Zheng’s strength first.

Zhou Zheng tested Herk’s strength and agreed to cooperate in finding the rival team by tracking the Wang Family. Feng Zhuhong began creating a map of the family’s bloodlines, while Zhou Zheng used the time to study his Time Deceleration Profound Mystery.

• Zhou Zheng struck at Herk with his longsword, then stopped when Herk revealed part of his Demon form and agreed to the plan.
• Zhou Zheng and Herk decided to search for surviving Wang Family members, and Zhou Zheng privately suspected Herk was also interested in killing Wilco.
• Feng Zhuhong asked for a share of the reward and offered to use Wang Chongshan’s blood to map Wang Family bloodlines within a hundred thousand li.
• Herk agreed to provide the blood, and Wang Chongshan reluctantly let them drain a ton of it.
• Feng Zhuhong began refining the bloodline map while Zhou Zheng studied his Time Deceleration Profound Mystery.

Zhou Zheng reflected on the power of his Time Deceleration Profound Mystery and how he might cultivate it further. After Feng Zhuhong completed a scroll tracking the surviving Wang Family members, Zhou Zheng and Herk tried to predict the opposing team’s movements but found them unusually cautious.

• Zhou Zheng assessed how Time Deceleration affected combat and decided to keep studying the mysteries of wind and thunder to strengthen it.
• After three days, Feng Zhuhong gave Zhou Zheng a scroll marking the surviving Wang Family members across the area around Wang Chongshan.
• Zhou Zheng and Herk noticed two red dots disappear, waited for confirmation, then headed south after another nearby Wang Family member died.
• Herk chose a nearby Wang Family member as the likely next target, and Zhou Zheng agreed to wait there for the opposing team.
• When a Wang Family member died elsewhere instead, Zhou Zheng persuaded Herk to stay put rather than chase the opposing team blindly.

Zhou Zheng and Herk confronted the three Transcendentals who had been hunting Wang Family members, and Zhou Zheng’s control of time turned the battle in their favor. The white-robed man and the woman in purple died, while Herk engaged the elderly mage.

• Zhou Zheng and Herk waited for the enemy team to approach, then rushed to confront them at their Alchemy Flying Boat.
• The white-robed man and the woman in purple attacked Zhou Zheng while the elderly mage prepared support spells.
• Herk revealed himself as Zhou Zheng’s teammate and charged at the elderly mage, while Zhou Zheng changed his time deceleration to disrupt the other two attackers’ coordination.
• Zhou Zheng wounded the woman in purple and broke through the white-robed man’s light barrier as the man tried to hold him back.
• The white-robed man detonated himself, but Zhou Zheng escaped the slowed blast and killed the woman in purple after she charged at him.

Zhou Zheng and Herk tracked down and killed Wilco before the mission ended, and every member of Zhou Zheng’s team survived. Zhou Zheng then returned to the Temporal Temple, where he officially joined and met its sub-consciousness, 3327.

• Zhou Zheng declined to interfere while Herk defeated the old woman, then insisted Herk take him to find Wilco.
• Herk used a tracking method he had secretly placed on Wilco to lead Zhou Zheng to him near the mission’s end.
• Zhou Zheng and Herk attacked Wilco in his prison, and Zhou Zheng’s sword and Herk’s claw killed him.
• The Temporal Temple retrieved Zhou Zheng, Herk, Feng Zhuhong, and Jit as the mission ended, leaving Zhou Zheng’s entire team alive.
• Zhou Zheng arrived in a white room, received the Temporal Temple’s mark, and learned from 3327 that he had officially joined the Temporal Temple.

Zhou Zheng learned how the Temporal Temple organized Cyclic Reincarnator squads and awarded Time-Space Points, then was promoted to a Bronze Token Divine Envoy. He was left with new access to the Temple’s privileges and an explanation of what his promotion meant.

• Zhou Zheng learned that he could travel from his Private Space to Time-Space Island No. 954, where Cyclic Reincarnator squads were ranked by their members’ strength.
• The Temporal Temple’s voice explained how squad ranks affected mission intervals and why weaker squad members received more frequent individual missions.
• Zhou Zheng checked his mission rewards and learned that he had received 2,050 Time-Space Points for completing the mission, advancing, comprehending Mysteries, and killing enemies.
• Zhou Zheng learned that Time-Space Points could be used to customize and expand his Private Space, including changing its scenery and the flow of time.
• The Temporal Temple’s primary consciousness made Zhou Zheng a Bronze Token Divine Envoy, and the familiar voice began explaining the rank’s significance.

Zhou Zheng arrived at Time-Space Island No. 954 as a newly named Bronze Token Divine Envoy and joined his team’s gathering. He learned the team would eventually choose a captain and that weaker members risked being targeted on missions, but his new status extended the team’s rest period to nine years.

• Zhou Zheng explored Time-Space Island No. 954 and learned his Bronze Token Divine Envoy status granted him mission and marketplace privileges.
• Herk contacted Zhou Zheng, who followed his team’s mark to a tavern where Herk, Jit, and Feng Zhuhong were waiting.
• Herk explained that the team needed a captain, who could receive reduced punishment for killing disobedient team members during missions.
• Zhou Zheng said they should delay choosing a captain until before their next mission, since Jit and Feng Zhuhong might grow stronger.
• Herk warned Feng Zhuhong that the Temporal Temple might arrange missions to eliminate team members who fell behind, urging her to become a Transcendental.
• Zhou Zheng revealed that his Bronze Token Divine Envoy status extended his mission interval to nine years, giving Feng Zhuhong more time to improve.

After learning about Time-Space Island No. 954, Zhou Zheng planned his cultivation and spent Time-Space Points on equipment, a secret technique, Origin Stones, Tian Cong Poison, and a training ground. He sold the treasures taken from the dead Transcendentals to replenish his funds, then received his purchases in his Private Space.

• Herk explained how to trade treasures, where to shop, and what to expect across Time-Space Island No. 954 before the four teammates parted ways.
• Zhou Zheng explored the island’s vast and varied surroundings, then returned to his Private Space to plan his cultivation.
• Zhou Zheng bought the Black Fiend Dao Wind Robe and Extreme Shadow Dragon Pattern Boots, then chose the Nine Spirits Divine Light Domain as his free Mid-grade God Tier Secret Technique.
• Zhou Zheng purchased six hundred jin of Origin Stones, a portion of Tian Cong Poison to try to awaken a Primordial Bloodline, and a training-ground expansion for his Private Space.
• Zhou Zheng sold the treasures from the three dead Transcendentals to restore his Time-Space Points and kept the remainder in reserve.
• The Temporal Temple delivered Zhou Zheng’s weapons, Origin Stones, Tian Cong Poison, and chosen secret technique to his Private Space.