Chapter Summaries

Zhou Zheng and Eternal Night Progenitor flew into the Floating Island’s depths, where they found the Three Lives Universe Void Flower and other Time Dao treasures. At the summit, Zhou Zheng spotted a golden-and-silver skeleton surrounded by terrifying rules.

• Eternal Night Progenitor realized Zhou Zheng had brought and openly wielded a Supreme Treasure, then agreed to lead him deeper into the Floating Island.
• Zhou Zheng and Eternal Night Progenitor flew openly through the island, drawing attacks from Death Sin Clan lifeforms that Eternal Night Progenitor killed and Zhou Zheng knocked aside.
• The pair traveled over a hundred billion kilometers and emerged from the fog before a Giant Mountain.
• Eternal Night Progenitor pointed out the Three Lives Universe Void Flower on the mountainside, and Zhou Zheng judged it to be a Time Dao treasure.
• Zhou Zheng noticed other powerful Time Dao treasures around the mountain and a golden-and-silver skeleton at its summit, whose rules astonished him.

Zhou Zheng confronted the Death Sin Clan guarding Blacklight Island’s Black and White Divine Mountain after arriving with the Eternal Night Progenitor. He killed Elder Rong in three sword strikes, leaving the Eternal Night Progenitor stunned by his strength.

• The Eternal Night Progenitor asked Zhou Zheng about the skeleton, and Zhou Zheng agreed to return the Supreme Treasure after he went to the Void Ancient City to find Zhou Zheng’s other Clone.
• Elder Rong arrived with several Death Sin Clan members and ordered them to kill Zhou Zheng and the Eternal Night Progenitor.
• Zhou Zheng blocked their attacks with the Primordial Beginning Sword and proposed trading useful treasures for the mountain’s materials and Strange Objects.
• After Elder Rong rejected his offer, Zhou Zheng struck three times and killed him.
• The surviving Death Sin Clan members and the Eternal Night Progenitor were shocked by Zhou Zheng’s display of power.

After killing Rong, Zhou Zheng suppressed the Slaughter World's influence and continued exploring Blacklight Island. He struggled to reach the summit of Black and White Divine Mountain, while the Death Sin Clan's Emperor learned of his presence and sent a subordinate to investigate the treasure he sought.

• Zhou Zheng let the remaining Death Sin Clan members flee, suppressed his killing intent, and told the Eternal Night Progenitor to leave.
• The Eternal Night Progenitor departed, and Zhou Zheng headed toward the Giant Mountain on Blacklight Island.
• The Death Sin Clan's Emperor learned that Zhou Zheng had killed Rong and ordered his two-headed subordinate to check whether Zhou Zheng had reached the summit or taken the gold-and-silver skeletal remains.
• The two-headed subordinate spied on Zhou Zheng and saw him struggling against the mountain's pressure and strange occurrences as he tried to climb to the summit.
• The subordinate concluded that Zhou Zheng could not take the treasure and hurried back to report to the Emperor.

Zhou Zheng concluded that powerful Time Dao phenomena prevented him from reaching the golden-silver skeleton at Giant Mountain’s summit, so he decided to cultivate on the mountain and pursue the Time Dao ultimate. He began studying a Three Lives Universe Void Flower, experiencing the Five Meridians of Time as its power was consumed.

• Zhou Zheng repeatedly tried to approach the summit but found himself obstructed by pressure and disorienting Time Dao phenomena.
• Zhou Zheng decided that reaching the skeleton would require overwhelming strength or ultimate mastery of both the Void Dao and Time Dao.
• Zhou Zheng chose to cultivate on Giant Mountain using the Time Dao treasures he had acquired.
• Zhou Zheng built a house on the mountainside and focused his consciousness on the Three Lives Universe Void Flower.
• Zhou Zheng experienced the Five Meridians of Time unfolding from infinity and returning to nothingness, then began cultivating before the flower’s power ran out.

Blacklight Emperor planned to use Emperor Cheng Tian to retrieve the treasure atop Black and White Divine Mountain, but a banquet invitation interrupted his watch. Meanwhile, Zhou Zheng learned that Yingshan Xue Ying had appeared in the Realmheart Continent and sent Great Master Shenkong to meet him.

• Blacklight Emperor refused to attack Emperor Cheng Tian, hoping instead to let him retrieve the treasure before taking it for himself.
• Wusheng Supreme Being invited Blacklight Emperor to a banquet, and Blacklight Emperor agreed to attend while the Twinborn Divine General watched the mountain.
• Eternal Night Progenitor displayed his recovered Supreme Treasure, prompting Island Master Zhanba to send subordinates into the Broken Fang Mountain Range.
• Zhou Zheng learned that Yingshan Xue Ying had repelled an attack on Huolie City and suspected he was Dong Bo Xue Ying's Rebirth.
• Zhou Zheng asked Great Master Shenkong to travel to Nanyun Kingdom and meet Yingshan Xue Ying.

After Dong Bo Xue Ying considered whether to join Nanyun Kingdom or the Fan Clan, Great Master Shenkong arrived in Huolie City on Emperor Cheng Tian’s orders. He told Xue Ying that Emperor Cheng Tian wanted to meet him, leaving Xue Ying stunned.

• Old Mother Yingshan praised Dong Bo Xue Ying for stopping Black Demon Marsh’s sacrifice and asked which faction he planned to join.
• Old Mother Yingshan explained the benefits and drawbacks of joining Nanyun Kingdom or the Fan Clan, and Xue Ying leaned toward the Fan Clan for its resources.
• Great Master Shenkong arrived above Nanyun Kingdom and told its Lord that Emperor Cheng Tian had sent him to find Yingshan Xue Ying.
• Great Master Shenkong appeared in Xue Ying’s courtyard and announced that he had come to take Xue Ying to meet Emperor Cheng Tian.

Dong Bo Xue Ying met Emperor Cheng Tian in the Void Ancient City and discovered that he was Zhou Zheng, his former acquaintance from the Chaos Void. Zhou Zheng invited Xue Ying to join the Ancient Kingdoms of All Realms, and Xue Ying accepted, becoming Zhou Zheng’s first helper.

• Dong Bo Xue Ying agreed to follow Great Master Shenkong to meet Emperor Cheng Tian after Old Mother Yingshan worried about the summons.
• Zhou Zheng revealed his identity to Dong Bo Xue Ying by displaying the Flower of Destruction, and Xue Ying recognized him as senior Zhou.
• Zhou Zheng told Xue Ying that the Sword Master had reincarnated as the Demon Sword Venerable Lord in the Summer Wind Ancient Kingdom.
• Zhou Zheng invited Dong Bo Xue Ying to join the Ancient Kingdoms of All Realms, and Xue Ying accepted without hesitation.
• Zhou Zheng named Dong Bo Xue Ying his first helper and reminded him that his cultivation would still depend on his own efforts.

After spending over a billion years resisting the slaughter aura in Slaughter World, Zhou Zheng reached Sacred Radiance City and reunited with Li Siming. Li Siming warned him that the aura still lingered in his soul and explained that the Skywood Clan controlled a lake that could remove it.

• News spread across Realmheart Continent that Dong Bo Xue Ying had joined Emperor Cheng Tian's ranks, while Zhou Zheng continued cultivating.
• After over a billion years in Slaughter World, Zhou Zheng arrived at Sacred Radiance City and found relief from the slaughter aura's ongoing erosion.
• Li Siming welcomed Zhou Zheng and said his endurance outside the city had surpassed the previous record of three hundred and seventy million years.
• Li Siming warned Zhou Zheng that the slaughter aura remained in his soul and could still make him lose his reason.
• As Li Siming led Zhou Zheng toward the city, he described its three major factions and said the Skywood Clan's lake could clear the aura from an unfallen person's soul in three days.

Zhou Zheng joined Sacred Radiance City after agreeing to help defend it from Slaughter Envoys, then entered the Sacred Spring to remove the slaughter aura from his soul. He discovered that the spring’s lake water held immense weight and strange powers, and suspected it was connected to the Progenitor Tree.

• Li Siming introduced Zhou Zheng to Ling Jiuxuan, the Tian Mu Clan’s Great Elder, and the Fire Emperor Domain Lord, who welcomed him into Sacred Radiance City.
• The Tian Mu Clan’s Great Elder explained that Slaughter Envoys might attack the city when they gathered in sufficient numbers, and Zhou Zheng promised to help defend it.
• Ling Jiuxuan asked the Tian Mu Clan’s Great Elder to take Zhou Zheng to the Sacred Spring, where he could stay for three days without paying.
• The Tian Mu Clan’s Great Elder opened a formation and sent Zhou Zheng into the Sacred Spring, telling him he could ask Ling Jiuxuan about the price of future visits.
• Zhou Zheng found a lake in the spring’s boundless void and discovered that its droplets were heavier than a universe; he suspected the lake was connected to the Progenitor Tree.

After entering the lake, Zhou Zheng witnessed the Progenitor Tree’s defeat by a mysterious figure and suspected the scene revealed a real event from the past. Settled in Sacred Radiance City, he learned that Dao Comprehenders could study its extensive collection of classics and discovered that the city also housed a hall of treasures from Primordial Lifeforms.

• Zhou Zheng entered the lake, released blood-colored aura, and saw a vision of the Progenitor Tree being defeated by a mysterious expert.
• Zhou Zheng suspected the expert was a Lord who had transformed the dead Progenitor Tree into the Slaughter World, then left the lake when the Tian Mu Clan Great Elder called him.
• After purification in the Sacred Spring, Zhou Zheng settled in Sacred Radiance City and attended a welcome banquet hosted by Ling Jiuxuan.
• Ling Jiuxuan explained that Zhou Zheng could earn contribution points by sharing classics or completing missions, and that the city’s Thousand Spirits Hall let Dao Comprehenders read its many classics for free.
• Ling Jiuxuan told Zhou Zheng about the Divine Yuan Hall, where treasures shed by Innate Primordial Lifeforms could be obtained in exchange for contribution points.

Zhou Zheng studied the Space-Time Dao classics in Thousand Spirits Hall and created the third layer of Primordial Body, then drew on the hall’s Time Dao classics to reach the Time ultimate. He decided to cultivate his improved body before pursuing the treasure in Broken Fang Mountain Range.

• Li Siming brought Zhou Zheng to Thousand Spirits Hall, where Zhou Zheng gathered more than ten Space-Time Dao classics.
• After reading and studying the classics for ten million years, Zhou Zheng created the third layer of Primordial Body, which could transform his body to the late God Emperor level.
• Zhou Zheng read Time Dao classics to seek inspiration for his final step toward the Time ultimate.
• Thirty million years later, Zhou Zheng’s Void Dao Clone united the five branches of the Time Dao and reached the Time ultimate.
• Zhou Zheng decided to cultivate his improved Primordial Body before going to obtain the treasure.

Blacklight Emperor learned that Emperor Cheng Tian had caused trouble on Blacklight Island and left Wusheng Supreme Being’s banquet to confront him. Wusheng Supreme Being and Shi Fa Supreme Being decided to move the gathering to Blacklight Island to watch the fight.

• Blacklight Emperor received word that something had happened at Blacklight Island.
• Blacklight Emperor told Wusheng Supreme Being that Emperor Cheng Tian had overwhelmed his subordinates and that he needed to return.
• Wusheng Supreme Being allowed Blacklight Emperor to leave the banquet.
• Shi Fa Supreme Being urged Wusheng Supreme Being to go to Blacklight Island and watch Blacklight fight Emperor Cheng Tian.
• Wusheng Supreme Being agreed to move the gathering to Blacklight Island.

Zhou Zheng reached the golden-silver skeleton atop Blacklight Island and drew out a Snake Tooth Marrow Orb, a treasure that could open the Snake Fang Corridor. As the powerhouses recognized it, Wusheng Supreme Being and Shi Fa Supreme Being vanished, and the others rushed to claim the orb.

• More than a hundred powerful figures arrived above Blacklight Island, and Wusheng Supreme Being and Shi Fa Supreme Being promised the Blacklight Emperor that no one would interfere in his affairs.
• Zhou Zheng sensed the gathered auras but continued toward the skeleton, believing its importance might have attracted the powerhouses.
• Zhou Zheng crossed the final thousand li and reached the golden-silver skeleton while a Death Sin Clan member projected his progress for the gathered powerhouses.
• Zhou Zheng touched the skeleton, causing a pitch-black orb containing the image of a serpentine life-form to emerge.
• A Death Sin Clan Emperor identified the orb as the Snake Tooth Marrow Orb, and Wusheng Supreme Being and Shi Fa Supreme Being vanished as the powerhouses rushed toward it.

Zhou Zheng claimed a mysterious orb and skeleton from Giant Mountain, then defeated Blacklight Emperor and his nine divine generals in a brief fight. After Blacklight Emperor conceded and prepared to leave, Wusheng Supreme Being and Shi Fa Supreme Being arrived seeking the Snake Tooth Marrow Orb, and Zhou Zheng confirmed he had it.

• Zhou Zheng took the orb and golden-silver skeleton from the site on Giant Mountain and recognized the orb as an extraordinary treasure.
• Blacklight Emperor led nine Death Sin Clan members into the area and demanded that Zhou Zheng surrender the treasure.
• Zhou Zheng used the Primordial Beginning Sword to blast Blacklight Emperor and the nine divine generals apart, overwhelming them with his strength and technique.
• Blacklight Emperor acknowledged Zhou Zheng's superiority, called his subordinates back, and agreed to leave the treasure with him.
• Wusheng Supreme Being and Shi Fa Supreme Being arrived and asked about the Snake Tooth Marrow Orb, and Zhou Zheng confirmed it was in his possession.

Zhou Zheng refused Wusheng Supreme Being and Shi Fa Supreme Being’s offers to hand over the Snake Tooth Marrow Orb, insisting on entering the Snake Fang Corridor himself. The two Supreme Beings attacked him together, and Zhou Zheng met Shi Fa’s strike with a golden divine sword.

• Wusheng Supreme Being and Shi Fa Supreme Being each offered Zhou Zheng treasures in exchange for the Snake Tooth Marrow Orb.
• Zhou Zheng rejected their offers and said he intended to enter the Snake Fang Corridor himself.
• Blacklight Emperor watched as the two Supreme Beings dismissed Zhou Zheng and demanded the orb.
• Shi Fa Supreme Being and Wusheng Supreme Being joined forces to attack Zhou Zheng.
• Zhou Zheng blocked Shi Fa Supreme Being’s palm with a golden divine sword powered by his combat Ultimate Arts.

Zhou Zheng held off Shi Fa Supreme Being and Wusheng Supreme Being as they joined forces to seize the Snake Tooth Marrow Orb. During the battle, he discovered the Space-Time Destruction missing from his techniques and glimpsed a way to create the Ultimate Supreme Space-Time Dao.

• Shi Fa Supreme Being and Wusheng Supreme Being joined forces after Zhou Zheng neutralized their attacks.
• Blacklight Emperor and the arriving experts watched Zhou Zheng withstand the two Supreme Beings' siege.
• Zhou Zheng used the battle to test his techniques while calmly resisting his opponents.
• Zhou Zheng's Void Dao Clone studied the giant tree within the pearl and understood that the trunk represented Space-Time Destruction.
• Zhou Zheng realized that his Eternal Ultimate Space-Time Dao might provide a foundation for creating the Ultimate Supreme Space-Time Dao.

Zhou Zheng summoned powerful Mirror Clones and a Time Avatar, then turned the battle against Wusheng Supreme Being, Shi Fa Supreme Being, and their divine generals. He slaughtered the divine generals first, leaving the two Supremes occupied by his clones.

• Wusheng Supreme Being and Shi Fa Supreme Being withdrew after failing to overcome Zhou Zheng, then ordered their divine generals to form a battle formation.
• Zhou Zheng summoned nine Mirror Clones and created a Time Avatar whose strength matched his Original Body.
• Wusheng Supreme Being and Shi Fa Supreme Being led their forces in a coordinated attack on Zhou Zheng.
• Zhou Zheng sent six Mirror Clones to engage the two Supremes while his Original Body, Time Avatar, and three remaining Mirror Clones attacked the divine generals.
• Zhou Zheng broke the divine generals’ formation and began slaughtering them.

Zhou Zheng crushed the forces of Shi Fa Supreme Being and Wusheng Supreme Being until Wusheng traded information about the Snake Fang Corridor for her subordinates’ lives. Years later, after news of his victory spread through the Broken Fang Mountain Range, Zhou Zheng emerged from the corridor’s vast vortex.

• Zhou Zheng slaughtered the Divine Generals until Shi Fa Supreme Being rescued his remaining subordinates and fled the Floating Island.
• Blacklight Emperor and the other Death Sin Clan experts retreated, while Wusheng Supreme Being offered treasures and Snake Fang Corridor information to save her forces.
• Zhou Zheng agreed to spare Wusheng’s subordinates in exchange for her information about the Snake Fang Corridor.
• News of Zhou Zheng’s victory spread through the Broken Fang Mountain Range, though it did not reach the Realmheart Continent.
• Several years later, Zhou Zheng shot out of the enormous vortex inside the Snake Fang Corridor.

After escaping the Snake Fang Corridor with a crystalline bone sword, Zhou Zheng went to Shi Fa Island to claim the Black Leaf Lake and compensation from Shi Fa Supreme Being. Shi Fa agreed to let Zhou Zheng choose one treasure and take the lake, where Zhou Zheng hoped to find a Thousand Eyes Water Bead.

• Zhou Zheng escaped the Snake Fang Corridor as the Snake Tooth Marrow Orb’s power ran out, carrying a crystalline bone sword he had found through the golden-silver skeleton’s resonance with a memory light cluster.
• Zhou Zheng arrived at Shi Fa Island and used his power to summon Shi Fa Supreme Being.
• Zhou Zheng reminded Shi Fa Supreme Being of the conflict on Blacklight Island and demanded compensation, citing Wusheng Supreme Being’s payment after losing her divine generals.
• Zhou Zheng demanded one treasure from Shi Fa Supreme Being and ownership of Black Leaf Lake.
• Shi Fa Supreme Being accepted Zhou Zheng’s terms without hesitation.

Zhou Zheng visited Black Leaf Lake with Shi Fa Supreme Being and stopped near its center, where the soul pressure could temper his will. He settled there to cultivate, and nearly a hundred billion years passed as his Clones pursued three cultivation paths.

• Shi Fa Supreme Being brought Zhou Zheng to Black Leaf Lake, where Zhou Zheng saw the enormous flower that likely held the Thousand Eyes Water Bead.
• Zhou Zheng endured the lake's soul pressure and stopped on the largest black leaf just short of the center.
• Zhou Zheng told Shi Fa Supreme Being that his Clone would remain at the lake to temper itself, and Shi Fa Supreme Being reluctantly agreed before departing.
• Zhou Zheng sat cross-legged under the pressure and resolved to strengthen his will while cultivating across his Clones.
• Zhou Zheng advanced his studies of many Daos, the Ultimate Supreme Space-Time Dao, and three routes within the Primordial Space-Time Dao as nearly a hundred billion years passed.