Chapter Summaries

Zhou Zheng and Nuwa’s faction revealed to Wind Demon that the Gate of No Return had been infiltrated by enslaved traitors, including Dao Ancestors. Wind Demon accepted their offer to help identify the enslaved members, opening the way for cooperation against the infiltrator.

• Zhou Zheng breached the Myriad Demon Realm, rescued several Heavenly God True Immortals, and invited the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons to meet in Chaos.
• Wind Demon met Zhou Zheng, the Three Pure Ones, Tathagata, and Suirenshi in Chaos and demanded to know why they had summoned him.
• Zhou Zheng showed Wind Demon the Oath Stone, and Suirenshi swore on it that the Gate of No Return was riddled with traitors.
• Wind Demon recalled Dao Ancestor Mo Zhu’s suspicious attack and began to believe that Mo Zhu had been enslaved.
• Zhou Zheng offered to help Wind Demon identify the enslaved members of the Gate of No Return, and Wind Demon agreed to cooperate.

Zhou Zheng uncovered widespread enslavement among the Gate of No Return’s Dao Ancestors and secured an oath-bound alliance between the two factions against Old Man Yuan. As both sides mobilized in secret, Old Man Yuan approached Ji Ning, but Zhou Zheng intervened and took Ji Ning and Yu Wei into his Cave-Heaven Treasure.

• With Wind Demon's help, Zhou Zheng investigated the Gate of No Return and found that nearly half its Ordinary Dao Ancestors, two Top-tier Dao Ancestors, and Mo Zhu had been enslaved.
• Wind Demon brought Demon Hand Dao Ancestor and Master Huan Mu to swear oaths with the leaders of Nuwa's faction, temporarily binding both sides to cooperate against Old Man Yuan and avoid a final battle.
• Ji Ning sparred with the Number One Sword Under Heaven in a Small World, gave him swordsmanship and a Cultivation Method, and discussed his unborn daughter Mingyue with Yu Wei.
• Old Man Yuan appeared before Ji Ning and Yu Wei, tested Ji Ning's Heartforce, and discovered it had reached the fourth level.
• Zhou Zheng appeared and confronted Old Man Yuan as Dao Ancestors from both factions secretly gathered to prepare for action.
• Old Man Yuan sensed that something was wrong and left; Zhou Zheng then took Ji Ning and Yu Wei into his Cave-Heaven Treasure and vanished from the Small World.

Sanqing Daoist, Tathagata Buddha, Shennong clan, Wind Demon, and their forces ambushed Old Man Yuan after uncovering his true identity, while allies intercepted the Dao Ancestors he had enslaved. Zhou Zheng's Second Primordial Spirit defeated and sealed Fuxi clan, intending to remove the seal within his True Spirit.

• Sanqing Daoist, Tathagata Buddha, and Shennong clan surrounded Old Man Yuan with thousands of immortals and gods, joined by Wind Demon, Demon Hand Dao Ancestor, and five Emissaries of All Things.
• Old Man Yuan revealed his strength by using countless Ancestral God-level threads to block Wind Demon, while trying to stall until his enslaved Dao Ancestors arrived.
• Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor intercepted Dao Ancestor Lu Wu, and other battles broke out across the Three Realms as allies prevented Old Man Yuan's enslaved Dao Ancestors from reaching him.
• A figure with a Gilt Iron Staff attacked Thunder God Heavenly Venerate, who quickly fell into a disadvantage.
• Zhou Zheng's Second Primordial Spirit shattered Fuxi clan's Water Fire Great Array with a Chaos Artifact tower and sealed him inside, planning to remove the seal in his True Spirit.

Old Man Yuan used a Black Lotus to withstand the Three Realms' forces and flee, but Zhou Zheng's Second Primordial Spirit destroyed it with the Three Absolute Swords. As the pursuing forces engulfed Old Man Yuan, he sent a final command throughout the Three Realms to destroy everything.

• Old Man Yuan recognized Zhou Zheng as the one who had exposed his enslaved Dao Ancestors and fought desperately to escape.
• Old Man Yuan summoned a Black Lotus that deflected the Three Pure Ones, Tathagata, the Shennong clan, and the Gate of No Return's attacks as he fled.
• Suirenshi and Master Huan Mu joined the pursuit but could not break through the Black Lotus.
• Zhou Zheng's Second Primordial Spirit appeared ahead of Old Man Yuan and formed a sword formation with the Three Absolute Swords.
• Zhou Zheng's Gold-White Sword Light shattered the Black Lotus, and the pursuing forces engulfed Old Man Yuan.
• Before his aura vanished, Old Man Yuan sent a command throughout the Three Realms: “Go destroy yourselves. Destroy everything!”

Zhou Zheng killed Old Man Yuan and helped stop the enslaved Dao Ancestors from destroying the Three Realms, though their rampage still devastated more than thirty Great Worlds. He rescued Chang'e and returned to Mount Fangcun, where Patriarch Bodhi warned that the Great Calamity had not ended and the Gate of No Return might still choose to fight.

• Zhou Zheng shattered Old Man Yuan's Black Lotus with his Second Primordial Spirit, and the allies divided the fallen enemy's treasures according to their agreement.
• Zhou Zheng found Chang'e among Old Man Yuan's possessions and put her to sleep as enslaved Dao Ancestors began slaughtering worlds across the Three Realms.
• Zhou Zheng, the Three Pure Ones, and other Dao Ancestors killed the rampaging attackers, but more than thirty Great Worlds were destroyed in just over ten breaths.
• Zhou Zheng told the assembled Great Powers that he had discovered Old Man Yuan through his Heart Power Method, and he agreed to keep the unconscious Fuxi clan under guard.
• Zhou Zheng returned to Mount Fangcun, where Hou Yi reunited with Chang'e after killing the rampaging Gonggong, while Patriarch Bodhi noted that the Great Calamity continued.

Wind Demon tried to negotiate peace with Nuwa’s faction after the Gate of No Return suffered heavy losses, but Zhou Zheng’s Second Primordial Spirit stole Immortal Wuxiao and the Wuxiao Divine Cauldron. As negotiations grew more difficult, the Heart Demon Lord warned Bu Xiu that he would be killed if the factions made peace and asked him for help escaping the Heavenly Dao.

• The Gate of No Return Dao Ancestors debated retreating after admitting that they could not stop Zhou Zheng’s Second Primordial Spirit, and Wind Demon decided to approach Nuwa’s faction.
• Wind Demon offered to negotiate cooperation, but Nuwa’s faction demanded harsh concessions, including the Emissaries of All Things and the Black Robe God King, so the first talks broke down.
• Zhou Zheng’s Second Primordial Spirit entered the Myriad Demon Realm and seized Immortal Wuxiao along with the Wuxiao Divine Cauldron, preventing the Gate of No Return from refining more Emissaries of All Things.
• Wind Demon continued preparing for another negotiation while suspecting that Wuxiao had betrayed the Gate of No Return.
• The Heart Demon Lord told Bu Xiu that he would be the first to die if the factions reached peace, then asked him to help complete the final step in escaping the Heavenly Dao.

Zhou Zheng sent Ji Ning to test himself in Moonlit Pool while his four bodies pursued different inheritances and cultivation paths. Ten years later, Zhou Zheng's Original Body Clone broke through to Ancestral God, another astonishing breakthrough shook the World Prison, and chaos began to descend on the Three Realms.

• Zhou Zheng told Ji Ning that he needed more battles to master the fourth volume of the Five Treasures Sword Technique and advised him to send a Clone into Moonlit Pool.
• Zhou Zheng returned to the World Prison, where his four bodies studied the Beixiu World God's inheritance, the Inner Observation Free Ancestral God Scroll, the Myriad Stars Bead, and the Wuxiao Divine Cauldron's Puppet Technique inheritance.
• Over the next ten years, Wind Demon repeatedly negotiated with Nuwa's faction, bringing the two sides close to a peace agreement.
• Zhou Zheng's Original Body Clone used the Inner Observation Free Ancestral God Scroll to break through and become an Ancestral God.
• Two massive breakthroughs caused whirlpools of Chaos Power to form in the World Prison, while the Three Realms silently began descending into chaos.

The Black Robe God King and his allies plunged the Three Realms into chaos by attacking relatives of Nuwa's faction and unleashing armies, while claiming they acted to protect themselves. As the Great Powers of both factions gathered amid the turmoil, the Heart Demon emerged from a golden river and was halted by a Black Tower.

• The Black Robe God King’s forces destroyed an Immortal Mountain and attacked powerful figures’ relatives across the Three Realms, while Rogue Immortals and Celestial Immortals spread chaos.
• Wind Demon and Master Huan Mu learned that the Black Robe God King had orchestrated the attacks with support from Dao Ancestors, and Huan Mu destroyed his remaining Avatar.
• The Black Robe God King’s forces were abandoned after their attacks, and Nuwa’s faction counterattacked as the Three Realms descended further into chaos.
• A Heavenly Dao ripple shook the Three Realms, and Zhou Zheng’s Second Primordial Spirit and the Great Powers of both factions gathered in the Void.
• A golden rift opened and a surging river swallowed Nuwa’s faction’s Great Powers, until a Black Tower halted it.
• The river contracted into a black-robed figure, whom the Gate of No Return’s Great Powers recognized as the Heart Demon.

Heart Demon revealed that he had orchestrated the Three Realms' Great Calamity to strengthen the Dao of Heart Demons and free himself from the Heavenly Dao. Zhou Zheng defeated him first with his Second Primordial Spirit, then killed him with his newly advanced Original Body and the Eternal Divine Weapon Purple Light Jade.

• Heart Demon admitted that he had guided the Great Calamity so the deaths and conflict would strengthen the Dao of Heart Demons and let him escape the Three Realms' Heavenly Dao.
• Wind Demon, Master Huan Mu, and Demon Hand Dao Ancestor refused to join Heart Demon, while his followers stood behind him.
• Zhou Zheng charged Heart Demon, and the Great Powers prepared to support him as the two fought.
• Zhou Zheng's Heart Power Secret Art exhausted Heart Demon, who fled with the Black Robe God King and several Dao Ancestors after conceding defeat.
• Zhou Zheng's Original Body, newly advanced to Ancestral God, blocked Heart Demon's escape and overwhelmed him with Purple Light Jade.
• Zhou Zheng's sword strikes annihilated Heart Demon's Divine Power, and Heart Demon's aura vanished.

After the Heart Demon’s death, Zhou Zheng helped end the war and proposed measures to address the Three Realms’ surplus of gods and fiends. Nearly a thousand years later, he entrusted Ji Ning with his techniques and treasures, then left the Three Realms and sent his True Spirit back to the Snow Eagle World.

• Zhou Zheng crushed the Black Robe God King, suppressed the other True God Dao Ancestors, and had the Gate of No Return’s Dao Ancestors swear Life Oaths as the factions reconciled.
• The Great Powers of the Three Realms made mortal cultivation harder and urged themselves to venture into Chaos to seek opportunities.
• Ji Ning mastered the Five Treasures Sword Technique, became a half-step Ancestral God, and advanced his Sword Power to the Fifth Level while Zhou Zheng further improved his swordsmanship and Puppet Technique.
• Zhou Zheng gave Patriarch Bodhi his insights and handed Ji Ning the Sky-Peering Taihao Tower, the Purple Light Jade, and the Reception Order of Heavenly Cang Palace before departing into Chaos.
• Zhou Zheng concealed himself on a distant Chaos Star, prepared for his Divine Body’s absence, and sent his True Spirit through the Gate of Time and Space to the Snow Eagle World.

After returning to the Xia Clan World, Zhou Zheng kept a low profile while advancing his Divine Heart cultivation. He encountered Xue Ying and Jing Qiu at the Statue that honored his identity as Ancestor Zhou, and estimated that mastering his fourth Divine Heart would take another century or more.

• Xue Ying told Jing Qiu that the Statue honored the Zhou Family ancestor who had guided Fury Wind Great Emperor, and recounted rumors of the ancestor's power.
• Xue Ying and Jing Qiu noticed a mother and son studying the Statue and remarked that the boy resembled it.
• Zhou Zheng recognized Xue Ying and reflected on the more than seven years he had spent living quietly in the Snow Eagle World.
• Zhou Zheng explained that his Space-Time and Matter Divine Hearts had strengthened his soul and helped him master the World Divine Heart.
• Zhou Zheng estimated that comprehending the Divine Heart of Heaven Opening through Sword Dao would take roughly one hundred to one hundred fifty years.

After being reborn into the Zhou Family, Zhou Zheng chose to become a genius and rose to prominence in the Xia Clan while keeping his true power concealed. More than a century later, he urged Dong Bo Xue Ying to enter Red Stone Mountain and offered to go with him.

• Zhou Zheng was reborn as Sanbao, the son of a Zhou Family woman, and decided to fulfill her hopes by becoming a genius.
• Zhou Zheng joined the Zhou Family main line, became Transcendental, and revealed the Second-grade Great Annihilation True Meaning, drawing the Xia Clan's attention.
• The Witch God and the Great Demon God tried to assassinate Zhou Zheng, but he sensed their intent and thwarted them.
• More than a century later, Zhou Zheng visited Dong Bo Xue Ying in Baijiang City and told him that Red Stone Mountain was tied to the imminent plans of the Witch God and the Great Demon God.
• Zhou Zheng advised Dong Bo Xue Ying to enter with the Earth God Temple or join him, then left before explaining why he planned to go.

Zhou Zheng secretly cultivated in a hidden space while advancing his understanding of the Divine Heart of Heaven Opening and researching Divine Patterns. Dong Bo Xue Ying visited and agreed to join him on the journey to Red Stone Mountain, where Zhou Zheng hoped to become a Deity.

• Zhou Zheng returned to his residence in the Imperial Capital and learned that his mother was attending a banquet hosted by Princess Yunfu.
• Zhou Zheng entered a hidden space he had created, where his Clone helped him cultivate and he studied Divine Patterns from the Desolate Era World.
• Zhou Zheng practiced with two axes and pondered the bearing of opening heaven as he pursued the Divine Heart of Heaven Opening.
• A servant informed Zhou Zheng that Dong Bo Xue Ying had arrived, and Zhou Zheng went to meet him in the reception hall.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying agreed to join Zhou Zheng on the trip to Red Stone Mountain and asked why he was going.
• Zhou Zheng said he wanted to become a Deity, and Dong Bo Xue Ying understood that the threat from the Witch God and the Great Demon God was pressing him to seek greater power.

Zhou Zheng and Dong Bo Xue Ying discovered a mass slaughter in a Xia Clan city and killed the culprit, then confronted the otherworldly master who demanded an apology. Zhou Zheng challenged him to come fight, and three figures emerged from a Void crack as the Xia Clan Demigods rushed to help.

• Dong Bo Xue Ying asked Zhou Zheng about the Earth God Temple and Blood Blade Tavern teams, then agreed to test Zhou Zheng's Great Annihilation True Meaning.
• Zhou Zheng and Dong Bo Xue Ying stopped above a prefectural city where residents were killing one another under the influence of an old man holding a crystal ball.
• Zhou Zheng killed the old man with one axe strike, destroying the crystal ball and ending the force that had driven the city’s people to slaughter.
• A gigantic green-eyed head accused Zhou Zheng and Dong Bo Xue Ying of killing its servant and demanded a God-level Scroll as an apology, but Zhou Zheng challenged it to come take one.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying notified the Xia Clan Demigods, who hurried to the city and warned him to keep Zhou Zheng from fighting recklessly.
• Three figures stepped through a crack in the Void before Zhou Zheng and Dong Bo Xue Ying.

Zhou Zheng fought Lord Yulan’s black-robed subordinate, Nuonuoan, and revealed the extraordinary power of his Third-tier Great Annihilation True Meaning. After Zhou Zheng killed Nuonuoan with his second axe, Lord Yulan recognized that the attack had neared God-level power and suspected Zhou Zheng had used a Secret Technique.

• Lord Yulan confronted Dong Bo Xue Ying and Zhou Zheng, and his subordinate Nuonuoan charged at Zhou Zheng to claim a God-level Scroll.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying entered the Void World to support Zhou Zheng because Witch Poison had left him without Battle Qi.
• Zhou Zheng’s first axe unleashed Third-tier Great Annihilation True Meaning and wiped out Nuonuoan’s first wave of ghostly phantoms.
• Nuonuoan attacked Zhou Zheng from every direction, but Zhou Zheng killed him with his second axe.
• Lord Yulan judged Zhou Zheng’s attack to be nearly God-level and suspected a Secret Technique had made it so powerful.

Zhou Zheng and Dong Bo Xue Ying fought Lord Yulan and his followers, revealing strength that stunned the watching visitors. Lord Yulan escaped after Zhou Zheng unveiled a second True Meaning, while General Kumon self-destructed, ending the conflict and the planned battle between Zhou Zheng and Dong Bo Xue Ying.

• Lord Yulan tried to leave after acknowledging Zhou Zheng’s strength, but Zhou Zheng challenged him and Lord Yulan unleashed Time Deceleration True Meaning.
• General Kumon charged at Zhou Zheng, but Dong Bo Xue Ying appeared from the Void and destroyed his head with a spear.
• Zhou Zheng attacked Lord Yulan, shattered his arm, then drew a second axe and used a combined technique based on Grindstone True Meaning.
• Lord Yulan activated two God-level Scrolls to block Zhou Zheng’s attack and escape at great speed.
• General Kumon self-destructed after Dong Bo Xue Ying suppressed him, and Zhou Zheng and Dong Bo Xue Ying abandoned their planned battle.

After the Temporal Temple Artifact Spirit offered Zhou Zheng a chance to join and revealed that his ancestor had mastered First-grade True Meaning, Zhou Zheng refused. The Artifact Spirit then offered Dong Bo Xue Ying a cure for his Witch Poison if he joined, leaving him weighing the choice with Zhou Zheng’s support.

• Zhou Zheng and Dong Bo Xue Ying discussed entering Red Stone Mountain, and Dong Bo Xue Ying chose to join the Blood Blade Tavern team while Zhou Zheng planned not to venture deep inside.
• The Temporal Temple Artifact Spirit appeared and invited Zhou Zheng to join, claiming he could eventually comprehend First-grade True Meaning.
• Zhou Zheng refused after learning that the Temporal Temple controlled part of a Cyclic Reincarnator’s soul and that his ancestor, Zhou Zheng, had died.
• The Artifact Spirit offered Dong Bo Xue Ying immediate removal of his Witch Poison if he joined and explained that a Gold Token Divine Envoy could end missions at any time.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying asked whether the Temporal Temple could send him back if the Xia Clan faced invasion, and the Artifact Spirit said it could not monitor the Xia Clan World.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying looked to Zhou Zheng for advice, but Zhou Zheng told him the decision was his.

Dong Bo Xue Ying and Zhou Zheng chose to enter Red Stone Mountain, where they passed its first two trials with their team. At the Sky-Connecting Vine, the survivors claimed their rewards, and Zhou Zheng chose the Cultivating Cave Heaven.

• Dong Bo Xue Ying refused the Temporal Temple’s offer, choosing Red Stone Mountain and the chance to control his own fate.
• The Witch God and Great Demon God agreed to accelerate their plan and act within five years, fearing Zhou San Bao might soon become a Deity.
• Zhou Zheng and Dong Bo Xue Ying entered Red Stone Mountain with the Blood Blade Tavern team and passed the Floating Island and Meteorite Bridge trials.
• The group reached the Sky-Connecting Vine, where Xi Wei offered each survivor a reward; Dong Bo Xue Ying could not get his Witch Poison removed and chose to watch World Creation.
• Zhou Zheng chose the Cultivating Cave Heaven as his reward.

Zhou Zheng chose to cultivate in the Cave Heaven rather than continue the trials, and quickly mastered the Divine Heart of Heaven Opening, advancing his understanding of the Snow Eagle World’s rules. After sensing that he was close to forging the Slaughter Dao, he began preparing to become a World God using the Divine Heart of Space-Time.

• Zhou Zheng rejected Xi Wei’s advice to watch World Creation and chose the Cultivating Cave Heaven, where he began cultivating alongside his Clone.
• After a year, Zhou Zheng mastered the Divine Heart of Heaven Opening and fused it with his three other Divine Hearts.
• Over the next three years, Zhou Zheng’s understanding of the rules, Space-Time, and swordsmanship grew rapidly, bringing him close to forging the Slaughter Dao.
• Zhou Zheng decided to break through before pursuing a Dao and judged that the Cave Heaven had enough energy to make him a First Heaven World God.
• Zhou Zheng accelerated time a hundredfold, absorbed the Cave Heaven’s energy, and chose the Divine Heart of Space-Time as his Original Divine Heart.

As Dong Bo Xue Ying approached the final stage of his trial, Zhou Zheng broke through to become a First Heaven World God, shocking Ancestor Chi Huo with his terrifying will. Zhou Zheng introduced himself and accepted an invitation to Guest Greeting Peak to discuss borrowing Divine Crystals.

• Xi Wei and Ancestor Chi Huo discussed whether Dong Bo Xue Ying could endure the final moment of the Momentary World trial.
• A vast Divine Sea appeared above Red Stone Mountain as Zhou Zheng broke through to become a World God.
• Ancestor Chi Huo tried to inspect Zhou Zheng’s Original Divine Heart, but its will overwhelmed him and destroyed his avatar.
• Zhou Zheng revealed his name to Ancestor Chi Huo, who recognized it as belonging to a supposedly dead genius and questioned how he could possess such power.
• Zhou Zheng asked Red Stone Mountain’s Artifact Spirit to lend him Divine Crystals, and the Artifact Spirit invited him to Guest Greeting Peak.