Chapter Summaries

Zhou Zheng emerged from the Divine Palace Ruins and used Xuan Ling’s Wings to defeat Boundless Dao Lord and cross nearly a hundred territories in a single shuttle. He arrived at Tianmu Sacred City to seek intelligence and treasures, while keeping the Universe Treasure concealed.

• Zhou Zheng left the mountain wall in the Divine Palace Ruins and decided to prepare for a journey to the Yibo Realm.
• Boundless Dao Lord attacked Zhou Zheng to avenge Black Scale Dao Lord, but Zhou Zheng used Xuan Ling’s Wings to kill him instantly.
• Zhou Zheng tested the wings’ power and discovered they could surpass the hundredfold Heavenly Dao speed limit and shuttle beyond space.
• Zhou Zheng used the wings to reach Tianyu Domain, nearly a hundred territories from the Ascending Dragon Domain, and decided to visit a sacred city before going to Da Mo Domain.
• Zhou Zheng arrived at Tianmu Sacred City and put away Xuan Ling’s Wings to avoid drawing attention from its powerful residents.

Zhou Zheng joined the Dao Alliance in Tianmu Sacred City, bought weapons and intelligence, and began making final preparations to enter Yibo Realm. Fifty years later, Ji Ning arrived in the Da Mo Domain with Jiu Chen and returned to the Three Realms to handle an urgent matter.

• Zhou Zheng collected a Dao Alliance token, joined the alliance, and entered Tianmu Sacred City.
• Zhou Zheng bought six Eternity Supreme Divine Weapons, supplies, and intelligence about Yibo Realm, where he learned that Ji Ning was expected to go.
• Zhou Zheng rented a cultivation cave estate and began preparing secret arts, asking Black Bird Xuan Ling to maintain thousandfold Time Acceleration for a hundred years.
• Fifty years later, Ji Ning arrived in the Da Mo Domain with Jiu Chen and sent him to the Da Mo Eternal Realm while he returned to the Three Realms.

Zhou Zheng entered the Yibo Realm after learning that Dao Lords from the Eternity Clan and Dark Kingdom had already broken through the Dao Alliance’s defenses. He planned to seek battles to temper himself, especially against the Eternity Clan, while treating the Dongming Jade Talisman as a secondary goal.

• Ji Ning returned to the Three Realms, left his treasures with his Second Primordial Spirit, and departed again, while Zhou Zheng sensed his return and continued cultivating.
• Zhou Zheng spent more than one hundred and eighty years cultivating in Tianmu Sacred City, then bought more intelligence about the Yibo Realm and left.
• Zhou Zheng arrived outside the Yibo Realm and observed the Dao Alliance formation that barred Eternity Clan and Dark Kingdom Dao Lords.
• Zhou Zheng learned that Wine Saint had broken the formation, allowing Dao Lords from the Dark Kingdom and Eternity Clan to enter the Yibo Realm.
• Zhou Zheng resolved to seek battles inside the realm, especially against the Eternity Clan, and entered after revealing his Dao Alliance identity.

Zhou Zheng encountered three Eternity Clan Dao Lords in the Yibo Realm and attacked them with his powerful Five Elements domain. His domain overwhelmed their combined defenses, though the battle remained unresolved.

• Ghost Brake Dao Lord, Roaming Dragon Dao Lord, and Peach Blossom Palace Master escaped a Third-tier formation after being trapped for nearly a century.
• The three Eternity Clan Dao Lords planned to hurry toward the Yibo Realm’s core when Roaming Dragon Dao Lord sensed someone approaching.
• Zhou Zheng arrived and recognized the three Dao Lords from information he had gathered.
• Zhou Zheng drew his Twin Swords and unleashed his Five Elements technique, Endless Domain, against them.
• Roaming Dragon Dao Lord, Ghost Brake Dao Lord, and Peach Blossom Palace Master combined their domains but could only barely resist Zhou Zheng’s stronger domain.

Zhou Zheng fought Roaming Dragon Dao Lord, Ghost Brake Dao Lord, and Peach Blossom Palace Master, demonstrating the breadth of his Ultimate Space-Time Dao and resisting their combined attacks. After the three burned their Eternity Blood and forced him onto the defensive, Zhou Zheng survived a direct strike by revealing an Immortal Body, leaving them questioning how they could defeat him.

• Zhou Zheng suppressed the three Eternity Clan Dao Lords with his Endless Domain but chose to fight them using the Ultimate Space-Time Dao.
• Peach Blossom Palace Master’s Floating Life Realm failed to affect Zhou Zheng, while he and Roaming Dragon Dao Lord exchanged over a thousand blows.
• Ghost Brake Dao Lord’s endless evil ghosts overwhelmed the battlefield until Zhou Zheng summoned Myriad Shadow Avatars to counter them.
• Roaming Dragon Dao Lord, Ghost Brake Dao Lord, and Peach Blossom Palace Master burned their Eternity Blood and drove Zhou Zheng into a desperate defense.
• Roaming Dragon Dao Lord struck Zhou Zheng, but Zhou Zheng’s body dispersed into light and reformed unharmed, revealing his Immortal Body and making the three consider fleeing.

Zhou Zheng fought Roaming Dragon Dao Lord, Ghost Brake Dao Lord, and Peach Blossom Palace Master until they burned Eternity Blood, then was trapped by Roaming Dragon Dao Lord’s Dao Talisman as they escaped. Zhou Zheng’s Heart World caught up with their tower ship, and the chapter ended as terrifying strikes battered it.

• Zhou Zheng pressured the three Dao Lords, forcing them to burn Eternity Blood while Peach Blossom Palace Master’s Illusion Art was restrained.
• Roaming Dragon Dao Lord used a Dao Talisman to trap Zhou Zheng, and he and the others escaped aboard a tower ship.
• Zhou Zheng’s Heart World descended on the fleeing ship and sharply reduced its speed, alarming the three Dao Lords.
• Roaming Dragon Dao Lord planned to seek help from Dao Lord Fushuang, believing his Dao Talisman would keep Zhou Zheng trapped.
• Terrifying strikes hit the tower ship, shaking it on the verge of collapse.

Zhou Zheng suppressed Roaming Dragon Dao Lord, Ghost Brake Dao Lord, and Peach Blossom Palace Master with his Heart World and Endless Domain. After Ghost Brake Dao Lord unleashed a devastating Strange Object, Zhou Zheng used Xuan Ling's Wings to block the attack and returned unharmed, ready to continue the fight.

• Zhou Zheng broke free of Roaming Dragon Dao Lord's Dao Talisman and slowed the flying ship with his attacks.
• Ghost Brake Dao Lord told Roaming Dragon Dao Lord and Peach Blossom Palace Master that Dao Lord Fushuang had agreed to help them in the Fifth Realm.
• Zhou Zheng merged his Endless Domain with his Heart World, weakening the three Dao Lords, who burned their Eternity Blood and fought back.
• Roaming Dragon Dao Lord began to falter under Zhou Zheng's attacks, so Ghost Brake Dao Lord crushed a Strange Object and sent its powerful black light at Zhou Zheng.
• Zhou Zheng used Xuan Ling's Wings to withstand the attack, returned unharmed, and told the three Dao Lords they had brought this upon themselves.

Zhou Zheng used his Heart World and Xuan Ling's Wings to kill Roaming Dragon Dao Lord and Ghost Brake Dao Lord, while Peach Blossom Palace Master escaped. Days later, Ji Ning learned that the newly famous Dao Lord Cheng Tian was his master, Zhou Zheng, and was shocked by how much his strength had grown.

• Zhou Zheng's Dream Realm exhausted Roaming Dragon Dao Lord, Ghost Brake Dao Lord, and Peach Blossom Palace Master, but Peach Blossom Palace Master broke free of the illusion.
• Zhou Zheng killed Ghost Brake Dao Lord with a flurry of attacks, then gravely wounded and killed Roaming Dragon Dao Lord after Peach Blossom Palace Master fled using a Silver Dao Talisman.
• Zhou Zheng collected the dead Dao Lords' treasures and chose not to pursue Peach Blossom Palace Master as she attacked the surroundings to deter him.
• Several days later, Sect Master Jiu Chen told Ji Ning that a previously unknown Dao Alliance cultivator had killed Roaming Dragon Dao Lord and Ghost Brake Dao Lord.
• Ji Ning read the dossier and recognized the famed Dao Lord Cheng Tian as his master, Zhou Zheng, then questioned how his master had become so powerful so quickly.

Zhou Zheng told Ji Ning that he had entered the Yibo Realm and planned to challenge other Dao Lords alone. Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen continued toward the core region, while Ji Ning kept his suspicions about the Three Realms’ unusual rise in talent to himself.

• Ji Ning contacted Zhou Zheng with a messaging treasure and confirmed that his master was in the Yibo Realm.
• Zhou Zheng admitted that he intended to challenge other Dao Lords, and Ji Ning warned him about the dangers before accepting that he could not change his master’s mind.
• Ji Ning told Sect Master Jiu Chen that Zhou Zheng was his master, and Jiu Chen was astonished that their homeland had produced two Heaven-Defying Dao Lords.
• Ji Ning privately reflected that the Three Realms’ rapid emergence of World Realm cultivators was abnormal, but he kept his concerns secret from Jiu Chen.
• Ji Ning said Zhou Zheng would travel alone and led Jiu Chen toward the core region.

After the Dongming Jade Talismans emerged in the Yibo Realm, Dao Lords fought fiercely over the first one. Brother Sparrow King obtained it but was exhausted from fleeing his pursuers when a black light attacked him.

• Realm Spirit Puluo appeared and announced that five Dongming Jade Talismans were hidden in the Ninth and Tenth Layers.
• Puluo revealed the first talisman’s location, and Sui Meng Cult Master used his Heart World to suppress nearby Dao Lords.
• A Heaven-Defying Dao Lord escaped the suppression with a Dao Talisman, seized the Dongming Jade Talisman, and then died after encountering Brother Sparrow King.
• Brother Sparrow King took the talisman and fought through waves of pursuers, burning Eternity Blood and using many of his trump cards.
• As Brother Sparrow King tried to escape the Ninth Layer, a black light pierced the Void and attacked him.

Zhou Zheng intercepted Brother Sparrow King and fought him while Sui Meng Cult Master's Heart World weakened the fleeing peak Dao Lord. After Brother Sparrow King’s escape attempt failed, Dao Lord Yan Hu joined Zhou Zheng and trapped him, demanding the Dongming Jade Talisman.

• Zhou Zheng stopped Brother Sparrow King and battled him, gaining the advantage despite Brother Sparrow King burning Eternity Blood.
• Sui Meng Cult Master alerted the other Dao Lords, while Ji Ning and his companions hurried toward the fight.
• Brother Sparrow King used a Silver Dao Talisman to trap Zhou Zheng and fled, but Zhou Zheng broke free and caught up with him.
• Brother Sparrow King offered Zhou Zheng treasures to let him escape, but Zhou Zheng refused and continued the pursuit.
• Dao Lord Yan Hu appeared and fought Brother Sparrow King, then Zhou Zheng blocked his escape, leaving him trapped between the two Dao Lords.
• Dao Lord Yan Hu demanded the Dongming Jade Talisman, but Brother Sparrow King refused to surrender it.

Zhou Zheng and Dao Lord Yan Hu defeated Brother Sparrow King after more than a month of fighting, and the Dongming Jade Talisman fell into Zhou Zheng’s hands. He decided to use the danger of possessing it as a chance to pursue a breakthrough, while keeping open the option of surrendering it if his life was at risk.

• Zhou Zheng and Dao Lord Yan Hu teamed up, with Yan Hu pinning Brother Sparrow King down while Zhou Zheng struck him with attacks powered by Xuan Ling's Wings.
• Brother Sparrow King repeatedly tried to escape, but Zhou Zheng and Yan Hu caught him and continued wearing him down for more than a month.
• When Brother Sparrow King's accumulated injuries erupted, Zhou Zheng and Yan Hu attacked together and reduced him to a sliver of True Spirit.
• Brother Sparrow King's treasures scattered in every direction, and Zhou Zheng used Myriad Shadow Avatar to collect most of them, including the Dongming Jade Talisman.
• Dao Lord Yan Hu attacked Zhou Zheng to seize the treasures, but Zhou Zheng kept the talisman and resolved to use the pressure to seek a breakthrough.

After Brother Sparrow King died, Zhou Zheng took the Dongming Jade Talisman and fled while the Sui Meng Cult Master suppressed him with his Heart World. Dao Lord Yan Hu and other Dao Lords pursued Zhou Zheng, who used his speed and fought back as he sought the pressure he needed to improve.

• Brother Sparrow King’s treasures mostly went to Zhou Zheng, and the Sui Meng Cult Master’s Heart World descended upon Zhou Zheng and Dao Lord Yan Hu.
• Dao Lord Yan Hu swore he did not have the Dongming Jade Talisman, while Zhou Zheng revealed it was in his possession and escaped at tremendous speed.
• Dao Lord Yan Hu used a golden Dao Talisman to pursue Zhou Zheng, while the Sui Meng Cult Master alerted the other Dao Lords across the Yibo Realm.
• Ji Ning offered to combine their Heart Worlds and domains to resist the suppression, but Zhou Zheng refused and said he wanted the pressure.
• Dao Lord Yan Hu caught up with Zhou Zheng and injured him in their clashes, while Zhou Zheng relied on speed to avoid direct combat.
• Other teams of Dao Lords blocked Zhou Zheng’s escape, and both sides used their trump cards as Zhou Zheng fought back without mercy.

Zhou Zheng fought Bright King, whose speed and light techniques made him a dangerous opponent, while Ji Ning helped counter the Sui Meng Cult Master's suppression. As Dao Lord Yan Hu and a mysterious swordsman approached, Zhou Zheng remained determined to keep fighting and felt close to a breakthrough in the Ultimate Space-Time Dao.

• Zhou Zheng escaped pursuers for three years, killed thirteen Heaven-Defying Dao Lords, and continued refining his Space-Time understanding while injured.
• Bright King intercepted Zhou Zheng and demanded the Dongming Jade Talisman, then struck him with Light Annihilation, which Xuan Ling's Wings withstood.
• Zhou Zheng asked Ji Ning to help remove the Sui Meng Cult Master's interference before Bright King unleashed his next move.
• Dao Lord Yan Hu and a mysterious man carrying a Blood-colored Demonic Blade learned that Zhou Zheng had met Bright King and hurried toward them.
• Zhou Zheng and Bright King fought with vast armies of Avatars, and Zhou Zheng held his own despite his injuries and Bright King's speed.
• Bright King offered Zhou Zheng two billion cubic meters of Chaos Spiritual Liquid for the talisman, but Zhou Zheng refused and kept fighting as he sensed a breakthrough nearing.

Zhou Zheng fought the Bright King as Dao Lord Yan Hu and Dao Lord Xiaomeng arrived to claim the Dongming Jade Talisman. Under attack from three peak Dao Lords, Zhou Zheng realized a new application of the Ultimate Space-Time Dao, leaving his enemies baffled by how he avoided being killed.

• Dao Lord Yan Hu and Dao Lord Xiaomeng arrived while Zhou Zheng and the Bright King were fighting.
• Dao Lord Xiaomeng struck Zhou Zheng, but the body he destroyed turned out to be an Avatar rather than Zhou Zheng's Original Body.
• Zhou Zheng realized that the third level of the Ultimate Space-Time Dao involved more than a transformation in power.
• The Bright King, Dao Lord Xiaomeng, and Dao Lord Yan Hu attacked Zhou Zheng's Original Body, but the Bright King's killing move also destroyed an Avatar.
• Dao Lord Xiaomeng and the Bright King questioned how Zhou Zheng had avoided their attacks without making a detectable positional exchange.

Zhou Zheng advanced his Ultimate Space-Time Dao to the third step and used his new abilities to evade Bright King and the other two Dao Lords. He revealed his breakthrough by striking Bright King and overpowering Sui Meng Cult Master's Heart World, leaving Sui Meng Cult Master wary of facing him.

• Zhou Zheng used his third-step Ultimate Space-Time Dao to make his Original Body and Space-Time Avatars indistinguishable, evading Bright King and Dao Lord Xiaomeng's attacks.
• Bright King, Dao Lord Xiaomeng, and Dao Lord Yan Hu agreed to pursue Zhou Zheng and stall him until more Dao Lords arrived, while searching for his Original Body.
• The three Dao Lords killed countless of Zhou Zheng's Space-Time Avatars, but he continually replaced them and shifted his Original Body.
• Zhou Zheng appeared in Bright King's area and struck him with a sword that exceeded a hundred times the Heavenly Dao limit, severely injuring him.
• Bright King realized Zhou Zheng had broken through, and Zhou Zheng's Heart World crushed Sui Meng Cult Master's Heart World.
• Sui Meng Cult Master sensed his Heart World had been defeated and decided to flee if he encountered Dao Lord Cheng Tian.

Zhou Zheng broke through and used his overwhelming speed and power to kill Bright King, despite Bright King’s Dao Talisman and the approaching Dao Lord Xiaomeng and Dao Lord Yan Hu. Ji Ning witnessed Bright King’s death through his Heart World, leaving Sect Master Jiu Chen and the others stunned by the news.

• Bright King called on Dao Lord Xiaomeng and Dao Lord Yan Hu to join forces against Zhou Zheng, but Zhou Zheng’s Heart World suppression slowed their approach.
• Zhou Zheng outpaced Bright King, wounded him in their clash, and forced him to defend himself with a purple Dao Talisman.
• With Xuan Ling’s help, Zhou Zheng shattered the Purple Barrier and struck Bright King more than a thousand times, killing him and collecting his treasures.
• Dao Lord Xiaomeng and Dao Lord Yan Hu saw Bright King fall and fled together.
• Ji Ning opened his eyes inside the flying vessel and told Sect Master Jiu Chen that Bright King had fallen.

Ji Ning learned that his master, Zhou Zheng, had broken through to peak Dao Lord and killed Bright King, causing rivals throughout the Yibo Realm to abandon the first Dongming Jade Talisman. Realm Spirit Pu Luo then announced that the second talisman would be most Dao Lords’ last chance and revealed its location.

• Ji Ning told Sect Master Jiu Chen and the others that Zhou Zheng had killed Bright King after reaching peak Dao Lord, and Ji Ning wondered what opportunity had helped his master advance so quickly.
• News of Bright King’s death spread through the Yibo Realm, and most Dao Lords gave up pursuing the first Dongming Jade Talisman.
• Wine Saint watched Zhou Zheng’s battle through his Heart World, judged that he could at best draw against him, and abandoned the contest for the talisman.
• Zhou Zheng prepared to pursue Dao Lord Xiaomeng and another opponent, but Realm Spirit Pu Luo appeared and declared the first talisman contest over.
• Realm Spirit Pu Luo warned that the remaining three talismans were in deadly locations, making the second one most Dao Lords’ last opportunity, then pointed out its location.

Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen raced Dao Lord Feng Xun’s team to the site of a light eruption and fought over the Dongming Jade Talisman. Jiu Chen claimed the talisman, and Ji Ning helped him resist the rival forces as they tried to escape.

• Ji Ning’s team and Dao Lord Feng Xun’s nine Heaven-Defying Dao Lords reached the eruption site and clashed while searching for the Dongming Jade Talisman.
• Sect Master Jiu Chen revealed his peak Dao Lord strength, and his water swept away a Stone Pillar to uncover and seize the Dongming Jade Talisman.
• Dao Lord Feng Xun demanded the talisman, so Ji Ning stored Heavenly One Dao Lord and Dao Lord Da Mo’s Law Body away before the teams fought again.
• Sui Meng Cult Master summoned Wine Saint’s aid, while Zhou Zheng used his Heart World to oppose them; Xingyun Palace Master held back because of his Life Oaths to Ji Ning.
• Ji Ning charged to help Jiu Chen escape and resolved to attempt a breakthrough to the third step without endangering his Original Body.

Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen joined Zhou Zheng for protection as they carried the Dongming Jade Talisman through the Yibo Realm. After Zhou Zheng rescued them from two peak Dao Lords, Sui Meng Cult Master recruited the Wine Saint and others to attack the group and seize the talisman.

• Zhou Zheng warned Sect Master Jiu Chen that powerful Dao Lords, including the Wine Saint, were pursuing them, and Jiu Chen agreed to join Zhou Zheng with Ji Ning.
• Ji Ning reunited with his master and listened as Zhou Zheng shared insights from his breakthrough to the third step of the Ultimate Dao.
• Zhou Zheng hurried across the Ninth Layer of the Yibo Realm and rescued Ji Ning and Jiu Chen from Dao Lord Sijia and Dao Lord Xuehuan.
• News spread that Ji Ning and Zhou Zheng were master and disciple, making other Dao Lords despair of challenging their group.
• Sui Meng Cult Master persuaded the Wine Saint to join a plan with Chou Wang, Dao Lord Sijia, and Dao Lord Xuehuan to attack Ji Ning and Jiu Chen for the Dongming Jade Talisman.