Chapter Summaries

Zhou Zheng sent his Ancient Cultivation clone into the Initial Land and began its survival trial in an icy world. As the trial’s attacks intensified, he unleashed a powerful golden technique against a deadly black liquid.

• Zhou Zheng decided to test whether failure by his Ancient Cultivation clone would affect the Talisman Token on his Original Body and activated the clone’s token.
• The clone arrived in the Initial Land weakened to the state of a mortal, where an administrator explained the trial and warned that no Opening Realm cultivator in the current universe epoch had passed it.
• The administrator led Zhou Zheng to a huge tree, and entering it restored his strength in an Ice World where he had to survive to succeed.
• Zhou Zheng evaded barrages of Ice Crystals with Space-Time and endured their impacts using his Eternal Dao and Myriad Demon True Body.
• When a deadly black liquid began consuming everything, Zhou Zheng unleashed an ultimate move that covered the continent in golden light, surprising the administrator.

Zhou Zheng passed Old Ancestor Tianyu’s Opening Realm trial and learned that he could claim three Chaos-level Ultimate Arts as a Purple Robe disciple of the Grand Void Heavenly Palace. The chapter left him studying the arts recorded in the purple token, eager to use them to advance his cultivation.

• Zhou Zheng evaded the black liquid attacks, survived the black beast’s explosion, and completed the trial.
• The white-haired old man praised Zhou Zheng’s survival ability and explained that passing the trial granted him access to a thatched cottage containing Old Ancestor Tianyu’s opportunity.
• Zhou Zheng met the Black Dog, learned it was a powerful Chaos Realm Puppet guarding the Initial Land and the universe, and followed the old man toward the cottages.
• Zhou Zheng entered the cottage and watched Old Ancestor Tianyu’s phantom identify him as a Purple Robe disciple of the Grand Void Heavenly Palace, entitled to choose three Chaos-level Ultimate Arts.
• Zhou Zheng picked up the purple token, sent his consciousness into it, and received information about countless Ultimate Arts.

Zhou Zheng chose three foundational Ultimate Arts to pursue the Eternal, Void, and Time Daos, learning why Space-Time was divided into separate paths in the Chaos Void. He discovered that his Ancient Cultivation clone could also enter the Initial Land, where he planned to study alongside his first clone.

• Zhou Zheng found no Space-Time Ultimate Art among the 109 foundational arts and asked the white-haired elder why.
• The elder explained that the boundless Void and endless time were usually cultivated as separate Daos, and Zhou Zheng chose Undying and Indestructible, Crossing the Void, and Reversing Time.
• The elder brought Zhou Zheng the three transparent books and said he had to study them in the Initial Land, where a thatched cottage could provide up to Ten Thousand Times Acceleration.
• Zhou Zheng used an unused Talisman Token on a second Ancient Cultivation clone to enter the Initial Land, surprising the elder.
• Zhou Zheng explained that Ancient Cultivation let him manifest an extraordinary ability, and the elder recognized it as one of the system's powerful abilities.

Zhou Zheng studied three Chaos-level Ultimate Arts for more than thirty years before joining Destruction Monarch, Green Ripple Monarch, and Yaoxing Palace Master to enter the Eternal Divine Palace. As Destruction Monarch explained the dangers and proposed rules for sharing treasures, the four set off along a route he and Green Ripple Monarch had previously explored.

• Zhou Zheng learned that his ability let him return to the Initial Land and began studying three Chaos-level Ultimate Arts in the thatched cottage.
• More than thirty years later, Zhou Zheng met Destruction Monarch and Green Ripple Monarch at a meteorite near Lake Heart Island.
• Yaoxing Palace Master arrived, and the four Venerables agreed to scout the Eternal Divine Palace together.
• Destruction Monarch explained that the palace contained powerful guards, deadly arrays, and treasures left by the Sword Master.
• The four agreed that whoever discovered a treasure would keep it, then headed toward the Eternal Divine Palace as Destruction Monarch described their previously explored route.

Zhou Zheng and the Destruction Monarch’s group explored Eternal Divine Palace’s passages, survived a deadly flame array, and reached a mysterious vortex at the end of their route. Yao Xing Palace Master volunteered to enter it first.

• The Destruction Monarch led Zhou Zheng, Yao Xing Palace Master, and Green Ripple Monarch into Eternal Divine Palace through a side entrance, where their senses were suppressed.
• Yao Xing Palace Master and Zhou Zheng took turns scouting as the group followed a route the Destruction Monarch had explored before.
• Zhou Zheng triggered a flame array that had previously killed the Destruction Monarch and Green Ripple Monarch, but escaped using Space-Time; the others crossed the flames with their own defenses.
• The group reached a pitch-black vortex at the end of the passage and realized it was the only way to continue exploring.
• Yao Xing Palace Master volunteered to enter the unknown vortex first, and Zhou Zheng agreed.

Yao Xing Palace Master's Clone was killed after entering the vortex, but Zhou Zheng and Destruction Monarch entered anyway and discovered a hall filled with powerful treasures. A Dominator-level Guard struck them down, though Zhou Zheng survived by using his Space-Time Doppelganger technique.

• Yao Xing Palace Master told Zhou Zheng, Destruction Monarch, and Green Ripple Monarch that an indistinct black shadow had destroyed her Clone inside the vortex.
• Zhou Zheng agreed to investigate, and Destruction Monarch handed his treasures to Green Ripple Monarch before joining him.
• Zhou Zheng and Destruction Monarch entered a vast hall containing eighty-nine treasures, including a Demonic Essence Flower and a sinister Tripod Cauldron.
• A black-armored Guard appeared and pierced both Zhou Zheng and Destruction Monarch with its claws, turning Destruction Monarch to dust.
• Zhou Zheng reappeared far away using his Space-Time Doppelganger technique and recognized the attacker as a Dominator-level Guard.

Zhou Zheng fought the Black Armored Dominator in the Unknown Hall and seized a green bamboo-like treasure while aiming for the central Tripod Cauldron. After Destruction Monarch told Blood Blade Divine Emperor about the treasure vault, Blood Blade suspected the cauldron was Demon Ancestor’s Blood Feast Divine Cauldron and set out for Lake Heart Island.

• The Black Armored Dominator attacked Zhou Zheng with his Original Body and Dao-created clone, but Zhou Zheng survived a direct strike using his formidable defenses.
• Zhou Zheng tore through the treasure’s light barrier and took the green bamboo-like treasure, then continued evading the Black Armored Dominator while targeting the other treasures.
• Destruction Monarch re-formed a clone after his earlier death and hurried to the Blood Blade Divine Court to tell Blood Blade Divine Emperor about the treasure land.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor recognized the description of the Tripod Cauldron as possibly matching Demon Ancestor’s Blood Feast Divine Cauldron and learned that Zhou Zheng and Yaoxing Palace Master had not alerted the Island Master of Time and Space.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor took Destruction Monarch and headed for Lake Heart Island.

Blood Blade Divine Emperor and Bloody Dominator agreed to compete for the Blood Feast Divine Cauldron, while Zhou Zheng struggled to take a guarded cauldron from the Black Armored Dominator. Blood Blade Divine Emperor and Bloody Dominator then arrived in the hall, giving Zhou Zheng a possible chance to claim the treasures.

• Blood Blade Divine Emperor agreed to let Bloody Dominator borrow the Blood Feast Divine Cauldron for thirty million years in exchange for his cooperation.
• The Island Master of Time and Space, the Myriad Gods Hall Master, and Empress Qian He followed Blood Blade Divine Emperor and the others into Lake Heart Island while concealed.
• Zhou Zheng used Eternal Space-Time to evade the Black Armored Dominator and collect more than thirty treasures, but could not reach the Tripod Cauldron.
• Zhou Zheng attacked the Black Armored Dominator with Annihilation, but the Dominator blocked the strike, wounded Zhou Zheng, and continued guarding the cauldron.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor and Bloody Dominator appeared in the hall, and Zhou Zheng saw their arrival as a possible opportunity.

Zhou Zheng clashed with Bloody Dominator in the treasure hall after Bloody Dominator attacked him for the treasures. Zhou Zheng endured Bloody Dominator’s assault with the Eternal Dao and provoked him into unleashing Blood Flame Tribulation, then answered with Eternal Space-Time.

• Bloody Dominator accused Zhou Zheng of taking the missing treasures, while the Black Armored Dominator warned that the treasures were a trap left for Demons.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor attacked the Black Armored Dominator as Bloody Dominator charged Zhou Zheng and demanded that he surrender the treasures.
• Zhou Zheng evaded Bloody Dominator’s first strike and counterattacked with a sword strike powerful enough to approach a Dominator’s level.
• Bloody Dominator summoned countless bloody hands, but Zhou Zheng endured their assault head-on and mocked him.
• Bloody Dominator unleashed Blood Flame Tribulation, and Zhou Zheng responded by activating Eternal Space-Time.

Zhou Zheng held off Bloody Dominator while watching for a chance to seize the Tripod Cauldron, as Blood Blade Divine Emperor overwhelmed the Black Armored Dominator. When the Black Armored Dominator withdrew and Blood Blade rushed for the treasure, Zhou Zheng unleashed golden light and silver threads to stop him.

• Blood Blade Divine Emperor suppressed the Black Armored Dominator, while Zhou Zheng used "Eternal Space-Time" to withstand Bloody Dominator and counterattack.
• Island Master of Time and Space and Myriad Gods Hall Master watched from concealment and discussed how Zhou Zheng’s strength could let them focus on Blood Blade Divine Emperor.
• Zhou Zheng continued probing Bloody Dominator but saw that he kept his power at the level of a newly advanced Dominator.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor destroyed the Black Armored Dominator's Clone and threatened his Original Body, but the Black Armored Dominator praised him and withdrew into the darkness.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor flew toward the Tripod Cauldron, and Zhou Zheng sent golden light and silver threads toward him.

Blood Blade Divine Emperor tried to claim the treasure, but Empress Qian He, the Island Master of Time and Space, and the Myriad Gods Hall Master joined forces against him. While Blood Blade Divine Emperor fought the three, Zhou Zheng blocked Bloody Dominator from reaching the treasure.

• The Island Master of Time and Space and the Myriad Gods Hall Master attacked Blood Blade Divine Emperor, who escaped into the Shadow Realm before emerging again.
• Empress Qian He joined the alliance against Blood Blade Divine Emperor, who declared he would hold the three off while Bloody Dominator went for the treasure.
• The Island Master of Time and Space asked Zhou Zheng to stop Bloody Dominator, and Zhou Zheng agreed.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor began fighting the three Dominators as Bloody Dominator attacked Zhou Zheng and headed toward the treasure.
• Zhou Zheng used Eternal Space-Time: Second Form, Suppress, to slow Bloody Dominator, then appeared before him and struck with his sword.

Zhou Zheng seized the Tripod Cauldron while the Dominators fought, then escaped their pursuit by activating a replicated Talisman Token from the Initial Land. The four Dominators were left behind as Zhou Zheng vanished.

• Destruction Monarch and Venerable Lü Yi watched as Zhou Zheng held off Bloody Dominator while Blood Blade Divine Emperor fought three Dominators.
• Myriad Gods Hall Master and Empress Qian He joined forces against Bloody Dominator, while Island Master of Time and Space faced Blood Blade Divine Emperor alone.
• Myriad Gods Hall Master and Empress Qian He killed Bloody Dominator's Clone, and Zhou Zheng seized the Tripod Cauldron during the confusion.
• Zhou Zheng evaded Myriad Gods Hall Master's attack, but Island Master of Time and Space blocked his escape and the four Dominators demanded that he hand over the treasure.
• Zhou Zheng told Island Master of Time and Space that he was leaving Time-Space Island, then activated a replicated Talisman Token and vanished.

Zhou Zheng stole the Tripod Cauldron and escaped the Dominators by using a Talisman Token to enter the Initial Land. There, Black Dog examined the cauldron and warned Zhou Zheng that its evil nature could be dangerous.

• Zhou Zheng took the Tripod Cauldron and vanished into the Initial Land, leaving the Dominators unable to pursue him.
• Island Master of Time and Space identified Zhou Zheng's escape as the use of a Talisman Token for entering the Initial Land.
• Island Master of Time and Space, Myriad Gods Hall Master, and Empress Qian He refused to share the remaining treasures with Blood Blade Divine Emperor, and another battle began.
• Zhou Zheng reached the thatched cottages in the Initial Land, where Black Dog restored some of his suppressed power and asked to inspect the cauldron.
• Black Dog recognized the cauldron as an evil treasure made from the flesh and blood of many beings and warned Zhou Zheng not to let it bewitch him.

Zhou Zheng discovered that the Crimson Peak Divine Cauldron contained the Twelve Veins God Swallowing Record, an inheritance based on consuming all kinds of matter. He began studying its methods and considered incorporating their principles into an Ultimate Art to strengthen his physical body.

• Zhou Zheng entered the thatched hut and restored his cultivation while one Ancient Cultivation clone continued cultivating under Time Acceleration.
• Zhou Zheng refined the Crimson Peak Divine Cauldron and learned that it could refine the essence of nearly any material for its owner to consume.
• Zhou Zheng discovered the Twelve Veins God Swallowing Record, an inheritance whose cultivation centered on eating and included twelve different veins.
• Zhou Zheng studied the Matter, Flesh and Blood, and Treasure Veins, noting their differing costs, pace of progress, and risks.
• Zhou Zheng considered adapting the devouring system's methods for his Ultimate Art, which he had been developing to strengthen his physical body.

After spending nearly a century experimenting under Time Acceleration, Zhou Zheng created the prototype of the Myriad God Body, an Ultimate Art tailored to him. Meanwhile, news of his exploits spread, and the new Cosmic God-Demon Ranking placed him eleventh, alarming Venerables and the Mother Ancestor Cult.

• Zhou Zheng swallowed replicated treasures and used the Twelve Veins God Swallowing Record and his understanding of the Eternal Dao to transform the vitality in his body's particles.
• After the experiment strengthened his body and vitality, Zhou Zheng named his new Ultimate Art the Myriad God Body and resolved to refine it.
• Venerables learned that Zhou Zheng had seized the contested treasure in the Eternal Divine Palace, while Blood Blade Divine Emperor had retreated unharmed from the other Dominators.
• The new Cosmic God-Demon Ranking raised Zhou Zheng from fifteenth to eleventh, placing him above Great Emperor Nirvana and just below Qing Jun.
• Ancestor Jin Xiao felt relieved that he had previously listened to Pang Yi, while Great Emperor Nirvana was dissatisfied with Zhou Zheng's higher rank.
• The Mother Ancestor Cult, hidden in the shadows, felt unsettled and threatened by Zhou Zheng's rapid progress.

The Bloody Dominator and a fanged figure discussed Zhou Zheng’s rapid growth and the threat he would pose if he became a Dominator, agreeing that their plans needed to accelerate. Meanwhile, Zhou Zheng arranged his treasures to cultivate the Myriad God Body and returned to the Eternal Divine Palace to explore further.

• The Bloody Dominator told the fanged figure that Zhou Zheng’s realm had advanced astonishingly quickly and that his self-created Ultimate Art let him contend with powerful opponents.
• The fanged figure warned that Zhou Zheng’s Clone Technique could make him an especially dangerous threat after he became a Dominator, and the two agreed that their coming war could not be delayed.
• Zhou Zheng received the Cosmic God-Demon Ranking, chose to keep a low profile after offending five Dominators, and later received more than thirty treasures from his Ancient Cultivation clone.
• Zhou Zheng planned to trade most of the treasures for materials to cultivate the Myriad God Body and potentially the third level of Space-Time Realm.
• Zhou Zheng’s Ancient Cultivation clone returned to an empty hall in the Eternal Divine Palace and flew into the darkness to continue exploring.

Zhou Zheng entered the Blood Kill Hall, where its Artifact Spirit, Chi Xue, revealed that the hall was built to cultivate a successor for the Sword Master. Zhou Zheng qualified to attempt its inheritance and was given one hundred billion years to become a Slaughter Dao Dominator and pass the Blood Kill Trial.

• Zhou Zheng chose the right passage in the Eternal Divine Palace and reached a hall marked Blood Kill Hall.
• After entering, Zhou Zheng met Chi Xue, the hall's Artifact Spirit, who explained that he had deliberately opened the passage because Zhou Zheng qualified to enter.
• Chi Xue explained that the Sword Master had created the Blood Kill Hall to cultivate helpers and that its former master had fallen.
• Chi Xue told Zhou Zheng that inheriting the hall required becoming a Dominator through the Slaughter Dao and passing the Blood Kill Trial within one hundred billion years.
• Zhou Zheng considered the challenge and believed his progress gave him enough time to reach the Dominator realm.

Zhou Zheng entered the Blood Kill Trial to seek the cultivation resources left by the Sword Master and studied the Seven Kill Sword Techniques. He battled a white-haired trial figure whose swordsmanship advanced to the fourth level, leaving Zhou Zheng wounded and his Origin damaged as the fight continued.

• The red-robed figure led Zhou Zheng to a Stone Pillar and explained that the Blood Kill Trial ended only in death or completion.
• Zhou Zheng entered the trial world, read the Seven Kill Sword Techniques carved on a Stone Pillar, and spent over a year studying their Slaughter Dao.
• A white-haired swordsman appeared and challenged Zhou Zheng to demonstrate how much of the techniques he had learned.
• Zhou Zheng fought the swordsman, whose third-level techniques helped deepen Zhou Zheng’s understanding of the sword art.
• The swordsman advanced to the fourth level and struck Zhou Zheng across the chest, damaging his Origin before immediately attacking again.

Zhou Zheng tested himself against a white-haired opponent wielding the Seven Kill Sword Techniques, then returned to the Blood Kill Hall and learned that its first three Pillar Worlds each held a different Ultimate Art. He sent clones into the other worlds to study their arts and face their escalating trials, leaving him eager to use the dangers to improve.

• Zhou Zheng fought the white-haired figure with Eternal Space-Time active, challenged the fifth level of the Seven Kill Sword Techniques, and was killed by its third strike.
• Zhou Zheng's Original Body concluded that the Seven Kill Sword Techniques were too powerful to withstand head-on, then returned to the Eternal Divine Palace and entered the Blood Kill Hall again.
• The Blood Kill Hall's Artifact Spirit explained that the white-haired figure's world was one-quarter of the trial and that Zhou Zheng could enter the first three Pillar Worlds in any order.
• Zhou Zheng sent two Ancient Cultivation clones into the other Pillar Worlds, where they encountered the Three Thousand Sword World and the Great Annihilation Sword.
• About a year later, natural disasters killed one clone while waves of monsters threatened the other, and Zhou Zheng welcomed the trials as opportunities to improve.

After more than three thousand years of cultivation, Dong Bo Xue Ying grasped the Chaos Hole Divine Heart and became a Second Heaven World God, drawing Blood Blade Divine Emperor's attention. Blood Blade Divine Emperor verified his First-grade True Meaning and accepted him as a Personal Disciple, while Dong Bo Xue Ying remained humble and measured himself against Zhou Zheng's record.

• Zhou Zheng settled into cultivation while Dong Bo Xue Ying repeatedly practiced his spear technique in the Blood Blade Divine Court.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying grasped the Chaos Hole Divine Heart, merged it with his World Divine Heart, and broke through to become a Second Heaven World God.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor went to the Xia Clan World and asked Zhou Zheng to inspect Dong Bo Xue Ying's cultivation history.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor confirmed that Dong Bo Xue Ying had grasped a First-grade True Meaning and become a Second Heaven World God after just over five thousand years of cultivation.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor summoned Dong Bo Xue Ying and accepted him as a Personal Disciple, prompting powerful figures across the universe to take notice.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying received congratulations but stayed humble, reflecting on Zhou Zheng's achievement of comprehending two First-grade True Meanings as a Transcendental.