Chapter Summaries

After drinking Tian Cong Poison, Zhou Zheng awakened Particle Talent and cultivated his Profound Mysteries in the Temporal Temple. His rapid early progress slowed into a period of stagnation, and he accepted that further breakthroughs would take time.

• Zhou Zheng drank Tian Cong Poison, endured extreme pain, and awakened Particle Talent, which let him sense and destroy Particles.
• Zhou Zheng began cultivating in the Temporal Temple, training with Origin Stones and integrating the Mysteries of Wind and Thunder, Light, and Particles into his swordsmanship.
• Zhou Zheng reached the Second Level of the Myriad Realms in Particle Profound Mystery, then in the Mystery of Light, and later advanced several Profound Mysteries to the Third Level.
• Zhou Zheng's progress slowed for three years, and he eventually calmed himself and accepted that comprehending Profound Mysteries could not be rushed.

Six years into cultivating on Time-Space Island No. 954, Zhou Zheng reunited with Feng Zhuhong, who had advanced to the Transcendental level and feared something had happened to Jit. The Temporal Temple then informed Zhou Zheng that Deity Zhu Jiuling had agreed to guide him, and three days later Zhou Zheng was summoned to meet him.

• Zhou Zheng encountered Feng Zhuhong on Time-Space Island No. 954, and she told him she had broken through to the Transcendental level during a Danger-level Mission.
• Feng Zhuhong said she had not seen Jit for two years, and Zhou Zheng noted that he had not seen any teammates since their last meeting.
• Zhou Zheng returned to his Private Space, where 3327 informed him that Deity Zhu Jiuling had accepted his request for personal guidance.
• Zhou Zheng considered how to make the most of his sole free opportunity for a Deity's guidance.
• Three days later, Space-Time fluctuations carried Zhou Zheng away from his Private Space.

Zhou Zheng visited Deity Zhu Jiuling, hoping to receive guidance in the Mystery of Time. After Zhu Jiuling had Xing Yi test him, Zhou Zheng defeated the old servant without using a secret technique, and Zhu Jiuling acknowledged his strength.

• Zhou Zheng arrived in Zhu Jiuling's Private Space and followed Xing Yi to the Deity's palace.
• Zhu Jiuling asked why Zhou Zheng had chosen him, and Zhou Zheng explained that he sought to advance in the Mystery of Time.
• Zhu Jiuling ordered Xing Yi to test Zhou Zheng's strength, and Xing Yi attacked with lightning-fast Short Blades.
• Zhou Zheng used Time Deceleration and precise swordsmanship to defend against Xing Yi's assault, then struck a weak point and sent him crashing into a Stone Pillar.
• Zhu Jiuling stopped Xing Yi, declared that he was no match for Zhou Zheng, and admonished him for failing to conserve his strength.

Zhou Zheng received guidance from Zhu Jiuling on the Mystery of Time and learned that his particle Bloodline Talent also involved Micro-particles. He left Zhu Jiuling’s Private Space with new insights and advice on how to study both paths.

• Zhu Jiuling advised Zhou Zheng to test combining the Mystery of Light with Wind or Lightning before attempting to merge all three mysteries, and warned him not to follow a path that proved unsuitable.
• Zhou Zheng reconsidered his tendency to overthink his path and resolved to advance bravely rather than hesitate over the risk of failure.
• Zhu Jiuling demonstrated Time Deceleration and Time Acceleration for Zhou Zheng, then explained that the complete Mystery of Time could produce Time Stop.
• Zhou Zheng showed Zhu Jiuling his particle Bloodline Talent, and Zhu Jiuling explained that its destructive power involved Micro-particles.
• Zhu Jiuling told Zhou Zheng that special tools or magic arrays could help him observe Micro-particles, then ended the guidance and Zhou Zheng left the Private Space.

After three years in the Temporal Temple, Zhou Zheng reunited with Herk and Feng Zhuhong to prepare for their next mission and settle who would lead their team. He defeated Herk with his Proto Time Deceleration True Meaning and became captain, leaving Herk and Feng Zhuhong stunned by his potential.

• Zhou Zheng met Herk and Feng Zhuhong on Time-Space Island No. 954, where they noted that Jit had not returned and agreed to settle who would be captain.
• Feng Zhuhong nominated Zhou Zheng, and Zhou Zheng proposed that he and Herk fight for the position.
• Herk displayed his greatly increased strength and speed, but Zhou Zheng struck him down before he could react.
• Herk realized that Zhou Zheng had developed Proto Time Deceleration True Meaning, which let him slow time enough to overwhelm Herk.
• Herk conceded and addressed Zhou Zheng as captain, while Feng Zhuhong and Herk were left astonished by his progress.

Zhou Zheng became captain of the Black Wind Squad and recruited Mo Zitong to fill its remaining spot. As the squad’s first mission began, Zhou Zheng, Feng Zhuhong, Herk, and Mo Zitong were transported to an unknown destination.

• Herk accepted Zhou Zheng as captain, and Zhou Zheng registered their squad as the Black Wind Squad.
• Herk warned that the Temporal Temple would assign them a random teammate unless they found someone themselves.
• Feng Zhuhong recommended Mo Zitong, a Transcendental who had mastered the Illusion Profound Mystery and lost her previous teammates; Zhou Zheng accepted her into the squad.
• Feng Zhuhong asked Zhou Zheng to lend her one hundred Time-Space Points for materials, and he agreed.
• Three days later, Zhou Zheng, Feng Zhuhong, Herk, and Mo Zitong were swept away by the Power of Space-Time as their mission began.

Zhou Zheng and his team entered a Small Transcendent World on a mission to claim at least thirty percent of a scattered Special Lifeform Corpse. After learning that a powerful native Saint named Shockwave might be their greatest threat, they investigated a distant battle and prepared to intervene while keeping Herk’s identity as a Demon hidden.

• The four learned that the Special Lifeform Corpse had been divided among factions in the Small Transcendent World and that their mission was rated Danger-level.
• Zhou Zheng identified Shockwave, a native Saint who had mastered Fourth-grade Wave Domain True Meaning, as the strongest known lifeform in the world.
• The team decided to gather intelligence about whether news of the corpse had spread beyond the Small Transcendent World.
• Zhou Zheng’s team spotted three four-armed Native Transcendents pursuing a powerful young Transcendent from a mortal world.
• Zhou Zheng ordered Feng Zhuhong and Mo Zitong to attack the Native Transcendents, then have Herk save them and try to befriend them; he used Time Deceleration as they engaged.

Zhou Zheng rescued Wu Jiuxin and learned about the factions and dangers in Emperor Yu Mortal World while preparing to gather the fallen Special Lifeform's remains. The chapter left Zhou Zheng examining a massive hoof claw taken from the captured Native Transcendents.

• Feng Zhuhong and Mo Zitong captured three Native Transcendents, then pretended to flee when Herk arrived so he would carry the captives away.
• Zhou Zheng joined Feng Zhuhong and Mo Zitong, introduced them to Wu Jiuxin of Nine Rivers Temple, and brought him aboard Feng Zhuhong's Alchemy Flying Boat.
• Wu Jiuxin told Zhou Zheng that his two senior brothers had been intercepted after the Special Lifeform Corpse fell and that he had lost contact with them.
• Zhou Zheng questioned Wu Jiuxin about Emperor Yu Mortal World's factions and learned that the world had three entrances and several powerful Saint level transcendentals.
• Zhou Zheng told Feng Zhuhong and Mo Zitong to gather the corpse before outside forces arrived, and Mo Zitong showed him three Storage Treasures taken from the captives.
• Zhou Zheng found a huge, hairless hoof claw inside one Storage Treasure and sensed the immense power its owner had possessed.

Zhou Zheng learned that Shockwave held most of the Special Lifeform corpse and used Herk’s infiltration to locate Shockwave’s lair. With Wu Jiuxin joining the team, Zhou Zheng’s group ambushed the two Saint Level Transcendents left behind, ending with Zhou Zheng slowing them through control of time.

• Zhou Zheng found that the three Storage Treasures held enough remains to make nearly a tenth of the Special Lifeform corpse and decided to pursue the Native Transcendents for the rest.
• Herk reported that Shockwave held most of the corpse and that Shockwave had set out with his Flying Heaven level subordinates to seek revenge on Zhou Zheng’s group.
• Zhou Zheng decided to raid Shockwave’s lair and warned Feng Zhuhong and Mo Zitong to be cautious of the two Saint Level Transcendents left behind.
• Zhou Zheng invited the recovering Wu Jiuxin to join the attack, then had Feng Zhuhong prepare an array while Mo Zitong lured the two Saint Level Transcendents into an ambush.
• Feng Zhuhong’s array slowed the pursuers, and Zhou Zheng further slowed time across the area, leaving Wu Jiuxin stunned.

Zhou Zheng subdued two Native Transcendents and recovered the Special Lifeform remains they carried, finding a large cache of Origin Stone as well. He and his team prepared to search the Transcendents’ lair for more gains.

• Wu Jiuxin recognized Zhou Zheng’s Time Deceleration and joined Mo Zitong in confronting the Native Transcendents.
• Zhou Zheng slowed the mountain-sized Transcendent, drained its life force with repeated sword strikes, and subdued it without killing it.
• Zhou Zheng found the Special Lifeform’s remains and about five hundred jin of Origin Stone in the Transcendent’s Storage Treasure.
• Zhou Zheng increased Time Deceleration to thirty times, helping Feng Zhuhong, Mo Zitong, and the others subdue the lava-wielding Transcendent.
• Mo Zitong gave Zhou Zheng the second Transcendent’s Storage Treasure, which held more Special Lifeform remains and several hundred jin of Origin Stone.
• Zhou Zheng decided to search the Native Transcendents’ lair for additional gains.

Zhou Zheng, Mo Zitong, and Feng Zhuhong searched the Native Transcendents’ territory and found an Origin Stone vein. They mined most of the accessible stones, then retreated when the natives returned.

• Wu Jiuxin said farewell to Zhou Zheng and the others and returned to the mortal world.
• Zhou Zheng, Mo Zitong, and Feng Zhuhong searched the Native Transcendents’ territory using their rule mysteries and scouting abilities.
• Mo Zitong discovered an Origin Stone vein with a little over ten thousand jin left before further mining risked collapsing the small Transcendent World.
• Zhou Zheng ordered Mo Zitong to keep watch and Feng Zhuhong to prepare an ambush formation while he and Mo Zitong mined the vein.
• After extracting nine thousand jin of raw Origin Stones, Mo Zitong warned that the Native Transcendents had returned, and Zhou Zheng ordered the group to retreat.

After Zhou Zheng and his companions escaped Shockwave’s unexpectedly powerful attack, they took shelter and divided the spoils from their expedition. The chapter left them safely established in a concealed cave, with their next move postponed until reinforcements arrived.

• Zhou Zheng, Mo Zitong, and Feng Zhuhong fled after Shockwave destroyed the arrays and discovered the mined Origin Stone vein.
• Shockwave unleashed a long-range attack, but Zhou Zheng slowed time and carried Mo Zitong and Feng Zhuhong more than ten thousand li away.
• Zhou Zheng concluded that the Temporal Temple’s intelligence on Shockwave was incomplete and decided to wait for other forces’ Transcendentals before pursuing the Native Transcendentals.
• The three settled in a concealed cave, where Zhou Zheng allocated the Special Lifeform corpse and Origin Stones among the group and reserved a share for Herk.
• Mo Zitong told Feng Zhuhong that other team leaders often took most of the spoils, and praised Zhou Zheng’s character.

Zhou Zheng examined the remains of a Special Lifeform, using the True Sight Eye to study its particle and Micro-particle structure. He discovered that its body contained three kinds of unusual Particles, but could not damage the remarkably tough corpse.

• Zhou Zheng reviewed his cultivation and considered combining the wind, lightning, and light Profound Mysteries.
• Zhou Zheng took out part of the Special Lifeform's remains and used the True Sight Eye to inspect it.
• Zhou Zheng found that the Special Lifeform's body was formed from normal Particles and three kinds of abnormal Particles arranged in repeating units.
• Zhou Zheng tried to cut off a small piece but found that neither his strength nor his Bloodline Talent could damage the corpse.

Feng Zhuhong and Mo Zitong learned that Shockwave had suppressed a powerful Transcendental from the Emperor Yu Mortal World, raising suspicions that he had refined the small Transcendent World. As more outsiders arrived seeking Special Lifeform corpses, the natives came under growing pressure while Zhou Zheng remained unreachable.

• Herk contacted Feng Zhuhong, but she could not get a response from Zhou Zheng and chose not to enter his warded resting place.
• Feng Zhuhong and Mo Zitong asked Herk to explain his urgent intelligence, and he reported that Shockwave had overpowered a Third-grade True Meaning Transcendental.
• Herk said Shockwave’s control over the world’s power seemed like that of someone who had refined the small Transcendent World, though the known requirements made this seem impossible.
• Feng Zhuhong and Mo Zitong decided not to disturb Zhou Zheng because they believed the situation was still too uncertain for action.
• More Transcendentals from the Emperor Yu Mortal World arrived seeking Special Lifeform corpses, and the pressured natives increasingly favored handing some over while awaiting Shockwave’s decision.

Zhou Zheng comprehended a Proto Micro-particle True Meaning by studying the Special Lifeform Corpse, exceeding the Temporal Temple’s likely expectations. After emerging from seclusion, he learned that only three days remained in the mission and that the outsiders and natives had agreed to scatter most of the corpses for them to compete over.

• Zhou Zheng studied the Special Lifeform Corpse and condensed the Micro-particle Profound Mystery into a Second-grade Proto True Meaning.
• Zhou Zheng realized that the mission may have been chosen to nurture him, though his breakthrough surpassed what the Temporal Temple could have expected.
• Feng Zhuhong and Mo Zitong told Zhou Zheng that three days remained until the mission ended and briefed him on the conflict outside.
• Zhou Zheng learned that Shockwave had negotiated for the natives to hand over eighty percent of the Special Lifeform Corpses and scatter them for outsiders to claim.
• The outsider Transcendents accepted Shockwave’s proposal, preparing to compete among themselves for the scattered corpses.

Zhou Zheng chose to seek more Special Lifeform Corpses rather than settle for the mission minimum, and he joined the scramble with Feng Zhuhong and Mo Zitong. As they searched, Zhou Zheng used his newly grasped Proto Micro-particle True Meaning to locate a corpse fragment, revealing its powerful scouting ability.

• Zhou Zheng decided to pursue extra Special Lifeform Corpses so his team could keep some beyond the mission requirement.
• Herk informed Zhou Zheng, Feng Zhuhong, and Mo Zitong that the struggle over the corpses had begun, and they set out aboard Feng Zhuhong's Alchemy Flying Boat.
• Zhou Zheng planned to search quietly at first and act during the final half day before the mission ended.
• Feng Zhuhong used her Alchemy Compass to guide them to a mountain forest where a fragment was likely hidden.
• Zhou Zheng pinpointed a corpse fragment twelve li underground, and Mo Zitong retrieved it.
• Zhou Zheng's companions wondered how his scouting had improved, while he recognized that the Proto Micro-particle True Meaning let him detect targets across more than two hundred li.

After quietly collecting more than thirty percent of the Special Lifeform Corpse fragments, Zhou Zheng began openly seizing treasures from other Transcendents during the final half-day. He defeated three Saint level transcendents and left them stranded as he continued hunting for targets.

• Zhou Zheng detected three Saint level transcendents ahead and changed course to avoid them while he kept a low profile.
• After a day and a half, Zhou Zheng had collected more than thirty percent of the fragments and sent Feng Zhuhong and Mo Zitong to search for other Transcendents.
• Zhou Zheng attacked the three Saint level transcendents, incapacitated them with his micro-particle power, and took their treasures, armor, and Special Lifeform Corpse fragments.
• The three Saint level transcendents realized they could not call for help and suspected Zhou Zheng came from the Temporal Temple.
• Zhou Zheng flew away to search for his next target.

Zhou Zheng encountered a black-robed Transcendental who used Shadow Space and fended off his ambush. The man then proposed cooperating to search for Special Lifeform Corpses, and Zhou Zheng asked how they would work together.

• Zhou Zheng’s attacks on three Transcendental squads were exposed, putting the remaining squads on alert.
• A black-robed Transcendental confronted Zhou Zheng, asked why he was attacking others, and vanished into Shadow Space when Zhou Zheng attacked.
• Zhou Zheng left, but detected the man emerging behind him and slowed time to strike; the man cut off his own arm to escape.
• The black-robed Transcendental appeared again and proposed cooperating, identifying Zhou Zheng as a Temporal Temple Transcendental seeking Special Lifeform Corpses.
• Zhou Zheng acknowledged the mission and asked how the man wanted to cooperate.

Zhou Zheng agreed to help Fu Heng of Nine Rivers Temple deal with Shockwave in exchange for Special Lifeform Corpses. They planned to act in three hours, while Zhou Zheng prepared to secure all the remaining corpses and protect himself if Shockwave revealed a hidden strength.

• Fu Heng proposed that he and Zhou Zheng join forces to take control of the Transcendent World by dealing with Shockwave.
• Fu Heng speculated that Shockwave's connection to the Heart of the World came from a special Bloodline Talent, while Zhou Zheng remained wary of the risks.
• Zhou Zheng agreed to cooperate because he wanted to obtain the Special Lifeform Corpses that Shockwave and the natives had kept.
• Zhou Zheng and Fu Heng agreed that Zhou Zheng would receive three Special Lifeform Corpses and all those taken from Shockwave, but they settled on acting in three hours rather than immediately.
• Fu Heng introduced himself as a member of Nine Rivers Temple, and Zhou Zheng departed to meet him again in three hours.

Zhou Zheng and Fu Heng prepared to ambush Shockwave while Herk stayed embedded among the Native Transcendents. The chapter ended as Zhou Zheng’s Time Deceleration slowed the area and Fu Heng’s dagger struck at Shockwave.

• Zhou Zheng stopped searching and told Feng Zhuhong and Mo Zitong to watch for Native Transcendents trying to escape while he dealt with Shockwave.
• Fu Heng gave Zhou Zheng some Special Lifeform Corpses and agreed to attack Shockwave after Zhou Zheng used Time Deceleration.
• Herk drank and socialized with the Native Transcendents, who trusted him because he had saved two of them and shared a convincing story about arriving through a spatial rift.
• The Native Transcendents praised Herk’s plan to make the Yu Huang Clan Transcendentals fight over the corpses, while Herk privately hoped to receive a share of the Origin Stone mine.
• Shockwave chastised the Native Transcendents for lacking cultivation discipline, then Zhou Zheng slowed the area with Time Deceleration as Fu Heng’s dagger appeared behind him.