Chapter Summaries

Zhou Zheng met with Ancestor Chi Huo at Red Stone Mountain, where he revealed his overwhelming control over Space-Time and assured Dong Bo Xue Ying that the Xia Clan was safe from invasion. After Xue Ying learned that Zhou Zheng was also Zhou San Bao, he celebrated his new security and prepared to remove the Witch Poison, while Zhou Zheng returned to seclusion to cultivate.

• Zhou Zheng followed the Red Stone Mountain Artifact Spirit to Guest Greeting Peak, where he recovered with Divine Crystals and spoke with Ancestor Chi Huo.
• Xi Wei told Zhou Zheng and Ancestor Chi Huo that Dong Bo Xue Ying had passed the Fifth Vine Leaf World and qualified as a Guardian Disciple.
• Zhou Zheng summoned Dong Bo Xue Ying, identified himself as both Zhou Zheng and Zhou San Bao, and assured him that the Xia Clan's crisis was resolved.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying rejoiced at the news, and Xi Wei offered to take him to acknowledge a master and remove the Witch Poison.
• Zhou Zheng returned to seclusion with Divine Crystals, while Ancestor Chi Huo urged Red Stone to maintain a good relationship with him.

Zhou Zheng’s Inner World expanded as he advanced toward the Fourth-tier World God and strengthened his will. Meanwhile, the Witch God and Great Demon God invaded the Xia Clan World, where a mysterious black-robed figure confronted them.

• Zhou Zheng’s Inner World grew past one billion li as he became a Second Heaven World God, and his Original Divine Heart strengthened his will.
• Zhou Zheng advanced to the Third-tier World God and began breaking through toward the Fourth tier with Divine Crystals from Red Stone Mountain.
• The Witch God and Great Demon God brought a War Fortress and hundreds of warships into the Xia Clan World, unleashing countless demigods who began opening Divine Seas.
• The Xia Clan’s demigods and Chao Qing faced the invaders with only a small warship and little hope of resisting.
• The Witch God and Great Demon God prepared to destroy the Xia Clan, but a black-robed figure appeared behind them and demanded they repeat their threat.

Zhou Zheng destroyed the Witch God and Great Demon God’s avatars and dismantled their invasion of the Xia Clan World. He saved the Xia Clan, revealed himself as the Zhou Family Ancestor, and warned that spies among the Demigods had three days to confess.

• The Great Demon God attacked Zhou Zheng, but Zhou Zheng annihilated his Divine Avatar with a single palm strike.
• Zhou Zheng killed the Witch God’s Divine Avatar and identified himself as Zhou Zheng.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying told Yu Jing Qiu and the Xia Clan Demigods that Zhou Zheng was the Zhou Family Ancestor, lifting their despair.
• Zhou Zheng slew the forces inside the Witch God’s War Fortress and erased its spatial passage to the Xia Clan World.
• Zhou Tong greeted Zhou Zheng as his ancestor, and Zhou Zheng gave the Xia Clan Demigods three days to reveal themselves as spies.
• Zhou Zheng ordered Zhou Tong to collect the abandoned fortresses and warships for the Xia Clan and the Zhou Family.

Zhou Zheng reunited with his former disciple Zhou Feng in the Xia Clan’s Hall of Gods, then discussed his return and independence with the Temporal Temple Artifact Spirit. The Island Master of Time and Space learned of Zhou Zheng’s decision and ordered that he be watched for any move to join another faction.

• Zhou Feng recognized Zhou Zheng, who told him to stay safe in the God Realm and promised to fetch him once he had settled down.
• The Temporal Temple Artifact Spirit questioned Zhou Zheng about his apparent death and asked whether his Past Life Memories had awakened.
• Zhou Zheng said he might return to the Temporal Temple if it accepted him, but made clear he would not take the Island Master of Time and Space as his master again.
• The Artifact Spirit reported the exchange to the Island Master of Time and Space, who ordered it to inform him if Zhou Zheng intended to join another faction.

Three months after the war, Zhou Zheng forced the Earth God Temple to withdraw from the Xia Clan World and waited for his remaining Clone to break through. After both Clones reached Fourth-tier World God, he returned to the Heavenly Star Great Vortex, where the eight-armed figure offered him a cultivation method in exchange for two promises.

• Zhou Zheng threatened Wo Hai World God, and the Earth God Temple withdrew from the Xia Clan World half a day later.
• After his other Clone completed its breakthrough, Zhou Zheng traveled to the God Realm and entered the Heavenly Star Great Vortex.
• Zhou Zheng reached the corpse at the end of the vortex’s Space-Time and met the eight-armed figure again.
• The eight-armed figure agreed to give Zhou Zheng a special cultivation method if he sought a successor for it and delivered a Silver-White Sphere beyond his universe someday.
• Zhou Zheng accepted the Sphere cautiously, and the eight-armed figure transformed into a ball of light that entered Zhou Zheng’s body.

Zhou Zheng received a cultivation method that transformed the soul and awakened a weak Space-Time talent. After the Heavenly Star Great Vortex collapsed, he returned to the Xia Clan and began testing the method.

• Zhou Zheng absorbed information about an Ancient Cultivation method that strengthened awakened talents by transforming the soul.
• Zhou Zheng escaped the Heavenly Star Great Vortex as it collapsed along with the corpse inside, and realized the Temporal Temple would suspect his involvement.
• Zhou Zheng returned to the Xia Clan and sealed the Silver Sphere deep underground.
• Zhou Zheng used the Spirit Awakening Technique and awakened a weak Space-Time talent that briefly summoned another version of himself before the Clone vanished.
• Zhou Zheng decided to test the cultivation method's first stage, which required no treasures.

Zhou Zheng completed the first rotation of the Five Rotations of the Ethereal Soul, which strengthened his Original Divine Heart and stabilized his newly awakened ability to summon a powerful Clone. He realized that continuing the soul cultivation would be necessary to keep improving the ability as he grew stronger.

• Zhou Zheng began cultivating the first rotation of the Five Rotations of the Ethereal Soul, enduring a month of intense pain as symbols formed on his soul.
• Zhou Zheng completed the rotation and found that his Original Divine Heart felt cleaner and deeper, while his thoughts had become much faster.
• Zhou Zheng summoned a Clone through a Space-Time vortex and tested its stability, strength, range, and ability to cross into the God Realm while remaining under his control.
• Zhou Zheng discovered that the Clone carried duplicates of his treasures, including the Silver Sphere, though those copies vanished when the Clone dissipated.
• Zhou Zheng concluded that his Clone ability was a heaven-defying Ancient Cultivation talent and resolved to keep cultivating the Five Rotations of the Ethereal Soul to strengthen it.

Unable to afford the next stage of his cultivation, Zhou Zheng entered the Dark Abyss with a Clone to seek battles that might advance his Slaughter Dao. The Abyss Will exposed him immediately, and Lüxin Monarch chose to watch before deciding whether to confront him.

• Zhou Zheng considered entering the Dark Abyss to find resources and improve his Slaughter Dao, using an Ancient Cultivation Clone so its death would not harm him.
• Zhou Zheng arrived in the first Abyss World and found two armies fighting.
• The Abyss Will detected Zhou Zheng and alerted demons and Abyss Monarchs throughout the region.
• The Bloodthirsty Great Demon God recognized Zhou Zheng and reported his arrival to Lüxin Monarch.
• Lüxin Monarch decided to observe Zhou Zheng’s strength before risking a confrontation.

Zhou Zheng descended through the Abyss World, drawing its monarchs into pursuit before deciding to fight seven of them on the twelfth level. He dodged their attacks and struck Aurora Monarch with a powerful sword technique, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zhou Zheng ignored Bloodthirsty Great Demon God’s plea for mercy and continued down through the Abyss World.
• Tufeng Monarch, Aurora Monarch, and Valro Monarch attacked Zhou Zheng on the sixth level, but he escaped by twisting Space-Time.
• Tufeng Monarch blamed Zhou Zheng’s mastery of Space-Time and joined Valro Monarch and Aurora Monarch in pursuing him.
• Zhou Zheng reached the twelfth level, where seven Fourth-tier Demons caught up with him, and formed two swords from matter.
• Zhou Zheng dodged the monarchs’ attacks and slashed at Aurora Monarch, shattering his Great Hammers’ blows and cutting across his body.

Zhou Zheng killed Aurora Monarch and the six fleeing Abyss monarchs, then broke through the final boundary of the Slaughter Dao and reached the Opening Realm. As he headed for the upper Abyss World, White Monarch King appeared at the exit.

• Zhou Zheng killed Aurora Monarch with one sword strike, causing the six remaining Abyss monarchs to flee.
• Zhou Zheng took control of the world, sent nine world Avatars after the fleeing monarchs, and annihilated all six.
• Zhou Zheng comprehended the Slaughter Dao through slaughter, opened a Dao, and advanced to the Opening Realm.
• Zhou Zheng spent nearly half a day absorbing his new insights, then hurried toward the upper Abyss World.
• White Monarch King appeared from the Void as Zhou Zheng reached the exit of the Abyss layer.

Zhou Zheng clashed with White Monarch King in the Abyss, revealing his Slaughter Dao and Venerable-level strength. After forging a weapon, he fought White Monarch King, while the Island Master of Time and Space worried that rival powers would recruit him.

• White Monarch King attacked Zhou Zheng for killing Clones and refusing to leave, but Zhou Zheng blocked his strike and revealed his Slaughter Dao.
• White Monarch King let Zhou Zheng leave to retrieve a proper weapon, and Zhou Zheng forged a top-grade World God Weapon before returning to the twelfth-layer Abyss World.
• Zhou Zheng and White Monarch King fought fiercely, with White Monarch King using an Ultimate Art and forcing Zhou Zheng to rely on Space-Time to evade.
• News of Zhou Zheng's Venerable-level strength spread through the God Realm Abyss, and Ancestor Chi Huo was unsurprised while the Island Master of Time and Space watched the battle.
• The Island Master of Time and Space considered recruiting Zhou Zheng but feared that the Blood Blade Divine Emperor and other powers would win him over.

Zhou Zheng lost his battle with White Monarch King but returned to the Material Realm with the treasures he had acquired. While inspecting them, he broke open a mysterious Silver Cube and uncovered a Blue Glowing Bead containing a faint human figure.

• White Monarch King defeated Zhou Zheng in the twelfth-layer Abyss World and worried that Zhou Zheng might eventually open a Space-Time Dao.
• White Monarch King noticed that Zhou Zheng and his sword had vanished after the battle.
• Zhou Zheng's clone sent the treasures from the Dark Abyss back to the Material World and reflected on what he had learned from the fight.
• Zhou Zheng examined his haul, which included over one billion Divine Crystals and other valuables.
• Zhou Zheng struck a cracked Silver Cube until its outer layer shattered, revealing a Blue Glowing Bead with a human figure inside.

Zhou Zheng entered a mysterious blue pearl, where a Space-Time technique instantly killed him, then received the Cosmic God-Demon Ranking from the Primordial Master under the title Lord Cheng Tian. His new ranking drew invitations from major factions, including an unusual offer from the Temporal Temple, and he weighed the cost of joining one.

• Zhou Zheng entered the blue pearl and was killed by a figure using powerful Space-Time techniques after his Slaughter Dao failed.
• The Primordial Master contacted Zhou Zheng and added him to the Cosmic God-Demon Ranking under the title Cheng Tian, placing Lord Cheng Tian thirty-first.
• Powerful figures and factions reacted to Lord Cheng Tian's ranking, and the Blood Blade Divine Court, Myriad God Hall, and other groups invited Zhou Zheng to join them.
• The Temporal Temple offered Zhou Zheng half its usual terms if he publicly joined while asking nothing of him beyond bearing its name.
• Zhou Zheng considered how joining a faction could bind him to Overlords' orders and affect his heart and Cause and Effect, despite the benefits offered.

Zhou Zheng nominally joined Time-Space Island in exchange for treasures and trained against a powerful opponent inside a blue bead. More than ten years later, Dong Bo Xue Ying qualified as a Red Stone Mountain inner disciple and returned home to Jing Qiu.

• Zhou Zheng chose treasures instead of an Ultimate Art and gave the Temporal Temple Artifact Spirit a list of rare materials to gather.
• Time-Space Island announced Zhou Zheng's nominal membership, astonishing the God Realm Abyss's great beings and bolstering the island's reputation.
• Zhou Zheng fought a duplicate of himself inside the blue bead, used his Ancient Cultivation talent to summon a Clone, and was ultimately defeated.
• Zhou Zheng decided to keep training until he opened the Space-Time Dao, then seek a treasure that could shield him from the Abyss Will before traveling to the Dark Abyss.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying defeated a white-haired old man beneath the Xia Clan World and qualified as a Red Stone Mountain inner disciple, raising the Artifact Spirit's hopes that he might one day become the mountain's master.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying left Red Stone Mountain less than half a month later, sent Jing Qiu a voice transmission, and hurried toward his hometown.

After emerging from more than thirty years of seclusion, Zhou Zheng learned that Dong Bo Xue Ying wanted his advice about pursuing First-grade True Meaning instead of becoming a Deity. Zhou Zheng urged him to commit fully if he chose that path and offered to help, leaving Dong Bo Xue Ying to consider his decision.

• Zhou Zheng finished studying the Space-Time Dao and discovered he could enter the Abyss without being detected by the Abyss Will.
• Zhou Tong told Zhou Zheng that Dong Bo Xue Ying had requested an audience several times, and Zhou Zheng agreed to meet him.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying told Zhou Zheng that his Void Realm and Stellar Divine Hearts had reached the Divine Heart realm and asked whether he should become a Deity or pursue First-grade True Meaning.
• Zhou Zheng warned Dong Bo Xue Ying that pursuing First-grade True Meaning required absolute conviction and that its gap from Second-grade True Meaning exceeded the gap between Second-grade and Nine Grades True Meaning.
• Zhou Zheng offered to help if Dong Bo Xue Ying decided to pursue First-grade True Meaning, and Dong Bo Xue Ying thanked him and bowed.

Dong Bo Xue Ying traveled to the God Realm to gain experiences that might help him comprehend a First-grade True Meaning. Meanwhile, Zhou Zheng obtained the incomplete Space-Time Realm Ultimate Art original copy and began cultivating its first transformation.

• Dong Bo Xue Ying agreed to train in the God Realm, and Zhou Zheng sent him to Ziwei Star, where Zhou Feng offered to guide him.
• After a month, Zhou Zheng defeated the figure inside a blue bead with help from his Ancient Cultivation Incarnation, revealing the Space-Time Realm Ultimate Art original copy.
• Zhou Zheng learned that the original copy contained the first three transformations, which could raise a cultivator's power to nearly the Dominator Level.
• Zhou Zheng and his God Realm Clone began cultivating Space-Time Realm, using Divine Crystals to restructure his Inner World into 108 spaces-times and generate Space-Time Realm Power.

Zhou Zheng raided Tufeng Monarch’s lair and took all his treasures, then discovered that eight of the treasures were Silver Cubes. Two cubes contained azure-blue beads with trials inside, and one trial yielded a mysterious map instead of an Ultimate Art.

• Zhou Zheng appeared in Tufeng Monarch’s lair and demanded that Tufeng Monarch surrender his treasures or die.
• Tufeng Monarch swore upon the Abyss Will and handed over the treasures from both his Clone and the dark forest.
• Zhou Zheng returned to the Material World and found eight intact Silver Cubes among the treasures, bringing his total to nine.
• Zhou Zheng tested the cubes, finding that five resisted his strongest attacks while two broke open to reveal azure-blue beads.
• Zhou Zheng entered the first bead and was nearly killed by a figure wielding an exceptionally powerful Space-Time Dao.
• Zhou Zheng defeated the figure in the second bead and found a complex, unfamiliar map instead of an Ultimate Art.

Zhou Zheng traveled to the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel, entered its Blackwater Grotto-Heaven, and explored its dangers and treasures with an Ancient Cultivation clone. More than a year later, he reached a mist-shrouded lake and found an azure-robed figure seated at its center.

• Zhou Zheng chose the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel as his first destination among the universe’s dangerous places.
• Zhou Zheng searched the chaotic Space-Time beneath the Dark Abyss for a month and found its lower entrance to the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel.
• Zhou Zheng entered the wheel’s black region and arrived in the Blackwater Grotto-Heaven.
• Zhou Zheng sent an Ancient Cultivation clone ahead to scout and found Nine Nightmare Flowers, then harvested them with his main body.
• Zhou Zheng and his clone explored for more than a year, avoiding deadly threats and finding treasures.
• Zhou Zheng reached a lake covered in faint black mist and saw an azure-robed figure with soft antennae sitting at its center.

Zhou Zheng met Emperor Wu Qu in Black Rain Grotto-Heaven, then agreed to hinder the Mother Ancestor Cult in the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel. After more than ten years of treasure hunting, he was seized by a strange force and found the Bone Corrosion Hall, one of the Three Demon Halls.

• Zhou Zheng met Emperor Wu Qu in Black Rain Grotto-Heaven and left after a brief conversation.
• The Island Master of Time and Space contacted Zhou Zheng and asked him to fight the Mother Ancestor Cult, and Zhou Zheng agreed.
• Zhou Zheng spent more than ten years searching Black Rain Grotto-Heaven for treasures while postponing a search for the Three Demon Halls.
• An invisible force dragged Zhou Zheng's Ancient Cultivation clone onto a Bone Mountain, where bone-scraping winds caused him intense pain.
• Zhou Zheng climbed the mountain and discovered the Bone Corrosion Hall at its summit.

Zhou Zheng mastered the Bone Erosion Secret Technique in about five hundred years and began the Bone Corrosion Hall’s combat trial. Meanwhile, Dong Bo Xue Ying returned after comprehending World True Meaning, and Zhou Zheng warned him to keep it secret while revealing that he could inherit Red Dust Mountain.

• Zhou Zheng entered the Bone Corrosion Hall, used Time Acceleration, and endured the secret technique’s severe pain as he cultivated it.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying visited Zhou Zheng after comprehending World True Meaning, and Zhou Zheng congratulated him and warned him not to reveal his achievement.
• Zhou Zheng told Dong Bo Xue Ying that he could inform Red Stone Mountain’s Artifact Spirit and inherit Red Dust Mountain as a Personal Disciple of the Red Dust Saint Lord.
• After more than fifty years outside, Zhou Zheng mastered the Bone Erosion Secret Technique and manifested the Chù Beast Totem.
• Bone Erosion explained that Zhou Zheng had to defeat the Bone Demon to proceed to the other Demon Halls, and Zhou Zheng prepared to begin the combat trial.