Chapter Summaries

Ji Ning and Zhou Zheng were drawn into the Supreme Land, where Supreme Bolin’s attendant revealed an opportunity to study the Supreme’s Dao. Zhou Zheng began observing Bolin’s Claw Dao and gained a new realization about his own path.

• Ji Ning searched the Ancestral Land for treasures while Zhou Zheng sought an exotic beast statue and was swallowed by it; Ji Ning was pulled inside after him.
• A black-robed figure told Ji Ning and Zhou Zheng that they had entered the Supreme Land, a Beast Cave Heaven left by Supreme Bolin, and said that Sect Master Jiu Chen might be tested later.
• The black-robed figure led Ji Ning and Zhou Zheng to an altar that helped them focus their minds and comprehend the Supreme’s Dao.
• Zhou Zheng observed nine Dominator-level Daos and Supreme Bolin’s Claw Dao, then realized that the Dao was his heart and that his heart had further merged with the Space-Time Dao.
• Zhou Zheng set aside thoughts of creating his Three Powers Unity Technique and devoted himself to studying the Claw Dao.

Zhou Zheng memorized Supreme Bolin's entire Dao in ten million years, advancing his Space-Time Shuttle technique and deepening his Dao insights. The black-robed figure offered him a chance to earn a Supreme treasure, and Zhou Zheng prepared to confront three Silver-robed Dao Lords.

• Zhou Zheng memorized the nine Dominator Level Daos and Supreme Bolin's Claw Dao, and his Space-Time Shuttle technique broke through during the process.
• After ten million years, Zhou Zheng finished memorizing the Supreme's Dao and gained further insights into the Space-Time Dao and his other techniques.
• Ji Ning emerged from meditation and asked Zhou Zheng about the Supreme's Dao, while the black-robed figure expressed surprise at how quickly Zhou Zheng had memorized it.
• The black-robed figure offered Zhou Zheng a chance to obtain a Supreme treasure if he made further progress while tempering himself.
• Zhou Zheng asked Ji Ning for the Grotto-Heaven Treasure holding Jiu Chen and said he would deal with the three Silver-robed Dao Lords before letting Jiu Chen undergo the trial.

After a hundred years of accelerated cultivation, Zhou Zheng named his second-stage Three Powers Unity Technique Path to Godhood and judged himself strong enough to confront the three Silver-robed Dao Lords. He returned to the Xis Race Ancestral Land with Sect Master Jiu Chen and challenged the three clan leaders, who prepared to lure him into a trap.

• Zhou Zheng spent a hundred years using Xuan Ling's Wings to accelerate his cultivation, then named his technique Path to Godhood and its first move Ask My Heart.
• Zhou Zheng left the Beast Cave Heaven and told Sect Master Jiu Chen to wait while he dealt with the three clan leaders before attempting to capture an Emperor-level Puppet.
• Zhou Zheng emerged in the Xis Race Ancestral Land and brought Sect Master Jiu Chen out of his Cave-Heaven Treasure.
• Zhou Zheng summoned his Heart World over the ancestral land, revealing his location to the Clan Leaders of the Fumo, Jueya, and Nongtie Clans.
• The three clan leaders noticed Beiming was absent and agreed that Fumo and Jueya would feign defeat with five Emperor-level Puppets to lure Zhou Zheng toward them.

Zhou Zheng confronted the Fumo Clan Leader and Jueya Clan Leader, swiftly overpowering them despite their Five-Colored Sea and Emperor-level Puppets. He sealed Fumo in his Grotto-Heaven Treasure and intercepted Jueya, while Sect Master Jiu Chen watched in shock at Zhou Zheng’s strength.

• The Fumo and Jueya Clan Leaders arrived with five Emperor-level Puppets and combined them into a Five-Colored Sea to attack Zhou Zheng’s Heart World.
• Zhou Zheng entered the Five-Colored Sea and struck both Silver-robed Dao Lords before they could react, sending them crashing into the ground.
• Zhou Zheng decided to capture the Clan Leaders rather than wear down their energy, then sealed the Fumo Clan Leader inside his Grotto-Heaven Treasure.
• Jueya fled toward the core region, but Zhou Zheng caught up and waited along his route, leaving him in despair.
• Sect Master Jiu Chen watched Zhou Zheng suppress the two opponents with ease and wondered how a Dao Lord could become so powerful.

Zhou Zheng easily suppressed the Jueya Clan Leader and went to confront the last Silver-robed Dao Lord, discovering four Emperor-level Puppets with Holy City Lord strength guarding the Xis Race ruins. He intended to capture the Puppets, but they attacked him when he declared himself their future master.

• Zhou Zheng suppressed the Jueya Clan Leader and told Sect Master Jiu Chen that a technique similar to the Heart Sword Technique had greatly increased his strength.
• Zhou Zheng sent Sect Master Jiu Chen to complete his task and told him to collect any wreckage he found in the ruins.
• Zhou Zheng flew toward the remaining Silver-robed Dao Lord, Nongtie Clan Leader, who waited with four powerful Emperor-level Puppets.
• The four Puppets surrounded Zhou Zheng and challenged him for trespassing in Xis Race territory.
• Zhou Zheng declared that he would become their master, and the four enraged Puppets charged at him.

Zhou Zheng fought four Holy City Lord Level Puppets in the Xis Race Ancestral Land, using their attacks to temper his techniques while continuing to improve his cultivation. After nearly six hundred million years of repeated battles and training, he was still making steady progress.

• Zhou Zheng fought four Holy City Lord Level Puppets at once and held them off with ease, without using his greatest life-preserving techniques.
• Zhou Zheng provoked the Puppets by threatening to erase their spirits, making them attack him more fiercely so he could train under greater pressure.
• Sect Master Jiu Chen checked on Zhou Zheng, learned he was using the Puppets to temper his techniques, and resumed searching for a target.
• Zhou Zheng alternated several years of fighting with rest and cultivation, advancing his Ultimate Space-Time Dao and the second move of the Path to Godhood.
• Nearly six hundred million years passed as Zhou Zheng continued his cycle of battle and training.

After six hundred million years of cultivation and exploration in the Xis Race Ancestral Land, Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning, and Sect Master Jiu Chen prepared to leave by confronting four Holy City Lord-level Puppets. Zhou Zheng revealed a dramatic increase in strength by crushing one Puppet with a single attack, while the others remained engaged in battle.

• Zhou Zheng advanced all five directions of his Ultimate Space-Time Dao to the fourth level and gained powerful materials and Domain Flying Ship fragments while exploring the Ancestral Land.
• Sect Master Jiu Chen finished memorizing Supreme Bolin's Dao and said the Dongming Jade Talisman gave him more than a ten percent chance of succeeding in Dao Fusion.
• Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning decided to leave the Xis Race warship after Jiu Chen finished tempering himself, and Zhou Zheng proposed dealing with the four Holy City Lord-level Puppets.
• Ji Ning and Jiu Chen used an array, a Dao Talisman, and Emperor-level Puppets to restrain two opponents while they confronted the other two.
• Zhou Zheng appeared as an avatar between Jiu Chen and a Puppet, then shattered the Puppet's arms and smashed it into the ground with one sword strike.

Zhou Zheng captured the four Holy City Lord Level puppets and the Nongtie Clan Leader, then searched the Xis Race core region with Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen. They recovered eight Demon Sparrow Crystals and prepared to visit the Grotto-Heaven Spirit before leaving.

• Zhou Zheng used his overwhelming strength to capture the four Holy City Lord Level puppets one by one and force them to acknowledge him as their master.
• Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning, and Sect Master Jiu Chen followed the puppets through the ruined core region and collected its remaining treasures.
• A puppet revealed that a valuable energy source lay beneath the core region, and Zhou Zheng excavated eight Demon Sparrow Crystals.
• Zhou Zheng took the largest share of the crystals, Ji Ning accepted two, and Sect Master Jiu Chen refused any.
• After more than six hundred million years, Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning, and Sect Master Jiu Chen headed toward the Beast Cave Heaven to meet the Grotto-Heaven Spirit before leaving.

Zhou Zheng received Supreme Bolin’s map to the Yu Xinghai battlefield and returned to the Endless Territory with Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen. As they traveled toward the Eternal Kingdom, their Domain Flying Ship fragments reacted, prompting Zhou Zheng to move them into the deeper layers of Space-Time to await whoever was approaching.

• The Grotto-Heaven Spirit praised Zhou Zheng’s progress and gave him a map marking possible treasures in Yu Xinghai, while Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen each received two treasures.
• Zhou Zheng used Xuan Ling’s Wings to return with Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen to the Endless Territory after a little over ten years.
• Sect Master Jiu Chen invited Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning to explore the Eternal Kingdom, and they set off together.
• Three months into their journey, Ji Ning and Zhou Zheng’s Domain Flying Ship fragments reacted, and Ji Ning suggested they investigate the source.
• Zhou Zheng judged that the approaching person might be City Lord Feixue or another powerful enemy, so he led Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen into the deeper layers of Space-Time.

Zhou Zheng brought Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen deep into Space-Time to meet whoever resonated with their Domain Flying Ship fragment, only to find City Lord Feixue. After Feixue demanded their treasure and threatened them, Zhou Zheng prepared to fight him.

• Zhou Zheng led Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen into deep Space-Time, where they waited for the fragment's resonant counterpart.
• City Lord Feixue arrived by cutting through the five-colored radiance with his saber, and Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen recognized him.
• Zhou Zheng provoked City Lord Feixue, who demanded the resonating treasure in exchange for sparing them.
• City Lord Feixue threatened to teach Zhou Zheng a lesson, and Zhou Zheng summoned Three Heads Six Arms and revealed six Destiny Divine Weapons.

Zhou Zheng fought City Lord Feixue to temper his Dao, holding his own against Feixue’s refined saber techniques. Feixue then unleashed a powerful hammer attack that shattered Zhou Zheng’s two defensive treasures and continued toward him.

• Zhou Zheng charged City Lord Feixue and blocked his opening saber strikes, then seized the initiative with a rapid sword assault.
• Feixue revealed four additional arms and used Ice and Snow Dao techniques to pressure Zhou Zheng, who welcomed the challenge as a chance to improve.
• After nearly half a day of fighting, Feixue realized he could not defeat Zhou Zheng through strength alone and decided to use a trump card.
• Feixue hurled a great hammer at Zhou Zheng, whose Golden Hourglass and Black Disk were shattered while barely weakening the attack.

Zhou Zheng survived City Lord Feixue’s powerful treasure attack with only minor injuries, then escaped with Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen. He planned to break through to become a Four-step Dao Lord before confronting City Lord Feixue, while the group continued toward the opportunity left by the Supreme.

• City Lord Feixue struck Zhou Zheng with his Great Hammer, destroying an Avatar before the attack wounded Zhou Zheng’s true body through Cause and Effect.
• Zhou Zheng transformed his Divine Body into Space-Time and endured the remaining attack, suffering only a slight weakening of his aura.
• City Lord Feixue demanded Zhou Zheng’s treasures, but Zhou Zheng refused and used black wings to escape with Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen.
• Zhou Zheng said City Lord Feixue might still pursue them and resolved to kill him after becoming a Four-step Dao Lord.
• Sect Master Jiu Chen urged the group to seek the opportunity left by the Supreme, and Zhou Zheng agreed that the Dominator inheritances might help him break through.

Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning, and Sect Master Jiu Chen entered a hidden world in the Eternal Kingdom and discovered Supreme Bolin’s preserved Dominator inheritances and a powerful Xis Race squad. After testing the squad’s strength, they headed toward the inheritances.

• Sect Master Jiu Chen used the Supreme’s token to enter the Eternal Kingdom, carrying Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning inside his Grotto-Heaven Treasure.
• The three emerged in a hidden world and found three Black-robed Dominators and three hundred Silver-robed Dao Lords of the Xis Race.
• They read Supreme Bolin’s stone tablet, which explained that the world preserved 318 Dominator inheritances and the Xis Race squad for later cultivators to study and challenge.
• Sect Master Jiu Chen was suppressed by one Silver-robed Dao Lord, Ji Ning retreated when a third joined, and Zhou Zheng held out against fifteen before withdrawing.
• The three boarded a flying vessel and set off toward the nearest star to explore the Dominator inheritances.

Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning, and Sect Master Jiu Chen received more than three hundred unrestricted Dominator inheritances and decided to study them before exploring further. After thousands of years of accelerated cultivation, Jiu Chen and Ji Ning emerged with greater confidence and headed to temper themselves against the Xis Race, while Zhou Zheng remained in seclusion.

• Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning, and Sect Master Jiu Chen received Dominator Qianxi's Dao of Water Element and other inheritance, then continued to the next star.
• Zhou Zheng found God Emperor Helong's Dao of Destruction technique more useful as a reference than the Heart Sword Technique, though he could not cultivate it directly.
• The three collected more than three hundred unrestricted Dominator inheritances and agreed to keep them secret until they were strong enough to avoid trouble.
• Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning, and Sect Master Jiu Chen entered separate periods of accelerated cultivation to study the inheritances.
• Sect Master Jiu Chen emerged after roughly a hundred thousand years of accelerated cultivation with greater confidence in succeeding in the Dao Fusion, then went to fight the Xis Race.
• Ji Ning emerged several thousand years later, felt close to advancing his Heaven Collapse move, and also headed toward the Xis Race while Zhou Zheng continued cultivating.

After eighty million years of seclusion, Zhou Zheng broke through to the fourth level of his Ultimate Space-Time Dao and became a Four-step Dao Lord. He revealed the truth about his earlier cultivation to Black Bird Xuan Ling, who was left bewildered.

• Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen discussed Zhou Zheng's unusually long seclusion after fighting the Silver-robed Dao Lords.
• Another fifty thousand years passed, and Zhou Zheng opened his eyes after completing his breakthrough.
• Zhou Zheng realized his Ultimate Space-Time Dao had reached its limit before Dao Merge and that his techniques and Divine Body had transformed.
• Zhou Zheng's Dao Tree began growing toward the Four-step Dao Lord limit as his Divine Body rapidly strengthened.
• Black Bird Xuan Ling asked what Zhou Zheng was breaking through, and Zhou Zheng explained that he had been a Two-step Dao Lord when they first met, then became a Three-step Dao Lord before reaching the Fourth Step.

Zhou Zheng completed his breakthrough to become a Four-step Dao Lord, expanding his Heart World and strengthening his Destiny Divine Weapons. He revealed the breakthrough to Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen, then prepared to test his new strength against the Xis Race force.

• Zhou Zheng expanded his Heart World until it could cover more than a hundred territories and transformed his six Destiny Divine Weapons with his fourth-level Ultimate Space-Time Dao.
• Zhou Zheng left his secluded cultivation and arrived near the Xis Race warship, where Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen were tempering themselves.
• Sect Master Jiu Chen and Ji Ning sensed Zhou Zheng's strengthened aura, and Zhou Zheng confirmed that he had become a Four-step Dao Lord.
• Ji Ning urged Sect Master Jiu Chen to keep Zhou Zheng's breakthrough secret, leaving Jiu Chen astonished and confused.
• Zhou Zheng looked toward the Xis Race warship and said he would test his new strength against its forces.

Zhou Zheng demonstrated the power of his breakthrough by defeating waves of Silver-robed Dao Lords, then chose to meet a Black-robed Dominator’s attack head-on. He was struck and forced back, realizing that the Dominator was formidable, but he remained standing.

• A Black-robed Dominator sent a Silver-robed Dao Lord to attack Zhou Zheng, who injured the opponent’s Origin with a strike of his Destiny Divine Weapon.
• Zhou Zheng summoned nine powerful Avatars and fought off thirty Silver-robed Dao Lords, overwhelming them with his combined strength.
• The Black-robed Emperor sent fifty more Silver-robed Dao Lords, but Zhou Zheng and his Avatars wounded all eighty attackers without suffering injuries.
• A Black-robed Dominator vanished and struck Zhou Zheng with a giant palm that suppressed Space-Time and Cause and Effect.
• Zhou Zheng chose to block the palm with his strongest techniques; its force shattered his attacks and struck him, leaving him pale but able to halt his retreat.

Zhou Zheng tested his strength against the Black-robed Dominator, then gathered the remaining opportunity in the Cave Heaven with Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen. After Jiu Chen parted ways with them, they learned that City Lord Feixue was deliberately searching for them, and Zhou Zheng began planning to kill him.

• Zhou Zheng used Xuan Ling's Wings to evade the Black-robed Dominator and fought him until he left the warship's territory, concluding that he could contend with Dominators but remained weaker in direct clashes.
• The Grotto-Heaven Spirit led Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning, and Sect Master Jiu Chen to the Ten-Thousand Tribulations Sacred Blood Fruit Tree, and they collected its fruits and uprooted it while leaving Supreme Bolin's blood untouched.
• After the Supreme token ran out of power, Sect Master Jiu Chen said farewell to Ji Ning and Zhou Zheng because their strength had outgrown his, while remembering Zhou Zheng's gift of the Dongming Jade Talisman.
• Ji Ning received Dao Lord Da Mo's warning that a powerful force was investigating their whereabouts in the Da Mo Domain, and Zhou Zheng realized that City Lord Feixue was trying to force them to reveal themselves.
• Zhou Zheng decided that City Lord Feixue's ignorance of his breakthrough gave him a chance to injure and kill the Holy City Lord.

City Lord Feixue and Blood Cloud Emperor Lord searched Da Mo Domain for Dao Lord Cheng Tian and Dao Lord Bei Ming’s homeland while awaiting Emperor Lord Wu Meng’s help. Their search uncovered a Chaos World guarded by a powerful Puppet, and Feixue flew toward it to investigate.

• Emperor Lord Wu Meng complained that he had waited eight hundred thousand years to help Feixue, then vanished after Feixue asked him to be patient.
• Feixue and Blood Cloud Emperor Lord discussed using Wu Meng’s Heartforce-path abilities against Dao Lord Cheng Tian and continued searching for the Dao Lords’ homeland.
• Feixue said he believed Dao Lord Bei Ming cared about his homeland but had not received news of the search.
• Feixue received word of a suspicious Chaos World and traveled there with Blood Cloud Emperor Lord.
• Two Three-step Dao Lords reported that a force blocked their divine sense and a terrifying Puppet had prevented them from entering the Chaos World.
• Feixue suspected the Puppet was Emperor-level and flew toward the Chaos World.

City Lord Feixue and Blood Cloud Emperor Lord discovered that Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning had gone to the Endless Maze in Yu Xinghai, then recruited Emperor Lord Wu Meng to pursue them. The three entered the maze, where a phantom inside City Lord Feixue’s Cave-Heaven Treasure sensed a component.

• City Lord Feixue captured and refined three Emperor-level Puppets, who revealed that Dao Lord Bei Ming and Dao Lord Cheng Tian had once been their masters.
• Blood Cloud Emperor Lord investigated the Nine Directions Chaos World and learned from a World Realm cultivator that Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning had planned to visit the Endless Maze in Yu Xinghai.
• City Lord Feixue and Blood Cloud Emperor Lord decided to pursue Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning, bringing Emperor Lord Wu Meng with them.
• Several years later, City Lord Feixue, Blood Cloud Emperor Lord, and Emperor Lord Wu Meng arrived at the mist-shrouded Endless Maze and entered it.
• A phantom inside City Lord Feixue’s Cave-Heaven Treasure sensed the component as the three entered the maze.