Chapter Summaries

Zhou Zheng defeated the Bone Demon in the Bone Corrosion Hall and earned a token granting access to the Blood Dissolution Hall and the Heart Refining Hall. He entered the Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven and began cultivating the Blood Dissolution Secret Technique.

• Zhou Zheng discovered the Bone Demon's exposed red point and struck it until the creature's eyes went dark and it stopped moving.
• The black-robed elder gave Zhou Zheng a token after his victory, allowing him to enter the Blood Dissolution Hall and the Heart Refining Hall.
• Zhou Zheng left the Bone Corrosion Hall, which vanished, and revealed that his Ancient Cultivation clone had completed the trial without the hall's Artifact Spirit detecting anything unusual.
• Zhou Zheng took the token from his Ancient Cultivation clone and traveled to the Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven.
• Zhou Zheng entered the Blood Dissolution Hall and began studying the Blood Dissolution Secret Technique under tenfold Time Acceleration.

After more than twenty years searching for treasures in the Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven, Zhou Zheng encountered Mother Ancestor Cult Protector Qian Zhi and proposed trading with the cult. He planned to swindle their treasures, while the Guardians agreed to test the offer at a meeting thirty years later.

• Zhou Zheng escaped Qian Zhi’s ambush and identified her as a Mother Ancestor Cult Protector.
• Zhou Zheng proposed exchanging treasures with Qian Zhi, and she agreed to meet him in thirty years for a trial trade.
• After Qian Zhi left, Zhou Zheng revealed that he intended to deceive the Mother Ancestor Cult and take its treasures using his Ancient Cultivation clone.
• Qian Zhi reported the offer to Calamity Candle Protector and Green Eye Protector at their stronghold.
• Calamity Candle Protector decided to attend the trade himself, while Green Eye Protector warned that Zhou Zheng’s offer might be a conspiracy.

After mastering the Blood Dissolution Secret Technique, Zhou Zheng met with Thousand Branches Protector and Calamity Candle Protector to trade treasures, using convincing fakes to acquire genuine items. The Mother Ancestor Cult Guardians trusted him more by the end of the exchange and gave him a token to contact them for future trades.

• Zhou Zheng mastered the Blood Dissolution Secret Technique and spent five years preparing for his scheduled trade with the Mother Ancestor Cult.
• Zhou Zheng detected Thousand Branches Protector and Calamity Candle Protector hiding nearby and greeted the Guardians before presenting his treasures.
• Zhou Zheng offered a piece of Void Flame Ultimate Gold, and Calamity Candle Protector exchanged it for a Nine Void Flower.
• Zhou Zheng and the two Guardians traded treasures for an entire day, with Zhou Zheng carefully choosing items that would not expose his fakes.
• Calamity Candle Protector gave Zhou Zheng a Talisman Token for future contact, and Zhou Zheng departed through Space-Time.

Zhou Zheng tricked Calamity Candle Protector and Thousand Branches Protector into losing the treasures they had just traded, then used the spoils to begin cultivating the second rotation of the Space-Time Realm. His Ancient Cultivation clone’s first attempt failed, so he summoned it again to try once more.

• Calamity Candle Protector and Thousand Branches Protector discovered that the treasures they had traded to Zhou Zheng had vanished, and they chased him using a tracking Talisman Token.
• Calamity Candle Protector and Thousand Branches Protector lost the token’s signal after flying roughly a hundred billion li, while Zhou Zheng destroyed it and reflected on how Emperor Wu Qu had lent him the treasures he used in the scam.
• Zhou Zheng decided to use his Ancient Cultivation clone to practice the second rotation of the Space-Time Realm before attempting it with his Original Body.
• The Ancient Cultivation clone consumed treasures as Zhou Zheng guided the evolution of his one hundred and eight Space-Times, but a black dot swallowed one of them and caused the attempt to fail.
• Zhou Zheng dismissed the clone, then summoned it again with its treasures restored so it could make another attempt.

Zhou Zheng mastered the second revolution of the Space-Time Realm and used his Ancient Cultivation clone to draw the Mother Ancestor Cult’s attention in the Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven. When four Guardians found him near a powerful Ancient Demon, Calamity Candle Protector prepared a treasure to trap him and launch an attack.

• Zhou Zheng repeatedly practiced the second revolution with his Ancient Cultivation clone before successfully cultivating it with his Original Body.
• After three years, Zhou Zheng sent his clone through the Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven to attract the Mother Ancestor Cult while keeping his Original Body hidden.
• Green Eye Protector spotted Zhou Zheng and secretly informed Huo Zhu of his location.
• Huo Zhu gathered Sheng Yun Protector and Thousand Branches Protector, then joined Green Eye Protector to watch Zhou Zheng settle near an Ancient Demon.
• Calamity Candle Protector used a disc-shaped treasure to create an isolated world and led the other Guardians toward Zhou Zheng.

Zhou Zheng lured the Mother Ancestor Cult Protectors into the Ancient Demon's range and repeatedly used his Ancient Cultivation clones to keep Calamity Candle Protector from escaping. After the Ancient Demon left, Zhou Zheng confronted the badly weakened Calamity Candle Protector, who was joined by Sheng Yun Protector and two others.

• Calamity Candle Protector and three other Protectors trapped Zhou Zheng inside a newly created heaven and earth, but Zhou Zheng attacked through a vortex and awakened the Ancient Demon.
• The Ancient Demon annihilated Zhou Zheng's clone and attacked the Protectors; Calamity Candle Protector used a Golden Leaf to withstand its blows and flee with the others.
• Zhou Zheng repeatedly reappeared to slow Calamity Candle Protector, who realized the Zhou Zhengs he had killed were clones carrying replicated treasures.
• After an hour, the Ancient Demon stopped attacking and vanished, leaving Calamity Candle Protector severely depleted; Zhou Zheng arrived to fight him.
• Sheng Yun Protector and two others appeared to support Calamity Candle Protector, and Zhou Zheng charged them without slowing his attack.

Zhou Zheng overwhelmed the Mother Ancestor Cult Protectors, resisting Thousand Branches Protector’s curse and using his Original Body to ambush Calamity Candle Protector. He killed Calamity Candle Protector while the other Protectors remained unable to stop him.

• Thousand Branches Protector ordered Sheng Yun Protector and Green Eye Protector to obtain Zhou Zheng’s blood, and the three attacked him together.
• Zhou Zheng defeated Green Eye Protector in their exchange, draining nearly a tenth of his life essence with a single sword strike.
• Thousand Branches Protector invoked the Mother Ancestor’s Curse Kill, but Zhou Zheng’s transformed Original Divine Heart resisted it.
• While Zhou Zheng’s Ancient Cultivation clone suppressed the three Protectors, Calamity Candle Protector contacted the Mother Ancestor Cult’s headquarters for help.
• Zhou Zheng’s Original Body ambushed Calamity Candle Protector and struck him repeatedly, leaving him too weak to resist.
• Zhou Zheng killed Calamity Candle Protector as the other Protectors rushed to help, then calmly dismissed the Cult’s threat.

After killing Huo Zhu, Zhou Zheng hunted down the fleeing Mother Ancestor Cult Guardians in the Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven and told Emperor Wu Qu what he had done. Emperor Wu Qu rushed to meet him and alerted the Dominators, as the Lower Three Grotto-Heavens faced an upheaval.

• In a hidden place, two Mother Ancestor Cult figures learned that Zhou Zheng had killed Huo Zhu and debated whether it was worth risking a Holy Protector to kill Zhou Zheng's Clone.
• The burly figure sent Evil Fiend and a team toward the Lower Three Grotto-Heavens, while the fanged figure worried they might have to abandon the region.
• Zhou Zheng pursued the fleeing Guardians, and his Ancient Cultivation clone killed Green Eye Protector while his Original Body killed Thousand Branches Protector.
• Zhou Zheng contacted Emperor Wu Qu and reported the Guardians he had killed, then said he was still pursuing Sheng Yun Protector.
• Emperor Wu Qu hurried toward the Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven and informed several Dominators that the Lower Three Grotto-Heavens were on the verge of upheaval.

Zhou Zheng defeated Sheng Yun Protector in the Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven, while Emperor Wu Qu confirmed his strength and learned that he had killed a Mother Ancestor Cult Top Guardian. The God Realm Abyss Overlords recognized Zhou Zheng as a Peak Venerable and began discussing the threat and his reward.

• Emperor Wu Qu arrived in the Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven and watched Zhou Zheng overpower Sheng Yun Protector with the Space-Time Dao.
• Sheng Yun Protector destroyed his treasures and self-destructed after Zhou Zheng drove him into a dead end.
• Zhou Zheng showed Emperor Wu Qu the Top Guardian’s scepter and explained that he had used an Ancient Demon to injure its former owner before killing him.
• Emperor Wu Qu confirmed that Zhou Zheng had killed four Mother Ancestor Cult Guardians, and the Overlords concluded that Zhou Zheng had reached Peak Venerable level.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor urged Nile Overlord to watch the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel for more Mother Ancestor Cult forces.
• The Overlords discussed how to reward Zhou Zheng and agreed to wait until he left the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel.

Zhou Zheng examined the treasures he had gained from the Mother Ancestor Cult Protectors and then went to the Heart Refining Hall to cultivate its secret technique. He passed the Despair and Heartbeat Tribulations with ease and began the final, most difficult Years Tribulation.

• Emperor Wu Qu reminded Zhou Zheng that the Dominators would reward him for his contribution, then returned to guard the Black Rain Grotto-Heaven.
• Zhou Zheng examined the Protectors’ treasures and found that Green Eye Protector’s Blood-colored Demonic Blade contained a Dominator-level Slaughter Dao.
• Zhou Zheng traveled to the Heart Refining Hall, where a white-haired old man explained the secret technique’s difficulty and its connection to the Demon Ancestor’s legacy.
• Zhou Zheng mastered the Despair Tribulation in less than half an hour and then passed the Heartbeat Tribulation without difficulty.
• Zhou Zheng began cultivating the Years Tribulation, the final and most difficult part of the Heart Refining Secret Technique.

After mastering the Three Demon Halls’ secret techniques, Zhou Zheng received the Myriad Demon True Body inheritance and claimed a treasure from the Demon Ancestor’s vault. He began refining the black sphere and found his consciousness transported into another world.

• Zhou Zheng endured nine long lifetimes in the Years Tribulation, then awoke after a thousand years in the Heart Refining Hall with his Spiritual Realm further tempered.
• The old man confirmed Zhou Zheng had mastered all three secret techniques and teleported him to an ancient tower containing the Demon Ancestor’s inheritance.
• Zhou Zheng studied the Initial Volume of the Myriad Demon True Body and recognized how its physical power could complement his Space-Time Realm.
• The old man offered Zhou Zheng a random treasure from the Demon Ancestor’s vault, and Zhou Zheng pulled out a black sphere covered in Golden Patterns.
• The old man identified the sphere as a True Divine Artifact once used by the Demon Ancestor, and Zhou Zheng began refining it.
• The sphere’s Golden Patterns lit up, and Zhou Zheng’s consciousness entered a vast expanse of heaven and earth.

Zhou Zheng discovered that the Cave-Heaven Treasure he had acquired held Demon Ancestor's research records and eight sealed lifeforms, then left the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel to protect his haul. He returned to Time-Space Island, where Island Master of Time and Space and two Dominators offered to provide him with treasures.

• Zhou Zheng met the blood-robed Artifact Spirit, who explained that Demon Ancestor had conducted experiments in the Cave Heaven and left research records and eight sealed lifeforms inside.
• Zhou Zheng left the Cave-Heaven Treasure, contacted Emperor Wu Qu, and said he was departing the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel to avoid a possible Mother Ancestor Cult retaliation.
• Zhou Zheng exited the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel and traveled to the God Realm, where the Temporal Temple Artifact Spirit escorted him to a meeting with Island Master of Time and Space, Blood Blade Divine Emperor, and Primordial Master.
• Primordial Master invited Zhou Zheng to request treasures, and Zhou Zheng presented the list he had prepared.

Zhou Zheng met with the three rulers to request treasures for cultivating the Myriad Demon True Body, and Blood Blade Divine Emperor later invited him to the Blood Blade Divine Court. There, Blood Blade suspected Zhou Zheng was a reincarnated expert from a Different Universe and offered Saliva Soul Liquid in exchange for learning his cultivation system, while Zhou Zheng denied the accusation.

• Primordial Master inferred that Zhou Zheng had passed the Three Demon Halls trial from the treasures he requested and considered raising his Cosmic God-Demon Ranking.
• The Island Master of Time and Space said the rulers would gather the rare materials Zhou Zheng needed, and Zhou Zheng left.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor intercepted Zhou Zheng and invited him to the Blood Blade Divine Court, where he questioned Zhou Zheng about Different Universes.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor concluded that Zhou Zheng might be a reincarnated expert from a Different Universe, but Zhou Zheng denied it.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor offered a drop of Saliva Soul Liquid in exchange for Zhou Zheng revealing his cultivation system, and Zhou Zheng realized the Divine Emperor wanted knowledge of other universes' systems.

Zhou Zheng considered Blood Blade Divine Emperor’s offer and wondered whether the Divine Emperor’s Saliva Soul Liquid was the Void Soul Liquid he needed. After receiving cultivation treasures and rising to fifteenth on the Cosmic God-Demon Ranking, Zhou Zheng began cultivating Myriad Demon True Body while another clone entered Demon Ancestor’s Cave-Heaven Treasure.

• Blood Blade Divine Emperor invited Zhou Zheng to reconsider his offer at the Divine Court Myriad Flower Banquet in nine hundred years, and Zhou Zheng left without accepting or refusing.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor and the Black Bird speculated that Zhou Zheng might possess an inheritance from a Different Universe.
• Zhou Zheng headed to the Xia Clan World and considered whether Blood Blade Divine Emperor’s Saliva Soul Liquid was the Void Soul Liquid he sought.
• The Temporal Temple Artifact Spirit delivered materials for Myriad Demon True Body and several core materials for Five Rotations of the Ethereal Soul, while the new Cosmic God-Demon Ranking placed Zhou Zheng fifteenth.
• Zhou Zheng had one Clone begin cultivating Myriad Demon True Body and sent another Clone into the Cave-Heaven Treasure left by Demon Ancestor.

After exploring the Demon Ancestor’s research and mementos in the Heavenly Demon Cave, Zhou Zheng realized his Ancient Cultivation clone could help him study the rare materials. He mastered the method to bind the eight sealed Venerable-Level creatures and made the White-Furred Ape his servant, then set out to free the others.

• Chi Hong guided Zhou Zheng through the Demon Ancestor’s cavern, where he examined research notes and discovered a single drop of Chun Beast blood.
• Zhou Zheng realized his Ancient Cultivation clone could let him replicate and repeatedly study the Demon Ancestor’s precious specimens and mementos.
• Zhou Zheng inspected the refinement records for eight creatures sealed beneath Giant Mountains and learned how to make them acknowledge him as master.
• Zhou Zheng refined a Blood Array Diagram and used it to bind the White-Furred Ape, who introduced himself as Bai Ji and said he ranked seventh among the eight creatures.
• Zhou Zheng learned that Bai Ji knew little about the outside world and told him they would free his brothers.

Zhou Zheng made eight Venerable-level beings his loyal subordinates and sent them to scout the God Realm Abyss while he studied the Demon Ancestor’s research. His experiments and insights led him to open the Eternal Dao, which let his body become extraordinarily hard or recover from destruction by returning to its original state.

• Zhou Zheng awakened eight Venerable-level beings, made them acknowledge him as their master, and put Gu Futa in charge of keeping the battle-hungry group in line.
• After teaching the eight beings about the God Realm Abyss, Zhou Zheng sent them to scout for opportunities to establish a force there.
• Zhou Zheng studied the Chun Beast’s blood and the Demon Ancestor’s research, gaining insights into matter and physical-body modification.
• While examining the Demon Ancestor’s treasures, Zhou Zheng comprehended a new Matter Dao and tested its ability to restore his body after it was pierced.
• Zhou Zheng named the newly opened path the Eternal Dao.

After more than five hundred years cultivating the Myriad Demon True Body, Zhou Zheng emerged with immense strength and continued waiting in the Xia Clan World for the Divine Court Myriad Flower Banquet. Nine years later, Yu Jing Qiu became a Deity and recovered memories that revealed her past as a Third-tier World God; she and Dong Bo Xue Ying went to meet Zhou Zheng, while she wondered about his true identity.

• Zhou Zheng mastered the Myriad Demon True Body and returned to the surface of the Xia Clan World, where he reflected on how few new Deities the clan had produced.
• Zhou Zheng waited in the Xia Clan World for the Divine Court Myriad Flower Banquet, intending to meet the Blood Blade Divine Emperor about Saliva Soul Liquid.
• Nine years later, Yu Jing Qiu became a Deity through a Second-grade Divine Heart, and her recovered past-life memories revealed that she had been a Third-tier World God.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying celebrated Yu Jing Qiu's ascension with her, unaware of her restored memories and the change in her aura.
• Yu Jing Qiu questioned how Zhou Zheng could have become and reincarnated as a World God within ten thousand years, then accompanied Dong Bo Xue Ying to meet him.
• Zhou Tong greeted Dong Bo Xue Ying and Yu Jing Qiu outside Zhou Zheng's Divine Palace and sent them inside.

Yu Jing Qiu met Zhou Zheng, who offered her a way to leave a Clone in the Xia Clan World before going to the God Realm. Later, she looked into the River of Time and found a colossal shadow that she could not explain, then called out to her father.

• Yu Jing Qiu probed Zhou Zheng and was injured by the aura of his Myriad Demon True Body, then bowed to him.
• Zhou Zheng explained that Deities could leave a Clone in a Grotto-Heaven Treasure in the Xia Clan World and offered this protection to the Xia Clan Deities.
• Yu Jing Qiu decided to cultivate the Clone Technique, while she and Dong Bo Xue Ying each kept their true cultivation secrets from the other.
• Yu Jing Qiu used her Divine Heart of Space-Time to look into the River of Time and saw a shadow so vast it dwarfed the river and had not transcended.
• Yu Jing Qiu withdrew from the River of Time and followed Cause and Effect to call out to her father.

Yu Jing Qiu reunited with her father, the Snowy Empire Lord, and told him about her new life and husband, Dong Bo Xue Ying. Seeking protection from Ancestor Jin Xiao, she appealed to Zhou Zheng, who took her in and revealed that Xue Ying had already become a World God.

• Yu Jing Qiu contacted the Snowy Empire Lord and explained that she had reincarnated into the Xia Clan as Yu Jing Qiu and married Dong Bo Xue Ying.
• The Snowy Empire Lord warned Yu Jing Qiu that Ancestor Jin Xiao might still pursue her and advised her to seek Lord Cheng Tian's protection.
• Yu Jing Qiu visited Zhou Zheng, revealed her identity and past, and offered him her insights into the fifth volume of the Heart Sword Diagram.
• Zhou Zheng refused the Heart Sword Diagram but invited Yu Jing Qiu to join Cheng Tian Palace, promising that his faction would handle any trouble from Ancestor Jin Xiao.
• Zhou Zheng told Yu Jing Qiu that Xue Ying had mastered the First-grade World Divine Heart and was already a World God, then urged her to explain everything to him.

After Yu Jing Qiu joined Cheng Tian Palace, Dong Bo Xue Ying asked Zhou Zheng to join as well. Zhou Zheng welcomed him but suggested he attend the Blood Blade Divine Court's upcoming Myriad Flower Banquet, where a powerful mentor might accept him as a disciple.

• Yu Jing Qiu's Clone was nurtured so she could join Cheng Tian Palace and keep watch over Zhou Zheng's eight servants.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying decided to join Cheng Tian Palace so he and Yu Jing Qiu could remain together in the God Realm.
• Zhou Zheng welcomed Dong Bo Xue Ying but warned that Cheng Tian Palace had no Great Powers to guide his cultivation.
• Zhou Zheng suggested Dong Bo Xue Ying attend the Divine Court Myriad Flowers Banquet and consider becoming a disciple of the Blood Blade Divine Emperor or Pang Yi.
• Yu Jing Qiu explained the banquet to Dong Bo Xue Ying, who began weighing Zhou Zheng's advice.