Chapter Summaries

Zhou Zheng continued cultivating after reviving and learned that the World Beasts were debating how to respond to him. After thirty million epochs of practice, he grasped the Chaos Law and prepared to break through to the Chaos Realm so he could defeat the World Beasts.

• Zhou Zheng watched another Chaos evolution, then returned to the Universe Boat to continue cultivating.
• The World Beasts learned that Cheng Tian True God had revived, and Bedi urged them to produce a World Beast King while others objected to the sacrifices involved.
• Zhou Zheng spent thirty million epochs repeatedly rebuilding and cultivating, confident that the World Beasts could not produce a king soon enough to threaten him.
• Zhou Zheng told Qianshi that he had grasped the Chaos Law and intended to break through to the Chaos Realm.
• Zhou Zheng set the breakthrough for one month later, planning to use his year remaining in the Cosmic Sea to crush the World Beasts.

Zhou Zheng returned to the Desolate Era World and restored his cultivation by comprehending its Space-Time and Sword Dao systems. After a hundred years, he became a perfected World God and Chaos Immortal, and formed the Blue Flower Space in his soul.

• Zhou Zheng revived his Original Body and Second Primordial Spirit at the core of a Chaos Star and recalled how he had left the Origin Continent after acquiring the Void Dao inheritance.
• Zhou Zheng reasoned that Zuo Shan Ke had likely escaped with the Thousand Worlds Seal and would pass it to Luo Feng, then began adapting his cultivation to the Desolate Era World.
• Zhou Zheng rapidly advanced his Space-Time and Sword Dao comprehension as he studied the new world’s rules.
• A hundred years later, Zhou Zheng used Space-Time as the foundation to break through, becoming a World God in his Original Body and a Chaos Immortal in his Second Primordial Spirit.
• Zhou Zheng formed the Blue Flower Space in his soul, then discovered that both bodies had reached the perfected level with thirty-six thousand Divine Crystals and a thirty-six-thousand-zhang Dao Tree.

After returning to the Chaos Universe, Zhou Zheng chose to pursue the Ultimate Dao and traveled back toward the Three Realms to learn what had happened there. He met Ji Ning outside the Three Realms, where they exchanged news of their cultivation and dangerous journeys.

• Zhou Zheng decided that he would pursue the Ultimate Dao, but first needed to study the cultivation knowledge of this universe.
• Zhou Zheng returned to the Void near the Three Realms but hesitated to enter because of his Life Oath to Heavenly Cang Palace.
• Ji Ning sensed Zhou Zheng's arrival, greeted him as his master, and invited him to an immortal estate.
• Ji Ning told Zhou Zheng that he had become a Three-step Dao Lord and recounted his journey through the Da Mo Domain, Heavenly Cang Palace, Mangya Kingdom, and a Different Universe.
• Ji Ning revealed that his Original Body was trapped deep within Yu Xinghai, while Zhou Zheng explained that he had only recently escaped a dangerous region.

Zhou Zheng learned how the Three Realms had prospered under Ji Ning’s guidance and returned to study its Space-Time and Sword Dao scriptures. He began considering how to pursue the Ultimate Space-Time Dao while Ji Ning asked him to review his own Dao.

• Ji Ning told Zhou Zheng that the Three Realms Secret Pavilion had helped many experts become World Gods and Chaos Immortals, and that Patriarch Bodhi had left to gain experience.
• Ji Ning announced Zhou Zheng’s return, drawing many visitors from the Three Realms into Chaos before Zhou Zheng settled on a nearby Chaos Star.
• Zhou Zheng studied the pavilion’s Space-Time scriptures for more than ten years and considered combining five Strongest Daos to pursue the Ultimate Space-Time Dao.
• Ji Ning brought Zhou Zheng Sword Dao scriptures and asked him to guide him by studying his Dao.
• Ji Ning remarked that Zhou Zheng might have become a Dao Lord already if he had not been trapped, but Zhou Zheng remained focused on achieving the Ultimate Dao.

Zhou Zheng studied Ji Ning’s Sword Dao and advanced rapidly, refining his Space-Time techniques and fusing two offensive Strongest Daos. He left the Three Realms for Heavenly Cang Palace, intending to earn Chaos Spiritual Liquid along the way.

• Zhou Zheng examined Ji Ning’s sword phantom and confirmed that Ji Ning followed the Ultimate Sword Dao.
• During a century of secluded cultivation, Zhou Zheng perfected five Space-Time techniques and comprehended a fused Strongest Sword Dao.
• Zhou Zheng decided to travel to Heavenly Cang Palace to fulfill his Life Oath and continue tempering himself.
• Black-Robed Ji Ning saw Zhou Zheng off, then wondered how his master had departed so silently.
• Zhou Zheng followed Ji Ning’s safe passage toward Da Mo Domain and planned to earn Chaos Spiritual Liquid before continuing to Heavenly Cang Palace.

After more than five hundred years of travel and breakthroughs in several Space-Time Dao techniques, Zhou Zheng reached the Divine Bright Star and prepared to teleport to the Tian Cang Domain. A suspicious Chaos Immortal joined him, and Zhou Zheng agreed to travel together while planning to capture him and learn why he had been watching him.

• Zhou Zheng explored danger zones on his journey, strengthening Myriad Shadow Illusory Body, Infinite Body, and Space-Time Shuttle to the Strongest Dao level.
• After more than five hundred years away from the Three Realms, Zhou Zheng reached the Divine Bright Star and paid to use its Space-Time Teleportation Array to travel to the Tian Cang Domain.
• An extravagantly dressed Chaos Immortal joined Zhou Zheng on the teleportation array, claiming he had a Reception Order from Xing Ming of Heavenly Cang Palace.
• Zhou Zheng recognized the Chaos Immortal's claim as suspicious but agreed to travel with him and planned to capture him after they left the teleportation array.

On the way to Heavenly Cang Palace, Zhou Zheng captured a Chaos Immortal who had been sent to identify its members and learned that Black Scale Dao Lord might be targeting the palace. Suspecting the plot was connected to the Dongming Jade Talisman, Zhou Zheng left an avatar and followed the flying vessel to confront Black Scale Dao Lord before deciding whether to continue onward.

• Zhou Zheng seized the Chaos Immortal aboard the Minghai Flying Boat and forced him to explain why he had approached him.
• The Chaos Immortal revealed that Black Ling Hall had sent him to monitor teleportation arrays and report possible members of Heavenly Cang Palace to Black Scale Dao Lord.
• Zhou Zheng suspected that Boundless Dao Lord's scheme was connected to the Dongming Jade Talisman's emergence and the danger facing Heavenly Cang Palace.
• After learning that his information had already been reported, Zhou Zheng considered the danger of meeting Black Scale Dao Lord but decided not to flee immediately.
• Zhou Zheng sealed the Chaos Immortal in his Cave-Heaven Treasure, left an avatar with it, and followed the flying vessel from a distance to investigate Black Scale Dao Lord's intentions.

Zhou Zheng completed the five Strongest Daos of the Five Scrolls of Space-Time and fused them, confirming he could pursue the Ultimate Space-Time Dao. When Black Scale Dao Lord attacked, Zhou Zheng revealed that the captive he had taken was only an Avatar, then surrounded him with thousands of illusory bodies.

• Zhou Zheng raised Endless Domain to the Strongest Dao and fused it with his four other Space-Time Strongest Daos.
• Zhou Zheng recognized that the five fused Daos still fell short of the complete Ultimate Space-Time Dao, though they perfected his combat abilities.
• After half a year, Black Scale Dao Lord attacked Zhou Zheng's flying vessel, and Zhou Zheng severed his giant hand with a Sword Light.
• Black Scale Dao Lord questioned Zhou Zheng about Da Mo Domain and then attacked, while Zhou Zheng tested his speed and other abilities.
• Black Scale Dao Lord suppressed Zhou Zheng's Avatar with his domain and captured it, only to discover it was an Avatar.
• Zhou Zheng's voice echoed through the Void as more than ten thousand of his figures surrounded Black Scale Dao Lord.

Zhou Zheng fought Black Scale Dao Lord, a powerful Three-step Dao Lord, using his avatars and original body. As the battle pushed him to use the Five Scrolls of Space-Time more fluidly, Zhou Zheng glimpsed the Ultimate Space-Time Dao and set foot on its path.

• Zhou Zheng attacked Black Scale Dao Lord with more than ten thousand avatars, but Black Scale Dao Lord's scales and defensive techniques withstood their assaults.
• Zhou Zheng joined the attack with his two Eternal Divine Weapons, and Black Scale Dao Lord blocked his sword strikes while recognizing that Zhou Zheng remained at the World Realm.
• Zhou Zheng changed his attacks to center on Space-Time Annihilation and used the Five Scrolls of Space-Time as his avatars kept Black Scale Dao Lord from retreating.
• As he fought, Zhou Zheng understood the flaws in his fused Strongest Dao and glimpsed the gateway to the Ultimate Dao.
• Zhou Zheng sensed the Chaos Universe's space-time Origin, realized he had set foot on the Ultimate Space-Time Dao, and thanked Black Scale Dao Lord.

After comprehending the Ultimate Space-Time Dao, Zhou Zheng overwhelmed and killed Black Scale Dao Lord. He then entered the Silver Falling Time Tower on a remote Chaos Star and began his breakthrough to become a Dao Lord.

• Zhou Zheng's newly formed Endless Domain crushed Black Scale Dao Lord's domain, and his enhanced Avatars suppressed him.
• Zhou Zheng recognized how the Ultimate Space-Time Dao had transformed his techniques, Avatars, speed, and defensive power.
• Zhou Zheng used his Space-Time Shuttle and Space-Time Annihilation to strike Black Scale Dao Lord before he could resist, killing him.
• Half a month later, Zhou Zheng reached a remote Chaos Star in Tian Cang Domain and set up the Silver Falling Time Tower for time acceleration.
• Zhou Zheng entered the tower and began transforming his Dao Tree and Divine Body as outside Chaos Power poured in.

Zhou Zheng smoothly broke through to become a Dao Lord, greatly increasing his strength, and went to Heavenly Cang Palace to fulfill his Life Oath and learn what had happened in the Da Mo Domain. He reunited with Ji Ning, who learned that Zhou Zheng had been attacked near the palace and gained sudden enlightenment from the encounter.

• Zhou Zheng's Dao Tree and power grew as he broke through to Dao Lord inside the Silver Falling Time Tower.
• Zhou Zheng judged that his new Azure Flower Power could let him fight a top-tier Four-step Dao Lord and headed for Heavenly Cang Palace.
• Ji Ning's Law Body greeted Zhou Zheng outside Heavenly Cang Palace and asked why he had not broken through there.
• Zhou Zheng told Ji Ning that he had feared the area around the palace was unsafe, and the two went to Ji Ning's residence.
• Su Youji brought tea, and Ji Ning explained that he had become Zhou Zheng's disciple before becoming an Immortal.
• Zhou Zheng revealed that a Dao Lord had attacked him on the way to the palace, and that the attack had triggered his sudden enlightenment and breakthrough.

Ji Ning and Zhou Zheng learned that Heavenly Cang Palace faced growing danger after news spread of the Dongming Jade Talisman in the Yibo Realm. Zhou Zheng considered entering the realm after advancing to a Two-step Dao Lord.

• Su Youji returned with Dao Lord Yudou, who met Ji Ning’s master, Zhou Zheng, and learned that Zhou Zheng had inherited World God Northrest’s legacy.
• Ji Ning asked about the attack on Zhou Zheng, and Yudou identified Black Scale Dao Lord as the attacker, with Boundless Dao Lord behind him.
• Yudou revealed that Dao Lord Tianyi and Dao Lord Da Mo had triggered the Dongming Jade Talisman’s emergence in the Yibo Realm, and news had spread about thirty years earlier.
• Ji Ning realized the talisman could greatly improve a Heaven-Defying Dao Lord’s chances of Dao Integration and expected Heavenly Cang Palace to face a crisis.
• Zhou Zheng judged that war in the Yibo Realm was unlikely within three hundred years and resolved to try entering after becoming a Two-step Dao Lord.

Zhou Zheng left Heavenly Cang Palace for the Ascending Dragon Domain to cultivate in a secret realm where time flowed a thousand times faster. Ji Ning discovered that Zhou Zheng had comprehended an Ultimate Space-Time Dao, while Zhou Zheng entered the harsh desert realm and drew the attention of a mysterious figure seeking an Ancient Cultivation cultivator.

• Ji Ning said his Original Body would return from Yu Xinghai in a little over a hundred years, and Zhou Zheng asked where he could find a place with accelerated time.
• Dao Lord Yudou told Zhou Zheng about a secret realm in the Divine Palace Ruins, where time flowed a thousand times faster, and gave him a map.
• Zhou Zheng gave Ji Ning a dark black jade tube containing his Space-Time Dao; Ji Ning recognized it as an Ultimate Dao and reaffirmed his own path.
• After a few days at Heavenly Cang Palace, Zhou Zheng traveled to the Ascending Dragon Domain and entered the secret realm through a mirror-like mountain wall.
• Zhou Zheng confirmed the thousandfold time flow and began exploring the desert, while a figure formed from sand watched him and lamented that he was not an Ancient Cultivation cultivator.

Zhou Zheng explored the time-accelerated space, then secluded himself to advance his Ultimate Space-Time Dao. After eight thousand years, a black bird and a white-robed man discussed choosing Zhou Zheng for an unknown purpose, with the white-robed man deciding to keep observing him.

• Zhou Zheng searched the desolate space with his Heartforce for three days and found no anomalies.
• Zhou Zheng entered an immortal estate and began creating the second step of his Ultimate Space-Time Dao by combining the Five Great Techniques in his Five Scrolls of Space-Time.
• During eight thousand years of accelerated time, Zhou Zheng's five techniques each advanced by a major level, though combining them remained difficult.
• A black bird met with a white-robed man beneath the sandy space and argued that Zhou Zheng was a genius whose Dao matched its own.
• The white-robed man told the black bird to observe Zhou Zheng longer, noting that their presence had helped draw him to the time-accelerated space.

After ninety thousand years of contemplation, Zhou Zheng advanced his Ultimate Dao to the Second Level and reached the Two-step Dao Lord limit. As he prepared to leave the time-distorted space and gather resources for the Yibo Realm, Baili Ze appeared and revealed that his master was Flame Dragon.

• Zhou Zheng broke through to the Second Level of the Ultimate Dao after ninety thousand years of cultivation and absorbed Chaos energy to advance to the Second Step.
• The Black Bird urged the white-clothed man to approach Zhou Zheng, but the man chose to wait until his breakthrough was complete.
• Zhou Zheng reached the Two-step Dao Lord limit, decided to leave the space to prepare for the Yibo Realm, and put away his immortal estate.
• Baili Ze emerged from the dust, praised Zhou Zheng’s rapid progress, and invited him to attempt his master’s trials for treasures.
• Zhou Zheng asked whether Baili Ze’s master was Dao Lord Shen Gong, and Baili Ze revealed that his master was Flame Dragon.

Zhou Zheng accepted Baili Ze’s trial after swearing a Life Oath, then followed a crescent-shaped ornament through deep Space-Time to Dream Realm Mountain. Baili Ze explained that Zhou Zheng had one hundred years to climb as far as he could for greater benefits.

• Zhou Zheng agreed to take the trial and swore not to reveal what happened in the hidden space.
• Baili Ze gave Zhou Zheng a crescent-shaped ornament and vanished.
• Zhou Zheng followed the ornament’s pull through layers of deep Space-Time.
• Zhou Zheng reached an enormous mountain carved out in deep Space-Time, where Baili Ze named it Dream Realm Mountain.
• Baili Ze told Zhou Zheng to climb Dream Realm Mountain within a hundred years, explaining that greater progress would bring greater benefits.

Zhou Zheng climbed Dream Realm Mountain and discovered that its increasingly powerful illusions might let him open a Heart World. He stopped on a stair to let an illusion guide his soul, while Baili Ze and Black Bird worried that he had halted too early.

• Zhou Zheng resisted the illusions assaulting him as he climbed Dream Realm Mountain, recognizing that their power grew stronger with each stair.
• Zhou Zheng considered using the realistic illusions to open a Heart World built around his Ultimate Dao, which could strengthen him and help him climb farther.
• Zhou Zheng allowed an illusion in which enemies besieged him to guide his soul instead of immediately breaking it.
• Baili Ze and Black Bird watched Zhou Zheng stop and wondered why he had halted so early.
• Black Bird urged Baili Ze to lower the required thirty-thousandth stair, but Baili Ze refused and said it was the minimum for a Heaven-Defying Dao Lord.

Zhou Zheng climbed Dream Realm Mountain, collecting treasures as he advanced. At the thirty-thousandth step, he met Xuan Ling, the spirit of a Universe Treasure that agreed to follow him until he succeeded in Dao Fusion.

• Zhou Zheng reached the thousandth step and collected a patterned green fruit.
• Zhou Zheng obtained the Glazed True Flame at the three-thousandth step and one hundred million cubic meters of Chaos Spiritual Liquid at the ten-thousandth step.
• After three years, Zhou Zheng reached the thirty-thousandth step and encountered a black bird named Xuan Ling.
• Xuan Ling revealed that the black wings were a Universe Treasure and said it would follow Zhou Zheng until he completed Dao Fusion, but would not acknowledge him as its master before then.
• Zhou Zheng accepted Xuan Ling's conditions, seeing the Universe Treasure as a valuable trump card for his journey to the Yibo Realm.

Zhou Zheng continued climbing Dream Realm Mountain after gaining the allegiance of Xuan Ling's Wings and endured increasingly powerful Heartforce Illusions. At the ninety-one-thousand-six-hundred-and-fifty-fourth step, he broke through to the Heart Force Sixth Level and formed the origin of a Heart World.

• Zhou Zheng learned that Xuan Ling's Wings had followed him because his Space-Time Dao matched their Origin and he had cultivated within their hidden time-accelerating formation.
• Xuan Ling's Wings agreed to follow Zhou Zheng, entered his Golden Core Space, and promised to appear whenever he summoned them.
• Over the next ten years, Zhou Zheng climbed past ninety thousand steps as Dream Realm Mountain's illusions grew harder to resist.
• Baili Ze watched Zhou Zheng approach one hundred thousand steps and realized he might qualify to receive part of his Master's inheritance.
• At the ninety-one-thousand-six-hundred-and-fifty-fourth step, Zhou Zheng shattered an illusory world in his inner consciousness and formed the origin of a Heart World, reaching Heart Force Sixth Level.

Zhou Zheng created a vast Heart World by establishing the Ultimate Space-Time Dao as its foundation, then climbed Dream Realm Mountain and acquired the two halves of the Dream Realm secret art and a map of Yu Xinghai. After reaching the three-hundred-thousandth level, he stopped climbing so he could preserve time to travel to the Yibo Realm.

• Zhou Zheng used Chaos Crystals to create his Heart World and expanded it to the scale of the Da Mo Domain by manifesting the Ultimate Space-Time Dao as a tower.
• Zhou Zheng resumed climbing Dream Realm Mountain and reached the hundred-thousandth level in less than a month, earning the first half of the Dream Realm secret art and a powerful Dao Talisman.
• Black Bird Xuan Ling told Zhou Zheng that Flame Dragon Dominator had mastered both Heartforce and fire, and explained that he had died after suffering grievous injuries in a war.
• Zhou Zheng continued climbing and reached the three-hundred-thousandth level after another fifty years, where he obtained the second half of Dream Realm and a Yu Xinghai Map.
• Zhou Zheng decided not to climb toward the millionth level because the mountain's pressure was growing difficult to withstand and he needed time to reach the Yibo Realm.