Chapter Summaries

The Mother Ancestor Cult trapped the Dominators in the Nine Yin Nest and revealed that the Bloody Dominator, Nico, had been their infiltrator. Zhou Zheng shattered the trap with the Chaos Flying Boat and killed Nico and two Cult Masters, leaving the Cult Masters fleeing as the Dominators pursued them.

• The Mother Ancestor Cult engulfed the Dominators in the Nine Yin Nest and surrounded them with twenty-five Cult Masters.
• Nico revealed his allegiance to the Mother Ancestor Cult after destroying Empress Qian He's Clone, and Zhou Zheng's side attacked him.
• The Mother Ancestor Cult's Cult Masters suppressed the Dominators and helped Nico escape their encirclement.
• Zhou Zheng piloted the Chaos Flying Boat through the Nine Yin Nest and killed Nico, Mi Feng, and Holy Seal with its attack.
• Gu Feng Cult Master ordered the remaining Cult Masters to flee, while the Blood Blade Divine Emperor and the other Dominators pursued them; Empress Qian He held back to protect her last Clone.

Zhou Zheng and the Overlords defeated the Mother Ancestor Cult’s invading leaders, then discovered a Large Cosmic Passage hidden in Space-Time. A report that the other universe’s time flowed more than three thousand five hundred times faster left Zhou Zheng wondering whether it was the Demon Mountain Universe.

• Zhou Zheng used the Chaos Flying Boat while the Overlords fought recklessly, and seventeen Mother Ancestor Cult Leaders died, though nearly ten escaped.
• The surviving Blood Blade Divine Emperor, Island Master of Time and Space, and Empress Qian He regrouped with Zhou Zheng, who vowed to locate the remaining cultists and their Cosmic Passage.
• The Island Master of Time and Space sensed an anomaly near where a golden Statue had been destroyed, and Zhou Zheng and the Island Master opened a passage through the collapsed Space-Time.
• The Island Master of Time and Space entered the Large Cosmic Passage while the Blood Blade Divine Emperor went to prepare materials to conceal it.
• The Island Master of Time and Space’s Clone reported that time flowed more than three thousand five hundred times faster in the other universe, and Zhou Zheng wondered if it was the Demon Mountain Universe.

Zhou Zheng, Blood Blade Divine Emperor, and the Island Master of Time and Space entered a newly formed Large Cosmic Passage and confirmed it led to the Demon Mountain Universe, a powerful realm with three Void Gods and over three hundred Rulers. They decided to conceal their arrival and use the universe to grow stronger, while Blood Blade Divine Emperor prepared to destroy the passage if necessary.

• Zhou Zheng and Blood Blade Divine Emperor entered the Large Cosmic Passage and emerged in another universe, where the Island Master of Time and Space had captured an unconscious Fourth-tier World God.
• The Island Master warned that an unknown existence could detect harm to the captive, and Blood Blade Divine Emperor questioned him through an array.
• The captive revealed that the universe had three Great Emperors beyond Rulers, more than three hundred Rulers, and had conquered eight universes.
• Zhou Zheng recognized the realm as the Demon Mountain Universe and explained that the Great Emperors were likely Void Gods, while many Rulers cultivated the Bloodline System.
• Zhou Zheng urged the others to hide their arrival and use the universe to increase their strength, since they could not win a direct war by relying on the Chaos Flying Boat.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor agreed to set up an array at the passage entrance so he could destroy it if their presence was discovered.

After the Dominators defeated the Mother Ancestor Cult, Zhou Zheng hunted down its remaining strongholds with the Chaos Flying Boat. When a Cult Master offered surrender, Zhou Zheng agreed to spare some ordinary beings only if they changed cultivation systems, while demanding the Cult Masters’ deaths.

• Dong Bo Xue Ying celebrated the Dominators’ victory with Fire Cheng Venerable and decided to visit the Dark Abyss.
• The surviving Mother Ancestor Cult Masters debated their options as Zhou Zheng’s Chaos Flying Boat swept through the universe, and one proposed surrender.
• Three days later, Zhou Zheng encountered a tusked Mother Ancestor Cult Leader who offered the Cult’s treasures and obedience in exchange for survival.
• Zhou Zheng said ordinary beings could live if they adopted the Dominators’ cultivation system, but the Cult Masters had to die.
• The tusked Cult Leader tried to bargain with the Cult’s treasures, then fled when Zhou Zheng began charging the Chaos Flying Boat.

Zhou Zheng accepted the Mother Ancestor Cult’s surrender on terms that saved ten billion lifeforms, then arranged for their survival and reported that the Cult had been wiped out. With the war over, he sent a Clone through the Cosmic Passage to the Spiritual Cultivation Universe, where he intended to investigate matters before becoming a Ruler.

• The remaining Mother Ancestor Cult Leaders agreed to surrender and exchange treasures for the survival of their descendants.
• A Mother Ancestor Cult elder gave Zhou Zheng a Grotto-Heaven Treasure containing ten billion lifeforms, and Zhou Zheng accepted the terms and let the Cult Leaders die.
• Zhou Zheng reflected on the Mother Ancestor Universe’s remaining million years and decided to visit the Spiritual Cultivation Universe before becoming a Ruler.
• Zhou Zheng found the Nine Nether Soul-Breathing Earth among the Cult’s treasures, settled the ten billion lifeforms in a barren starfield, and left them basic Profound Mysteries of Laws inheritances.
• Zhou Zheng told the Rulers that the Mother Ancestor Cult had been completely wiped out, then sent a Clone through the Cosmic Passage into the Spiritual Cultivation Universe.

Zhou Zheng learned from Water Mirror that the Spiritual Cultivation Universe was a pasture whose inhabitants were repeatedly harvested by a powerful being, and that the Tongtian Tower’s trials were likely inspections rather than tests for an inheritance. He suspected his Grand Void Heavenly Palace identity had earned him a real reward and planned to alert the Palace once he became a Gold Robe disciple, then left the universe.

• Water Mirror showed Zhou Zheng scenes of the Spiritual Cultivation Universe being harvested across multiple cosmic eras and explained that its cultivation system had likely been deliberately created.
• Zhou Zheng concluded that Tongtian Tower entrants were probably inspected and harvested, while he had received an inheritance because the tower feared his status as a Purple Robe disciple of the Grand Void Heavenly Palace.
• Water Mirror admitted he had contacted Zhou Zheng out of desperation, then vanished after Zhou Zheng said he could not help him.
• Zhou Zheng resolved to inform the Grand Void Heavenly Palace once he became a Gold Robe disciple and judged that he would need all four of his Daos to reach the Dominator Level to kill a Void God.
• Zhou Zheng abandoned his investigation into the Tongtian Tower and used Space-Time to leave the Spiritual Cultivation Universe.

Zhou Zheng spent sixty million years cultivating in the Initial Land before Dong Bo Xue Ying arrived to take its World God-level trial. After Dong Bo Xue Ying went with the Warden, Zhou Zheng received a startling message that a Void God had discovered the Blood Blade Divine Emperor’s Clone.

• Zhou Zheng quietly studied Demon Mountain Universe cultivation inheritances and used the Initial Land to cultivate the Eternal Dao and Destruction Dao to the Dominator Level.
• Sixty million years after the Mother Ancestor Cult’s destruction, Dong Bo Xue Ying arrived in the Initial Land and was suppressed by its rules.
• Zhou Zheng told the Warden that he knew Dong Bo Xue Ying, then explained that he had kept a Clone in the Initial Land since passing the Opening Realm trial.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying told Zhou Zheng he had mastered the complete Heaven and Earth rules and had come to attempt the World God-level trial.
• The Warden corrected Zhou Zheng’s claims about the Initial Land’s benefits and led Dong Bo Xue Ying toward the Trial Grounds.
• As Zhou Zheng prepared to return to cultivation, the Blood Blade Divine Emperor’s Clone told him that a Void God had discovered him, changing Zhou Zheng’s expression.

Blood Blade Divine Emperor told Zhou Zheng and the other rulers that a Void God from the Demon Mountain Universe had proposed a contest to decide their universes’ relationship. After Blood Blade Divine Emperor summoned the rulers and explained the terms, they prepared to decide by vote.

• Blood Blade Divine Emperor explained that a Void God had discovered his disguise and proposed three matches between rulers, with victory in one match enough to win.
• Zhou Zheng and Blood Blade Divine Emperor favored accepting the terms, while Blood Blade Divine Emperor decided the whole universe’s rulers should be informed.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor summoned the rulers and revealed the Large Cosmic Passage and the Demon Mountain Universe contest.
• Primordial Master questioned whether Blood Blade Divine Emperor could defeat one of the Demon Mountain Universe’s strongest rulers, and Blood Blade Divine Emperor said he had a fifty percent chance.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor called for a vote and assigned himself and Zhou Zheng two votes each.

The Dominators chose Zhou Zheng, Blood Blade Divine Emperor, and Qing Jun to represent their universe in a decisive battle against the Demon Mountain Universe’s Void Gods. After Blood Blade arranged the match with Emperor Hongyun, the Dominators gathered and headed to Progenitor Demon Mountain for the battle one year later.

• The Dominators voted on their representatives, and Zhou Zheng defeated Primordial Master with one strike, securing a place among the three combatants.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor secured another spot, while Qing Jun was chosen over Island Master of Time and Space after their evenly matched fight showed Qing Jun’s stronger offense.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor’s Clone met Emperor Hongyun, and they agreed to hold the decisive battle atop Progenitor Demon Mountain one year later.
• Zhou Zheng arrived wearing a purple robe to signal his connection to the Grand Void Heavenly Palace, and the Dominators gathered their Clones.
• The ten Dominators set off for Progenitor Demon Mountain.

Zhou Zheng and the other Dominators arrived at Progenitor Demon Mountain to fight for their universe’s fate. Qing Jun challenged the Demon Mountain Universe’s frosty female Dominator first, but she overwhelmed him and left the visitors alarmed.

• Zhou Zheng and the other nine Dominators arrived at Progenitor Demon Mountain and followed Dominator Evil Minister to the Blood Battle Stage.
• Great Emperor Hongyun and a brocade-robed figure chose Wushen, Jiu Feng, and Bixin to face the visitors.
• Qing Jun volunteered to fight first, and Blood Blade Divine Emperor let him enter the arena.
• The frosty female Dominator erased Qing Jun’s attack with silver threads and quickly overwhelmed him.

Blood Blade Divine Emperor lost to the White-haired Dominator after Wushen unleashed a Void God-like bloodline power. Zhou Zheng then overwhelmed Jiu Feng with his domain and swords, leaving the battle’s outcome unclear as the watchers realized how powerful he was.

• Blood Blade Divine Emperor challenged the White-haired Dominator and used his arrays to hold him off while studying the power ripples.
• The White-haired Dominator summoned a strange-beast phantom whose Void Domain crushed Blood Blade Divine Emperor’s arrays and annihilated him.
• The Dominators urged Zhou Zheng to fight, and he faced Jiu Feng, who claimed to rank first among the inner-layer Dominators of Progenitor Demon Mountain.
• Zhou Zheng’s domain suppressed Jiu Feng’s Black Hurricanes, and his sword phantoms struck until Jiu Feng disappeared from the arena.
• Emperor Hongyun noticed something unusual about Zhou Zheng’s clothes.

Zhou Zheng won the duel in the Demon Mountain Universe and learned from Emperor Hongyun that the Grand Void Heavenly Palace was allied with his universe’s Progenitor. Back in their own universe, the Dominators witnessed Blood Blade Divine Emperor break through to become a Void God.

• Zhou Zheng effortlessly killed Feng Jiu on the Blood Battle Stage, stunning the watching Dominators.
• Emperor Hongyun recognized Zhou Zheng’s purple robes and asked whether he was from the Grand Void Heavenly Palace; Zhou Zheng confirmed that he was called Cheng Tian.
• Emperor Hongyun explained the alliance between the Grand Void Heavenly Palace and their Progenitor, and Zhou Zheng returned after less than half a day.
• Zhou Zheng told the waiting Dominators that their agreement remained in effect and that they had won the duel.
• Qing Jun tried to contact Blood Blade Divine Emperor, then the Dominators sensed a vast aura from the Blood Blade Divine Court as Blood Blade Divine Emperor broke through to become a Void God.

Blood Blade Divine Emperor broke through to become a Void God after fighting the White-haired Dominator, and the Dominators discussed who would travel to the Demon Mountain Universe. In the Initial Land, Dong Bo Xue Ying opened a Dao and became a Venerable, leaving him delighted about his future prospects.

• Blood Blade Divine Emperor emerged from seclusion as a Void God and explained that fighting the White-haired Dominator had stirred him into breaking through.
• Zhou Zheng told the Dominators that he had defeated his opponent in the challenge and claimed one of the three places to travel to the Demon Mountain Universe.
• Blood Blade Divine Emperor assigned the other Dominator and Venerable places according to contributions in the war against the Mother Ancestor Cult.
• Zhou Zheng revealed that Dong Bo Xue Ying had opened a Dao in the Initial Land, but Blood Blade Divine Emperor said Xue Ying should accumulate more before traveling to the Demon Mountain Universe.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying realized he had opened a Dao, and Zhou Zheng encouraged him to trust that he could eventually become a Dominator.

Zhou Zheng chose to cultivate further in the Progenitor Demon Mountain before attempting the Gold Robe disciple trial, then challenged Wushen Dominator for the title of first Dominator. After a fierce battle, Wushen conceded, leaving Zhou Zheng victorious.

• Dong Bo Xue Ying received a True Divine Artifact spear as his reward, while Zhou Zheng decided to delay his Gold Robe disciple trial and cultivate in the Demon Mountain Universe.
• Zhou Zheng learned from Emperor Hongyun that defeating Jiu Feng qualified him to enter the Progenitor Demon Mountain’s inner layer, and he chose to challenge Wushen Dominator instead.
• The Dominators gathered to watch as Emperor Hongyun began the duel between Zhou Zheng and Wushen on the Blood Battle Stage.
• Wushen used his Void-control domain, but Zhou Zheng’s Void Sword Domain resisted it, and the two exchanged powerful attacks.
• Zhou Zheng’s sword strikes wounded Wushen repeatedly, while his own injuries healed through time-reversal power, and Wushen conceded.

After defeating the White-haired Dominator, Zhou Zheng entered the Core Layer and began studying its many inheritances. The chapter left him preparing to use the Core Layer’s resources to forge a stronger path of cultivation.

• The White-haired Dominator conceded to Zhou Zheng and said he could challenge him again in one billion years.
• Emperor Hongyun congratulated Zhou Zheng and brought him to the Core Layer, explaining its time acceleration and cultivation opportunities.
• Zhou Zheng entered a room that accelerated time ten thousandfold and found books containing inheritances from many systems.
• Zhou Zheng discovered the second volume of the Myriad Things Illustrated Record but decided to study diverse inheritances instead of following his old path.
• Zhou Zheng sat on the Gray Cushion and began studying the inheritances.

After 1.29 billion years of Dream Cultivation, Zhou Zheng awakened with a new level of the Myriad God Body and a clearer understanding of the path to Void God. He left the chapter ready to develop a system of rules centered on one Dao.

• Zhou Zheng reviewed the inheritances he had studied and decided to use Dream Cultivation to absorb their insights before creating the next level of the Myriad God Body.
• Zhou Zheng’s Clones fell asleep, and Emperor Hongyun and Emperor Jiaoyun discussed how long his Dream Cultivation might last and whether it could help him break through to Void God.
• During Dream Cultivation, Zhou Zheng created the second level of the Myriad God Body and spent most of his time contemplating higher-level Daos.
• After nearly 1.3 billion years, Zhou Zheng awakened with the memories of his Dream Cultivation and recognized that he had created the second level of the Myriad God Body.
• Zhou Zheng concluded that a Rule Profound cultivator could reach Void God by using one Dao as the core of a system of rules, eventually forming a miniature universe.

Zhou Zheng experienced Demon Mountain Progenitor’s cultivation through Progenitor’s Guidance, then entered Grand Void Heavenly Palace’s Gold Robe disciple trial. He began battling a weak Void God Puppet and quickly gained the upper hand.

• Zhou Zheng sat on the final black cushion and experienced Demon Mountain Progenitor’s endless cultivation journey, which clarified the road ahead for him.
• Zhou Zheng decided to attempt the Gold Robe disciple trial, and the white-haired old man warned him that failure would end his only chance.
• Zhou Zheng entered the trial grounds and learned he had to kill a Void God Puppet created by the Patriarch.
• The Void Lifeform attacked Zhou Zheng with black mist, but Zhou Zheng’s pressure stalled it and his Void Sword Domain severed its tentacles and destroyed dozens of its heads.
• Zhou Zheng judged the Void Lifeform to be exceptionally weak and drew his sword to charge at it.

After killing the Void Lifeform and passing the test, Zhou Zheng became a Gold Robe disciple and received resources prepared by Old Ancestor Tianyu. He studied a map of the Chaos Void and decided to cultivate in the Tianyu Universe rather than risk the long journey to the Grand Void Heavenly Palace.

• Zhou Zheng killed the Void Lifeform, and the white-haired elder congratulated him on passing the test.
• The white-haired elder led Zhou Zheng into the Gold Robe disciple cabin, where Old Ancestor Tianyu's phantom appeared and explained the three Life-Saving Tokens.
• Zhou Zheng examined the Storage Treasure and Black Crystal, learning about the tokens, the Chaos Void, and a safe route to the Grand Void Heavenly Palace.
• Zhou Zheng estimated that reaching the Grand Void Heavenly Palace would take over a billion years and decided the journey was too risky for now.
• Zhou Zheng learned that his benefits included a Palace-Suppressing Ultimate Art, a Void God Weapon, and use of the cabin, then chose the Thirteen Swords of World Destruction.

Zhou Zheng received the Void God Weapon World Destruction and reported the Spiritual Cultivation Universe to the Grand Void Heavenly Palace. As he cultivated and sent a clone toward the doomed Mother Ancestor Cult Universe, Demon Ancestor returned to the Tianyu Universe as a Hall Master.

• The white-haired elder gave Zhou Zheng the sword World Destruction, intended for the Thirteen Swords of World Destruction.
• Zhou Zheng activated his token to report the Spiritual Cultivation Universe, and the Grand Void Heavenly Palace posted his mission for its experts to see.
• Zhou Zheng mastered the first move of the Thirteen Swords of World Destruction, developed his own swordsmanship combining Slaughter Dao and Destruction Dao, and used it to aid his study of the second move.
• After learning that the Mother Ancestor Cult Universe was nearing destruction, Zhou Zheng sent a resource-light clone there, expecting it to perish with the universe.
• Demon Ancestor appeared near the Tianyu Universe, and Black Dog and the white-haired elder recognized him as the new Hall Master of the Punishment Hall.

Demon Ancestor summoned Zhou Zheng and Blood Blade Divine Emperor to learn about the Spiritual Cultivation Universe and its Divine Pattern System. He offered to escort them to Grand Void Heavenly Palace, leaving Zhou Zheng considering the opportunity.

• Zhou Zheng left Lake Heart Island and traveled beyond the universe after a mysterious voice summoned him.
• Zhou Zheng met Blood Blade Divine Emperor and learned that Demon Ancestor had summoned them both.
• Demon Ancestor introduced himself and asked Zhou Zheng about the Spiritual Cultivation Universe.
• Zhou Zheng gave Demon Ancestor the Divine Pattern System inheritance, which Demon Ancestor found related to the Rule Profound System but limited to the Dominator Level.
• Demon Ancestor asked Zhou Zheng to arrange for a Message Token to be placed in the Spiritual Cultivation Universe so he could locate it.
• Demon Ancestor offered to take Zhou Zheng and Blood Blade Divine Emperor to Grand Void Heavenly Palace, and Zhou Zheng considered accepting.